Just in the past week or so, a few pieces of concept art for Metro have surfaced online. With the 50th anniversary re-release of Snow White in 1987, Roger Rabbit in 1988, and the Little Mermaid in 1989, I felt optimistic about the future of animation for the first time in my life. No lawyer writers. I thought we were bearing Acme. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. Stumbo the Giant With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat . Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. Hopefully from here on in, things will get back to normal here at JHM and we then wont miss any more huge Disney-related stories like the passing of gifted performers like Bob Hoskins. Which explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. 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What fascinates me about the parallels here is that When Walt began to see the same thing bubble up in press coverage for his new family fun park (i.e., All of those Summer-of-1955 stories in newspapers & magazines about how expensive it was to visit Disneyland. All those Harvey characters (except Sad Sack, who wasnt an animated Toon) didnt exist in the 1940s setting of Roger Rabbit so why would they be in the film? But when Disneys version of Swiss Family Robinson finally arrived in theaters in December of 1960, it did quite well at the box office. Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. That was the original plan, anyway. 4. Tom Terrific Were they planned to make cameos in the movie, or at least considered ? And while a Planes 3 was definitely put in development (At the Disney Animation panel at the 2017 D23 Expo, John Lasseter not only shared a clip from this film. In closing, thanks for all your kind notes. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. Which was published on December 14th of that year. And since people in Feature Animation thought that that was a pretty solid story Well, thats how we wound up with Disneys animated version of Robin Hood in November of 1973. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Which was first introduced at Walt Disney World in October of 2021. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. ! and then run off in terror. Marvin E Owens Home for Funerals. This year is the 30th anniversary of the release of National Lampoons Vacation. Warner Bros. released this Harold Ramis movie to theaters back in July of 1983. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. I Wish Pingu Appeared In Who Framed Roger Rabbit ! An animated Bugs Bunny is sitting next to him. Shnookums & Meat In yet another version, to the human funeral directors amazement as the coffin is being lowered, the crank starts plinking out the tune to Pop Goes the Weasel like a jack-in-the box and the Toon mourners sing the lyrics. Sorry folks. Anyway, heres hoping that you folks enjoyed todays story. de la Fort, Outremont. Darkwing Duck photographed on the island of Tobago in the West Indies and that it is shaping up into such an exciting and thrilling picture that the Swiss Family Robinson shows every promise of equaling or surpassing every production our Company has ever put out. Or just trading with collectors, either way. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. Which has gotten miserable press since Day One (and is a large part of peoples growing perception that its just gotten too expensive to take their family on vacation to WDW). 4 at the box office that year, behind Spartacus, Psycho, and Exodus.. Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. And in the middle of a work week that featured some pretty amazing professional opportunities (i.e., being allowed to cover this years Actors Fund Gala, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of Disney on Broadway. Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. Aladdin and Jasmine Without Hoskins ability to see (More importantly, make the audience believe that Bob was seeing) things that werent there, Roger Rabbit would have never worked. Bonkers D. Bobcat That very same year, Walt had some of his staff artists design a miniature golf course that could then be built on the grounds of the Disneyland Hotel. So thats what the Imagineers did. However, when some of the photography for other composite scenes came back with a scratch on the negative and needed to be re-shot, it would put the production in jeopardy of missing its Christmas deadline. Which is why Disney quietly recruited Dale & Jane Baer (More importantly, Baer Animation Studios) to come take over the Toontown section of this movie. Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. The actual Disneyland in Anaheim. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. Only thing missing would have been Private Snafu blowing Taps off-key, then firing a salute (and shooting down a planeful of Gremlins from the Kremlin). Which again I remind you was published on December 23rd of that year: This current year, we are operating the park during the winter months on a five-day schedule with resulting savings in operating costs and in the hope that a full weeks business can be compressed within the five days. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. Parks closed. Now previously here at JHM, Ive shared a few pages from the Who Framed Roger Rabbit screenplay which covered what was supposed to have happened graveside at the Acme funeral. But Im getting ahead of myself here. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? This was just four months after Michael Eisner had become Disneys new CEO. 8. Conversely, the pairing of Donald and Daffy was on-the-nose! Guests were supposed to see it alongside the side of the tracks as they rode the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad from Main Street Station over to Frontierland. Roland and Rattfink Because no one was ever going to climb up the 68 steps that then led to the three rooms in this Adventureland attraction (The parents bedroom, the boys bedroom [up in the crows next] and then the common area / kitchen / dining room) and then the 69 steps back down to the ground. But because we all bought into his version of Eddie Valiant, we rejoiced when this long-in-his-cups ex-cop finally let go of the bottle. And what does the Company do with this info? Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. Notably left out of the mix were Popeye characters, Tom and Jerry, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Marvin was born in Montreal on January 25, 1937, to Bella and Moses Zalman. One of those great examples of falling in love with a concept that doesnt fit. He genuinely cares about all Toons and has promised that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Whereas I Ive always pointed to Bob Hoskins performance and said that this was the element that actually made that movie work. I dont want people coming away from their visit to Disneyland with this impression. And by October 11, 1955 (less than 3 months after Disneyland Park first opened), they had a fix in place. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. CHIP 'N DALE. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. Especially when Valiant tries to break things off with his Girl Friday (Eddie: Dolores, you need to find yourself a good man. Prior to this, if you wanted to go on a ride at Disneyland, you had to first get on line at one of the Parks omni-present ticket booth. Heres the actual opening line to John Hughes Vacation 58.. The short answer was that Valiant had to wash off a toon pig head that the weasels had painted on him (in a scene animated but cut from the film) after a confrontation with Doom in Jessicas dressing room and that earlier Valiant had put in a very busy and sweaty day including attending the funeral of Marvin Acme. Sadly, the Imagineers werent able to base any other theme park attractions on Ken Annakin movies. The ceremony is already in progress. Mind you, theres a fun little button on this sequence. Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. They like all of the short-term money that Lightning Lane is pulling in right now and are deliberately overlooking all of the long-term implications of the narrative getting out there that going to WDW is getting too expensive. -Via io9 Pete Pelican ( Screen Gems ) As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. I can hear her coughing in the bedroom right now. Dont these storyboard drawings just make you wish that Marvin Acmes funeral had actually made it into the finished version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit ? How whenever a Guest visited this place they were constantly being forced to repeatedly open their wallet), his immediate reaction was We need to fix this now. That said, I was well aware at the time that many of the creative decisions in Who Framed Roger Rabbit were the result of legal negotiations in the boardroom. And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. Next come (again L to R) Junior & George, one of Tex Averys hound dogs, Practical Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Fifer Pig & Fiddler Pig. Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . And we were genuinely terrified for Eddie when he did battle with Judge Doom in the Acme Warehouse and then discovered that SPOILER ALERT Doom was the toon with those burning red eyes, and that high, squeaky voice who did in Teddy. WowPopeye, Herman, Felix, and Avery Wolf. Whats the Company ultimately going to have to do convince those people who now think that a trip to WDW has just gotten too expensive for the family to come back. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. In addition to the 4000+ articles Jim has written for the Web, he also co-hosts a trio of popular podcasts: Disney Dish with Len Testa, Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor and Marvel US Disney with Aaron Adams. Mr. Hill makes his home in Southern New Hampshire with his lovely wife Nancy and two obnoxious cats, Ginger & Betty. Whereas Teddy He never made it). Will Metro that Cars Spin-Off Which Disney Developed Ever Get Made? Long story short: It was never a smart thing to bet against Walt. etc. Largely because so many people came out to the Park that Summer to experience Disneylands heavily hyped brand-new attractions which included the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Close. People who own public domain tapes (and closeted Paramount cartoon fans at the time) would have freaked out with excitement if this was in the movie. Jim Hill is an entertainment writer who has specialized in covering The Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years now. While this work was being done along the shore of the Rivers of America, over towards the entrance of Adventureland, the Imagineers were reconfiguring that restaurant that faced out towards Disneylands Hub. You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Fantastic Four ( Hanna-Barbera ) So they then screened the very first movie that Ken directed for Disney, which was The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men from 1952. Its still there, by the way. That being said, I want to publicly state that Mark has helped me many, many times in the past. Ah yes, this takes me back. The Matterhorn at Disneyland was largely inspired by research that the Studio did in Zermatt, Switzerland in late 1957 / early 1958 out ahead of the location shooting that was done for Third Man on the Mountain which officially got underway in June of 1958). Really stilted. 16. Which then pushed Guests to go seek out various A, B, C & D Ticket attractions around the grounds) Well, that form of admission media didnt come online til October 11, 1955. Take for example what happened last week when Bob Hoskins died. Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* Which is a trifle ironic. Eddie winds up with just a broken arm. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. Dolores: But I already have a good man). That from 1958 through 1985 [a total of 27 years] the Happiest Place on Earth used to close two days a week during the slower times of year. Counter this with Lightning Lane. But as soon as Walt saw Marcs art for the Trapped Safari, he basically said Thats too good a gag to waste on the people who are riding Disneylands train. Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse (both in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral), and Tyke* from Tom and Jerry; Junior (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) Red Hot Riding Hood and The Wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) Great story and discussion. After Valiant leaves Roger and Dolores at the bar, he hops a red car to the Inglewood cemetery (that was originally going to be a real cemetery somewhere in the San Francisco area) where the Marvin Acme funeral is taking place. but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. Okay. Walt was over in Switzerland for the start of shooting on Third Man on the Mountain in 1958 and evidently really liked what he saw. Meanwhile, from a distance, Valiant notices Maroon walking up to Jessica and then pulling her away from the service so that these two can find a more secluded spot to talk. Now in the upper right-hand corner of the above drawing, you may notice an annotation which reads Toons unload casket. Well, wait til you see the six classic toon stars who do the honors for Marvin. They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. This area was specially illuminated for night-time play. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. This redo of Adventureland & Frontierland (which then set the stage for Disneylands New Orleans Square) was moving through its final design phase the Imagineers were startled when Walt pointed to the very center of this incredibly ambitious $7 million construction project (the very spot where Adventureland bumped up against Frontierland) and said: Here. Pink Panther The next time you get the chance, sit down and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit and watch how Hoskins emotionally grounds this movie. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Theres this great 3-minutes-and-41-second video over on YouTube that shows Walt leading the Mills family (John, Halley & Mary Mills, Johns wife) around Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse in the Fall of 1962. New making-of-this-Broadway-musical book offers a few clues, An Evening with Alan Menken showcased the music of this Academy Award-winning composer, Let It Go gets the LEGO treatment as a whole new Disney Frozen story unfolds across books, TV & digital with Frozen Northern Lights, Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits and Fleshy Souls coming to America, Disney isnt horsing around when it comes to Sofia the First toys. Mark Kauslers account of the Acme funeral is accurate. I thought we were bearing Acme.. From that point on, there are several different variations of what happens to Acmes coffin so that there were multiple options depending upon what character rights could be obtained. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Bob Z. and the writers came up with the scene. Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. With its 11 story-tall Sierra Tower breaking ground in 1961 (it opened the following year in September of 1962). 5. Going clockwise from the middle, we have Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy and Popeye the Sailor. The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! It would have been a great scene. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. So when your winter cold (which wouldnt let go) becomes a spring cold (that just wont go away) suddenly mutates into the Black Plague Well, its then finally time to do something. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? Reduced operating hours helped to control operating costs in the face of increased wage rates and other rising costs. TOM AND JERRY. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. 28. Back then, Walt Disney Studios just had a hit film that was based on Johann David Wyss famous adventure novel of 1812. For as Eddie exits that mausoleum who comes motoring up but Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart & Clark Cable. Maybe we should look at those. and Little Lulu ! Because the handful of drawings that Ive seen to date suggest that this sequence could have become a real high point in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. Swiss Family Treehouse quickly became one of the more popular attractions in the Park. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. Anyway, the scene wouldnt have added much to the film, but its nice that other 1940s characters had been planned to appear. Baby Huey So thats what happened around here last week / earlier this week. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. He Wouldve Been In The Marvin Acmes Funeral Scene Sadly Playing The Violin as the Coffin goes down into the grave ! (2) Increased costs due to rising salaries and the inauguration of a 40-hour week. Theres a famous story of Walt observing a Mom pulling her kid away from the entrance of the Jungle Cruise. Saying words to the effect Weve already seen that ride. Hi Jim, These preproduction paintings suggest that this Cars spin-off would be far grittier than Say the sort of adventures that Lightning McQueen & Mater would typically have out in Radiator Springs. The Mighty Heroes ( Terrytoons ) Sugarfoot Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. Storyboard Drawings 12 - Marvin Acme Funeral Marty Kline April 10, 2019 Enter Amblin The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. 10. The Noveltoons jack-in-the-box mascot wouldve appeared popping out voiced by Frank Welker of Scooby-Doo fame saying Duh, I Didnt Know A Toon Had Murdered The Mayor of Toontown !. (Again going L to R) Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Baby Huey, Hippety Hopper, Dick Tracy & Tubby the Tuba all goggle the playful spirit for a second or two. Anyway Now what made this redo / expansion of the Jungle River Cruise complicated is that this Adventureland attraction shared a water system with the Rivers of America (Guests who were headed to Disneylands old Chicken Plantation Restaurant for lunch or dinner used to have to walk over a bridge in Frontierland. Not to mention my two-a-week for the Huffington Posts Entertainment page as well as the monthly pieces that I write for Best of Orlando & Best of Vegas. That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. But wait. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. But Hoskins matter-of-fact retelling is so real & so raw that from here in on in this movie you then just cant help but feel for this character. Missed opportunity for this once-in-a-toontime summit meeting. All the storyboard drawings you see here were mine (Foghorn Leghorn was traced over from my sketch), except the crowd shot of all the characters at the burial site. So is it any wonder that while Pixar was still trying to get a handle on what Cars 3 would actually be about the Mouse (through its DisneyToon Studios arm. In one version, Yosemite Sam gets so angry that he yells, Hold it, ya varmints! Continue reading Storyboard Drawings 11 - Escaping from Toontown Hans Bacher April 3, 2019 Enter Amblin Hans Bacher (and Harald Siepermann) had a very different take to the escape from Toontown. Paul Bearins shore hard work, aint it? 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). So this change in the way that Disneyland Park operated during the off-season made things easier for Walt and Disneys book-keepers back in Burbank. The Trapped Safari was basically supposed to be something that made Guests think Ooh, I need to get over to Adventureland while Im here at the Park and go check out that new, improved version of the Jungle River Cruise that everyones talking about.. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) Walt keenly remembers what happened when he last built an attraction at Disneyland that was based on a Ken Annakin film (Matterhorn Bobsleds inspired by Third Man on the Mountain). No wonder Steven Spielberg liked it so much. Little Roquefort Review. Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Under which flowed the water that traveled from the Jungle River Cruise into the Rivers of America). And why is that?, you ask. Seeing How This Is The Golden Age of American Animation, More Deleted Cameos are: What happened to the Disneyland Hotel in late 1958 / early 1959 when in the off-season Disneyland Park goes to just a five-day-a-week operating schedule? The Disney Dish Podcast is part of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network. Disney Big Figures: Where They Began, Where They Are Now and Where Are They Going? This document (which was published on December 23, 1958) states that: While the gross income of Disneyland was greater this year than in any prior year, the operating expenses for this family fun park were likewise up substantially primarily to two factors. and 17. Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. It had all of this lush shot-on-location footage (Though to be fair here I guess we should mention that this movies interiors were shot over in London at Pinewood Studios). Bendy This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. The first Cars spin-off to arrive in the marketplace was Planes. This Klay Hall film (which was set in The World Above Cars) was released theatrically in August of 2013, with the Blu-ray & DVD version of Planes hitting store shelves in November of that same year. Which reminds me of something Walt once said when an Imagineer suggested that the Company could save a few bucks by cutting corners on a particular project: If people ever stop coming to the Park because they think we cut corners on a project, the few cents we saved ultimately arent going to matter. 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