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. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. And Walt now wants to turn that attendance deficit around. For example, in the scene where sky-diving Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny offer the plummeting Eddie a spare (parachute, he thinks, but of course its a tire), the lawyers for Disney and Warners demanded that not only were Mickey and Bugs to appear on screen for exactly the same length of time, down to the last frame of film, but they were also to have the same number of lines, and even exactly the same number of words, of dialogue. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. Which then cues Foghorn Leghorn to begin his sermon. Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 . Famous characters Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl, Superman, Little Lulu, and Casper the Friendly Ghost, as well as Pat Sullivan 's Felix the Cat, and MGM's Tom & Jerry, were all scripted to appear in a scene revolving around Marvin Acme's funeral, but the rights to the characters could not be obtained in time, although a photo of Felix shaking hands 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. Theres this great scene about 20 minutes into this motion pictures where Valiant as he sits alone in his office, drinking is looking through some photographs and is suddenly undone when Eddie comes across an image of himself, his brother Teddy and Valiants then-girlfriend / secretary Delores cavorting at Catalina. And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. When I contact anyone for information, I am always prepared for them to decline or not have the answer. ! and running off in terror, knocking down chairs, wreaths, loudspeakers and trampling Maroon, who has now recovered and is standing up, in the process. The storyboards. And then the two of them made multiple trips up & down the stairs that had already been installed in & around Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. (1) Operating a seven-day week throughout the 1957 1958 week against a six-day week the year before. Which bring us to Eddie Valiant, the down-on-his-luck private dick that Bob played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. Given that Bob Iger (at Disneys quarterly earnings call held earlier this week) revealed that the Company now has sequels in the works for Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia Well, is it really all that far-fetched to think that at some point further on down the road Disney & Pixar will put yet another sequel to Cars in the works? Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: Wed have to rip that up and then reroute that water system., The Imagineers then said But Walt. This would've been Marvin Acme's funeral" 14. 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. In one version, Yosemite Sam gets so angry that he yells, Hold it, ya varmints! Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; . 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. The September 1979 issue, to be exact) to the screen. Drawings were made of Tom and Jerry, Heckle and Jeckle, Tex Averys MGM wolf character, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow, Porky and Petunia Pig, Droopy, Andy Panda, Katnip the Cat, Tex Averys George and Junior, Sylvester the Cat, Baby Huey, Tubby the Tuba and the Three Little Pigs among many others. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. The original production schedule was for three days of live action shooting for Marvin Acmes funeral. Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Mark. But as they say If you dont have your health, you dont have anything. And toward the end of last week, Nancy & I were both seriously over-drawn at the health bank. 10. He had stopped work for the day and drinking with friends at a cricket match. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. Thats billion with a B.. Its an argument that Ive been having with animation fans for nearly a quarter of a century now. The ceremony is already in progress. 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. Counter this with Lightning Lane. That was the original plan, anyway. Its at this point that Walt personally reaches out to Jack and says I know, I know. This collection of animated shorts literally sent Lightning McQueen & Mater off on a road trip. 2 at the box office. No problem, Mark. He is angrily confronting her. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Gerald McBoing-Boing 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. 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. Popeye, Bluto, and others appear only in this storyboarded funeral scene. Dolores: But I already have a good man). The final version and the one that is most often referenced seems to be that as the coffin touches the bottom of the grave, Casper the Friendly Ghost rises up and asks, Will you be my friend?. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. CHIP 'N DALE. Were then going to have to spend dollars to get those people back.. And back to National Lampoons Vacation The Walley World stuff was all shot at two Southern California attractions. Which Im told resulted in all sort of angry people at the entrance of Disneylands parking lot. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. Back then, Walt Disney Studios just had a hit film that was based on Johann David Wyss famous adventure novel of 1812. When out of the corner of his eye (through a gap in the fence that surrounded this cricket pitch) John spied this beautiful Samaan tree with a huge 200 foot-wide canopy of leaves. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. 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. 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. 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 would have been a great scene. One of the sequences from this Disney film that people most fondly remember is that montage where the Robinsons salvage what they can of their wrecked ship, the Swallow, and then use that same material to construct this amazing treehouse on an uninhabited island off the shore of New Guinea. Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. FernGully 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. Yes its real.). Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. He Wouldve Been In The Marvin Acmes Funeral Scene Sadly Playing The Violin as the Coffin goes down into the grave ! Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! 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. At least when it came to how popular an attraction would be with Guests (The Mickey Mouse Club Circus fiasco of the holiday season of 1955 being the exception, of course). When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. Anyway, heres hoping that you folks enjoyed todays story. 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. Because the storyboard artists took what Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman had originally written for this part of their Roger Rabbit screenplay and really expanded on the concept of animated-characters-attend-a-human-funeral idea. And why is that?, you ask. He struggles under the weight of the thing and eventually just tosses it into Marvins open grave. But rather all of the classic cartoon characters from the 1930s & the 1940s who have turned out to pay their respects to Acme. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. 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. 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. 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. Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. Fantastic Four ( Hanna-Barbera ) Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. Shiva at Jackie's home Monday through Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. 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. Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! Popeye: Were bearing Paul? This article is based on research for The Disney Dish Podcast Episode 412, published on January 30, 2023. So thats what the Imagineers did. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. A large safe was dropped on his head and fortunately that action occurs offscreen. 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) 9. Great story and discussion. Things get built at the Disney Theme Parks but not always for the reasons that you might think. They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. 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. de la Fort, Outremont. Planes: Fire and Rescue followed in the Summer of 2014. One of those great examples of falling in love with a concept that doesnt fit. Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. I just love how in the above shot Felix the Cat is fighting back tears as he helps to carry Acmes casket. People arent going to like doing all of that climbing., Imagineers continued An attraction like thats only going to appeal to kids. 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. Once you got to the front of that line, you then had to open your wallet and purchase enough tickets for your entire family to enjoy that attraction. Hi Jim, 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. Sorry folks. Which was a perk that no other hotel in Orange County had. 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. During the 2022 holiday season, Disney Parks actually raised the prices on individual Lightning Lanes for popular attractions like Rise of the Resistance to $22 a person. 1. In the original screenplay, an entire day went by between the time Eddie exited the Terminal Bar & Grill and the moment that Valiant encountered Jessica Rabbit as he stepped out of his office bathroom. 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. Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. Disney Big Figures: Where They Began, Where They Are Now and Where Are They Going? Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat, and more. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) clip with quote - Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme. 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