Sad Sack Take for example what happened last week when Bob Hoskins died. 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. That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. 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. And let me tell you, folks: The more I look at these images, I honestly wish that Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Richard Williams & Dale Baer could have found a way to make the Marvin-Acmes-funeral scene happen. To find out what other sorts of gags the Roger Rabbit production team dreamed up for Marvin Acmes funeral. 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. Pink Panther And given that Jim Hill Media is basically a two person shop, if we were both really finally going to get on top of this respiratory-related ailment (which Im just being honest here hasnt been helped by pollen season), it was now time to step away from the site for a few days and just concentrate on getting healthy. But again thanks for your patience as well as all your kind words. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. This collection of animated shorts literally sent Lightning McQueen & Mater off on a road trip. Bravo for a wonderful reconstruction of a lost scene from disparate sources. Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Conversely, the pairing of Donald and Daffy was on-the-nose! The Disney Dish Podcast is part of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Gopher Over that time, he has interviewed hundreds of animators, actors, and Imagineers -- many of whom have shared behind-the-scenes stories with Mr. Hill about how the Mouse House really works. Whereas Teddy He never made it). Herman & Katnip as a team All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. The funeral scene starred Foghorn Leghorn as a preacher, cast Goofy, Bluto, Felix the Cat and others as pallbearers, and contained a shot where Yosemite Sam angrily tosses Acme's coffin into his grave, making it the most hilarious fake funeral ever proposed! Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. Because Id dearly love to see whats in those other 80 drawings. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. and the Harvey superheroes ?! Let me remove any doubt here. This operational change at the Park is going to affect your bottom line at the Hotel. I think they made the right decision, looking back, in eliminating the sequence. The original production schedule was for three days of live action shooting for Marvin Acmes funeral. Especially when Valiant tries to break things off with his Girl Friday (Eddie: Dolores, you need to find yourself a good man. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. 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 ? They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. John Howell who was the art director on Swiss Family Robinson was out scouting locations for this movie in 1958. 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. 4. Other holes featured recreations of popular Disneyland attractions of the 1960s. 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. 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. No wonder Steven Spielberg liked it so much. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* 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. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. When there was plenty to go around for everyone. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . And Walt now wants to turn that attendance deficit around. And those words supposedly were Build this.. 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. 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. The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! Little Roquefort Why when toonkind splattered forth upon this landscape, we wandered the hills without a home. Even when he portrayed vicious gangsters in films like The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa, and The Cotton Club, there was still something decent & very relatable about Bobs portrayal of these characters. Which is why Im now trying to get Jim Hill Meida back up to speed. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. Hashimoto-San 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. Just so Walt could then be certain that this attractions stairways werent too steep. 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. Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. 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. 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. Its still there, by the way. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. 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. Disney Corporate knows about this (hence the number of times questions about this perception has bubbled up in recent surveys that Resort has sent out). If you ever want to journey to the town of Goldsborough on the Caribbean island of Tobago. 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. And as for those steep sets of stairs While work was underway on this 70-foot-tall faux tree, Walt persuaded Betty Taylor (who was playing Sue Foot Sue over at the Golden Horseshoe at that time) to come over to the Swiss Family Treehouse construction site one afternoon. And as Valiant moves through the long column of cars that are parked near Acmes gravesite, the private detective notices R.K. Maroon exit a long black limo. 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. 148 West Main St / PO Box 658. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. 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. Because Bob brought so much reality & humanity to Eddie, a role that in the wrong hands could have really been just a cartoon. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. Valiant cant hear what is being said but by the pantomined actions can see it is on the verge of becoming violent. Anyway Like I said, Disneys movie version of Swiss Family Robinson comes out in December of 1960 and does quite well at the box office (Fourth highest grossing film of the year domestically). 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). Tom Terrific Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. Some three months after Disneyland Park first open. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out?