Funeral service from Paperman & Sons, 3888 Jean Talon Ouest, on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, 1250 ch. Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. A Terrytoons Mighty Mouse is crying while in the hand of a Fleischer Superman who is on his knees sobbing away. Im doubling back on the establishing shot to get you some close-ups. Which is why Disney quietly recruited Dale & Jane Baer (More importantly, Baer Animation Studios) to come take over the Toontown section of this movie. Thats gotta go inside of the actual Jungle Cruise. So at Walts insistence the Trapped Safari then became the tag gag for the African Veldt section of that Adventureland attraction. *Sigh* I bet the story artists either bought a bunch of PD tapes, or toured the Paramount studios (and found the hidden Max & Dave Fleischer door. While yet another was supposed to have shined a spotlight on trucks. 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. They would be seen doing a pan shot while the eulogy is given. Turned this proposed sequence for this film into something that animation fans would have talked about for decades. Baby Huey 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. To be specific, Frontierland & Adventureland. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. Popeye: Were bearing Paul? 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. So reading between the lines here in Disneylands second year of operation (July 1956 June 1957), the folks down in Anaheim experimented with keeping Walts family fun park open six days a week during the slower times of the year. We say goodbye to a man who was more generous than a homely widow with Sunday supper. 14. 11. Lets look for ways to make the rides there funnier. Thats billion with a B.. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acmes funeral that were available online Until now. Popeye makes a joke back about how Were bearing Paul? You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Cubby Bear ( Van Beuren ) Psycho had wild, spiky fur, and wore a loosened straightjacket. Why when toonkind splattered forth upon this landscape, we wandered the hills without a home. There were many variations in the actual funeral proceedings but here is probably the most likely version that I have patched together from Mel Blancs vocal script, the storyboard done by Amblin artist Marty Kline offered for sale on eBay in 2014, talking with some of the people who worked on the film and other sources: R.K. Maroons Packard roars up amidst all the black limos and hearse parked along the roadway near the site of Acmes funeral. Ah yes, this takes me back. Which was going to be necessary for the two elevators that would then make that attractions stretching room scenes possible. and Little Lulu ! FernGully Whats kind of intriguing about the plot complication that sets Act 3 of National Lampoons Vacation in motion (i.e., that just as the Grisworld arrive at Walley World [after a harrowing cross-country journey] they discover that Americas favorite family fun park is closed for two weeks for cleaning and to make repairs) is that Well, its based on something that Hughes learned about the real Disneyland. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! But rather all of the classic cartoon characters from the 1930s & the 1940s who have turned out to pay their respects to Acme. If the funeral scene had been included in the film, no doubt the same stipulation would have been made for the bit with Bugs, Mickey, Humphrey and Clark in the convertible. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. Casper (the definitive version). But she & Walt put on hard hats. The stories that slip through your fingers. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. The scenes set in the parking lot at Walley World as well as at the entrance of that fictious theme park were shot in the parking lot & entrance of Santa Anita Race Track (Horse Track). The way I hear it, even with Spielbergs clout, there were just some cartoon characters that the Roger Rabbit production team couldnt acquire the rights to. 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. (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) MGM Cartoons. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. 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. They should have studied a print of Jasper Goes Hunting to see how its done. Sorry folks. But he also revealed that this project which, at that time, was entitled Space was slated to be released theatrically in April of 2019) This animated feature was abruptly cancelled when DisneyToon Studios was shuttered in June of 2018. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) George of the Jungle and Shep That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. 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. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the funeral scene which would require complicated animation and physical gags to be included with the live action and negotiations unsure for the use of some characters in the scene, that it should be cut even though it was known that it was producer Steven Spielbergs favorite scene in the script. But there was another aspect of Who Framed Roger Rabbit that for legal reasons as well as its difficulty-to-animate aspect that wound up getting cut from this Amblin production. That said, its worth noting here that just in the past year or so weve seen Disney & Pixar attempt to expand the turf that these two characters could comfortably cover. 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. 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. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? It would have been a fun scene with all those disparate Toons but Katzenberg was right that it wasnt necessary to tell the story. But he tells me that there are another 80 or so pages of drawings of classic cartoon characters that were storyboarded from this proposed Roger Rabbit sequence. 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. Bonkers D. Bobcat 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. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. It actually meant a lot to Nancy & myself that people had noticed that the site had gone dark for a few days and were concerned enough to send along e-mails and/or make phone calls just to make sure that we were both okay. It would have been a great scene. 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. To find out what other sorts of gags the Roger Rabbit production team dreamed up for Marvin Acmes funeral. Darkwing Duck The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! If the Jungle Cruise was being drained for months so that the Imagineers could then install the Sacred Elephant Bathing Pool sequence in that Adventureland attraction, that meant the Rivers of America had to be drained as well. Fantastic Four ( Hanna-Barbera ) Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. 5. Maroon wends his way through the crowd and grabs Jessica Rabbits and pulls her to the side. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Its Bob Hoskins performance that I think elevates Who Framed Roger Rabbit from being just this clever movie which is loaded with witty, well-done animation to being a truly great film. - And R. K. Maroon. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. The next time you get the chance, sit down and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit and watch how Hoskins emotionally grounds this movie. In the back seat is a live-action look-alike of actor Clark Gable sitting next to Mickey Mouse. I hate to interrupt your boid watchin but is this the right boneyard for the Acme funeral? I seemed to recall reading in some Harvey Comics issues from 1988 shortly after they came back in business that already stated licensed their characters for other animation studios (all of which didnt get off the ground) which might be why the characters did not appear in Roger Rabbit. In June of 1961, he extended Disneylands monorail system by a full 2 & a half miles so that this futuristic transportation system rolled right up to the Disneyland Hotels front door. Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. This area was specially illuminated for night-time play. This is then followed by this great moment in the balcony of a movie theater that Roger & Eddie have gone to hide out in, during which Valiant recounts to the rabbit how his brother Teddy was actually killed. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? Sugarfoot Yes its real.). Interesting story about that vignette that Marc created for The Jungle Cruise. It originally wasnt supposed to be part of that ride. We went on it the last time we went to Disneyland. This is what then inspired Disney to develop the practice of plussing the attractions at his theme parks. 9. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. 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Tex Avery and Sagebrush Sid from *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. But only this week, Ive learned that the original storyboards for this cut sequence are floating around out there. 15. but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. With his former writing partner, John Cawley, he authored several animation related books including The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars, How to Create Animation, Cartoon Confidential and Get Animateds Animation Art Buyers Guide. This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. WowPopeye, Herman, Felix, and Avery Wolf. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. But in the meantime, Disney & Pixar began exploring the idea of expanding this film franchise. After Roger Rabbit discovers that Marvin is playing Patty Cake with his wife Jessica, Acme is found murdered the following morning in his factory warehouse. Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. SpongeBob SquarePants They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. 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. Just last year, I attended this amazing panel at Comic-Con where animation veterans like Don Hahn, Dave Bossert, Nik Ranieri, James Baxter, Tom Sito & Andreas Deja talked about all the mistakes that were made over the course of production of this motion picture. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. To be specific, Mondays & Tuesday in the Fall & early Winter as well as in the late Winter / early Spring. And Walt followed through on that promise. Which meant that the Magic Kingdom Golf Course at the Disneyland Hotel could operate from 10 a.m. in the morning til 10 p.m. a night seven days a week. Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. 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. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! TOM AND JERRY. 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. 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. He taught animation classes at the Disney Institute in Florida as well as instructing classes on acting and animation history for Disney Feature Animation: Florida. If we built a Swiss Family Treehouse in the Park Well, that then means a steep set of stairs first going up into that tree and then a second steep set of stairs coming down out of that tree. 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? 1959 was Disneylands greatest year attendance-wise. This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. When you think of all the then-A-list actors that Steven Spielberg & Robert Zemeckis reportedly pursued to come play this part (example: Harrison Ford, Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy to name just a few), we are just so lucky that Hoskins ultimately won this role. By the way, the gentleman who has put this piece of film history up for bid on eBay Well, I dont know this guy from Adam. Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. I thought we were bearing Acme. In that document (which was also published on December 23rd of that year) states that: Again this year, as in each year since Disneyland Park first opened in 1955, new records were set for total attendance and per capita spending of park visitors.The change to a five-day operating week during the 1958 1959 winter season from the seven-day schedule in effect the previous year has worked out very well. HECKLE AND JECKLE. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Ill plant him muhself! He hoists the casket over his head and stomps toward the grave where he tosses it into the hole and turns to Foghorn Leghorn, Awright, you big-mouth bantampreach., In another version, when the coffin was lowered down into the grave, it landed on a whoopee cushion and a little Tex Avery style sign popped up out of the coffin saying Sad, aint it?. Despite being cut from the final film, Joe Alaskey is still credited as voicing him in the end credits. Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. While amusing, some in the audience were puzzled why Valiant was taking a shower while Judge Doom and the weasels were in hot pursuit and time was running out for Roger. Among them the TWA Moonliner, the Submarine Voyage, the Painted Desert from Frontierland (this is the area Guests traveled through when they experienced Disneylands Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland attraction), Tom Sawyer Island, the Fort in Frontierland, not to mention Skull Rock as well as Monstro the Whale from Disneylands Fantasyland. -Via io9 Bendy Also the Goons from Sleeping Beauty & the Jungle Book vulture (seen briefly at the end) as well. One that might send Lightning McQueen & Mater off to explore the gritty inner-city world that we glimpsed in all that concept art for Metro, that never-produced Cars spin-off. Sad Sack Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. Maybe we should look at those. A-hyuck. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Well, then consider this: In just the first five years that the Cars film franchise existed, global retail sales of merchandise related to these Pixar movies approached $10 billion. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acme's funeral Titled: "Acme Funeral: Inglewood Cemetery" Private Detective Eddie Valiant arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood, California for Acme's funeral Move to the top Okay. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? 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I have a lot more of the drawings, including the Casper ones, I think Joe Ranft drew several of the Casper sequence, including the A GHOST! one. Largely because the amount of money that the Mouse was making off of the sales of Cars -related merchandise was To be blunt here, mind boggling. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. Original film storyboard in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" that included a funeral scene of Marvin Acme, with Eddie Valiant, RK Maroon, and the Toons involved such as Popeye, Bluto, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Goofy, Herman the Mouse, Jessica Rabbits, and others. Aladdin and Jasmine 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. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. So things that are now closely associated with a visit to Disneyland back in the day (EX: Having to purchase a book of tickets before you entered that theme park. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. Richie Rich Meanwhile, back out at graveside, as Foghorn Leghorn is wrapping up his sermon, who comes rising up out of the ground but Casper the Friendly Ghost. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. With a loose retheming that then allows this Disneyland attraction to become home to characters from Disneys Swiss Family Robinson, Tarzan, and Encanto.. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This Pixar Animation Studios production did so well (Of all the high grossing films released that year, Cars was No. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. Will Metro that Cars Spin-Off Which Disney Developed Ever Get Made? Seeing How This Is The Golden Age of American Animation, More Deleted Cameos are: Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. I thought we were bearing Acme.. Bravo for a wonderful reconstruction of a lost scene from disparate sources. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. The eulogy is being given by Foghorn Leghorn who intones: Today we commit the body of brother Acme to the cold, I say cold, cold ground. Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). Which was published on December 14th of that year. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . And in this case, the thinking was Walt really liked those live-action movies that Ken Annakin directed for the Studio. He struggles under the weight of the thing and eventually just tosses it into Marvins open grave. Roland and Rattfink 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. Next comes (Again going L to R ) Porky & Petunia Pig, Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow, Jerky Turkey, Tex Averys wolf character and Droopy. He is angrily confronting her. So thats what happened around here last week / earlier this week. Just to clarify whos where, heres an additional couple of storyboard drawings which suggest camera moves and/or close-ups. Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: Any scene thats supposed to be inside of the actual Walley World theme park was shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain. and the Harvey superheroes ?! 12. 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). Many sequences were storyboarded and some even animated for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) but were then left out of the final feature film for a variety of reasons including cost and time issues, pacing and the fact that while they might have been clever or fun but were not really necessary to tell the story. Which was first introduced at Walt Disney World in October of 2021. 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Funeral service from Paperman & Sons, 3888 Jean Talon Ouest, on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, 1250 ch. Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. A Terrytoons Mighty Mouse is crying while in the hand of a Fleischer Superman who is on his knees sobbing away. Im doubling back on the establishing shot to get you some close-ups. Which is why Disney quietly recruited Dale & Jane Baer (More importantly, Baer Animation Studios) to come take over the Toontown section of this movie. Thats gotta go inside of the actual Jungle Cruise. So at Walts insistence the Trapped Safari then became the tag gag for the African Veldt section of that Adventureland attraction. *Sigh* I bet the story artists either bought a bunch of PD tapes, or toured the Paramount studios (and found the hidden Max & Dave Fleischer door. While yet another was supposed to have shined a spotlight on trucks. 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. They would be seen doing a pan shot while the eulogy is given. Turned this proposed sequence for this film into something that animation fans would have talked about for decades. Baby Huey 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. To be specific, Frontierland & Adventureland. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. Popeye: Were bearing Paul? 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. So reading between the lines here in Disneylands second year of operation (July 1956 June 1957), the folks down in Anaheim experimented with keeping Walts family fun park open six days a week during the slower times of the year. We say goodbye to a man who was more generous than a homely widow with Sunday supper. 14. 11. Lets look for ways to make the rides there funnier. Thats billion with a B.. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acmes funeral that were available online Until now. Popeye makes a joke back about how Were bearing Paul? You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Cubby Bear ( Van Beuren ) Psycho had wild, spiky fur, and wore a loosened straightjacket. Why when toonkind splattered forth upon this landscape, we wandered the hills without a home. There were many variations in the actual funeral proceedings but here is probably the most likely version that I have patched together from Mel Blancs vocal script, the storyboard done by Amblin artist Marty Kline offered for sale on eBay in 2014, talking with some of the people who worked on the film and other sources: R.K. Maroons Packard roars up amidst all the black limos and hearse parked along the roadway near the site of Acmes funeral. Ah yes, this takes me back. Which was going to be necessary for the two elevators that would then make that attractions stretching room scenes possible. and Little Lulu ! FernGully Whats kind of intriguing about the plot complication that sets Act 3 of National Lampoons Vacation in motion (i.e., that just as the Grisworld arrive at Walley World [after a harrowing cross-country journey] they discover that Americas favorite family fun park is closed for two weeks for cleaning and to make repairs) is that Well, its based on something that Hughes learned about the real Disneyland. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! But rather all of the classic cartoon characters from the 1930s & the 1940s who have turned out to pay their respects to Acme. If the funeral scene had been included in the film, no doubt the same stipulation would have been made for the bit with Bugs, Mickey, Humphrey and Clark in the convertible. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. Casper (the definitive version). But she & Walt put on hard hats. The stories that slip through your fingers. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. The scenes set in the parking lot at Walley World as well as at the entrance of that fictious theme park were shot in the parking lot & entrance of Santa Anita Race Track (Horse Track). The way I hear it, even with Spielbergs clout, there were just some cartoon characters that the Roger Rabbit production team couldnt acquire the rights to. 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. (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) MGM Cartoons. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. 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. They should have studied a print of Jasper Goes Hunting to see how its done. Sorry folks. But he also revealed that this project which, at that time, was entitled Space was slated to be released theatrically in April of 2019) This animated feature was abruptly cancelled when DisneyToon Studios was shuttered in June of 2018. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) George of the Jungle and Shep That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. 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. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the funeral scene which would require complicated animation and physical gags to be included with the live action and negotiations unsure for the use of some characters in the scene, that it should be cut even though it was known that it was producer Steven Spielbergs favorite scene in the script. But there was another aspect of Who Framed Roger Rabbit that for legal reasons as well as its difficulty-to-animate aspect that wound up getting cut from this Amblin production. That said, its worth noting here that just in the past year or so weve seen Disney & Pixar attempt to expand the turf that these two characters could comfortably cover. 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. 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. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? It would have been a fun scene with all those disparate Toons but Katzenberg was right that it wasnt necessary to tell the story. But he tells me that there are another 80 or so pages of drawings of classic cartoon characters that were storyboarded from this proposed Roger Rabbit sequence. 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. Bonkers D. Bobcat 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. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. It actually meant a lot to Nancy & myself that people had noticed that the site had gone dark for a few days and were concerned enough to send along e-mails and/or make phone calls just to make sure that we were both okay. It would have been a great scene. 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. To find out what other sorts of gags the Roger Rabbit production team dreamed up for Marvin Acmes funeral. Darkwing Duck The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! If the Jungle Cruise was being drained for months so that the Imagineers could then install the Sacred Elephant Bathing Pool sequence in that Adventureland attraction, that meant the Rivers of America had to be drained as well. Fantastic Four ( Hanna-Barbera ) Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. 5. Maroon wends his way through the crowd and grabs Jessica Rabbits and pulls her to the side. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Its Bob Hoskins performance that I think elevates Who Framed Roger Rabbit from being just this clever movie which is loaded with witty, well-done animation to being a truly great film. - And R. K. Maroon. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. The next time you get the chance, sit down and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit and watch how Hoskins emotionally grounds this movie. In the back seat is a live-action look-alike of actor Clark Gable sitting next to Mickey Mouse. I hate to interrupt your boid watchin but is this the right boneyard for the Acme funeral? I seemed to recall reading in some Harvey Comics issues from 1988 shortly after they came back in business that already stated licensed their characters for other animation studios (all of which didnt get off the ground) which might be why the characters did not appear in Roger Rabbit. In June of 1961, he extended Disneylands monorail system by a full 2 & a half miles so that this futuristic transportation system rolled right up to the Disneyland Hotels front door. Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. This area was specially illuminated for night-time play. This is then followed by this great moment in the balcony of a movie theater that Roger & Eddie have gone to hide out in, during which Valiant recounts to the rabbit how his brother Teddy was actually killed. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? Sugarfoot Yes its real.). Interesting story about that vignette that Marc created for The Jungle Cruise. It originally wasnt supposed to be part of that ride. We went on it the last time we went to Disneyland. This is what then inspired Disney to develop the practice of plussing the attractions at his theme parks. 9. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. 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Tex Avery and Sagebrush Sid from *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. But only this week, Ive learned that the original storyboards for this cut sequence are floating around out there. 15. but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. With his former writing partner, John Cawley, he authored several animation related books including The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars, How to Create Animation, Cartoon Confidential and Get Animateds Animation Art Buyers Guide. This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. WowPopeye, Herman, Felix, and Avery Wolf. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. But in the meantime, Disney & Pixar began exploring the idea of expanding this film franchise. After Roger Rabbit discovers that Marvin is playing Patty Cake with his wife Jessica, Acme is found murdered the following morning in his factory warehouse. Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. SpongeBob SquarePants They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. 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. Just last year, I attended this amazing panel at Comic-Con where animation veterans like Don Hahn, Dave Bossert, Nik Ranieri, James Baxter, Tom Sito & Andreas Deja talked about all the mistakes that were made over the course of production of this motion picture. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. To be specific, Mondays & Tuesday in the Fall & early Winter as well as in the late Winter / early Spring. And Walt followed through on that promise. Which meant that the Magic Kingdom Golf Course at the Disneyland Hotel could operate from 10 a.m. in the morning til 10 p.m. a night seven days a week. Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. 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. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! TOM AND JERRY. 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. 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. He taught animation classes at the Disney Institute in Florida as well as instructing classes on acting and animation history for Disney Feature Animation: Florida. If we built a Swiss Family Treehouse in the Park Well, that then means a steep set of stairs first going up into that tree and then a second steep set of stairs coming down out of that tree. 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? 1959 was Disneylands greatest year attendance-wise. This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. When you think of all the then-A-list actors that Steven Spielberg & Robert Zemeckis reportedly pursued to come play this part (example: Harrison Ford, Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy to name just a few), we are just so lucky that Hoskins ultimately won this role. By the way, the gentleman who has put this piece of film history up for bid on eBay Well, I dont know this guy from Adam. Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. I thought we were bearing Acme. In that document (which was also published on December 23rd of that year) states that: Again this year, as in each year since Disneyland Park first opened in 1955, new records were set for total attendance and per capita spending of park visitors.The change to a five-day operating week during the 1958 1959 winter season from the seven-day schedule in effect the previous year has worked out very well. HECKLE AND JECKLE. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Ill plant him muhself! He hoists the casket over his head and stomps toward the grave where he tosses it into the hole and turns to Foghorn Leghorn, Awright, you big-mouth bantampreach., In another version, when the coffin was lowered down into the grave, it landed on a whoopee cushion and a little Tex Avery style sign popped up out of the coffin saying Sad, aint it?. Despite being cut from the final film, Joe Alaskey is still credited as voicing him in the end credits. Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. While amusing, some in the audience were puzzled why Valiant was taking a shower while Judge Doom and the weasels were in hot pursuit and time was running out for Roger. Among them the TWA Moonliner, the Submarine Voyage, the Painted Desert from Frontierland (this is the area Guests traveled through when they experienced Disneylands Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland attraction), Tom Sawyer Island, the Fort in Frontierland, not to mention Skull Rock as well as Monstro the Whale from Disneylands Fantasyland. -Via io9 Bendy Also the Goons from Sleeping Beauty & the Jungle Book vulture (seen briefly at the end) as well. One that might send Lightning McQueen & Mater off to explore the gritty inner-city world that we glimpsed in all that concept art for Metro, that never-produced Cars spin-off. Sad Sack Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. Maybe we should look at those. A-hyuck. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Well, then consider this: In just the first five years that the Cars film franchise existed, global retail sales of merchandise related to these Pixar movies approached $10 billion. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acme's funeral Titled: "Acme Funeral: Inglewood Cemetery" Private Detective Eddie Valiant arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood, California for Acme's funeral Move to the top Okay. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? Then Pokemon Quest is the game for you, Pokemon Lets Go, Pikachu ! & Pokemon Lets Go, Eevee ! to come to the Nintendo Switch this year, Nintendos Labo will allow kids to craft their own customized Switch-powered play experiences, Kingdom Hearts III to feature Monsters, Inc. & Toy Story characters, The Lion King: Twenty Years on Broadway and Around the World reveals how close this hit show came to not happening, Broadway vet Eden Espinosa is living out her Disney dream by voicing Cassandra on Tangled: The Series, Principal Casting Announced for Disneys New Broadway Musical, Frozen Opening Spring 2018, Ever wonder how that magic carpet in Disneys Aladdin flies? An American songwriter Marvin Gaye's funeral in 1984.REF 12326 To license contact info@lpe360.com Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. TOM AND JERRY. Back then, Walt Disney Studios just had a hit film that was based on Johann David Wyss famous adventure novel of 1812. I have a lot more of the drawings, including the Casper ones, I think Joe Ranft drew several of the Casper sequence, including the A GHOST! one. Largely because the amount of money that the Mouse was making off of the sales of Cars -related merchandise was To be blunt here, mind boggling. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. Original film storyboard in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" that included a funeral scene of Marvin Acme, with Eddie Valiant, RK Maroon, and the Toons involved such as Popeye, Bluto, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Goofy, Herman the Mouse, Jessica Rabbits, and others. Aladdin and Jasmine 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. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. So things that are now closely associated with a visit to Disneyland back in the day (EX: Having to purchase a book of tickets before you entered that theme park. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. Richie Rich Meanwhile, back out at graveside, as Foghorn Leghorn is wrapping up his sermon, who comes rising up out of the ground but Casper the Friendly Ghost. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. With a loose retheming that then allows this Disneyland attraction to become home to characters from Disneys Swiss Family Robinson, Tarzan, and Encanto.. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This Pixar Animation Studios production did so well (Of all the high grossing films released that year, Cars was No. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. Will Metro that Cars Spin-Off Which Disney Developed Ever Get Made? Seeing How This Is The Golden Age of American Animation, More Deleted Cameos are: Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. I thought we were bearing Acme.. Bravo for a wonderful reconstruction of a lost scene from disparate sources. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. The eulogy is being given by Foghorn Leghorn who intones: Today we commit the body of brother Acme to the cold, I say cold, cold ground. Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). Which was published on December 14th of that year. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . And in this case, the thinking was Walt really liked those live-action movies that Ken Annakin directed for the Studio. He struggles under the weight of the thing and eventually just tosses it into Marvins open grave. Roland and Rattfink 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. Next comes (Again going L to R ) Porky & Petunia Pig, Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow, Jerky Turkey, Tex Averys wolf character and Droopy. He is angrily confronting her. So thats what happened around here last week / earlier this week. Just to clarify whos where, heres an additional couple of storyboard drawings which suggest camera moves and/or close-ups. Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: Any scene thats supposed to be inside of the actual Walley World theme park was shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain. and the Harvey superheroes ?! 12. 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). Many sequences were storyboarded and some even animated for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) but were then left out of the final feature film for a variety of reasons including cost and time issues, pacing and the fact that while they might have been clever or fun but were not really necessary to tell the story. Which was first introduced at Walt Disney World in October of 2021. 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