28. Bravo for a wonderful reconstruction of a lost scene from disparate sources. Which proves to be a problem on the off-season, given that there are days in the late Fall / early Spring when there are more Cast Members working in the Park than there are Guests coming through the turnstiles. ! and then run off in terror. Counter this with Lightning Lane. 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.. Notwithstanding it would be a great scene. 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?. And what does the Company do with this info? The appearance has all the mourners (both toon and human) screaming A Ghost! Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . 12. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. They should have studied a print of Jasper Goes Hunting to see how its done. Brodhead, KY 40409. Another great piece about this great film. You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Want to stress here: Two days a week versus the two weeks each year in National Lampoons Vacation.. Thanks to Mr. Kausler who was incredibly valuable on that film. From the very moment he first burst on the scene back in 1978 as sheet music salesman Arthur Parker in the TV mini-series version of Pennies from Heaven, it was clear that there was something special about this performer. 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). 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. 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. The final shot for the scene would be Valiant saying, When it comes to funerals, Toons are worse than the Irish! 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! Herman & Katnip as a team Thats billion with a B.. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? 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. Nearby, Marvin Acne's funeral is inprogress. Which is why Im now trying to get Jim Hill Meida back up to speed. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Fax: 1-606-758-8052. 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). Cubby Bear ( Van Beuren ) To be specific, Frontierland & Adventureland. And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. 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As in: Down in the subway system. 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. It would have been a great scene. 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. At this point, there was no confirmation as to what toons would be available to mourn so there are multiple blue sky drawings. This collection of animated shorts literally sent Lightning McQueen & Mater off on a road trip. Toward the end, Jessica knees Maroon in the groin and he crumples to the ground as she storms off. Theres Barely Any Famous Studios Characters ! And one of the main reasons that this Walt Disney Productions release did so well at the box office that year was Well, Swiss Family Robinson looked great. 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. This 70-foot-tall faux tree (with its 80 foot-wide canopy of 300,000 pink plastic leaves) opened just in time for Thanksgiving of 1962. 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. A Terrytoons Mighty Mouse is crying while in the hand of a Fleischer Superman who is on his knees sobbing away. Meanwhile, Goofy makes a joke about how tough it is to be a pallbearer. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. 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. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. Little Audrey Storyboards for this scene recently surfaced on EBay. 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. 5. 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. 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. Next comes (Again going L to R ) Porky & Petunia Pig, Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow, Jerky Turkey, Tex Averys wolf character and Droopy. Marvin E Owens Home for Funerals. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. They chit-chatted with Valiant for a few moment before heading off to the links and . Reduced operating hours helped to control operating costs in the face of increased wage rates and other rising costs. 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. I hate to interrupt your boid watchin but is this the right boneyard for the Acme funeral? Heres the actual opening line to John Hughes Vacation 58.. 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. 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. Or just trading with collectors, either way. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. Paul Bearins shore hard work, aint it? Hashimoto-San The September 1979 issue, to be exact) to the screen. 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. Mark Kauslers account of the Acme funeral is accurate. How so?, you query. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. Sorry I declined to participate in this post, just too much work for nothing, I guess. Honestly, I thought the whole scene was good enough as is, lawyer problems aside (which got worse for Warners as time went on). Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. 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. Disney Has Also Forgot To Add: Little Dot Theres a full scan of that annual report over on DisneyDocs.net). Will Metro that Cars Spin-Off Which Disney Developed Ever Get Made? Arf Arf Arf. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. An early script for the movie include a scene in which Eddie Valiant attends Marvin Acme's funeral. Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? An American songwriter Marvin Gaye's funeral in 1984.REF 12326 To license contact info@lpe360.com Whereas poor Nancy currently sounds like a harbor seal with a head cold. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. Not according to the guys who worked on it. 16. Which the Imagineers (back then, anyway) felt was money wasted. Storyboards Reveal What Marvin Acme's Funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Would Have Looked Like Published 9 years ago on May 8, 2014 By Jim Hill Listen to the Article So when your winter cold (which wouldn't let go) becomes a spring cold (that just won't go away) suddenly mutates into the Black Plague 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. 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. Whats more, what initially drove him to seek out and then purchase this amazing animation artifact was my August 2011 story about scenes that had been cut out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. Cars 2 came out in June of 2011 and also did quite well at the box office (It took the No. Long story short: It was never a smart thing to bet against Walt. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. That in a nutshell is what happened here at Jim Hill Media. The Wuzzles And in this case, the thinking was Walt really liked those live-action movies that Ken Annakin directed for the Studio. The actual Disneyland in Anaheim. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) MGM Cartoons. 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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. 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. We see Eddie arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood. Richie Rich 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. Yosemite Sam winds up being the only toon left carrying Acmes casket. The other three were adults. Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). 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. A live action look-alike for actor Humphrey Bogart is driving. Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. It always seemed odd that Tom and Jerry, the top cartoon stars of the time, werent there, or even Fox and Crow. 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. Tom Terrific Because the concrete foundation that supported this six ton structure had to go down some 42 feet Well, that totally screwed up the water system that previously connected Disneylands Jungle River Cruise to the Rivers of America. Jim Hill is an entertainment writer who has specialized in covering The Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years now. With a loose retheming that then allows this Disneyland attraction to become home to characters from Disneys Swiss Family Robinson, Tarzan, and Encanto.. 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. but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. This kid-friendly area (called the Magic Kingdom Golf Course) featured elaborately themed holes with recreations of attractions that could be found right next door at Disneyland Park. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. 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). Dont fret. A deleted scene involving Marvin Acme's funeral would've featured Foghorn Leghorn as the preacher giving the sermon. To find out what other sorts of gags the Roger Rabbit production team dreamed up for Marvin Acmes funeral. So for Disneylands third year of operation (July 1957 June 1958) on Walts orders, Disneyland is then kept open seven days a week all year long. 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. So be bought a postcard of the actual Matterhorn and then mailed it to Dick Irvine (who at that time was the Companys lead Imagineer). Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. Doom killing him for getting in the way of his goals was as much of a shock as it was to Eddie when he found out the next day. WowPopeye, Herman, Felix, and Avery Wolf. And that was Marvin Acmes funeral. In 1965, this Adventureland Attraction even after taking those costs into consideration still managed to turn a profit of $313,000. All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Crusader Rabbit Im Just Saying If Theyre Actually In The Film If They Had Their Own Cartoons by Famous Studios ! Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Mind it, it wasnt just time & money that tripped up this particular sequence. - And R. K. Maroon. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. Great reporting Jim. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. But she & Walt put on hard hats. Given that Im a short, round bald guy whos a bit rough around the edges, it probably wont surprise you to hear that I was (and still am) a huge Bob Hoskins fan. The Entire Cast of The Adventures of Brer Rabbit ( 2006 ) etc. While yet another was supposed to have shined a spotlight on trucks. As Well as Robby the Seal ( Pingus Friend ) Crying as Acmes coffin gets lowered straight right down into the grave. Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. 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. 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. He is angrily confronting her. 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. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. Planes: Fire and Rescue followed in the Summer of 2014. Bob Z. and the writers came up with the scene. 2. With its 11 story-tall Sierra Tower breaking ground in 1961 (it opened the following year in September of 1962). Pink Panther Your email address will not be published. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. Hole No. More more MORE!!!! What About: 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. You can see Disney proudly showing off the elaborate water wheel system at the heart of this Adventureland attraction, which send 200 gallons of water high up into that faux tree. 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. 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. The pallbearers of the coffin kept shifting but generally included Yosemite Sam (who is struggling to carry the coffin from underneath it), Elmer Fudd, the silent screen version of Felix the Cat (with a Sob thought bubble above him), Popeye, Bluto, Herman the Mouse and in at least one version, Goofy. Marvin graduated from Boston University and then attended Western University where he completed his MBA. Eddie follows these two into a near-by mausoleum. No lawyer writers. 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.. 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. This whole scene is being shown from the point of view of Valiant who is in the distance leaning against a palm tree. We shed no tears for we know that Marvin is going to a better place. Darkwing Duck Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. Stumbo the Giant Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. 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. 6. Ah yes, this takes me back. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. (2) Increased costs due to rising salaries and the inauguration of a 40-hour week. Roland and Rattfink THE ACME FUNERAL SITE - LONG SHOT - DAY. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. 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. A large safe was dropped on his head and fortunately that action occurs offscreen. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) And just in case youre wondering: The cost of extending Disneylands monorail system over to the Disneyland Hotel was $1.9 million (Thats $19 million in 2023 money). 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. TOM AND JERRY. 15. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. and Little Lulu ! Wed have to rip that up and then reroute that water system., The Imagineers then said But Walt. Tito and Burrito Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. 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. Marvin Acme's death. Worth noting here that in the late 1960s / early 1970s when Walt Disney Animation Studios was fumbling around for an idea for a project to tackle after The Aristocats (That was the last animated feature that Walt Disney personally put into production / greenlit) someone asks that classic question What would Walt do?. Marvin D. McCune De Smet, SD - Marv McCune, age 66, of De Smet, SD, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 at the Mayo Hospital in Rochester, MN. 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. Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* This was what led Walt to bring Marc Davis over to WED from Feature Animation in October of 1960 and effectively say Help me make Disneyland better. This operational change at the Park is going to affect your bottom line at the Hotel. 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. Only this time around, itll be $7 million worth of new attractions. 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). The Disney Dish Podcast is part of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network. That being said, I want to publicly state that Mark has helped me many, many times in the past. This resulted in lower net profits compared to the prior year. 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. He had stopped work for the day and drinking with friends at a cricket match. 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. 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 explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. Which Im told resulted in all sort of angry people at the entrance of Disneylands parking lot. Deputy Dawg Let me remove any doubt here. and 17. Sadly, the Imagineers werent able to base any other theme park attractions on Ken Annakin movies. 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. Notably left out of the mix were Popeye characters, Tom and Jerry, and Casper the Friendly Ghost. Swiss Family Robinson was the very last film that he directed for Disney Studios. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. It would have been a fun scene with all those disparate Toons but Katzenberg was right that it wasnt necessary to tell the story. Under which flowed the water that traveled from the Jungle River Cruise into the Rivers of America). But rather all of the classic cartoon characters from the 1930s & the 1940s who have turned out to pay their respects to Acme. 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. Shnookums & Meat That was the original plan, anyway. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner 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. 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. Hi Jim, A deleted scene involving the infamous Toon Pig Head would've featured a brief cameo of Witch Hazel. Id also like to thank people like Leo N. Holzer, who stepped up to the plate when Nancy & I couldnt and got a new story or two out there. 4. Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Nancy and I have been trading the same cold back & forth since late February / early March. Keep In Mind That WFRR Totally Had Mixed Reviews ! 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. Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. 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