tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24400130334772371042024-03-18T09:22:44.418-07:00Meet The WorldTokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comBlogger490125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-5743867510937342162024-02-29T09:00:00.000-08:002024-03-18T08:09:14.137-07:00Japanese Village & Deer Park - Buena Park, CA<p>Today, we will be visiting a little extinct theme park called, Japanese Village & Deer Park.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorsy6oGH9JPmrIf2TvUbBGiwkvHoUdAvCA7NN7WeqKUkCgA2MkLW9ORBRZG2EkoXalocpM1XJX4zU7Uuj31b4KNq6jkNaf0jOThm1Labf8e-wcy6FIYC19j-jQhy902H9skWLcrlyOU1vOpjRlmg_0HlPUy_1p1Tv85BLu5JDly6Qv9EGwL4finOvUdA/s767/Japanese%20Village%20Decal%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="767" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorsy6oGH9JPmrIf2TvUbBGiwkvHoUdAvCA7NN7WeqKUkCgA2MkLW9ORBRZG2EkoXalocpM1XJX4zU7Uuj31b4KNq6jkNaf0jOThm1Labf8e-wcy6FIYC19j-jQhy902H9skWLcrlyOU1vOpjRlmg_0HlPUy_1p1Tv85BLu5JDly6Qv9EGwL4finOvUdA/s320/Japanese%20Village%20Decal%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The park was located just off the 5 freeway in Buena Park, about six and a half miles northwest of Disneyland. It opened in 1967 and closed in 1974, just seven short years later. Japanese Village was built by Allen Parkinson, who in 1962, had opened Movieland
Wax Museum (which was only five minutes away, and just up the street
from Knott's Berry Farm). In 1970, Parkinson sold both Japanese
Village and Movieland, to the Six Flags Corporation.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s66lFTHNUP7sNVrBUOkAwnB0P-oRZWsRcFBCWpUTysOugv8dHg50a7yCMHHco_7gejvXafuoB0iUClfsSLGXRl1V5lnAuhgYaHn7CPvMf2HAosi4MJHKSnIZY-SdTmMjN9iB2UxOVv6p2-1oBTP5PfFeUO_QwV6XjL7r_cBjYqYKyx1zj-YOpG7Hn2k/s987/J.V.%20Map%20-%20Buena%20Park%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="987" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s66lFTHNUP7sNVrBUOkAwnB0P-oRZWsRcFBCWpUTysOugv8dHg50a7yCMHHco_7gejvXafuoB0iUClfsSLGXRl1V5lnAuhgYaHn7CPvMf2HAosi4MJHKSnIZY-SdTmMjN9iB2UxOVv6p2-1oBTP5PfFeUO_QwV6XjL7r_cBjYqYKyx1zj-YOpG7Hn2k/s320/J.V.%20Map%20-%20Buena%20Park%201a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This brochure actually promotes both attractions, however I am only including the part of the brochure which relates to Japanese Village. I will post the Movieland portion in a future <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/search/label/Movieland%20Wax%20Museum" target="_blank">Movieland Wax Museum</a> post.<p></p><p>The green "people" on the brochure's cover were called "Fuji Folk," and were the park's attempt at having "walk-around" characters to greet the guests. The character on the left was "Izzy Moto." The character on the right was, "Oto Moto," and the blue fish he is holding was "Flip Flop."<br />
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</p><p></p><p>The brochure also included a colorful map. After many years of searching, this is the most detailed map of the park that I have come across.<br />
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I was fortunate enough to visit Japanese Village, on multiple occasions. Below, are some souvenirs from my visits, as well as some items that I found on ebay.<br />
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A Japanese Village fold-out postcard booklet:<br />
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native to East Asia, most notably, Japan. And Japanese Village & Deer
Park itself, was inspired by Nara Park in Japan, a public park where wild
sika deer roam freely. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43thmZqlzJzEcj3UsT388T8rRFqmVahe5N3n2s-jnnTI8VeU_H__Fr9W3aZpn_2APoKX0N2CpxBZ93SocJvohMFPVfR_zKEBqq4o9QaDu0Ff1dcODYIclsJ4jRRjnKLxfSwT4uCHWolk/s1600/J.V.+Postcard+Folder+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43thmZqlzJzEcj3UsT388T8rRFqmVahe5N3n2s-jnnTI8VeU_H__Fr9W3aZpn_2APoKX0N2CpxBZ93SocJvohMFPVfR_zKEBqq4o9QaDu0Ff1dcODYIclsJ4jRRjnKLxfSwT4uCHWolk/s320/J.V.+Postcard+Folder+%25283%2529.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jG72igFQ2bL-uSp1biyLI5UUo4yg-KL2GJlv4C87PPI84aXJjRBEKcUksz6AFve9fbCzeGBWH9ml2w4Z9DzO2xwEie1D0YjP5l0Cy82LvH-I1EV7pAZByXEZZ4B0UvvMexELA2xzgEk/s1600/J.V.+Postcard+Folder+%25286%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jG72igFQ2bL-uSp1biyLI5UUo4yg-KL2GJlv4C87PPI84aXJjRBEKcUksz6AFve9fbCzeGBWH9ml2w4Z9DzO2xwEie1D0YjP5l0Cy82LvH-I1EV7pAZByXEZZ4B0UvvMexELA2xzgEk/s320/J.V.+Postcard+Folder+%25286%2529.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><p>A packet of View-Master reels, featuring 21 "stereo" pictures:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58aJRQKvDw_PNDOMX0zmJSRr42DQSPh8Y70TjcwBDhyec3tzBb1k4K6wSDp1rLi-W3LKloBTIygJO7s_UBWDF0_OvzI-lhwI6ET__Dx7S0yD4m665W3uYfbQwoh16GseIEMXOwDPaFsU5K0UdsEgFQxLR57kKSQZbejTPvWKWe_zcuUeG9kmUI_YLiPE/s897/J.%20V.%20View-Master%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="878" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg58aJRQKvDw_PNDOMX0zmJSRr42DQSPh8Y70TjcwBDhyec3tzBb1k4K6wSDp1rLi-W3LKloBTIygJO7s_UBWDF0_OvzI-lhwI6ET__Dx7S0yD4m665W3uYfbQwoh16GseIEMXOwDPaFsU5K0UdsEgFQxLR57kKSQZbejTPvWKWe_zcuUeG9kmUI_YLiPE/s320/J.%20V.%20View-Master%20b.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><p></p><p>I found this unopened light switchplate on ebay, and for some reason, I had to have it. Will I take it out of the package and use it? Nah!<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh8iB5lPTnsUQs7LchJq_6Vr84VrXqUpRBPfHee-EPma7WANaTZuOTSGDTEfJYJ-hxqZWpMh7NNsGvZAXUraq-ZUagvLUhqTn9JI_c2_8FoE-j-O3J7pRaOax37rWxGCxN0Hclim6HUap1MTNUib6M0FPrvwVgWsMaWptTsjORKlI6crAe9n5El4BE=s1212" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh8iB5lPTnsUQs7LchJq_6Vr84VrXqUpRBPfHee-EPma7WANaTZuOTSGDTEfJYJ-hxqZWpMh7NNsGvZAXUraq-ZUagvLUhqTn9JI_c2_8FoE-j-O3J7pRaOax37rWxGCxN0Hclim6HUap1MTNUib6M0FPrvwVgWsMaWptTsjORKlI6crAe9n5El4BE=s320" width="261" /></a></div><p>This coloring book is another item from ebay:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQk0ITn1p6JewulyrMeZPByzuDj1WDp9IlVs9vDgH2UOQscSyoa1J7pMnJqS9UEanJXJIE2mFoguBuM8U5TbBaKqB5Fm6cCOeOdzJZkYyOZCC-5WcEomII0Vs3S8I0qPsjzxvntOq9s2YtxLAyf1tXpmXidqo0rOpqyUpqP1GOLqRUAPjZnXeUktFxtA/s1417/zz%20J.V.%20Coloring%20Book.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQk0ITn1p6JewulyrMeZPByzuDj1WDp9IlVs9vDgH2UOQscSyoa1J7pMnJqS9UEanJXJIE2mFoguBuM8U5TbBaKqB5Fm6cCOeOdzJZkYyOZCC-5WcEomII0Vs3S8I0qPsjzxvntOq9s2YtxLAyf1tXpmXidqo0rOpqyUpqP1GOLqRUAPjZnXeUktFxtA/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Coloring%20Book.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p></p><p></p> Next, we have two Japanese Village patches.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLvjB5k6wbh0yQ5Ozx5N5TC9zdIK6XsAYcgv0tuaRaDUm7teL_z_pJp36gjsp8aW4aYfNaNJEhQ2eWQdB3O3FAZlev3U54dclIYYGR1E36s0OHHdJ1YCJr9VGCEfZ-_JOH8-QuNXSsyqkb9nQTNUi9B9ML2oIxOVEBlR1f179eYE7VY-UEAFbT_I_LpM/s843/zz%20J.V.%20Patch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLvjB5k6wbh0yQ5Ozx5N5TC9zdIK6XsAYcgv0tuaRaDUm7teL_z_pJp36gjsp8aW4aYfNaNJEhQ2eWQdB3O3FAZlev3U54dclIYYGR1E36s0OHHdJ1YCJr9VGCEfZ-_JOH8-QuNXSsyqkb9nQTNUi9B9ML2oIxOVEBlR1f179eYE7VY-UEAFbT_I_LpM/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Patch.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><p>This second one was given to me by a friend, who I believe found it at a
flea market. It is still attached to a remnant of red material. I thought this might have been cut off of an employee uniform, but that is just a guess.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATJOAgqYlltKZtwTTrJhzM5lg8imxoANj_6RC7T9zezxEAYdbo-bM4-L2Ntlg-fgeb42DQ3W_7i1EF_SkZP4M7JxIkFstO-HvNl556GrNbfxMVaO5l6twxmAerFAGEY3f24fE1WNG_JM/s1600/Japanese+Village+-+Deer+Park+Patch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATJOAgqYlltKZtwTTrJhzM5lg8imxoANj_6RC7T9zezxEAYdbo-bM4-L2Ntlg-fgeb42DQ3W_7i1EF_SkZP4M7JxIkFstO-HvNl556GrNbfxMVaO5l6twxmAerFAGEY3f24fE1WNG_JM/s320/Japanese+Village+-+Deer+Park+Patch.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><p>
How about a look at some Japanese Village ephemera?</p><p>A ticket to the park:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3WD6dk2dowFTST_2UOb-7do1593dtp-Eqmw05hTLcqqsZk5ZYdFBe1a0lx708WW31gaA1Za8dF-JhA09EQLan0DgVx9UNfJITISpTuY1LItBh5kpU87vo1T4GXaLl-M9a9Ib5i1xExLnnkmMKX3HHuaMNm5ixzoHfI7FSKZqhBewV33CWJyBCs1_4hM/s1363/zz%20J.V.%20Ticket%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1363" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3WD6dk2dowFTST_2UOb-7do1593dtp-Eqmw05hTLcqqsZk5ZYdFBe1a0lx708WW31gaA1Za8dF-JhA09EQLan0DgVx9UNfJITISpTuY1LItBh5kpU87vo1T4GXaLl-M9a9Ib5i1xExLnnkmMKX3HHuaMNm5ixzoHfI7FSKZqhBewV33CWJyBCs1_4hM/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Ticket%201a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The reverse side of the ticket was offering a same-day discount to Movieland Wax Museum:<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04PLJ1FlVUkAd2Dixy9GkDWw8sLl07ANU8LDI3o3HI9zDEz8d2ekGUk6qnPlT9RClGR11XTFXXRQ3-voo9juBJj8QgNuKAn2_f3zmlwETzmkEOgvkeTm7A_AG70Uu4VBfGFTdynsaLmdVk_ZfGsoG76Xna3QPNN_vjVL4_mli7H6GKIF3HA-E0S4hdrE/s1347/zz%20J.V.%20Ticket%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1347" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04PLJ1FlVUkAd2Dixy9GkDWw8sLl07ANU8LDI3o3HI9zDEz8d2ekGUk6qnPlT9RClGR11XTFXXRQ3-voo9juBJj8QgNuKAn2_f3zmlwETzmkEOgvkeTm7A_AG70Uu4VBfGFTdynsaLmdVk_ZfGsoG76Xna3QPNN_vjVL4_mli7H6GKIF3HA-E0S4hdrE/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Ticket%201b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>A matchbook cover:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb3HvqNU4trXRs4Ah53G4U19cpRDasI_iFnWr36y29fkwnrcZQaRPnOdi5XzK7Ku1ZTR1i4hHT9hDJlbiD263WLhdO-AdSfbh-7AyOd6o3P2Mv8FbMLXDNtJUQZi1iH9DbuwWccvQ6BqMsrCrK-tVLVLFWtEwl4yiJvguWmBoBtugZGroPOure2xj-6I/s890/zz%20J.V.%20Matchbook%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSb3HvqNU4trXRs4Ah53G4U19cpRDasI_iFnWr36y29fkwnrcZQaRPnOdi5XzK7Ku1ZTR1i4hHT9hDJlbiD263WLhdO-AdSfbh-7AyOd6o3P2Mv8FbMLXDNtJUQZi1iH9DbuwWccvQ6BqMsrCrK-tVLVLFWtEwl4yiJvguWmBoBtugZGroPOure2xj-6I/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Matchbook%20Cover.jpg" width="118" /></a></div><p></p><p>This merchandise bag has fine print at the bottom, once again, reminding guests to visit Movieland Wax Museum and it's adjoining Palace of Living Art.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZrQHeUHEe_wtVoXXF4eV9tQ19OSyxjXwJRkNupwISRjy60gnjYXXqAKCAnsV6oK8Zlqn2ML7lkvm9YlUxCwrpfDmLm-SV_0ByCkKZV68q4t-o9GxPtdjKFxQjxpCaIFl2_hu-3wxCrEdNcJOCXsH08ZSHau3ejAXgbggtJtWfFXyWb4RSU1xf12VvbM/s2323/zz%20Merchandise%20Bag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2323" data-original-width="1680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZrQHeUHEe_wtVoXXF4eV9tQ19OSyxjXwJRkNupwISRjy60gnjYXXqAKCAnsV6oK8Zlqn2ML7lkvm9YlUxCwrpfDmLm-SV_0ByCkKZV68q4t-o9GxPtdjKFxQjxpCaIFl2_hu-3wxCrEdNcJOCXsH08ZSHau3ejAXgbggtJtWfFXyWb4RSU1xf12VvbM/s320/zz%20Merchandise%20Bag.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br />I have two of these plastic beverage cups, which I saved from one of my childhood visits. The plastic is clear, with the park's logo painted on the front and back. I curled up a white index card and placed it inside the cup, to make the logo show up better when photographing it. Considering their age, the cups are in pretty good condition, without any cracks and only very minor scuffs to the paint.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lo_gBormvU9Lrjr8XcL4RFoarIQSgyLuKoY9l91O5qvBGPz9hR2icQBHaUp-4VcWc8bidE8oxhjdJJvLQl2Q2NktrKApWVSyh7jfgO_UBZaGrkheUU9BEVU3R5BXVdRRlvJsuGZALrqAIZ92BZb0TsAx-EQdr3y6h9ZNKDh_B3yCn-peYGmvkwBc-4s/s1119/zz%20J.V.%20Beverage%20Cup%20(front).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lo_gBormvU9Lrjr8XcL4RFoarIQSgyLuKoY9l91O5qvBGPz9hR2icQBHaUp-4VcWc8bidE8oxhjdJJvLQl2Q2NktrKApWVSyh7jfgO_UBZaGrkheUU9BEVU3R5BXVdRRlvJsuGZALrqAIZ92BZb0TsAx-EQdr3y6h9ZNKDh_B3yCn-peYGmvkwBc-4s/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Beverage%20Cup%20(front).jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p>A side view:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSW3bzgsNWyBHaMH8yTUtT9Ixzt6F3cI1KG4QnalaiP7oIWKk1TklkpM9DL-cAWviZVxbNYfdjZC9pqU9Usnx_VpccBVBmve-cUTwNL9vNA7xwBWrYFPN2igFxAbvWgIR7zkVA2pedBPyG7H_Hsvj1okU8uL_qxfLm0lR-oXDJ08-EiTHut21gZyQ0WA/s1081/zz%20J.V.%20Beverage%20Cup%20(side).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="855" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSW3bzgsNWyBHaMH8yTUtT9Ixzt6F3cI1KG4QnalaiP7oIWKk1TklkpM9DL-cAWviZVxbNYfdjZC9pqU9Usnx_VpccBVBmve-cUTwNL9vNA7xwBWrYFPN2igFxAbvWgIR7zkVA2pedBPyG7H_Hsvj1okU8uL_qxfLm0lR-oXDJ08-EiTHut21gZyQ0WA/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Beverage%20Cup%20(side).jpg" width="253" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This "mini" deck of cards is another childhood item, and was purchased during a family visit to the park.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrfzaic4HB-zYrVIK1OBPx0OeSomHCZacORENi6ICdMo4t6Zsyp5zL_X1evtNnd7ikt8vBfdSW4_Hy7yzqMEmEEOtQrmgHasZ8jrfvOaS3LWUUfGP67Vlau6s-NNXC8rufJCC_b-_KSt0UJ4DpXb1EogMYh_qCw8Z_PPYiHo0oZZlZxTaYpy4BtY3Bmc/s575/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20-%20Mini%20Deck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrfzaic4HB-zYrVIK1OBPx0OeSomHCZacORENi6ICdMo4t6Zsyp5zL_X1evtNnd7ikt8vBfdSW4_Hy7yzqMEmEEOtQrmgHasZ8jrfvOaS3LWUUfGP67Vlau6s-NNXC8rufJCC_b-_KSt0UJ4DpXb1EogMYh_qCw8Z_PPYiHo0oZZlZxTaYpy4BtY3Bmc/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20-%20Mini%20Deck.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVUOyWN-fLirzD_gyxJ-XcPcDxtVcM0scLX9XYqN81w6mUHAkt_9yDszXJhUmCuW3VVWuYtBXTpo2ha2k3DFq6b8wdxAorZ7NOdCoLxw34bVE7cDpXt1ojOg7PhSQ8DkhDuFinXH6GBZUcE-_YhoRTWzeuBBk0EN9IdSxpHZVzuf-XlqLdAfSTNpbzdM/s587/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20-%20Mini%20Deck%20(back).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVUOyWN-fLirzD_gyxJ-XcPcDxtVcM0scLX9XYqN81w6mUHAkt_9yDszXJhUmCuW3VVWuYtBXTpo2ha2k3DFq6b8wdxAorZ7NOdCoLxw34bVE7cDpXt1ojOg7PhSQ8DkhDuFinXH6GBZUcE-_YhoRTWzeuBBk0EN9IdSxpHZVzuf-XlqLdAfSTNpbzdM/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20-%20Mini%20Deck%20(back).jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The cards came in a red plastic box, with a cardboard sleeve around it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLEIGK7_Z9bV9C2qO651EDCiCNyxhOKZRGrOWjNA7IDIn4j1zz4muS4WWo8Jb3SPAX1rCFa3oAKPFaK-qxIdEKJlzaBXvnGKnwWFsLsQ6KB1UdeIubVrnt6M_u3B49pGfZ3C-a-FT_4HDdBqHqJX16mWaEbGyqQilfOhXwKz0w8v5VvevaSEvYAC3Uo0/s1078/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1078" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLEIGK7_Z9bV9C2qO651EDCiCNyxhOKZRGrOWjNA7IDIn4j1zz4muS4WWo8Jb3SPAX1rCFa3oAKPFaK-qxIdEKJlzaBXvnGKnwWFsLsQ6KB1UdeIubVrnt6M_u3B49pGfZ3C-a-FT_4HDdBqHqJX16mWaEbGyqQilfOhXwKz0w8v5VvevaSEvYAC3Uo0/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Each of the cards has a different Japanese "character" printed on the reverse side. At least, I believe that is what each of the symbols represent. And now that makes me wonder if it would be possible to memorize every card in the deck, by memorizing the symbols/characters?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvehtvsQl2_PMJjWuLPFwOSiPvBQZSIdBukBahT4gyBLIPJY3GU7gC_99jrNX3BJNYXAbIiNaWSwSWaFROL_Ah_f4lxGgNaBk_AOe2yHrX1kyEYmEnySCkUMC6wPUqwctB3GkyFQvLUfe39AaC4EpRJ5EyqY9wFDATgrOcxdTFhzleW5-R5hMvKygJy8k/s1378/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20(backs).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="1378" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvehtvsQl2_PMJjWuLPFwOSiPvBQZSIdBukBahT4gyBLIPJY3GU7gC_99jrNX3BJNYXAbIiNaWSwSWaFROL_Ah_f4lxGgNaBk_AOe2yHrX1kyEYmEnySCkUMC6wPUqwctB3GkyFQvLUfe39AaC4EpRJ5EyqY9wFDATgrOcxdTFhzleW5-R5hMvKygJy8k/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Lucky%20Cards%20(backs).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Another J.V. souvenir from my childhood, was a set of little plastic animals. The set only came with four figures; the smaller/young deer, the brown bear holding the basket ball, the leaping dolphin, and the sea-lion. The sea-lion was originally balancing a blue ball on it's nose, but that broke off years ago. Unfortunately, damage also occurred to both of the "adult" deer figures, when they were stored in a garage for several decades. I learned the hard way, that some plastic items will actually melt, when stored in a garage and exposed to the extreme heat of the summer months. That is why each of those deer now only have three and a half legs.<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqxbS-gx5-WJGfh7yLYxDhSs3q8JV77ElAAwQV_pDhXndFMaWn113k8WEQAdXY0GAfw46YpRKx4VWI3WzKTNEGY6Siv3lj7rqAzBWE9q0MqM8OFjQjxecYsN5w6gr3WNp4fWREg23jaSuSFWxnbUZnif7iYK-r8ybvLy5vPCZTtYWs5-78TbrzYqwZP8/s1337/zz%20J.V.%20Plastic%20Figures.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1337" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqxbS-gx5-WJGfh7yLYxDhSs3q8JV77ElAAwQV_pDhXndFMaWn113k8WEQAdXY0GAfw46YpRKx4VWI3WzKTNEGY6Siv3lj7rqAzBWE9q0MqM8OFjQjxecYsN5w6gr3WNp4fWREg23jaSuSFWxnbUZnif7iYK-r8ybvLy5vPCZTtYWs5-78TbrzYqwZP8/s320/zz%20J.V.%20Plastic%20Figures.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The "adult deer" weren't a part of the souvenir set. They were actually included inside boxes of deer "biscuits," which guests could purchase and feed to the deer.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJFMZXCry_MRTV8O8L-CSim-ahnaN4gTMPXKS3TCyn7-bRW_t4NAc92_Wi3CwHpq0fINo37-L80ORAI-NMyf2Wk94H6xAMMPnoMRCFeyG4p0EJbJZVtwzAnO6_zzpG73EQuftmKrkwiJPzIrQXRb4nWahOfjkO2S1XXLA0qCblZkjxDWBYTfqwyeV8_g/s639/zz%2001%20Deer%20Food%20Box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="639" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJFMZXCry_MRTV8O8L-CSim-ahnaN4gTMPXKS3TCyn7-bRW_t4NAc92_Wi3CwHpq0fINo37-L80ORAI-NMyf2Wk94H6xAMMPnoMRCFeyG4p0EJbJZVtwzAnO6_zzpG73EQuftmKrkwiJPzIrQXRb4nWahOfjkO2S1XXLA0qCblZkjxDWBYTfqwyeV8_g/s320/zz%2001%20Deer%20Food%20Box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The petting and feeding area for the deer had gumball-style machines, which dispensed handfuls of food "pellets." Those machines can be seen in the background of this postcard view. But there were also larger machines that dispensed the boxes of "biscuits" (or I guess you could call them "crackers"), which also contained a plastic deer figure.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBEMeY5yoj-HQq0gUebJLod8Wml_d0Sf4h_13nu1cD1zfSJ4KrxAxiM-NuO2yC5GuniOIz3azDZvaebar7_BX855Gi2AJ6zYN4wa-w2gWMdWNaIFKA7GDLzdA8xThFH6IeQc1Ys0srzv-F51q33Iw7LRApNnUfUnrD3D_TaRg4RV1TQSw9kgS9P_nZkU/s1030/J.V.%20Deer%20Petting%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1030" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBEMeY5yoj-HQq0gUebJLod8Wml_d0Sf4h_13nu1cD1zfSJ4KrxAxiM-NuO2yC5GuniOIz3azDZvaebar7_BX855Gi2AJ6zYN4wa-w2gWMdWNaIFKA7GDLzdA8xThFH6IeQc1Ys0srzv-F51q33Iw7LRApNnUfUnrD3D_TaRg4RV1TQSw9kgS9P_nZkU/s320/J.V.%20Deer%20Petting%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Going back to that set of plastic animals, the dove figure was also "free" and was included in boxes of dove food, which could be purchased in the park's dove pavilion. One of those boxes can be seen in this next photo, courtesy of "Stuff From The Park." (The young lady is holding the box in her left hand, while feeding a dove in her right.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5TNu8RPdMzDEOw4bpHkp9RzDKPDHVRdEVTdNOi9WCKZR3JDFta7VgMPN2WxPZNSiR4OOghXw9gc9ZzTUZ1_VC_m6d4cwFfxtTTcX2cdjwp3Hqx3MS69ondGtyKa-XJqhB_7W99uqVCUs4kiHYp501eliOVtU2otSJkucPviz_ez9nrNcC2_DBYJr9lA/s817/2011deerpark3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="817" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5TNu8RPdMzDEOw4bpHkp9RzDKPDHVRdEVTdNOi9WCKZR3JDFta7VgMPN2WxPZNSiR4OOghXw9gc9ZzTUZ1_VC_m6d4cwFfxtTTcX2cdjwp3Hqx3MS69ondGtyKa-XJqhB_7W99uqVCUs4kiHYp501eliOVtU2otSJkucPviz_ez9nrNcC2_DBYJr9lA/s320/2011deerpark3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p>Sadly, Japanese Village and Deer Park closed just before the 1974
Christmas season, due to it's "shrinking attendance" and a "lack of profits."
There was an article in the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> about the closing, which I
cut out and shared at school for "current events."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESHbEQqn7qB1MBNNcAzdcfOZOy7xeGlt20vGtiiGStf4t6Q7jzVCb-Z2N1WAAM2dj2XoC9qCZxHPGmlREdFHrjbeChPmsLhQgpYJOG6D3q3328KKBzPan6o3sJeDIbV9jMhp2USJNQ7so28o-IitEEIZ0DdAakAbycyUbcemBjJgKGfFZsInESMGd8O4/s875/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESHbEQqn7qB1MBNNcAzdcfOZOy7xeGlt20vGtiiGStf4t6Q7jzVCb-Z2N1WAAM2dj2XoC9qCZxHPGmlREdFHrjbeChPmsLhQgpYJOG6D3q3328KKBzPan6o3sJeDIbV9jMhp2USJNQ7so28o-IitEEIZ0DdAakAbycyUbcemBjJgKGfFZsInESMGd8O4/s320/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(1).jpg" width="258" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A spokesman stated that the park had only operated "in the black" for one year, since Six Flags purchased it in 1970.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFPMjfMXdQZkIXua4qJmH23CLjtFothYwRI-RLjdwOzT9ms6lgm4o064RZek4bjZyGDB9embvOytZ7Hx5E9W0WBw_234s3BVsdKGNRtaeSCo1CBvn5WO3jRABDD38WqkdAhbW18b7jS1cEkAGRxdPu2aNZIekKPDLnVxQh37r_jnxz2eyTDqHnMWmeb8/s843/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFPMjfMXdQZkIXua4qJmH23CLjtFothYwRI-RLjdwOzT9ms6lgm4o064RZek4bjZyGDB9embvOytZ7Hx5E9W0WBw_234s3BVsdKGNRtaeSCo1CBvn5WO3jRABDD38WqkdAhbW18b7jS1cEkAGRxdPu2aNZIekKPDLnVxQh37r_jnxz2eyTDqHnMWmeb8/s320/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(2).jpg" width="110" /></a></div><p></p><p>The spokesman went on to cite possible reasons for the drop in attendance, such as the economy, a travel ban in 1974 (I wonder if that was that due to the "energy crisis"?), and also because of their nearby competition, Knott's Berry Farm. And apparently, Knott's only cost $3.75 for adult admission at that time, whereas Japanese Village was charging $4.25, and didn't offer any rides. Other parks owned by Six Flags are mentioned, but Southern California's Magic Mountain isn't listed, because the company didn't purchase that park until 1979.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBImrXv_sbrNCaHXca92MdIedh0vtdwcBjHvQYC7ma5fH93TcbI8ULtzWkQB254jZTtkDZzsEb0TOPg52xbZ-vcxa1B2gz0lumiYqr5EomBUWhRmw8tb90fuWcrrT65NbjWZOaYqeZJ9X0kRycI1PWNjZbRk13sBTYP_p46UXEoqxJU0fvx2y2bcC3bTU/s962/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="227" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBImrXv_sbrNCaHXca92MdIedh0vtdwcBjHvQYC7ma5fH93TcbI8ULtzWkQB254jZTtkDZzsEb0TOPg52xbZ-vcxa1B2gz0lumiYqr5EomBUWhRmw8tb90fuWcrrT65NbjWZOaYqeZJ9X0kRycI1PWNjZbRk13sBTYP_p46UXEoqxJU0fvx2y2bcC3bTU/s320/Japanese%20Village%20-%201974%20(3).jpg" width="76" /></a></div><p></p><p>Six Flags ended up selling the Japanese Village property. The new owners overhauled the park, and reopened it as, Enchanted Village, with a new "exotic animal" theme. The new park opened in June of 1976, but closed just a little over a year later, in the Fall of 1977.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V4JXS3-eCC4l_KG81dFyMx5QhhXRTz4Fs-x3xZOCwwuSWdAB86TlJ1FJm8qer8drGzJiQjKOrrmLdjSn4OTH4Tq0jt00_s9d6OaxDfpXO8gVDyesGHm8aNt7mujY5UhOgaQhfNEUWTzNDZO4yi21wmX52o1q5_I0J9sGiM6iG3sPwiTW1v5Y-_SDdUs/s862/zzz%20Enchanted%20Village%201a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="862" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V4JXS3-eCC4l_KG81dFyMx5QhhXRTz4Fs-x3xZOCwwuSWdAB86TlJ1FJm8qer8drGzJiQjKOrrmLdjSn4OTH4Tq0jt00_s9d6OaxDfpXO8gVDyesGHm8aNt7mujY5UhOgaQhfNEUWTzNDZO4yi21wmX52o1q5_I0J9sGiM6iG3sPwiTW1v5Y-_SDdUs/s320/zzz%20Enchanted%20Village%201a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIU6ZaxX1okYgpKqWRNi6CS31JHkln1kJppGzWUx6AaAqDWOFs-7MuWLNrZzD6JJf4thT1dE5DkP9J-lKXNo3UtK2bADIxTAcRV6XywZeXBSBKEijOR0pdO5Q7uQez3l0E2GJ4RcM0XzFA0U6EF154LCE9GNgM7KgoFUY7DA6fBuo3yqO_SvIwTGG5tYc/s1011/zzz%20Enchanted%20Village%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1011" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIU6ZaxX1okYgpKqWRNi6CS31JHkln1kJppGzWUx6AaAqDWOFs-7MuWLNrZzD6JJf4thT1dE5DkP9J-lKXNo3UtK2bADIxTAcRV6XywZeXBSBKEijOR0pdO5Q7uQez3l0E2GJ4RcM0XzFA0U6EF154LCE9GNgM7KgoFUY7DA6fBuo3yqO_SvIwTGG5tYc/s320/zzz%20Enchanted%20Village%201b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Once Enchanted Village closed, the property was sold once again, and a business park was built on the site. The roadway into the industrial park can be seen below. Basically, the buildings to the left (north) of the roadway sit on the land formerly occupied by the park, and the buildings on the right are where the parking lot was located.<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiPwUi1Im0YMogTeuS-WctD2QRxJ-2HKHS3Ea5qpplBY_5P6Ba6_UpJ-3kpfjEUeAW64lW6OcemKtguFuHx54y7zW9ZZ2uNNdUwCQC11t22CSABVoe6OjhUtY-Hjz7RliRqVtqXdVAVQ/s1600/J.V.+Site+Today+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiPwUi1Im0YMogTeuS-WctD2QRxJ-2HKHS3Ea5qpplBY_5P6Ba6_UpJ-3kpfjEUeAW64lW6OcemKtguFuHx54y7zW9ZZ2uNNdUwCQC11t22CSABVoe6OjhUtY-Hjz7RliRqVtqXdVAVQ/s320/J.V.+Site+Today+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This view shows the northern half of the property, where the park once sat:<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDIu4DYrl3oDmvxwNZa-R3Nica_3d9CVqMJNHBaaL1ctqWTCCeq5Jo5H2TaBytO8FdqZDQBDm5WsachfvlugUPmCVvxhsvbXevrdPqAYxREPgKOyrPkC1-7hkHFTYR3Bt6wTGu-Z57XU/s1600/J.V.+Site+Today+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDIu4DYrl3oDmvxwNZa-R3Nica_3d9CVqMJNHBaaL1ctqWTCCeq5Jo5H2TaBytO8FdqZDQBDm5WsachfvlugUPmCVvxhsvbXevrdPqAYxREPgKOyrPkC1-7hkHFTYR3Bt6wTGu-Z57XU/s320/J.V.+Site+Today+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm assuming that the use of the word "Village" was an intentional nod to the previous residents of the property. For a while, the business park used the same tall rotating sign alongside the freeway, which had been used by it's predecessors, but with "The Village" painted on it. That sign was eventually removed.<br />
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This parking area behind the buildings, is where the deer feeding and petting pen was located. The 5 fwy is located just on the other side of that dirt mound on the far left.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJV1NCar87LeG0jV0ekvYthtgrFtjUyntnY1Hs4xhHB9kmfvAN-TnwstsqYYd_LTBFeEL58lc7v49nbNQB0D26bhE8LvtJ1iieOAKr60MgJyry2m2HMtjDh_rvdHHZkCPQZUR0y-Rkc8/s1600/J.V.+Site+Today+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJV1NCar87LeG0jV0ekvYthtgrFtjUyntnY1Hs4xhHB9kmfvAN-TnwstsqYYd_LTBFeEL58lc7v49nbNQB0D26bhE8LvtJ1iieOAKr60MgJyry2m2HMtjDh_rvdHHZkCPQZUR0y-Rkc8/s320/J.V.+Site+Today+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's an old postcard view of that same corner of the property, and looking in the same direction.<br />
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These are from my very first visit to Japanese Village & Deer Park. I also have some home movie footage from this same visit. I should probably try and get that digitized!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIR0geNhsoJGDlOAo0kBLA5IyRKGCOHJjxVvAUFIDF1riRmHkAolyNAlluJEUnN9h2VwqgCs5zmLDtOBHzMNVQEcpdNOoVYohGloKdPOQxpm_I69-WV3uc2K5izMT9AJlpu0-7jx6WCsQAcYYtUL0jXD9GZFK8RwgG6wWDrdYx2VnwwMZVyJmXQjlE_I/s741/zzzz%20J.V.%20Family%20Pic%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="741" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIR0geNhsoJGDlOAo0kBLA5IyRKGCOHJjxVvAUFIDF1riRmHkAolyNAlluJEUnN9h2VwqgCs5zmLDtOBHzMNVQEcpdNOoVYohGloKdPOQxpm_I69-WV3uc2K5izMT9AJlpu0-7jx6WCsQAcYYtUL0jXD9GZFK8RwgG6wWDrdYx2VnwwMZVyJmXQjlE_I/s320/zzzz%20J.V.%20Family%20Pic%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX8Tnx-9S0AmditwB0nGa9geljCLqVS9ZEua3GMrbTwmRxToaQMJ3MX8du9dm2y_Hbl3lBJ0NIOVgZYvvo_ALukq-x8Wmt4QnI2ofveaIS4VrwRJj2cPe8-dgJEXeGCY_aN1RdmE_WCMRqyBrkCL2Eh8DZBE_BCI-9FwAQFdrcucGgD-KvlyZj4vTh7A/s738/zzzz%20J.V.%20Family%20Pic%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="738" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCX8Tnx-9S0AmditwB0nGa9geljCLqVS9ZEua3GMrbTwmRxToaQMJ3MX8du9dm2y_Hbl3lBJ0NIOVgZYvvo_ALukq-x8Wmt4QnI2ofveaIS4VrwRJj2cPe8-dgJEXeGCY_aN1RdmE_WCMRqyBrkCL2Eh8DZBE_BCI-9FwAQFdrcucGgD-KvlyZj4vTh7A/s320/zzzz%20J.V.%20Family%20Pic%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>****Post Update (03-12-24)****</p><p>Here's another family photo, from a few years later. This shows a plywood cut-out of Oto Moto (and Flip Flop!) in the background. It was actually a directional sign, pointing the way to the Dolphin and Sea Lion Shows (to the right), and the Bear and Karate Shows (to the left).</p><p>I had mentioned in one of my comments below, that during one of our J.V. visits, an employee told us it was "too hot" for the Fuji Folk to be out. This was not that particular trip, however, we did not see any of the Fuji Folk during this trip, either. We did encounter this guy. I'm not sure if he had a name, or what his mask and costume represent. He was also holding that tall pole, which for some reason, I decided to grab hold of. My brother is wearing a Davy Crockett racoon skin cap (only the tail of it was "real racoon"), which was acquired just a day or two earlier, during a Disneyland trip. (My grandmother was visiting from Maryland that summer, and we took her to Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Japanese Village, all in the same week.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZACK7257mSN56XTuUE7aw_2i8GvAiK47r7hA6Xskxy1Nh_tCblk98t1J06L8AO9P2ylxwEqibsmbirNMQGHGvv1ekKHQ6LMJUt9xzV9vrHxKFFy7sGSOX_xzq7w3iComRiTT3Wd3Lj_xDnNsqHyucqt67HSJ82koW3-PmKyifQ2aLmVNJspoErdbDYU/s844/zzz%20J.V.%20Family%20a%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZACK7257mSN56XTuUE7aw_2i8GvAiK47r7hA6Xskxy1Nh_tCblk98t1J06L8AO9P2ylxwEqibsmbirNMQGHGvv1ekKHQ6LMJUt9xzV9vrHxKFFy7sGSOX_xzq7w3iComRiTT3Wd3Lj_xDnNsqHyucqt67HSJ82koW3-PmKyifQ2aLmVNJspoErdbDYU/s320/zzz%20J.V.%20Family%20a%20a.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p>****Post Update (3-18-24)****</p><p>This Enchanted Village ad is from a 1976 <i>Los Angeles Times</i> summer entertainment supplement. I have held onto that special section of the newspaper for almost 48 years now, but only recently remembered that it included this ad. It pins down the exact opening date for Enchanted Village, to June 18, 1976.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GPz1s36j24YQA28LKlHiP5WeuXVQbzlZeALoPeC38VLUugF0kNYvbQ8Mb3zAPFMVKSqTKzYMQjUdTwID5Dri-RxDzKwcm8e02yRhBMAErd7Vgt745vzP677cYGVJT-Dpxi18_YxSDmk-0PypP4XHZW1zcr0ZjSClOXMjzqg2rYnmm66_YEIy62TGbl4/s1854/zz%20Enchanted%20Village%20Ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GPz1s36j24YQA28LKlHiP5WeuXVQbzlZeALoPeC38VLUugF0kNYvbQ8Mb3zAPFMVKSqTKzYMQjUdTwID5Dri-RxDzKwcm8e02yRhBMAErd7Vgt745vzP677cYGVJT-Dpxi18_YxSDmk-0PypP4XHZW1zcr0ZjSClOXMjzqg2rYnmm66_YEIy62TGbl4/s320/zz%20Enchanted%20Village%20Ad.jpg" width="250" /></a></div> <p></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-39230220690453436212024-01-12T00:01:00.000-08:002024-01-17T06:44:39.739-08:00A Vintage Disneyland Trip Report - January 1994<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JAnX5KE69A_1U3Ny_Ohkx-AvlKuE9Tlazp9a7ZLbPsQLKQ8iU9bv8-JF-hePzMgpM8la48gEwXkkPHnTXnT_jM5wuew5msjMJXRCIjp3VX7QNnlbH-VgP0dH07ggdi2wpi5865C4IWwKgp2GVCsgUiGhKEkQOazctQgziIxNLm8ghDflGzwJL9LK/s913/zzParking%20Lot%20Flyer%20-%20Jan.%201994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JAnX5KE69A_1U3Ny_Ohkx-AvlKuE9Tlazp9a7ZLbPsQLKQ8iU9bv8-JF-hePzMgpM8la48gEwXkkPHnTXnT_jM5wuew5msjMJXRCIjp3VX7QNnlbH-VgP0dH07ggdi2wpi5865C4IWwKgp2GVCsgUiGhKEkQOazctQgziIxNLm8ghDflGzwJL9LK/s320/zzParking%20Lot%20Flyer%20-%20Jan.%201994.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>Thirty years ago this month, I visited Disneyland with some very good friends. This was a time when I was "in between" having annual passes. In the early nineties, I was only going to the park about once a year, and at this particular time, it had been even a little longer than that between visits.<br /></p><p>For this vintage trip report, let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start......<br /></p><p>As we pulled up to the toll booth of the old Disneyland parking lot, we were handed this ticket. Of course, it was <i>after</i> paying the $12 fee. And that was for "up close" preferred parking. I believe the regular parking was $6 at that time, so "preferred" parking was twice the price. I'm not sure why we paid the extra money at the time. It must have been at the insistence of one of my friends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HstaWVeJ2r8W82fdT4MU3Rgb5__AusjPbcZWjvL71IqZPV0MD0GRw1BtCWIOQIp4IqQJvGENo8_O-Mjt-bsacUhdmqruxJ95GoTRE1mhFdF2mYuWqH7msrFFSsYjTupzfUJRAh92HPeWxJAtOtn4qRYc0eS2AfV4j9a_huVxuA_CPTAracmhVshW/s898/Parking%20Ticket%20-%20Jan.%2030,%201994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HstaWVeJ2r8W82fdT4MU3Rgb5__AusjPbcZWjvL71IqZPV0MD0GRw1BtCWIOQIp4IqQJvGENo8_O-Mjt-bsacUhdmqruxJ95GoTRE1mhFdF2mYuWqH7msrFFSsYjTupzfUJRAh92HPeWxJAtOtn4qRYc0eS2AfV4j9a_huVxuA_CPTAracmhVshW/s320/Parking%20Ticket%20-%20Jan.%2030,%201994.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><p>This bright yellow card was placed under the windshield wiper of our car. It acted as sort of a "flag" for the parking lot employees, indicating that we needed to be directed to the "preferred parking" section. I wonder why an "X" was drawn over the image of Mickey in his car? Was that some type of parking lot "code," or did someone just not care for Mickey?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIEtibVeAms06Fwdr0P77B-fnZv6E8sOyRkiTd0cn6F49RLJbkCSjqAi_qgHsTo-Dv3B0DPT-PJV8tUI4RTP9yjl8h9oGyrWlA4isQk05n0EOlYYl_DCJrpcSS6L2t-liGhBJLP8Yvw6_BRiKAZtUTYsByHCBJfpF8n0RlhnlOnOLXX7hjiyIHIjks0I/s1046/Parking%20-%20Jan.%2030,%201994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIEtibVeAms06Fwdr0P77B-fnZv6E8sOyRkiTd0cn6F49RLJbkCSjqAi_qgHsTo-Dv3B0DPT-PJV8tUI4RTP9yjl8h9oGyrWlA4isQk05n0EOlYYl_DCJrpcSS6L2t-liGhBJLP8Yvw6_BRiKAZtUTYsByHCBJfpF8n0RlhnlOnOLXX7hjiyIHIjks0I/s320/Parking%20-%20Jan.%2030,%201994.jpg" width="157" /></a></div><p></p><p>We were also handed this flyer, which listed admission prices, entertainment showtimes, and some parking information:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHsQ1tEbyBoePf_S-9Op9HADqDWAIVmrdKbCBo2xQaniIIIgXZnJqjUGU8Ztnifw_1O6HkiHjJiMQtxzdii_bQlpWLptEmr2kYFQwwxJMq5kpQZ-ngUF8QkGnrPzuieFTuLQ_nVya6MnD_bD8jYu40v4zCsv68eye8WPuSeoaYk5465BH91T0Suif/s1800/Parking%20Toll%20Booth%20Flyer%20-%20January%201994%20-%20Copy%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1800" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHsQ1tEbyBoePf_S-9Op9HADqDWAIVmrdKbCBo2xQaniIIIgXZnJqjUGU8Ztnifw_1O6HkiHjJiMQtxzdii_bQlpWLptEmr2kYFQwwxJMq5kpQZ-ngUF8QkGnrPzuieFTuLQ_nVya6MnD_bD8jYu40v4zCsv68eye8WPuSeoaYk5465BH91T0Suif/s320/Parking%20Toll%20Booth%20Flyer%20-%20January%201994%20-%20Copy%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Wow, only $30 for a day at Disneyland (Adult). And only $24 for seniors. Does Disney still offer a senior discount? Does Disney offer <i>any</i> kind of discounts anymore?</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IT9dgzdIrXjbRJw4uanhXpjLYxp6kzVx-3P7SpT8RrskQ_3hx1uLV6ebOPD4FqR-CDRGnYwvW4_2LcI3AIDzpiDZMATNz2BHHxrmuCOIwDI9eyzEc0fAI_jtoSy0OKN8_yj3LRjFu9GljEm6IOJwAQkBHM4uEGK7fUwo403MtN9EYNj_10xrHvlO/s1800/Parking%20Toll%20Booth%20Flyer%20-%20January%201994%20-%20Copy%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1800" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IT9dgzdIrXjbRJw4uanhXpjLYxp6kzVx-3P7SpT8RrskQ_3hx1uLV6ebOPD4FqR-CDRGnYwvW4_2LcI3AIDzpiDZMATNz2BHHxrmuCOIwDI9eyzEc0fAI_jtoSy0OKN8_yj3LRjFu9GljEm6IOJwAQkBHM4uEGK7fUwo403MtN9EYNj_10xrHvlO/s320/Parking%20Toll%20Booth%20Flyer%20-%20January%201994%20-%20Copy%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>When purchasing our admission tickets (I was not able to locate my ticket for this post, for some reason), we were given this guidebook. Now, I do realize that this one has "1993" on the cover, but it <i>is</i> the one that we were given for our January 1994 visit. It even shows up in some of the photos we took that day. The only reason that I can come up with for this is, since this was the "Eisner & Pressler Super Cheap Cost-Cutting Era<span><i>®</i></span>" for Disneyland, maybe they wanted all of the old guidebooks to be used up before handing out the new ones for 1994? It still seems odd though, because Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin isn't listed in this guide, and it had<i> just</i> opened to the public.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgaH1MBb2jE9PJG66ELueBYiCYYXJn4UyvvnHJzZB012csrotbw7oSAR8DMx9sbeCjo6k-tjDBus2OmumMNZjiaWMp5frcEkAcbP3wBQ58Ito78Wp6gB3P3P-XaHMJUTWjMDFFefXmqob19k64TJL-98SJUm299q5Vy2AMnObUkq84gh-rxmz168N/s1522/'93%20Guide%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgaH1MBb2jE9PJG66ELueBYiCYYXJn4UyvvnHJzZB012csrotbw7oSAR8DMx9sbeCjo6k-tjDBus2OmumMNZjiaWMp5frcEkAcbP3wBQ58Ito78Wp6gB3P3P-XaHMJUTWjMDFFefXmqob19k64TJL-98SJUm299q5Vy2AMnObUkq84gh-rxmz168N/s320/'93%20Guide%201.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><p></p><p>At this point, we had just entered the park. Hooray for Main Street, U.S.A.! Hey, is that <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2010/03/ej-peaker-in-mary-blair-land.html" target="_blank">E.J.Peaker and the Osmonds</a> on the upper level of the Omnibus? I know, I know.....<i>that</i> line gets old! But I can't help it. I absolutely LOVE that particular episode of <i>The Wonderful World of Disney.</i><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-jllJdD4bdYDS0DVpG_npMMn7l0Bh03F-Lqu_uWHfCvWUX0i9Fj8uFkLR1GnlRYechPKiUR6WYxntwbDxVxuMHXRIPWQHJxNMVKXOeceITTpoIG8BfWK-M1VSRSIO7Y9Memgx93SEURuO8aQVv_Qsjaljj-gcHLCpJJT40n1cDvZAXoWc_37Wx3L/s750/1994%20(1)%20smaller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-jllJdD4bdYDS0DVpG_npMMn7l0Bh03F-Lqu_uWHfCvWUX0i9Fj8uFkLR1GnlRYechPKiUR6WYxntwbDxVxuMHXRIPWQHJxNMVKXOeceITTpoIG8BfWK-M1VSRSIO7Y9Memgx93SEURuO8aQVv_Qsjaljj-gcHLCpJJT40n1cDvZAXoWc_37Wx3L/s320/1994%20(1)%20smaller.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/10/disneylands-toontown-30th-anniversary.html" target="_blank">Toontown had opened just twelve months earlier</a>, but I had not seen it yet. And Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin had opened just four days earlier (on January 26, 1994), so we headed over there first.....making just a quick stop to snap some pictures of the new (to me) "Easter" paint job on the It's A Small World facade. Note the fairly new commemorative plaque in the flowerbed, explaining the history of the attraction, and how it had originally debuted at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The leaping dolphin-shaped topiaries had not yet been placed on either side of the plaque.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPu72DYPzYviGgYJKwDgJDf2vsFbLOSbXvYcVoEHkygXyTkAkuESdaP_oXT9gFvWZ8_sjOiPsC90qS2EyWwnaIZZLcnqctR8P-rArD4b_acgS_tU3rrLUq8ErjDz2IK301rowSoZTrrCsgwA7LILW9-DN3msAc7Ct1ld-O4Y07ym9vAA6cHxCQxKI/s998/1994%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFPu72DYPzYviGgYJKwDgJDf2vsFbLOSbXvYcVoEHkygXyTkAkuESdaP_oXT9gFvWZ8_sjOiPsC90qS2EyWwnaIZZLcnqctR8P-rArD4b_acgS_tU3rrLUq8ErjDz2IK301rowSoZTrrCsgwA7LILW9-DN3msAc7Ct1ld-O4Y07ym9vAA6cHxCQxKI/s320/1994%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>A few of the pictures in this post were taken by one of my friends, and this is one example. I remember he really liked the whimsical columns on the Small World Toy Shop. Personally, I've never liked the structure, mainly because it interferes with the full view of the attraction's facade. Now, if it had been built completely off to the side of the attraction, I think I would have liked it a little bit better.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ccmtFIttZLdqLYDNboEj-ziKs9lI51qII8-qvd4REiP80Hh89p3nH_UNsMt5-QoRUmz3PdNH1nm6PStLaSHRKu8IPSxklBsLroUpg1CVjz_inD33VlJsr1PmQOiINGVXMwDUQac-VH0TrohHa0gykig_3l5JrbTDew77MNGFOggJeX1byEyfPTpC/s969/1994%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ccmtFIttZLdqLYDNboEj-ziKs9lI51qII8-qvd4REiP80Hh89p3nH_UNsMt5-QoRUmz3PdNH1nm6PStLaSHRKu8IPSxklBsLroUpg1CVjz_inD33VlJsr1PmQOiINGVXMwDUQac-VH0TrohHa0gykig_3l5JrbTDew77MNGFOggJeX1byEyfPTpC/s320/1994%20(3).jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p>We are now entering Toontown, and a sign just inside the entrance is telling us that the wait for the new Roger Rabbit ride is 45 minutes. That's not too bad, considering the ride just opened four days ago. We will wait the 45 minutes!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTW3b2FhDkCM0O6mkKrV6Kpx8R958j6FNGpvs4NqJ1jA2RY8yDtTsHGFnjZUECCtAZApTbtZzpS5sa6UhLFHX7FRV0AAiN2gz24TkOTZB0IeMeYg7-k3ND-hEHq0upPGQ6KQEMrnnpR7r-1fA-Wp5bBHr6CDpjZrHqlp_vG0VRMYvbvUXYzuAUc7X/s998/1994%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTW3b2FhDkCM0O6mkKrV6Kpx8R958j6FNGpvs4NqJ1jA2RY8yDtTsHGFnjZUECCtAZApTbtZzpS5sa6UhLFHX7FRV0AAiN2gz24TkOTZB0IeMeYg7-k3ND-hEHq0upPGQ6KQEMrnnpR7r-1fA-Wp5bBHr6CDpjZrHqlp_vG0VRMYvbvUXYzuAUc7X/s320/1994%20(4).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We're in line, and we've moved a little further into the land. Note the dalmatian puppy in the second story window of the Toontown Fire Department. He pops up and barks, whenever someone pushes the doorbell to the firehouse. And that yellow "Five and Dime" building is now gone and has been replaced with the "El Capitoon Theater," which serves as the entrance to the park's newest attraction, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway. Also note in both the picture above and the one below, how bare and open the whole area is. The new trees were so small at the time.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7po7YP0MQ_I8iLu5brwsDGO95wHCubv05_rn9A1M9-ZERGwermZ7A8aD_m0ruRqIDstZJKs-ia3X4uJe6EUdZcMb4JVL2xzrQkRbfcUWg8EMkpXkEUUvD-4jCVQuaQH4sFob57I-Q5bgaS3UG4Bo29wHlJ_Axw8P6M8eATpcQCfO6p3nVXl7_QCit/s998/1994%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7po7YP0MQ_I8iLu5brwsDGO95wHCubv05_rn9A1M9-ZERGwermZ7A8aD_m0ruRqIDstZJKs-ia3X4uJe6EUdZcMb4JVL2xzrQkRbfcUWg8EMkpXkEUUvD-4jCVQuaQH4sFob57I-Q5bgaS3UG4Bo29wHlJ_Axw8P6M8eATpcQCfO6p3nVXl7_QCit/s320/1994%20(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We're getting a little closer! Now the dalmatian puppy is hiding! We can only see his two front paws on the windowsill.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpXdgTmYlQZRZSCIDUKyiUBEDXpL11_ALQJY8itkjAt70ANANthEYrNVnpAk0vuDzFOPXKd9tmkoxs0RHC9T0jALOzJkQi2r0Vy2P8YGPwLieer9CTwdalTQgYYG6s33FXH2d3W1IHVD6ZhCJSRR4UoOhQDlqQffBBZDRloWdUWEmsMea0RAcSICh/s999/1994%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpXdgTmYlQZRZSCIDUKyiUBEDXpL11_ALQJY8itkjAt70ANANthEYrNVnpAk0vuDzFOPXKd9tmkoxs0RHC9T0jALOzJkQi2r0Vy2P8YGPwLieer9CTwdalTQgYYG6s33FXH2d3W1IHVD6ZhCJSRR4UoOhQDlqQffBBZDRloWdUWEmsMea0RAcSICh/s320/1994%20(6).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>A few inches closer......to the firehouse, anyway.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggI9cnDEB0Hx2bU3Df-8Y2d_g393Jr_rDxAZ2pslFTAXPc9Ebkxw7lfnTpoSJZNkradHPUp9sELf6xAGz-luDLmVAXlTBY1PSbyWgJeHojhACdaee_d2EW4nHMPTjCaokX7g91uUeqph8EB2XtnkF_0CDXRezf-ZpeoURBqA_8Xb0GTCOi_1LX2Yi-/s999/1994%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggI9cnDEB0Hx2bU3Df-8Y2d_g393Jr_rDxAZ2pslFTAXPc9Ebkxw7lfnTpoSJZNkradHPUp9sELf6xAGz-luDLmVAXlTBY1PSbyWgJeHojhACdaee_d2EW4nHMPTjCaokX7g91uUeqph8EB2XtnkF_0CDXRezf-ZpeoURBqA_8Xb0GTCOi_1LX2Yi-/s320/1994%20(7).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>Now the Roger Rabbit "ride" is in view. Those tracks in the foreground were for the Jolly Trolley, a ride that opened with Toontown one year earlier, and closed only ten years later (in 2003). The tracks remained in place for almost another 20 years. However, the PeopleMover tracks hold the record for that, since they are still standing (or rather, their support beams are), after that attraction's closure, almost 30 years ago (1995).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs8b3njV1og7vvRHgDAdIkQ93LNxnMeFED9yCWFh1syQgUnC3hB7nwKmyDZ3W15L6UaDAvrhrX4ZIiKwyia3eteCzXH_xWZwcr6nKPg1HpSKCFTRriNMQUnkC-1QZ4n3jD_myKwDfVz29wxbuVrS58Nnx07yQWVmrMdpV1MoPZxRLWhE4ZMVbySYz/s999/1994%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizs8b3njV1og7vvRHgDAdIkQ93LNxnMeFED9yCWFh1syQgUnC3hB7nwKmyDZ3W15L6UaDAvrhrX4ZIiKwyia3eteCzXH_xWZwcr6nKPg1HpSKCFTRriNMQUnkC-1QZ4n3jD_myKwDfVz29wxbuVrS58Nnx07yQWVmrMdpV1MoPZxRLWhE4ZMVbySYz/s320/1994%20(8).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>We can see one of the Jolly Trolley vehicles, below. It's partially obstructed by the people in the foreground. And on the left, is a water fountain with Roger Rabbit in the center. This fountain and all of the seating around it was removed in 2022, and replaced with........artificial grass. Hey, guests had to have <i>someplace</i> to park their "SUV strollers"!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bHa6m4OKvsZXyhl6oZotktd-7cz764UdX-vn9g8SOlEPf3OAOUvffBx7P-HqewizExjPqRsum-XJpozroQGhJ2xU6GBf_VbFhgwM9KbAyJELB9WC_SzPPI9ZoCVQ5iNblxbQkO_KmYxKKLQRBb1AU7omRHOlhg8sV6OZ4spI6-lg8iGBIDthbKyS/s998/1994%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bHa6m4OKvsZXyhl6oZotktd-7cz764UdX-vn9g8SOlEPf3OAOUvffBx7P-HqewizExjPqRsum-XJpozroQGhJ2xU6GBf_VbFhgwM9KbAyJELB9WC_SzPPI9ZoCVQ5iNblxbQkO_KmYxKKLQRBb1AU7omRHOlhg8sV6OZ4spI6-lg8iGBIDthbKyS/s320/1994%20(9).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Okay, we are finally inside the building! The ride vehicles are a new character called, "Lenny the Cab," and are modeled after "Benny the Cab" from the film, <i>Who Framed Roger Rabbit?</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBm57_kr98f4_77dKPwy9cboKThRvjAFtaqhpd04KebLhMJpauDnar7edtBmlUkSAkkPJE05Tar0s8rrY3MFHbP4PJ6Xg076o5l2P17Jkwb36eEsqEexcPAa57nClQoIhRr96_O8KG1TaWFHeSzq9dPi1oqvKP-py5fkgW95Zo4NSvdQcgCMF4N5K/s998/1994%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBm57_kr98f4_77dKPwy9cboKThRvjAFtaqhpd04KebLhMJpauDnar7edtBmlUkSAkkPJE05Tar0s8rrY3MFHbP4PJ6Xg076o5l2P17Jkwb36eEsqEexcPAa57nClQoIhRr96_O8KG1TaWFHeSzq9dPi1oqvKP-py5fkgW95Zo4NSvdQcgCMF4N5K/s320/1994%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Now we are on board, and just leaving the loading area.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoljvSXnDo731z_bhfECgNxR40tYAXaMk0sNibJvnqnesly92DNXw-3gCUO_OAN_OReiy1GFtVyPgZ5Hc-IAhgyJVRWLs6msLAU22tVFOoQhbB-3YyYUt1VKCBEthSrU9SISoJ4XY1IL-1RZ1cnqQBt4yL6MFzlRNioePtVsSJRLqeIGPG-lbpgol/s998/1994%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikoljvSXnDo731z_bhfECgNxR40tYAXaMk0sNibJvnqnesly92DNXw-3gCUO_OAN_OReiy1GFtVyPgZ5Hc-IAhgyJVRWLs6msLAU22tVFOoQhbB-3YyYUt1VKCBEthSrU9SISoJ4XY1IL-1RZ1cnqQBt4yL6MFzlRNioePtVsSJRLqeIGPG-lbpgol/s320/1994%20(11).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Entering the "Bullina China Shoppe":<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPZZr7DKULTKK0dNPfINX7QJoH58VydVsQwWApvFY1kH3xiLFo851Gqz9AU1VxsXXzjs8LjNjSxc4VoxxquVr6-zv6R-dOQP6NC0IQGR4DhdEEXbyl4n5AsQIoD7F630HVH82h6AuAYF_UfGS7Vl-ooaEcCCyQ0zTeia5vfNrcHGbdnKiqm7S8o7z/s998/1994%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPZZr7DKULTKK0dNPfINX7QJoH58VydVsQwWApvFY1kH3xiLFo851Gqz9AU1VxsXXzjs8LjNjSxc4VoxxquVr6-zv6R-dOQP6NC0IQGR4DhdEEXbyl4n5AsQIoD7F630HVH82h6AuAYF_UfGS7Vl-ooaEcCCyQ0zTeia5vfNrcHGbdnKiqm7S8o7z/s320/1994%20(12).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Passing through the "Toontown Powerhouse":<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjub5nC8p4aUWOk35RmWr6j3iVmKqP_oJFJlFqDxM4vbRh_AJO0y_-PJM_g7K0t54mrnLNllfBCg8ZcsvYcXDDm9OVHqLO2eG3tLHJXz5d5mZIMVSMhkVNa3mBMmM6SWByGuHvFv7KoyGfc_9YCOmo39QgaWJR0lqR62S_V9JZfhtmluKuiXn6rrYjx/s998/1994%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjub5nC8p4aUWOk35RmWr6j3iVmKqP_oJFJlFqDxM4vbRh_AJO0y_-PJM_g7K0t54mrnLNllfBCg8ZcsvYcXDDm9OVHqLO2eG3tLHJXz5d5mZIMVSMhkVNa3mBMmM6SWByGuHvFv7KoyGfc_9YCOmo39QgaWJR0lqR62S_V9JZfhtmluKuiXn6rrYjx/s320/1994%20(13).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>"Falling down the stairs":<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuCPjdZ0OsogaAqgOOkNy_QwKZFyZ8MPZbxGBORvVE0_RtrViY02H-HRAvnWH6Sp-gv738Nxbdr4FhhKO_CCQcADwodTbXGvZrfy_fe4BdN7tiTmoJoPlA6-WgI2KKa0V8TtZbrhzY8Q0YKmXkXxw6pjqjXvQvb1voE-Zqjvsk4JJ6AJBjW5gMOiD/s998/1994%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuCPjdZ0OsogaAqgOOkNy_QwKZFyZ8MPZbxGBORvVE0_RtrViY02H-HRAvnWH6Sp-gv738Nxbdr4FhhKO_CCQcADwodTbXGvZrfy_fe4BdN7tiTmoJoPlA6-WgI2KKa0V8TtZbrhzY8Q0YKmXkXxw6pjqjXvQvb1voE-Zqjvsk4JJ6AJBjW5gMOiD/s320/1994%20(14).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We are nearing the end of the ride now, when Jessica Rabbit has freed herself from her captors, the Weasels. In December of 2021, a trench coat was put over Jessica Rabbit's body, to cover her shapely figure and exposed skin, which was totally corrupting the minds of America's youth.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCFfbT4t2TkSMRreFOXrkDR1Z4cffWUvrfypMBsygL6D53ggISAhiLxtyQzD3li4U86VW1EfJX1vRmBHjSQAzVAnXB92jdVIfrlF9SAlNzMBmzgCfFB6plIh1f727cSMCmK8oJDdeyoEUuXdUGJ2gptQl1nsqkdQtuEqjSaXacSTmeFunq7LwteCn/s998/1994%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCFfbT4t2TkSMRreFOXrkDR1Z4cffWUvrfypMBsygL6D53ggISAhiLxtyQzD3li4U86VW1EfJX1vRmBHjSQAzVAnXB92jdVIfrlF9SAlNzMBmzgCfFB6plIh1f727cSMCmK8oJDdeyoEUuXdUGJ2gptQl1nsqkdQtuEqjSaXacSTmeFunq7LwteCn/s320/1994%20(15).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Let's go ahead and take a look at the rest of Toontown, since this is our first time seeing it.</p><p>City Hall:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ut9fEy_pfLugFLC8hLo0idqH02kLHtkdYBsOScGzG61ctgphGzG2sKIm6JqLmz3l9m3wcHR7IbZwAVUefn4bQb4olwLSD6fx_R5PUVYL-wC1BcWUIt2fdoWvyxlyXDDwLjgKKDcW_-4zMLlLVmgVw5wyLoUx_NaE2MoL8sa3cUS9t7EChF8VFNo/s999/1994%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE_ut9fEy_pfLugFLC8hLo0idqH02kLHtkdYBsOScGzG61ctgphGzG2sKIm6JqLmz3l9m3wcHR7IbZwAVUefn4bQb4olwLSD6fx_R5PUVYL-wC1BcWUIt2fdoWvyxlyXDDwLjgKKDcW_-4zMLlLVmgVw5wyLoUx_NaE2MoL8sa3cUS9t7EChF8VFNo/s320/1994%20(16).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>Goofy's Gas Station:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOrGdnSggevvpBXvavRNc8y-zSIdfHdMtlOlb2BIjFbx23d7O35gWyuKgxw-94IqUitUFDeayxmZRf8zbSLI2NUIonB9Z3EKIJdGFXMdY-XYZlmO5F7JEXxvanTjPYmorudh6sKpIEWEXt8Kcn2el9Vi5oQjwadI8_7R0-A1-lc3GW7gJCMbeVp6A/s999/1994%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOrGdnSggevvpBXvavRNc8y-zSIdfHdMtlOlb2BIjFbx23d7O35gWyuKgxw-94IqUitUFDeayxmZRf8zbSLI2NUIonB9Z3EKIJdGFXMdY-XYZlmO5F7JEXxvanTjPYmorudh6sKpIEWEXt8Kcn2el9Vi5oQjwadI8_7R0-A1-lc3GW7gJCMbeVp6A/s320/1994%20(17).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>And, Chip 'n' Dale's Treehouse. There was also a "Chip 'n' Dales Acorn Pit" attraction, located in that structure on the far right. It was basically your standard "ball crawl" attraction, but it closed in 1998, only five years after it opened. Reportedly, children were doing repulsive things underneath the plastic "acorns." Hint.....it's the same thing that children do in the caves on Tom Sawyer Island. I really don't get it. Why not just tell your parents that you "have to go," and let them take you to the proper place to do it?!?!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOw4_7EcHnDv61HbO_Eb91C-oXngKMVfAActqoomcbYBaEy6PsqzlENP566Yt3Gy05WoAr3OETLopnC4qqj49MmxuQ7I5JUyP6EDCNZZ5Ffq1s_q4BEshuWs-y_uMs-w_IhR3XzDswojZdNti8diE5ClqiTymN2c7LWl61JT_KAAXrwV8XhGcC8W6f/s999/1994%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOw4_7EcHnDv61HbO_Eb91C-oXngKMVfAActqoomcbYBaEy6PsqzlENP566Yt3Gy05WoAr3OETLopnC4qqj49MmxuQ7I5JUyP6EDCNZZ5Ffq1s_q4BEshuWs-y_uMs-w_IhR3XzDswojZdNti8diE5ClqiTymN2c7LWl61JT_KAAXrwV8XhGcC8W6f/s320/1994%20(18).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Well, we are done with Toontown for the day. This next pic was also taken by my friend. He always loved the golden elephant-themed finials, on top of the lampposts surrounding the "Dumbo Flying Elephants" attraction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8dhbbOKdra5Ri_WDse4DkwDiskGvoavP2xB-7-7MFExvBo1Eaax3bsheSsy2oLBhjBR4fe5FACpkaJ6-65DtAVG03doI9BssCP3OrDeqNS0VAJeOeSaDP4WoNTV22TxGCYHHkCHamPe85Bg_2OtnEyw7aGQBq6PmeG5-SRIZYJD6ENfh9KTTxZ_9/s999/1994%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8dhbbOKdra5Ri_WDse4DkwDiskGvoavP2xB-7-7MFExvBo1Eaax3bsheSsy2oLBhjBR4fe5FACpkaJ6-65DtAVG03doI9BssCP3OrDeqNS0VAJeOeSaDP4WoNTV22TxGCYHHkCHamPe85Bg_2OtnEyw7aGQBq6PmeG5-SRIZYJD6ENfh9KTTxZ_9/s320/1994%20(19).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's lunchtime at the Bengal Barbecue, in Adventureland. That "Mickey" motif on the paper cups, napkins, and cardboard food carriers, was used in the park for many years.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FH4lIlCUP0vzBfYDqAJ4HY6ppolK8nMgNRed-xECPnSsf_zwGmkh3u95ZB6UZao2fTmK4QM-UzhM2JTPocMko-sjAu1nue2FkSOMQGDTZ2CpekRv1uKznaqMxqQl-gKhv4AAUpJxBpQ5TqddoyoeX0kZN8JOiauid3eKv3PfO63fDSD9isALhE5v/s1514/1994%20(20.2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1514" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FH4lIlCUP0vzBfYDqAJ4HY6ppolK8nMgNRed-xECPnSsf_zwGmkh3u95ZB6UZao2fTmK4QM-UzhM2JTPocMko-sjAu1nue2FkSOMQGDTZ2CpekRv1uKznaqMxqQl-gKhv4AAUpJxBpQ5TqddoyoeX0kZN8JOiauid3eKv3PfO63fDSD9isALhE5v/s320/1994%20(20.2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Here's a closer look:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz0EsG3xDPBRhCbP50EixpX90kSDmNKrE8cs29SYpZQzTtJRXs1uJtRNnJ1kcyvtKrWYJJi3alvp5JQa_ibz3yGoNNR4_JHypSlT0PjnOXhA6o6gIe-wB8a_7VVIFgh6oDccztNYQMV5ZAMlCbk6MAWU0KpOUJhqABm-ObuNKD9NylMa1h56wH8Hl/s696/1994%20(20.4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="696" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNz0EsG3xDPBRhCbP50EixpX90kSDmNKrE8cs29SYpZQzTtJRXs1uJtRNnJ1kcyvtKrWYJJi3alvp5JQa_ibz3yGoNNR4_JHypSlT0PjnOXhA6o6gIe-wB8a_7VVIFgh6oDccztNYQMV5ZAMlCbk6MAWU0KpOUJhqABm-ObuNKD9NylMa1h56wH8Hl/s320/1994%20(20.4).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> The napkins:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7vWZ9SBS3KfroFX0iZxl-JZ6MrzP_LxRSv_JFfZks4o2YGqBOKjOIGXyRlhcWBgSoXkuJ4Smp-a8x024DPVWm9_V6mvhaSM5oSFCtfUvCOF-wgNX2Sel9wza4nQKqNJVw8slme0W_iNwnIZXmL3tY4t27kjb9fEvKR-RQYDGtBnTLqKOxvzijfTT/s1144/1994%20-%20Napkins%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1144" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7vWZ9SBS3KfroFX0iZxl-JZ6MrzP_LxRSv_JFfZks4o2YGqBOKjOIGXyRlhcWBgSoXkuJ4Smp-a8x024DPVWm9_V6mvhaSM5oSFCtfUvCOF-wgNX2Sel9wza4nQKqNJVw8slme0W_iNwnIZXmL3tY4t27kjb9fEvKR-RQYDGtBnTLqKOxvzijfTT/s320/1994%20-%20Napkins%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This paper bag has the same pattern. But now I can't remember which food locations put their food into paper bags. Maybe they were only used as "doggie bags."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcyx7EX3zw-KV-hnYIDkK19U0XY-VgJU482mDZXHLYykyczQrofE2C-heZ83DM0r7HVM_9ba9vLlDTfY0D_X1NEMqWp2JEv1EoZL1zJILoaiLrCvU6fhOoWl_W0vJto9nFR9ypfF7U6fyBH6bM8AMuj56cyVHj8KtOVzLXHaNKu4ZeEaHEPRn3tMA/s1012/Food%20Bag%201990s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcyx7EX3zw-KV-hnYIDkK19U0XY-VgJU482mDZXHLYykyczQrofE2C-heZ83DM0r7HVM_9ba9vLlDTfY0D_X1NEMqWp2JEv1EoZL1zJILoaiLrCvU6fhOoWl_W0vJto9nFR9ypfF7U6fyBH6bM8AMuj56cyVHj8KtOVzLXHaNKu4ZeEaHEPRn3tMA/s320/Food%20Bag%201990s.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><p></p><p>Now it's time for the "Aladdin's Royal Caravan" parade! The legs of the men on this float moved forward and back, making it appear as if they were walking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSr7ebCU_MKvLL3i7l7uu02IMEZqBYlu0m0mx7UWVhOFQSTSYZErC9gi40Y5utHMxQcTSnZtkGIlHmM1p1VTH2JK3DBDu4-PUI8suqj4veKRK-qgzdeQKd_GBcfvjXgzMmk1uDB-dCxw95RrO97WrSs3DRBXbGWFYFXVgVZ9uf4yDWu4nwWk61rHe/s999/1994%20(22).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSr7ebCU_MKvLL3i7l7uu02IMEZqBYlu0m0mx7UWVhOFQSTSYZErC9gi40Y5utHMxQcTSnZtkGIlHmM1p1VTH2JK3DBDu4-PUI8suqj4veKRK-qgzdeQKd_GBcfvjXgzMmk1uDB-dCxw95RrO97WrSs3DRBXbGWFYFXVgVZ9uf4yDWu4nwWk61rHe/s320/1994%20(22).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The two camels would turn their heads from side to side, and "spit" water from their mouths, into the crowds of people.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbs3i22tWx8SOHEfzbY1ou0dcJlIWjBT_LsEEP8jMOSVSDfhUYgxe0BGzPkNAnJn-n6Ssr8OBrR_VeryDWlKpjUH7a7myxcG7avV242FR8ZWQQRtc5XVH3masRt-gM34Et3N51R7zJahFYRi6qI1mHN4n7Q-JmtxLV4s6_GjTMhTNsDtjaB0t2ppPW/s999/1994%20(23).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbs3i22tWx8SOHEfzbY1ou0dcJlIWjBT_LsEEP8jMOSVSDfhUYgxe0BGzPkNAnJn-n6Ssr8OBrR_VeryDWlKpjUH7a7myxcG7avV242FR8ZWQQRtc5XVH3masRt-gM34Et3N51R7zJahFYRi6qI1mHN4n7Q-JmtxLV4s6_GjTMhTNsDtjaB0t2ppPW/s320/1994%20(23).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This parade also ran concurrently, at the Disney/MGM Studios park in Orlando. The spitting camels from their parade eventually (in 2001) ended up as a permanent addition to the Magic Kingdom. Today, they can be found alongside "The Magic Carpets of Aladdin" attraction, in Adventureland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp3bwU2koTEWJlUE64IZTuEq8av-nzNCDPxfGjTZFmUrIoBtO4T2awMY-vwlu-NNvXY65LhDZkoSurd4RK5Smky0h7_Wl7b6l59fFEbu4OSHlxpet0dQ4-zoCAuJNyIMLxpJr2E9mUoydGQc96uo5oNfa9ajOE4kuv-nmB9tm6uEYfXbPGVQaP6o6/s999/1994%20(24).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp3bwU2koTEWJlUE64IZTuEq8av-nzNCDPxfGjTZFmUrIoBtO4T2awMY-vwlu-NNvXY65LhDZkoSurd4RK5Smky0h7_Wl7b6l59fFEbu4OSHlxpet0dQ4-zoCAuJNyIMLxpJr2E9mUoydGQc96uo5oNfa9ajOE4kuv-nmB9tm6uEYfXbPGVQaP6o6/s320/1994%20(24).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>An onion-domed structure on one of the parade floats:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5l2lr87-02_zbEtJE1Lzbs1SMhQlN97dWtu2cQJsqmBTDkNSPPvu3odPmgO7C6Zftk3tx3OrVIyKLqTS38-PmP4mS9-0LSVgRXVWDIzMhEt5Xy63rf_ztsbfq1DI2X6mxnRn_wcLb-k5tMy9P5nWxvEcfp3sDFlMA_rvV3u5Jr6ZTh2B9FNrjDc-/s999/1994%20(25).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5l2lr87-02_zbEtJE1Lzbs1SMhQlN97dWtu2cQJsqmBTDkNSPPvu3odPmgO7C6Zftk3tx3OrVIyKLqTS38-PmP4mS9-0LSVgRXVWDIzMhEt5Xy63rf_ztsbfq1DI2X6mxnRn_wcLb-k5tMy9P5nWxvEcfp3sDFlMA_rvV3u5Jr6ZTh2B9FNrjDc-/s320/1994%20(25).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>This float included a large inflatable version of Genie.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5Bye7fO2PRrJjI0UZhiAPW8F0uw2l54_dIiikuiR8gzAwmKd8fdyAKMAF2eUVK7hJGkN_zJKX4o9Jzw27kWKmVjDwtakKjKeeVvtk65-9WOHUocOqeEtw7H--7ZqbPLCVBmN-mnpJ6JTL91uBE6T-5w-Mgysxk0O6MVKqsqdd3WWQzXpk8MU2C_s/s999/1994%20(26).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5Bye7fO2PRrJjI0UZhiAPW8F0uw2l54_dIiikuiR8gzAwmKd8fdyAKMAF2eUVK7hJGkN_zJKX4o9Jzw27kWKmVjDwtakKjKeeVvtk65-9WOHUocOqeEtw7H--7ZqbPLCVBmN-mnpJ6JTL91uBE6T-5w-Mgysxk0O6MVKqsqdd3WWQzXpk8MU2C_s/s320/1994%20(26).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The base of the inflatable Genie float:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ2AtIijVa09XeGGybI5SYXSP_hxl9xp4TBInZhgdmn47gXG1ASW_Qe9rOnW6qgd2u7Rr-G6QFcbu-LNkmeEx0MoHafH_y9Det6V4p6Nqtt4Pln3mN8utvqzdeLIzhkOyHoVFi_yF-up8edvbZVQl-yXrqF8cZbn-7enVdDOF7I2UFr_YldYDkzdY/s998/1994%20(27).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQ2AtIijVa09XeGGybI5SYXSP_hxl9xp4TBInZhgdmn47gXG1ASW_Qe9rOnW6qgd2u7Rr-G6QFcbu-LNkmeEx0MoHafH_y9Det6V4p6Nqtt4Pln3mN8utvqzdeLIzhkOyHoVFi_yF-up8edvbZVQl-yXrqF8cZbn-7enVdDOF7I2UFr_YldYDkzdY/s320/1994%20(27).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>There were multiple versions of "Genie" featured throughout the parade. This one was dressed as a drum major, and was leading a band of musicians.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCNUI1pTsHxq0oFyKUYStpF_gumAKYeIDPehadInEhai2nZegGUtUm6zFD3NMUkkTPzqbAgmPxJ8uy9pzgVrvigp5cMoqbpDF26D4JQv4MbNZtrZtwEZn009PnOo57s1Upg_-RR5qFObBN5kGHLhI1SDMo9a93VyJTLE2Tkkd_iWRoVwnpHK0-Lva/s999/1994%20(28).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCNUI1pTsHxq0oFyKUYStpF_gumAKYeIDPehadInEhai2nZegGUtUm6zFD3NMUkkTPzqbAgmPxJ8uy9pzgVrvigp5cMoqbpDF26D4JQv4MbNZtrZtwEZn009PnOo57s1Upg_-RR5qFObBN5kGHLhI1SDMo9a93VyJTLE2Tkkd_iWRoVwnpHK0-Lva/s320/1994%20(28).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here is a pic of the last float in the parade, taken from a brochure.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxLmc0qQy2vxCPAVHwpOHPmJfji-cHoRTrMf9hJny2Qlvv253T2-gM0XC80xg5UU_pXf4Wq5u7VKDzwsgGV99fP_ZR3OYsaYVD_cUG1B2RbvjGxMyKzt01AhMyMoLwFpkON_KdF7GLjbKsJXdMcoNpFZ6TTz4ftzYKXL4D5yr0I_Y1GO4hzEuQiQkjLA/s966/z%20Aladdin's%20Royal%20Caravan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="966" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxLmc0qQy2vxCPAVHwpOHPmJfji-cHoRTrMf9hJny2Qlvv253T2-gM0XC80xg5UU_pXf4Wq5u7VKDzwsgGV99fP_ZR3OYsaYVD_cUG1B2RbvjGxMyKzt01AhMyMoLwFpkON_KdF7GLjbKsJXdMcoNpFZ6TTz4ftzYKXL4D5yr0I_Y1GO4hzEuQiQkjLA/s320/z%20Aladdin's%20Royal%20Caravan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It's time to make our way over to Tomorrowland. Star Tours was only seven years old at this point. Poor Rex has since been replaced by C-3PO, as the pilot for all of the Starspeeder vehicles. Today, Rex can be found hanging out <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAiZCwlHCYWcrqxKmyc4RG6Paaw_tGP7uAcAJt2hGhwDxhnGZ8PO3siRYIs2CQfguvKQo2BT70soOyGZsUUidErBU-7-qpYCIXAMlQqgbQGITp2kJH8LjdMIMEkmHJ_mFx4jjqg-Bsz0/s1600/Star+Tours+Sneak+Preview+%252813%2529.jpg" target="_blank">in the queue for the attraction</a>, as well as in the Cantina, over in Wookie World. Fun fact....Rex was voiced by Pee Wee Herman (actor, Paul Reubens). <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeg-LK74Jn0X3VrkyoACJjqOPHi5_NUnV6-4hK_rug6lAvpe9GDiDalEWMOL7-TrzDGEQWlXnsvWWWxjEnqPtay-02_NIx8-q43cJ3yYTgW_ExsnEtsQasa9TBOim3f5XxM4hZnxqmYK3CKm_0dPLH2KdBnhbHDmsRnZGlwlP3CGRXxqN44gZnzzk/s999/1994%20(21).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeg-LK74Jn0X3VrkyoACJjqOPHi5_NUnV6-4hK_rug6lAvpe9GDiDalEWMOL7-TrzDGEQWlXnsvWWWxjEnqPtay-02_NIx8-q43cJ3yYTgW_ExsnEtsQasa9TBOim3f5XxM4hZnxqmYK3CKm_0dPLH2KdBnhbHDmsRnZGlwlP3CGRXxqN44gZnzzk/s320/1994%20(21).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>Goofing around in the Magic Eye Theater, while waiting for <i>Captain EO</i> to begin:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmpzuXjix7pzOz80HRCHGkQK1ZF-fm4puzS0BkA3RSMT4LFZ2ht6290gym18jzCfS3ZLE8j2R7twyd8ilSeE_Xqt3MvNeMMlqJQDyFr9cq-YZhzCTlEa0T6lZuuKLag6l3xLXPVSbX1L9RA2tuXELcqaXG-vIZKRWVbg_v6V73fQFFX8Qtr-MvAar/s747/1994%20(21.2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="747" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmpzuXjix7pzOz80HRCHGkQK1ZF-fm4puzS0BkA3RSMT4LFZ2ht6290gym18jzCfS3ZLE8j2R7twyd8ilSeE_Xqt3MvNeMMlqJQDyFr9cq-YZhzCTlEa0T6lZuuKLag6l3xLXPVSbX1L9RA2tuXELcqaXG-vIZKRWVbg_v6V73fQFFX8Qtr-MvAar/s320/1994%20(21.2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>On our way out of the park, we paused to do some shopping on Main Street. This next picture was taken in the "Crystal Arcade" section of the Main Street Emporium. I wish I had taken a picture of that mural, just to the right and out of frame. The artwork was only there for a short time, and was sort of like a vintage advertisement for the Emporium. There was a portrait of "Walter E. Disney" as the store's "proprietor," and other information like, "Nearly One City Block," and "Established 1855." I've always wondered why it didn't remain on that back wall for very long.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCQPjXJhsftQbtc3gmaSk1mV0ESNDY57RqhtEO5e8hYoeu2GDc2b2tUGuOUQEWzdX0brRwQEnysBGC84Uo9PwFLqUkwgnCVNZqoNHM6NxLtLkAs1w5HHhlhKqJCZcfOndcJVVr79BBcE1FxbVAtq3PXfG3fXHyCcSeOlUB1oawdjmyovBQFJ9KU7_/s750/1994%20(29)%20smaller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCQPjXJhsftQbtc3gmaSk1mV0ESNDY57RqhtEO5e8hYoeu2GDc2b2tUGuOUQEWzdX0brRwQEnysBGC84Uo9PwFLqUkwgnCVNZqoNHM6NxLtLkAs1w5HHhlhKqJCZcfOndcJVVr79BBcE1FxbVAtq3PXfG3fXHyCcSeOlUB1oawdjmyovBQFJ9KU7_/s320/1994%20(29)%20smaller.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p>Disneyland Paris has a much smaller version of the mural, in their Emporium. Does anyone remember this existing in Anaheim's Main Street Emporium, for a brief period of time?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE16MUpfxtntSMo1lL4HFS1xe1iGH857rFWrCy4qV5fxeAJQm8wygLVBnTJFeNUufiWtXmZaHa3fcXZkebEMy3gSyWEEw5oGLHelfkIUi2-WsAdQQCRTsmABoMOXwxhE0N04MXVqzbD6sd4XRL6S8ExXAyl1wNX9drjkNmfXff5hKTX81d70__NVN/s1206/z%20Emporium%20-%20disneyandmore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1206" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE16MUpfxtntSMo1lL4HFS1xe1iGH857rFWrCy4qV5fxeAJQm8wygLVBnTJFeNUufiWtXmZaHa3fcXZkebEMy3gSyWEEw5oGLHelfkIUi2-WsAdQQCRTsmABoMOXwxhE0N04MXVqzbD6sd4XRL6S8ExXAyl1wNX9drjkNmfXff5hKTX81d70__NVN/s320/z%20Emporium%20-%20disneyandmore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This picture was taken in the Candy Palace. At one time, that room in the background was the "right rear wing" of the Penny Arcade. I can't remember what year the Candy Palace expanded into that space, but this was still prior to the store taking over all of the Penny Arcade. Note the heart-shaped boxes of candy on the shelves. Valentine's Day was just two weeks away.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JOtns4iAf1pLzhenviQX-1S1nmujTdr__42vXg75tdQSLe_r0X9xCzLWZai2bmSTA7aQ1GLFhKMx1ARrT3mtI7WbxgwRJjlA35A9EzeLoNA9hShAw_dvE3hZZeXnoblYai2NS0967r7LKyGY86wY_Rt_LvrKwErD542FExSnNjZZeyuWGCAVGppC4k/s998/1994%20(30).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="998" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JOtns4iAf1pLzhenviQX-1S1nmujTdr__42vXg75tdQSLe_r0X9xCzLWZai2bmSTA7aQ1GLFhKMx1ARrT3mtI7WbxgwRJjlA35A9EzeLoNA9hShAw_dvE3hZZeXnoblYai2NS0967r7LKyGY86wY_Rt_LvrKwErD542FExSnNjZZeyuWGCAVGppC4k/s320/1994%20(30).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Speaking of the Penny Arcade, let's have Esmeralda tell our fortune.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnPiTJ9_1Tv70TkMAzUZzA_Um2cL09k7ybE9DlhZpCIiiy9_6bebqr2mLs8XvyH3n7br9oACj8OqjYnAgxUfSXLzwcvDcpFlb-g9VN97BdEQEYLlDw1WWY-JRnEb7NCiEyAEXKrUloWFZB3gwfAHzVWNAPkTYIUGI4JSDFJx-kZTHX1c2K-_wiHBC/s999/1994%20(32).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnPiTJ9_1Tv70TkMAzUZzA_Um2cL09k7ybE9DlhZpCIiiy9_6bebqr2mLs8XvyH3n7br9oACj8OqjYnAgxUfSXLzwcvDcpFlb-g9VN97BdEQEYLlDw1WWY-JRnEb7NCiEyAEXKrUloWFZB3gwfAHzVWNAPkTYIUGI4JSDFJx-kZTHX1c2K-_wiHBC/s320/1994%20(32).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>None of her predictions came true! I wonder if Esmeralda ever worked for the Psychic Friends Network?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVCQh2GHoPXv9vDub1T_jv-1UNSqWSh0uvYxCwPyhPuhFijCO4vMViWkSTVreEgN4QULgLPlDgCHNQtx6tQXXmuDs1IuPbMOVN5pp5CrZh5TCFYSOtEEftRYiOM-_SlFE73_IML4mwJRJtpgaGLyurLs-HzLz6FvAwQ3oRBfCkqaewKbG_aa8m6Vg/s947/Penny%20Arcade%20-%20Esmeralda%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="602" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVCQh2GHoPXv9vDub1T_jv-1UNSqWSh0uvYxCwPyhPuhFijCO4vMViWkSTVreEgN4QULgLPlDgCHNQtx6tQXXmuDs1IuPbMOVN5pp5CrZh5TCFYSOtEEftRYiOM-_SlFE73_IML4mwJRJtpgaGLyurLs-HzLz6FvAwQ3oRBfCkqaewKbG_aa8m6Vg/s320/Penny%20Arcade%20-%20Esmeralda%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br />Who remembers the "glass" elephant in the Penny Arcade? This was something else that seemed to be there for only a short period of time.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMI2SzJVoaZTtQcF11xMq0JeorR-6mmvexAASJrf6MbqzZATgzJtRk-pss1-d-DoAucuqaAJCkV2-X8BM-KWSJBdRZtxQfjguC8eGS5bfWeaOiN1qMe1YGoFmwWbF60CKDZztXiutxkHYKukvbzUYzqOTwCsDIEPGLIIyvd_dnun9PjJqdjW6c1yz/s896/1994%20(31)%20c%20smaller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMI2SzJVoaZTtQcF11xMq0JeorR-6mmvexAASJrf6MbqzZATgzJtRk-pss1-d-DoAucuqaAJCkV2-X8BM-KWSJBdRZtxQfjguC8eGS5bfWeaOiN1qMe1YGoFmwWbF60CKDZztXiutxkHYKukvbzUYzqOTwCsDIEPGLIIyvd_dnun9PjJqdjW6c1yz/s320/1994%20(31)%20c%20smaller.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p>The elephant reappeared years later in the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlour, as seen in this pic from 2011:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz67Gjp96PX_-iFbvP5PJYZtMPAHmOY65_CjzYjd-xy2LFSN3Ej5D5RuuhQkjw1sosbrpDpMrfZIacTpv1gG04Kh8LgwHem_nRIV_ByVVNOj11YwfTdhzZgpkrcgdCfGNB0a7x1FVnFNncD3yvrWCOs3iBLh2P_j9bfpe5uBgu7J0Wq3yGs7Wwe7XH/s1012/2011%20Gibson%20Girl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz67Gjp96PX_-iFbvP5PJYZtMPAHmOY65_CjzYjd-xy2LFSN3Ej5D5RuuhQkjw1sosbrpDpMrfZIacTpv1gG04Kh8LgwHem_nRIV_ByVVNOj11YwfTdhzZgpkrcgdCfGNB0a7x1FVnFNncD3yvrWCOs3iBLh2P_j9bfpe5uBgu7J0Wq3yGs7Wwe7XH/s320/2011%20Gibson%20Girl.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>And today, it sits on the roof of the Tropical Imports building (now, stroller parking), in Adventureland:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp84J-fCHk95OwQglk731JL3nFjEhKZs6EoeY9l92LWf7DpyfOhNimyHhiqVRmXVJkwItlE2_QfBXYW80Bhm98R8Q_cCCqkXafkglk0OAD7Ql-vSOyqpreNxK_Se3jzTRIqA3NTWhUa15r0MXB6sPRC_rvyHgwqIZNKbhOGAEWKDtYgHif4rlMxjQm5Ww/s1012/z%20Tropical%20Imports.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1012" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp84J-fCHk95OwQglk731JL3nFjEhKZs6EoeY9l92LWf7DpyfOhNimyHhiqVRmXVJkwItlE2_QfBXYW80Bhm98R8Q_cCCqkXafkglk0OAD7Ql-vSOyqpreNxK_Se3jzTRIqA3NTWhUa15r0MXB6sPRC_rvyHgwqIZNKbhOGAEWKDtYgHif4rlMxjQm5Ww/s320/z%20Tropical%20Imports.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We'll stop at the Main Street Cinema, before leaving the park. Steamboat Willie is playing inside, on a continuous loop! And as of the first of this month, he is public domain and belongs to the world! Do I smell a followup to last year's independent "Pooh" movie? <i>"Steamboat Willie: Blood and Money",</i> anyone?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEil9brfb9Yc1Is8t7bkcoXxrWLV9UoLkPuBgzaxt3xveobNXw-ns1AXSBgdT2GE9livdWOwkr2vj75VzaG-hBlnQHkIBBJTOkLLXwB0eRfp-qFPdrxswHgWNoQAYeIb0KkRBNFvkabozWPMbpjLDPXZXXjVoinXfQ3q6fPoLeBy7CPQN33j8TM09M/s750/1994%20(34)%20smaller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEil9brfb9Yc1Is8t7bkcoXxrWLV9UoLkPuBgzaxt3xveobNXw-ns1AXSBgdT2GE9livdWOwkr2vj75VzaG-hBlnQHkIBBJTOkLLXwB0eRfp-qFPdrxswHgWNoQAYeIb0KkRBNFvkabozWPMbpjLDPXZXXjVoinXfQ3q6fPoLeBy7CPQN33j8TM09M/s320/1994%20(34)%20smaller.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p>"Tillie" won't take our "A" Coupons. She's totally unresponsive. Maybe she's just tired. I'm sure it was a long day, and now she's ready to clock out and go home for the night. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEczaSaWLk1lfafYPhbG48Hca_lEAarFl6jmBwHxgcB03kAKaHKiw_bg5CmCxzrgOysFP3Ol4UnTOtz9HoTaKIkFJx-0AgZMkSzi16FIt814hiPMiONEWidYnjMEFeDwvGh7oK-408LZtjsXtWZjHceOo0cFj3OxkG3EC0hutDvF7-S0qZYCrwqKfx/s750/1994%20(33)%20smaller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEczaSaWLk1lfafYPhbG48Hca_lEAarFl6jmBwHxgcB03kAKaHKiw_bg5CmCxzrgOysFP3Ol4UnTOtz9HoTaKIkFJx-0AgZMkSzi16FIt814hiPMiONEWidYnjMEFeDwvGh7oK-408LZtjsXtWZjHceOo0cFj3OxkG3EC0hutDvF7-S0qZYCrwqKfx/s320/1994%20(33)%20smaller.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We'll stop at City Hall and get an extra Guidebook to take home. One can always use an extra Disneyland Guidebook, right? We'll also take one of these flyers, which has information about Annual Passes. My next Disneyland visit was six months later (in July of 1994), and I
did upgrade that day's admission ticket to an Annual Pass, and continued to renew that pass for several years. I will also
be doing a trip report about that July '94 visit, so stay tuned.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpYUSaaObgkf_z1RUFI__g9i5Y1xUFdNQ4vCIYdkZPprnUgda-kzbqJnNBi8GgprkIqyXzQ6rQtIDXsMLJ5NzhkZn4HtXMJGwCNk4RlTPdyioJjEHXy-VaM-cULewWq-Z5tem9_vClN-VViwzXE3gpJqPM1SdE2r-2HAZCEvQBgmDeVHmU08aOEIq/s1350/Annual%20Pass%20Flyer%201994%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1191" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpYUSaaObgkf_z1RUFI__g9i5Y1xUFdNQ4vCIYdkZPprnUgda-kzbqJnNBi8GgprkIqyXzQ6rQtIDXsMLJ5NzhkZn4HtXMJGwCNk4RlTPdyioJjEHXy-VaM-cULewWq-Z5tem9_vClN-VViwzXE3gpJqPM1SdE2r-2HAZCEvQBgmDeVHmU08aOEIq/s320/Annual%20Pass%20Flyer%201994%20(1).jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p>Oh, look....there's the Skyway. Sadly, the Skyway would be removed before the end of the year (in November).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0-Qg25hqo0PDgY5VPasLksqZYdMc5agtQGPMEp7b-XFs9aVmNWIIuB8EIv4sVYWIvyC2uNAp13ujS8GsoCCtdXAdu_dJ1MDGHhMY15qIRik-tEHUfFBUGiFjGjp0QK6k0cTCwVgIz45YnXtR5Fq9aTk4P8swoIq8IdlZ7w32XEYN6CFtfdO8qoOq/s1350/Annual%20Pass%20Flyer%201994%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1191" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0-Qg25hqo0PDgY5VPasLksqZYdMc5agtQGPMEp7b-XFs9aVmNWIIuB8EIv4sVYWIvyC2uNAp13ujS8GsoCCtdXAdu_dJ1MDGHhMY15qIRik-tEHUfFBUGiFjGjp0QK6k0cTCwVgIz45YnXtR5Fq9aTk4P8swoIq8IdlZ7w32XEYN6CFtfdO8qoOq/s320/Annual%20Pass%20Flyer%201994%20(2).jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't remember the specific souvenirs I purchased on this trip. However, I do remember many of the items I bought <i>around</i> this time. So here is a Toontown pinback button, which I very likely could have purchased on this trip, or at least within this same time period of the mid-1990s.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3Gxf5TMr5e96x4LwanlO4ONGabGYuXnlAp6YoVoHNReXgKkSd0F4W4Liv2nighy5IfzX3vSwPkgMc2_E1-vdIC3iMdG_VCh-U8FNyPj9VTPlCnFzGBENjv_SYT03_DK8gII9rtUXA_8z6HUdctfDaBmq4Df8JI5ibNzl-MNngnjN82D3gB90H1Zb3jk/s949/zz%20Toontown%20Button.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="949" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3Gxf5TMr5e96x4LwanlO4ONGabGYuXnlAp6YoVoHNReXgKkSd0F4W4Liv2nighy5IfzX3vSwPkgMc2_E1-vdIC3iMdG_VCh-U8FNyPj9VTPlCnFzGBENjv_SYT03_DK8gII9rtUXA_8z6HUdctfDaBmq4Df8JI5ibNzl-MNngnjN82D3gB90H1Zb3jk/s320/zz%20Toontown%20Button.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I know that I saved one or more of the Disneyland shopping bags from this and other visits around this same time, but for the life of me, I could not find one! Of course, I was able to find one from every other era. Oh, well! So, this image of one of the bags is borrowed from ebay.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2H4FMlugHhTOWONWpmKZNhC21jn3GQV59Ac47TBSdtXFXU3FPXVRX81EW-IGLDMOp4V9Y22H0xYx3EYwnEVgvs9zCzPbwEKJa0DnHxWzUnGVh3nSjDtWy0KbZcH99ceZkG_XhXRmsFKvKw5QclcM6KWmhSN7ZVrhXHco7_-rOuZQ94ZSqPJ5w3Fan3Q/s544/1990s%20shopping%20bag%20(1b).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2H4FMlugHhTOWONWpmKZNhC21jn3GQV59Ac47TBSdtXFXU3FPXVRX81EW-IGLDMOp4V9Y22H0xYx3EYwnEVgvs9zCzPbwEKJa0DnHxWzUnGVh3nSjDtWy0KbZcH99ceZkG_XhXRmsFKvKw5QclcM6KWmhSN7ZVrhXHco7_-rOuZQ94ZSqPJ5w3Fan3Q/s320/1990s%20shopping%20bag%20(1b).jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br />And just for fun, here is a photo taken earlier in the month, on New Year's Day. This was the Walt Disney Company's entry into the 1994 Tournament of Roses Parade. The float featured Lenny (or Benny) the Cab. After the parade, the floats are always driven to a park in Pasadena, and are left out on display for a few days. However, this particular float broke down early on in the parade that year, and had to be towed the rest of the way down the parade route, as well as to the park.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6txuXoOC5Og4fNzhqIV1J-_XNsLUZA2v3uwCkcMETQQ8y_ll84lEHbNgmTo4vbM_JajFyTyxz0LAHPJuU38N5RjCYrXv0WFN3UFHahl6nf2c2hyYGeWBIX-CQ3Xp7GBYgbi-cQ_pVPu2BHg1EX6eDjkoEJUDy-41_xZuIvnOtoviOEOkL0LHNd_G7/s933/Jan.%201,%201994%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="933" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6txuXoOC5Og4fNzhqIV1J-_XNsLUZA2v3uwCkcMETQQ8y_ll84lEHbNgmTo4vbM_JajFyTyxz0LAHPJuU38N5RjCYrXv0WFN3UFHahl6nf2c2hyYGeWBIX-CQ3Xp7GBYgbi-cQ_pVPu2BHg1EX6eDjkoEJUDy-41_xZuIvnOtoviOEOkL0LHNd_G7/s320/Jan.%201,%201994%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />For years now, I have made a point to acquire one of the Hallmark company's complimentary "Date Books." I have always used them to document various events in my life. It doesn't have to be a major event. It can be something as simple as going to dinner with a friend, seeing a movie, or a Disneyland visit. This 1994 Hallmark Date Book shows the entry for this visit to Disneyland on January 30th, as well as my trip to see the Rose Parade floats in Pasadena. I just thought I would share this additional "record" of my Disneyland visit. Of course, I had to "erase" some of the other things I did that month, before sharing it here!<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOwiseFQFqGf5qKTOM9ERcwd2T8Z2d9FPd2_1U9b1ZM0H5qs5bn7LjSt4XeP6S5CE7N8p5_NhAoIxXey2yK7-Hvp-nj7SHBffF-i38ZsxTYO-kDXzFVFPF5SER2KWIPM3NnWKKsmkTbBctwpILBMBM87bLxt3YkPw5m2pNgiKVdqYALokyTg6KhfM/s1249/1994%20Hallmark%20-%20January.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1249" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOwiseFQFqGf5qKTOM9ERcwd2T8Z2d9FPd2_1U9b1ZM0H5qs5bn7LjSt4XeP6S5CE7N8p5_NhAoIxXey2yK7-Hvp-nj7SHBffF-i38ZsxTYO-kDXzFVFPF5SER2KWIPM3NnWKKsmkTbBctwpILBMBM87bLxt3YkPw5m2pNgiKVdqYALokyTg6KhfM/s320/1994%20Hallmark%20-%20January.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>****Bonus****</p><p>Here is the 1993 Souvenir Guidebook we were given that day (even though we were already 30 days into 1994), in it's entirety. Enjoy!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vydCdwEh_RiJWfR5QjCGO0Q7vMs7YRVXjgtSsTz6_O69gsCs_wYM9_5AKxsiqNzwbOPPFFyOx5mSLPiSB6u6iJrzeLUc0WsSPY3Ead0e6AyXWSD-czbNzSZcQgiKmZIOLNYxIrtBgseBNOkoC2hLyO5KIfK1CcKLvjPc2M3u6xdjIdTx5t1cJE7d/s1522/'93%20Guide%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="649" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vydCdwEh_RiJWfR5QjCGO0Q7vMs7YRVXjgtSsTz6_O69gsCs_wYM9_5AKxsiqNzwbOPPFFyOx5mSLPiSB6u6iJrzeLUc0WsSPY3Ead0e6AyXWSD-czbNzSZcQgiKmZIOLNYxIrtBgseBNOkoC2hLyO5KIfK1CcKLvjPc2M3u6xdjIdTx5t1cJE7d/s320/'93%20Guide%201.jpg" width="136" /></a><br /></div> <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q54tgDfCMBUZQ8bZfkWK5kkeLkgwvryd0eJfU02B1vTV9tzrtiX-x_HnByDGLuYzNGh68gGFUng-Pvjw2zMs-l-8u7q18Kt-W1S7GoBRupAJQjfPrvu-2ii7YhuObjRD_uZr0k2LrGhScH2S6GblqNGA2aq8X3Eb1BplSp1kLDyRWn2BGzWahxYM/s1648/'93%20Guide%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q54tgDfCMBUZQ8bZfkWK5kkeLkgwvryd0eJfU02B1vTV9tzrtiX-x_HnByDGLuYzNGh68gGFUng-Pvjw2zMs-l-8u7q18Kt-W1S7GoBRupAJQjfPrvu-2ii7YhuObjRD_uZr0k2LrGhScH2S6GblqNGA2aq8X3Eb1BplSp1kLDyRWn2BGzWahxYM/s320/'93%20Guide%202.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><i>"No tickets are required on any attraction......."</i> It's interesting that they still thought it was necessary to state this, even though the individual ticket system was phased out 12 years earlier.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA66gCQtL5uz6hUPncYula_Hkda5aNMAfPdE9GcxCz1nRpH6a-BHr0GmT41bwZS7zaMPktOCPQa1dyUcQg1SU7fp-hEx7wnSrrH2Rl1BlOtR1MUjWi4K87vC6clsZ8oIwySsiFHyQ200tttSE87NGuofAQ5EGUMn0fao99yZ0vBX3cqNaiHCAToVqI/s1646/'93%20Guide%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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(They closed 3 years later.)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbEtujN3O0ZhvDU1GJgv3nk_Rgy6mI7gDfim-MTMtWVpp2tg60-B5FIcy81ftmYqlvu260pm_q204FKztVasfQpTjTWlugJjUpoLO8ycQL9f9DnAzCIXaHoXd0uu-pi4FguBJLaFeMqD4-EfJaHnzP7ELkR8ecZ84Ft4m_wZkxlINpDcrDrT_eepo/s1652/'93%20Guide%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUbEtujN3O0ZhvDU1GJgv3nk_Rgy6mI7gDfim-MTMtWVpp2tg60-B5FIcy81ftmYqlvu260pm_q204FKztVasfQpTjTWlugJjUpoLO8ycQL9f9DnAzCIXaHoXd0uu-pi4FguBJLaFeMqD4-EfJaHnzP7ELkR8ecZ84Ft4m_wZkxlINpDcrDrT_eepo/s320/'93%20Guide%2010.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p></p><p>The Casey Jr. Circus Train was<i> "Open selected weekends and seasonal periods only"</i>? How odd!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifohhqJtpAaPO5MylolO2mVGJ2bFgtyY4u-gDMUS6P8_bCsNelR1ND4G2_aQ-BJqIzDIsrcLcyJqS7zKfnvBuYWANfZCDQPMxZ5Knv4eYFu07u8s5B0hEunB5lalHbYvk7kYRia1JrAMzk6fJ-mBofe6Ph08lTrI40EMyWx-yuffeyx99Dn_UvRNQL/s1643/'93%20Guide%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="1390" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifohhqJtpAaPO5MylolO2mVGJ2bFgtyY4u-gDMUS6P8_bCsNelR1ND4G2_aQ-BJqIzDIsrcLcyJqS7zKfnvBuYWANfZCDQPMxZ5Knv4eYFu07u8s5B0hEunB5lalHbYvk7kYRia1JrAMzk6fJ-mBofe6Ph08lTrI40EMyWx-yuffeyx99Dn_UvRNQL/s320/'93%20Guide%2011.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p>Once again, "Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin" isn't listed here, because they were handing out these older guidebooks at the park entrance!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfYjMgFSNlVV3HW0B62o7XIeegtXSY7AWo8TS4qST3tCkELXzkg0af_0yykGRkhC8j1vdxKltHQC5-dkWniHzZoc6Wcyj-6dnoTJGZnJ4XwP0u4PBYMGmHHJeqDXPARis3zZKQmnr9cQNznl0LO3PdtJwlIOh9QNtruudNQuriZuPxhFIOaZw5vik/s1651/'93%20Guide%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfYjMgFSNlVV3HW0B62o7XIeegtXSY7AWo8TS4qST3tCkELXzkg0af_0yykGRkhC8j1vdxKltHQC5-dkWniHzZoc6Wcyj-6dnoTJGZnJ4XwP0u4PBYMGmHHJeqDXPARis3zZKQmnr9cQNznl0LO3PdtJwlIOh9QNtruudNQuriZuPxhFIOaZw5vik/s320/'93%20Guide%2012.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p>Wow, this Tomorrowland seems far more exciting than the current one. I miss Circle-Vision! And the PeopleMover! And the Skyway! And the Rocket Jets spinning <i>high</i> above Tomorrowland.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMOg3HmC5h1aKlvJ-PDX5qJRp6zTXS9ugSmiBdpeXGHACLlMEeSND_LkSXLtUuQjjlihh18pY46Cc8NvA3DI_6Nm59XoGlP0uQE5Xo_yLm8LJwOg-UIOpOcOfXNrFMEgDunKFD8IbEoT0I3Y2TJsMInMrLVBg7zjYSvMUG0C8vWvu1jOJ4qVpqc-e/s1652/'93%20Guide%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1394" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMOg3HmC5h1aKlvJ-PDX5qJRp6zTXS9ugSmiBdpeXGHACLlMEeSND_LkSXLtUuQjjlihh18pY46Cc8NvA3DI_6Nm59XoGlP0uQE5Xo_yLm8LJwOg-UIOpOcOfXNrFMEgDunKFD8IbEoT0I3Y2TJsMInMrLVBg7zjYSvMUG0C8vWvu1jOJ4qVpqc-e/s320/'93%20Guide%2013.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p>It looks like the Dancing Waters/Fantasy Waters show was still going strong (twice nightly!) over at the Disneyland Hotel. And Disney was jumping onto the current "Country Western" music bandwagon, with their "Neon Cactus" venue, also over at the hotel.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfGvsnoRpM9LciFQYLgFrvKp_jCVClLAIbVmyGlirUBRYoScw1KIjXHwdgEB3uk0NmuhUONqM6KAb4_xy6jynLQtfUpcj_vRiANPZTCI4Oku7yOkpiQKBEff-MVNETmXIqzzle0-REUhHj3qRfLXSg5pwMcdfxg5kgImAQHG9xTUBenVymYjkAgY1/s1649/'93%20Guide%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1649" data-original-width="1393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfGvsnoRpM9LciFQYLgFrvKp_jCVClLAIbVmyGlirUBRYoScw1KIjXHwdgEB3uk0NmuhUONqM6KAb4_xy6jynLQtfUpcj_vRiANPZTCI4Oku7yOkpiQKBEff-MVNETmXIqzzle0-REUhHj3qRfLXSg5pwMcdfxg5kgImAQHG9xTUBenVymYjkAgY1/s320/'93%20Guide%2014.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Aladdin</i> was released on video, just eleven months after it's initial release in theaters.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7Ko9lL3UnD1D5P9uhjwORTyZLWSftz6vJyMvlz-ceFSvLGKteTKTZfMa5bG85Pp1ZQQc3AewEUjcq77igArV8S2-aVHDY4VAr0GhujdWF-LMq3vCLEgvPJM8kagHQX-HLIf44yF6GutK7KBN3jpfr7uRAh-o1CBrjc3dre_LUmaYYjm8mPwkssNu/s1651/'93%20Guide%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7Ko9lL3UnD1D5P9uhjwORTyZLWSftz6vJyMvlz-ceFSvLGKteTKTZfMa5bG85Pp1ZQQc3AewEUjcq77igArV8S2-aVHDY4VAr0GhujdWF-LMq3vCLEgvPJM8kagHQX-HLIf44yF6GutK7KBN3jpfr7uRAh-o1CBrjc3dre_LUmaYYjm8mPwkssNu/s320/'93%20Guide%2015.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Bonkers </i>was apparently an animated series that was shown on broadcast TV, as a part of <i>The Disney Afternoon</i> lineup. According to Wikipedia, new episodes were produced from February of 1993, through November of 1993.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Dn8MfohCBV-u9ubGmKjiwtKzc2JTaZiAjqMLAu5FWdJGEgWUNpMFzjs54YKCeOizOfU_F7iO16gXMPHCOAFR2ZfKO9Yz1gxTr7tV1tQOlS0evevFNONTTmcxKBIVh7ETU2xZATL7DaGtLa8-bhuS_aRMFZO8OgwlqSfPbgS82-OpLxkZbGnjvsyU/s1651/'93%20Guide%2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Dn8MfohCBV-u9ubGmKjiwtKzc2JTaZiAjqMLAu5FWdJGEgWUNpMFzjs54YKCeOizOfU_F7iO16gXMPHCOAFR2ZfKO9Yz1gxTr7tV1tQOlS0evevFNONTTmcxKBIVh7ETU2xZATL7DaGtLa8-bhuS_aRMFZO8OgwlqSfPbgS82-OpLxkZbGnjvsyU/s320/'93%20Guide%2016.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr32-gp2uouzSzWTqOCixvakEzF1uW3I9rJ98YaHLJk-SSVeomTY5PcY8Wp_5HFKctb9OVkzuuSEMZnjCAPerZDEiI7wcTniVXCOH-ixsUQV5es8l-uTG0L269yFdp50MWiIJmdfxNtiyQbzD-kaML_vqYiuYsgvPUkEnEJAuwp_N4wWFqZqiWRZdj/s1651/'93%20Guide%2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr32-gp2uouzSzWTqOCixvakEzF1uW3I9rJ98YaHLJk-SSVeomTY5PcY8Wp_5HFKctb9OVkzuuSEMZnjCAPerZDEiI7wcTniVXCOH-ixsUQV5es8l-uTG0L269yFdp50MWiIJmdfxNtiyQbzD-kaML_vqYiuYsgvPUkEnEJAuwp_N4wWFqZqiWRZdj/s320/'93%20Guide%2017.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p>"Print film"? What is that? ;-)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DVuaR0qukYR-Uy2rKEKKv6r7XkpJ2KOIJIVrZATDIv7hMke6mZ7Y1v3PSlNMOtXTGKKDqWaAGzoOWhT8McAfBImRCNFtMUkB1_ikwVrACHbI8lAG0EJos-r9lIW1sS-klbKKj6RIniUbk_rHUtd8fTrwXlj4MlSiq8h5AhlXWW9H7-IeL7hFjbbC/s1655/'93%20Guide%2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DVuaR0qukYR-Uy2rKEKKv6r7XkpJ2KOIJIVrZATDIv7hMke6mZ7Y1v3PSlNMOtXTGKKDqWaAGzoOWhT8McAfBImRCNFtMUkB1_ikwVrACHbI8lAG0EJos-r9lIW1sS-klbKKj6RIniUbk_rHUtd8fTrwXlj4MlSiq8h5AhlXWW9H7-IeL7hFjbbC/s320/'93%20Guide%2018.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><p>I hope everyone enjoyed this vintage trip report, from 30 years ago!<br /></p><br />TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-70608722678752205892023-12-07T00:01:00.000-08:002023-12-07T01:10:29.772-08:00Fantasy On Parade & Christmas at Disneyland - 1981<p></p><p>Today, I have ten photos from Disneyland's 1981 Christmas parade, "Fantasy On Parade." These are all from the same year that I was in the parade. I have to thank Sue B. of "Lou and Sue" fame, for giving me the heads up about these photos being listed on ebay. She knew that I was a "Christmas Tree" in the parade, so she was initially letting me know about the listing for the photo of the "trees." But I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that the ebay seller also had nine more shots from the parade!<br /></p><p>These first four photos are of the parade's <i>Cinderella</i> unit. I have posted similar pics of this unit in the past, but I think the quality on all of these is very nice. Plus, I feel like I could never have enough photos from the actual parade that I was a part of.<br /></p><p>The <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz_YlqkbMWr4lcE_HUz4IO8JLU-Uk9WvXbwaRX5xloMwHj2ayMFzAXFN0HZPU4X2gyTFCoL9U7Yimtzjzv7zIkQ2BhLedi0Xp1gmaBFs-GttyL4YfM5F67PfLwYLGMbJL6nEMgBya6lw/s1600/1981+Fantasy+On+Parade+-+Plaza.jpg" target="_blank">"Knights On Horseback"</a> led the parade.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD52Ml3A61WkqVkDLyijoYY9gtM_j7Z_oQDN22Fa_TNp5Kyqdx86A7pXGMh1OKh-xjyxBOZrBjGlADjZvU88YBhbIKQVt-FWbZxvZ_ve0iJWMEXgUqFEVyl_GM78-3n-F-me3tBTNIy-q9oeL5WYp5R_TTpLk1_UyqDs1NwdjZjPcNQ8kVtEorQ2vvZzU/s1179/FOP%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD52Ml3A61WkqVkDLyijoYY9gtM_j7Z_oQDN22Fa_TNp5Kyqdx86A7pXGMh1OKh-xjyxBOZrBjGlADjZvU88YBhbIKQVt-FWbZxvZ_ve0iJWMEXgUqFEVyl_GM78-3n-F-me3tBTNIy-q9oeL5WYp5R_TTpLk1_UyqDs1NwdjZjPcNQ8kVtEorQ2vvZzU/s320/FOP%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> They were followed by the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPrX6CqEJKC40hmkKoTyPf_rJi-jCqQSZsH7rOkdHbGlB0zcVNcvsv4k7b9VKSRRJq5mRpeNb_JpLNEGj1AP3vuxS046kjQlRir3tiWl19uxcurx8B6Nlyevf_d4Yyf9VJSUqPZv8-vc/s1600/1981+FOP+-+Main+St.+%2526+Gate+%25281%2529.jpg" target="_blank">"Fanfare Musicians."</a></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DGKfV_TUk-LxYcugGbD_qHknt87BHY7Kc6P2cBOJKA0SFjjdwIul5NEOg6d_G_54fYH9gXhpzlDCYpvy6_dSbF90lyjzUOovdwQL_tRrLh0RRQ_flkT9r22m79dZc1hyphenhyphenNdz_5mHatNGNFxeh0zo3r3mRBr606oJVD0zJNmb_lIbh6rWKLrYuXJWsTiE/s1179/FOP%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DGKfV_TUk-LxYcugGbD_qHknt87BHY7Kc6P2cBOJKA0SFjjdwIul5NEOg6d_G_54fYH9gXhpzlDCYpvy6_dSbF90lyjzUOovdwQL_tRrLh0RRQ_flkT9r22m79dZc1hyphenhyphenNdz_5mHatNGNFxeh0zo3r3mRBr606oJVD0zJNmb_lIbh6rWKLrYuXJWsTiE/s320/FOP%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here are the main characters from <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qIFr0zqdmiNtJuANb5YCtHpIcPgcalqH3tEm_pcdBusL0Ak5cmedmSUhyphenhyphenMeURyWH3MS0z8TNY3I0QPjEh4N9d_BCsUlE2aoJObPCtHYUBJiK47yEO5CPtloh6kXFX8ie1UGxMJXypzI/s1600/1981+Fantasy+On+Parade+-+Plaza+%25286%2529.jpg" target="_blank">The Jungle Book unit</a>. Notice Mowgli, who's pretty much hidden by Baloo's shadow.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg478N7ngIYKynttbhjG1UODDZ9KsoN9Ei274Ow2cSBRkRPWELSNhSVFEnYW8zD7WjhziPFMTxI-OwvV4aAGs4XvwZ9z9ZkRq0KOb5pFrFERQgrEUqkJQVV_wdVj4N8KJB3Z-vLQi4evN9vil9YK1ZUHQOrTj3NWvR0MoyvU8Hmus6tT62rTuYhcE8e4-4/s1179/FOP%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg478N7ngIYKynttbhjG1UODDZ9KsoN9Ei274Ow2cSBRkRPWELSNhSVFEnYW8zD7WjhziPFMTxI-OwvV4aAGs4XvwZ9z9ZkRq0KOb5pFrFERQgrEUqkJQVV_wdVj4N8KJB3Z-vLQi4evN9vil9YK1ZUHQOrTj3NWvR0MoyvU8Hmus6tT62rTuYhcE8e4-4/s320/FOP%206.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This "Fireman Clown" from <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uSu_daTwOpJbfSH_qItE7D09Em3qoxOzhM1zMca-q6ZbePR6xUfszIQj_t6z9cf7D4vqI8rcBdG0xV8gVGJImcOMumwWkCWjHcOKzoMiV8Ixe5456qHrbxSZiSLUB8_nxYby3S-MhKk/s1600/01+Xmas+1979+%252812%2529.jpg" target="_blank">the Dumbo unit</a>, was played by Richard Ferrin. He also designed the parade's <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsD2zF3L3tluBEQRW-W6TBFVYLKsZOyRdJUOOW4oPetH6hH7rMaE2fP8vNLAcn0Jcl6Aa5zGKHQv8v55-4bkvb188wxNj85wi4WL7ucwfv2KP9Qx-L0c5OBntss7HB7EDfj1hsEYc77wE/s1600/FOP+1981+%252812%2529.jpg" target="_blank">cast T-shirt</a> that year, and for many summer seasons, was the calliope-playing "King Lion" in the Main Street Electrical Parade.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW1N3DyYeLLyPvxRHQiiOY6A6Oac9aMFyscLvvAE2Q42gcx3RAacoY2F4ZrNMQz5GEnTKq1jhyphenhyphenEAIdsQKdU21YEp5EcROj24qyv2-dWsYYggg3kuWCNM1u6Qk0B-oKYIbVTqnviDJuhlJW86DGBkwxzjY2fica0wIaQ4uNpjkh5Ofvqc1OVdJjIfF0_M/s1179/FOP%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW1N3DyYeLLyPvxRHQiiOY6A6Oac9aMFyscLvvAE2Q42gcx3RAacoY2F4ZrNMQz5GEnTKq1jhyphenhyphenEAIdsQKdU21YEp5EcROj24qyv2-dWsYYggg3kuWCNM1u6Qk0B-oKYIbVTqnviDJuhlJW86DGBkwxzjY2fica0wIaQ4uNpjkh5Ofvqc1OVdJjIfF0_M/s320/FOP%207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvnpe-4TFwbxIR2_X977DMaIUh3M4Sqa-7C5zu0LzyQtqVS6L-cRs50YWajDFLZ-Rcmd21s-67_xvr7Jmbu0ncTwAWOUfgykHY5SvLIeoOu8n23DnhxOK5qgAoHmi8HlJbYOkIW-vcYs/s1600/1981+FOP+-+Main+St.+%2526+Gate+%252814%2529.jpg" target="_blank">Prince John's coach</a> from the <i>Robin Hood</i> unit, was led by four "Royal Elephants."<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xtilpeYh_bp9QoAlaxdQ9Yk12BdEbkspsclFh5MRgv2EmwhbrN6nBquiDXykSUDO0PMnd5oUD15Pq9JHqMhohdDxEchKPSH3tqAGoeKchgo1GoHm3ClmJjtyGfE9uQBrgiZQGDXbyH-eY6jBnDO6jRXmnODvxpBotW9rRlEhj02hFoJNYgbkWznq-A8/s1179/FOP%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xtilpeYh_bp9QoAlaxdQ9Yk12BdEbkspsclFh5MRgv2EmwhbrN6nBquiDXykSUDO0PMnd5oUD15Pq9JHqMhohdDxEchKPSH3tqAGoeKchgo1GoHm3ClmJjtyGfE9uQBrgiZQGDXbyH-eY6jBnDO6jRXmnODvxpBotW9rRlEhj02hFoJNYgbkWznq-A8/s320/FOP%208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9uQO7S6nCkdzauAV2REy4j8NtzYk9sVBm19o31EM88wBfizOKhNjJZv40Fwo_L7_yLhR6N9ULMpp8wOHsxcDHU9_BI-P_JasQsPSYFfSYX8mzmUHMDHEKy0oQ7fGzJKssh60GB4kw4s/s1600/1981+Fantasy+On+Parade+-+Plaza+%25288%2529.jpg" target="_blank">Toy Soldiers</a> from the film, <i>Babes in Toyland</i>, have been a staple of Disneyland's Christmas parades for many decades now.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3nnSdpV6tzpApo20xozyCwTIKl8SNf1giRA8LO53Vb9qrw1ZBjswKh-BNFy9tZMCfpCK-XiK84D4kedRjl2ZoexFpjmunMRmo8bO0gWBzIG3Eh2ieU8unX18vicY45oJSmJRlfKcoryPIl_iHrxlf6v0LGPa2CVYceuEVYtOJy1mt6XQN6A2JyR4OL0/s1179/FOP%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3nnSdpV6tzpApo20xozyCwTIKl8SNf1giRA8LO53Vb9qrw1ZBjswKh-BNFy9tZMCfpCK-XiK84D4kedRjl2ZoexFpjmunMRmo8bO0gWBzIG3Eh2ieU8unX18vicY45oJSmJRlfKcoryPIl_iHrxlf6v0LGPa2CVYceuEVYtOJy1mt6XQN6A2JyR4OL0/s320/FOP%209.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And last up, we have the photo which Sue originally contacted me about, asking if this was the same year that I was in the parade. Unfortunately, I was always a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1wOCW1tYLjFqlGVUpoSEjunNaA9DcUlqTv0FbnDpWtt51uXN_3u9XwTWEB-xQkSuvpPr5CuDqO5AaxSP2WLTfLINDd5OiaUv3SY6_tS6pjz1a1Gj3SRLa5_ZTinQipM-B9GnaC17uYY/s1600/1981+FOP+-+Backstage+%252810%2529.jpg" target="_blank">green Christmas tree</a>, so I know that I am not inside one of these gold trees. However, I am VERY glad to have the photo, either way.....and all of the other photos, as well! Thanks again, Sue!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyX1FwWO1RBER7IXN5NxDCwQm5mvX3-klBfEXka0VhFQzG95GsdOs1OdB4G8s1iJELLxbsGBdRG4ybY_VsGTrmvCOjGDH1iZYJtxXxkqR9h-J7PR-4HoLZvT6_StXmHZHZZmUDnDLxbsK-kc9O_Opz0x2O_AHXppS7n4S8gJAlVooRhVWcSdwm1npW4A/s1179/FOP%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyX1FwWO1RBER7IXN5NxDCwQm5mvX3-klBfEXka0VhFQzG95GsdOs1OdB4G8s1iJELLxbsGBdRG4ybY_VsGTrmvCOjGDH1iZYJtxXxkqR9h-J7PR-4HoLZvT6_StXmHZHZZmUDnDLxbsK-kc9O_Opz0x2O_AHXppS7n4S8gJAlVooRhVWcSdwm1npW4A/s320/FOP%2010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />To see more photos from this parade, as well as some cast member paraphernalia, you can click below for some of my past "Fantasy On Parade" posts:<p></p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2010/12/disneyland-christmas-1981.html" target="_blank">I Was A Teenage Christmas Tree</a></p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2017/11/fantasy-on-parade-1981-part-1-disney.html" target="_blank">Fantasy On Parade 1981 - Part 1 (The Disney Classics Units)</a> </p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2017/12/fantasy-on-parade-1981-part-2-christmas.html" target="_blank">Fantasy On Parade 1981 - Part 2 (The Christmas Finale Units)</a> <br /></p><p>I want to wish all of my readers out there, a very happy holiday season! <br /></p><p>*****BONUS ITEMS!*****</p><p>I've decided to include three Disneyland cast member publications, from December of 1981. I picked these up at various backstage locations, and have held onto them all these years.<br /></p><p>This first one is the<i> Disneyland Line</i>, which is still in publication today (now called the<i> Disneyland Resort Line</i>), and will be celebrating it's 55th year, in 2024. The image on the cover of this issue, is a reproduction of the very first Walt Disney Studios Christmas card.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ltiRir0ZRcy0-P5d1D4F2cSZvXVzVAv6rP1yW7mQnv1EGqGoLae_PIViukziVcKl9V2p1vWmUWJbGS_f5tqMwsSJZJq2wmV5f28OLu7hlE84WQZ5FBlj9sO5hWwny7MpRdYQV2TyXlWp41GpH1VVC4ugS7VxFMQmElhYRUqgJEVh-E6TzFywk2FCMok/s920/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ltiRir0ZRcy0-P5d1D4F2cSZvXVzVAv6rP1yW7mQnv1EGqGoLae_PIViukziVcKl9V2p1vWmUWJbGS_f5tqMwsSJZJq2wmV5f28OLu7hlE84WQZ5FBlj9sO5hWwny7MpRdYQV2TyXlWp41GpH1VVC4ugS7VxFMQmElhYRUqgJEVh-E6TzFywk2FCMok/s320/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p>Does the park still hold blood drives? I'll give blood, but please send me to the bloodmobile at Tokyo Disneyland! Although at that point in time, Tokyo Disneyland would have still been just a construction site, since that park did not open for another 16 months.</p><p>I wonder if the Disneyland Custodial Department still produces a "Yearbook"? <br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48lpZkk9j0bXGsoak8jc3ITX1cs0e4Qd1Z0aok8FXFohF2JLv_6rY-EoBGRz8jRRvn04a9Im7GBsJDZTDXCn88dNuBSZ9hMoO_9gSyA2JOFqhPrvCBekWJH13zEOvAz9IqD9BZPQ4ndlt1VykWvCmGUYMf6FjVHBMbjhG7k_SZvStTeN67hy93Gv_RqQ/s1225/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="951" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48lpZkk9j0bXGsoak8jc3ITX1cs0e4Qd1Z0aok8FXFohF2JLv_6rY-EoBGRz8jRRvn04a9Im7GBsJDZTDXCn88dNuBSZ9hMoO_9gSyA2JOFqhPrvCBekWJH13zEOvAz9IqD9BZPQ4ndlt1VykWvCmGUYMf6FjVHBMbjhG7k_SZvStTeN67hy93Gv_RqQ/s320/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tIB808BAYjOpEAXASdQgxVhMa486iItsf0B8SI9UKoSef8YXCvPsc7typodojJA5PYue2G4zbMnKXTeC7gCKPTdLPidU2Ye6gms1mmtcsi0P2FvapCIfbv0vDDACTUZYXylNFA2WpCLqF73jTjzVTpKj3LTIIqLXabB8QKsZMfgkeSbIx0yXDfcENEk/s1225/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="951" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tIB808BAYjOpEAXASdQgxVhMa486iItsf0B8SI9UKoSef8YXCvPsc7typodojJA5PYue2G4zbMnKXTeC7gCKPTdLPidU2Ye6gms1mmtcsi0P2FvapCIfbv0vDDACTUZYXylNFA2WpCLqF73jTjzVTpKj3LTIIqLXabB8QKsZMfgkeSbIx0yXDfcENEk/s320/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p>Wow....only $180 for half of the rent on a condo, just one mile from the park!<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcnGc7htK_81-IVd1NZFf9jEN9_A9kchLCykaElnOlwjQGggs_Pdw5TS0Flxn3weThDIBKApX7RnF2Z9XbJ-zBDFGJY4Z4n63yC9IarjdalfIjG_1YZUf_8ajCV2Y4x2NUjIQONZRezST_rNibEvB-phPs7lU4OSMTwSdKFS94Oi0OHe_Kdl029jg-9o/s1644/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcnGc7htK_81-IVd1NZFf9jEN9_A9kchLCykaElnOlwjQGggs_Pdw5TS0Flxn3weThDIBKApX7RnF2Z9XbJ-zBDFGJY4Z4n63yC9IarjdalfIjG_1YZUf_8ajCV2Y4x2NUjIQONZRezST_rNibEvB-phPs7lU4OSMTwSdKFS94Oi0OHe_Kdl029jg-9o/s320/Disneyland%20Line%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p>Next, we have somewhat of a rarity. It<i>'s </i>the very first issue of<i> CastleView </i>magazine. Charles Boyer, the famed Disney artist, painted the image on the magazine's cover.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZmIZa93UWEhY2PG06R9zEnS53VwW3pyjo9VIT3dnbvtYDDQdriuG6o71tC09nKSZZZddGtBg_B7OmEP0scn-iYqdmvqUMub8he8OrPgO-1IYLx7QITtFjtgWcKi277xF_pb6npdUP0YXyMVs6FZd3_ZIArRA-Um19ZTsi3kNDCybODTTEkAcoSBVtOo/s892/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZmIZa93UWEhY2PG06R9zEnS53VwW3pyjo9VIT3dnbvtYDDQdriuG6o71tC09nKSZZZddGtBg_B7OmEP0scn-iYqdmvqUMub8he8OrPgO-1IYLx7QITtFjtgWcKi277xF_pb6npdUP0YXyMVs6FZd3_ZIArRA-Um19ZTsi3kNDCybODTTEkAcoSBVtOo/s320/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p>Dick Nunis wrote an introduction for this premier issue of the magazine. What I don't know is, how long this magazine lasted. I have never seen another issue of it anywhere out there. It was stated in this first issue, that it would be published eight times annually by "Cast Communications, the Disneyland University, Disneyland."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUJHVxFNEYgMNwnPKss46Brzl9rutpn9B1z6OR_v7gy__gPZT0DWkHNc6Hecf3cglZ4XPJrZUZFwewRIksqa01c-rfkikpc5sV2vqep1YjyadapayRwzgar49J0d3xo2PJxJpTSmopIlSeoAbselbGx32pFOfHGWE1CKx61eGbgst0lGGAQEdSL9EAFs/s1220/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="935" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUJHVxFNEYgMNwnPKss46Brzl9rutpn9B1z6OR_v7gy__gPZT0DWkHNc6Hecf3cglZ4XPJrZUZFwewRIksqa01c-rfkikpc5sV2vqep1YjyadapayRwzgar49J0d3xo2PJxJpTSmopIlSeoAbselbGx32pFOfHGWE1CKx61eGbgst0lGGAQEdSL9EAFs/s320/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p>This three-page article about getting the park ready for Christmastime, begins with a photo of the "Fanfare Musicians" from the Cinderella unit of Fantasy On Parade.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14bxeXKvB2Tn_etAuaCLZtmCTi1GjZuDHpSvLyxuo7iSC996NdESOKr_68gVynlXU_PgzilmA5apb61awIw3HOt0s7cZvnT9T8-RGiVIKrsHnhAVFkoZKM1ZYcupjPlviQ5GEItZVzm8r76WoNrWiXmhs7LNfWI12hXvBbiOI9grl3AYVtHUpOVuaPvQ/s1625/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14bxeXKvB2Tn_etAuaCLZtmCTi1GjZuDHpSvLyxuo7iSC996NdESOKr_68gVynlXU_PgzilmA5apb61awIw3HOt0s7cZvnT9T8-RGiVIKrsHnhAVFkoZKM1ZYcupjPlviQ5GEItZVzm8r76WoNrWiXmhs7LNfWI12hXvBbiOI9grl3AYVtHUpOVuaPvQ/s320/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" width="244" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is back in the day, when a real tree was acquired for the park. I used to drive by the park's backstage area everyday on my way to work, and I would watch the progress being made on the tree during those weeks of prepping and decorating.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu5-0bKdhyphenhyphenJZIeJ-F684qI3RAs8u6IYI1PAI1l-niiEtPKaeiNH4JfFoRqpqZ4JimpZae_S8IWZPrnoT8dqs6Rg2I9ogMb-CycUa5a4O3QdWn0TEVVfmSs_GKh7RL0ZLLBg8HxnThS2ZXYtbiAKZXlbLLvGoynuxBUTLAmkDP2CATWcnrAWwdZeJaiho/s1625/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1238" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu5-0bKdhyphenhyphenJZIeJ-F684qI3RAs8u6IYI1PAI1l-niiEtPKaeiNH4JfFoRqpqZ4JimpZae_S8IWZPrnoT8dqs6Rg2I9ogMb-CycUa5a4O3QdWn0TEVVfmSs_GKh7RL0ZLLBg8HxnThS2ZXYtbiAKZXlbLLvGoynuxBUTLAmkDP2CATWcnrAWwdZeJaiho/s320/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" width="244" /></a></div><p>I'm guessing that all of the preparation that went into the tree (painting it?), before they even started decorating it, might be the reason why they switched to an artificial tree? Of course it could have been because they wanted to stop killing real trees. Nah, it was probably just to save some money by using the same tree every year. The article also mentions the two white trees, which used to be placed in the Castle's moat every year.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNyc9P5WXm6w29U20-TIf1T7mjhoy_Y1fD864HAA8uel56ZDXrHu86ObZDo6lntN89BQE-577vlTznIR_5udsRuiR2kv0hQOLTYsmYv444-Q6-0W91ff30mC7PEAws6kmvV4_rJVhiZ027DQJd8OTPNQME5OsrePgIvWdgVQkFhyQmxndfv2nT04Ae3Q/s1632/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNyc9P5WXm6w29U20-TIf1T7mjhoy_Y1fD864HAA8uel56ZDXrHu86ObZDo6lntN89BQE-577vlTznIR_5udsRuiR2kv0hQOLTYsmYv444-Q6-0W91ff30mC7PEAws6kmvV4_rJVhiZ027DQJd8OTPNQME5OsrePgIvWdgVQkFhyQmxndfv2nT04Ae3Q/s320/Castle%20View%20Magazine%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(5).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p>There is much more to this magazine, including articles on the construction progress of EPCOT Center and Tokyo Disneyland. Other articles include a history of Fantasyland, and the replacement of some original 25+ year-old structures at Disneyland, such as the stockade at the entrance to Frontierland, and the miniature buildings within Storybook Land. The original elm trees along Main Street were also being replaced at this time, because they had "grown out of scale for Main Street," according to the article. I will try to get the rest of the magazine scanned and posted in the future.<br /></p><p>And here is something that I believe just might be as much of a rarity as that issue of <i>CastleView</i> magazine, if not more so. This is a December 1981 issue of the<i> Rainbow Ridge Clarion</i>, which was published monthly, by and for cast members who worked on the "west side" of the park. Again, I'm not sure how long this publication was around, but the very first issue was published in September of 1981. As stated in that first issue, it's name was taken from the fictional newspaper office, formerly located in the little mining town of Rainbow Ridge, overlooking the loading area for the Nature's Wonderland Mine Train.</p><p>The first page begins with cast members' "wish lists" for Santa, and they continue on to page three.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30fbyebYumd-5zjjoG387zMLstq9-V0PAfwOqEhiv0KnQCi_wEEkvQPx_gLnwyr32Yw6hfc39_nxcIGTkVuO0Xr41txyXm4WHa2PQ_IAxWDrfzPb2o62aPH6pIOxFln6FieOCRN8o2QPT9l2bUkmQXJ4MmtCZiIWS0viZYL_moSm54C_DcLmKq7lON28/s1205/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30fbyebYumd-5zjjoG387zMLstq9-V0PAfwOqEhiv0KnQCi_wEEkvQPx_gLnwyr32Yw6hfc39_nxcIGTkVuO0Xr41txyXm4WHa2PQ_IAxWDrfzPb2o62aPH6pIOxFln6FieOCRN8o2QPT9l2bUkmQXJ4MmtCZiIWS0viZYL_moSm54C_DcLmKq7lON28/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(1).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3S9ohuhRL1P3g-XmU5xMcQFJDaIcP7TPEnUoafYMzXT6uDUVUMWC9Sr4Qnx-kXLchr8U1Jxk4oCYTQEIjp1kanrNGvJ7t6PcTDo6HpP3owfCtWyIAyKEi2ZDRXLGcYWKmeRBc9xhNrczUb9AETQQae7_P9WBkanphCBPY3oYu7kZdmQA1b4d_MVpvpo/s1221/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3S9ohuhRL1P3g-XmU5xMcQFJDaIcP7TPEnUoafYMzXT6uDUVUMWC9Sr4Qnx-kXLchr8U1Jxk4oCYTQEIjp1kanrNGvJ7t6PcTDo6HpP3owfCtWyIAyKEi2ZDRXLGcYWKmeRBc9xhNrczUb9AETQQae7_P9WBkanphCBPY3oYu7kZdmQA1b4d_MVpvpo/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(2).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>The article on the next two pages, covers the history of the Christmas season at Disneyland, including such things as the park's original "Christmas Bowl" and the annual Candlelight Procession. The Matterhorn's "Christmas star" also gets a mention.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPKKXoCMuRCvD8wudzFPmdT_Z4pI5GmK_s-3jEuDkAQ6O4jUj7F0-dM0BStzb0g4M7JVnDmuecM4Drm6MsMg9xnpXnRBk_XjAMDC8mYOkqsUNK1fB8MEeNFUCmGaEbhTgc3rOJTWZ08BMcsNtZovIZ-j9Fc-YJVkd3QGgLQfNHkGt43czMzn8wqHOhVY/s1221/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPKKXoCMuRCvD8wudzFPmdT_Z4pI5GmK_s-3jEuDkAQ6O4jUj7F0-dM0BStzb0g4M7JVnDmuecM4Drm6MsMg9xnpXnRBk_XjAMDC8mYOkqsUNK1fB8MEeNFUCmGaEbhTgc3rOJTWZ08BMcsNtZovIZ-j9Fc-YJVkd3QGgLQfNHkGt43czMzn8wqHOhVY/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(3).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDdLlgMRrgZx9Y2QEmvfTPhLN8LUBM9t7bOWWGVHUeZBL-V5Cl7gunl9wzcHMNOGS8tdrEQYoDXmkfLGV66USQUx5TQRD8jfK0ynSVTs4nNlPmxP4APBrFy7QYANGm4GLRT7FzELrDNi-bt8oxP38k6oPkbEC6XANuOq70xUx71_IykVN4jHQTkxKfNc/s1221/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDdLlgMRrgZx9Y2QEmvfTPhLN8LUBM9t7bOWWGVHUeZBL-V5Cl7gunl9wzcHMNOGS8tdrEQYoDXmkfLGV66USQUx5TQRD8jfK0ynSVTs4nNlPmxP4APBrFy7QYANGm4GLRT7FzELrDNi-bt8oxP38k6oPkbEC6XANuOq70xUx71_IykVN4jHQTkxKfNc/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(4).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>Next, we have the listing of cast member birthdays (west side only), for the month of December. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM85uxk_GF2wmBY9vb4DRzxxQZlBIxslRnshhOAXwFHy4_2luy_DaRZcP3BTZ3piJ0WFWYD_7ofF-KtsvR9E1tCTA3SZpWoProRgPBM1b0cpqVGXBa1ZD3zutPLLDl9l_HejRSnAZNEHJ0iS_6O5DWhByIeSWgfcDadrzM3K-1isueTeeBiSPDxT7ftc/s1221/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM85uxk_GF2wmBY9vb4DRzxxQZlBIxslRnshhOAXwFHy4_2luy_DaRZcP3BTZ3piJ0WFWYD_7ofF-KtsvR9E1tCTA3SZpWoProRgPBM1b0cpqVGXBa1ZD3zutPLLDl9l_HejRSnAZNEHJ0iS_6O5DWhByIeSWgfcDadrzM3K-1isueTeeBiSPDxT7ftc/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(5).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>"The Center," which is mentioned below as the place to buy tickets for various cast member activities, was located backstage, between Main Street and Space Mountain. The mobile home-type of structure is still standing, but I don't know if it has been given a different name and/or usage for today.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kEyoSPQPD0TPgqhf7JPjqhosCIK9AEMhGdLtPQIEop_7joLGtZqhGc-e_FYg_4kt8t7ZC0mHQDse5MHIIYuQvbkSF4wUK-RBCZUGygKRUtMuTG9W_3K1EmOaB_oqr0DRalq_o0lVqYaZYH7ytaNA6oxOxXEi1uZOOYKfeFp_xmIpNwQWIGo0_29d_mc/s1221/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kEyoSPQPD0TPgqhf7JPjqhosCIK9AEMhGdLtPQIEop_7joLGtZqhGc-e_FYg_4kt8t7ZC0mHQDse5MHIIYuQvbkSF4wUK-RBCZUGygKRUtMuTG9W_3K1EmOaB_oqr0DRalq_o0lVqYaZYH7ytaNA6oxOxXEi1uZOOYKfeFp_xmIpNwQWIGo0_29d_mc/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(6).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p>A rehab schedule was included for "west side" shops, restaurants, and attractions:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm2e9zgml6irgiXfwVwXLXA_oXoexHrqKTxiDsD872v2wxgDQX7Cv8M95Euk8vQDhWyyz37NdB6l1ESmPtZXJiGKSvbh6TZdGxjgThnS5Zf70vf_wbv9kBjHWv1P_1euxHM3-YEIIK_NlCclcBuq4HU95nCy-p9axMS0aXxOzgk9Pa46OOow_t4Qcrs0/s1227/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm2e9zgml6irgiXfwVwXLXA_oXoexHrqKTxiDsD872v2wxgDQX7Cv8M95Euk8vQDhWyyz37NdB6l1ESmPtZXJiGKSvbh6TZdGxjgThnS5Zf70vf_wbv9kBjHWv1P_1euxHM3-YEIIK_NlCclcBuq4HU95nCy-p9axMS0aXxOzgk9Pa46OOow_t4Qcrs0/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(7).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p>And cast members shared some of their personal recipes:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFI9hOMUElIkLM7XwkyRBTAygXIUafSiZ4z_GVVgLMIRaT2S6xs9oKD-SOKTbhY0hrwrK4R6t6aMQjBBP6K1Gl6U4pQfE_dXJI35cDbAVfwkzzBeAqssM_YI2V5eMXn_l4Ixf4TP9-FaWKuEXxdrQzIr2wTgUS-UuyOhs4zgeX51mWOXBvpRrnufPiNA/s1227/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFI9hOMUElIkLM7XwkyRBTAygXIUafSiZ4z_GVVgLMIRaT2S6xs9oKD-SOKTbhY0hrwrK4R6t6aMQjBBP6K1Gl6U4pQfE_dXJI35cDbAVfwkzzBeAqssM_YI2V5eMXn_l4Ixf4TP9-FaWKuEXxdrQzIr2wTgUS-UuyOhs4zgeX51mWOXBvpRrnufPiNA/s320/R.%20R.%20Clarion%20-%20Dec.%201981%20(8).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-86640970128921560962023-11-10T00:01:00.000-08:002023-11-20T01:31:05.093-08:00Mickey's 50th Birthday Celebration!<p></p><p>Mickey Mouse is turning 95 this month! Back in 1978, the little guy was turning 50, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2018/11/mickeys-50th-star-wars-holiday-special.html" target="_blank">and there was a lot of hoopla about it.</a><br /></p><p>The Fall 1978 issue of <i>Disney News Magazine </i>featured an article, about Mickey's milestone birthday.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnV4wbf5I3zy7cQRyTyJSamZhLjWrry-XJSu1L8BPH4upPdcdhKkM34qbqUAa_3UfwM9sG8LOGI3daczGcPl67FeUQtodvx1-et4NZomoDub4yupHpGlptSNZemyWZFGlfjJCVf2rpA2mhxWja9tPoM5TZ8ewPtzzFEEe2g1OvzSa9oNX97ikCJyZrA0/s900/Disney%20News%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="681" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnV4wbf5I3zy7cQRyTyJSamZhLjWrry-XJSu1L8BPH4upPdcdhKkM34qbqUAa_3UfwM9sG8LOGI3daczGcPl67FeUQtodvx1-et4NZomoDub4yupHpGlptSNZemyWZFGlfjJCVf2rpA2mhxWja9tPoM5TZ8ewPtzzFEEe2g1OvzSa9oNX97ikCJyZrA0/s320/Disney%20News%201.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p>Ub Iwerks was given credit in the article, as the co-creator of Mickey....or at least, for his and Walt's "combined talent."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="1260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UO87npachYJBbsDmnbRjSdbvC5Ryd8psL5txH4JHkQtQbOZnqVURdHJn-g77_GFEeBjg9v5HA0939-zD2vHlQIRhsTaM4H3r8-19cH2l66CZiKmQ9yt5QJ9NasGKFv31Dzm_IDeehlOQ-v9BDJ_XCPUyxB6zfjLDiZhsRIwsngXWEHQLn_s-h_7-VSk/s320/Disney%20News%202.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><i></i></p><p></p><p>The article mentioned "The Mickey Mouse 50th Birthday Parade," which was running at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6Gi84gYWCv03wJ646C5MqdCWRPCCpkUqllsWsZsZbVgyx8mNaMM-B8ykSwCgK1WYRMGNr6OwRPBitYpyV0j8gMahznTkFPOKT85UoxovSiFr79OLdLtdc0j3nw_8MgGZN7QvX-g9NVcm2cvlUpIOKL9viaH73ylx8bOCw5tFilt_LZUH346nR7cRWE4/s1177/1978%20-%20Mickey's%20Bday%20Parade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1177" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6Gi84gYWCv03wJ646C5MqdCWRPCCpkUqllsWsZsZbVgyx8mNaMM-B8ykSwCgK1WYRMGNr6OwRPBitYpyV0j8gMahznTkFPOKT85UoxovSiFr79OLdLtdc0j3nw_8MgGZN7QvX-g9NVcm2cvlUpIOKL9viaH73ylx8bOCw5tFilt_LZUH346nR7cRWE4/s320/1978%20-%20Mickey's%20Bday%20Parade.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>My dad took these next two pics of the parade, during a 1978 visit to Disneyland:</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGvGLcCDcZL5t2ijjhxANQrszDe-yhSaqF7RBojlDzbhJQLGMLRrEUTWhTvyUW0rKexfBIdNryrVDpzQx04CMCpPyfb5W-6pbOvlQxKZyKx5j8GKbSx1yZiMPwPDHznfB0yxputRdPlG0Irej9DLQaa71wZULrnmRbcUz8XT_tnDwuCnzLt1T9wLBP9k/s767/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGvGLcCDcZL5t2ijjhxANQrszDe-yhSaqF7RBojlDzbhJQLGMLRrEUTWhTvyUW0rKexfBIdNryrVDpzQx04CMCpPyfb5W-6pbOvlQxKZyKx5j8GKbSx1yZiMPwPDHznfB0yxputRdPlG0Irej9DLQaa71wZULrnmRbcUz8XT_tnDwuCnzLt1T9wLBP9k/s320/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%201.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NhCghPskfrm95SMJT70i1SGK65eVXLRH0-_FyG3hWkd9Xj1DOb6b-aNUzzZGsM8haqpFEMy3TES3IAZ3N2euvowBx7VUS-nFOIJiDxU9cxiy0wRmWDvV6guIQIa_JSJn0iq3BNLJNQUKiCHPMCtH-SlTz2KCaWIWZVKlXWqI2-S-HpXAgNiI4PYY-f0/s777/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NhCghPskfrm95SMJT70i1SGK65eVXLRH0-_FyG3hWkd9Xj1DOb6b-aNUzzZGsM8haqpFEMy3TES3IAZ3N2euvowBx7VUS-nFOIJiDxU9cxiy0wRmWDvV6guIQIa_JSJn0iq3BNLJNQUKiCHPMCtH-SlTz2KCaWIWZVKlXWqI2-S-HpXAgNiI4PYY-f0/s320/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%202.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>If we zoom in on the photo above, we can see part of a construction/refurbishment sign for the Matterhorn. These pics were most likely taken prior to the attraction's May '78 reopening as, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-new-matterhorn-at-disneyland-45th.html" target="_blank">"The New Matterhorn."</a><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtWD8T1LxGvgqI9Sjkd8u9wrbiv-fuaNvDUJ0xqWYVFVnEvNFFncOpHamodt-1ehkvAqYAxiLB6KNlLX3zAzMOyrgp96C0qklET-3ShUh6M_-mNVPthEh8chE_HVtzHk8JnIf4PLLXxiKdIY19VZq28bnWXuo1vJ45mGvAmNB6lH5YhNoLb7ZPKpDGd4/s291/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%20(close-up).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="291" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtWD8T1LxGvgqI9Sjkd8u9wrbiv-fuaNvDUJ0xqWYVFVnEvNFFncOpHamodt-1ehkvAqYAxiLB6KNlLX3zAzMOyrgp96C0qklET-3ShUh6M_-mNVPthEh8chE_HVtzHk8JnIf4PLLXxiKdIY19VZq28bnWXuo1vJ45mGvAmNB6lH5YhNoLb7ZPKpDGd4/s1600/1978%20Birthday%20Parade%20(close-up).jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p></p><p>That <i>Disney News</i> article also mentioned the birthday celebration ending on the weekend of November 18 & 19, with a special climax. This pic from the book <i>Disneyland: The First Quarter Century</i>, was taken that very weekend. I have a friend who was at the park that day, and he said that it was so miserably crowded, that there weren't any vacant benches available, to sit down and take a break. He also shared a story with me, about how free pieces of birthday cake were being handed out to guests. However, as he and his friend got near the cake, they noticed that there were some guys hanging around the cake, who kept spitting on it! So, of course, they "passed" on the free cake!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVkaC9aZF_CqmvsBw9tOj5B9jQkTVwdVqdcEim4VEED0AyukUc383N2qumlb8SrhzK5JnMOAk0jHi9nsmX45jUCYhZdU8pXfVgRQUlSe_9C6KuJcFE4O02KzPzvjP_4Dx-Gwtqd9Lr50H-Yp9MisnWiDs05BsIQ74Lndo1Fd4XlSSSBAB2wwT2kYFwpU/s1800/1978%20-%20November.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1800" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVkaC9aZF_CqmvsBw9tOj5B9jQkTVwdVqdcEim4VEED0AyukUc383N2qumlb8SrhzK5JnMOAk0jHi9nsmX45jUCYhZdU8pXfVgRQUlSe_9C6KuJcFE4O02KzPzvjP_4Dx-Gwtqd9Lr50H-Yp9MisnWiDs05BsIQ74Lndo1Fd4XlSSSBAB2wwT2kYFwpU/s320/1978%20-%20November.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Until just recently, I had never heard of the theatrical film, "<i>Mickey's
Birthday Party Show</i>." Apparently, it played in movie theaters as a feature-length compilation film. Released on September 30, 1978, the film contained five classic cartoons starring Mickey and his friends (including <i>Mickey's Birthday Party</i> from 1942),
as well as a special guest appearance by the New Mouseketeers. Also included, was the 1955 live-action feature <i>Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.</i><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv-Qsjf4jIvnTOvwcXSF3diDV6SvE0PtZUAu8H_esXyHYLRrsYPU8VGebSEjsZl-WpqEtsKvq-kzRBP2RnHLgBUwfX4167kThO6ccX-G35EK_fNW-Q3YWj_aEVnaMD0AU0EOOAXpt_knMdhz79RXLdaJkSIIYLFYr96XbNH1BjsGpGpB4DEIWE0ZEFEM/s662/01%20Mickey's%20Birthday%20Show%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTv-Qsjf4jIvnTOvwcXSF3diDV6SvE0PtZUAu8H_esXyHYLRrsYPU8VGebSEjsZl-WpqEtsKvq-kzRBP2RnHLgBUwfX4167kThO6ccX-G35EK_fNW-Q3YWj_aEVnaMD0AU0EOOAXpt_knMdhz79RXLdaJkSIIYLFYr96XbNH1BjsGpGpB4DEIWE0ZEFEM/s320/01%20Mickey's%20Birthday%20Show%20(1).JPG" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p><i> </i></p><p>Here's the official trailer for the film:<br /></p><p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iwIARoeUQBg?si=w4A11oG5XSN_yH4T" title="YouTube video player" width="459"></iframe></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>On November 19, 1978, NBC was airing a special 90-minute version of <i>The Wonderful World of Disney, </i>in honor of Mickey's 50th. I like the artwork in this <i>TV Guide</i> advertisement, which used the names of all the stars appearing on the show, to create the image of Mickey.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9AlaYRhCd7mdpS4i4vdbimxpa3QVLJvbkyCWEKJeeJ3fItEvk5THfNc5xloBXLxga_HIQmyx9HXZ86Rk6OO6lr7cUzoDlbLUnX5Uim0Dyb7nlqVrcg3LYTOUnz6PtWZvlhUDf76Jnv7yfq2Sk9lVhUEKNGC_YZ2d_TFnVG_YDTKDyCcWb66X5EMi4ho/s1467/November%2019,%201978%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1467" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9AlaYRhCd7mdpS4i4vdbimxpa3QVLJvbkyCWEKJeeJ3fItEvk5THfNc5xloBXLxga_HIQmyx9HXZ86Rk6OO6lr7cUzoDlbLUnX5Uim0Dyb7nlqVrcg3LYTOUnz6PtWZvlhUDf76Jnv7yfq2Sk9lVhUEKNGC_YZ2d_TFnVG_YDTKDyCcWb66X5EMi4ho/s320/November%2019,%201978%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(I've attempted to list here, all of the stars who were appearing; Anne Bancroft, Jonathan Winters, Jodie Foster, Bruce Jenner, Anne Murray, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2016/10/kraft-salutes-walt-disney-worlds-10th.html" target="_blank">Dean Jones</a>, Mickey Rooney, Raquel Welch, Elliot Gould, Annette Funicello, Doc Severinsen, U.S. Marine Corps Band, Joe Namath, O.J. Simpson, Alex Karras, Peter Strauss, Rev. Billy Graham, Jacqueline Bisset, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/05/star-wars-1977-mega-post.html" target="_blank">R2-D2</a>, Johnny Carson, Burt Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Charo, Kenny Rogers, Ruth Buzzi, Red Buttons, Sally Field, Helen Reddy, Gary Owens, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2019/04/herbie-love-bug-rides-again-45th.html" target="_blank">Ken Berry, Helen Hayes</a>, Susan Clark, Bob Hope, Goldie Hawn, Gerald Ford, Roy Rogers, Eva Gabor, Mel Brooks, Bette Davis, Steve Garvey, Lawrence Welk, Kermit The Frog, Elton John, Rich Little, Edward Asner, Jack Albertson, Roger Miller, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2011/05/star-wars-days-at-disneyland.html" target="_blank">Chewbacca</a>, Ronnie Schell, Dyan Cannon, Adam Rich, Cheryl Ladd, Cantinflas, Gregory Peck, Dick Clark, James Stewart, Hans Conreid, Christopher Lee, Dale Evans, Henry Winkler, Shields & Yarnell (what, no <span>Mummenschanz?)</span>, Dick Van Patten, International Children's Choir, Peter Sellers, Sterling Holloway, Jan-Michael Vincent, Shirley Jones, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/01/in-memoriam-barbara-walters-1929-2022.html" target="_blank">Barbara Walters</a>, Willie Nelson & Band, Phyllis Diller, Jo Anne Worley, Carol Burnett, and Karen and Richard Carpenter.)<br />
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</p><p></p><p></p><p>To use a Lucy Ricardo quote, "Happy birthday, Mickey Mouse.....and I hope you live another 95 years!"</p><p>****** BONUS ITEM! ******</p><p>I thought I would include this birthday-themed Colorforms "Cartoon Kit" in the post, even though it is not specifically a "Mickey's 50th Birthday" item. This originally belonged to my brother. It's undated, but it was given to him in the early 1970s. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpX5KQYP0eq_ez4qZqJR78OS0jMv3o_ddvHPdBogp4XM1RiCo8u4CrfZpxFV4GJpKTsLlDwfwvLcXkGT8PS5K9LZxTPaIk53tO8C4ocWUOWm-zc6kZ_jnYlJv4G59wMffT7BPcNJXksHMF4u98eCH73y3M6AlNqHe6dOx0Bsg3EWKX3qQiWjS_u_kOPw/s1149/Colorforms%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpX5KQYP0eq_ez4qZqJR78OS0jMv3o_ddvHPdBogp4XM1RiCo8u4CrfZpxFV4GJpKTsLlDwfwvLcXkGT8PS5K9LZxTPaIk53tO8C4ocWUOWm-zc6kZ_jnYlJv4G59wMffT7BPcNJXksHMF4u98eCH73y3M6AlNqHe6dOx0Bsg3EWKX3qQiWjS_u_kOPw/s320/Colorforms%201.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUFkfnft8To2TEc6LaC-Opu4u37QRDdqIl23Jk6KJLbl1fUtjoM2GKjsvbGp-3NEIAw5StlPcWkDW8QEu8InUV4TO7Bf4x2FTvFk6O4BK_5eI85K32wTKCld5Tz8hxI1nzhWXCq6pPrrTPlqpNCbdjFbzLAxh-kdu8amKMljtkrTazOVxsi3eMxkvCoQ/s1350/Colorforms%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="1278" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd-7n0K7ofHajh8e2s2h_aFNrrIsUPhGLJ9nzZlmyFYtu410xb4upaDHsN6U23bLO1wtXfbVPxIYcbtRxdvCITc9npTnPTIczv6RKqkJMWvOBrIgNC9dtliKPABMMvggxfYHAWx0ZjNg7I7TOXFcv_bLYH6ctXHS6M9aY6vqR5qYP8a_Sg6q_aMdq_L8/s320/Colorforms%207.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The instruction booklet:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggokVazSqzPDRzYNw0pId03QpmTm4NK767O64eLRILpnHBGQCDfN92mnkGz3ZxO9taq4xJ1AlNzu4cOHEVIsWET7ePjCDdTLd5Wr0ZdwAKuv_IA0lRLyxRsOw0HDpsE2VMHwtNH2-aRN4gorhPFI7oEMuLTLlWEi4UiR9lDkNL6TYkxZDvXPC6bHA4BwI/s908/Colorforms%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="831" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggokVazSqzPDRzYNw0pId03QpmTm4NK767O64eLRILpnHBGQCDfN92mnkGz3ZxO9taq4xJ1AlNzu4cOHEVIsWET7ePjCDdTLd5Wr0ZdwAKuv_IA0lRLyxRsOw0HDpsE2VMHwtNH2-aRN4gorhPFI7oEMuLTLlWEi4UiR9lDkNL6TYkxZDvXPC6bHA4BwI/s320/Colorforms%202.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I will be sharing a few related <i>TV Guide</i> covers and articles, from my personal collection.</p><p>This first one is from May 20, 1978. I believe this was the first time she appeared on the cover of <i>TV Guide</i>. Also on the cover were Joyce DeWitt and John Ritter, her costars in the classic TV show, <i>Three's Company</i>. The show had debuted just about 1 year earlier. The cover art was created by famed artist, Richard Amsel.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbvb40QWb39rBWn-7Wxh8b9KFbC7fjpvyKX7GeEfx7seW4995efYuR1JswNUYaTF0ZdC9rlAv-UyQVq3poeAAATlo38uTyXqK6IFEvgU4C8SG3di26kNUXnGCHcBx8HGeRCAJGP5WM6_PjfqDJA_BwQzBVNXlKITresmZwqqQWB_L514zk2__b_drYuQ/s620/May%201978%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbvb40QWb39rBWn-7Wxh8b9KFbC7fjpvyKX7GeEfx7seW4995efYuR1JswNUYaTF0ZdC9rlAv-UyQVq3poeAAATlo38uTyXqK6IFEvgU4C8SG3di26kNUXnGCHcBx8HGeRCAJGP5WM6_PjfqDJA_BwQzBVNXlKITresmZwqqQWB_L514zk2__b_drYuQ/s320/May%201978%20a.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><p>I didn't include the cover story article from the issue above, because it was exclusively about John Ritter (nothing against John Ritter, however!).</p><p>Just six month later, Miss Somers appeared solo, on the cover of this November 25, 1978 issue.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEsu3cGpm5X7EPuPM73WmyS7DSXfnwS5f8mda4hK5XUXFjGobdFyqoG-GuYJo9OTD4DbESGLySxvyQRk7D0tSxKyq3MomyoBPRbfK9Vd9MAOmLRU_cOITA08MO12QjKEirbPm0Od0pk9qXkQhhVpn72P1Bxx1CjdCC290p8L2hGudScjqa-azNt4OO-s/s620/December%201978%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEsu3cGpm5X7EPuPM73WmyS7DSXfnwS5f8mda4hK5XUXFjGobdFyqoG-GuYJo9OTD4DbESGLySxvyQRk7D0tSxKyq3MomyoBPRbfK9Vd9MAOmLRU_cOITA08MO12QjKEirbPm0Od0pk9qXkQhhVpn72P1Bxx1CjdCC290p8L2hGudScjqa-azNt4OO-s/s320/December%201978%20a.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p>This time, the cover story was exclusively about her.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_R5o4ubljAU6HCeBB8tjJpIz_ZIGl5fgPv8IEsdZ7tq1R29XxfD33is2Los0yoQiTQQc_ncV4WL_d9ZTkJsmyeiPNC9QPbQQf45UV_j7UAwwxn6z3ix1b0j6nb56qihHEr_9V-UOJyMOpBiKjHuK3pYZgYYSlVh1G3oqdlsgFxBjesh5KHS7MnMpjtO8/s1531/December%201978%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqkrcOjxphGoMAEs7c5Ux8xW9mKBVlZMpjz6a7ZrO-ai3Nktau9Nmrfh3mevxzULfbAEgT01ubLhSj5M9RMNp43XiDIASDwJXqcbh0FI6Dob0fl21MQFYWBW5uRdHXlyxEm2vkW437UZxk6asPy-KMpDkqKygW5reZumgh40jWpIsP1s4v59ki67D7E4/s320/November%201978%20e.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here is that Newsweek Cover, that was mentioned in the article:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC1xaoPQy1_vju169c74uMbnUMq5YTl0gxuDlNOwoUcJe_xiAvbkzpiUIq418vNBTTHSvEsHRuR35Ki2D2mA7UHh_QxN43QyFdq4_idug1h1RVtglbaOKD3i6nelBZvPte2aeA8LbTv7aPEPFa1NC9rb0V-X6y4xdFPS3RcEllxA70y_EcayxzsdYNvA/s1534/z%20Newsweek%20Cover%20-%20Feb.%201978%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC1xaoPQy1_vju169c74uMbnUMq5YTl0gxuDlNOwoUcJe_xiAvbkzpiUIq418vNBTTHSvEsHRuR35Ki2D2mA7UHh_QxN43QyFdq4_idug1h1RVtglbaOKD3i6nelBZvPte2aeA8LbTv7aPEPFa1NC9rb0V-X6y4xdFPS3RcEllxA70y_EcayxzsdYNvA/s320/z%20Newsweek%20Cover%20-%20Feb.%201978%20(1).jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p></p><p>A little over two years later, there was a lot of coverage about her being "let go" from <i>Three's Company</i>, by the show's producers. The article in this March 14, 1981 issue, covers both sides of the story.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fx0l6l6wufNg7s0mPu1SKzDc-3K2L_x-Mstp8gc_RA57Nz5u5P3vtIrMCLdD6tsixUS3gv17eLbwZwGOa_whiIOjBRNf6t5yiB4RQL2Ry6yhUbFeb-EJmPWM5fvtB638pYpasV3_iVFPr3l4S18M4ZqEx5PaWq6N8K7x913m07NVJD_Y-N6AY7rGeE/s620/March%201981%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fx0l6l6wufNg7s0mPu1SKzDc-3K2L_x-Mstp8gc_RA57Nz5u5P3vtIrMCLdD6tsixUS3gv17eLbwZwGOa_whiIOjBRNf6t5yiB4RQL2Ry6yhUbFeb-EJmPWM5fvtB638pYpasV3_iVFPr3l4S18M4ZqEx5PaWq6N8K7x913m07NVJD_Y-N6AY7rGeE/s320/March%201981%20a.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY99J0CfcffqFVtMmXoiZNyuY86G6yDc1K5zEOjle4xdDq_lvjzFv4M0V08bo-o_ZqMfJv25rGcMSlVmUyEDvVIb7Q6zo-FFUpSxl_KcpJHWhrlJGwmebseN9ur-lFG6lLz2z_nxLbyO5ozYIikHDMI1ufiXA_ZN0UznB21nGhbVjBB4n8xprGqan-yk/s2231/March%201981%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="2231" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY99J0CfcffqFVtMmXoiZNyuY86G6yDc1K5zEOjle4xdDq_lvjzFv4M0V08bo-o_ZqMfJv25rGcMSlVmUyEDvVIb7Q6zo-FFUpSxl_KcpJHWhrlJGwmebseN9ur-lFG6lLz2z_nxLbyO5ozYIikHDMI1ufiXA_ZN0UznB21nGhbVjBB4n8xprGqan-yk/s320/March%201981%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxpIvT9LY9ZjHtJj_NkYDX_P51eaJKKz2ASB6DbbRY8Iv_hOC1NgJlGW4FVx32LADeRH3BuZPwroG0avgzQI_a0z6f37ZRadqwAjEKCku-_8-3TywWrCCTsJqEbXMPckGNATIN30KXg_CIVg254uFstmK0zncwF-eE2b74NrRgDWX3EAKQ3oWYvB5smk/s1653/March%201981%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxpIvT9LY9ZjHtJj_NkYDX_P51eaJKKz2ASB6DbbRY8Iv_hOC1NgJlGW4FVx32LADeRH3BuZPwroG0avgzQI_a0z6f37ZRadqwAjEKCku-_8-3TywWrCCTsJqEbXMPckGNATIN30KXg_CIVg254uFstmK0zncwF-eE2b74NrRgDWX3EAKQ3oWYvB5smk/s320/March%201981%20c.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lU28hN7HZ0wgqfbnaRBXYuCphp-qkoCL0vtMFunTq9q-CTgR8ptfeiLL6-56hICqQRfVYso574Kg9SuQlbBpgVJ6ds0xZn6Osl-tctY5-jw_C8e99JtcV6VIycHrQmC4m53g6RNVncB13qVnjuSv0JR4oQPEk4a-ZO03p-O4844FuiBnQlX_JHOtrZk/s1647/March%201981%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="1099" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lU28hN7HZ0wgqfbnaRBXYuCphp-qkoCL0vtMFunTq9q-CTgR8ptfeiLL6-56hICqQRfVYso574Kg9SuQlbBpgVJ6ds0xZn6Osl-tctY5-jw_C8e99JtcV6VIycHrQmC4m53g6RNVncB13qVnjuSv0JR4oQPEk4a-ZO03p-O4844FuiBnQlX_JHOtrZk/s320/March%201981%20d.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>On Tuesday of that same week, the characters "Mr. and Mrs. Roper" were making a return visit to <i>Three's Company</i>. This was almost a year after their spinoff show, <i>The Ropers</i>, had been canceled. Suzanne Somers' character of "Chrissy Snow," had made her final appearance on <i>Three's Company</i>, the previous week. She was replaced by Jenilee Harrison (pictured below), who played "Cindy Snow," the cousin of Suzanne Somers' character.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuqDV87AGUaZmricNVOmGbYHchLfQRLx1LDDB2CPjQmgwnr2v6MVKWtqGWDiRJMHnuAQ5_mw76DI2sczG1dN_JSDn5p-aFfizi_4D-MC-9amgzW0lGqc70yN0eljMvb4bryBcCCiPmVRHowsmZg61H3gOvQ0nTyA7iMfuNKJQssQfF29vBlGuj8ApZvo/s1649/March%201981%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1649" data-original-width="1055" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuqDV87AGUaZmricNVOmGbYHchLfQRLx1LDDB2CPjQmgwnr2v6MVKWtqGWDiRJMHnuAQ5_mw76DI2sczG1dN_JSDn5p-aFfizi_4D-MC-9amgzW0lGqc70yN0eljMvb4bryBcCCiPmVRHowsmZg61H3gOvQ0nTyA7iMfuNKJQssQfF29vBlGuj8ApZvo/s320/March%201981%20e.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><p>I was able to be in the audience for a live taping of <i>Three's Company</i>, on January 26, 1982. However, this was about 10 months after Suzanne Somers had already left the show. I just thought I would include the ticket, here.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLYFXLH6_QPueLzprsWuUnqotWRlqDGa_d_tJGOkYoxh73clLQ8pbobDA_kxpzkV3gx4SgvuzUYFJfyozWwkvnym4wtGc8wVnymM4q6fNF5poMbYhrl3fqJ6wZ3l0YGeFxCZsSjKD5UTcL3DkLUaD8mcNLUfJH-koLg-lXRVSG_jkKGB1qKY1fIZdqXY/s807/January%201982%20-%20Ticket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="807" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLYFXLH6_QPueLzprsWuUnqotWRlqDGa_d_tJGOkYoxh73clLQ8pbobDA_kxpzkV3gx4SgvuzUYFJfyozWwkvnym4wtGc8wVnymM4q6fNF5poMbYhrl3fqJ6wZ3l0YGeFxCZsSjKD5UTcL3DkLUaD8mcNLUfJH-koLg-lXRVSG_jkKGB1qKY1fIZdqXY/s320/January%201982%20-%20Ticket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Rest in peace, Suzanne Somers.</p><p><br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-39982399641652388022023-10-16T00:01:00.059-07:002023-11-12T05:47:21.419-08:00Disneyland's Toontown - 30th Anniversary<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-v0Df0e2hhrCw07IK0yG93Eb-9bx2Xbp_RoIXfVrqjVDqnOXzxtJPps39Yuy40jdQaaBpfXgE2n5zITSFMZhKX8AJCpMmqo0gUwFb4w5t3qW9vfJ9a3RimZbEfOohj_iLL6-hxbpux01OJ8vu6sMQQNDm8dnuXX4WsDB-SEgbgmeW0IHGul-GBa6MNs/s949/zz%20Toontown%20Button.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="949" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-v0Df0e2hhrCw07IK0yG93Eb-9bx2Xbp_RoIXfVrqjVDqnOXzxtJPps39Yuy40jdQaaBpfXgE2n5zITSFMZhKX8AJCpMmqo0gUwFb4w5t3qW9vfJ9a3RimZbEfOohj_iLL6-hxbpux01OJ8vu6sMQQNDm8dnuXX4WsDB-SEgbgmeW0IHGul-GBa6MNs/s320/zz%20Toontown%20Button.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Today we have yet another "anniversary" post. My other anniversary posts from earlier this year include, the 45th anniversary of <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-new-matterhorn-at-disneyland-45th.html" target="_blank">The New Matterhorn</a>, the 45th anniversary of <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2021/12/montezoomas-revenge.html" target="_blank">Knott's Montezooma's Revenge</a>, and the 40th anniversary of <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/06/camp-snoopy-at-knotts-berry-farm-40th.html" target="_blank">Knott's Camp Snoopy</a>.</p><p>This year, Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland is celebrating it's 30th anniversary. I have to admit that Toontown is my absolute least favorite "land." With the exception of Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin (which didn't open until one year later), I have always considered the area a waste of very valuable real estate. However, I had saved this <i>Los Angeles Times</i> article from when the land first opened, so I thought I would share it here, along with a few other souvenirs.</p><p>The article is dated January 21, 1993. It mentions that the "Roger Rabbit ride" will be opening "this summer," but it didn't actually open until January of 1994. Pictured below is the "Jolly Trolley" attraction, which closed after only 10 years of operation.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZT3GmCgX1hEnEyQGGAmWrh1kvVIR_4DJLDrBl4F6F8Yy1I7knAS1UUG1RXkc46jphDwJGovWlQzU4RrQXGI8aFofAFbr1AEsxqla9Im-tuk1HWrrIfjI8lo3H_IKQ1kbWRi39zJsAaUddV90qqG-wTYjQx00PF1MhN2g8xI6jZbyDH_vKWDtNnOCWCM4/s1434/Toontown%20Grand%20Opening%20'93%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1237" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZT3GmCgX1hEnEyQGGAmWrh1kvVIR_4DJLDrBl4F6F8Yy1I7knAS1UUG1RXkc46jphDwJGovWlQzU4RrQXGI8aFofAFbr1AEsxqla9Im-tuk1HWrrIfjI8lo3H_IKQ1kbWRi39zJsAaUddV90qqG-wTYjQx00PF1MhN2g8xI6jZbyDH_vKWDtNnOCWCM4/s320/Toontown%20Grand%20Opening%20'93%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><p></p><p>The article also mentions some of the other new "attractions," such as Goofy's Bounce House (which closed after 15 years), and Chip 'n Dale's Acorn Crawl (which closed after only 5 short years). And the author talks about how Disney wasn't exactly breaking new ground here, since Knott's had built their children's area (Camp Snoopy), 10 years earlier. It isn't mentioned, but Magic Mountain had a children's area (The Wizard's Village/Bugs Bunny World), even before that. And Sea World had also opened their children's area (Cap'n Kids World), many years earlier.</p><p>The Motor Boat Cruise, Mission to Mars, and the Fantasyland Autopia, all received shout-outs in the article, but unfortunately it was because they were all being closed for good. The reason given was, to relocate the employees on those attractions to Toontown, in order to "minimize additional operating costs" for the park. Sad!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o9AKNc-r1favkn9Csvt5ETe2L4zt5WmbhnuZX597jmEjlkgOhR8FfzG4EMgzNrNFyRWsxqAyUCVm6l5uKFwHDrPzSUyQwxzzPjgYg61OZEeunl2eR-ipDELeOkSp5WfDd5eiISn7mzt1xHPGPh06Bn4yniFDYn4q4qcoZdQ7eR5ITmOzIPfHW6_E/s1336/Toontown%20Grand%20Opening%20'93%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="1336" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_o9AKNc-r1favkn9Csvt5ETe2L4zt5WmbhnuZX597jmEjlkgOhR8FfzG4EMgzNrNFyRWsxqAyUCVm6l5uKFwHDrPzSUyQwxzzPjgYg61OZEeunl2eR-ipDELeOkSp5WfDd5eiISn7mzt1xHPGPh06Bn4yniFDYn4q4qcoZdQ7eR5ITmOzIPfHW6_E/s320/Toontown%20Grand%20Opening%20'93%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I think I have only ever bought one "Toontown" related souvenir, at the park itself, and that was the pinback button at the top of this post. However, I did buy a can of Coke at my local grocery store, which commemorated the opening of the new land.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXy3L4RvwFyuxH4qt-yfVtfZ9P5qn1RpVMtEO6uoyCxppKW-4CxbeUTXdzgrkWcGzzhyphenhyphenBFtr-IszRa24lXIiybUQr-rSZHjyinfkrz_qOzcWXzsdnwRVB_Y7Lc_ShbpkouEgo5svlNcCzDdkbgbY70SnX54WJRO6Uq30-EeNH4RDZGD9Ygnfxq-ZtEfk/s1420/z%20Toontown%20Coke%20Can%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXy3L4RvwFyuxH4qt-yfVtfZ9P5qn1RpVMtEO6uoyCxppKW-4CxbeUTXdzgrkWcGzzhyphenhyphenBFtr-IszRa24lXIiybUQr-rSZHjyinfkrz_qOzcWXzsdnwRVB_Y7Lc_ShbpkouEgo5svlNcCzDdkbgbY70SnX54WJRO6Uq30-EeNH4RDZGD9Ygnfxq-ZtEfk/s320/z%20Toontown%20Coke%20Can%20(1).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p>I made a huge mistake by not opening the can and draining the contents, prior to storing it away on a top kitchen shelf for years. I had forgotten the urban legend, about how if you drop a nail into a glass of Coke, it will eventually dissolve it. Well, the contents of this can eventually ate a hole through the side of it, and leaked all over that top shelf. I did not realize this had happened, until many years later, so there was a thick sticky mess to clean up, once it was discovered. Coke actually contains "phosphoric acid," which etches the enamel on our teeth, and makes them more porous, so I'm assuming that was the specific ingredient responsible for eating through the can.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmgwNdsRTXaefM9FVS29ktHKedscDGoybA8IA0KQQ4IJBaGAEX5K_iezVhUi7k7hCou_B53ibT3spHpslNNk1JtAPHQOeAsnVUPDBN-wbQotMPqQbedHekhcZjQcva2ir5gcNamvwff6L2iQKzdzbhRsyD77NGHrzwppwXZ2S4yan20y5QdGyyIkJf6M/s1420/z%20Toontown%20Coke%20Can%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmgwNdsRTXaefM9FVS29ktHKedscDGoybA8IA0KQQ4IJBaGAEX5K_iezVhUi7k7hCou_B53ibT3spHpslNNk1JtAPHQOeAsnVUPDBN-wbQotMPqQbedHekhcZjQcva2ir5gcNamvwff6L2iQKzdzbhRsyD77NGHrzwppwXZ2S4yan20y5QdGyyIkJf6M/s320/z%20Toontown%20Coke%20Can%20(2).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I did a search on ebay, and was surprised to see these other Toontown-themed cans were also available. I don't remember seeing these in the grocery store, back in the day. This first one is a Diet Coke can, which featured Roger Rabbit.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznl7zRGNVR5yeYdY5A7kueKgf8fuPHt8ipr6BsJ5NN-OmAhoD165TJgots_OpSmhyI5bZpS6F0Ga14LkZuL7QuJl01UI-I6c8El6mYuyDkKeT5xEEt-03qoZ3IGCRrPtyWZQouankNU8EIoCrMcScr-2a6Ma5BfvWoito335DmW8WMZ8-2XrF8a3VadA/s1599/z%20-%20Diet%20Coke%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1161" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznl7zRGNVR5yeYdY5A7kueKgf8fuPHt8ipr6BsJ5NN-OmAhoD165TJgots_OpSmhyI5bZpS6F0Ga14LkZuL7QuJl01UI-I6c8El6mYuyDkKeT5xEEt-03qoZ3IGCRrPtyWZQouankNU8EIoCrMcScr-2a6Ma5BfvWoito335DmW8WMZ8-2XrF8a3VadA/s320/z%20-%20Diet%20Coke%20(1).jpg" width="232" /></a></div><p></p><p>This can of Sprite, featured Donald and his boat.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwoczYclClgH9de9QSMD6hQoYok2fq7dBqbb-UoY3-orPQl6Y1nDtyPg1bgTUgbs45fzyqllojL6lIsjL-neRwwJGwwEAQB-HEPg8Xii6NCvLsXzYB2aFMezUosFrqaqk09lYZIjLsXzyTiiYnkGPaSuuitP8NIXnZWKpHvfR1jE7a7kHNei3lRQfcvc/s1553/z%20-%20Sprite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="914" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwoczYclClgH9de9QSMD6hQoYok2fq7dBqbb-UoY3-orPQl6Y1nDtyPg1bgTUgbs45fzyqllojL6lIsjL-neRwwJGwwEAQB-HEPg8Xii6NCvLsXzYB2aFMezUosFrqaqk09lYZIjLsXzyTiiYnkGPaSuuitP8NIXnZWKpHvfR1jE7a7kHNei3lRQfcvc/s320/z%20-%20Sprite.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><p></p><p>And this last design, featuring Goofy and his "Bounce House," was on cans of Diet Sprite.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBmKYO0oZ-6f-JiiaAeDRV_TT6R6RP-p52EJY1TFgJIA_TjskIaVA0E_dbXtzpBSc7wYjW5M_Afo7xAwlqYFwITm_re-oqSYZ9xDdQSMVvpficwInH1asbrn04OFZQAB1TwX4gteW9TN-yhyphenhyphenkPBl8_hY4CS4QrW5LT26yBdIlCWV-YZEIkAgWKiyEvHI/s1357/z%20-%20Diet%20Sprite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="931" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBmKYO0oZ-6f-JiiaAeDRV_TT6R6RP-p52EJY1TFgJIA_TjskIaVA0E_dbXtzpBSc7wYjW5M_Afo7xAwlqYFwITm_re-oqSYZ9xDdQSMVvpficwInH1asbrn04OFZQAB1TwX4gteW9TN-yhyphenhyphenkPBl8_hY4CS4QrW5LT26yBdIlCWV-YZEIkAgWKiyEvHI/s320/z%20-%20Diet%20Sprite.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p>This final item is not from Disneyland in Anaheim, but from Tokyo Disneyland. I bought this during a visit to the Disney parks in Japan. They sell a series of miniature attraction vehicles, which are just about the size of a Match Box<span>® vehicle</span>. I should have put a coin next to the vehicle, to show just how small it is!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlcFGuNkNC22OBmx8aZpPBbZElKnjQ5FwzRq5j9kA8U2armqcvibY45r-4oUExC5QsJqw1q1z5cUUjgnhqQZghL20DjiVPZ2aWEfTVZAXiWGMy48csR_3ZSeZO7cO3ZYZadNOqBgCfPCWoHaGAroFdVo7qeSpbDqF3ucF840fX8x5zPofHcWDtd4mbFw/s1150/z%20Tokyo%20Trolley%20Toy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1150" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlcFGuNkNC22OBmx8aZpPBbZElKnjQ5FwzRq5j9kA8U2armqcvibY45r-4oUExC5QsJqw1q1z5cUUjgnhqQZghL20DjiVPZ2aWEfTVZAXiWGMy48csR_3ZSeZO7cO3ZYZadNOqBgCfPCWoHaGAroFdVo7qeSpbDqF3ucF840fX8x5zPofHcWDtd4mbFw/s320/z%20Tokyo%20Trolley%20Toy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The box lists the scale as 1/77.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbs37Usfd0tgaN4APOe5hLFwzm_cxrsoK2ODTe9obHB2IFAMZtb_JUutqkz3YIleTn9Y8_pVb_SNZwSyW1sNkuJmYcnqeONdTXybyBA4c_v5DeDSZzuOg8GqbXCaK_cj4hy3rQoBpElyfpa9l7lO8uXs2GY238DezIRKDxTza1bfHUI-tHMbqXjgytNo/s607/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="607" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbs37Usfd0tgaN4APOe5hLFwzm_cxrsoK2ODTe9obHB2IFAMZtb_JUutqkz3YIleTn9Y8_pVb_SNZwSyW1sNkuJmYcnqeONdTXybyBA4c_v5DeDSZzuOg8GqbXCaK_cj4hy3rQoBpElyfpa9l7lO8uXs2GY238DezIRKDxTza1bfHUI-tHMbqXjgytNo/s320/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQij79bSWvR9qFQb8LhepUUDal8UPIZiy2ll3etaubBBV86HbEu4a9QKVMtkAn3aGLAMq87bLvvbz7gta7-MS6v0pox1sTRAViCGfIz2WpwyWX02vAL-zOYZENxVSfUvQrizU9Y28xygKPBG_xCxCzFSYCHv7h1TpGy3CYN-Cp-2pyUYjQN5FQOhQHsrM/s599/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="599" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQij79bSWvR9qFQb8LhepUUDal8UPIZiy2ll3etaubBBV86HbEu4a9QKVMtkAn3aGLAMq87bLvvbz7gta7-MS6v0pox1sTRAViCGfIz2WpwyWX02vAL-zOYZENxVSfUvQrizU9Y28xygKPBG_xCxCzFSYCHv7h1TpGy3CYN-Cp-2pyUYjQN5FQOhQHsrM/s320/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The manufacturer of the "Disney Vehicle Collection," is Tomy<span>®</span>. The sticker on the box shows a price of 750 yen, which at today's rate of exchange, would be about $5.00 in U.S. currency. I'm guessing if they sold these in the U.S. parks, they would charge more than that. I never found the price of food, souvenirs, or even admission at the Tokyo Disney parks, to be as inflated as they are in the U.S. Disney parks. But then Disney does not own those two parks. They are owned by a Japanese company, The Oriental Land Company.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmXrG59GMmKjoqd2BF3y9cWDdhOMSzqW6oHPlpUILu4Ie3iaczSXlEfnUJ4_RuY7bNWC7Jdst7tPbtt44xjyj7NMq5hVBvWvsAkN8UaDtFBUE9AKTzaP143Ly9zt2UHO_SCLXvDIgiByoD2kJegY2rouNeQiNVEghppL_ZUcm0rBwOOloKY3uUxjGXq0/s604/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="604" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmXrG59GMmKjoqd2BF3y9cWDdhOMSzqW6oHPlpUILu4Ie3iaczSXlEfnUJ4_RuY7bNWC7Jdst7tPbtt44xjyj7NMq5hVBvWvsAkN8UaDtFBUE9AKTzaP143Ly9zt2UHO_SCLXvDIgiByoD2kJegY2rouNeQiNVEghppL_ZUcm0rBwOOloKY3uUxjGXq0/s320/z%20Jolly%20Trolley%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm not completely sure, but I think the little "universal symbol" on the far left means, "Do Not Feed This To Pac-Man, Or He Will Cry."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kynnGom1-7eCBIaq4Cr-jE4Nza_Cg84VM9YaBFdrK6B8w-tsC57d4TkTLYL6gfWtMv-dwaKnobhM9V9ZycyK-IMnv3QfiukyR5bsHhCG_DzXQ6UqlVeAbGXafgNkombnLGRKrrlyiubgXkQgK661PmPlXvWw3ga0Lf-skLrWMXrNMP6ArVeJqrDpxbs/s903/001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="903" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kynnGom1-7eCBIaq4Cr-jE4Nza_Cg84VM9YaBFdrK6B8w-tsC57d4TkTLYL6gfWtMv-dwaKnobhM9V9ZycyK-IMnv3QfiukyR5bsHhCG_DzXQ6UqlVeAbGXafgNkombnLGRKrrlyiubgXkQgK661PmPlXvWw3ga0Lf-skLrWMXrNMP6ArVeJqrDpxbs/s320/001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaMUDsdeYpXcdZMLkgTDI_U10DsBzWLAdj0PY48bB7Z0GPUpxSg5PQpaTzwWb-q9NawvW8WFRFuYYmTdh4Ku3de-jJXR1QGUYRA5SAsQ5BHKwUffxUG0XpSTjXJNRFaVyjvykZ7MUuO8tXvWocmX7oBeoVsJpfCxOpL7aRADxd9A1BUzxDXwaodXzmd8/s457/002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="457" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaMUDsdeYpXcdZMLkgTDI_U10DsBzWLAdj0PY48bB7Z0GPUpxSg5PQpaTzwWb-q9NawvW8WFRFuYYmTdh4Ku3de-jJXR1QGUYRA5SAsQ5BHKwUffxUG0XpSTjXJNRFaVyjvykZ7MUuO8tXvWocmX7oBeoVsJpfCxOpL7aRADxd9A1BUzxDXwaodXzmd8/s320/002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And speaking of Tokyo's Toontown, if anyone is interested in seeing how the Japanese decorate Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown for Halloween and Christmas, you can click below, for some of my older posts. <br /></p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-toontown.html" target="_blank">Halloween in Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown</a></p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-halloween-toontown.html" target="_blank">More Halloween in Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown</a> </p><p><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-in-tokyo-toontown.html" target="_blank">Christmas in Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown</a> </p><p>Happy anniversary, to Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland. While I have never cared for the land very much, at least Disney finally decided to add another attraction (Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway) to the area, just this year. It's too bad it took them 30 years to do it! Oh, and when I finally saw Toontown for the very first time (one year later, in January of 1994), I took quite a few photos. I will be including those in a 30-year "Vintage Disneyland Trip Report," this January. So stay tuned......or "toon-ed," if you will.</p><p>****Post Update - 10-27-23****</p><p>I just found a few more Toontown-related items, in my personal collection!</p><p>This first one is a "game piece" from a contest. These were given out when you had your film developed at Thrifty drugstores. They were included inside the film processing envelopes, when you returned to pick up your photos. The contest was also sponsored by Kodak.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dwMbR4wxC0wGirYFATicFxixmrNzVH4mAcfFfywUskbd_CskIQDQ0S51aWuRPLBrHGhd611A_5E6Es_22vJcHV62a4iZf7KLU5z-WsCBAhrQv6cgtb-bp5KZP6ZCToKaQgkRakt43Nw5SilZ763hJ8icbQFFXoZZGjJNxDwt9SoVwN3Rb3CCPF-iW1o/s1260/Toontown%20Contest%20(front).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dwMbR4wxC0wGirYFATicFxixmrNzVH4mAcfFfywUskbd_CskIQDQ0S51aWuRPLBrHGhd611A_5E6Es_22vJcHV62a4iZf7KLU5z-WsCBAhrQv6cgtb-bp5KZP6ZCToKaQgkRakt43Nw5SilZ763hJ8icbQFFXoZZGjJNxDwt9SoVwN3Rb3CCPF-iW1o/s320/Toontown%20Contest%20(front).jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p>These were "sealed," so you had to "tear open" that center square, to reveal the game piece inside. Then, you had to match the character and the color of the Castle, with the image that was displayed on the counter of the Thrifty photo processing department.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkg_s2loRR0lufrHV3rdwMC-pDb2CHsXXPLKaRXYgmYCoEchaYLERr6uc9g_IpuuktI_lUbhNblkqVXoam2ukaTh0p-hbQiKTWimM2HoF7oXVN7DYoYm_aaL_fuXVC91vnuIrIY2Gwb5EEfKLXn0iqzSeK0IEJZioYy-Lw5zdItGW_jnKnq1sNWPm7fI/s1444/Toontown%20Contest%20(inside).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1444" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkg_s2loRR0lufrHV3rdwMC-pDb2CHsXXPLKaRXYgmYCoEchaYLERr6uc9g_IpuuktI_lUbhNblkqVXoam2ukaTh0p-hbQiKTWimM2HoF7oXVN7DYoYm_aaL_fuXVC91vnuIrIY2Gwb5EEfKLXn0iqzSeK0IEJZioYy-Lw5zdItGW_jnKnq1sNWPm7fI/s320/Toontown%20Contest%20(inside).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The rules were printed on the back, along with a list of the prizes. The top prize was a trip for four to Disneyland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFtBZnQ8uQUO1Mz1d-iqAWy-lAtkmcGjJrrFv_kIEY9eAhMYlDgqgy0s3YNvcp-4YbbKrASGbBw-Ie1KzaVa9rfQ5acYLS0lU3IkfsH7SGXZHH_4wMkrHsfvFVjLzGnTnc_4dtWZHPrj0iPqQBf2TRye8aEWyywDQhQsyIPk556FOCFr2LAAHLMQl4WY/s1239/Toontown%20Contest%20(back).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="847" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFtBZnQ8uQUO1Mz1d-iqAWy-lAtkmcGjJrrFv_kIEY9eAhMYlDgqgy0s3YNvcp-4YbbKrASGbBw-Ie1KzaVa9rfQ5acYLS0lU3IkfsH7SGXZHH_4wMkrHsfvFVjLzGnTnc_4dtWZHPrj0iPqQBf2TRye8aEWyywDQhQsyIPk556FOCFr2LAAHLMQl4WY/s320/Toontown%20Contest%20(back).jpg" width="219" /></a></div><p>Another one of the prizes, was this Craig 'N Co. <i>Rock 'N Toontown</i> CD. I had to look up this performer, since I had never heard of Craig 'N Co. His name is Craig Taubman, and it looks like he made multiple appearances on The Disney Channel, back in the nineties.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P7hlH2tfwlhfrFAOT8W_SvVBAnQ9nwNlJ8QwuSmO5XX6fAcQqE4KIFhRU4BxXgSvzOykOrsMpiX7lTzJQGQZGh-DgvLomuouYJglyzfwKErLyVtzhptzf1lzGzE4clieYkcXIDMdZwllwa58mR9nJVV8HMSm4fmDNicOOwS7gRfzbCwEQ9o36_wB4Ew/s1577/Craig%20'N%20Co%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1577" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P7hlH2tfwlhfrFAOT8W_SvVBAnQ9nwNlJ8QwuSmO5XX6fAcQqE4KIFhRU4BxXgSvzOykOrsMpiX7lTzJQGQZGh-DgvLomuouYJglyzfwKErLyVtzhptzf1lzGzE4clieYkcXIDMdZwllwa58mR9nJVV8HMSm4fmDNicOOwS7gRfzbCwEQ9o36_wB4Ew/s320/Craig%20'N%20Co%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This is not my CD, but I found a few of them listed on ebay. You can own a copy for as low as $5.95! There was also an ebay listing for two "intact" Thrifty game pieces, for $24.99.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQ1DSBAH6WMxdhkF_GVm-3x_2MGbv1L2ZeF5X0WRBHen00GUG70i8_37h3FBd1tlsLQjsCff_Pe1FM6TvJeHPAPAOFv5c8BofYM7U8i3FpcePbkwb0cI9OtWblOpMflYCdbOMzQnbMrBn0xKzy7OjyEvn0d-bDXAaWQiJGZHWNNCYfVH-B82r50pBBrk/s1574/Craig%20'N%20Co%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1463" data-original-width="1574" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQ1DSBAH6WMxdhkF_GVm-3x_2MGbv1L2ZeF5X0WRBHen00GUG70i8_37h3FBd1tlsLQjsCff_Pe1FM6TvJeHPAPAOFv5c8BofYM7U8i3FpcePbkwb0cI9OtWblOpMflYCdbOMzQnbMrBn0xKzy7OjyEvn0d-bDXAaWQiJGZHWNNCYfVH-B82r50pBBrk/s320/Craig%20'N%20Co%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The other items I recently found, are these Toontown postcards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYqzaLAejcdB8YrlHgbHOaRlB7Ui2njF05NTkCl83GjmmCQUHhjiZsXuZdNLtmiyCL0c_6_Wq0SROueF3mEfxUxlrkf_yomjdW1ve76IjB-RTlq_yKpKClwcr9vTpQquhQxDnfTCE56xiKZit_94PoykWCwRYcclEr6ffEDe-lKZWe152WmS9upMA_s0/s1001/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20House%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1001" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYqzaLAejcdB8YrlHgbHOaRlB7Ui2njF05NTkCl83GjmmCQUHhjiZsXuZdNLtmiyCL0c_6_Wq0SROueF3mEfxUxlrkf_yomjdW1ve76IjB-RTlq_yKpKClwcr9vTpQquhQxDnfTCE56xiKZit_94PoykWCwRYcclEr6ffEDe-lKZWe152WmS9upMA_s0/s320/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20House%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Both postcards were stamped on the back, with a special postmark commemorating Disneyland's 40th anniversary. On July 17, 1995, the U.S. Postal System set up a temporary station in the old Disneyland parking lot, and were stamping the special postmark onto any item with U.S. postage affixed to it.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOsiZ6Z3zIC5s7gTJziogIMXsCo8Yg-zW4025WuBF8bsh1vD5Yqyi1ZJ3EDhELVZJngPbamz9LG0GYR-QPZxJpZ6YPeVSlEl6ZL1A5EajYsFc1hjGCloCJmAMZ2A5AEGWmpVtyS2Rv8njEg9LCY1yhTD0-vsADnIf7OhZhSzuesQxgGM45XgJhLw3Q6c/s1004/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20House%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1004" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOsiZ6Z3zIC5s7gTJziogIMXsCo8Yg-zW4025WuBF8bsh1vD5Yqyi1ZJ3EDhELVZJngPbamz9LG0GYR-QPZxJpZ6YPeVSlEl6ZL1A5EajYsFc1hjGCloCJmAMZ2A5AEGWmpVtyS2Rv8njEg9LCY1yhTD0-vsADnIf7OhZhSzuesQxgGM45XgJhLw3Q6c/s320/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20House%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yLKuce1FWsRDZERTdhCRbHqh6Rl9FvcG0yboj51P94RN0MfPMHMvBqUeEetdQcR85B8YNTyYVeT8IXfV4hIhSt_GPlBzwquH8jl5RFS-lK0foKmY-N9MeBxsPF7j9OfHk3KbiYUDpQO6GREdZalo1J4Whot7wrGNB0hFuUuWC5x2LEFD873mv17dFfc/s1001/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20Car%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1001" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yLKuce1FWsRDZERTdhCRbHqh6Rl9FvcG0yboj51P94RN0MfPMHMvBqUeEetdQcR85B8YNTyYVeT8IXfV4hIhSt_GPlBzwquH8jl5RFS-lK0foKmY-N9MeBxsPF7j9OfHk3KbiYUDpQO6GREdZalo1J4Whot7wrGNB0hFuUuWC5x2LEFD873mv17dFfc/s320/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20Car%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I remember the postal workers were trying very hard to place the "N" in the word "Station" just barely onto the stamp, so that way most of the postmark would be on the actual item. It looks like they completely missed with that first postcard, and just barely touched the stamp on this second one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA34j-c-qqiE5gh4cQyPy0F_miMQdfqzbd52wC44VZOrM2jQ_Q4HnZCJdOQqoIx7QdYgkp32XiTQHH7MgIZRRn35tpZXZDzmoDvEDSS7eObafDleFKAh5IPTR03TQv6FcyOf09pHfZhPyRxYSShSvpA-mO7LeYzFJpbwHlwcAk5SFG3h5k03WMHJJh5TY/s1004/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20Car%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1004" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA34j-c-qqiE5gh4cQyPy0F_miMQdfqzbd52wC44VZOrM2jQ_Q4HnZCJdOQqoIx7QdYgkp32XiTQHH7MgIZRRn35tpZXZDzmoDvEDSS7eObafDleFKAh5IPTR03TQv6FcyOf09pHfZhPyRxYSShSvpA-mO7LeYzFJpbwHlwcAk5SFG3h5k03WMHJJh5TY/s320/Mickey%20&%20Minnie%20-%20Car%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-83404416230012118822023-09-05T00:01:00.039-07:002023-09-05T00:58:07.741-07:00Tragic Kingdom - A Death On Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain
<br />Today, we have another post that can be filed under the heading of, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/search/label/Tragic%20Kingdom">"Tragic Kingdom."</a><br />
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Twenty years ago today, a fatal accident occurred on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction. It was the tenth death in the park's history, and the second in only five years, following <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-columbia-sailing-ships-fatal.html" target="_blank">an accident in 1998, involving the Columbia Sailing Ship</a>.</p><p>Ten other passengers aboard Big Thunder were injured, with nine of them being transferred to local hospitals.<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHGc8kp45kdxGsTK92PcX19jILYHiYjshUIDF8udLE2Hi6ghNAOQ71YcmSXhh7yXjzRZOse4Me5uyCUPD9W16MzWbseYFxllcxY-hsowKg_ybM9HRhdwaTXmroxUFyhsdmSu9Z50C2T8/s1600/Big+Thunder+-+20003+Death+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHGc8kp45kdxGsTK92PcX19jILYHiYjshUIDF8udLE2Hi6ghNAOQ71YcmSXhh7yXjzRZOse4Me5uyCUPD9W16MzWbseYFxllcxY-hsowKg_ybM9HRhdwaTXmroxUFyhsdmSu9Z50C2T8/s320/Big+Thunder+-+20003+Death+%25281%2529.jpg" width="143" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The timeline given below has to be wrong, because if the passengers boarded the ride "about 11 a.m.", it wouldn't have taken 20 minutes for them to reach the second lift, where the passenger cars detached from the engine.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLji1f13dZhMCrnJR51rA32_TOGxZiTpA3mFXLfL_NKkTAp2H5kMmT4El6AdLGmnGqSy37xROm2ygnE3VpL4nLW7NLg18dOomDSfSivcdvoMxc9cK7C42pbl9QuFcRsRMxr2NdUmvQExABlJbn8au0cUxi9KZq45L_chQSYpHzfYt7LynGBy4UgoS1gc/s1600/Big%20Thunder%20-%2020003%20Death%20(2)%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1600" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLji1f13dZhMCrnJR51rA32_TOGxZiTpA3mFXLfL_NKkTAp2H5kMmT4El6AdLGmnGqSy37xROm2ygnE3VpL4nLW7NLg18dOomDSfSivcdvoMxc9cK7C42pbl9QuFcRsRMxr2NdUmvQExABlJbn8au0cUxi9KZq45L_chQSYpHzfYt7LynGBy4UgoS1gc/s320/Big%20Thunder%20-%2020003%20Death%20(2)%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
</p><p></p><p>The section labeled, "Accidents Since 1997" (above), reveals just how many incidents had occurred at the park, within only a six-year period. However, it fails to mention the 6-year old girl who lost two-thirds of her index finger, after getting it caught on a rifle on Tom Sawyer Island (in January of 2001). It also does not mention the 4-year old boy, who fell off of King Arthur's Carousel, and ended up in the hospital with a concussion. That accident occurred on the same day as the Columbia incident. And that last accident listed, mentioning a "double-deck boat" tipping over, is referring to the Mike Fink Keel Boats. Unfortunately, that attraction never reopened after that incident.</p><p>Following this accident, and the one involving the Columbia, there was a lot of finger-pointing at park management, accusing them of making cutbacks to proper employee training and attraction maintenance. According to Wikipedia, <i>"The cause of the (Big Thunder) accident was determined to be improper maintenance. Investigation reports and discovery by the victim's attorney, confirmed
the fatal injuries occurred when the first passenger car collided with
the underside of the locomotive. The derailment was the result of a
mechanical failure, which occurred due to omissions during a maintenance
procedure."</i></p><p>For further information on the accident, and the legal settlements that followed, here is an article which also mentions how <a href="https://pinellas.legalexaminer.com/legal/wrongful-death/big-thunder-railroad-death-brings-big-admission-from-disney/" target="_blank">park management admitted to incorrectly performing maintenance on the attraction.</a></p><p>Incidentally, Cynthia Harriss resigned from her role as President of the Disneyland Resort, just one month after the Big Thunder accident. The next year, she followed in the footsteps of former chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Paul Pressler, and took a job working for The Gap. I wonder if she ever gave couch-painting lessons to The Gap employees (as she had done once, during a Disney cast member party).</p><p> <br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-53894359371620287712023-08-04T00:01:00.209-07:002023-08-21T22:35:09.704-07:00Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's Berry Farm - 45th Anniversary!<p></p><p>Hey everyone, it's time for another anniversary post! Knott's Berry Farm's <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/06/camp-snoopy-at-knotts-berry-farm-40th.html" target="_blank">Camp Snoopy</a> celebrated it's "40th" anniversary, just last month, and Disneyland's <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-new-matterhorn-at-disneyland-45th.html" target="_blank">"New Matterhorn"</a> had it's "45th" anniversary, in May. Well, Knott's "Montezooma's Revenge" also happens to be celebrating it's "45th" anniversary, this year.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcK8VAtNnO4wHdN7nJj-T7xlD_s84Ft26MoOU_gYh8eTgoEgEAjW_OZcJhB6fY7TfTSoLUWf-nrcVzK80HULfZ8uRzezVVNceb5cdb3i9DLljT03Gdyn2XhC1qhXHEJCvtZqXevoaE6JEgVAKkwtHpA1RhOCkEmFL4xBybp6OzFwLMlkFyER8RdcR/s1082/Montezooma%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcK8VAtNnO4wHdN7nJj-T7xlD_s84Ft26MoOU_gYh8eTgoEgEAjW_OZcJhB6fY7TfTSoLUWf-nrcVzK80HULfZ8uRzezVVNceb5cdb3i9DLljT03Gdyn2XhC1qhXHEJCvtZqXevoaE6JEgVAKkwtHpA1RhOCkEmFL4xBybp6OzFwLMlkFyER8RdcR/s320/Montezooma%20(1)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Montezooma's Revenge had it's grand opening in May of 1978. Prior to it's opening, a "coming soon" sign at the park announced the name of the new coaster as, "<span>¡</span>Loco Motion!"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgd_7CGCOcIT8cUxBhM-U1HNFJQjqAnrD_VSJYkobLOebtcDAnpnlZI0wz1Xc2lwPHAjIkQ5vqWrrNBtKtYnqxfYsUbN-aSzlnMXrPhNW-3gl-8jp4zIQjn7JfTX9KFVsnojXZLZjmCHSTFbfyxX-qwDx057ADlFUhVUVRfxAGK8giRD7Q5p61zMp1mg/s1017/z%20035%20Loco%20Motion%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1017" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgd_7CGCOcIT8cUxBhM-U1HNFJQjqAnrD_VSJYkobLOebtcDAnpnlZI0wz1Xc2lwPHAjIkQ5vqWrrNBtKtYnqxfYsUbN-aSzlnMXrPhNW-3gl-8jp4zIQjn7JfTX9KFVsnojXZLZjmCHSTFbfyxX-qwDx057ADlFUhVUVRfxAGK8giRD7Q5p61zMp1mg/s320/z%20035%20Loco%20Motion%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Earlier in the year, I had written to the Knott's public
relations department, asking about possible "future attractions" coming
to the park. They sent me a packet with various maps and
brochures, including this then-current one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDx5Stkf9Q4iUKNYmA3yLx3M4wr6vE5QntpFh99lCFszf1hk7erdDFok7tEUx9WV7rvGeMavKxwZA8YLqZX_sw-h1Zn9--lsTcYvhjiFi5FFOsrVqYBxoG9zV-5qwEeAtwHeF-Im_FnxXZYLSxjZIOmBqZiNVNRP3PWqGEp26CHy1BYf1Ha1mAISJ/s1895/zz%20KBF%20Fair%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDx5Stkf9Q4iUKNYmA3yLx3M4wr6vE5QntpFh99lCFszf1hk7erdDFok7tEUx9WV7rvGeMavKxwZA8YLqZX_sw-h1Zn9--lsTcYvhjiFi5FFOsrVqYBxoG9zV-5qwEeAtwHeF-Im_FnxXZYLSxjZIOmBqZiNVNRP3PWqGEp26CHy1BYf1Ha1mAISJ/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%201.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><p></p><p>On the back of the brochure, someone had taken a yellow highlighter
pen, and outlined this image. Apparently, they had not yet decided on a
definite name for the future coaster.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH0LM_nK1RGJkUhZpqjm7KfASbHBHKJwbEGcg1Qcv6i2g1GyoRbO0-eVoqW6FyELI40cldaDYE-5V_XGUpmZd3bdEKYp0rpu_SWVesfTwolBLxywmTcmiPCs4eTRQBBwg1LHb1sTcm0DSzo38SeUzaqC9KqUgwhdoBfOq-grchHvsnZf6pRDENicp/s919/zz%20KBF%20Fair%202.5%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="813" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlH0LM_nK1RGJkUhZpqjm7KfASbHBHKJwbEGcg1Qcv6i2g1GyoRbO0-eVoqW6FyELI40cldaDYE-5V_XGUpmZd3bdEKYp0rpu_SWVesfTwolBLxywmTcmiPCs4eTRQBBwg1LHb1sTcm0DSzo38SeUzaqC9KqUgwhdoBfOq-grchHvsnZf6pRDENicp/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%202.5%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p>Inside, a map showed the location of the new attraction. It was being built on a portion of an existing parking lot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvP_AAVrOdT0eaozjgfuTXDsGfddZiBU0adQHXIhomnlHqyEbTP2oaDtx0m8tr7Knth4Qlh9yr0JORSOUuakGuzDo3QuGw9KPGSq7Ifcf7QUSsV1SADKzmYwbHH7QZgPyImWcEI_SHY2YDACqiIvUGBIkhAhpyHgjYUf92r3uCp95x-clSEjUMIT_/s1734/zz%20KBF%20Fair%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1734" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvP_AAVrOdT0eaozjgfuTXDsGfddZiBU0adQHXIhomnlHqyEbTP2oaDtx0m8tr7Knth4Qlh9yr0JORSOUuakGuzDo3QuGw9KPGSq7Ifcf7QUSsV1SADKzmYwbHH7QZgPyImWcEI_SHY2YDACqiIvUGBIkhAhpyHgjYUf92r3uCp95x-clSEjUMIT_/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>A similar coaster had opened just one year earlier, at Marriott's Great
America in Santa Clara, California. In fact, when Knott's filmed it's
television commercial for Montezooma's Revenge, it was still under
construction, so they used footage of it's "sister" coaster, up north. Great America's version (seen below) was called "Tidal Wave," and it closed in 2002, after 25 years of operation.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDTD1OlWUP9uwdwHmP9xdbHCLa0Dvzj9A0ny-3WJnytoJ5CCYrNVNDz0ISBFpmL1hjDzx-NqYduyLWcDEcOhYocAx3HiEyujOoO8NUJJv7YRydiI98b6WfILyPyPLZjv_TwiDHcdcHOvbElktQG4LpKVaeyogIaD50KHsA83MHyBonEtct636fYZSES4/s1046/Tidal%20Wave%20-%20Marriott's%20Great%20America%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="823" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDTD1OlWUP9uwdwHmP9xdbHCLa0Dvzj9A0ny-3WJnytoJ5CCYrNVNDz0ISBFpmL1hjDzx-NqYduyLWcDEcOhYocAx3HiEyujOoO8NUJJv7YRydiI98b6WfILyPyPLZjv_TwiDHcdcHOvbElktQG4LpKVaeyogIaD50KHsA83MHyBonEtct636fYZSES4/s320/Tidal%20Wave%20-%20Marriott's%20Great%20America%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p></p><p>Montezooma's Revenge officially opened over Memorial Day Weekend. This image was from the opening day press kit.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGe8RDeBSS7pJXy7ywRLuaVVGdRvmkXHvNkHqYDUhPRV-056Z7Yr4pfN718kXIGnIYpYb-X2NlAz7JHnWK4lBydhgYAGRnOnzeK_UeLOxvEt9bZiJ_VchH_65WjZ5sK5YbnEbK9beUJR1FYy-wFn2_O-VezpzYaYBLGbyKQwjoeHhyypUnnL7YsV4EXE/s1037/037%20-%20Press.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1037" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGe8RDeBSS7pJXy7ywRLuaVVGdRvmkXHvNkHqYDUhPRV-056Z7Yr4pfN718kXIGnIYpYb-X2NlAz7JHnWK4lBydhgYAGRnOnzeK_UeLOxvEt9bZiJ_VchH_65WjZ5sK5YbnEbK9beUJR1FYy-wFn2_O-VezpzYaYBLGbyKQwjoeHhyypUnnL7YsV4EXE/s320/037%20-%20Press.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The text below these publicity shots, gave a detailed description of what riders would experience on the new coaster.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWNUd8gZNr_Wtw_rGuflrMyHMJJ1ozM-jt267y4_5cCaEAxmVtnkU7VOEmjo9THSxvAqImu5mAJhRWVYwaw3Nz5vzgc_XP6Jgo5kB5HgbcpUh3aHKRGWAorOAkEG7JrMFPhYxaRxkOFNP4VYs6HSMTDBjgYkT_LwoTGFHJs9JlGMT2arq2twyjmFOgUc/s1555/036%20-%20Press%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1555" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWNUd8gZNr_Wtw_rGuflrMyHMJJ1ozM-jt267y4_5cCaEAxmVtnkU7VOEmjo9THSxvAqImu5mAJhRWVYwaw3Nz5vzgc_XP6Jgo5kB5HgbcpUh3aHKRGWAorOAkEG7JrMFPhYxaRxkOFNP4VYs6HSMTDBjgYkT_LwoTGFHJs9JlGMT2arq2twyjmFOgUc/s320/036%20-%20Press%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>This advertisement is from the May 28, 1978 edition of <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>. I have saved this ever since childhood. The ad on the reverse side just happened to be for Disneyland's "New Matterhorn," which was also opening over Memorial Day Weekend. I posted that advertisement in May of this year (see the link at the top of this post).<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzDUUTuVAw41Hucn4undNxlQ7XWCLMyrAjVeNFsoPyaHRQzgPawjMVGJcoMa6Sin9O55mM3e1MurjT9EpnUpj8sm3LRoNWKim6db9POwqsyIMto41SjOcZn4Xgdr7AOneOV7x1s7lWcw8hb5jxnpZmmeyLs4HWBp_pGoetCrn5a2MkGBjPRPgM8sU/s1357/zz%20Montezooma%20Ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1357" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzDUUTuVAw41Hucn4undNxlQ7XWCLMyrAjVeNFsoPyaHRQzgPawjMVGJcoMa6Sin9O55mM3e1MurjT9EpnUpj8sm3LRoNWKim6db9POwqsyIMto41SjOcZn4Xgdr7AOneOV7x1s7lWcw8hb5jxnpZmmeyLs4HWBp_pGoetCrn5a2MkGBjPRPgM8sU/s320/zz%20Montezooma%20Ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>As mentioned in the ad, Debbie Reynold's was appearing at the park over the holiday weekend. Eddie Rabbit was also appearing. (He loves a rainy night!) However, it was Debbie Reynolds (right) who took the official inaugural ride on Montezooma's Revenge, along with Marion Knott (left).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu3WyRc29m-CheV3_xwdIMiP7TILABBIp_Ks4e0-NE1a3Dp_VeeSlAuEJjnZAmEBRy1fVARM45wnINADVVUOP1U-lDUweTaVWvcU44yautEmRWkD31mNUIA-moRzuS3VHBDlREgsAQnfnXGZZP4BHy6Yd9E0PBDgy94eKmxCdinB0vSRJEyGeCpGtHWE/s797/z%20May%2026,%201978%20-%20Inaugural%20Ride%20with%20Debbie%20Reynolds%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="797" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu3WyRc29m-CheV3_xwdIMiP7TILABBIp_Ks4e0-NE1a3Dp_VeeSlAuEJjnZAmEBRy1fVARM45wnINADVVUOP1U-lDUweTaVWvcU44yautEmRWkD31mNUIA-moRzuS3VHBDlREgsAQnfnXGZZP4BHy6Yd9E0PBDgy94eKmxCdinB0vSRJEyGeCpGtHWE/s320/z%20May%2026,%201978%20-%20Inaugural%20Ride%20with%20Debbie%20Reynolds%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Shortly after the ride opened, an updated version of the Knott's "pictorial souvenir booklet," featured a more colorful version of the same concept art, from that March 1978 brochure. "El Cinema Grande" (inset) was also opening in Fiesta Village, that summer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCJZXt7c23174bddgpW3WgfIYfphk6MMSeSeHVeen-KmH5MKKpZ95LpSVLDQ0cUlOm6_m5nJQKxhfWMqI6IQpfCnUN4roE0RD81hlI7DUUZjyi38PO5EcOAyBshns-VXmtt06ZL2GMGVwpB4WuoZFssr6ag8oz6at-GU0VhHBmJ9wOXHa_XbmaPlj/s1200/Montezooma%20(4)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="897" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCJZXt7c23174bddgpW3WgfIYfphk6MMSeSeHVeen-KmH5MKKpZ95LpSVLDQ0cUlOm6_m5nJQKxhfWMqI6IQpfCnUN4roE0RD81hlI7DUUZjyi38PO5EcOAyBshns-VXmtt06ZL2GMGVwpB4WuoZFssr6ag8oz6at-GU0VhHBmJ9wOXHa_XbmaPlj/s320/Montezooma%20(4)%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><p>That same concept art was used once again, for this souvenir decal. I remember buying this in a little shop located across from the Knott's "Volcano," and next door to "Marion and Toni's Sportswear" shop. The shop was called "Virginia's Souvenirs," and was a separate store from the much larger "Virginia's Gift Shop."<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC2iZ_VoOURKq6TLermsS5YEtrKTdGb_bTwQgaTY6Tr7oqpVNJ-Xm_-GvvqtjC_4FWiiqN2w8IW-ybiXjLbHyHapQRzOlvVc9M8d7En5cEI8lYNt8ac4INDGidd_6lK9hUvFPC381SiE/s1600/Montezooma+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC2iZ_VoOURKq6TLermsS5YEtrKTdGb_bTwQgaTY6Tr7oqpVNJ-Xm_-GvvqtjC_4FWiiqN2w8IW-ybiXjLbHyHapQRzOlvVc9M8d7En5cEI8lYNt8ac4INDGidd_6lK9hUvFPC381SiE/s320/Montezooma+%25283%2529.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p>
I purchased this pennant during the same visit......<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3QkVG_JDwGth0CEm0-iyKg7Ra_7QeGBgHVY3RF86xoY5pBQ6Qfufp5nTDqLU70jhToYPnNHnYaLyI7wVIcznljd534V5PJ3O_qrElYdBMATjheEmAfL6oX6hVv6SCc4ia-FGvz4fM9ce8Ue7U-xsTT6tKiQ_NPG7o0BEMscDhqxCBn28gtZ_lQk5VEU/s1280/Montezooma%20Pennant%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1280" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3QkVG_JDwGth0CEm0-iyKg7Ra_7QeGBgHVY3RF86xoY5pBQ6Qfufp5nTDqLU70jhToYPnNHnYaLyI7wVIcznljd534V5PJ3O_qrElYdBMATjheEmAfL6oX6hVv6SCc4ia-FGvz4fM9ce8Ue7U-xsTT6tKiQ_NPG7o0BEMscDhqxCBn28gtZ_lQk5VEU/s320/Montezooma%20Pennant%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>.......and these postcards:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaM0_g2i56pQ7X8kl2By_npoCQuIorph41EVkUuVXjNR5SZcCxLZNbXlRYBFMgWma-pogeniboHRvFWSai348IgaTGreX3tIXBMF1jE_dIYxc7gFzOQJyvvQwPFk-YO2RKWhKsypy-sU/s1600/Montezooma+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtaM0_g2i56pQ7X8kl2By_npoCQuIorph41EVkUuVXjNR5SZcCxLZNbXlRYBFMgWma-pogeniboHRvFWSai348IgaTGreX3tIXBMF1jE_dIYxc7gFzOQJyvvQwPFk-YO2RKWhKsypy-sU/s320/Montezooma+%25281%2529.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>
</p><p></p><p>The original signage (seen below) was changed, some years later.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeenE6zSGF58FhiDoj8alalMP8StHXwyvE3hZHs5aBhONccVTUJY9yq7QXQq-d7Ujf30JlSRtVEzFF2AEdraNqJB8n4myeev6CSHeASlYaZc35VQMX1WnHEluBxlGZHgZJsvxaIJktXSxnR1Y4RaPgMGVuYEkrz9rLf0s6-tJjhA4Glh8L3ItnMbBe/s1235/Montezooma%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1235" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeenE6zSGF58FhiDoj8alalMP8StHXwyvE3hZHs5aBhONccVTUJY9yq7QXQq-d7Ujf30JlSRtVEzFF2AEdraNqJB8n4myeev6CSHeASlYaZc35VQMX1WnHEluBxlGZHgZJsvxaIJktXSxnR1Y4RaPgMGVuYEkrz9rLf0s6-tJjhA4Glh8L3ItnMbBe/s320/Montezooma%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
</p><p>For Knott's "60th" anniversary in 1980, Bob Bates created posters for many of the park's attractions. Even though he did create an individual one for Montezooma's Revenge, it was never reproduced as a souvenir for guests. However, the coaster was included on this "composite" poster.<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIP55rJBzk6hz7LgsK2jKBKmjjzjh__75naynNjEAg8LP77Zkmc1myAjUqtbFBgqWbqka5Yo9z9Sr_VHmuk57AxTgrZdokR-dag_VQPXROdwr4PCEGOwNGYTMdlVIzizIzgyk1_ctts_-G8vqP96FbSQAstKhRs6H11oukgJKE2_KHLDhDQApTI4YQbE/s1412/z%20Bob%20Bates%20Poster%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1105" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIP55rJBzk6hz7LgsK2jKBKmjjzjh__75naynNjEAg8LP77Zkmc1myAjUqtbFBgqWbqka5Yo9z9Sr_VHmuk57AxTgrZdokR-dag_VQPXROdwr4PCEGOwNGYTMdlVIzizIzgyk1_ctts_-G8vqP96FbSQAstKhRs6H11oukgJKE2_KHLDhDQApTI4YQbE/s320/z%20Bob%20Bates%20Poster%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p>This next photo was included in a later edition of the Knott's "pictorial souvenir booklet." At this time, a guest parking lot still existed on the other side of those trees, to the right. Camp Snoopy would be built on the remaining portion of this lot, in 1983.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmvJO-Cdknl9ZSiKYlPfw0AgoDDT459GakEva0uwzH47coqK5zM7QgCfDqQeffFKGNJQUEH2_4jZuEOZyoaronDd80tfZs8p3U1SqHr9SQs85G23V86af7MXklDOGrksdugtJNjy2AqV8o4LvkhAeOont1JdihTuutdFWcWPWEKWzcJ7-CQixErGN/s989/Montezooma%20-%20Pictorial%20Souvenir%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmvJO-Cdknl9ZSiKYlPfw0AgoDDT459GakEva0uwzH47coqK5zM7QgCfDqQeffFKGNJQUEH2_4jZuEOZyoaronDd80tfZs8p3U1SqHr9SQs85G23V86af7MXklDOGrksdugtJNjy2AqV8o4LvkhAeOont1JdihTuutdFWcWPWEKWzcJ7-CQixErGN/s320/Montezooma%20-%20Pictorial%20Souvenir%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p>
</p><p>This postcard featuring Montezooma's Revenge doesn't have a date, but it would have to be from sometime between 1980 and 1987. (1980 is the year that the Dragon Swing (lower right) opened, and 1987 is the year that the Tijuana Taxi (upper right) was removed.)<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqOTyU8GJVrGb5kbUvbfYHJA4xpAF-OhGyNZW5VtTDJC907Gsd3H5sQAkpSKHEl6j5p-QMtKEo1ZZzDZk4hoKTXe2So-uB0G-IpQ-Lm4yU097L61f-kdnCbLmFfB0niAfc7rF_ZAqAARkm2XBWKaLp_WW4p8Ej0mEQDqG1DQ9tzBjrphs4Io5ktwzJCM/s1074/z%20Postcard%20-%20post-1980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="1074" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqOTyU8GJVrGb5kbUvbfYHJA4xpAF-OhGyNZW5VtTDJC907Gsd3H5sQAkpSKHEl6j5p-QMtKEo1ZZzDZk4hoKTXe2So-uB0G-IpQ-Lm4yU097L61f-kdnCbLmFfB0niAfc7rF_ZAqAARkm2XBWKaLp_WW4p8Ej0mEQDqG1DQ9tzBjrphs4Io5ktwzJCM/s320/z%20Postcard%20-%20post-1980.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And this one would have to be from sometime between 1987 and 2003, because those are the opening and closing dates for the "Tampico Tumbler" (bottom, center).<p></p><p>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc99yTUPkojuzIEckexAbzUAAFgmtIEoEaM3RjCxwckClsDm55z12u9CXH8QDHe_QbCAL1h-bxyCKA5GzwLa-HKsBhybjrwE-_Thu3HcvdpHFG-RWesyO5pvbsoEORaGXlGDZk9L80aMU/s1600/Fiesta+Village+Postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc99yTUPkojuzIEckexAbzUAAFgmtIEoEaM3RjCxwckClsDm55z12u9CXH8QDHe_QbCAL1h-bxyCKA5GzwLa-HKsBhybjrwE-_Thu3HcvdpHFG-RWesyO5pvbsoEORaGXlGDZk9L80aMU/s320/Fiesta+Village+Postcard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Souvenirs featuring Montezooma's Revenge aren't very common. I found these next two on ebay, but I don't have an exact year for either one of them. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLx070fIWgBOlhDkTzbdKWAV5FM6yGmdPYra_19p3RH0h0yTBCWf1xYKY4xcnFIsyIL0jPksgsI3EEr30TQJRSimTERmmsXkPfTe1Y3AHNpLATM0PHq5GXOgOnWsaVaDtxGIczA8YPrNvY4FOvlzDXwHFQV6-HtRaDUUyuwqjRVX3G6keSIJu2FtMJ4c/s1128/Montezooma%20Keychain%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="846" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLx070fIWgBOlhDkTzbdKWAV5FM6yGmdPYra_19p3RH0h0yTBCWf1xYKY4xcnFIsyIL0jPksgsI3EEr30TQJRSimTERmmsXkPfTe1Y3AHNpLATM0PHq5GXOgOnWsaVaDtxGIczA8YPrNvY4FOvlzDXwHFQV6-HtRaDUUyuwqjRVX3G6keSIJu2FtMJ4c/s320/Montezooma%20Keychain%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>The font on the keychain, is the same as the one used on the original sign.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZavc21pRe5CMjgOrOUYb8_zDKMTDjoeg9yp5eFPw45jr8Uz1W5MU6lnpg6yPwH0Yp_TzmsMTDOQJ0sg5grbERTNATKjTlYWAxobZmOVxZMQhdEYu8H3gGi0zf2-LwVlE6Pb96-4fAtHOy5oQ6LCx1r772DctRkHae-D0kGhox1N0qBVHFcSnelB6HPic/s602/z%20Montezooma%20Signage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZavc21pRe5CMjgOrOUYb8_zDKMTDjoeg9yp5eFPw45jr8Uz1W5MU6lnpg6yPwH0Yp_TzmsMTDOQJ0sg5grbERTNATKjTlYWAxobZmOVxZMQhdEYu8H3gGi0zf2-LwVlE6Pb96-4fAtHOy5oQ6LCx1r772DctRkHae-D0kGhox1N0qBVHFcSnelB6HPic/s320/z%20Montezooma%20Signage.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p></p><p>This embroidered patch can't be "original" to when the coaster opened, because it depicts the ride's newer signage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlyifcHoRQUiTaSMHu7B93kgKkwVhvPt1Edpt-n7PUBRjGMDSX-miEk_OxjghpfLSnkp-lmMDSY8H6nLklpCOD9pRzoZLYg8ggiFCV2Uk19mZ1ZmO5-AYmvze3zmMzHlrChpE3lN59OGWDj74EbMcDXgRL4SbcxdiVG2d9ktqPbL8x90-KAfnvSyZV8g/s1600/z%20KBF%20-%20Patch%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="968" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlyifcHoRQUiTaSMHu7B93kgKkwVhvPt1Edpt-n7PUBRjGMDSX-miEk_OxjghpfLSnkp-lmMDSY8H6nLklpCOD9pRzoZLYg8ggiFCV2Uk19mZ1ZmO5-AYmvze3zmMzHlrChpE3lN59OGWDj74EbMcDXgRL4SbcxdiVG2d9ktqPbL8x90-KAfnvSyZV8g/s320/z%20KBF%20-%20Patch%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's that "newer" sign, for comparison:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FF5Bwe6sMS7_1QCzM-41mt-jLCufHLbvk7VfDAYTAcg_4KkVdCDcPiXhrsEFTjuqxHc_5Izk7WuDujJSW9urDsuvlzp5k4y7er8xrTKXfUhy5K3e-5cs7v0HchskKaN3wDSqfU_SR3FKuUh7MpibEx5yV74wsp7uMryc5qs_L8AZ2cOShE2VFXXZRNE/s816/z%20Montezooma%20Sign%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="816" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FF5Bwe6sMS7_1QCzM-41mt-jLCufHLbvk7VfDAYTAcg_4KkVdCDcPiXhrsEFTjuqxHc_5Izk7WuDujJSW9urDsuvlzp5k4y7er8xrTKXfUhy5K3e-5cs7v0HchskKaN3wDSqfU_SR3FKuUh7MpibEx5yV74wsp7uMryc5qs_L8AZ2cOShE2VFXXZRNE/s320/z%20Montezooma%20Sign%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And this collector's pin is a much more recent item. In 2020, Knott's released a series of 100 pins for their 100th anniversary. This pin was #78 in the series.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiAlkaloOMtv_eEeCad7JMl6CaFczTnxncAaVyJ7a1e7bM_lvc0nvUIrgYOCGpptKijRrBHgTCkTIvTLhLyVSEgFeVmbd-03b9jLrgus3CXz8WoXW6YWc0KPMAkzSs4Eeh0hrsn60F_I/s1350/Knott%2527s+Pin+%252378.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiAlkaloOMtv_eEeCad7JMl6CaFczTnxncAaVyJ7a1e7bM_lvc0nvUIrgYOCGpptKijRrBHgTCkTIvTLhLyVSEgFeVmbd-03b9jLrgus3CXz8WoXW6YWc0KPMAkzSs4Eeh0hrsn60F_I/s320/Knott%2527s+Pin+%252378.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Montezooma's Revenge finally received it's very own attraction poster, when Cedar Fair commissioned artist, Josh Reichlin, to design official attraction posters for each of Knott's roller coasters (with the exceptions being, Timberline Twister and Pony Express). This poster is currently available for purchase, at the Knott's "online" Marketplace.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWN-MoP34Lum_dFMuLoamtxrZMr9YGtjEaLb6s_LKAPrX6bWDKFa0fj5yOnimgDUGj29Y3HjcXT25HFpsZU1PbnOQVpWVX9d_-JXf4sr-JFhjVOJhp8Z3bTn46QBbwt3Wvxlq2jLarHrHEZjU5C8nxVeF3i2eLKd5fw3dLmfQ2xyfnTN6a7K1g-Re/s940/zz%20Montezooma%20Poster%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWN-MoP34Lum_dFMuLoamtxrZMr9YGtjEaLb6s_LKAPrX6bWDKFa0fj5yOnimgDUGj29Y3HjcXT25HFpsZU1PbnOQVpWVX9d_-JXf4sr-JFhjVOJhp8Z3bTn46QBbwt3Wvxlq2jLarHrHEZjU5C8nxVeF3i2eLKd5fw3dLmfQ2xyfnTN6a7K1g-Re/s320/zz%20Montezooma%20Poster%20(3).jpg" width="219" /></a></div><p>Another current item for sale, is this "NanoCoaster" model of Montezooma's track layout.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjSNHcvRQdFSk2jjDjRW7so3d0DpVq_eApQgQH6A64IRD55GdNiExiTH8yp0CRH5CEX_VBBzCgRf0xXT-EpkbP0E3klsU1ine557Aqb59x5t1FiMxyKXKmTX06yX5BSyDBWeX310xcSONgFYH9axS09PTrHL1jnYWIzsqgmaZTiVcfWJFojcvtdGv2zk/s816/KBF%20-%20Montezooma%20Nanocoaster%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="816" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjSNHcvRQdFSk2jjDjRW7so3d0DpVq_eApQgQH6A64IRD55GdNiExiTH8yp0CRH5CEX_VBBzCgRf0xXT-EpkbP0E3klsU1ine557Aqb59x5t1FiMxyKXKmTX06yX5BSyDBWeX310xcSONgFYH9axS09PTrHL1jnYWIzsqgmaZTiVcfWJFojcvtdGv2zk/s320/KBF%20-%20Montezooma%20Nanocoaster%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>In 2019, the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) recognized Montezooma's Revenge as a "roller coaster landmark," and presented Knott's with a special plaque. The plaque, which is mounted to a wall near the ride's entrance, provides some info about the coaster's manufacturer (Anton Schwarzkopf) and it's designer (Werner Stengel). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb0k02AbW3O4uOh5wmrJYnUzWPYe2s8kSWjQFXHGDtz-M_9kH09M86GyzVtTYy3-dM6uWXXt_NSJ8rKs7bTXJvyp5esNvkn32ShyBEhLmGeGCvsLV-ZnfFPooAx5D4JioL71ttlNZYJGL6xTwkvt1HoTfcAuSgsRZO-ATZqztAnJ09eLztwaGWc1aNeg/s1800/z%20ACE%20Landmark%20Plaque.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb0k02AbW3O4uOh5wmrJYnUzWPYe2s8kSWjQFXHGDtz-M_9kH09M86GyzVtTYy3-dM6uWXXt_NSJ8rKs7bTXJvyp5esNvkn32ShyBEhLmGeGCvsLV-ZnfFPooAx5D4JioL71ttlNZYJGL6xTwkvt1HoTfcAuSgsRZO-ATZqztAnJ09eLztwaGWc1aNeg/s320/z%20ACE%20Landmark%20Plaque.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>To experience a "virtual" ride on the <i>original</i> Montezooma's Revenge, here's a front row "POV" video from Knott's own YouTube channel:</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EsRP4ajWMcM" title="YouTube video player" width="430"></iframe>
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For summer of 2023, the "Fiesta Village" area at Knott's received a major refurbishment, which was also supposed to include a "re-imagined" Montezooma's Revenge. The grand re-opening has been delayed, and from online reports, construction was even halted for a while. When the ride does reopen, it will have a new "random" launch pattern, meaning riders won't know if the coaster train is going to launch forwards, or backwards. The ride will also be renamed, "MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress." The concept art below shows a new entrance arch and signage.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzUDmqmYqpRO1y8Datvrvh3WVQGpCUp6RRsFzdSCE9lRgPzi0vdcKbO8GSZX12efRdzfc7iX6nMuQ68ths35YX_fg82BicfcuJaiJgDX4Dyaiu5TTn08184mLOvHOm6NnRu8EEmSNlae5RiZr4nqeyP7EVudqksuhdOQXPTlZp6bXhqGefb1L-8Fh/s1090/Montezooma%20-%20The%20Forbidden%20Fortress.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1090" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzUDmqmYqpRO1y8Datvrvh3WVQGpCUp6RRsFzdSCE9lRgPzi0vdcKbO8GSZX12efRdzfc7iX6nMuQ68ths35YX_fg82BicfcuJaiJgDX4Dyaiu5TTn08184mLOvHOm6NnRu8EEmSNlae5RiZr4nqeyP7EVudqksuhdOQXPTlZp6bXhqGefb1L-8Fh/s320/Montezooma%20-%20The%20Forbidden%20Fortress.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This short promotional clip reveals what the redesigned coaster train will look like.<br /></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1qUfx5CNT_Q" title="YouTube video player" width="430"></iframe> <br /></p><p></p><p>I will wrap up this anniversary post, with a series of photos that I've taken of Montezooma, over the years.</p><p>The entrance with it's original wooden gates: <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkBpmlooGvoBjK-wiq_bb4MvhOZ5JaZhA_K5zbqN1ceQKKky36gQW6M7yydfR5oFD4dpayXm37G2h1TZpAIrV5qLGUzwWDD3Z15GZRzPwTsA7vv_88cUuN1auJbt6op8AijOX-8tnvny5h1kdUozuCEhD-xpLIChUSIWDoHbyHSBYRnmiQjNzuzcK5aI/s891/zz16a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGkBpmlooGvoBjK-wiq_bb4MvhOZ5JaZhA_K5zbqN1ceQKKky36gQW6M7yydfR5oFD4dpayXm37G2h1TZpAIrV5qLGUzwWDD3Z15GZRzPwTsA7vv_88cUuN1auJbt6op8AijOX-8tnvny5h1kdUozuCEhD-xpLIChUSIWDoHbyHSBYRnmiQjNzuzcK5aI/s320/zz16a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>The "newer" signage featured a three dimensional serpent, with a forked tongue that moved up and down....<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYLuErRZ3BzThrt9EJPRfrmsmU8Sq-ojKkbu7RiNglcUeLKcZrsUYRwttb_9Ne5QCM5YE2VSOI9impQu5NBK_LX-sT3pbyTAj6U2UEn_OjTIS4wZZskHxXee5Qnm96jaXm1ZNowmuuPaczTjm3boXD5ZaeAflkLuxfAgQmv-J1wr3wD1vuLiJfZKJq6k/s1012/zz16b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1012" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYLuErRZ3BzThrt9EJPRfrmsmU8Sq-ojKkbu7RiNglcUeLKcZrsUYRwttb_9Ne5QCM5YE2VSOI9impQu5NBK_LX-sT3pbyTAj6U2UEn_OjTIS4wZZskHxXee5Qnm96jaXm1ZNowmuuPaczTjm3boXD5ZaeAflkLuxfAgQmv-J1wr3wD1vuLiJfZKJq6k/s320/zz16b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>.....and eyes that glowed:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZwHaQ2NrjO3TeJDOlmeTcTz4rugdoQ8-lS9WkkxkJUxPAfLxyNngttjphbE2CpxcaFSgP56xt-G2B9Df7Qww-0xrjPj7WCTszwX3v3e_nHnbIolN2XOjj011Q8xuYekVH5cKwe_7D3DMveperR6U77mjfHVMKCMrF6_W9Pl-0yxvbPrrQXESzr9wU4c/s1056/zz16bb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZwHaQ2NrjO3TeJDOlmeTcTz4rugdoQ8-lS9WkkxkJUxPAfLxyNngttjphbE2CpxcaFSgP56xt-G2B9Df7Qww-0xrjPj7WCTszwX3v3e_nHnbIolN2XOjj011Q8xuYekVH5cKwe_7D3DMveperR6U77mjfHVMKCMrF6_W9Pl-0yxvbPrrQXESzr9wU4c/s320/zz16bb.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The station, located just to the right of the entrance:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFsYRKtD12qfP6OikUfizOCCIxB9IpS0M0FhKAjbD7edNDo_QNCFgfzpT8d_0ae4_ijQHyTbMWiPs8xPTyXXx81JuVBR-R9vV_eswDDRpY6VZLOhoF4rB6iurvHX_ZAMz2Lt_pY6E4Eqgnboc0ZPDumVoJ9V1_f7-JkSvp1FZSwoGkepKb2djyTrHU-8/s1012/zz16c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1012" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFsYRKtD12qfP6OikUfizOCCIxB9IpS0M0FhKAjbD7edNDo_QNCFgfzpT8d_0ae4_ijQHyTbMWiPs8xPTyXXx81JuVBR-R9vV_eswDDRpY6VZLOhoF4rB6iurvHX_ZAMz2Lt_pY6E4Eqgnboc0ZPDumVoJ9V1_f7-JkSvp1FZSwoGkepKb2djyTrHU-8/s320/zz16c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Inside the station, preparing to launch:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySsKNRiWRZDig7pIxWEzztOfdltJ2a7G_ofatGnEhCWyz0SsRPQVCYM19UHxErq6by4BbZcdYikmpdQfU2nJasoWVmYI7Fe6W1ZF2Kk4Ayu9T9GlQ3Z-njsmRLRtIed46TIU17oak7VVvYHXg8GIIwBWmHWhpKbbrvcfc1dKffEkEVKdlB_JS9Be7oiE/s320/zz16f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> Heading towards the loop:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiVHRg6eu3shS2xH5S0p_EIv-yMiBpMDNxmXwIky5pzAaC5HiK4VeFXnugqNijTq9hlgvAwhCNeq98iYt_-XCbLOR6M8Re8VwRQ5zp-1gRMwPN5cA4OQrM-7oo1YrrxYG4QfhannfcVkWlxX_RWQv9gRKLlfrLam-nVUzIqiuV0a8tsJy8Z8y_IBBT88/s1012/zz16g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiVHRg6eu3shS2xH5S0p_EIv-yMiBpMDNxmXwIky5pzAaC5HiK4VeFXnugqNijTq9hlgvAwhCNeq98iYt_-XCbLOR6M8Re8VwRQ5zp-1gRMwPN5cA4OQrM-7oo1YrrxYG4QfhannfcVkWlxX_RWQv9gRKLlfrLam-nVUzIqiuV0a8tsJy8Z8y_IBBT88/s320/zz16g.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The 76-foot tall vertical loop:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PiZQAqLcALaDEdA2jxvivIaAZr4ZRHSmVPQKePEsLR6bhJ3uTraxriCeQzLNw0D-e-6REjpSVW6kQvcsj5tVsXnGo204sFCMAB_UHetJP3LRkkllbLFW1HJ_amdikcGEG6A9vIkrgIbvQDWL2NPt6bT0xtzdpjOd9C5bFF2XEpL37zCQ0XJpK-VFEnw/s1012/zz16i.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PiZQAqLcALaDEdA2jxvivIaAZr4ZRHSmVPQKePEsLR6bhJ3uTraxriCeQzLNw0D-e-6REjpSVW6kQvcsj5tVsXnGo204sFCMAB_UHetJP3LRkkllbLFW1HJ_amdikcGEG6A9vIkrgIbvQDWL2NPt6bT0xtzdpjOd9C5bFF2XEpL37zCQ0XJpK-VFEnw/s320/zz16i.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>In 1995, Knott's designed their newest coaster, "Jaguar," to go right through the center of Montezooma's loop. A "cage" was built around the new coaster's track. I'm assuming this was to prevent anything from potentially dropping out of Jaguar's trains, and onto Montezooma's track?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF6wjzFqbHd5EQQHk3YDAMubwu12Q-kEgjsmcOzGSd40Gkgl-RCFon5hHcEpMTD9S6ChuJgj5h57e1Oql8VyqPnfptwZCRIVzkLqaj7SUctw05GR5Gr_EivetkFeyZ-Bb9bJyGsL_W7FwbtTc3RU7tQtI4CDcGpNo6CMGbl0ahs1HZERKDedfUifFVjw/s1012/zz16j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF6wjzFqbHd5EQQHk3YDAMubwu12Q-kEgjsmcOzGSd40Gkgl-RCFon5hHcEpMTD9S6ChuJgj5h57e1Oql8VyqPnfptwZCRIVzkLqaj7SUctw05GR5Gr_EivetkFeyZ-Bb9bJyGsL_W7FwbtTc3RU7tQtI4CDcGpNo6CMGbl0ahs1HZERKDedfUifFVjw/s320/zz16j.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Going up the first tower, which stands 140 feet tall (this image is from Wikipedia, since I did not have my own daytime photo of this section of the track):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1La6bjOym2ReIC-KlAkBRm6OI-rEho3Ypg8Bflgwdrhm5chZh6KO2KhlYCaG63LhT7jAILv1TcnbT2DUBjLBwRd17Z3wRyKAZ-eoG-19dqoGg6DY0B8oOpGDIsSyixbPzYXM6Siam_Ox5QUb6EgkoNh_ksScWor0TOOxzs_DQN4p7oPnU_XzOS0bbdE/s640/from%20Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1La6bjOym2ReIC-KlAkBRm6OI-rEho3Ypg8Bflgwdrhm5chZh6KO2KhlYCaG63LhT7jAILv1TcnbT2DUBjLBwRd17Z3wRyKAZ-eoG-19dqoGg6DY0B8oOpGDIsSyixbPzYXM6Siam_Ox5QUb6EgkoNh_ksScWor0TOOxzs_DQN4p7oPnU_XzOS0bbdE/s320/from%20Wikipedia.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>And here is the view at night, while standing directly below the tower:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ncKGkf0w-meCG0L2HFkW3bR9a2sFIZ-6cP6dROZNZemtdRuqTEtB7rv6K_HNKL3hgw9nk8Wy9uVE3_LLk3Tfe6KM-xUIIKMaOmHpIOd8XHN3UU--EiDKmU6uB_1f8wt-BfEDRQiCNtNMeRk3zr4DO0BGTx8L4T4WUjyw4IKV35-g9h1VTEBbAjWGXqI/s932/zz16jj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ncKGkf0w-meCG0L2HFkW3bR9a2sFIZ-6cP6dROZNZemtdRuqTEtB7rv6K_HNKL3hgw9nk8Wy9uVE3_LLk3Tfe6KM-xUIIKMaOmHpIOd8XHN3UU--EiDKmU6uB_1f8wt-BfEDRQiCNtNMeRk3zr4DO0BGTx8L4T4WUjyw4IKV35-g9h1VTEBbAjWGXqI/s320/zz16jj.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Going backwards through the station:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxc0z1MBnuEnpxP2g3bqUr8ogJ0fVNaSHRGmubuej1LTbfSBmueeu2hrnsdpIoiQO3cobH1L8262h8OkpuhxUXZ2lXlMeB3O-FJ4p7fg5pkqjFOR31-xQ12jBXU_FsChav4dKWEFH7dfoEAixlJYAR1O6t1qwUOP7M3i7Cq_DhkG6Jd97tuQ9j1Fd917k/s1012/zz16h.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxc0z1MBnuEnpxP2g3bqUr8ogJ0fVNaSHRGmubuej1LTbfSBmueeu2hrnsdpIoiQO3cobH1L8262h8OkpuhxUXZ2lXlMeB3O-FJ4p7fg5pkqjFOR31-xQ12jBXU_FsChav4dKWEFH7dfoEAixlJYAR1O6t1qwUOP7M3i7Cq_DhkG6Jd97tuQ9j1Fd917k/s320/zz16h.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Coming out of the backside of the station:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH4ncanGFrNQzEI5NreKT7yf84XuXBB2waQMRroZLC2lAKOdMbXLdkMLXT5q0LAlsvOA4ZUMNy96aRZev9cR8ldhXv560ptSx0lXn3KXyI1Cdgr3vOymFolQfrUEmrlohPtzIV53RPCxp1uuNx9K7RxeEGJdmOZrlCtCU-BO4bAdujc4hVYGaeAKXyFc/s1012/zz16k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH4ncanGFrNQzEI5NreKT7yf84XuXBB2waQMRroZLC2lAKOdMbXLdkMLXT5q0LAlsvOA4ZUMNy96aRZev9cR8ldhXv560ptSx0lXn3KXyI1Cdgr3vOymFolQfrUEmrlohPtzIV53RPCxp1uuNx9K7RxeEGJdmOZrlCtCU-BO4bAdujc4hVYGaeAKXyFc/s320/zz16k.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p>Going up the second tower, and experiencing "weightlessness":<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMD1yPBiSX2r3B5emNF9n1smalLRWywZ5yTVhRh2t0YstjIbaX2duWCF_r_uGkqSv0wUzfoCWdN3H5RnvDH_3nvK3ksarpuWOtoCRQbuXMvmXBfEwgXmaCUpZB1Giub5Y4uokcswuECc-ygqSogHSzUCMXLZcYYnSmnVibl4dUJ53kdJeGGO64sKbJ98M/s1012/zz16m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMD1yPBiSX2r3B5emNF9n1smalLRWywZ5yTVhRh2t0YstjIbaX2duWCF_r_uGkqSv0wUzfoCWdN3H5RnvDH_3nvK3ksarpuWOtoCRQbuXMvmXBfEwgXmaCUpZB1Giub5Y4uokcswuECc-ygqSogHSzUCMXLZcYYnSmnVibl4dUJ53kdJeGGO64sKbJ98M/s320/zz16m.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>And coming back down, into the station:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWzc3SpaqRTddAm6q9mCHhp5i3m2AopmfKaKdO-HOmI7CjIz629Ya2VQWBj0dFBh1aZoxQAS3ci8tLDkdYkqoQboRMN5OdiDvCc1j6ehKc8OYEpyIPQLF41qVZBPUPtP2Sg1u32iEr9O_4mg90sS1Ky4t0-n8ajj5N7UWj3kI7teuTUjZ7-4Ahe336Ds/s1012/zz16l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWzc3SpaqRTddAm6q9mCHhp5i3m2AopmfKaKdO-HOmI7CjIz629Ya2VQWBj0dFBh1aZoxQAS3ci8tLDkdYkqoQboRMN5OdiDvCc1j6ehKc8OYEpyIPQLF41qVZBPUPtP2Sg1u32iEr9O_4mg90sS1Ky4t0-n8ajj5N7UWj3kI7teuTUjZ7-4Ahe336Ds/s320/zz16l.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>****Bonus Items****</p><p>For anyone who's interested, here is that March 1978 brochure, in it's entirety: <br /></p><p>Years before Knott's was ever having a "Boysenberry Festival," their big springtime event was, "Knott's Country Fair." This event began just one year earlier, in the spring of 1977.</p><p>The cover mentions the filming of a "Guinness Book of World Records TV special," taking place in the park. I did a search, and nothing came up for that year, or with those two stars, Richard Dawson and Michelle Lee. If it exists somewhere out there, I sure would like to find a copy!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnhisTl_od62N6Li8hLeXtP0JbsRl_-KlTOxoxX91V2NkdKarfVygCvpLVY70eN5dTOtWHsgAK23-QERMcw13yJPaGF_tETWQ8TwAU31KWgzNMZQrRGoBPfc5224UWkJeYp47Dd6qjHxrb_iu05GO3Q1AL7hAJgi_12cnYl_p7yyNe4PohRg05ZKl7MI/s1895/zz%20KBF%20Fair%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1895" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnhisTl_od62N6Li8hLeXtP0JbsRl_-KlTOxoxX91V2NkdKarfVygCvpLVY70eN5dTOtWHsgAK23-QERMcw13yJPaGF_tETWQ8TwAU31KWgzNMZQrRGoBPfc5224UWkJeYp47Dd6qjHxrb_iu05GO3Q1AL7hAJgi_12cnYl_p7yyNe4PohRg05ZKl7MI/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%201.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><p></p><p>A note below the map's "Legend" states, "Colorful and decorative souvenir maps of Knott's Berry Farm are available at many locations throughout the Farm." They didn't mention that they were actually selling them. The map they were referring to was a large "wall" map, designed by Bob Bates. There were two versions available for sale, one without Montezooma's Revenge, and an updated version, after the coaster was added to the map.</p><p>I wonder if this "freebie" map, was purposely made plain and printed only in one color, to try and promote the sales of their more "colorful and decorative" souvenir maps? I know that I bought one, back in the day. A blown-up version of the Bob Bates map can currently be seen on a wall, inside Virginia's Gift Shop. A scan of that map is also available <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LQiN0R7IMUF08h17GzmA3TYv-hpUiRapnJYCxga0aTZsjryCdva5CmeSxpkj0XJ4Bii1X24R7YeFPFBIVbTWWqKwDxUIyU8WFo_sHWlmjnyJ8G5Y8E-cdL_Dra9_C1DA89CR0QW8Nt-c/s1600-h/Fun2.jpg" target="_blank">HERE</a>, from the blog, "Vintage Disneyland Tickets."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdlMqnSnyWaH-Qj-h9411edhxKYioJS4jlHnLmliaOOei3_tOcexW8odXqUolGpabW4ijBYw_RcanXb31WyCjcoHFr2fnTS8uLTiJPRJMi5MktpPy0l6m-NR0VbynBs3Osi2V0p3HZ8iVMlrq3H9DCDWWXpeKx6YyZ8AzSaKgUxdT0bmmmytJ_pGMUcI/s2687/zz%20KBF%20Fair%203.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="2687" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdlMqnSnyWaH-Qj-h9411edhxKYioJS4jlHnLmliaOOei3_tOcexW8odXqUolGpabW4ijBYw_RcanXb31WyCjcoHFr2fnTS8uLTiJPRJMi5MktpPy0l6m-NR0VbynBs3Osi2V0p3HZ8iVMlrq3H9DCDWWXpeKx6YyZ8AzSaKgUxdT0bmmmytJ_pGMUcI/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%203.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Interesting......there was a band by the name of "Montezuma's Revenge," performing at the Wagon Camp! I did a search for them, and it looks like they released at least one record. They also performed at Disneyland, for Grad Nite '81. And it looks like <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIev2ND3RFU7yf9qiByUFqidu9KFK-O2E2UZB9YYJnIhAT4xGl3RzzHVh2WrkaPFg4OoNdTC3z8mlA0N5ZaXYxyBtXBjdwLx77YDYhgh5Ops49fNaMICkZWz6n1u9MH1OvSIi0gFpi_A/s1600/zFather%2527s+Day+2016+%25284%2529.jpg" target="_blank">Fiddlin' Charlie & Mamie</a> were still performing on the porch of the Gold Trails Hotel. Personally, I want to go "shake my booty" to the sounds of "The Disco Machine," at the Airfield Eatery. I'm a little surprised that the disco dancing wasn't taking place over at the Cloud Nine Ballroom.</p><p>And check out those contests.....Pie Eating, Yodeling, Hog Calling, Cow Milking, and Greased Pig Catching. These contests were all still taking place years later, when I was working at Knott's. The pie-eating contest was also held during the Knott's annual "Employee's-Only Night."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZvd6dtzAzu_sD6aq5XpYEnV5UkAxKIFmQI_NbXtTH762XISvevvghfdCUWmrxWrT87j7iil6BJ4Ro_9gEnpLxFOxzv9JkPcY5kyhW9ZPeXS-g7GQlCAgRO1qSg52zX1soUoLgnjjQ0Zw0zG_CH3UeQ8YzIC7Xu_YZUcj9az-uEkxtxTyuUw0TS5YcVk/s1920/zz%20KBF%20Fair%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZvd6dtzAzu_sD6aq5XpYEnV5UkAxKIFmQI_NbXtTH762XISvevvghfdCUWmrxWrT87j7iil6BJ4Ro_9gEnpLxFOxzv9JkPcY5kyhW9ZPeXS-g7GQlCAgRO1qSg52zX1soUoLgnjjQ0Zw0zG_CH3UeQ8YzIC7Xu_YZUcj9az-uEkxtxTyuUw0TS5YcVk/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%204.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACcfReZu4uuZjz7tNXV6UucrEte2UG9j7ssopLWDlF1CaunRpzWRFilcPeCf3FokooOAleMjQHo6JpiKFqqSMe5oW6TfCcIh8izQIoHItzmTgDBz1glgrj5XqbofCb8j2CciwtxBGq-wms2RmN5pV1sEovu1P2DntqH3WqGVtxXCq5nbbnxAWO9yDqRM/s1741/zz%20KBF%20Fair%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1741" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACcfReZu4uuZjz7tNXV6UucrEte2UG9j7ssopLWDlF1CaunRpzWRFilcPeCf3FokooOAleMjQHo6JpiKFqqSMe5oW6TfCcIh8izQIoHItzmTgDBz1glgrj5XqbofCb8j2CciwtxBGq-wms2RmN5pV1sEovu1P2DntqH3WqGVtxXCq5nbbnxAWO9yDqRM/s320/zz%20KBF%20Fair%202.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><p>And just "because"......here is my Knott's Country Fair employee button, from 1986 (eight years later). The annual Country Fair event was still going strong at this time. I'm not sure when they discontinued the event, but it looks like it was still taking place <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgJeU8pESn8" target="_blank"> as late as 2011</a>. By 2013, it was replaced with the Knott's "Berry Bloom" spring event. Who remembers that one? I don't think that event was very popular, because by the next year (2014), it was replaced by Knott's very first "Boysenberry Festival," which has continued every spring, since then.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-KSRP941zB7Iy9kLlvK4km1fITnrXjOygcR3yF5Jrc_1zzmhKu6OiUnA-ZjpbPsuaaKaHu4uPPA-N_jhok2a7HraaOtVwaqQpQpd48JZnP_wpPerQNdBS9xxscBO_chR3EkMxLjUE685ypJiVQc5wQoXLxE-KDYgnqgpzOp5qC2mCVYY0cNi9cACR0k/s829/Knott's%20Country%20Fair%20-%201986%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="829" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-KSRP941zB7Iy9kLlvK4km1fITnrXjOygcR3yF5Jrc_1zzmhKu6OiUnA-ZjpbPsuaaKaHu4uPPA-N_jhok2a7HraaOtVwaqQpQpd48JZnP_wpPerQNdBS9xxscBO_chR3EkMxLjUE685ypJiVQc5wQoXLxE-KDYgnqgpzOp5qC2mCVYY0cNi9cACR0k/s320/Knott's%20Country%20Fair%20-%201986%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's one more "bonus" item. After appearing at Knott's over that Memorial Day weekend in 1978, Debbie Reynolds returned to the Farm exactly one year later. This advertisement is from a May 1979 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESRjGGUsDb0at_LrgG7lPX4c6iDdup5_YnLNfR68qjp3nWzRvv8tr8A72RUoEH2joW_ik9OLEkSZf7ZVI2lXLJZovReqDYoBtoVmKF397-n1hrbLC5114cxSC_CoKlV04Ltwh08OtvI6Ib9dPXLGeuTW3lVwRTKoDCa0XwxMXbz9lJBUQ7DRvT383eWI/s1082/zz%20Debbie%20Reynolds%20-%20May%201979%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESRjGGUsDb0at_LrgG7lPX4c6iDdup5_YnLNfR68qjp3nWzRvv8tr8A72RUoEH2joW_ik9OLEkSZf7ZVI2lXLJZovReqDYoBtoVmKF397-n1hrbLC5114cxSC_CoKlV04Ltwh08OtvI6Ib9dPXLGeuTW3lVwRTKoDCa0XwxMXbz9lJBUQ7DRvT383eWI/s320/zz%20Debbie%20Reynolds%20-%20May%201979%20b.jpg" width="206" /></a></div> <p></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-30787228890755097602023-06-27T03:01:00.012-07:002023-08-31T06:55:57.506-07:00Camp Snoopy at Knott's Berry Farm - 40th Anniversary (Mega Post!)<p></p><p>Camp Snoopy opened at Knott's Berry Farm, on
July 1, 1983. I had been working at Knott's for a little over a year,
when this new area opened on the former site of a guest parking lot.
That summer, employees received one of these pinback buttons, and were
encouraged to wear them while working. These buttons were not sold
in the park.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9xgp4Xghnysx9R5F6Ep-snSQAAgnDkLNdXoVv0pT3FOqFXcSADEBXrPoaJEiUvJ-LuN4BQ1WnOLriuo9hpNVkwqkPA_L7TVEJEjIlMlKJVCijATPFG4PrDO_07tyqyrYcC6xu88eJ84cGk1ozmJIysXLPC8WkjsQoPgSisnVQT74b7VplBVCxBFg/s633/zz%20Employee%20Button%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="633" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9xgp4Xghnysx9R5F6Ep-snSQAAgnDkLNdXoVv0pT3FOqFXcSADEBXrPoaJEiUvJ-LuN4BQ1WnOLriuo9hpNVkwqkPA_L7TVEJEjIlMlKJVCijATPFG4PrDO_07tyqyrYcC6xu88eJ84cGk1ozmJIysXLPC8WkjsQoPgSisnVQT74b7VplBVCxBFg/s320/zz%20Employee%20Button%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Employees were also given this "employees-only" T-shirt.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryMbj71WbVTFcC8ixHi8WivVF0FNu3ekI3-Kflp8W2Vzivp4elhtWxJDliIY7W9gRZLrSvfA4i3FmkDlEe9eVLRM3Cnp9yD2X1cjnFC57Tbaw3MdHkR_YQvyDx2-12BWwVkhldcSQnABz3kmF-gDU0YU-Anyir4qhQa7U6ukGjOR5lt7Um1NM3MSS/s1600/Knott's%20Employees%20Only%20T-Shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1098" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryMbj71WbVTFcC8ixHi8WivVF0FNu3ekI3-Kflp8W2Vzivp4elhtWxJDliIY7W9gRZLrSvfA4i3FmkDlEe9eVLRM3Cnp9yD2X1cjnFC57Tbaw3MdHkR_YQvyDx2-12BWwVkhldcSQnABz3kmF-gDU0YU-Anyir4qhQa7U6ukGjOR5lt7Um1NM3MSS/s320/Knott's%20Employees%20Only%20T-Shirt.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p>Before Camp Snoopy opened to the public, employees were invited to preview the new area.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzoKN9oTDUbE7kMYT3ksxG6pKxZnTEd08gd745qeANnxVvoypXGOFBni9e2XVzMpSJ0hhpq-2dkBL9p-WYOdXWK_STaLnSYDtCESJzqEZ_Pew2xPLIQ8eJSYceqZtZCEhicYI62UeDjQ-vnY1i076fpUqrw0xPboeO-hqnqECH29bzT9uEoaPqp_R/s850/Employee%20Preview%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzoKN9oTDUbE7kMYT3ksxG6pKxZnTEd08gd745qeANnxVvoypXGOFBni9e2XVzMpSJ0hhpq-2dkBL9p-WYOdXWK_STaLnSYDtCESJzqEZ_Pew2xPLIQ8eJSYceqZtZCEhicYI62UeDjQ-vnY1i076fpUqrw0xPboeO-hqnqECH29bzT9uEoaPqp_R/s320/Employee%20Preview%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="123" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Knott's published a weekly employee newsletter called, <i>The Berry Vine</i>. The July 1, 1983 issue featured an article on the opening of Camp Snoopy, as well as photos from "Employee Night."</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtc_20excywyDuBKHDXi9smzmjM1Vs1l8SwjAnPBWflGABpG3IkacxTuZBBdDWodewm-77819pn8Zed5syVkePHekNFhN-4yOnvoR19oggZlDeUzwIrdQqOleKoF81NUC_pcFsHRP0Q9UDCfAhK1INNO0ElEQWBcPo-mF0F2PHo2VFzNvQ_-DO8V8/s1230/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="948" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtc_20excywyDuBKHDXi9smzmjM1Vs1l8SwjAnPBWflGABpG3IkacxTuZBBdDWodewm-77819pn8Zed5syVkePHekNFhN-4yOnvoR19oggZlDeUzwIrdQqOleKoF81NUC_pcFsHRP0Q9UDCfAhK1INNO0ElEQWBcPo-mF0F2PHo2VFzNvQ_-DO8V8/s320/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(1).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>Notice
the adults playing in the former Beagle Ballroom ("ball
pit"). Adults were originally going to be allowed into the attraction,
and actually were allowed on the employee preview nights. However, we
were informed that because the adults on the preview nights
were too rambunctious, management changed their minds before it opened
to the public, and designated it a "kids-only" attraction. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfXymqrspK5AODr-is0IqZ-XGw2iEeWUyPGztZovf3wh6vq5HHUZDsyKYiCQomZgQ_wEYG11UC3ZQPPHjP176zjflPDBS0WWr1Uad9AblWCIyZCJRgrqlB2hFgfa8aJfbb5LJqE_3CSEGwDY6xwiFpO_eBnb431AJYFqHbH1p5Ggo-C7QRj9EIfBx/s1224/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfXymqrspK5AODr-is0IqZ-XGw2iEeWUyPGztZovf3wh6vq5HHUZDsyKYiCQomZgQ_wEYG11UC3ZQPPHjP176zjflPDBS0WWr1Uad9AblWCIyZCJRgrqlB2hFgfa8aJfbb5LJqE_3CSEGwDY6xwiFpO_eBnb431AJYFqHbH1p5Ggo-C7QRj9EIfBx/s320/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(2).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>This article from the same issue, talks about a McDonald's-Camp Snoopy
promotion. According to the article, this was the first time the
fast-food chain had ever entered into a national promotion
with an amusement park.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YBg9YH92TPcEB80wTgCMupN-V44wfhG6oAOgAPoqch8m0Z6Ts9nscuq-3sqwf4Y5K5zXSBYhBzkgniAfz9AV0Ygo7jfjvkgtPiJEFH-HefRxPKePVdboJPOFJgg-G0IqUFCVSevWzxn2QzR6GAb2DgAzWKTtmTk8zFg7H_gwiTjXZyPB3zUG739q/s1232/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="949" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YBg9YH92TPcEB80wTgCMupN-V44wfhG6oAOgAPoqch8m0Z6Ts9nscuq-3sqwf4Y5K5zXSBYhBzkgniAfz9AV0Ygo7jfjvkgtPiJEFH-HefRxPKePVdboJPOFJgg-G0IqUFCVSevWzxn2QzR6GAb2DgAzWKTtmTk8zFg7H_gwiTjXZyPB3zUG739q/s320/Berry%20Vine%20-%20Camp%20Snoopy%20(3).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p>These are the souvenir Camp Snoopy glasses that were sold at McDonald's, that summer of '83.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekSuCafvgk19vmP9y1IVKUNg6648Ncg9e33aIHjI2Og4USq3JhK3prYHfGFOcyTGwnuuZUDPQ4MRr913kjRj6ZgIo1BoI5XJcuiSnOPvYlmh1bjJUl_NOd0y90_NZqf_1oOQN1u7tZsCF0BZWKN80gyJtHgzUYHnz6lULQeAw-4VgtqEWCjmUbxjk/s1587/Camp%20Snoopy%20McDonald's%20Glasses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1587" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekSuCafvgk19vmP9y1IVKUNg6648Ncg9e33aIHjI2Og4USq3JhK3prYHfGFOcyTGwnuuZUDPQ4MRr913kjRj6ZgIo1BoI5XJcuiSnOPvYlmh1bjJUl_NOd0y90_NZqf_1oOQN1u7tZsCF0BZWKN80gyJtHgzUYHnz6lULQeAw-4VgtqEWCjmUbxjk/s320/Camp%20Snoopy%20McDonald's%20Glasses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A Knott's discount coupon was included inside every souvenir glass.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ovcGsaOGOgqSCIQiy25Y_IYHp3Jsu77mkMCVIthGNJrLQvi4SBk4-9bbUvEuUeAhrHb8SZtHJv0uxhBDaoI9Jf7h5Rpcy40al-E8XK-L9ZxrMIzRom8MDM6DkmtGw6FGUbn5Z_NO0m1sUkyPSGYeRirEacV8gUS_4lbASgSGvzU_aNlrf238cvu6/s1196/Camp%20Snoopy%20-%20McDonald's%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1196" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ovcGsaOGOgqSCIQiy25Y_IYHp3Jsu77mkMCVIthGNJrLQvi4SBk4-9bbUvEuUeAhrHb8SZtHJv0uxhBDaoI9Jf7h5Rpcy40al-E8XK-L9ZxrMIzRom8MDM6DkmtGw6FGUbn5Z_NO0m1sUkyPSGYeRirEacV8gUS_4lbASgSGvzU_aNlrf238cvu6/s320/Camp%20Snoopy%20-%20McDonald's%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I saved this advertisement from the July 10, 1983 edition of <i> The Los Angeles Times</i>. Incidentally, this was the same summer that Disneyland's "New Fantasyland" opened. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogbaylrtcVRqMcTxuEWmkqXHYPzhhM8wOEXIgVYM0MsKuOH_X6BFEKIapiITQyBbi7U7y1Uzbh0m6zpnhaNVN7-VUQCrMxe6afb78ld0PrvjGcHWqMZkUIjwFR6c6Cj0iDhoFN5tQeL-PcAhX3WR2GpM_TbgDWTQl6ccJnJHbX520KwQ97ZkBPTNZ/s1370/Camp%20Snoopy%20Newspaper%20Ad%20(5)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogbaylrtcVRqMcTxuEWmkqXHYPzhhM8wOEXIgVYM0MsKuOH_X6BFEKIapiITQyBbi7U7y1Uzbh0m6zpnhaNVN7-VUQCrMxe6afb78ld0PrvjGcHWqMZkUIjwFR6c6Cj0iDhoFN5tQeL-PcAhX3WR2GpM_TbgDWTQl6ccJnJHbX520KwQ97ZkBPTNZ/s320/Camp%20Snoopy%20Newspaper%20Ad%20(5)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p></p><p>These next two pre-opening ads were from <i>"Great Times,"</i> which was an annual summer "supplement" to <i>The Los Angeles Times.</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigDT484WoCr_253EqfUht_S_OCFB7zWzpWCdXKya6iea6HmW-4z7P52S0CPGprEoK4pSqCimiw61NPGM2TqEy9ku_Pw0EYeyioKEbAuccyc0i5H00xSCusCtCa1ArrYTpaSemU4DfLut-P37-1fGIadWOV2Q9j72GIfoOM1zO-T7VdbPTp4G_1Wmm/s1239/zz%20Pre-opening%20Ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="949" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigDT484WoCr_253EqfUht_S_OCFB7zWzpWCdXKya6iea6HmW-4z7P52S0CPGprEoK4pSqCimiw61NPGM2TqEy9ku_Pw0EYeyioKEbAuccyc0i5H00xSCusCtCa1ArrYTpaSemU4DfLut-P37-1fGIadWOV2Q9j72GIfoOM1zO-T7VdbPTp4G_1Wmm/s320/zz%20Pre-opening%20Ad.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><p>"Beatlemania" was also debuting at Knott's that summer.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3JCiJz1bgf8KUXArlKO3Q9gn-4zIEg1AiZKqjKxhKkF_cqCAOPuZTNDh0Pgou24iJSYaJ_3M0RmcHfOTR89H8SkODEfV_IR7DX_NY7bhL3JZma-PBZmBfCyCZMhWbn7pATmSqPGbO2wx0c6oOMYMjATzPdWV8E8QlDGuzYdTKNqqXtHgZkzqeh8m/s1232/Beatlemania%20at%20Knott's%20'83%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3JCiJz1bgf8KUXArlKO3Q9gn-4zIEg1AiZKqjKxhKkF_cqCAOPuZTNDh0Pgou24iJSYaJ_3M0RmcHfOTR89H8SkODEfV_IR7DX_NY7bhL3JZma-PBZmBfCyCZMhWbn7pATmSqPGbO2wx0c6oOMYMjATzPdWV8E8QlDGuzYdTKNqqXtHgZkzqeh8m/s320/Beatlemania%20at%20Knott's%20'83%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Now, we will take a look at some of Camp Snoopy's original attractions and features.</p><p>When
Camp Snoopy was being built, the park's Stagecoach route was extended around the new area, and included a new wooden trestle over the entrance.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpTZewNdTpN80pZi7euBoPX1DjxZWB2ELQbwnatMmFavhuTQAbnt5m8_Ece0ovbVUO3tIyRqUIoMgivdnoTzdQXNoNsLf-Ncewl-PXO04sQbcakSn0EGyYswzIq91uEEm1udi8lf6-UPGRQiVVFaoCNSDRO5uTDVvK3-w1C5RVeNe-Zyt47wdepDE/s1350/zz%20Entrance%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1350" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpTZewNdTpN80pZi7euBoPX1DjxZWB2ELQbwnatMmFavhuTQAbnt5m8_Ece0ovbVUO3tIyRqUIoMgivdnoTzdQXNoNsLf-Ncewl-PXO04sQbcakSn0EGyYswzIq91uEEm1udi8lf6-UPGRQiVVFaoCNSDRO5uTDVvK3-w1C5RVeNe-Zyt47wdepDE/s320/zz%20Entrance%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The
waterfall to the left of the entrance (with Snoopy & his little
bird friends), was not an opening day feature, and did not appear until the 1990s.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBqZvEOnbbcEiaP7g9fYyETgCYE3EETxnttSU0MF-nHQWkXMnsvdPlDVTT0imWCFGveqQZAjPjvvbSa6x3bwpsqOK7OcoilzZjV-AsNrJhQ0KwNyoM-0r8wpdp8_O-N-jdnea_mHYoryh_SuTeaXA9KPFcdBmET1Qg4cIF4Q5X3kzFkIeO-QczvFg/s873/zz%20Entrance%20-%20Gif.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="873" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBqZvEOnbbcEiaP7g9fYyETgCYE3EETxnttSU0MF-nHQWkXMnsvdPlDVTT0imWCFGveqQZAjPjvvbSa6x3bwpsqOK7OcoilzZjV-AsNrJhQ0KwNyoM-0r8wpdp8_O-N-jdnea_mHYoryh_SuTeaXA9KPFcdBmET1Qg4cIF4Q5X3kzFkIeO-QczvFg/s320/zz%20Entrance%20-%20Gif.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>However,
the sign to the right of the entrance was original, and remained in
place for over 30 years, before being removed. Why was the sign removed,
did you ask? I have no idea, but it has been gone now for almost 10
years. I always thought it was a cute idea, especially with it's
declaration of the population being, "Peanuts." It also reminded me of
the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjFtsaNVR-9-VvkJciZx5C_kUpVF2OWGN6ERaIDT0M4dX7U1oepgBOcayHDMCYkIHhiVZohgw6U7m9QSxEVF1YMQq7yZN7reSjisyFaDsNBQifzsOHVjJmuWHNnCA7VJzRFmOwat3wlhpFNsL5qzaxcv1iMH5uMNUNwKhlJWIBaih3rITiYkoK69O/s887/8-1-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" target="_blank">entrance sign to Bear Country, at Disneyland.</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-W5XJQypao9fUFPvaWxFO8blV3rPv_wXCMk84z6PCwTYmrgJuQ2P9BkugYYrKwCYADzIs8ZJzxPMshPwiqoX3mrxrTJVS6JiCA_adYTi3kB_F2WrMLKdRw0ByIVO9MseIT6ixZp9vGLJsoL-aazm24vPPpLthEHz1y-HstAXcMtg_7bHASamEC-3/s900/zz%20Entrance%20Sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-W5XJQypao9fUFPvaWxFO8blV3rPv_wXCMk84z6PCwTYmrgJuQ2P9BkugYYrKwCYADzIs8ZJzxPMshPwiqoX3mrxrTJVS6JiCA_adYTi3kB_F2WrMLKdRw0ByIVO9MseIT6ixZp9vGLJsoL-aazm24vPPpLthEHz1y-HstAXcMtg_7bHASamEC-3/s320/zz%20Entrance%20Sign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Just inside the entrance to Camp Snoopy, was the Rocking Horse Toy Shop (Snoopy's Camp Store, today). <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwKR-zmBcwORrqaUXMCVZ5DgN65NYUGAIyXH3BZ8jO582mE5CKg4WMQldfOV0vmHBOt-a6_jqqELzmyif297zgNCl2dWN7kz65z0gZ10TRsNwJtzWytCGmuZ9epGKYKEkEofGjoPabGIBbqRomNXamZT-o7EpvZ8fbmGAJfDBx7iloby6VF-G1nMK/s1012/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwKR-zmBcwORrqaUXMCVZ5DgN65NYUGAIyXH3BZ8jO582mE5CKg4WMQldfOV0vmHBOt-a6_jqqELzmyif297zgNCl2dWN7kz65z0gZ10TRsNwJtzWytCGmuZ9epGKYKEkEofGjoPabGIBbqRomNXamZT-o7EpvZ8fbmGAJfDBx7iloby6VF-G1nMK/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Above
the store's entrance is a large mechanical clock. This clock also
reminded me of Disneyland, upon seeing.....and <i>hearing</i> it for the
very first time. There is a very loud "tick-tock" sound that comes from
the clock, and just like a certain famous Disney clock, it was designed
to put on a show, every fifteen minutes.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvitQOda7UaIDVhG6_F-xqNGPdxBsFPlOH6PpHR38nNawxsMDMRPFzq8ZvWouVRnd5Rw5F-OvOdrccWeU74KMVyN8J9C6w8WNl9wVd7KiyfAncesogQOGUhme-WnyW-71aSF9gB7sxM8oPQYTbjSqNW-V1LzNE4wLLz-CdpKudEJKNMqqhTnYYT9r/s1012/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvitQOda7UaIDVhG6_F-xqNGPdxBsFPlOH6PpHR38nNawxsMDMRPFzq8ZvWouVRnd5Rw5F-OvOdrccWeU74KMVyN8J9C6w8WNl9wVd7KiyfAncesogQOGUhme-WnyW-71aSF9gB7sxM8oPQYTbjSqNW-V1LzNE4wLLz-CdpKudEJKNMqqhTnYYT9r/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>When
the clock would reach the quarter hour, the gears would all start
spinning around. Next, Snoopy would rotate towards the crowd, raise his
hand up to his mouth, and "blow" his bugle.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3goWe6pUOW5kffHrs51bX6995uWobeWNA0IqMC1ARiGXmi_DA4bmP39ueWVVoxAKu89gcp1I4A_azZgxd8jkkRnHg0PoQg6bMP2l7aKWaKYI5_q6eZQ5z1lASyGUHOSGG-mhUZ70_5Jh5wDmJ63JHJ-tZrCKum0ISXAbQnqP4eW2NL2aCBDpMakYW/s918/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3goWe6pUOW5kffHrs51bX6995uWobeWNA0IqMC1ARiGXmi_DA4bmP39ueWVVoxAKu89gcp1I4A_azZgxd8jkkRnHg0PoQg6bMP2l7aKWaKYI5_q6eZQ5z1lASyGUHOSGG-mhUZ70_5Jh5wDmJ63JHJ-tZrCKum0ISXAbQnqP4eW2NL2aCBDpMakYW/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%203.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Finally,
Snoopy's little bird friends would strike the bells the appropriate
number
of times, to announce the correct time of day. Sadly, the clock either
broke, or was turned off many years ago. I'm guessing that it
broke,
because the audio continued to work, so you would still hear the sound of the
gears spinning around, the sound of Snoopy's bugle, and the sound of
the bells ringing, but nothing moved other than the hands on the clock
and it's swinging pendulum. Sad! By some miracle, if the clock has
finally been restored, someone please chime in (no pun intended) and let
us know!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2i5jWXApq1aEYzlyVvfBYgGpyRXKzL49e069GiRyJ7enBLfFyTogdow7mnX9BlmDXRzIaZRDzpeVqq5Yi8VtQzg1oijuZB9R9_qYrpr30DbQdUhZoCVX4Iyh8b3nlY781orAKherYaQqqO3Z-RLJreo4cXm5jh1NCW3C29-BG9pyoaTeVcvGbPvG/s1012/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2i5jWXApq1aEYzlyVvfBYgGpyRXKzL49e069GiRyJ7enBLfFyTogdow7mnX9BlmDXRzIaZRDzpeVqq5Yi8VtQzg1oijuZB9R9_qYrpr30DbQdUhZoCVX4Iyh8b3nlY781orAKherYaQqqO3Z-RLJreo4cXm5jh1NCW3C29-BG9pyoaTeVcvGbPvG/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Clock%204.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Located
across from the toy shop, was "Knott's Landing," where you could board
the Walter K. Steamboat, for a trip around the neighboring "Reflection
Lake."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyYGChxBbZ8lXT3iLE3mfaRGgpzWG-ANswko72aC0ee0P6pDdaDXRY0ULVgCACwPuBN-hDM_6PW1sibssSUHU9xUJNQk4HUNkSCo8Weg9dd0s2lyfcLJMETOSA2XWyNnUfbEwiaDKO6gSycfGeNMZDBNwEaWopMmbGjNUNWFaWC_RsjLJG2u_oD1D/s1015/zz%20Walter%20K..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyYGChxBbZ8lXT3iLE3mfaRGgpzWG-ANswko72aC0ee0P6pDdaDXRY0ULVgCACwPuBN-hDM_6PW1sibssSUHU9xUJNQk4HUNkSCo8Weg9dd0s2lyfcLJMETOSA2XWyNnUfbEwiaDKO6gSycfGeNMZDBNwEaWopMmbGjNUNWFaWC_RsjLJG2u_oD1D/s320/zz%20Walter%20K..jpg" width="312" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately,
the Walter K. was removed in 2007, and replaced with the "spinning"
roller coaster, Sierra Sidewinder. It's route had
already been drastically shortened prior to that, for the construction of another
roller coaster, Silver Bullet, which opened in 2004.</p><p>The "Knott's Landing" boat dock sign (seen above, on the boathouse),
turned up in an auction of Knott's items, back in 2017. The
winning bid was $1,075.50!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-armoxEjS9BWWBL1PfkNB7wkt4VkPLm84W4dLpzp-3SN7Udmyvrqm25pwyLkghNe5wKAHTv2X3V18Oy6jt3d9ustPSupg_Cm0gGh54rhVDD6HFHmN6DTEmWn2RxMJwLTsxUJP7e9pRK0/s1600/Knott%2527s+Landing+Sign+-+Camp+Snoopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1341" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-armoxEjS9BWWBL1PfkNB7wkt4VkPLm84W4dLpzp-3SN7Udmyvrqm25pwyLkghNe5wKAHTv2X3V18Oy6jt3d9ustPSupg_Cm0gGh54rhVDD6HFHmN6DTEmWn2RxMJwLTsxUJP7e9pRK0/s320/Knott%2527s+Landing+Sign+-+Camp+Snoopy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The
Walter K. can be seen below, cruising past The Church of Reflections,
and The Little Chapel by the Lake, the structure that used to house the
"Transfiguration of Christ" attraction. Both of these churches had
stood at the edge of Reflection Lake for decades, but were removed in
2003 for the construction of Silver Bullet. (The Church of Reflections
was relocated to the Knott's parking lot, across Beach Blvd., and
unfortunately, The Little Chapel by the Lake was demolished.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGglt9pawe-Phu0hxN4CvgmW2vv0mQd1fRNeAdlQQvPcWNHugpN2hOVF0Ap2k-b2Vgcy0JSS5xc16aR_15sUEpXL_arlHUnOzSi3BNajixU1xAzLjLt3vV5F21b5NYhE6gzJ-4fn2rhc/s1600/01+Camp+Snoopy+P.C.+-+1991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1204" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGglt9pawe-Phu0hxN4CvgmW2vv0mQd1fRNeAdlQQvPcWNHugpN2hOVF0Ap2k-b2Vgcy0JSS5xc16aR_15sUEpXL_arlHUnOzSi3BNajixU1xAzLjLt3vV5F21b5NYhE6gzJ-4fn2rhc/s320/01+Camp+Snoopy+P.C.+-+1991.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The Walter K. Steamboat was a nod to the Cordelia K. Steamboat (below),
which had been located across the street at the Knott's Lagoon. The
Lagoon area closed in January of 1983, six months before the opening of
Camp Snoopy, and was paved over for additional guest parking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIF0tuZO_AZuAFp6oqAyFSs7wx9Gkeg-gX2fKYAphyh4McZ06Dg5VhyyxJSo-c_m2iWB61OD_d0D9juH6x0wnP9lUXT4nfieNQnTgVHLcU40XjHQ2YaKZHXtyU3PvoT6LHiU54AJEVVSh89XSc1gmucNRq064s2JHEKRArPrffYY3ZCAPBt0Iy4ED/s869/zz%20Knott's%20Lagoon%20-%20Cordelia%20K.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="869" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIF0tuZO_AZuAFp6oqAyFSs7wx9Gkeg-gX2fKYAphyh4McZ06Dg5VhyyxJSo-c_m2iWB61OD_d0D9juH6x0wnP9lUXT4nfieNQnTgVHLcU40XjHQ2YaKZHXtyU3PvoT6LHiU54AJEVVSh89XSc1gmucNRq064s2JHEKRArPrffYY3ZCAPBt0Iy4ED/s320/zz%20Knott's%20Lagoon%20-%20Cordelia%20K.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>As a side note, I think it's funny when the Knott's marketing department
doesn't even know the history of their own park. A Knott's collector's pin was released in
2021, featuring the
Cordelia K. The info on the back of the pin card stated that the
Cordelia K. was relocated to Camp Snoopy in 1983, and remained there
until the construction of Silver Bullet (in 2003). Not only was the
Camp Snoopy boat not the same boat as the one from the Lagoon, but it
didn't even have the same name. Sheesh!</p><p>The koi pond in Camp Snoopy was also removed (replaced by "Woodstock's Airmail" ride), along with the neighboring Animal Farm.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq5Yn4g8X6HtAkNoM235wa-ow0pBtVaEJbpznbdNIXQDIW2bXyQmNxlUFP6XQQercnMlREB82hTtN2nB0SHXiXI0FN1ENJf4nTI7akSTGJWhsbo-qStEMNCJ4S5NxAA-uaAJvQlldPmADDnO_-OS1Epbj_M-4xO4p7w9qL6Ez2uMOnTuvhVhCZ9P_/s759/zz%20Koi%20Pond%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="759" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq5Yn4g8X6HtAkNoM235wa-ow0pBtVaEJbpznbdNIXQDIW2bXyQmNxlUFP6XQQercnMlREB82hTtN2nB0SHXiXI0FN1ENJf4nTI7akSTGJWhsbo-qStEMNCJ4S5NxAA-uaAJvQlldPmADDnO_-OS1Epbj_M-4xO4p7w9qL6Ez2uMOnTuvhVhCZ9P_/s320/zz%20Koi%20Pond%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Animal Farm and it's "Mule-Drawn Merry-Go-Round" ride, had been relocated from Fiesta
Village to Camp Snoopy in 1983, and was renamed Pig Pen's Petting Zoo.<br /><p>Here's a publicity photo of a "kid feeding a kid," in the new Petting Zoo.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqiKOXSKmngkmGAZfIXVcloXhZW0Geu8dhAL9joWaREm1LMFpbQa9jACmjrlmpK4tySaumJh8mzB7KzcK9vnoIGJ7Rudo1CT4XALqvq_Wj-TON68GgGpdVKuthIPiLO8tOmt7gfsTMT_q8qWd0hdcVVgNyPaiKU8fZRy4e3ga3_3gffp77UJPOoRw/s944/zz%20Petting%20Zoo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="944" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqiKOXSKmngkmGAZfIXVcloXhZW0Geu8dhAL9joWaREm1LMFpbQa9jACmjrlmpK4tySaumJh8mzB7KzcK9vnoIGJ7Rudo1CT4XALqvq_Wj-TON68GgGpdVKuthIPiLO8tOmt7gfsTMT_q8qWd0hdcVVgNyPaiKU8fZRy4e3ga3_3gffp77UJPOoRw/s320/zz%20Petting%20Zoo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I took this photo inside the Petting Zoo, back in 2002, about a year before it was removed.
Notice the "food pellet" dispenser mounted to the post, on the far
left. Food had just been purchased and placed on that bench, because someone was afraid to feed the goat with their bare hands. Hey, do we really need <i>all </i>of our fingers?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFAndtYGQ9N0UZMjkE-BoVStbM3z7Zld2jP1UsZ9IoK_EMsa0m3JpBwEsM3hzLn6faXckFO_qVXwZl3xyqJATUPH7HdnLSlAoTOmH6-qKTXMT0H7FuqbIyjxvWQCnCv8DOHX8uiNhxyTYkyF4uYOGV_N-4gr4e-0E9cRfcfZw9jnHl7vQJtPhVJe2/s990/z%20Animal%20Farm%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFAndtYGQ9N0UZMjkE-BoVStbM3z7Zld2jP1UsZ9IoK_EMsa0m3JpBwEsM3hzLn6faXckFO_qVXwZl3xyqJATUPH7HdnLSlAoTOmH6-qKTXMT0H7FuqbIyjxvWQCnCv8DOHX8uiNhxyTYkyF4uYOGV_N-4gr4e-0E9cRfcfZw9jnHl7vQJtPhVJe2/s320/z%20Animal%20Farm%20a.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p>Pig Pen's Petting Zoo was replaced in 2003, by a new Camp Snoopy Theater.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhut_5Ryu5Hx8bDm3hY662sAo4Uwpzt6ARlSsOwsX88Ha5iUZk_RJnkuo6_9Wej6YRkAaawxi_xuJk9CI7ED5Bd3fhd5nHB7iHiO6XvumtwC0NQBVsUNoJqMUsbws3f-dOt1DWKLaaU6RkOKBWhpv_mczK-_gG0XyiIce3EzjnBe9qXYmN0Xz9Liq7U/s1012/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1012" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhut_5Ryu5Hx8bDm3hY662sAo4Uwpzt6ARlSsOwsX88Ha5iUZk_RJnkuo6_9Wej6YRkAaawxi_xuJk9CI7ED5Bd3fhd5nHB7iHiO6XvumtwC0NQBVsUNoJqMUsbws3f-dOt1DWKLaaU6RkOKBWhpv_mczK-_gG0XyiIce3EzjnBe9qXYmN0Xz9Liq7U/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The
original Camp Snoopy Theater was located just slightly north of this.
In the early years, the theater hosted such shows as "Snoopy's Animal
Friends," "Feathered Follies" (as seen on the posted sign, below), and
the "Campy Snoopy Magician" (magician, Tom Ogden).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECnr_13MbvFzYAT32NjOixhNoYnaPGrkZLDjzdBaWONwWw_ZdhlIVkd7HBZRvobOnABCLu25od6QhE3NAb48fdC3SWs2OlyGRgc6dZu-hZx-VWRk7rMm8GyWSeH7Ntr6ZzKNzfAXFloMrcYwH85mzaNCZSFs5idNvzxzCMKXC-3YWDmzyuWNpb9e5/s753/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater%20%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="753" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECnr_13MbvFzYAT32NjOixhNoYnaPGrkZLDjzdBaWONwWw_ZdhlIVkd7HBZRvobOnABCLu25od6QhE3NAb48fdC3SWs2OlyGRgc6dZu-hZx-VWRk7rMm8GyWSeH7Ntr6ZzKNzfAXFloMrcYwH85mzaNCZSFs5idNvzxzCMKXC-3YWDmzyuWNpb9e5/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater%20%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>When
the new theater replaced the Petting Zoo, the old stage structure just
became a giant "sign" for a new carnival-type flat ride called, "Joe Cool's
Gr8 Sk8."<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pj5EUi0Om-mgZf9DXH0zztFhJPXpooSe04fC1JEz0rmaaK_cFjIUL92CcSwJAWJkOFZpMSkvAU8rexoOdiX0R1Gu6fREQ6d6PaMxy8ZLG0ZAMFU_HPfluSnNAAr7nNeey0BJdlgRoMEtiUTUEHNRmeHO0GRPoJoAxmVXOJf_ljhbzh3PMMQqHKfc/s1012/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pj5EUi0Om-mgZf9DXH0zztFhJPXpooSe04fC1JEz0rmaaK_cFjIUL92CcSwJAWJkOFZpMSkvAU8rexoOdiX0R1Gu6fREQ6d6PaMxy8ZLG0ZAMFU_HPfluSnNAAr7nNeey0BJdlgRoMEtiUTUEHNRmeHO0GRPoJoAxmVXOJf_ljhbzh3PMMQqHKfc/s320/zz%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Theater.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>After the removal of that ride in 2013, the structure became the backdrop for a "meet 'n' greet" with the Peanuts characters. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv4bnII6sG3vPe532m8IFTN-A7HhEM7_Hn_wV2YBJzpngW2nuLsdRY187f6CffhOq8c_2uB1pbRwFxJApzHPOBU7SuYl3CkycZtJKLhg7k17RJ0TC1Rk3nIChovVi0xAhsBkH1m87ui2vQrIsN7Dh3h02rzu-RoMDCpQ9gzgS0VAVOGjuj8KIkqwe/s1040/zz%20Meet%20'N'%20Greet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="1040" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv4bnII6sG3vPe532m8IFTN-A7HhEM7_Hn_wV2YBJzpngW2nuLsdRY187f6CffhOq8c_2uB1pbRwFxJApzHPOBU7SuYl3CkycZtJKLhg7k17RJ0TC1Rk3nIChovVi0xAhsBkH1m87ui2vQrIsN7Dh3h02rzu-RoMDCpQ9gzgS0VAVOGjuj8KIkqwe/s320/zz%20Meet%20'N'%20Greet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Just across the walkway, guests can board the Grand Sierra Scenic Railroad, a 24" gauge steam engine train.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS6myN4hIvrt2OHijfC5JRbhFs1OiPqxuvIma0Dg8nzIZIaQf8Yur1pzIYK50kfgnD7kg5UCCXT6UPF1Hj94j4AoqkRFc0HtThBb9-yTuzI-aatbAYXOe7y1IftTNi7gZ4DEDVftdH-BjSV0U4AN5fa0v9y-iV4vnDZgvKbhNkE4K9Nl_AQG2Wnln/s1350/zz%20Grand%20Sierra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1350" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS6myN4hIvrt2OHijfC5JRbhFs1OiPqxuvIma0Dg8nzIZIaQf8Yur1pzIYK50kfgnD7kg5UCCXT6UPF1Hj94j4AoqkRFc0HtThBb9-yTuzI-aatbAYXOe7y1IftTNi7gZ4DEDVftdH-BjSV0U4AN5fa0v9y-iV4vnDZgvKbhNkE4K9Nl_AQG2Wnln/s320/zz%20Grand%20Sierra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The
train used to go all the way around the perimeter of Reflection Lake.
However, with the construction of the "Silver Bullet" roller coaster in
2003, it's route was shortened, and now it only passes by the eastern
edge of the lake.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GTYSWd5ZxtQX0hGcscb0MfrnyotL1H9vQ2WYNV5Uq_sVJ2Lzpcl_7VAPl4iCNCEp31V-Ltm2uyfpXXQhWM7fHf_rrLsFib62dy5Es8pONZmn_TXozjhOSW8coz0ZDTcxmM1h7Wk5PAZ5sl_128Sf96eBIiIgXzfEIF1ASMo7a6gdfo9FVzEFGtyF36Q/s1228/zz%20Grand%20Sierra%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1228" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GTYSWd5ZxtQX0hGcscb0MfrnyotL1H9vQ2WYNV5Uq_sVJ2Lzpcl_7VAPl4iCNCEp31V-Ltm2uyfpXXQhWM7fHf_rrLsFib62dy5Es8pONZmn_TXozjhOSW8coz0ZDTcxmM1h7Wk5PAZ5sl_128Sf96eBIiIgXzfEIF1ASMo7a6gdfo9FVzEFGtyF36Q/s320/zz%20Grand%20Sierra%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Note the "Cordelia K." painted on the side of the train's engine. (The engine was originally labeled with a "#83".)<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_mqnUn_KGx-TsM8PhJ6HLsW4J1ZaWjPfwaOO-uWiFbv0c35XVjcBuZRdEQs-rubWTq-A4FRJAzYsrbZbzJW47td4A3-aCcRGQ7HN7PaBUyNQtUCVr05P9zgyPDUvX8934bbDPUTg0y5GKIDKWBObUNieOEgjamTCpMfGkbhtI6o8ZZWlDIlUHtmO/s1012/zz%20Grand%20Sierra%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_mqnUn_KGx-TsM8PhJ6HLsW4J1ZaWjPfwaOO-uWiFbv0c35XVjcBuZRdEQs-rubWTq-A4FRJAzYsrbZbzJW47td4A3-aCcRGQ7HN7PaBUyNQtUCVr05P9zgyPDUvX8934bbDPUTg0y5GKIDKWBObUNieOEgjamTCpMfGkbhtI6o8ZZWlDIlUHtmO/s320/zz%20Grand%20Sierra%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Moving
further north, and past the Grizzly Creek Lodge (which we'll come back
to, shortly), there used to be a long suspension bridge, going over the
main walkway. Guests had to climb up some stone steps to reach this
bridge. The steps still exist today, but the bridge does not.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwaIP5nSG8ZmxJSgs5-F3ThugwyFknngLUw4XXFDCOuXUr5OHkz5NDJ5uxVPk4pVk6OUtaHyUWb7nz78tCH1JFkuK-t2vg50A1_BiPvT-6jyo-_PoyiBWcfksqamCkTO9uZAJuG4YJMbEXJZO1GNJ0dxQkrp4ybdJYUIzsy5ka76vfS0d5bmuHKge/s1184/zz%20Bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1184" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwaIP5nSG8ZmxJSgs5-F3ThugwyFknngLUw4XXFDCOuXUr5OHkz5NDJ5uxVPk4pVk6OUtaHyUWb7nz78tCH1JFkuK-t2vg50A1_BiPvT-6jyo-_PoyiBWcfksqamCkTO9uZAJuG4YJMbEXJZO1GNJ0dxQkrp4ybdJYUIzsy5ka76vfS0d5bmuHKge/s320/zz%20Bridge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The
photo below shows just one of two sections of the suspension bridge.
There was a tower with a stationary platform, between the two
sections. This area also gave off a bit of a "Disney" vibe, with it's
suspension bridge above, and it's pontoon bridges, below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfkl-WiFds4WYF5iHwgsg7o-ovgXc6ekunAoL2xYQLZR5YR8QoQqKm8XutwEPl6EpxqPZa8QzkY3fkuwja9BhbMNPSo1Cm_HwK_awkfNLrxmpwhYDF-IRjEdYTbgbeupYKgbNEnYM11gGV3t39oJ0VhpaAuzJKfnDs9IcRvfuInY_d6CzCjKTYNwx/s1215/zz%20Bridges%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="822" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfkl-WiFds4WYF5iHwgsg7o-ovgXc6ekunAoL2xYQLZR5YR8QoQqKm8XutwEPl6EpxqPZa8QzkY3fkuwja9BhbMNPSo1Cm_HwK_awkfNLrxmpwhYDF-IRjEdYTbgbeupYKgbNEnYM11gGV3t39oJ0VhpaAuzJKfnDs9IcRvfuInY_d6CzCjKTYNwx/s320/zz%20Bridges%20c.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Today,
the pontoon bridges still exist, and if you look carefully at the rocks
above them, you can tell where the suspension bridge used to be
attached. The rockwork at the very peak doesn't quite match, because it
was added later, to close up the opening where guests exited and entered
the suspension bridge. Again, there are steps that still
exist today, which now just lead up to a rock wall instead of the
bridge.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSAZOk2FO3y5giQoP7S-A4J2dpyh1N5BR83LeYz6ZqVvkCddU61EAmyg90xfM11d1Y1lqZJpgGj6rqepJ2ICj-F1spZocs6PdhtKSdth4c2RCdSRnFsx5yJP-IKaMMJ1Nyd06yY_OC3RgwEo-T-71Rg1l6KKWFxqsnycdfYPQJCbppc362ojElm1t/s1056/zz%20Bridges%20b%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSAZOk2FO3y5giQoP7S-A4J2dpyh1N5BR83LeYz6ZqVvkCddU61EAmyg90xfM11d1Y1lqZJpgGj6rqepJ2ICj-F1spZocs6PdhtKSdth4c2RCdSRnFsx5yJP-IKaMMJ1Nyd06yY_OC3RgwEo-T-71Rg1l6KKWFxqsnycdfYPQJCbppc362ojElm1t/s320/zz%20Bridges%20b%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The
same thing can be seen on the opposite side of the walkway, where the
other end of the bridge was attached. And below that rockwork is, "The
Cave Inn," a snack bar which goes back to opening day of Camp
Snoopy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yyF7iZZ__fqKpHgxQMqEAitx287x8TBWpGa081mOHSMZLXPfh_2DQ-YtPLop3gBnG5rEU2GxgfG_bmXU9jQAIAZF78HjHZvxcjNh4Hzh2kgvhPaVqyGhUS_n0VxPxHnb0-zeaO_gRuo7qZtcd6O-K5XA58TJdSK15sJxcSYFuCghwAXwy7qXUrPl/s1056/zz%20Bridge%20&%20The%20Cave%20Inn%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1056" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yyF7iZZ__fqKpHgxQMqEAitx287x8TBWpGa081mOHSMZLXPfh_2DQ-YtPLop3gBnG5rEU2GxgfG_bmXU9jQAIAZF78HjHZvxcjNh4Hzh2kgvhPaVqyGhUS_n0VxPxHnb0-zeaO_gRuo7qZtcd6O-K5XA58TJdSK15sJxcSYFuCghwAXwy7qXUrPl/s320/zz%20Bridge%20&%20The%20Cave%20Inn%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Located on top of The Cave Inn, is the queue for the Balloon Race ride.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXU8spRXCw5myD3TF_LY2BE7wRnZadqz5v1bha81TRnqhfKjBy1GeDSlWn3UtYd5nQGSO_xBmFs_a3kegXdLY7mR5dnTH1h-8TA4xg3qKpJC9dn3b0s-YFpIZInqESD09a4sDFSiWk-JutWZtNE1p62T-gxjTDvbNGJaXcghzIA8WPh4VW7syGG3/s1149/zz%20Balloon%20Race%20Ride.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1149" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXU8spRXCw5myD3TF_LY2BE7wRnZadqz5v1bha81TRnqhfKjBy1GeDSlWn3UtYd5nQGSO_xBmFs_a3kegXdLY7mR5dnTH1h-8TA4xg3qKpJC9dn3b0s-YFpIZInqESD09a4sDFSiWk-JutWZtNE1p62T-gxjTDvbNGJaXcghzIA8WPh4VW7syGG3/s320/zz%20Balloon%20Race%20Ride.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The Balloon Race was also a Camp Snoopy opening day attraction, and is still operating, today. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSte-nDUxmb9GFay8m6KUmcz8simUOwSjpBFbKSNURSDzqYGGKHcIhjSsE37lo2v9__CX-7ji2sYj72_K8WS29rfDewPZuCv-pM4xiKLH8b73m930uul-rUwY9tR43jn2pEaAcEyErs7DtbaVTtyO-vEWOyXbbJ9ECf5imgmFNgkMx4jTzY6uZWSGw/s847/zz%20Balloon%20Race%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="847" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSte-nDUxmb9GFay8m6KUmcz8simUOwSjpBFbKSNURSDzqYGGKHcIhjSsE37lo2v9__CX-7ji2sYj72_K8WS29rfDewPZuCv-pM4xiKLH8b73m930uul-rUwY9tR43jn2pEaAcEyErs7DtbaVTtyO-vEWOyXbbJ9ECf5imgmFNgkMx4jTzY6uZWSGw/s320/zz%20Balloon%20Race%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Another surviving opening day attraction is the "Huff 'N' Puff," a child-powered car ride.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rvUnKDw98PYlJenD9ts2VOQc6bpkYOjSHMbZINYBZJqRM9sReS0gDq5oWE8NVSPACognlOn7mokgXQGgElZq1qrmFIgmZjc0bY7H2_oali6uf4WcUCuZmesgeQ0Kxyfl7X717VY4IrzSFQCk3s-UdNryRR3U8EhLpKE0gGjk6aQ4lFn0Rl6HUIZk/s897/zz%20Huff%20'N'%20Puff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="897" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rvUnKDw98PYlJenD9ts2VOQc6bpkYOjSHMbZINYBZJqRM9sReS0gDq5oWE8NVSPACognlOn7mokgXQGgElZq1qrmFIgmZjc0bY7H2_oali6uf4WcUCuZmesgeQ0Kxyfl7X717VY4IrzSFQCk3s-UdNryRR3U8EhLpKE0gGjk6aQ4lFn0Rl6HUIZk/s320/zz%20Huff%20'N'%20Puff.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The
cars follow an hourglass-shaped track configuration, and at one time,
used to circle around "Rocco" the dinosaur. Rocco was carved out of
serpentine marble by sculptor, John Cody, and was originally located at
the entrance to the former, "Kingdom of the Dinosaurs" attraction. Does
anyone know where Rocco is today? I hope he didn't end up in the same
place as The Haunted Shack!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFOYR1CVTJQFZBD3VMqRpYHyaSHrTISZtGmhJy3InPHHbT3N7kz1oJKfTC_yB581QtFFUbOy6UsrgS-RnZRrudeUdBxPCubEAMJM7NHPVwmDt9EQDeALJFmLCM7OmdZC42SyapzwAv3LJmcaqE3g1C8hkeQkkh2WSMauZui9zNyjPkeqWyL_0QE75/s864/zz%20Rocko%20the%20Dinosaur%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="864" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFOYR1CVTJQFZBD3VMqRpYHyaSHrTISZtGmhJy3InPHHbT3N7kz1oJKfTC_yB581QtFFUbOy6UsrgS-RnZRrudeUdBxPCubEAMJM7NHPVwmDt9EQDeALJFmLCM7OmdZC42SyapzwAv3LJmcaqE3g1C8hkeQkkh2WSMauZui9zNyjPkeqWyL_0QE75/s320/zz%20Rocko%20the%20Dinosaur%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Located next door to the Huff 'N' Puff, were the Beagle Ballroom and the Bounce 'N' Pounce attractions. Both of these have since been removed.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8gh34tQ1b_CtYC0j0Xo9f-YSC-uksnkVyutzWVYYeKMQntlR2KbcCSeH3-nk-_Ig4uACOUnHNNOUJyBBnRkEC68LmtBhnYaZOtKNKjA7iJHpk553s0_HMZ-IQrFGlW3kiUSqGEP47JOtrUN8ZD1VrPRJvFaZRvqWNzhnYQ0QFBV7jNzOCZnEAI5Q/s1002/zz%20Beagle%20Ballroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1002" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8gh34tQ1b_CtYC0j0Xo9f-YSC-uksnkVyutzWVYYeKMQntlR2KbcCSeH3-nk-_Ig4uACOUnHNNOUJyBBnRkEC68LmtBhnYaZOtKNKjA7iJHpk553s0_HMZ-IQrFGlW3kiUSqGEP47JOtrUN8ZD1VrPRJvFaZRvqWNzhnYQ0QFBV7jNzOCZnEAI5Q/s320/zz%20Beagle%20Ballroom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3r2PxoqS3fVFKDnoUfQ_Cu78i0YX0eSE78xweesSa1zTobHHB0ujaNSzsPdys8TsztyopyVyjPAbZOyJRQp4HF3aYY9Qhey3Yemato8Ul0bmisLpVE7GiUXT1eGKoKPCUDyMeK7JDSEqpf_RYdkPXkt_NgJsdrN24aNI5-6VFycj6TOpy5QFQAGe/s1152/zz%20Bounce%20'N'%20Pounce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1152" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3r2PxoqS3fVFKDnoUfQ_Cu78i0YX0eSE78xweesSa1zTobHHB0ujaNSzsPdys8TsztyopyVyjPAbZOyJRQp4HF3aYY9Qhey3Yemato8Ul0bmisLpVE7GiUXT1eGKoKPCUDyMeK7JDSEqpf_RYdkPXkt_NgJsdrN24aNI5-6VFycj6TOpy5QFQAGe/s320/zz%20Bounce%20'N'%20Pounce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>At
some point, the Bounce 'N' Pounce's original wood building was demolished and replaced by a new structure, with a giant inflatable Snoopy on the roof. Today, "Charlie Brown's Kite Flyer" ride is in this location.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CKYOEikG2FWoM_HAcfC9i1CC-U6SBCuBOCqziztJzI5DvsJkyYpVl6eYcqoX4NLD8_ezLDsRC_Kk7L1eqt3sZme_8EDdkhhTM_ORziwRdj9SK9RsFrEaUEHETdMg9G0Hb-EWikrqKWBtoFANzYCsWTre5LxON45SV2ZBwadWWsQgVj9pBv6RgeuX/s826/zz%20Bounce%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="826" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CKYOEikG2FWoM_HAcfC9i1CC-U6SBCuBOCqziztJzI5DvsJkyYpVl6eYcqoX4NLD8_ezLDsRC_Kk7L1eqt3sZme_8EDdkhhTM_ORziwRdj9SK9RsFrEaUEHETdMg9G0Hb-EWikrqKWBtoFANzYCsWTre5LxON45SV2ZBwadWWsQgVj9pBv6RgeuX/s320/zz%20Bounce%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Next
door to the Bounce 'N' Pounce, was the "Tubs Of Fun" ride. This was a simple "spinner" type of kiddie ride. I don't have any photos of this attraction at Knott's, but I did find a version of
the ride at another venue. The Knott's version had wooden boards around
the outside of the vehicles, to make them look like old-fashioned
"washtubs."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6e1VUSt0PmHgWqiqDaHnS96KrLilVNzWDDbBG_oZu9UUKBdaBMrtU4nx7NeEAD7-XxWyQkesXl2mJJZ1QxZMFhjiKlGYrJ9I1P9KdjX1hCj8tmOX9iNBG3IQUYWV_MNUZ-jtmH5cskH7r38J1YOk-iFVtDele4X_D60oCQJfRfdAta7UBahknaG_/s1099/zz%20Tubs%20of%20Fun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1099" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6e1VUSt0PmHgWqiqDaHnS96KrLilVNzWDDbBG_oZu9UUKBdaBMrtU4nx7NeEAD7-XxWyQkesXl2mJJZ1QxZMFhjiKlGYrJ9I1P9KdjX1hCj8tmOX9iNBG3IQUYWV_MNUZ-jtmH5cskH7r38J1YOk-iFVtDele4X_D60oCQJfRfdAta7UBahknaG_/s320/zz%20Tubs%20of%20Fun.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The "Tubs of Fun" was replaced in the early 1990s, by the Rocky Mountain Trucking Co. ride.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmP-Ldkr_r9ZWmdT_3pbT2qDrMJ5DghJaX_qYmT88yvu4UN0YvFFk0rJ8io8aJBXJ-QW_Z3wcqH5XT1L6pgbwupwabqr-joeOGiEYjffIwXKuui5pNs9LKCkwzDMJR6JiTaYxfabnAOW-mc5PeCWLtKA0C1OWiY5y0weqwik9ZH4i0146hLi0GWUTp/s983/zz%20Rocky%20Mt.%20Trucking%20Co..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="983" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmP-Ldkr_r9ZWmdT_3pbT2qDrMJ5DghJaX_qYmT88yvu4UN0YvFFk0rJ8io8aJBXJ-QW_Z3wcqH5XT1L6pgbwupwabqr-joeOGiEYjffIwXKuui5pNs9LKCkwzDMJR6JiTaYxfabnAOW-mc5PeCWLtKA0C1OWiY5y0weqwik9ZH4i0146hLi0GWUTp/s320/zz%20Rocky%20Mt.%20Trucking%20Co..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />At
the northernmost end of Camp Snoopy, is the High Sierra Ferris Wheel.
This attraction is still standing, although it's original entrance
structure and signage (seen below) were removed in 2014.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FWxj-im4bJH-y68sq8tibytrLD2M6KIyKO2J2U44LgRljci3LbuEziB6dZ1oF4W8lq1kIY3ZYxId1sUQgValC3fGWOEgouy08_8-wdvulONQAomfdCWknC5z8-grdqzQx1SsRwULB89l-u1TbQgobs8aUdsElwPqT9uvSdcVgvODlCE50cqres9B/s1031/zz%20Ferris%20Wheel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1031" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FWxj-im4bJH-y68sq8tibytrLD2M6KIyKO2J2U44LgRljci3LbuEziB6dZ1oF4W8lq1kIY3ZYxId1sUQgValC3fGWOEgouy08_8-wdvulONQAomfdCWknC5z8-grdqzQx1SsRwULB89l-u1TbQgobs8aUdsElwPqT9uvSdcVgvODlCE50cqres9B/s320/zz%20Ferris%20Wheel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The views from atop the Ferris Wheel are pretty nice. This is the view looking to the south, above the treetops of Camp Snoopy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixm98uaN5qKEhyf1dQdLBsylztgbKdvBNYQPJkNR9eP1HDQQkramGlm7Pg0ZG7SinPPep5FwZYdFCyMjcMHUc9bxGenTzfJAsvSqlj1JX-oNpDc_rXy9nVpdJw8AEGSYR4eAq7Hz8yYkH1Etqy7oqTjKbVZhuwb4JK-7zVg1Hxx0uBe-DphA0l7fNL/s1056/zz%20High%20Sierra%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1056" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixm98uaN5qKEhyf1dQdLBsylztgbKdvBNYQPJkNR9eP1HDQQkramGlm7Pg0ZG7SinPPep5FwZYdFCyMjcMHUc9bxGenTzfJAsvSqlj1JX-oNpDc_rXy9nVpdJw8AEGSYR4eAq7Hz8yYkH1Etqy7oqTjKbVZhuwb4JK-7zVg1Hxx0uBe-DphA0l7fNL/s320/zz%20High%20Sierra%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's the view looking west.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIswky27Vw1k8nfcRzvZWtESe9x-PATpA7S-qmQbe3PjF9HvX-crXhKDPqo0JYowVg_3TERdzznLX6CxTu-VIxQzyl_O2wnB_OqrlDACwcW0JpLmfhodwaKrGYDRtNnaD2T2qnkvKQAaCHD8dskrGzZaPlSj-HT01Aol67Ab8vWTAxrmLQLNo67Oxf/s1055/zz%20High%20Sierra%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIswky27Vw1k8nfcRzvZWtESe9x-PATpA7S-qmQbe3PjF9HvX-crXhKDPqo0JYowVg_3TERdzznLX6CxTu-VIxQzyl_O2wnB_OqrlDACwcW0JpLmfhodwaKrGYDRtNnaD2T2qnkvKQAaCHD8dskrGzZaPlSj-HT01Aol67Ab8vWTAxrmLQLNo67Oxf/s320/zz%20High%20Sierra%20c.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><p>Looking to the north, we can see across La Palma Ave., to the land formerly occupied by the California Alligator Farm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_p5nfke3MN_3wRnihG05N8J-MNYbuklpJL-Ht0aF7WVvuI9QXcY74mVaZNqB7fnUEELCpXHz6S5M5zdK9GsSorBvcbABXflqPFSBlCtIxLMcTBPJbtg67spE-z7tT94d1THEayDc7CPMD7vh0GCSXCDbxeYeXEWmELcU_o83ZI5JAixLNrIJo3lcH/s1055/zz%20High%20Sierra%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1055" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_p5nfke3MN_3wRnihG05N8J-MNYbuklpJL-Ht0aF7WVvuI9QXcY74mVaZNqB7fnUEELCpXHz6S5M5zdK9GsSorBvcbABXflqPFSBlCtIxLMcTBPJbtg67spE-z7tT94d1THEayDc7CPMD7vh0GCSXCDbxeYeXEWmELcU_o83ZI5JAixLNrIJo3lcH/s320/zz%20High%20Sierra%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And to the east, we get a glimpse through the trees, of <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhK3J8WcBaUHgvTcV1pWPD_5y7x-_gNct4KbVYW1CtVS7CQFnrWOFx0j__SUmhfk8uQWxCTuXEWtdx6eHtPEA5ujyVmsJ98NPea7Gbm-CX-Sn6a0Vuf2m5qP9kA1ST9WaVhS65wtjolp4/s1600/Home+Savings+%25282%2529.jpg" target="_blank">the Knott's-themed mural</a> on the bank building, across Beach Blvd.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHYl_1bqqohL-2HVd4oAI682U790inPToS_diacD45d9oKCIuH07eS2hl5AuqO-3oNljHOe282oroiZw1baqRF7VaDl7aKT-JJzJOQxsmfQmjG5sU2yeSAHjcF2jYToqzZgQKVUytJMg_BhW5uDv9yi6vLYwA-mhw94nsY3yy7ZCwwDhGXmK1by-Z/s1350/zz%20High%20Sierra%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1350" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHYl_1bqqohL-2HVd4oAI682U790inPToS_diacD45d9oKCIuH07eS2hl5AuqO-3oNljHOe282oroiZw1baqRF7VaDl7aKT-JJzJOQxsmfQmjG5sU2yeSAHjcF2jYToqzZgQKVUytJMg_BhW5uDv9yi6vLYwA-mhw94nsY3yy7ZCwwDhGXmK1by-Z/s320/zz%20High%20Sierra%20d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Now we will be working our way back, on the opposite side of Camp Snoopy.</p><p>The Old Mill Funhouse included activities like a rope
ladder, a spiral slide, fun house mirrors, and a mirror maze. In the late
eighties, after the closure of the park's "Knott's Bear-y Tales" dark ride, some of the
ride's props and figures were moved over to the fun house, and it was
renamed the "Bear-y Tales Play House."</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGboOUbPpOSwRLT81cn23-dyCBRUze9H97BDFyXfFtEQxsLK2vK6JRE_2WgQ2Gs3NvGjzysYNyHytWyz19HPV9a04dbcn0pkurveBHgWUEDXgCriYYxADNdoROTsZOwCyVkBXYftEZTHdGqVtL3P1pGNXcznXX8_Qup9wZK1IwZPGt-Q6iKpQduy76/s1082/zz%20Fun%20House.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="1082" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGboOUbPpOSwRLT81cn23-dyCBRUze9H97BDFyXfFtEQxsLK2vK6JRE_2WgQ2Gs3NvGjzysYNyHytWyz19HPV9a04dbcn0pkurveBHgWUEDXgCriYYxADNdoROTsZOwCyVkBXYftEZTHdGqVtL3P1pGNXcznXX8_Qup9wZK1IwZPGt-Q6iKpQduy76/s320/zz%20Fun%20House.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The building was re-themed one more time, and became the "Peanuts Playhouse," but was eventually torn down in 2008. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRiiEmVFD2jI7YdcWr2PzsXqh5gNft_jV4VPcwJx4hKoepiMk6l90W7DIxX3grc4IRirPYc-C2bHPPLwNqrIoFGgKAtMdi2YhdQWaewkmx7LewsOmRrwjCKJwr9xPrhhXd900fMVbtWpkiUXrQSNIb_ZAfg70Y_ZPQT0fpgd7XSelns5ynah66OPQ/s1056/z%20Playhouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1056" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRiiEmVFD2jI7YdcWr2PzsXqh5gNft_jV4VPcwJx4hKoepiMk6l90W7DIxX3grc4IRirPYc-C2bHPPLwNqrIoFGgKAtMdi2YhdQWaewkmx7LewsOmRrwjCKJwr9xPrhhXd900fMVbtWpkiUXrQSNIb_ZAfg70Y_ZPQT0fpgd7XSelns5ynah66OPQ/s320/z%20Playhouse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Behind the Old Mill Fun House, was the Timberline Twister "kiddie" coaster.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrA60NiufJJN-bvQXr1zTv-5STctRegOs3pE9LnFW_iDNKE88LFU5aSKxWFboCbu5G5x2vH2VXxBFL7-9WLi-sQZtiqBq4zcX-UWTI3yI4jBAIIZxfHyJZI-BXk0qH4q1zkbaKrJ1BE0B10OyYdhKYabq6y_n1q-kQfBOmMCnQk9uov-yoQxIBGcN/s520/zz%20Timberline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="520" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrA60NiufJJN-bvQXr1zTv-5STctRegOs3pE9LnFW_iDNKE88LFU5aSKxWFboCbu5G5x2vH2VXxBFL7-9WLi-sQZtiqBq4zcX-UWTI3yI4jBAIIZxfHyJZI-BXk0qH4q1zkbaKrJ1BE0B10OyYdhKYabq6y_n1q-kQfBOmMCnQk9uov-yoQxIBGcN/s320/zz%20Timberline.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The coaster had multiple paint jobs over the years. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1C7xC3qBYsOz6OVpphZOw_pE34hr1gaS3OT73wcY_I67COoT57QnfGTqUB16m9cwoqitLc7qsnjlTKh43B-Lfx4bwaoCg_loWyYrYHkhik_dHmI4NQxX7EDoHCMUWbIZsm3TM_8n8CcE1eRsK9ZuZV4QOyib4-sBEJoLJjqViHnca2G7LhCcQx_d/s1005/zz%20Timberline%20Twister%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="681" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1C7xC3qBYsOz6OVpphZOw_pE34hr1gaS3OT73wcY_I67COoT57QnfGTqUB16m9cwoqitLc7qsnjlTKh43B-Lfx4bwaoCg_loWyYrYHkhik_dHmI4NQxX7EDoHCMUWbIZsm3TM_8n8CcE1eRsK9ZuZV4QOyib4-sBEJoLJjqViHnca2G7LhCcQx_d/s320/zz%20Timberline%20Twister%20b.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p></p><p>Knott's
originally promoted the fact that the coaster's trains went between the
natural "V" shaped branches of a real tree. That tree was cut down some years later, and the coaster itself permanently closed, just this year. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9_eYFpdQjXkmS2C6P9PFCtHkn8HRRjrMyZlerR-ajqIenws4d147zRsLozv2Vo1mT9ooeDZ7QbikOIZpwkfzG9a5fz-e3LLK8yC5m6Sw2v1_yH9MP2SgTNh0OGraJanNi6WVB5uNs0_zrG3ZeR9jVBdurnLymDwGJOWMseStiNRt2CiE4T2WJrAT/s1000/zz%20Timberline%20Twister%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9_eYFpdQjXkmS2C6P9PFCtHkn8HRRjrMyZlerR-ajqIenws4d147zRsLozv2Vo1mT9ooeDZ7QbikOIZpwkfzG9a5fz-e3LLK8yC5m6Sw2v1_yH9MP2SgTNh0OGraJanNi6WVB5uNs0_zrG3ZeR9jVBdurnLymDwGJOWMseStiNRt2CiE4T2WJrAT/s320/zz%20Timberline%20Twister%20d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>There is
one Camp Snoopy attraction that has had two different names, and three
different locations. That attraction is the Flying Ace
ride. The
loading station for Montezooma's Revenge can be seen in the background
of
this next image. The ride used to be located on the western side of Camp
Snoopy, between the Balloon Race attraction and the Huff 'n' Puff car
ride, and was originally called, The Red Baron.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mpHhV3lP4DOltF6aOCCAuqxZSeobQdhKCSa8q-5w8EDHgCHpYRG6onTh7FJHORjjm0It72MNisgydEOt_E06ESjtc_VyEatDSKRTDQnZu231XRL8Yui3bZweKE0Gc237b7W5jAkoXjbhMPqMbmPX5MfQMJHt6ejlh2hA_ku-aNtnGBrXzUhqkFY_/s1205/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1205" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mpHhV3lP4DOltF6aOCCAuqxZSeobQdhKCSa8q-5w8EDHgCHpYRG6onTh7FJHORjjm0It72MNisgydEOt_E06ESjtc_VyEatDSKRTDQnZu231XRL8Yui3bZweKE0Gc237b7W5jAkoXjbhMPqMbmPX5MfQMJHt6ejlh2hA_ku-aNtnGBrXzUhqkFY_/s320/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />In
later years, it was moved to the eastern side of Camp Snoopy, between
the original Camp Snoopy Theater, and Pig Pen's Petting Zoo.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7gX9KnB00Xbqqkdfzc5gjPmA0bW9orFL_yHCuvsgEnb_7-Jvo5rRm09vNw6A-G3r-0DMA6BTGtaGbEDhgoEbZSKc-lsBYISF8VBVVKKh1AB88jzIS2AMS8h8189y0FKSxQWoLYmNeIAIncOE5SyymbSFzD-ZY9lFBvfwqMQBLa2Dlmu-_Wyu3b6d/s987/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="987" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7gX9KnB00Xbqqkdfzc5gjPmA0bW9orFL_yHCuvsgEnb_7-Jvo5rRm09vNw6A-G3r-0DMA6BTGtaGbEDhgoEbZSKc-lsBYISF8VBVVKKh1AB88jzIS2AMS8h8189y0FKSxQWoLYmNeIAIncOE5SyymbSFzD-ZY9lFBvfwqMQBLa2Dlmu-_Wyu3b6d/s320/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWlynwJaGrSD5gWo_bwtd9PHSGorGXy6zX8JJ6pnUJaoUK4oHChbhawVibIZWjaMjC0qPrDg34IwqrgBYiwoZZBNaRZ2ejgHRRg70aLzwSBL5opwOtspELivVWS28tSaRBB9O2rgv2P6e7q64r8xYB6Jvp67q5246LZuLxqPdGJYVemWDfDguIhdYXHM/s990/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="990" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWlynwJaGrSD5gWo_bwtd9PHSGorGXy6zX8JJ6pnUJaoUK4oHChbhawVibIZWjaMjC0qPrDg34IwqrgBYiwoZZBNaRZ2ejgHRRg70aLzwSBL5opwOtspELivVWS28tSaRBB9O2rgv2P6e7q64r8xYB6Jvp67q5246LZuLxqPdGJYVemWDfDguIhdYXHM/s320/zz%20Red%20Baron%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Prior to the opening of Camp Snoopy, the ride was located in the Roaring
20s Airfield section of the park, between the Airfield Eatery and the "Propeller Spin" attraction.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFtxLzMZf-RGDFFlizL31GoSCf_tEN7GuY6zJR7ApwyFZC3SXuqYvQ9G09_7n9k1dX3B-hoY9OSkaAqF5ps-2wKOFx8mxENZAkyVxSR6saUYJjka49UOmTl2xYE-TiVEDUggvCDC67CARUOA9b0rePqhAzi9RH6RpOlIXcVKYO8CycAzPoicd8zvA/s886/zz%20Red%20Baron%20-%20Roaring%2020s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="886" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFtxLzMZf-RGDFFlizL31GoSCf_tEN7GuY6zJR7ApwyFZC3SXuqYvQ9G09_7n9k1dX3B-hoY9OSkaAqF5ps-2wKOFx8mxENZAkyVxSR6saUYJjka49UOmTl2xYE-TiVEDUggvCDC67CARUOA9b0rePqhAzi9RH6RpOlIXcVKYO8CycAzPoicd8zvA/s320/zz%20Red%20Baron%20-%20Roaring%2020s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And finally we arrive at the restaurant that serves the area, the Grizzly Creek Lodge (renamed Lucy's
Lunchbox at one point, but returned to it's original name in 2014).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdepdcMfcEO42ATaEfH1nqpyl9L0WJVcqyJl_eJgWp6mK_3Ytmf59d6WSlcUI1Eo_Cw8VvnXG4KbZoS9Wh-hOK9Zm3wdhkODU13u1DOlE6v4cEqtni8XS4_YcUMhVpwfFdCuwRwgAuabG9JoYVCPM9kp3S7VKJx3-rq-AoJSbXSTRz5RtA1agTY0cu/s1350/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1350" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdepdcMfcEO42ATaEfH1nqpyl9L0WJVcqyJl_eJgWp6mK_3Ytmf59d6WSlcUI1Eo_Cw8VvnXG4KbZoS9Wh-hOK9Zm3wdhkODU13u1DOlE6v4cEqtni8XS4_YcUMhVpwfFdCuwRwgAuabG9JoYVCPM9kp3S7VKJx3-rq-AoJSbXSTRz5RtA1agTY0cu/s320/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>When
the location opened in 1983, a couple of the most popular items on the menu were
the miniature hot dogs and hamburgers, which were served in tiny little
paper sleeves and cardboard boxes. However, Knott's did away with the "miniature food," many years ago.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnau65UJj0pcaEkSKzFLMrNqDkUoq53fi5MnQwEWAzM-yzbdzhiqyD00sgAa0-jxIqKfBa6lGUT5IMCZFi0R-P9pH8eN-Bt7UhIvNIkhspa936UHsjkOv1P3NProRjxMPZBCBfR6i0NLJ8H4JKcs5x1x-_DBmjuAzv3TCw1RIYIE63FL_x2I_gVJE/s1600/zz%20Wrappers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1600" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnau65UJj0pcaEkSKzFLMrNqDkUoq53fi5MnQwEWAzM-yzbdzhiqyD00sgAa0-jxIqKfBa6lGUT5IMCZFi0R-P9pH8eN-Bt7UhIvNIkhspa936UHsjkOv1P3NProRjxMPZBCBfR6i0NLJ8H4JKcs5x1x-_DBmjuAzv3TCw1RIYIE63FL_x2I_gVJE/s320/zz%20Wrappers.jpg" width="320" /></a> <br /></div><p>After
the restaurant opened, children's birthday parties started being
held in a private/reserved section on the second floor. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGl1kcxAkmloL6gaDXOTCASw1lqzm4XqmDeeS-LvZqPfRxZvg5Tvj--Lf6Sv6AtD0i9Khzu47049Qel8k6Jsbr5uJiTzEEloOkGDFhYlZRps2FOq-o00dJ7SvASBFJ5HQeOQC5ue9oreioPakLlZDjBsHft8itV_bwxB1pfUyynC6A4l-M2Hoe0x0/s1012/zz%20Birthday%20Parties.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGl1kcxAkmloL6gaDXOTCASw1lqzm4XqmDeeS-LvZqPfRxZvg5Tvj--Lf6Sv6AtD0i9Khzu47049Qel8k6Jsbr5uJiTzEEloOkGDFhYlZRps2FOq-o00dJ7SvASBFJ5HQeOQC5ue9oreioPakLlZDjBsHft8itV_bwxB1pfUyynC6A4l-M2Hoe0x0/s320/zz%20Birthday%20Parties.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>In the 1980s and 1990s, all birthday party attendees used to receive one of these buttons:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXMCHnSOS8_VzCUfGotF14DcNE2rngOpXbvVpe34UT_VPHpHzGPiJIKhywNkWSth7Y1iN6tLe-4ZVM2HKTLwfaHvuwfxFbH35fXzX-4v6N0-lWQjZukacG0LEhrLVza9cQ0zM1rRcDlA/s1600/Camp+Snoopy+Buttons+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXMCHnSOS8_VzCUfGotF14DcNE2rngOpXbvVpe34UT_VPHpHzGPiJIKhywNkWSth7Y1iN6tLe-4ZVM2HKTLwfaHvuwfxFbH35fXzX-4v6N0-lWQjZukacG0LEhrLVza9cQ0zM1rRcDlA/s320/Camp+Snoopy+Buttons+%25283%2529.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p>This beautiful mural has been located on the upper floor of the restaurant, since it's opening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5OkAn5VHKEgilZcX1HGGFwLOn2GPyTT7plBELpLiHlWgor2GAaBinq_pIW-IgmOWqWLmzyOTzF-4UhAIULdE0Q13oVV7SVqqIvcSd97PEDCdxQoyEXkDPL7wIVrQCj6aFcSDWUm0sZHkF71XzjXBA6Zq9_KVK0ngwygzN2HjEn5N5danZ-xQMqw4/s900/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20Mural%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="900" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5OkAn5VHKEgilZcX1HGGFwLOn2GPyTT7plBELpLiHlWgor2GAaBinq_pIW-IgmOWqWLmzyOTzF-4UhAIULdE0Q13oVV7SVqqIvcSd97PEDCdxQoyEXkDPL7wIVrQCj6aFcSDWUm0sZHkF71XzjXBA6Zq9_KVK0ngwygzN2HjEn5N5danZ-xQMqw4/s320/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20Mural%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And speaking of murals......some years later, this mural was added to the lobby of the restaurant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="759" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDv2TLn6A7uHsfrr5dDnR8Ubo2BVzCNUYlhpa_Gg-DtvL9FwJOVAKCD-yOgXZ39xr4G8Fw7e9QR4OSYb-6GDyCnmvggvR-3s4TJyRYC1IuRdB13_OFlyzl3O92MKFij__6zo_4A1-cEIhq-ZnygkwLW4oAMa-V_8YhdnDQ5HTSFwssv7pCfzVFGNxX/s320/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20(3.5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjZrM7e_bIka5YQ94RYR3MHDq7U_MG1x477GIPfiah6pItk0yaHmBlYweQ1q7kR-SLAXImo8Ws9O9u-C8aRfrhSTJ1zaEI84WyIsDAed-xrr3WeOV8CMfBwOIo3eX0wUi4MpdV1JlCDXhuB6zWW548zPnI2PnuTF3oRofSAcT1WD02qAwY_9qQ_Jd/s759/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="759" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjZrM7e_bIka5YQ94RYR3MHDq7U_MG1x477GIPfiah6pItk0yaHmBlYweQ1q7kR-SLAXImo8Ws9O9u-C8aRfrhSTJ1zaEI84WyIsDAed-xrr3WeOV8CMfBwOIo3eX0wUi4MpdV1JlCDXhuB6zWW548zPnI2PnuTF3oRofSAcT1WD02qAwY_9qQ_Jd/s320/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>For
some inexplicable reason, Flintstones-themed coin-operated
machines were also added to the lobby, around the same time as the mural. Talk about a
clash of themes,<i> and</i> intellectual properties! The machines were eventually removed, along with the mural.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8_bTfCBU5a2WXjesEezdUlv_18HFGCf1WhGavdrKZJ0RBaqeTtxd7qkk-6Sld0OX-Iw76AFB5AoebW6JTcjUthdPZHFJ5X_H5JBwX_sMTM57hW65Y7bgLMfHW3Tem2hmlonsxQrQG-Yzql19wfc-Xf8um_9wItgBdoE0e9mffd8utmaDcl0wAarU/s1188/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="891" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8_bTfCBU5a2WXjesEezdUlv_18HFGCf1WhGavdrKZJ0RBaqeTtxd7qkk-6Sld0OX-Iw76AFB5AoebW6JTcjUthdPZHFJ5X_H5JBwX_sMTM57hW65Y7bgLMfHW3Tem2hmlonsxQrQG-Yzql19wfc-Xf8um_9wItgBdoE0e9mffd8utmaDcl0wAarU/s320/zz%20Grizzly%20Creek%20Lodge%20(5).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>An interesting thing about the mural was, that it depicted
the Peanuts characters driving vehicles from the Wheeler Dealer Bumper
Cars ride, which is located on the other side of the park, in the the Boardwalk area (formerly, the Roaring 20s). And even more interesting.....the characters were driving these "bumper
cars" through a forest setting. Also, those particular vehicles hadn't
been used in the park, for many years. The vintage style bumper cars had
been replaced with more modern-looking ones, long before the mural was
ever painted. Here's what the original cars looked like:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKLrYylNPkCz_sIWwHVq1FnutaFAUo4t9Hks7A8EIHPk0mjtyIysSH1Urm-odserkNg6kSwXDsn1ZkpxvVJJAkg-hhC5ugTTDjrqXxXx9e2uuA6Gdxj_8VmsuTvxagyjikSAnKn4-YILTn-OKzTDtUCgJDKxaEP4SGTp2KcXTwvXo0Frjogi86Ybv/s933/zz%20Wheeler%20Dealer%20Bumper%20Cars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="933" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMKLrYylNPkCz_sIWwHVq1FnutaFAUo4t9Hks7A8EIHPk0mjtyIysSH1Urm-odserkNg6kSwXDsn1ZkpxvVJJAkg-hhC5ugTTDjrqXxXx9e2uuA6Gdxj_8VmsuTvxagyjikSAnKn4-YILTn-OKzTDtUCgJDKxaEP4SGTp2KcXTwvXo0Frjogi86Ybv/s320/zz%20Wheeler%20Dealer%20Bumper%20Cars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now here are some "odds and ends," just to make this truly qualify as a "Mega Post."<br /></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When Camp Snoopy opened, the Rocking Horse Toy Shop (Snoopy's Camp Store) originally had a separate entrance/exit at the front of the park, just to the right of the Knott's Main Entrance. That part of the store still exists today, as seen below. The recessed archway with the two light fixtures on either side of it, used to be an open portico, which led to a doorway into the shop. And those two square architectural features to the left (outlined in purple), used to be store windows.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TOxjFdY47lfvExDlqpDY2skqiVt-jHiBreNDY0SSeT7Fep9yei_Y_0EaYFjf0ucM3NPGykctReArMOplh3YZg3afwQSv_44iHo82JeXdykIurK6xsvWB1p8mxdLdaYCiCCUG89hw78Id5vJKf7eK1kavG9QwQqT_gyzW_maOOKRAQ9UgUNEIEBik/s965/zz%20Rocking%20Horse%20Toy%20Shop%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="965" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TOxjFdY47lfvExDlqpDY2skqiVt-jHiBreNDY0SSeT7Fep9yei_Y_0EaYFjf0ucM3NPGykctReArMOplh3YZg3afwQSv_44iHo82JeXdykIurK6xsvWB1p8mxdLdaYCiCCUG89hw78Id5vJKf7eK1kavG9QwQqT_gyzW_maOOKRAQ9UgUNEIEBik/s320/zz%20Rocking%20Horse%20Toy%20Shop%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> The first summer that Camp Snoopy was open, an employee was posted at
that doorway to the toy shop, allowing guests to exit the park through
the store. What I can't remember for sure is, if they ever let guests enter, or re-enter the park through the store. I want to say that they did at least allow re-entry into the park, if you already had a hand stamp. I know for sure that they allowed guests to use it as an exit from the park, at least for that very first summer, but I don't when they discontinued that. It was probably when they got tired of paying an employee just to stand there at the open door! The lower part of the "employee preview" invitation (seen earlier in this post) does show that at least on those preview nights, they were allowing people to enter the park through these doors.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6QMl8tVCCSDCJHhVGI-54pXNaLId01t8ghbUB-j485YSzgNNGdsOOyIdCRT2Aqj70EAP94beRspwEN-9VzMZf672wb6vPObhmLf5wZ0YKs3NTYr7Zntyd-LVf6nfiAFdpMOSKEqfJrZqFlDqU9xsdJxSCqCZj5isfv21-96HQQj_DBsYbB2sZM5m/s850/Employee%20Preview%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6QMl8tVCCSDCJHhVGI-54pXNaLId01t8ghbUB-j485YSzgNNGdsOOyIdCRT2Aqj70EAP94beRspwEN-9VzMZf672wb6vPObhmLf5wZ0YKs3NTYr7Zntyd-LVf6nfiAFdpMOSKEqfJrZqFlDqU9xsdJxSCqCZj5isfv21-96HQQj_DBsYbB2sZM5m/s320/Employee%20Preview%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="123" /></a></div><p></p><p>When Camp Snoopy was being built, some employees were speculating that the reason for the separate outside entrance into Camp Snoopy, might be to allow guests to purchase a ticket at a reduced price, just for Camp Snoopy alone. This assumption was being made because the children's area across the street, Knott's Lagoon, was closing and was basically being replaced by Camp Snoopy. The Lagoon had been there for several decades, and was always free-of-charge to walk around the area, with guests just purchasing tickets for the individual rides. The area also contained a train ride, a steamboat ride around a lake, and a children's play area, all of which were now being recreated in Camp Snoopy. I do wonder if this was the original intention for that separate entrance, and then after construction was completed, someone changed their mind about offering a separate admission ticket for just the new children's area. I remember that there were plenty of complaints from guests, when Knott's got rid of the admission-free Lagoon area.</p><p>As mentioned at the beginning of this post, Camp Snoopy was built on the former site of a guest parking lot. The Knott's San Francisco Cable Cars used to go right through this parking lot, taking guests to and from the Main Entrance, as well as the Knott's shopping and dining area ("Knott's Marketplace"). The photo below, was taken approximately from where the High Sierra Ferris Wheel sits today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijimRW3gFFvFVTH6ijXUB16LQ6BvQff-3eM-jG2PFrwtJAIcFnoOlNlrPwHKB3SknATiAYtW52kVezoJbcqZBNShCi9nTHpZ2Gq3hN8_3hGOwAgqfbwlXDQKIQ5Pksk19noLf8GtdZLYtZDqARyez3fGi2m-IzioBlszOZ_HN_z-V74KgcxiOJvoRCkKk/s758/zz%2001%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Cable%20Car.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="758" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijimRW3gFFvFVTH6ijXUB16LQ6BvQff-3eM-jG2PFrwtJAIcFnoOlNlrPwHKB3SknATiAYtW52kVezoJbcqZBNShCi9nTHpZ2Gq3hN8_3hGOwAgqfbwlXDQKIQ5Pksk19noLf8GtdZLYtZDqARyez3fGi2m-IzioBlszOZ_HN_z-V74KgcxiOJvoRCkKk/s320/zz%2001%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Cable%20Car.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This map shows the location of the parking lot, which was that grassy area just to the right of the Main Entrance. In the early days, that parking lot was mostly unpaved, with guests parking on the actual grass. A Cable Car is shown going around the lot, and the Knott's Lagoon area can also be seen, just across the street.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoT7V1JPapw-x7c6iRCMKASyr_X4qJztCrFK83x2DaOdGkeR5ODGnAjA7xUor-vFpadbol9LvHWTBrSgjXwOuwS-hvD7RTLoc6nl6yLCC7ZOJhdrvEeKnlsZbRo0J0PeOC7gzliTa3RE2jkUzD_hjcn7qEMFH4wpXQXTjrK1WKRbCofaOJkni6VL6/s924/001%20Map%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="924" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXoT7V1JPapw-x7c6iRCMKASyr_X4qJztCrFK83x2DaOdGkeR5ODGnAjA7xUor-vFpadbol9LvHWTBrSgjXwOuwS-hvD7RTLoc6nl6yLCC7ZOJhdrvEeKnlsZbRo0J0PeOC7gzliTa3RE2jkUzD_hjcn7qEMFH4wpXQXTjrK1WKRbCofaOJkni6VL6/s320/001%20Map%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>For several decades, at the corner of that parking lot, stood the iconic figures of a prospector and his burro, created by artist Claude Bell.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbztJiv2RPcC6cqEV3PoKl5TUAkZmOpjw7j5yeYdd-jA6XtWJLVnP9LAc-SEwRGuHKw8iufzNhAO704VlntmyDnprQrA_wJx0klMVb2MPTh0DSSXEEZbkMukfaQbBULD2Gy7rLxOqgmBUfTufg3vzZvr1UlgfERnXn_n0k334JpI1xSAIhFehM9jpe/s905/zz%2001%20Parking.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="905" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbztJiv2RPcC6cqEV3PoKl5TUAkZmOpjw7j5yeYdd-jA6XtWJLVnP9LAc-SEwRGuHKw8iufzNhAO704VlntmyDnprQrA_wJx0klMVb2MPTh0DSSXEEZbkMukfaQbBULD2Gy7rLxOqgmBUfTufg3vzZvr1UlgfERnXn_n0k334JpI1xSAIhFehM9jpe/s320/zz%2001%20Parking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>When Camp Snoopy was being built, The figures were carefully removed and the rockwork beneath them was demolished. A wall was then built around the new area, and the figures were placed atop the wall.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeyN8I5CiACylPQKJADWQChZmIAyXOwkwSHo6Zj9yzwRmluPoOPz1gfn0AJj4vOXXhp5vc9biNndKNzIB4AIu1TNGxaUtRHzV4U-bRHQkVt6eFOZCH8Lpk5V63Pe0PDvF2J4hp-r7LLfTBUKdqBAFZpKD2_hhN8LkHIklSgkwHbbhuRRgeFvJZuFH/s884/zz%2001%20Parking%20a%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="884" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeyN8I5CiACylPQKJADWQChZmIAyXOwkwSHo6Zj9yzwRmluPoOPz1gfn0AJj4vOXXhp5vc9biNndKNzIB4AIu1TNGxaUtRHzV4U-bRHQkVt6eFOZCH8Lpk5V63Pe0PDvF2J4hp-r7LLfTBUKdqBAFZpKD2_hhN8LkHIklSgkwHbbhuRRgeFvJZuFH/s320/zz%2001%20Parking%20a%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>At some point, and I'm not sure exactly when, Claude Bell's original figures were replaced, because the ones that are there today are standing in a different pose. There are other details as well, which don't match the originals.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ7Y90tY13fdovtlswVXva7-7mC73TngPQvQu37t-cdMxC-FBuAsUKBixEOg9ySYbpbaUtW71iZT7711sLpMAFrB9p14K0JBhgELAV6tKyVkxi0sUVO4oQqRrBPrxF5uNX6V0PJybPDSHtCOvAdZcquwuLPVdve6qvczQKJd3Q1TTzYDJtE57r3QF/s1013/zz%2001%20Parking%20h.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1013" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ7Y90tY13fdovtlswVXva7-7mC73TngPQvQu37t-cdMxC-FBuAsUKBixEOg9ySYbpbaUtW71iZT7711sLpMAFrB9p14K0JBhgELAV6tKyVkxi0sUVO4oQqRrBPrxF5uNX6V0PJybPDSHtCOvAdZcquwuLPVdve6qvczQKJd3Q1TTzYDJtE57r3QF/s320/zz%2001%20Parking%20h.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The figures can also be seen from inside Camp Snoopy, especially now that they have trimmed some of the tree branches away from them.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4zMJmJz78yZsCI-nHhyPdYq7q740AzCaG5NkeNJ6YwBjKvDZZyCv75wDdPtXYz92i9BinIkSe8SjMg523_L-CZzc2loHqEDOuXFOLtafJXyFn1aHPtXZWKNXsHSyJsSuaTHDAArEKr4CwnxBaPYI3Vg-VLU90jXBkHMlcw84-Yw_1RixKbqgvUuH/s1188/zz%20Prospector%20&%20Burro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1188" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4zMJmJz78yZsCI-nHhyPdYq7q740AzCaG5NkeNJ6YwBjKvDZZyCv75wDdPtXYz92i9BinIkSe8SjMg523_L-CZzc2loHqEDOuXFOLtafJXyFn1aHPtXZWKNXsHSyJsSuaTHDAArEKr4CwnxBaPYI3Vg-VLU90jXBkHMlcw84-Yw_1RixKbqgvUuH/s320/zz%20Prospector%20&%20Burro.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This article from that same July 1, 1983 issue of <i>The Berry Vine</i>, talks about Claude Bell's inspiration for his prospector statue, and the pair's return to the corner after a temporary absence.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xnG2JaqEhX9IeI-Linty77JTtBXYIJYZ3ZEJqVH6M1WdFCJiJMT4lHJeoXMdqrSffGFxTBwwXNAc2XUBMoNwURJjtMgsE8ajfRpH8rEHBo4gU09Pkln9DENTl0EmEX_6c-ZEGf4VYxFf8_BIHT1iywLT4CBXPnADXUqOGC7Aj469vK3_qvEg1QzE/s1200/zzzzzz%20Seldom%20Seen%20Slim%20&%20Burro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="929" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xnG2JaqEhX9IeI-Linty77JTtBXYIJYZ3ZEJqVH6M1WdFCJiJMT4lHJeoXMdqrSffGFxTBwwXNAc2XUBMoNwURJjtMgsE8ajfRpH8rEHBo4gU09Pkln9DENTl0EmEX_6c-ZEGf4VYxFf8_BIHT1iywLT4CBXPnADXUqOGC7Aj469vK3_qvEg1QzE/s320/zzzzzz%20Seldom%20Seen%20Slim%20&%20Burro.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>****Bonus Items****</p><p>Here's an issue of <i>The Berry Vine</i>, from February of 1983, which featured an article about the "new children's area" that was currently under construction. The article provides a good descriptive 'tour" of the area, explaining what one could expect to see once it opened.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguciU8vR7oJLVuXdKwuF4o6sDOo_GsmQKSrDPHkNgaC4nTfUB4t8juIO3TpLKb2G11QEPeuPfzMFG4V9rFcikFvWBuwj7MBrO-05f2pLj8P1NC08VscBUix5bN0GA9_O08H4kbuSxDdgXCYE4aWvlcoK0vO_fqB4JlXG2JSpPmsWEdmjaAx6_rLr9/s1307/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="1014" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguciU8vR7oJLVuXdKwuF4o6sDOo_GsmQKSrDPHkNgaC4nTfUB4t8juIO3TpLKb2G11QEPeuPfzMFG4V9rFcikFvWBuwj7MBrO-05f2pLj8P1NC08VscBUix5bN0GA9_O08H4kbuSxDdgXCYE4aWvlcoK0vO_fqB4JlXG2JSpPmsWEdmjaAx6_rLr9/s320/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20a.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p></p><p>The article also stated that the "Cordelia K." steamboat "will be moved over from the Lagoon lake and join another sternwheeler." So, the original plan was to create a new boat (the Walter K.), and<i> <b>also</b></i>, to move the existing Cordelia K. over to Camp Snoopy. I wonder what happened to that plan? Maybe when lifting the Cordelia K. out of the water, they dropped it on the ground and had to scrap it, just like Disney supposedly did with their steamboat, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2010/02/walt-disney-world-steamboats-of-magic.html" target="_blank">"The Admiral Joe Fowler," at Walt Disney World.</a> The article also mentions how the "Ball Crawl" attraction (Beagle Ballroom) was going to have two separate sections, with one of them being designated for adults and older kids.....but we know why <i>that</i> never happened!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhVbbEMLTBz9kRi1zIncKgYlq950K2cdM_9qMDlSRVxBRhnUJzS3rWiDwZVFNkI3JJ81Fv0xL2WArtha9BCfNzgsl6MvFuCNKMiL-IdINOnmEQ2BwVr_xpBlFQRKbK_KBs7LKtHMNL8wPzUZvWJzXuAfBjz_nTlQNDJShAYqrE9tOwTPWbh3w9kdt/s1306/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1009" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhVbbEMLTBz9kRi1zIncKgYlq950K2cdM_9qMDlSRVxBRhnUJzS3rWiDwZVFNkI3JJ81Fv0xL2WArtha9BCfNzgsl6MvFuCNKMiL-IdINOnmEQ2BwVr_xpBlFQRKbK_KBs7LKtHMNL8wPzUZvWJzXuAfBjz_nTlQNDJShAYqrE9tOwTPWbh3w9kdt/s320/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20b.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p></p><p>This part of the article talks about a Computer Center, which I did not mention earlier. That building is located next to the Ferris Wheel, and is now "Peppermint Patty's Candy Cabin." The article also states that most of the trees in the former parking lot were being saved, and how many of the new attractions and buildings were being planned around those existing trees.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTt__wtgJ0eMqP8JkedIcwUpn7no2jctGx3xVJ11lQdAzW1d1HqKb1sjYtGXdab1wBieSmv3h2v4gbAsIhVcPkdDSlJ4zR_88bs8NNii82RuDK5m09ggYkxMMTUmrZwQDwaMTfB9Z60Voh-3FE-3m81oRtm62K1txi5kHTTc3sjMFRiuYUOdRtWCZ/s1310/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTt__wtgJ0eMqP8JkedIcwUpn7no2jctGx3xVJ11lQdAzW1d1HqKb1sjYtGXdab1wBieSmv3h2v4gbAsIhVcPkdDSlJ4zR_88bs8NNii82RuDK5m09ggYkxMMTUmrZwQDwaMTfB9Z60Voh-3FE-3m81oRtm62K1txi5kHTTc3sjMFRiuYUOdRtWCZ/s320/zz%20Feb.%2011,%201983%20c.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p>The article also mentions that the model of Camp Snoopy could be viewed at the Knott's Main Entrance. I remember the model being out on display, during the months leading up to Camp Snoopy's opening. Here's a press photo of Charles Schulz, Virginia Knott, and Marion Knott viewing the model.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5ads8JjZPvT6y02NVC4M6dK2kOL9PayjfySWPt13qojcbR5cG8fblgfdLczws3T_3uscaSQTsOrbTh5-eYNhf59VcaMSigdhMh_2OR_ocS0CLKqoUqMAIpDITFCj6F-1YouPbNWGhUiTrVICibYEPnlru43lKMDPIqvytzXNYotm4a8dyVeK-9Gy/s1200/zzz%20C.%20Snoopy%20-%20Schulz%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1200" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5ads8JjZPvT6y02NVC4M6dK2kOL9PayjfySWPt13qojcbR5cG8fblgfdLczws3T_3uscaSQTsOrbTh5-eYNhf59VcaMSigdhMh_2OR_ocS0CLKqoUqMAIpDITFCj6F-1YouPbNWGhUiTrVICibYEPnlru43lKMDPIqvytzXNYotm4a8dyVeK-9Gy/s320/zzz%20C.%20Snoopy%20-%20Schulz%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This next photo, which was taken the same day, shows the three of them standing in the middle of the Camp Snoopy construction site.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VX_3scya-1pj-7rvwixdiUO4ELRq8u4w_ndkJiuwMJJoFzvpCQl1Sd9grNp5qMB6q0Nc0-UEXSp93JFbK1kotFKGB0SVL-s8M-xlds7XCcf4Kx_SiJVgOMN91q-HKI3XGaHDEtCpsS3GM-Zb0HV0vrgVEk9G7wnhHJIDV9ZagkSCXVN_hrr2cg8T/s1200/zzz%20C.%20Snoopy%20-%20Schulz%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1200" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VX_3scya-1pj-7rvwixdiUO4ELRq8u4w_ndkJiuwMJJoFzvpCQl1Sd9grNp5qMB6q0Nc0-UEXSp93JFbK1kotFKGB0SVL-s8M-xlds7XCcf4Kx_SiJVgOMN91q-HKI3XGaHDEtCpsS3GM-Zb0HV0vrgVEk9G7wnhHJIDV9ZagkSCXVN_hrr2cg8T/s320/zzz%20C.%20Snoopy%20-%20Schulz%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>There is footage on YouTube (I will include a link at the end of this post), showing Virginia Knott taking that "ranger" hat out of a bag and giving it to Charles Schulz. I wonder if she ever sold those in Virginia's Gift Shop, or anywhere else in the park? I really don't remember seeing any guests wearing them. Perhaps it was a prototype for a souvenir which was never produced?<br /></p><p>And speaking of souvenirs, here are some (mostly) vintage Camp Snoopy items.</p><p>A "press kit" folder from the July 1983 grand opening: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8gBtLIaYXAhsa2w6Rirgq8U40bzCOFPGk63RZg-RcBeoMH0PhyICRnDa_HDBuJCQblwba-_2YmzOwsDVXTC_F_k3lH6r-t_ii6GdHOZoUgpQFArVyDySZceBoSUA_QadkalF33QYLnIzohiNUqmRe6LWIIL_kh6lIas5Me5qoGL_J6AwL0una1Tf/s1880/zz%20C.%20Snoopy%20Press%20Folder%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1880" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8gBtLIaYXAhsa2w6Rirgq8U40bzCOFPGk63RZg-RcBeoMH0PhyICRnDa_HDBuJCQblwba-_2YmzOwsDVXTC_F_k3lH6r-t_ii6GdHOZoUgpQFArVyDySZceBoSUA_QadkalF33QYLnIzohiNUqmRe6LWIIL_kh6lIas5Me5qoGL_J6AwL0una1Tf/s320/zz%20C.%20Snoopy%20Press%20Folder%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I saved one of the park's merchandise bags, from that Summer of '83:
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transparencies on a View-Master reel, I will scan all of the images and post them!<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdbYAAx2tp3mUKPLKM4xHT31yEAuYqLULY91KZprjGKbmk8q11vUrKWblpC1UdiBQ3-JATL8BZA8i49NqIpZApPndIVvkqnkBxQSgyy8ZkqrORFEI31tTVmcHMX8GfsO-InNupOsve-0iBxlJ36YCMSbCRUUtX4C_psoGoQa-K2DR-S2B93e3R3MT/s1265/z%20View-Master%20Reels%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdbYAAx2tp3mUKPLKM4xHT31yEAuYqLULY91KZprjGKbmk8q11vUrKWblpC1UdiBQ3-JATL8BZA8i49NqIpZApPndIVvkqnkBxQSgyy8ZkqrORFEI31tTVmcHMX8GfsO-InNupOsve-0iBxlJ36YCMSbCRUUtX4C_psoGoQa-K2DR-S2B93e3R3MT/s320/z%20View-Master%20Reels%202.jpg" width="177" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Lucite key ring:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXVdTbdJOF0PRojef8yW6XEEKC4Y-Gw93Bh2POCklKsXu6RvyCKMUVcQBLUlSfPqPVDSQP5inMC7NStGLOALk4In20ImWY-miWiEI2XmC9MXUJvXEOY0Wkj9RnFTx0NYyoitkMGMrddM/s1600/Camp+Snoopy+-+Key+Chain.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXVdTbdJOF0PRojef8yW6XEEKC4Y-Gw93Bh2POCklKsXu6RvyCKMUVcQBLUlSfPqPVDSQP5inMC7NStGLOALk4In20ImWY-miWiEI2XmC9MXUJvXEOY0Wkj9RnFTx0NYyoitkMGMrddM/s320/Camp+Snoopy+-+Key+Chain.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><p>Lunch box:<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRKR_ls2iYjOzH3gaC1z75wr5TwbNeuU7Vodn5IwRusdQ_yqe5F-UhPg18TgaYhMtvUxLmPWgZFrFiFnbLc4PizBZxwbz4Qa9WiEjNo6R-_wPO4ovuyJKn0dh6RaW0UPwkuFEhj1lZMIK4laH_zk_Glqxtgw96mjl7RgDcbY5Xtm5JVg0afEAQCDT/s994/Lunch%20Box%20(front)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="994" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRKR_ls2iYjOzH3gaC1z75wr5TwbNeuU7Vodn5IwRusdQ_yqe5F-UhPg18TgaYhMtvUxLmPWgZFrFiFnbLc4PizBZxwbz4Qa9WiEjNo6R-_wPO4ovuyJKn0dh6RaW0UPwkuFEhj1lZMIK4laH_zk_Glqxtgw96mjl7RgDcbY5Xtm5JVg0afEAQCDT/s320/Lunch%20Box%20(front)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Pennant:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQVq-k88FF5p0EHC-t3Qw5U45GGTs19l06LZPlywovYCQ3xTRwsfvWlWzTYyEVQ16EWarehiES27Ar0yFMe4cfu-z5EKlvx7qlBdB6zls_Ztnvh-gZ0q0PJmtrxcF9czUa0aUoQCMyXGuhMgoqPDxsNI22OG08kighZc8r7sySzPAuEyDklwNCqJW/s1598/z%20Pennant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1598" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQVq-k88FF5p0EHC-t3Qw5U45GGTs19l06LZPlywovYCQ3xTRwsfvWlWzTYyEVQ16EWarehiES27Ar0yFMe4cfu-z5EKlvx7qlBdB6zls_Ztnvh-gZ0q0PJmtrxcF9czUa0aUoQCMyXGuhMgoqPDxsNI22OG08kighZc8r7sySzPAuEyDklwNCqJW/s320/z%20Pennant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Embroidered patch:<br />
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</p><p></p><p>Postcards:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B09pQs5frZruVM5vdNjP6cfPlqGDhLZSNtyp-DF4Rv4d1qAFSnfGpXw5A6DGflJEW61SbUSDEmHXP-o8jTO_7GG1wcvAPQskXl29Jseg6Td8MxPx7DYUKsMaU-oCmlEd4Utqmgc-DoS7rf9dRCj4RGMSqRpqljukyNjRCX8OO8Tf0l-UrgL_CoUu/s1577/Camp%20Snoopy%20Postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="1113" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9B09pQs5frZruVM5vdNjP6cfPlqGDhLZSNtyp-DF4Rv4d1qAFSnfGpXw5A6DGflJEW61SbUSDEmHXP-o8jTO_7GG1wcvAPQskXl29Jseg6Td8MxPx7DYUKsMaU-oCmlEd4Utqmgc-DoS7rf9dRCj4RGMSqRpqljukyNjRCX8OO8Tf0l-UrgL_CoUu/s320/Camp%20Snoopy%20Postcard.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eDSiwyOMcQAsdi-9BOF0hDvnBuiYoucqvuuee-_X-QP9f7kGRJT0s30hy84QUPTL5uayEioq2FKJVPzD6t97ONKpsgb0xXn9lsH09XODqw68RzSNZ42tCSW0yePUb4Hkjdf53IJKW9o/s1600/01+Camp+Snoopy+P.C.+-+1991+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1188" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eDSiwyOMcQAsdi-9BOF0hDvnBuiYoucqvuuee-_X-QP9f7kGRJT0s30hy84QUPTL5uayEioq2FKJVPzD6t97ONKpsgb0xXn9lsH09XODqw68RzSNZ42tCSW0yePUb4Hkjdf53IJKW9o/s320/01+Camp+Snoopy+P.C.+-+1991+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVJzz5D-J5qLdlYEtaQKKFgWVWLXyfN5E40VXxPR9rHnojZmZeXW5MTb_jhQXIK7gj895f71EGVg0dKMoIc2xXMUyTTZAmgZg9ndaDHy-PoEPZZbEoTydztpTHWfiq4yhl0mc9tQodLI/s1600/Camp+Snoopy+Postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1203" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVJzz5D-J5qLdlYEtaQKKFgWVWLXyfN5E40VXxPR9rHnojZmZeXW5MTb_jhQXIK7gj895f71EGVg0dKMoIc2xXMUyTTZAmgZg9ndaDHy-PoEPZZbEoTydztpTHWfiq4yhl0mc9tQodLI/s320/Camp+Snoopy+Postcard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-YHWo0-vomO4LXRTecL8FEQ8wx3KEtu_DNP7zjwkHicYYGMm2bCNUEVf6qDhHgsR9FlQ7mGYJH35qTWQTO591y940J6ey0v27QKkby9p-guOTchw1nT-bxgo19yPtKWmOJ31lcAmm_YiYzyqK82-fYRaTCJfNx7GWMZinn1JJeXaLvL0kJqoGKt4/s1199/z%20Postcard%20Snoopy%20&%20Woodstock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1199" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-YHWo0-vomO4LXRTecL8FEQ8wx3KEtu_DNP7zjwkHicYYGMm2bCNUEVf6qDhHgsR9FlQ7mGYJH35qTWQTO591y940J6ey0v27QKkby9p-guOTchw1nT-bxgo19yPtKWmOJ31lcAmm_YiYzyqK82-fYRaTCJfNx7GWMZinn1JJeXaLvL0kJqoGKt4/s320/z%20Postcard%20Snoopy%20&%20Woodstock.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MNhtvPHTCI1p5AfrJultLKwm1NW3m4aO85cjthVMdmVtLikhKK8hFE9kIw7e50268O6hRtrCndkKtiG0wFsovsJaISGQhOx3rGir3zFDNujY-A7cJvad4W42Qy-KGpggk8O3fO5K-rdYD1eLP2r8J052nT0WYx1UPQPU8zTJ0oC4C56fuTgo9XwY/s792/z%20Postcard%20-%20Snoopy,%20Lucy%20&%20Charlie%20Brown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="792" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MNhtvPHTCI1p5AfrJultLKwm1NW3m4aO85cjthVMdmVtLikhKK8hFE9kIw7e50268O6hRtrCndkKtiG0wFsovsJaISGQhOx3rGir3zFDNujY-A7cJvad4W42Qy-KGpggk8O3fO5K-rdYD1eLP2r8J052nT0WYx1UPQPU8zTJ0oC4C56fuTgo9XwY/s320/z%20Postcard%20-%20Snoopy,%20Lucy%20&%20Charlie%20Brown.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Employees were given this pinback button to wear during "Camp Snoopy Days," which was held
in the Spring of 1988. There was even a "Camp Snoopy Days
Parade." I suppose this event could now be considered a precursor
to the park's annual "Peanuts Celebration" event, which began 30
years later.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjsKbfbMOqoKX1lKyjLuNq_gGxGLHnzQUdSSgkKMQM5C4Or69O0-Al4T2YHg14QGg4R5x8cgg9AAzewvWZZ0SxQnm1T8VdtJeNJYWLbOdnrJla73HiWnLsHqJiC9evlnvmmJRO58ZITTBluBzg-2sSWydlWxf2lnDSQbwFazMb0lLTBV9lX6Spyri/s712/z%20C.%20Snoopy%20%20Days%20Employee%20Button.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="701" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjsKbfbMOqoKX1lKyjLuNq_gGxGLHnzQUdSSgkKMQM5C4Or69O0-Al4T2YHg14QGg4R5x8cgg9AAzewvWZZ0SxQnm1T8VdtJeNJYWLbOdnrJla73HiWnLsHqJiC9evlnvmmJRO58ZITTBluBzg-2sSWydlWxf2lnDSQbwFazMb0lLTBV9lX6Spyri/s320/z%20C.%20Snoopy%20%20Days%20Employee%20Button.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A commemorative plate and T-shirt were created for Camp Snoopy's 10th anniversary, in 1993:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vGpPjGec91Vcv-YofBwjL0YXVHN0RDyBtNMUi-PLlyUHwko0yTn0nbwaS_jViovQjK4RWrDleV95FR1_274OQPLb2JzK1DGGivj202AfLB-mOjKx_07Grg1FdOH2fCPzpOO7jy82MYxWlYS4sXvet54Zo0pBBK--JOrj5lj1DLxw0TIg0nMHzUOD/s1505/z%2010th%20Ann.%20Plate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="1505" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vGpPjGec91Vcv-YofBwjL0YXVHN0RDyBtNMUi-PLlyUHwko0yTn0nbwaS_jViovQjK4RWrDleV95FR1_274OQPLb2JzK1DGGivj202AfLB-mOjKx_07Grg1FdOH2fCPzpOO7jy82MYxWlYS4sXvet54Zo0pBBK--JOrj5lj1DLxw0TIg0nMHzUOD/s320/z%2010th%20Ann.%20Plate.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VaZ8LVCF5Bum_HsHUpBST6IiQNJaflwmDsgfAfmfo4VaR2HD1lqgZ9KGfXhteOfIssXQUXg39xmL4LuK9flZFwx-r09oke0FBdInkb0zZ2HJbG5t8p7W3AAhEMjO3W8T4Ie0j2twF5WQvQsKQZMwBDdIw0WeQJYRvWwCESye83PzW2MOdzHiCxwg/s1692/z%2010th%20Ann.%20Shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="1509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VaZ8LVCF5Bum_HsHUpBST6IiQNJaflwmDsgfAfmfo4VaR2HD1lqgZ9KGfXhteOfIssXQUXg39xmL4LuK9flZFwx-r09oke0FBdInkb0zZ2HJbG5t8p7W3AAhEMjO3W8T4Ie0j2twF5WQvQsKQZMwBDdIw0WeQJYRvWwCESye83PzW2MOdzHiCxwg/s320/z%2010th%20Ann.%20Shirt.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p>An embroidered patch commemorating Camp Snoopy's 20th anniversary, in 2003:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpjqrk6ZrNXWc0bNAqyKebEkOmM-8ia3l426nCMCmXHYNvaUSfjU4nlHFaJr5PGJhVk2J97P9ArnG_Vjssr6sP5bkn2r9Pg7cqze0n3gOcm4RHyaSOO5obobA0dQN6H_6I7bdOCrkYSaZTjCgzAVK5TUpMqXkROQ-2IiHloH0hpU-IrJROk__Rh7u/s1600/a%2020th%20Knott's%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Patch%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="946" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpjqrk6ZrNXWc0bNAqyKebEkOmM-8ia3l426nCMCmXHYNvaUSfjU4nlHFaJr5PGJhVk2J97P9ArnG_Vjssr6sP5bkn2r9Pg7cqze0n3gOcm4RHyaSOO5obobA0dQN6H_6I7bdOCrkYSaZTjCgzAVK5TUpMqXkROQ-2IiHloH0hpU-IrJROk__Rh7u/s320/a%2020th%20Knott's%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Patch%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="189" /></a></div><p></p><p>A limited edition set of pins was available earlier this year, for Camp Snoopy's 40th anniversary:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTijfc_g3OIsJfhgFM3x7FjEoaaRV3woj7uibC0X6dYKXkEZi5BySxvhg7sukFlJUcTPKqwoLt_YISGZBmYHGAKRkfiAv_m2UqeugKqtFlptYS9RmXe-iDLGFgDu4kdBjcafa5D0WUpXZBZk4TXL1KIRGMYUPhO2Aw2IBh0rE7Wiz6MxRJcxPIPj1h/s768/z%2040th%20Pin%20Set.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTijfc_g3OIsJfhgFM3x7FjEoaaRV3woj7uibC0X6dYKXkEZi5BySxvhg7sukFlJUcTPKqwoLt_YISGZBmYHGAKRkfiAv_m2UqeugKqtFlptYS9RmXe-iDLGFgDu4kdBjcafa5D0WUpXZBZk4TXL1KIRGMYUPhO2Aw2IBh0rE7Wiz6MxRJcxPIPj1h/s320/z%2040th%20Pin%20Set.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The set included pins for the newer rides, which have been added to Camp Snoopy over the years. The three newest rides; Charlie Brown's Kite Flyer, Linus Launcher, and Pig Pen's Mud Buggies, were all added in 2014, during a major refurbishment of the area:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6yzFso_NNtI9bDjBpiLjwItrDm5qvwsiHD1g-LZllkviLLOYJg2iW55bD5HsfF9kSt6n0L9hjoJw_qTuM6nGwz45MmBkJZGBLxfJ27EDy6VzG1GnwN501TPh1mv5b4NuH35m--1t-QDU2LLV_rO2Kz7kGGUIU0M8HSjaBeK8ZtbsWkpegFrLFfmp/s1020/zz%202014%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Artwork.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1020" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6yzFso_NNtI9bDjBpiLjwItrDm5qvwsiHD1g-LZllkviLLOYJg2iW55bD5HsfF9kSt6n0L9hjoJw_qTuM6nGwz45MmBkJZGBLxfJ27EDy6VzG1GnwN501TPh1mv5b4NuH35m--1t-QDU2LLV_rO2Kz7kGGUIU0M8HSjaBeK8ZtbsWkpegFrLFfmp/s320/zz%202014%20Camp%20Snoopy%20Artwork.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Knott's claimed that the 2014 refurbishment was for Camp Snoopy's "30th
anniversary," but it was actually for the 31st
anniversary. I guess when they tell fibs like that in their advertising, they
are just hoping that the average guest won't really know the
difference.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNARIulzF1QObJiPepsWBmNPOTM8HUyG1vtS6JtdQOoPXf3ABBNY6MOdCdBmmVs06lWCRgY7kdKgJdp8HRdeDovLAu4YW3swkFN6YsWiLCynij4o2IMXAQwP4FqUhWUJYKO80yle6XHHWgn3-nef35Tw_fMDTqBG8LKHYM3rFoZLwNONbDPdu0Zzo/s614/zz%2030th%20Anniversary.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="614" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNARIulzF1QObJiPepsWBmNPOTM8HUyG1vtS6JtdQOoPXf3ABBNY6MOdCdBmmVs06lWCRgY7kdKgJdp8HRdeDovLAu4YW3swkFN6YsWiLCynij4o2IMXAQwP4FqUhWUJYKO80yle6XHHWgn3-nef35Tw_fMDTqBG8LKHYM3rFoZLwNONbDPdu0Zzo/s320/zz%2030th%20Anniversary.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>For Knott's 100th anniversary, there was a series of 100 pins released over the course of two years. Camp Snoopy was represented by several of the pins. This one was #63 in the series, and featured the original Camp Snoopy logo:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHXzkjxKu3q-W-QFhp-aqzL-cY8ZUnNqGuzWBFnHaSPP6hwpPvqyZA_a-7qvCWSr1iUlD1MSSMBeOhquZ0lZDcGkx3FL9QK2booBfOGejArs_jut_Fe48Ha0WP2OQyjMfyqtAjcSWdSzRRx4jNzZtdmMW3-NotKgUkYSPnQIEDModioZgmISeim5R/s1080/Knott's%20pin%20%2363.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHXzkjxKu3q-W-QFhp-aqzL-cY8ZUnNqGuzWBFnHaSPP6hwpPvqyZA_a-7qvCWSr1iUlD1MSSMBeOhquZ0lZDcGkx3FL9QK2booBfOGejArs_jut_Fe48Ha0WP2OQyjMfyqtAjcSWdSzRRx4jNzZtdmMW3-NotKgUkYSPnQIEDModioZgmISeim5R/s320/Knott's%20pin%20%2363.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Pin #62 had a "rocking" canoe (attached to a spring), just like the one at the entrance to Camp Snoopy:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9Z7ZnrVEPKMMxUanl0Z_AzGPA4U3c8WybxTAV36ZKB4DqxJtKmND0wdn0A9GiFTolOPDE9DFSgmgh7aRDBzTtAym_WbGYLVkYBC-BzhCLuyvP82Ox60zjRarzKNMhdSrbqDSrkqSNG3WR-dP2GWjFb4dZu871LKYo1smyCSlqL-8JejODZWWOrdc/s936/Knott's%20Pin%20%2362.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="898" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9Z7ZnrVEPKMMxUanl0Z_AzGPA4U3c8WybxTAV36ZKB4DqxJtKmND0wdn0A9GiFTolOPDE9DFSgmgh7aRDBzTtAym_WbGYLVkYBC-BzhCLuyvP82Ox60zjRarzKNMhdSrbqDSrkqSNG3WR-dP2GWjFb4dZu871LKYo1smyCSlqL-8JejODZWWOrdc/s320/Knott's%20Pin%20%2362.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>We will end this post with a few vintage video clips.</p><p>This Camp Snoopy announcement/promo begins with footage from several Knott's commercials, from the early 1980s, including one from 1982, the year that Snoopy first "arrived" at Knott's:</p><p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cRmmFaWo424" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe></p><p></p><p></p><p>This pre-opening commercial includes a brief glimpse of the Cordelia K. steamboat, which never made the move over to Camp Snoopy. The footage of it here, was shot over at the Lagoon:</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfJdjeBN1Xk" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe>
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>An animated commercial from the Summer of 1983, featuring the Peanuts characters:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B4I6_VXntkE" width="460"></iframe></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A Camp Snoopy birthday party commercial, from 1983:</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6G_bwmWM3Y" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Camp Snoopy opening day footage, with various Knott Family members, and Danielle Brisebois:<br /></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wp0E-yX-XOg" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe> </p><p></p><p>In that previous video, you could see Danielle Brisebois of <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-miscellany-archie-bunkers-card.html" target="_blank">"All In The Family" and "Archie Bunker's Place,"</a> surrounded by children. The children were all wearing banners with the names of various countries......more shades of Disney! I wonder if they were all asked to bring containers of water, from the oceans and rivers of their respective countries? According to this publicity photo, the children were part of the "International Children's Choir."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Pf04_ijnmcfexKBFi8lXT8kGlUMQWVfW4STOaOUUM5u1k6DLeJeBOgKN17Qau9Awk6bt3WM9JzH-ft5zSXOodMSyYB_wbFAd9GgprLPRoy4c8dI19hf0S6Gh0gxZ981ghzHenv3oQwb2cLsegAAq-WtDJ_FTqz-YM9SaOSduMlgA7uM8SCwTzqYm/s1142/zzz%20Opening%20Day%20-%20Danielle%20Brisebois.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Pf04_ijnmcfexKBFi8lXT8kGlUMQWVfW4STOaOUUM5u1k6DLeJeBOgKN17Qau9Awk6bt3WM9JzH-ft5zSXOodMSyYB_wbFAd9GgprLPRoy4c8dI19hf0S6Gh0gxZ981ghzHenv3oQwb2cLsegAAq-WtDJ_FTqz-YM9SaOSduMlgA7uM8SCwTzqYm/s320/zzz%20Opening%20Day%20-%20Danielle%20Brisebois.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For people who like models, here's a 22 minute video with multiple close-up shots of the Camp Snoopy model: <br /></p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMTc-mh6JtQ" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe> </p><p>And finally, here are several McDonald's commercials, promoting the sale of their Camp Snoopy glasses:</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PKpsUmO874M" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe> </p><p>2nd McDonald's commercial:</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8h_dxloInyI" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe> </p><p></p><p>3rd McDonald's commercial:<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="305" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O737j5sutvI" title="YouTube video player" width="460"></iframe><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span><br /></span></span></p><p><span> ****Post Update**** (8-31-23)</span></p><p><span><i>Meet The World</i> reader, "Brandon," recently left a comment about the "Knott's" sign at the corner of Beach Blvd. and La Palma Ave. He had noticed just last week, that the sign is boarded up and was wondering why. The sign has actually been that way since October of 2020, when a drunk driver reportedly hit the wall, and damaged the sign.</span></p><p><span>Here's a pre-2020 photo of the sign:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHzcHVpC1NR2TEgjr_Y5P6mnzPI7F1f7fP1xiOOjmF_yFEb277sTdXT4Isfyoshg7keLy1sV8FpAEtC9AVBSAJdcMv-fUAjYKU05Rq3p5WuFcXeEZoyzj_cINNZjlWrYbWtJWJmyNWdDMwo8V9hC2Q8_L2mrVkBVDv2ouNghCJN03pxE68kMlip7Mcus/s924/zz%2001%20Parking%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="924" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHzcHVpC1NR2TEgjr_Y5P6mnzPI7F1f7fP1xiOOjmF_yFEb277sTdXT4Isfyoshg7keLy1sV8FpAEtC9AVBSAJdcMv-fUAjYKU05Rq3p5WuFcXeEZoyzj_cINNZjlWrYbWtJWJmyNWdDMwo8V9hC2Q8_L2mrVkBVDv2ouNghCJN03pxE68kMlip7Mcus/s320/zz%2001%20Parking%20d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And here is a photo that I took in October of 2020, not too long after the accident. Notice the section of railing that was still missing at that time (bottom left corner of the photo). You can also see where a section of that little hedge was damaged, however, those flowers were replaced pretty quickly. It's hard to believe that three years have passed now, and management still hasn't replaced the sign. Someone needs to hang a "Six Flags Over Buena Park" banner on that wall, just for kicks!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap4QFq3F4msEmraN2kRdw4r2CmGBXm35i1_jZx5Hw5DNVA-pYhGvoWmTLK9Mkf-Q--IKQucR9NL18nyssAZD0z_VOfgQbzp5X34k2KHZnIU8bgc_NbboCBeKLwIKUSF6dtKHdkTvqJzlo2YO48dEd6ZHsPUsN3kh30Zn-G2gxceuIsXVGJnb8XhlTn0c/s1238/zz%2001%20Parking%20g%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1238" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap4QFq3F4msEmraN2kRdw4r2CmGBXm35i1_jZx5Hw5DNVA-pYhGvoWmTLK9Mkf-Q--IKQucR9NL18nyssAZD0z_VOfgQbzp5X34k2KHZnIU8bgc_NbboCBeKLwIKUSF6dtKHdkTvqJzlo2YO48dEd6ZHsPUsN3kh30Zn-G2gxceuIsXVGJnb8XhlTn0c/s320/zz%2001%20Parking%20g%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span> </span><p></p>
TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-30452346347966196792023-05-19T00:05:00.009-07:002023-05-22T23:44:38.913-07:00The "New Matterhorn" at Disneyland - 45th Anniversary<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">In September of 1977, Disneyland's then 17 year-old
Matterhorn Bobsleds attraction closed down, for a major refurbishment.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG886QHfZf0gl-tF-dJNQJMvHjFsc9svEztwyVYrI0AY7-truERnHRfbxQkmNi73I15UMT4kNl4TReCiGVDKJZGt8urnbpiC-9gd-PT1InnUcbnz0NwfuZ0F0LNcMmtrZpljIaWuF6s_PHfTh53TS58mTm3WY-MbimCjB1VC5KDUsFJPwTyx9U8Jds/s450/zzz%20New%20Matterhorn%20-%20Eyes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG886QHfZf0gl-tF-dJNQJMvHjFsc9svEztwyVYrI0AY7-truERnHRfbxQkmNi73I15UMT4kNl4TReCiGVDKJZGt8urnbpiC-9gd-PT1InnUcbnz0NwfuZ0F0LNcMmtrZpljIaWuF6s_PHfTh53TS58mTm3WY-MbimCjB1VC5KDUsFJPwTyx9U8Jds/s320/zzz%20New%20Matterhorn%20-%20Eyes.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I
didn't know about the refurbishment at that time, but I was often
writing to the Public Relations Dept. at Disneyland, and asking them
about "future attractions" at the park. </span><span style="font-size: small;">One of their responses included
this <span style="font-style: italic;">Walt Disney Productions Annual Report</span>, for 1977.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEzV85ypgjawVEfwUrMBxS6Zc8fEQTxT3u1zP7vOOqDuSX7RhNos7RPC47FDOMeJGEcamVANPKVX5GVnmjl00v6B0DbGp_FPF3pJa-f6i6FOJ-mflm7W5DXQLSR5bZi43ZARQEQ_jUX_3aroMIBf_Qs4CS126vjE_Q3x1EWlpzkNKkAknMzbhVriZ/s992/W.D.P.%20Annual%20Report%201977%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEzV85ypgjawVEfwUrMBxS6Zc8fEQTxT3u1zP7vOOqDuSX7RhNos7RPC47FDOMeJGEcamVANPKVX5GVnmjl00v6B0DbGp_FPF3pJa-f6i6FOJ-mflm7W5DXQLSR5bZi43ZARQEQ_jUX_3aroMIBf_Qs4CS126vjE_Q3x1EWlpzkNKkAknMzbhVriZ/s320/W.D.P.%20Annual%20Report%201977%20Cover.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-size: small;">
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<div><span style="font-size: small;">Each year, these reports would include info about
Disneyland's newest attractions, but they would often include
information about things that were in the planning stages, or currently
under construction at the park. This report had information about the
new additions to the Matterhorn, as well as info about the
future "Big Thunder Railway" attraction.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PWKL2FeQMQFtuEych0AxfKLXO1COK0suItSV5xGuZ03a6deYdkayHNmELIcTaAJy7NThaKTaYNowTpvrO4nug9qEGAN460XGyQhu5nRTg3cXfY94veYlYwllm-ErEp705aWXWi_BlfjPqVqGOz6z35t5LlDL8o6txTqCA51UapOGZjCqPHr2_0-m/s1621/WDP%20Annual%20Report%20-%201977%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PWKL2FeQMQFtuEych0AxfKLXO1COK0suItSV5xGuZ03a6deYdkayHNmELIcTaAJy7NThaKTaYNowTpvrO4nug9qEGAN460XGyQhu5nRTg3cXfY94veYlYwllm-ErEp705aWXWi_BlfjPqVqGOz6z35t5LlDL8o6txTqCA51UapOGZjCqPHr2_0-m/s320/WDP%20Annual%20Report%20-%201977%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Blaine Gibson is pictured below, sculpting the face of the Matterhorn's new "Abominable Snowman."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEKLHHdtaMIw09-If1Ibna3ELy9htIikBQvxhVxI2Vq1G1RN3OxLcUC5Bftk20LEFWUYnSeInX3atEH5Y3r4sfox2qd9VrVelIE_OgeMGuERpNRo8apUvp4r7JhEKMjzzZfsw9Lu7LveDkZgbWPTbBLlK4MS_O7nbbHwcv71mKFyyDDII38ln4hBI/s1631/WDP%20Annual%20Report%20-%201977%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEKLHHdtaMIw09-If1Ibna3ELy9htIikBQvxhVxI2Vq1G1RN3OxLcUC5Bftk20LEFWUYnSeInX3atEH5Y3r4sfox2qd9VrVelIE_OgeMGuERpNRo8apUvp4r7JhEKMjzzZfsw9Lu7LveDkZgbWPTbBLlK4MS_O7nbbHwcv71mKFyyDDII38ln4hBI/s320/WDP%20Annual%20Report%20-%201977%20(2).jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The Abominable Snowman animatronics were actually being
adapted from the gorilla figures, originally featured in
the park's Jungle Cruise attraction. These were removed in 1976, when <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-jungle-cruise.html" target="_blank">the Jungle Cruise received a major refurbishment</a>, which included the addition of many new scenes. Incidentally, I have
seen statements in two different places on the internet, saying that
these gorillas were removed in 1968, but that has to be wrong, because I
definitely remember seeing them in person, in the mid-1970s. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDF3_qgcE0PT2pee8Svlw0_LFswWELwj1k13iPvKiryFPNgnEEqblyJqd0IbGWMGW7_FpQeeZ4pm3342Zke5y9bH2kX3dLe3DzSiX42yBCHCy5xEds7WgxqDmDSCvDdD8uuJsTZ8CFyqmlkfcsMl8NIus3h03aPhMrCoGvlUWEOj4yekCYnWgrKP2/s516/001%20Jungle%20Cruise%20Gorilla.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDF3_qgcE0PT2pee8Svlw0_LFswWELwj1k13iPvKiryFPNgnEEqblyJqd0IbGWMGW7_FpQeeZ4pm3342Zke5y9bH2kX3dLe3DzSiX42yBCHCy5xEds7WgxqDmDSCvDdD8uuJsTZ8CFyqmlkfcsMl8NIus3h03aPhMrCoGvlUWEOj4yekCYnWgrKP2/s320/001%20Jungle%20Cruise%20Gorilla.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-size: small;">In January of 1978, I wrote to
Disneyland's Public Relations Dept., again, hoping to get some more
detailed info about the park's "future attractions," including the new
additions to the Matterhorn, along with a possible opening date. I also
asked specifically about "Discovery Bay," and "Circusland," which were
rumored to be the next big construction projects, following the
completion of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. I received this letter,
dated February 2, 1978, with a tentative date of May 27th given for the
reopening of the Matterhorn. For some reason, there was no response in
regards to my asking about "Discovery Bay."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRUNTP9PMxcfsGPjCbtYkg1eYY1LITk1aNSRc2h7py1pOsUDnoOPFdVuOU-7_OvZM0yRbESbTsHc1X0ql6IVnvPv82-fZjSdYf9S6yg2-hvOup5m6S0rSEktVcQdhzzg1W4GEMGq4kLMFNfgyWDIGxqkDHmatkPSpizxSnnfbryQHGQdxsprZBOMw/s1089/1978%20Feb.%202nd%20-%20Letter%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="1089" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRUNTP9PMxcfsGPjCbtYkg1eYY1LITk1aNSRc2h7py1pOsUDnoOPFdVuOU-7_OvZM0yRbESbTsHc1X0ql6IVnvPv82-fZjSdYf9S6yg2-hvOup5m6S0rSEktVcQdhzzg1W4GEMGq4kLMFNfgyWDIGxqkDHmatkPSpizxSnnfbryQHGQdxsprZBOMw/s320/1978%20Feb.%202nd%20-%20Letter%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The PR department's stationary was always very nice.
The Castle and Space Mountain logos were embossed, and coated with a
shiny gold foil type of material.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraS7kwFWaXc_xYxc3c-l5bqpKrQVcvAvqySfhmQmdj2mB6IDeQ-uZ-xYaLHTGF0P0UWOnxtKstf_PQ8qqgS6Adpuxf9pp1GLZdsTdd1QGQ9AapJARgVxFQ8_4GyehdhGMWaWcogawzClOmEUVCGyQVGmikCjkZzjxLEeJ91n3nOAVC8knwOMucc8B/s1053/1978%20Feb.%202nd%20-%20Letter%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="830" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhraS7kwFWaXc_xYxc3c-l5bqpKrQVcvAvqySfhmQmdj2mB6IDeQ-uZ-xYaLHTGF0P0UWOnxtKstf_PQ8qqgS6Adpuxf9pp1GLZdsTdd1QGQ9AapJARgVxFQ8_4GyehdhGMWaWcogawzClOmEUVCGyQVGmikCjkZzjxLEeJ91n3nOAVC8knwOMucc8B/s320/1978%20Feb.%202nd%20-%20Letter%20(1).jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">In late February of that year, my grandparents took my
brother and me to Disneyland, for "YMCA Days." We weren't YMCA members,
but somehow we obtained an order form, and sent away for the
specially-priced tickets, which had to be purchased in advance. My
grandparents had taken us to Disneyland the previous Summer, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2010/05/space-mountain-33rd-anniversary.html" target="_blank">to see the brand new "Space Mountain."</a> But I could never really get enough
of Disneyland (and my family knew that), so it was nice to be going
again, just seven months later.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2hZKx3Z1vOiHgZe74Le3jQZLv1Ak_ZAUjIKAAWokN24DLi3EK_eTfeNjahc_WSWDzSfNMmm1ByWhRzNT9ZwzwvGTK9_GHNkoXr04lynfG6uMhGAoJAH9Oxom5TzsUQxUL2NwNY9yShB3X79Kia4CVV1Qt5fXNV2JvmEql7pYMQr4_Nd2YvjKMud5/s1343/1978%20Feb.%2025th%20-%20YMCA%20Days%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="597" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2hZKx3Z1vOiHgZe74Le3jQZLv1Ak_ZAUjIKAAWokN24DLi3EK_eTfeNjahc_WSWDzSfNMmm1ByWhRzNT9ZwzwvGTK9_GHNkoXr04lynfG6uMhGAoJAH9Oxom5TzsUQxUL2NwNY9yShB3X79Kia4CVV1Qt5fXNV2JvmEql7pYMQr4_Nd2YvjKMud5/s320/1978%20Feb.%2025th%20-%20YMCA%20Days%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="142" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">During this visit, construction on the Matterhorn was
visible. There was a construction wall around the loading and unloading
areas, and scaffolding could be seen way up high on the mountain. The
picture below was taken from the PeopleMover, and shows the "enclosing"
of the opening that used to be at the top of the lift hill, for the
"Tomorrowland side" track.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsd1hC3vKQkJplaG_eiY3aPtD5RBIwqF1AbYjpjbwGAgnogDGNlNTlT1TcGnQvtMOOZYYwvntKp401La0dqlRUwyFBK3PQMb8Mj_VipOO7Y6-3GrOOFFlfsvS0NJ2pgJgoT38hbUhCCT5-eoj1xizKmWNHd7uhsUPPLKaetzoOcMghYryry23DHDl/s797/1978%20-%20February%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="797" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsd1hC3vKQkJplaG_eiY3aPtD5RBIwqF1AbYjpjbwGAgnogDGNlNTlT1TcGnQvtMOOZYYwvntKp401La0dqlRUwyFBK3PQMb8Mj_VipOO7Y6-3GrOOFFlfsvS0NJ2pgJgoT38hbUhCCT5-eoj1xizKmWNHd7uhsUPPLKaetzoOcMghYryry23DHDl/s320/1978%20-%20February%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">This next photo was taken from the Skyway, and shows
scaffolding on the Fantasyland side of the mountain. Again, this was
for the enclosing of the opening that used to be at the top of the lift
hill, but for the "Fantasyland side" track.</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWJgj6VSL3ruzOig6D8K0m6Gk-axKFteJDrmrfL9lh07_fA4ltstOkdsVbX1hKWx8MHxmDqXBfeDIYo8TY7ZIh9OUqYuQso4cjVGj46gC2Hc4aJhBiGy6th1557BG2UJQRvQXT2vmFMAu4YQ2Hz5tQrNBgTdjZO4yG17b12TCK_ryy2VANlWdKAW-/s793/1978%20-%20February%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="793" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWJgj6VSL3ruzOig6D8K0m6Gk-axKFteJDrmrfL9lh07_fA4ltstOkdsVbX1hKWx8MHxmDqXBfeDIYo8TY7ZIh9OUqYuQso4cjVGj46gC2Hc4aJhBiGy6th1557BG2UJQRvQXT2vmFMAu4YQ2Hz5tQrNBgTdjZO4yG17b12TCK_ryy2VANlWdKAW-/s320/1978%20-%20February%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I've circled the area with the scaffolding, since it
might be a little difficult to see in the photo, above. (The sun wasn't
out for the first half of our day.) Also note, the plain gray color of
the new plaster/concrete, in the areas with the scaffolding. White
paint ("snow") had not been added yet.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvLPe0IZzyAoBSpshhJxjVmLwd52BoP7WNo0wswbsgPdJpiJK6tBVRe7u1WF-Xqwat9lgv99s39uJ7vBdWW8Nlkhu6630E8ZHnNJBk8jmymo8VmY1u-TKAxNtwLGxuIZ5RkuXRMrdqb0iOdhK1GRKN-7aW345Og7PWNzqJdao-HeExiC4whFcJl6r/s793/1978%20-%20February%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="793" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvLPe0IZzyAoBSpshhJxjVmLwd52BoP7WNo0wswbsgPdJpiJK6tBVRe7u1WF-Xqwat9lgv99s39uJ7vBdWW8Nlkhu6630E8ZHnNJBk8jmymo8VmY1u-TKAxNtwLGxuIZ5RkuXRMrdqb0iOdhK1GRKN-7aW345Og7PWNzqJdao-HeExiC4whFcJl6r/s320/1978%20-%20February%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a photo from <a href="http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gorillas Don't Blog</a> (used here
with permission....thanks, Major!), showing the same area, before it
was enclosed.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIussE5fCCt0_p_sbaBo5XWXs_mJPgOzR5pobTs-CplNNX6LB3uVLVVMrFo4sYw821evLzuwcMed1EpuWbnzsNpJRw8HMcpmhcmLpUdtgsGtN9bKAAa8mxspnty6Md1fEtqgHlDGRRWfidtjq5ucuPG9xAtaMUxkISKLVTjEr6l0mpzpk6mIpmS4N/s1224/11-1974-_-13%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1224" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIussE5fCCt0_p_sbaBo5XWXs_mJPgOzR5pobTs-CplNNX6LB3uVLVVMrFo4sYw821evLzuwcMed1EpuWbnzsNpJRw8HMcpmhcmLpUdtgsGtN9bKAAa8mxspnty6Md1fEtqgHlDGRRWfidtjq5ucuPG9xAtaMUxkISKLVTjEr6l0mpzpk6mIpmS4N/s320/11-1974-_-13%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">By
Spring, I was getting really excited about the
upcoming reopening of the Matterhorn. I was in 8th grade, and our class
would be going to Disneyland in June, for our "8th grade graduation
trip." Also around this time, the Spring issues of <span style="font-style: italic;">Disney News</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Vacationland</span>
magazines had a brief mention about the Matterhorn's new
"chills and thrills." This just lead to even more excitement on my
part.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgTiUY92u5wAaS9Lpr5czOSXY5vIZ31eSzqhKqJkkeoJANi_vyS70xeb9JR3rKm8ga0QvkXvIwjHpF1SEYqTj40qzj7wCirsI5RjD2A6rSvb7kVh43rnxjPSEypxwBC6c025mtoJuoSehlFuMOzsv-T-9ZILmdYCJAdBI4FxlwSUpTAyzV8DX8C5v/s1200/zzDL%20Vacationland%20-%20Spring%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgTiUY92u5wAaS9Lpr5czOSXY5vIZ31eSzqhKqJkkeoJANi_vyS70xeb9JR3rKm8ga0QvkXvIwjHpF1SEYqTj40qzj7wCirsI5RjD2A6rSvb7kVh43rnxjPSEypxwBC6c025mtoJuoSehlFuMOzsv-T-9ZILmdYCJAdBI4FxlwSUpTAyzV8DX8C5v/s320/zzDL%20Vacationland%20-%20Spring%201978.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpt5Kv8p-PyeMWRqUNnvvse7yZI5Hdy3yuzwE_Jy3aHWeNfVWJYSZ-dkMyB_1eTrT3DC0QW8u09yOxJJIgTQ3BzGcBywmzD-cDO-VPqwF459hUs0pL8pizYIPuXWHVJSbFNNIQAY0-a7Ok1D2ViX_BERrfHLbaUZGDMQ2TbFEqSif303Kk07RT1fK/s1245/zzDisney%20News%20-%20Spring%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="947" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpt5Kv8p-PyeMWRqUNnvvse7yZI5Hdy3yuzwE_Jy3aHWeNfVWJYSZ-dkMyB_1eTrT3DC0QW8u09yOxJJIgTQ3BzGcBywmzD-cDO-VPqwF459hUs0pL8pizYIPuXWHVJSbFNNIQAY0-a7Ok1D2ViX_BERrfHLbaUZGDMQ2TbFEqSif303Kk07RT1fK/s320/zzDisney%20News%20-%20Spring%201978.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile, I had made a new friend at school. He
was one grade behind me, and he happened to be just as big of a
Disneyland fan as I was. However, he had "one up on me".....his father
worked for Disney. I never did know exactly what his father's position
was, but at that moment in time, he was working on the construction of
Big Thunder Mountain, and he had an office in one of the trailers
located on the construction site.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">One day, my friend showed up at school with this "special edition" of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Disneyland Line</span>,
which was (and still is) a publication for employees. He said that
they had more than one copy of this at home, so he gave me his copy! I
was absolutely over the moon! I have scanned the whole thing, and I am
including it at the end of this post.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMGeD_wfi55B5FAunR3xB7PWTseWnkxsOKfnmcMhHCKiGb2KdoSvH3E4cEFjiNW-Ck3NhwJBiDsgpfc-hm2MmzENH0yN_y0y8Bv7rshvcvgCtw6L0V3w2BtI6RvMXF1S3gHnLMbty25djSa3cSyDRQrkPJF_DhmjioIxaKxxZdgk3ih7fQFwFKYNa/s1141/1ab1%20(front%20cover)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMGeD_wfi55B5FAunR3xB7PWTseWnkxsOKfnmcMhHCKiGb2KdoSvH3E4cEFjiNW-Ck3NhwJBiDsgpfc-hm2MmzENH0yN_y0y8Bv7rshvcvgCtw6L0V3w2BtI6RvMXF1S3gHnLMbty25djSa3cSyDRQrkPJF_DhmjioIxaKxxZdgk3ih7fQFwFKYNa/s320/1ab1%20(front%20cover)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Okay, so receiving this eleven-page booklet filled with
"behind the scenes" information, was definitely helping to satisfy my
need for more info on the Matterhorn's refurbishment. As the reopening
date got closer and closer, other "signs" of the reopening started to
appear...literally. During a trip to our local Alpha Beta grocery
store, I spotted this sign for Coca-Cola's "Matterhorn Sweepstakes."
This was also the first time I had seen the promotional slogan, "What's
Gotten Into The Matterhorn at Disneyland?", which would be used that
summer on billboards, literature, television commercials, etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvZL9MtRVs_4PQJzoSF4142-4kAFxp8Bw-hXvJLxIBUJoK_WtEL554D8SisxFdT2XLFH1tIEL7U2OjSpdsl7IHHt_PC1ZgolUmdS4VPOE8l35J3kTNUkW5CrBrt6uFJt2Hf15Q72Q4ESXs1F4svsZ0TKYI5fGheq9JpDHyWDzYuvUnc18e2-BIOwg/s900/zNew%20Matterhorn%20-%20Coke%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="900" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvZL9MtRVs_4PQJzoSF4142-4kAFxp8Bw-hXvJLxIBUJoK_WtEL554D8SisxFdT2XLFH1tIEL7U2OjSpdsl7IHHt_PC1ZgolUmdS4VPOE8l35J3kTNUkW5CrBrt6uFJt2Hf15Q72Q4ESXs1F4svsZ0TKYI5fGheq9JpDHyWDzYuvUnc18e2-BIOwg/s320/zNew%20Matterhorn%20-%20Coke%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p>The sweepstakes form:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDbxXaM5MC6ZYv_z3f_v3J4mr_X-A6MZMlPFl1CfiEg8ZckiChE5wIDqRxcJjCW4XWA17Z1uwRlfxEGxFz2gV_02Xm_IGSDyyie4iZhKQhff6HMRotG7KR0kAAXxwPQ_SEEsJbIBI0gURRdYEqeWKOLh3aYjeGsqhe4nDsDn-8uW7w9taIqQ5CDjT/s744/Coke%20Sweepstakes%20%20Form%201%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="479" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDbxXaM5MC6ZYv_z3f_v3J4mr_X-A6MZMlPFl1CfiEg8ZckiChE5wIDqRxcJjCW4XWA17Z1uwRlfxEGxFz2gV_02Xm_IGSDyyie4iZhKQhff6HMRotG7KR0kAAXxwPQ_SEEsJbIBI0gURRdYEqeWKOLh3aYjeGsqhe4nDsDn-8uW7w9taIqQ5CDjT/s320/Coke%20Sweepstakes%20%20Form%201%20(1).jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">First prize was a two nights stay "near" Disneyland,
tickets for one day at Disneyland, a first-class Western Airlines flight
to.....Portland, Oregon, a four nights stay at......the Portland
Hilton, a rental car for five days in.....Portland, a one day guided
tour "near or about" Hood River (yep, in Oregon), and $500 cash. I
wonder why Portland, Oregon was featured so prominently in the Grand
Prize?</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMFcywOQyZ4qARooFOXJ-UZU1nWWvROWOGNRPTVskLboH_uBrzw-m-AdCCU8Sr5yJ-pHLVUM8k0zSQJirKBI__qqr44kyiyAngqri57Uf0MFpM_0wrp4njCrQPXYji9HifrfBFX-cwaF7YbVxfM3wWLpqHkotM5hYnTC74U0Z2qTaMIxyACnejNV4/s999/Coke%20Sweepstakes%20%20Form%201%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMFcywOQyZ4qARooFOXJ-UZU1nWWvROWOGNRPTVskLboH_uBrzw-m-AdCCU8Sr5yJ-pHLVUM8k0zSQJirKBI__qqr44kyiyAngqri57Uf0MFpM_0wrp4njCrQPXYji9HifrfBFX-cwaF7YbVxfM3wWLpqHkotM5hYnTC74U0Z2qTaMIxyACnejNV4/s320/Coke%20Sweepstakes%20%20Form%201%20(3).jpg" width="204" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">The price for a six pack of Coke was written on the sign
with a black marker, and that 1978 price was only $1.29! Oh, and I
didn't steal the sign! There were multiple signs out on the display in
the Coke section, and I took one that didn't have anymore order forms
attached, and asked a checker if I could have it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">At least one can in each six pack of Coke, had this sticker affixed to it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U25a3NEoVqDPpMtlBr210Ce7gLz1Iwul2BJlfiO0E9_eL6rJKIQikXEv9Q0pffb8uvpzTP7ovDVQp3A7MsquqwZsFxDigdr_J5XgLj2J8_dJ1Mps15TWGFC7tczVxqGcAprbaTC1BU4BMK4JWWnuHjcBNKLK2sC8I1_Fp2qKgh-MT-GvLzes_iP1/s596/Coke%20Can%20Sticker%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="596" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U25a3NEoVqDPpMtlBr210Ce7gLz1Iwul2BJlfiO0E9_eL6rJKIQikXEv9Q0pffb8uvpzTP7ovDVQp3A7MsquqwZsFxDigdr_J5XgLj2J8_dJ1Mps15TWGFC7tczVxqGcAprbaTC1BU4BMK4JWWnuHjcBNKLK2sC8I1_Fp2qKgh-MT-GvLzes_iP1/s320/Coke%20Can%20Sticker%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Once the May 27th grand reopening date arrived, advertisements started to appear in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Los Angeles Times</span>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmDZD_MsBLhO5zEk7IlEMCa3YWlX-Bfoojb8whz9lopJRlgWpTbFjJqq8f1QIiU9qeoOljLDFUDB2X_eomBCqMF3-n7HjuoJTHuZuvKP8lL0DStRU_CPK5KvfCnTg-QmWeLXWd9dYrqaNbQBskFZcDfVmZy-dMl2najgTLitgFYdrCiVf01CzjExe/s1000/zNew%20Matterhorn%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="549" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmDZD_MsBLhO5zEk7IlEMCa3YWlX-Bfoojb8whz9lopJRlgWpTbFjJqq8f1QIiU9qeoOljLDFUDB2X_eomBCqMF3-n7HjuoJTHuZuvKP8lL0DStRU_CPK5KvfCnTg-QmWeLXWd9dYrqaNbQBskFZcDfVmZy-dMl2najgTLitgFYdrCiVf01CzjExe/s320/zNew%20Matterhorn%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">This next ad was dated May 28th, the day after the grand
reopening. If I am remembering correctly, this was the first time I had
seen the use of color ink, in a newspaper advertisement. Of course, it
was used in the printing of the Sunday Comics section of the paper, but
it wasn't common to see it used elsewhere in the paper. I wonder how
much extra Disney had to pay, to run this ad with the
red-colored eyes?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2cMyWwJXxj5Nl0-BXPmGLzIAzYsTNCYIkxbR-3P8xEWomtdmipPy3EoZcsdmgdiRycvfwTWBVt1J1vIMgCuYQbfW-tehxho-vnqGV8rSBssDlTQEQ87Im7CvK7NqYnMLrafhLv5MKEO3IbT6of8MsVkwp81upKbon9nemWnvur7C0kYdnvjCIl7O/s1012/zzNew%20Matterhorn%20Ad%20-%20Color.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2cMyWwJXxj5Nl0-BXPmGLzIAzYsTNCYIkxbR-3P8xEWomtdmipPy3EoZcsdmgdiRycvfwTWBVt1J1vIMgCuYQbfW-tehxho-vnqGV8rSBssDlTQEQ87Im7CvK7NqYnMLrafhLv5MKEO3IbT6of8MsVkwp81upKbon9nemWnvur7C0kYdnvjCIl7O/s320/zzNew%20Matterhorn%20Ad%20-%20Color.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">After the official reopening, I was told by my friend's
father that they were having problems with the "New Matterhorn." I
can't remember if I was ever told exactly what the problems were, but
the ride did close down shortly after reopening. This worried me,
because my 8th grade graduation trip was just 13 days after that
reopening date. Would it open again in time for my trip? The answer
was no. I posted about this disappointment back in 2011, in one of my
"Vintage Disneyland Trip Reports" about that graduation trip. I also
told about how we came close, or at least we thought we were coming
close, to being able to ride it on that day. Unfortunately, it didn't
happen. For anyone who's interested, that post can be seen here: <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2011/06/eighth-grade-disneyland-trip-1978.html" target="_blank">Eighth Grade Disneyland Trip - 1978</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Here is my ticket from that day (June 9, 1978). Notice
how it has "Grad Party" on it, rather than "Grad Nite." The 8th grade
graduation trip was a daytime event, and not an all-night party like the
graduating high school students attended.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4ZhjVWan7ZwkKJFelQV7EmK6DtvDC-M1-zec9nRUUaYuJMFBJ0gs-n7S94O3xdVCczR26zAa_wWZWhH7-1iQUAe7PKeJUCOEvhjvxm2ITKDc5aK8Eobmpygh3-5oAYcjfTjq62Vx-801NgfPyD0qLY_Ypf0qYfvyO9dd9LEuWhYaVp5ThAGr_cf7/s1020/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Ticket%20-%20June%209,%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1020" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4ZhjVWan7ZwkKJFelQV7EmK6DtvDC-M1-zec9nRUUaYuJMFBJ0gs-n7S94O3xdVCczR26zAa_wWZWhH7-1iQUAe7PKeJUCOEvhjvxm2ITKDc5aK8Eobmpygh3-5oAYcjfTjq62Vx-801NgfPyD0qLY_Ypf0qYfvyO9dd9LEuWhYaVp5ThAGr_cf7/s320/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Ticket%20-%20June%209,%201978.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I had included this photo from that day, in my older
post. This was taken in the afternoon, from the PeopleMover, and it was
the first bobsled that we had seen running all day. When we saw people
riding in the vehicles, we got very excited and assumed that the
Matterhorn had reopened. Never assume! The rest of that story is in my
older post.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG-G4xhT31gZqwABFs21ylmDeynT93siU_Q39p-sOfen8CXgLS5pjUleSfoqholwVxGohC3g64EjCRGf1J-icSTJek44EzNDnrteTnESysGWWq5qIc8tNQ6Bri0i5eoDL2LsEtqZKycBFldv1IUvINb5F624sFhVUolYZ4Pq69JRvCh_iI5lrWdI5/s634/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Party%20-%20June%209,%201978%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="634" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmG-G4xhT31gZqwABFs21ylmDeynT93siU_Q39p-sOfen8CXgLS5pjUleSfoqholwVxGohC3g64EjCRGf1J-icSTJek44EzNDnrteTnESysGWWq5qIc8tNQ6Bri0i5eoDL2LsEtqZKycBFldv1IUvINb5F624sFhVUolYZ4Pq69JRvCh_iI5lrWdI5/s320/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Party%20-%20June%209,%201978%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">We
also rode the Skyway that day, several times. We were
surprised on our first pass-through of the Matterhorn, because we
didn't know that we would be able to see the Abominable Snowman. I
tried multiple times to get a pic of him. In fact, over the years, I
tried and tried to get a decent picture of him. I never did. There is
also more to the story about my photographic attempts that
day, in my older post.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqJgjdhFeIivZLRjjY0sl-eq3t2j3_Iui8zZWS8uTikNIeUTJIgJEwC9JQCQB3tAtWSBTd7fymasPaxoOf_-VUqFSzIJ1Jy1U7Q480S_m1F1eWzFxjIX-Cp9v8mVvo0bRDSO3dl3-zoMHpkmRCbVXDnjYX0sbuhdSykbwg6dQJ5cipWHZ_fHvhRZz/s676/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Trip%20-%20June%209,%201978%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="676" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqJgjdhFeIivZLRjjY0sl-eq3t2j3_Iui8zZWS8uTikNIeUTJIgJEwC9JQCQB3tAtWSBTd7fymasPaxoOf_-VUqFSzIJ1Jy1U7Q480S_m1F1eWzFxjIX-Cp9v8mVvo0bRDSO3dl3-zoMHpkmRCbVXDnjYX0sbuhdSykbwg6dQJ5cipWHZ_fHvhRZz/s320/Eighth%20Grade%20Grad%20Trip%20-%20June%209,%201978%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Even though I obviously did not attend "Grad Nite" for the seniors, I later managed to get the Grad Nite flyer for that year.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7np0szJKJf0WSPur6DVvaQxVMS2zIOoeLjqETnLMhhaGMYlMsurrfvZi7RBFLsswfWwZid6BfM1Z5yAjxEuhWKv6SWejJYplWDZh6uHdB3M52EGT_6dAq9MdbcYVYFoGfhKWpnzAZvBciRLZp3mCHmzp9wD6GCf5p0n9C48fy-givimawasHzPHw/s1080/1978%20Grad%20Nite%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1080" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7np0szJKJf0WSPur6DVvaQxVMS2zIOoeLjqETnLMhhaGMYlMsurrfvZi7RBFLsswfWwZid6BfM1Z5yAjxEuhWKv6SWejJYplWDZh6uHdB3M52EGT_6dAq9MdbcYVYFoGfhKWpnzAZvBciRLZp3mCHmzp9wD6GCf5p0n9C48fy-givimawasHzPHw/s320/1978%20Grad%20Nite%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I love the graphics on this flyer. This one is dated
June 14th. I wonder if the grads attending this particular night, were
able to "Experience the chilling new Matterhorn"?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-5g_wD7GHf__6DnGtxAom3kRvBy5MStdsfGboqLYTJ9czRmcz1vf4ETrajtwI-gLyxpmYF-WVJgzz57BCHuOCd9kaAnj5-ayiZ0kOtVYHeC1GbYP_58RQzyDEGk6ynTgKjekmfzgA6RhAhvWlfeCKxj0wpzYmcL6LZTJ34oj_xh9W_Nfe-6hcBHZ/s1200/1978%20Grad%20Nite%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1200" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-5g_wD7GHf__6DnGtxAom3kRvBy5MStdsfGboqLYTJ9czRmcz1vf4ETrajtwI-gLyxpmYF-WVJgzz57BCHuOCd9kaAnj5-ayiZ0kOtVYHeC1GbYP_58RQzyDEGk6ynTgKjekmfzgA6RhAhvWlfeCKxj0wpzYmcL6LZTJ34oj_xh9W_Nfe-6hcBHZ/s320/1978%20Grad%20Nite%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">As eighth grade students, we were not given one of these
"We're Really Sorry" return tickets. But they were obviously giving
them out to some guests. Maybe it was only if you went into City Hall
and said, "We drove three thousand miles to get here, <span style="font-style: italic;">just</span> to ride the New Matterhorn, and <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span>
have completely ruined our day, our week, and our month, by not having
it be open for us!" (This ticket is from the blog, "Vintage Disneyland
Tickets.")</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz-zJuSgCHGw3N5wxUX1VKQv2xOQT0RfSILK6_GGviqPZ9s-lsfhNRIvUNa6GgnHZuYl0q5xu3uEQE8C343eyWyjylrcNMflrr5aVKUwzS5EBFuJBb2kOwZlr7WfO3kCNEcf4v1G_RUwJHPbvwbAWx8uElyVZLQEZikOiz5i2H7cOTBlo-05nBGkc/s1600/1978%20Matterhorn%20Sorry%20Ticket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz-zJuSgCHGw3N5wxUX1VKQv2xOQT0RfSILK6_GGviqPZ9s-lsfhNRIvUNa6GgnHZuYl0q5xu3uEQE8C343eyWyjylrcNMflrr5aVKUwzS5EBFuJBb2kOwZlr7WfO3kCNEcf4v1G_RUwJHPbvwbAWx8uElyVZLQEZikOiz5i2H7cOTBlo-05nBGkc/s320/1978%20Matterhorn%20Sorry%20Ticket.jpg" width="116" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">So, at some point after my "Grad" trip, the Matterhorn
did reopen, even though I don't have an exact date. And shortly after
it reopened, my friend's father took us to "work" with him, and turned
us loose in the park for the day. I was kicking myself, because I did
not take my camera with me on that trip. I believe it was a
short-notice kind of thing. It was also my first time going with this
friend, to his father's "place of work".....Disneyland! I did not
realize until we were there, that we would be driving onto the property
through the back gate, passing by random ride vehicles just lying around
on the ground, and getting to walk around behind the Big Thunder
Mountain Railroad construction site. Fortunately, I was asked to do
this again, and that time I did take my camera, and A LOT of film. I
will post those pictures, including the ones taken backstage, in a
future post. But for now, I will include just the ones which relate to
the still fairly new "New Matterhorn." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">First though, we have the Summer 1978 Entertainment Guide
(July 30th - August 5th) from that visit. I made sure that I got one
from a ticket booth inside the park, since we did not enter through the
Main Gate that day.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDlklo90xbL5x3Vou-wIVgA1PX8F9ZZ0oOvc-9ZwxjwOpz6f3iztLvX36xY89UvgMd4-vVBxjSjl-zWCcm3mxiJ5RgfXa74V-oBe2eHs2qrOlrXLU2tq4UbKukkM6U25kRkIu6fYgERuvYg9r_DUjUUn3g61Azy-jKFDLu8AjgRLYUEc_Cz517fVw/s1053/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%201978%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDlklo90xbL5x3Vou-wIVgA1PX8F9ZZ0oOvc-9ZwxjwOpz6f3iztLvX36xY89UvgMd4-vVBxjSjl-zWCcm3mxiJ5RgfXa74V-oBe2eHs2qrOlrXLU2tq4UbKukkM6U25kRkIu6fYgERuvYg9r_DUjUUn3g61Azy-jKFDLu8AjgRLYUEc_Cz517fVw/s320/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%201978%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfuuav0CLkj_J3pB9TxAFkoPoHOtDN9tBFru1txBjigXfy3zQNkaX3nVb3LN13-nTTYh2lWKCQxcTiiLLwTCBzmlXni4x77kpnnvxFaY2VobJfAAGznWx6cW0preeUrcXLAcXba_-jwiUl2pbaZ50xxh7zue7LDneshBOZLOEATX849Pp67nNWYU1/s1401/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfuuav0CLkj_J3pB9TxAFkoPoHOtDN9tBFru1txBjigXfy3zQNkaX3nVb3LN13-nTTYh2lWKCQxcTiiLLwTCBzmlXni4x77kpnnvxFaY2VobJfAAGznWx6cW0preeUrcXLAcXba_-jwiUl2pbaZ50xxh7zue7LDneshBOZLOEATX849Pp67nNWYU1/s320/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%202.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EeWFum3CgiN2IxeH0DBqpzKtjkRyOXCu0wBOZV_Dl43pvaJYsj57WT5grv5zw0jC67p5hSCDzCWrSgID6Bc3KV47OH9DDJdfl5dO4aLHPlb5XuLTH4wz8YIBfP7Bw8gC6hC8UDKT6xbVGbTBoUHPx7PI437Pcqld1y9eyIdnoXro5I4k__te5UUW/s1396/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0EeWFum3CgiN2IxeH0DBqpzKtjkRyOXCu0wBOZV_Dl43pvaJYsj57WT5grv5zw0jC67p5hSCDzCWrSgID6Bc3KV47OH9DDJdfl5dO4aLHPlb5XuLTH4wz8YIBfP7Bw8gC6hC8UDKT6xbVGbTBoUHPx7PI437Pcqld1y9eyIdnoXro5I4k__te5UUW/s320/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%203.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyxWniYsJeX09p5xTVUKpeZZ-ccltifFbyWzHHVZ3yOoLhGSVey-0rGJwYKWcynNaokTVcFLQfkOp5u8wr-lu3IjAb3LGHF6sdFauIto0tUb_2PpwTWWEGaYnqlAuH71w1X1m1eRD46c_Oaafnwl5S7vZuFLXA29IqfJeL5LlJXaZeCoo3-8Svunc/s1401/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyxWniYsJeX09p5xTVUKpeZZ-ccltifFbyWzHHVZ3yOoLhGSVey-0rGJwYKWcynNaokTVcFLQfkOp5u8wr-lu3IjAb3LGHF6sdFauIto0tUb_2PpwTWWEGaYnqlAuH71w1X1m1eRD46c_Oaafnwl5S7vZuFLXA29IqfJeL5LlJXaZeCoo3-8Svunc/s320/DL%20Entertainment%20Guide%204.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><p></p><p>And, the free guide for the Summer of '78:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRpFKB1Y76ykNDLy24lypSz_ZdAP1b8VaZA5qU52b4kyrlbKmj_ZKOPEZub4pYejE6AN08y3J9jESaAAqgZ1kHztSVvrtCSEecnDX-8pbx985lynXqQU9Kzs2bobjBQYiJYxZSvT40kgQGFunijzw61qnTPFM6b8fT3IU3G0iToIbOp5itFSPvxn2/s1560/1978%20-%20Summer%20Guide%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="838" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRpFKB1Y76ykNDLy24lypSz_ZdAP1b8VaZA5qU52b4kyrlbKmj_ZKOPEZub4pYejE6AN08y3J9jESaAAqgZ1kHztSVvrtCSEecnDX-8pbx985lynXqQU9Kzs2bobjBQYiJYxZSvT40kgQGFunijzw61qnTPFM6b8fT3IU3G0iToIbOp5itFSPvxn2/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20Guide%201.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Among the new additions to the Matterhorn, were two
castings of the Abominable Snowman's "footprint." These both had (and
still have, today) a date of May 27, 1978, engraved on their plaques.
Again, this had been the official grand opening date for the "New
Matterhorn." The plaque on this one states that it was a footprint
found on the "north slope" of the Matterhorn.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L-04rjzvveTYTOJllaJVahCFi0LewIwTZmT4b15cbo_Fk-BW-U4hPw1RWAvHzuil7bChRjk6mWvm222Wg2McDk_K-cTC6q4H3NKDLSHtThZB_lB1ZmUy4IErMkdIlRBYKCjT2FZ00c5VJa7HCkVELHTbtXBQj-tOpDaGTZ-G81Bcg5OTUWtNeht-/s811/1978%20-%20Summer%20(Footprint).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="811" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5L-04rjzvveTYTOJllaJVahCFi0LewIwTZmT4b15cbo_Fk-BW-U4hPw1RWAvHzuil7bChRjk6mWvm222Wg2McDk_K-cTC6q4H3NKDLSHtThZB_lB1ZmUy4IErMkdIlRBYKCjT2FZ00c5VJa7HCkVELHTbtXBQj-tOpDaGTZ-G81Bcg5OTUWtNeht-/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20(Footprint).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">This second footprint used to be located on the northern
edge of the former Alpine Gardens (Pixie Hollow, today). The plaque on
this one states that the footprint was found on the "south slope" of the
Matterhorn.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku6te9DhIWAQpCCbhf2v-3Z2CMSbarfjCNs0i0kQZ9xz6eAmH8qJ2xYRpC-47nEbJ0dxY4uX8i8DN6Y2XoTO-1T1EKiOUbNdoJtGUZXb68dxSyNtcVq6Qm_EkF6FHdET1Mwh8Te3r1Y6h_T0x6Gg23Mb2u6gknXUKnfY0xJPH2sLLxaNLQdT3H10a/s886/zz%201978%20-%20Footprint.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhku6te9DhIWAQpCCbhf2v-3Z2CMSbarfjCNs0i0kQZ9xz6eAmH8qJ2xYRpC-47nEbJ0dxY4uX8i8DN6Y2XoTO-1T1EKiOUbNdoJtGUZXb68dxSyNtcVq6Qm_EkF6FHdET1Mwh8Te3r1Y6h_T0x6Gg23Mb2u6gknXUKnfY0xJPH2sLLxaNLQdT3H10a/s320/zz%201978%20-%20Footprint.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">At some point, this casting was moved just across the
walkway, and placed behind the tall fencing that goes around the
Matterhorn. The photo below, is from 2011.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLrKSe9bjxWuskVsY2nKa-k4WoeT0LOpuzzBNgOr0QWY9lWbEfXcp5sGuCR7w5ZC_Cs_vQe3PMGVbaI09JJsd3XWUBqNYR_tGoRAbQqdoql2Vyua6ckzOgWybME89ixIp0TFV24MnuVLpBvmQxZND4pLQDCXEmUZCe5p_LPTV9BlXKsTwuLSKWU3n/s1012/zz%20P7171633%20-%20Footprint%20(2011).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLrKSe9bjxWuskVsY2nKa-k4WoeT0LOpuzzBNgOr0QWY9lWbEfXcp5sGuCR7w5ZC_Cs_vQe3PMGVbaI09JJsd3XWUBqNYR_tGoRAbQqdoql2Vyua6ckzOgWybME89ixIp0TFV24MnuVLpBvmQxZND4pLQDCXEmUZCe5p_LPTV9BlXKsTwuLSKWU3n/s320/zz%20P7171633%20-%20Footprint%20(2011).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a closer look (from the blog, "Vintage Disneyland Tickets"):</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTQXi25lcLeN1A4Y9Kku_aOt_hXtzyr0LfvlXGl9Bfda8NXqkpX-G1CerAlQEdQahxbajOyEkEoyFxrVp0_kSi0zN4aemDWDvFgRc-7U-Ng_dFGbxMC2i--Y4p2Cmp_WTR8KtyOfhREAzq_JfkPtsWyVBXaYTAPNysznAbTBgEN6zgpJ7D-V9w3Ko/s1198/zz%20from%20Vintage%20DL%20Tickets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="863" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTQXi25lcLeN1A4Y9Kku_aOt_hXtzyr0LfvlXGl9Bfda8NXqkpX-G1CerAlQEdQahxbajOyEkEoyFxrVp0_kSi0zN4aemDWDvFgRc-7U-Ng_dFGbxMC2i--Y4p2Cmp_WTR8KtyOfhREAzq_JfkPtsWyVBXaYTAPNysznAbTBgEN6zgpJ7D-V9w3Ko/s320/zz%20from%20Vintage%20DL%20Tickets.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">During the many Disneyland visits of my youth....and
maybe even a little beyond that, I attempted to capture things on film,
which were either very difficult to photograph, or not intended to be
photographed. Just go along with me on this.....either that, or else LOOK
AWAY as you scroll quickly past the photos. I was going to include
this photo in my <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-miscellany-what-is-it-where-is-it.html" target="_blank">"What Is It & Where Is It?" post</a> from last
year, but I thought that it might be <span style="font-style: italic;">too</span> obvious.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxklDjDKU3f-pQcQV5QbIann-8Vex57YNlOLiklTDdjpMWcsVPtq7mLC7TRep-gH6U5WF7wqFe0y3i7HGOJwBSoaLQfKDRuOYOf53_tDbh-Z9ZEDR9JfLILcC98Fz24n_6e9xmBOLH0Rj6mgWiolOiyC7rNvGmU2VSQJ8lGcCwE_mR2yGdvgDp4Svx/s817/1978%20-%20Summer%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="817" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxklDjDKU3f-pQcQV5QbIann-8Vex57YNlOLiklTDdjpMWcsVPtq7mLC7TRep-gH6U5WF7wqFe0y3i7HGOJwBSoaLQfKDRuOYOf53_tDbh-Z9ZEDR9JfLILcC98Fz24n_6e9xmBOLH0Rj6mgWiolOiyC7rNvGmU2VSQJ8lGcCwE_mR2yGdvgDp4Svx/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Over the years, I made several attempts to capture the
newly added "ice crystals." Notice how there is no fog present in this
scene.....more on that, later.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FHaJlf1EQhTimmtje7AFMV18KdIG8SPwz1SlZRtilN-4sSsXq_qpjAcABGz32ysDhTvQZx_ao8dNQUuYX0WD80kyMbpCSh5IaLXmSb_psj0hlAKrBEeanR5lCgohIg4B2l6Zv3PSAltl1Qds3KtaSJopgTW1JQhM521PgNQjE1KNSC5iSsLO7UQt/s817/1978%20-%20Summer%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="817" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FHaJlf1EQhTimmtje7AFMV18KdIG8SPwz1SlZRtilN-4sSsXq_qpjAcABGz32ysDhTvQZx_ao8dNQUuYX0WD80kyMbpCSh5IaLXmSb_psj0hlAKrBEeanR5lCgohIg4B2l6Zv3PSAltl1Qds3KtaSJopgTW1JQhM521PgNQjE1KNSC5iSsLO7UQt/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Another change in 1978, was the replacement of the original vehicles from 1959, with newly designed "tandem" bobsleds.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvd2t2m6zrvoXu422AB3Ttvmegt59URgMLvBiwHiAtjbkLy5zD3vWobZQPqyOS1N771mFrrEyrG6fWsSqcgADry2DhCzPttPSLiy7rf5YhieOdhTI8oTcPUgMpiiEWBlLxQNsObYiYoSfcGjrQSEHFgZYkEDS0IRTmBeGXOstCgTS1OeoUqGIDX-1J/s880/011%20-%20Summer%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="851" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvd2t2m6zrvoXu422AB3Ttvmegt59URgMLvBiwHiAtjbkLy5zD3vWobZQPqyOS1N771mFrrEyrG6fWsSqcgADry2DhCzPttPSLiy7rf5YhieOdhTI8oTcPUgMpiiEWBlLxQNsObYiYoSfcGjrQSEHFgZYkEDS0IRTmBeGXOstCgTS1OeoUqGIDX-1J/s320/011%20-%20Summer%201978.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's a better view from 2011, shortly before the 1978 bobsleds were permanently retired.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLJjzANI8TgrA52K3ILbNN7Nhd3Ra4mlJCOsn4cGyXSpKiHOhdq1V-WGX7DjIPl6RGl5l5FY3P7PD8zreoGgOg5Ivamx_isbb6AhvUgg4bK3osLOXrrrBPxUJ3sVRCYvrVa81tHZECZgY_HAxKJlQil44azZS3yMK4zpEw4rlz1Rrx8mSlHnN1wcf/s1350/2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1350" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLJjzANI8TgrA52K3ILbNN7Nhd3Ra4mlJCOsn4cGyXSpKiHOhdq1V-WGX7DjIPl6RGl5l5FY3P7PD8zreoGgOg5Ivamx_isbb6AhvUgg4bK3osLOXrrrBPxUJ3sVRCYvrVa81tHZECZgY_HAxKJlQil44azZS3yMK4zpEw4rlz1Rrx8mSlHnN1wcf/s320/2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Of course, we always had to ride the Skyway, to get a glimpse of the Abominable Snowman.......</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEE_MmtKaignM7WMhNiQ-jCU-ejgRO1Dh-jcRKC250Emo1XAN4M7oNbyTLDvqay2jlpwFPsHtqdoeBmaF9zdAAQf7Z7_JAvPubCxtI9baySAH7M8lj1OiBSwSzRS1afvzE3RucDGkYFTzWSkvB2o0-C7xzXAGGEosJ207b00L83fN1miZKvjUbnk/s989/1978%20-%20Summer%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEE_MmtKaignM7WMhNiQ-jCU-ejgRO1Dh-jcRKC250Emo1XAN4M7oNbyTLDvqay2jlpwFPsHtqdoeBmaF9zdAAQf7Z7_JAvPubCxtI9baySAH7M8lj1OiBSwSzRS1afvzE3RucDGkYFTzWSkvB2o0-C7xzXAGGEosJ207b00L83fN1miZKvjUbnk/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20d.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">......and try to get a decent photo of him! Well, at
least this one turned out a little better than my previous attempt, but
not by much.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UHC_gM-8HAQ8LBYAMuF7mfF1d_5bVS1Aav5bZoekz6oLV0xPypeGM3ta1J6KAh4KjhnhfY_XiqqbMOa8KwCuPbe2d0GPAJnhPaLtZK4k0wGU1Vjaljjq1lqh_cBrTK0yRj89JMNXsRAMMyCZrmoirs45ndIuHCmtm7daILltDxGQ2-vAcwj6JGcd/s817/1978%20-%20Summer%20g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="817" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UHC_gM-8HAQ8LBYAMuF7mfF1d_5bVS1Aav5bZoekz6oLV0xPypeGM3ta1J6KAh4KjhnhfY_XiqqbMOa8KwCuPbe2d0GPAJnhPaLtZK4k0wGU1Vjaljjq1lqh_cBrTK0yRj89JMNXsRAMMyCZrmoirs45ndIuHCmtm7daILltDxGQ2-vAcwj6JGcd/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20g.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Out we go, through the other side of the Matterhorn, on our way to Tomorrowland....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdGNB27xpXWMia875kSdxGdBAG_itBZSmmNE_WLv7qopXKr3v3WqAs_ye8uoJv7x-dCvPhnQvt3Ta468aVbTCi40o545Hg76emsEyJSBF3y_txEyhr6d8CyDqWkMpUzApIBD0Qet-pi_p6Iw7p4R4Pxcw7Lia1dvqtWbdr0p7DGUdBPyPdmVudJdx/s987/1978%20-%20Summer%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdGNB27xpXWMia875kSdxGdBAG_itBZSmmNE_WLv7qopXKr3v3WqAs_ye8uoJv7x-dCvPhnQvt3Ta468aVbTCi40o545Hg76emsEyJSBF3y_txEyhr6d8CyDqWkMpUzApIBD0Qet-pi_p6Iw7p4R4Pxcw7Lia1dvqtWbdr0p7DGUdBPyPdmVudJdx/s320/1978%20-%20Summer%20c.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">So after finally getting to ride the "New Matterhorn," I
was surprised not to see any "fog" in
the attraction. All of the advance descriptions of the ride had mentioned
"fog." The commercial on television showed fog. Where was the fog? I
ended up visiting the park a couple more times over the next 12 months,
and still no fog. I decided to write a letter to Disneyland's Public
Relations Dept., and ask them, "Hey, what gives?!?!" My letter ended up
being forwarded to WED Enterprises in Glendale, California.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNN2XxOL-6uC1kF4KMOqy3hxBCO4lgCDxXpGcNKO7j1k0YqBFk9bscFOH1qlreL1mmqNnuyKlZK9ZVyujt8WolEojKnw8SG0yXE5OP463UqFzmqzP2ZqQtBq4n-u9lH1br2_0TBP1_tEbNAnjkFX9FAkCkk-qwyA5pwmEuSFtgantXYST_xTicNQG/s1224/022%20WED%20Letter%20-%20Envelope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1224" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNN2XxOL-6uC1kF4KMOqy3hxBCO4lgCDxXpGcNKO7j1k0YqBFk9bscFOH1qlreL1mmqNnuyKlZK9ZVyujt8WolEojKnw8SG0yXE5OP463UqFzmqzP2ZqQtBq4n-u9lH1br2_0TBP1_tEbNAnjkFX9FAkCkk-qwyA5pwmEuSFtgantXYST_xTicNQG/s320/022%20WED%20Letter%20-%20Envelope.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">This was their response, dated June 15, 1979.
Apparently, the fog effect hadn't been working right. Or maybe it
didn't look right. Or something. I guess I could have asked my friend
to ask his father, but I don't know if he would have known the answer.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwPPEQfkDUPfTPnZcZLhxJRxFvH7nUi241fw9YZGy62PKJNniivjMOANcAqEZbBUQ_LzV3HioB5qI9vJO3RfK8spnBrKF4RSHoOCcF1Vz2zuEs-9Oe6AX4oAFRJME5Fz40AI1wn_fRlKIxhOQ2ZXv0yQ1YILI9H-rzpZyTc8B-ZUPb4sbSsmds5rB/s1078/018%20WED%20Letter%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwPPEQfkDUPfTPnZcZLhxJRxFvH7nUi241fw9YZGy62PKJNniivjMOANcAqEZbBUQ_LzV3HioB5qI9vJO3RfK8spnBrKF4RSHoOCcF1Vz2zuEs-9Oe6AX4oAFRJME5Fz40AI1wn_fRlKIxhOQ2ZXv0yQ1YILI9H-rzpZyTc8B-ZUPb4sbSsmds5rB/s320/018%20WED%20Letter%20b.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">This was the "souvenir booklet" that was mentioned in the
letter. And yes, I did "enjoy" it very much.....thank you, Mr.
Fitzgerald! <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjuUYUOHQM7SLL8sOMCHYplI24T2zTYYaBsJtRI2RGz_YfHgMCPb7DJHAuWJT8hvVFJiIAPI7T02oBjSVsKCKjQIDwUEQP3CB98S9sELxJxDUprXY4JIvKNu_f17Tqe-cJ8YRC7JdwkTBSTKGyKhuSR_06ne2vcrLfGtaosRgrek2VPDXvEqJYSgv/s1006/023%20DL%20Pictorial%20Souvenir%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1006" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjuUYUOHQM7SLL8sOMCHYplI24T2zTYYaBsJtRI2RGz_YfHgMCPb7DJHAuWJT8hvVFJiIAPI7T02oBjSVsKCKjQIDwUEQP3CB98S9sELxJxDUprXY4JIvKNu_f17Tqe-cJ8YRC7JdwkTBSTKGyKhuSR_06ne2vcrLfGtaosRgrek2VPDXvEqJYSgv/s320/023%20DL%20Pictorial%20Souvenir%201978.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I don't remember when they finally added fog back to the
Matterhorn, but here are a couple photos that I took at a much later
date (1995), showing some of the fog effects.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYHmzN2gCGFdev385fH1RbEpMLs1ThSkDMV1TENIjfybJJueBjW2m4o1ucQZ0VacWN_uu_G7JfTl8JjAHY7H8z7l2KMPqhhrk7AtLkKfB1u6ig2G_cmKdzuI-EKHhPPj-C2JjoYDvltleQtXQCAR2kTF5Pm1--0e678oyLf3_I_Ds_r5yjjKwBZmj/s894/1995%20July%20-%20Fog%20Matterhorn%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="894" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYHmzN2gCGFdev385fH1RbEpMLs1ThSkDMV1TENIjfybJJueBjW2m4o1ucQZ0VacWN_uu_G7JfTl8JjAHY7H8z7l2KMPqhhrk7AtLkKfB1u6ig2G_cmKdzuI-EKHhPPj-C2JjoYDvltleQtXQCAR2kTF5Pm1--0e678oyLf3_I_Ds_r5yjjKwBZmj/s320/1995%20July%20-%20Fog%20Matterhorn%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Sometimes the fog was not as "thick" as it was at other times.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiuGAWs9WF9faZBkyydw0uE6V_FFPlbArp21Z6dL845uP_qAMvlkDzGZ_cM00vkhseFA09_h7JFW5upZ0diGYXArqqFHJKLZXHrmjYwQ-oVX0zH306v-85pycCWHFC5YDaFIE8GIri6Alv7CyFNgLLS9jxcrQ3H8d70Zr8EM_MAVHToGQnSQcaBQ5/s894/1995%20July%20-%20Matterhorn%20Fog%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="894" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEiuGAWs9WF9faZBkyydw0uE6V_FFPlbArp21Z6dL845uP_qAMvlkDzGZ_cM00vkhseFA09_h7JFW5upZ0diGYXArqqFHJKLZXHrmjYwQ-oVX0zH306v-85pycCWHFC5YDaFIE8GIri6Alv7CyFNgLLS9jxcrQ3H8d70Zr8EM_MAVHToGQnSQcaBQ5/s320/1995%20July%20-%20Matterhorn%20Fog%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">It doesn't look like there was any fog, in this pic from
2005. And now that I think of it, I can't remember if the current
version of the attraction has the fog effect or not. Does anyone know?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1oTgk3C5znHWnaSjcByQpJdsSy0e1UrghaIWq_sOnj4tctKhTUTXwbzhXVWrT_LSAwaK0G0tR7IX7oO4em_suJ6qfVB0u0U7Fyzq082gmfgw9UG1PI5jlKxpD4uw_q2Pdkru-xTbi5EzbYjwQ01JlI2ooiyqZyEcWaqGFk7HrhH0H_eTyDgnXokD/s864/017%20-%202005%20October.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="864" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1oTgk3C5znHWnaSjcByQpJdsSy0e1UrghaIWq_sOnj4tctKhTUTXwbzhXVWrT_LSAwaK0G0tR7IX7oO4em_suJ6qfVB0u0U7Fyzq082gmfgw9UG1PI5jlKxpD4uw_q2Pdkru-xTbi5EzbYjwQ01JlI2ooiyqZyEcWaqGFk7HrhH0H_eTyDgnXokD/s320/017%20-%202005%20October.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">Here are a few souvenirs from that time period, which included updated images of the Matterhorn.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">This updated postcard featured the new bobsleds. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VcnRN8MNX4Z8vEd4q9Gw4sz3H7zgKmifwxiBVh830h92uKTv_nOBYdSn1MGnqHh7ESXGlGSj5LME40Gv6CQ1lJonnqKTgS1Mh-Ny-weX5s2s5hT7VSZDm0o6V0N5vCeUHDlfg4xhSe0bruwDquzKv4_nBVLhzS1BWi0fp59Pv6gVdySWZEwlPH7h/s1094/Postcard%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1094" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VcnRN8MNX4Z8vEd4q9Gw4sz3H7zgKmifwxiBVh830h92uKTv_nOBYdSn1MGnqHh7ESXGlGSj5LME40Gv6CQ1lJonnqKTgS1Mh-Ny-weX5s2s5hT7VSZDm0o6V0N5vCeUHDlfg4xhSe0bruwDquzKv4_nBVLhzS1BWi0fp59Pv6gVdySWZEwlPH7h/s320/Postcard%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>That postcard "replaced" this older one:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wpvsKbeWU7Jh1ubGmbLAjNvNNz3ZtbdpQtdOetgdP2xcSH952RgbpevsVO_Yl9dQzqRi-NeMzjRRq1WsduEgpGJrXshqQr6hl-BF16dfP_8Yl1un8yJd0i1JKaYGn28qnnsJUuYMWyj5hFK0EAUkho-Mxmp5PsPsgwZh7TYqn8qf0tACfyjB_Xrq/s905/012%20Old%20Matterhorn%20Postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="905" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wpvsKbeWU7Jh1ubGmbLAjNvNNz3ZtbdpQtdOetgdP2xcSH952RgbpevsVO_Yl9dQzqRi-NeMzjRRq1WsduEgpGJrXshqQr6hl-BF16dfP_8Yl1un8yJd0i1JKaYGn28qnnsJUuYMWyj5hFK0EAUkho-Mxmp5PsPsgwZh7TYqn8qf0tACfyjB_Xrq/s320/012%20Old%20Matterhorn%20Postcard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">There was also a new set of Pana-Vue slides, featuring updated views of the Matterhorn. Someone must have taken this photo of "Harold," through cheesecloth. Either that, or they smeared Vaseline on the lens!<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMW0S7Hqa2ua1lYecKKT5fvFCZYXVjBauo4U_gfPnTVmp3be4JAtXFN6CthAk8PZSJ3eFRsXyHTLOInFVHU8AarWe8tT1nlueahCF561IYGwaOO8KZbkANvHMLzztkwk0Zaw2EugBuaOG-hAZM3v8xx2rQv0nDOBqN_AarczqMrfnSguPgEezDoL8/s750/DL%20Slide%201978%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="750" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMW0S7Hqa2ua1lYecKKT5fvFCZYXVjBauo4U_gfPnTVmp3be4JAtXFN6CthAk8PZSJ3eFRsXyHTLOInFVHU8AarWe8tT1nlueahCF561IYGwaOO8KZbkANvHMLzztkwk0Zaw2EugBuaOG-hAZM3v8xx2rQv0nDOBqN_AarczqMrfnSguPgEezDoL8/s320/DL%20Slide%201978%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">I have always loved aerial photos of Disneyland, taken
from the vantage point of the park's mountain climbers. The new
footprint casting from the "north slope" can also be seen here, in the
planter out in front of the "Swiss Chalet."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TT9o2pzdsqPtg1tGWwCvYd3pThE3aFWmkJQThrPRyCT6In3aQPIproMtd18n2LTFojWzlvc0gG-7WVY7lxNN-GW6WrR62UJkg6vtpStTxL8PdVRh_0AvdnSLt8GvRc0TGp3jONegXnTyUrKh-8v_qX1AWz-PmDMJYZGFg8--8oV55upGlp_8QjJr/s750/DL%20Slide%201978%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TT9o2pzdsqPtg1tGWwCvYd3pThE3aFWmkJQThrPRyCT6In3aQPIproMtd18n2LTFojWzlvc0gG-7WVY7lxNN-GW6WrR62UJkg6vtpStTxL8PdVRh_0AvdnSLt8GvRc0TGp3jONegXnTyUrKh-8v_qX1AWz-PmDMJYZGFg8--8oV55upGlp_8QjJr/s320/DL%20Slide%201978%20b.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Here's the older Pana-Vue slide, showing the same view:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkEuEwOCb04WPnYUjRTSf0CeCFaJRPRS7Om9PZlapO_UgSwV0W4v8MFgA5pG-ZfSn1191DQkIUJixEG84lXz3kkd_lRXmXE9E-yXbwZWvz8ldzoFrB8CSvOhV6lobroTUXYS2nhxWHL0EYTlNcRfbXooj1VuWDsCDLVzZeFGnkjWWDZgsSmvSpq8i/s750/DL%20Slide%20Pre-1978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkEuEwOCb04WPnYUjRTSf0CeCFaJRPRS7Om9PZlapO_UgSwV0W4v8MFgA5pG-ZfSn1191DQkIUJixEG84lXz3kkd_lRXmXE9E-yXbwZWvz8ldzoFrB8CSvOhV6lobroTUXYS2nhxWHL0EYTlNcRfbXooj1VuWDsCDLVzZeFGnkjWWDZgsSmvSpq8i/s320/DL%20Slide%20Pre-1978.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I purchased this "Super 8" film of the attraction, at a
time when Disney was marking down and clearing out all of their souvenir
films. I saw the older style bobsled in the photo, and was hoping that
the film would be all "vintage" footage of the ride. I was a little
disappointed (at the time) that the footage had been updated to the new
version of the ride. But now it's pretty cool, because it does include
footage of things that were removed in the Matterhorn's 2012 and 2015
refurbishments. I will try to get the film digitally converted at some
point, and share it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dg66cCPMI8hMLyvrSYok-JPZOhSJVoH0yKyHjvBzcbNXU3zgXUA5538AlfNOqTKkuXQdefDXFiYE-e26jnvRYAZc5lf4j1Zp0COzeNshMpIVEi4tKKwa3EspNb6gZP-70dA-_p7wxzUg5GZ5CAXCusEeK0hBKVmTjzY1rnYvQlO43HoNOm6LjI8Y/s618/DL%20Souvenir%20Movie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dg66cCPMI8hMLyvrSYok-JPZOhSJVoH0yKyHjvBzcbNXU3zgXUA5538AlfNOqTKkuXQdefDXFiYE-e26jnvRYAZc5lf4j1Zp0COzeNshMpIVEi4tKKwa3EspNb6gZP-70dA-_p7wxzUg5GZ5CAXCusEeK0hBKVmTjzY1rnYvQlO43HoNOm6LjI8Y/s320/DL%20Souvenir%20Movie.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRPUgSV40Zd8dfd3HWCtSm6RcDVG3MM_89xoCA-1OzZSDidBcBKnmPWIDr4rLnA8oKCv5uFgCftpAW6rkERPXZzVE2QYezXDPpCd4Q97KHKoZCsD3CY-7X2_UYeURI7JfmW8SNrxXzF1CV7dDP86bRbV6I3NdOgrnZkLELeqIUO-BrtQxbTFz9tOW/s802/001%20-%20Super%208%20Home%20Movie%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="802" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRPUgSV40Zd8dfd3HWCtSm6RcDVG3MM_89xoCA-1OzZSDidBcBKnmPWIDr4rLnA8oKCv5uFgCftpAW6rkERPXZzVE2QYezXDPpCd4Q97KHKoZCsD3CY-7X2_UYeURI7JfmW8SNrxXzF1CV7dDP86bRbV6I3NdOgrnZkLELeqIUO-BrtQxbTFz9tOW/s320/001%20-%20Super%208%20Home%20Movie%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-rz_vw0_4TMSa3Ti8u6vuE5MmjwRGYBdIfRw1Ud5bdtauP34IY9AHrTm-F5v5nOPZVLsqWINMwHmxzV3HVeuOwrN-udZi30fCIy_E_GmiaZF718JC6tK_WcZBRLXbzMK_5y33s0uv0aOSNoeyJfUFShzOgJbE9tny1sXeMazXrgzt41Af8YWcW9y/s926/001%20-%20Super%208%20Home%20Movie%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="926" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-rz_vw0_4TMSa3Ti8u6vuE5MmjwRGYBdIfRw1Ud5bdtauP34IY9AHrTm-F5v5nOPZVLsqWINMwHmxzV3HVeuOwrN-udZi30fCIy_E_GmiaZF718JC6tK_WcZBRLXbzMK_5y33s0uv0aOSNoeyJfUFShzOgJbE9tny1sXeMazXrgzt41Af8YWcW9y/s320/001%20-%20Super%208%20Home%20Movie%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I have to say that back in the day, there weren't too
many photos released of the Abominable Snowman. There was that one
Pana-Vue Slide, but you had to have a slide projector to get a really
good look at it (no digital scanners back then). And there was this
teeny tiny photo, which was included in the updated version of
Disneyland's "Pictorial Souvenir" books.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismrkSfksV6FDPsgy2qPIbYdpJcxU4kh6fosMcIKPD1AINIjXGcICx1ipajrc5-RjWSot-dbv9Pd3ARLPtL6ctrX4zLcB74a0E1w4LxpvTaIfXrRSFbZgxXs9cTlCYzhr0oxEVAez-j1ayei3VFbHnCb6wN1IgqYlBIwKybXp7xsqrDP2XUJ3lt70w/s430/Abominable%20Snowman%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="430" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismrkSfksV6FDPsgy2qPIbYdpJcxU4kh6fosMcIKPD1AINIjXGcICx1ipajrc5-RjWSot-dbv9Pd3ARLPtL6ctrX4zLcB74a0E1w4LxpvTaIfXrRSFbZgxXs9cTlCYzhr0oxEVAez-j1ayei3VFbHnCb6wN1IgqYlBIwKybXp7xsqrDP2XUJ3lt70w/s320/Abominable%20Snowman%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">"Harold" (I wonder who first gave him that name?) also appeared on the Fall/Winter 1978-79 Disneyland Guide.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippJMf49qwhwwSIXpP08Y-L5c2wsle4XylaEyXoZ8mZ-Isj4FVjFLl0kgu_Ig8psS3ohVPFivPoRMCEZqJ3J4AJTV3YwrDeZp-Durci_c-JGKefgZumLQ7K_Fg_XZDW0hoH5yQ-i9G8WhsqZ1h-7q0ocFzJYVWZGnWArTqnvYB0Dpuq7sPcElwgkMN/s1593/Fall%20&%20Winter%201978-79%20guide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippJMf49qwhwwSIXpP08Y-L5c2wsle4XylaEyXoZ8mZ-Isj4FVjFLl0kgu_Ig8psS3ohVPFivPoRMCEZqJ3J4AJTV3YwrDeZp-Durci_c-JGKefgZumLQ7K_Fg_XZDW0hoH5yQ-i9G8WhsqZ1h-7q0ocFzJYVWZGnWArTqnvYB0Dpuq7sPcElwgkMN/s320/Fall%20&%20Winter%201978-79%20guide.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;">During the Matterhorn's 2015 refurbishment, "Harold" and
his two identical cousins were removed from the attraction, and replaced
with updated animatronics.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREEFObIz7-ny9bGQR6phDCx_OKHZaDerbh42-NCugG680spk0tDNBp77Xv1e2_fAy6ABZCpeKX6_9yxW0UrI7uJPXkC4E_xCT1DPpAMzjwYRLyPPz9p6VyPWxvmgQ2R6f53Cc0zVQWOebXsCWf6OtO376W3TTEbwSN0btYIUaHjqRvGd50x-bEnem/s768/zz%20from%20the%20Disney%20Parks%20Blog%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREEFObIz7-ny9bGQR6phDCx_OKHZaDerbh42-NCugG680spk0tDNBp77Xv1e2_fAy6ABZCpeKX6_9yxW0UrI7uJPXkC4E_xCT1DPpAMzjwYRLyPPz9p6VyPWxvmgQ2R6f53Cc0zVQWOebXsCWf6OtO376W3TTEbwSN0btYIUaHjqRvGd50x-bEnem/s320/zz%20from%20the%20Disney%20Parks%20Blog%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Also at this time, the "ice crystals" scene was removed, and
replaced with.......junk. The trashed items include; partial Skyway
buckets (1956 & 1965 versions), bobsled vehicles (painted to look
like 1959 versions), a crate marked "Wells Expedition" (which is a
tribute to former Walt Disney Co. president, Frank Wells), pieces of old
Skyway cable, an alpenhorn, lanterns, skis, and other miscellaneous
debris. I think this was kind of a neat idea in theory, but you ride
past it all too quickly to really be able to make out what it is.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwVMUcBeZHBOo3eMfmBcTaqtBFDRWq9M-dEMm7VUoALnDKBOxWNGu2ctvMRmQUBar0bbKTilBe4h7wt5rybbcCcR4z1QEQ2RT8_7EzJf7cU1ynoA-7TXHA6mC6x5K_t_rVkSfLMBHBRAT8fH60sa8rsLlPx8BEmPY4yr26nqYjK3EROrUaEjBZKq3/s768/zz%20from%20the%20Disney%20Parks%20Blog%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="768" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwVMUcBeZHBOo3eMfmBcTaqtBFDRWq9M-dEMm7VUoALnDKBOxWNGu2ctvMRmQUBar0bbKTilBe4h7wt5rybbcCcR4z1QEQ2RT8_7EzJf7cU1ynoA-7TXHA6mC6x5K_t_rVkSfLMBHBRAT8fH60sa8rsLlPx8BEmPY4yr26nqYjK3EROrUaEjBZKq3/s320/zz%20from%20the%20Disney%20Parks%20Blog%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">When the "Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout!"
opened in Disney's second park in Anaheim, one of the original
Abominable Snowman figures was placed inside the attraction's queue, as
part of the "Collector's" personal collection of artifacts and
creatures. Coincidentally, this attraction opened on May 27, 2017, exactly 39 years to the day, of the New Matterhorn's debut.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hOmlW-TyRRFEMgl_eoEoPgOPTyrbVa4jJEsSP4xmTcmCFYP09sIDEc0iqEhBE_dB0lunx5hwEmSWyZV18C363OjcYA9lcDG5n7QiRcguowqbZbTXyxM76UCfPg2WsaH2qZ7ccOdkK9zxX_7VaKu1DLrjYlNiu_ivtV7wFki5zQrZSfE2vPVM9s2g/s1012/2019%20GOTG%20-%20Mission%20Breakout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hOmlW-TyRRFEMgl_eoEoPgOPTyrbVa4jJEsSP4xmTcmCFYP09sIDEc0iqEhBE_dB0lunx5hwEmSWyZV18C363OjcYA9lcDG5n7QiRcguowqbZbTXyxM76UCfPg2WsaH2qZ7ccOdkK9zxX_7VaKu1DLrjYlNiu_ivtV7wFki5zQrZSfE2vPVM9s2g/s320/2019%20GOTG%20-%20Mission%20Breakout.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I hope everyone enjoyed this vintage trip down the icy slopes of the Matterhron!</p><p>****Bonus**** Here is that special edition of <i>The Disneyland Line</i>, in it's entirety:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLpY0viDCPNZPyZbbg_Xe8inM17DrtxWGJgerLtaIWGjFwmXKWUFPs-JRHhbxhAXMFYEDCvDhRPDd1txPPpOWJVZ3-wcc8SAgYjll2WIyN_N8ncBrRRkaXK5fR8hmj5E85DVS9lEVbYiEa28pPXT_fqUf4UWQ4UnXQYYGL_Pr1_0CjAQXl8U7zNW-/s918/Sword%20In%20The%20Stone%202010%20a%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLpY0viDCPNZPyZbbg_Xe8inM17DrtxWGJgerLtaIWGjFwmXKWUFPs-JRHhbxhAXMFYEDCvDhRPDd1txPPpOWJVZ3-wcc8SAgYjll2WIyN_N8ncBrRRkaXK5fR8hmj5E85DVS9lEVbYiEa28pPXT_fqUf4UWQ4UnXQYYGL_Pr1_0CjAQXl8U7zNW-/s320/Sword%20In%20The%20Stone%202010%20a%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />On October 18, 2011, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> published an article stating that, "Dozens of leaded-glass windows and brass rail chains, door knobs and
drinking water fountains at some of Disneyland’s most popular
attractions, expose children to high levels of lead.....according to an environmental group."<i></i><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJhLFxOvXCl5tKQiozYHNaBO5PcaW8RGMS1dzaIdko_EwLea_koG7-m1b6SqeiY1JH-pjze4Xg9kyh0-jME_e40gY4-J88Edz4hCqScWfJZEOJrj0oq-d0TiplAeqmUZleWslByvhDWCXqSfmlvCpao9-wh8zxNSN911R8r3WkPTzMq6qHKgzNg1o/s1600/Lead%20Exposure%20at%20Disneyland%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="322" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJhLFxOvXCl5tKQiozYHNaBO5PcaW8RGMS1dzaIdko_EwLea_koG7-m1b6SqeiY1JH-pjze4Xg9kyh0-jME_e40gY4-J88Edz4hCqScWfJZEOJrj0oq-d0TiplAeqmUZleWslByvhDWCXqSfmlvCpao9-wh8zxNSN911R8r3WkPTzMq6qHKgzNg1o/s320/Lead%20Exposure%20at%20Disneyland%20(1).jpg" width="64" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51XotMVFu2uu17HJiI-TMx5sqjfyGORYwVFuDVxHONZvvYxfZKE76-qLaK4ddP2F7uhE9NIEA2AxvE249N6KWKKcZ1k9H_VpL7GwINyVAXtbuTIJByTf9hRzzOXPF0KeMV5kd1oOuDpjNXMrHo3F---9NSLDZgjukZna9qr61uzjq3wsJpS_-YFMc/s1131/Lead%20Exposure%20at%20Disneyland%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51XotMVFu2uu17HJiI-TMx5sqjfyGORYwVFuDVxHONZvvYxfZKE76-qLaK4ddP2F7uhE9NIEA2AxvE249N6KWKKcZ1k9H_VpL7GwINyVAXtbuTIJByTf9hRzzOXPF0KeMV5kd1oOuDpjNXMrHo3F---9NSLDZgjukZna9qr61uzjq3wsJpS_-YFMc/s320/Lead%20Exposure%20at%20Disneyland%20(2).jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br />One of the items listed in the article, was the handle of the "Sword in the Stone," on display in Fantasyland. There used to be a special "Sword In The Stone Ceremony," performed throughout the day. During the ceremony, a young guest was picked from the audience to pull the sword from the stone and become "King or Queen of the Realm." I believe that these ceremonies are no longer performed in the park, but guests can still approach the sword and attempt to pull it out on their own. These pics of the official ceremony, are from December of 2006.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jY44Ulhd0zGH1hfQhP-uljH7VftyUp6THyrYaI50OYybwu7Hp_jN2t4N6RQxG9cQ_thZrQGJkbpBwE8OoD_1kYhiQ10-ZeR7h5fy4OfSGTzEolDUQNWczNz7UtO7DExwSe3KllHLod5iAlQJSZE6OvWn7JjfiNpiwhMbTQ_nWFsM7QGL2qP4ZUVE/s1056/Sword%20In%20Stone%20-%20Dec.%202006%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1056" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jY44Ulhd0zGH1hfQhP-uljH7VftyUp6THyrYaI50OYybwu7Hp_jN2t4N6RQxG9cQ_thZrQGJkbpBwE8OoD_1kYhiQ10-ZeR7h5fy4OfSGTzEolDUQNWczNz7UtO7DExwSe3KllHLod5iAlQJSZE6OvWn7JjfiNpiwhMbTQ_nWFsM7QGL2qP4ZUVE/s320/Sword%20In%20Stone%20-%20Dec.%202006%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjmFoVzz0YGi5_8yXMUNLkjAtpDYYIPlNvXnDGsY_uuHOy4eOf2MNkktZa_K2mp81onwlVDbRmC6FyulkFw6NYZ7OCHFYlTzWfGL9v0E6Xki3SteFY2-smHmtdZmzocYtiBUHolL5SXFh8ggDq5OcxjkIm-LVajn85w_AwN_cN_j2ksvBiLZH2I6T/s1056/Sword%20In%20Stone%20-%20Dec.%202006%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1056" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjmFoVzz0YGi5_8yXMUNLkjAtpDYYIPlNvXnDGsY_uuHOy4eOf2MNkktZa_K2mp81onwlVDbRmC6FyulkFw6NYZ7OCHFYlTzWfGL9v0E6Xki3SteFY2-smHmtdZmzocYtiBUHolL5SXFh8ggDq5OcxjkIm-LVajn85w_AwN_cN_j2ksvBiLZH2I6T/s320/Sword%20In%20Stone%20-%20Dec.%202006%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
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Another potentially hazardous object mentioned in the article, was the stained glass window in the door of the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGccJbC1CoAgpKC2fvGKMbNTMiGp3X_XtrzQnFw0wPn_TVSmRHuERmcY7AfS2Xlrc8-_r5FPF3L_-7Y5HgqaaSISecOtiL-lwmck5pRRQeW5Fj-PaCoThjteFMpFioMfiKZoiGTCLidY/s1600/0001+Boutique+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="760" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGccJbC1CoAgpKC2fvGKMbNTMiGp3X_XtrzQnFw0wPn_TVSmRHuERmcY7AfS2Xlrc8-_r5FPF3L_-7Y5HgqaaSISecOtiL-lwmck5pRRQeW5Fj-PaCoThjteFMpFioMfiKZoiGTCLidY/s320/0001+Boutique+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
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<p>The brass doorknobs in Minnie's house in Toontown were also on the list.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RVDOPg4yY_tTQzuIbyr99nbU-p6JowgmCtstA6BmUtSwSyrcb297Bv4UXPsQiaymgOxhH-BGgDBVUmiJ2Ydwm0osrhyOZ5KMdisGD_rAw8-dFsGGR5tj7FzHkJcSyOure4iTYg2ec00Xwngu7XZFJTayTzW4bg5NhC85nSolksAOlvrWN3tJqnzd/s1350/Minnie's%20House%20-%20Wikipedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1350" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RVDOPg4yY_tTQzuIbyr99nbU-p6JowgmCtstA6BmUtSwSyrcb297Bv4UXPsQiaymgOxhH-BGgDBVUmiJ2Ydwm0osrhyOZ5KMdisGD_rAw8-dFsGGR5tj7FzHkJcSyOure4iTYg2ec00Xwngu7XZFJTayTzW4bg5NhC85nSolksAOlvrWN3tJqnzd/s320/Minnie's%20House%20-%20Wikipedia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The photo from the article, shows a stained-glass window in the former Village Haus
restaurant.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNF91eSZNwVkoGjxl6C0Vlx_tGYNHacbm9QYaB7-v636J7K1bJqxdPYVhcpfYyPIAu-WiZojL8fmEeGx1upHxgSn-9LDdNUjVKEy4NSmqlzyyHIM7gFELXNEXoo9hiGrsZhu7o-DkrBXMW8Yh2_PS6Q4l81_-hRMafyRpvD98-Sfjveg2r6RhmW5NQ/s1224/z%20Village%20Haus%20-%20July%2017,%202009%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1224" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNF91eSZNwVkoGjxl6C0Vlx_tGYNHacbm9QYaB7-v636J7K1bJqxdPYVhcpfYyPIAu-WiZojL8fmEeGx1upHxgSn-9LDdNUjVKEy4NSmqlzyyHIM7gFELXNEXoo9hiGrsZhu7o-DkrBXMW8Yh2_PS6Q4l81_-hRMafyRpvD98-Sfjveg2r6RhmW5NQ/s320/z%20Village%20Haus%20-%20July%2017,%202009%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The stained glass image was of Pinocchio.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCmef2s4JJQTbiTLRYZ_lxBIlkUiMjrdX08owFqoMGJOLYxR8hIrmGe2vMUmquwJiqTNQOyKv9P5wB5Ncui3hit2SUd6n51rcHJ49VxVilMHFR5RXvsFtNsTYVATBSKcn2CN155DmKRRhNthSXzF8IJ02AUZzUp5DnT4sx4ib7W0jWCEdwyizd-t2/s615/Pinocchio%20Stained%20Glass%20-%20OC%20Register.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCmef2s4JJQTbiTLRYZ_lxBIlkUiMjrdX08owFqoMGJOLYxR8hIrmGe2vMUmquwJiqTNQOyKv9P5wB5Ncui3hit2SUd6n51rcHJ49VxVilMHFR5RXvsFtNsTYVATBSKcn2CN155DmKRRhNthSXzF8IJ02AUZzUp5DnT4sx4ib7W0jWCEdwyizd-t2/s320/Pinocchio%20Stained%20Glass%20-%20OC%20Register.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><p>
</p><p></p><p></p><p>In 2017, this restaurant was converted into the Red Rose Taverne, and is now themed to the film, "<i>Beauty and the Beast."</i> The Pinocchio-themed stain glass window was removed at this time, and replaced with a red rose design. The question now would be, does this new window also contain lead?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mbHGVxuO6UV2tFGFkfGCPEdXroQ9xeGZ86HHt8e9Rw3-mQU3CpKgSGBs4ohW4H6S1hFnKjtwdspvSrpYY4H0DEf6XtfHWxoeHDjvVJDPztXfy0LeqnRlr6nra3-FTF3dxVkc0qwVbkJTLAhNxS0M0-jWBQvM8qQgXZyVaXqhsoeJsFZh8QlTV2Ss/s625/Window%20at%20Red%20Rose%20Taverne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mbHGVxuO6UV2tFGFkfGCPEdXroQ9xeGZ86HHt8e9Rw3-mQU3CpKgSGBs4ohW4H6S1hFnKjtwdspvSrpYY4H0DEf6XtfHWxoeHDjvVJDPztXfy0LeqnRlr6nra3-FTF3dxVkc0qwVbkJTLAhNxS0M0-jWBQvM8qQgXZyVaXqhsoeJsFZh8QlTV2Ss/s320/Window%20at%20Red%20Rose%20Taverne.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p>This Los Angeles Times article from ten years ago (May of 2013), is about an incident that involved a water bottle containing dry ice, exploding and causing the temporary closure of Toontown.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihypjrQz6qktWjlGgGyApzjsWEHFD-9Pw1zzZjZ6CJDTUeSHtCrl6fLoiBhh9p2SF1Zu-OR4NdtRWiCuNqO98AW0hhrwlrvfPH88bt-1N--yu_RUf7n1xQC7QY7wFCadXqFe0KhwHjHpEIiNVn0uWXCi-hQN6i2HHpNeS0VZRkvlQCajjs9O7GzLuS/s1026/Toontown%20Incident%20-%20May%202013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1026" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihypjrQz6qktWjlGgGyApzjsWEHFD-9Pw1zzZjZ6CJDTUeSHtCrl6fLoiBhh9p2SF1Zu-OR4NdtRWiCuNqO98AW0hhrwlrvfPH88bt-1N--yu_RUf7n1xQC7QY7wFCadXqFe0KhwHjHpEIiNVn0uWXCi-hQN6i2HHpNeS0VZRkvlQCajjs9O7GzLuS/s320/Toontown%20Incident%20-%20May%202013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>After that article had been written, it was later disclosed that there had actually been two bottles involved, and two
explosions, just minutes apart. A 23 year-old Disneyland employee was arrested the same
day, and pleaded guilty 6 months later, to a misdemeanor count of
possession of a destructive device. He was sentenced to 36 days in jail, 3 years probation, and 100 hours of community
service.</p><p>The subject of this last <i>Los Angeles Times</i> article isn't necessarily as tragic, as it is comical. It's from 2007, and mentions how the park's It's A Small World attraction would be closing after the Christmas season, to fix a problem that had been plaguing the ride for quite some time. The boats had been repeatedly "bottoming out" within their water-filled flume/track, and were getting stuck.</p><p>I had heard multiple stories of this happening. In fact, just one year earlier, during a December 2006 visit to the park, I almost experienced it myself. We were riding in a boat that contained mostly "full-grown" adults, and there were multiple times when we slowed waaaaaay down, and almost came to a complete standstill, because our boat was dragging along the bottom of the flume.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q2LSmr-xqp4bY9it1ccMToVqhaiUD6Reb-ZdEreTq3dfiyr_Pg0hcJFp2DvhrLetOuduaPWqCKjRfarwAjQ8TT5d2-HupG-TljojecYd_--iCM0XDWJlv9P3pXuZFpdQGM1huzLHs1FDAxvq5lx2uOzdQKaB9CEuLnjC4t7d5bdtzgEJYQVwwryD/s1164/z%20Small%20World%20Refurb..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1164" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q2LSmr-xqp4bY9it1ccMToVqhaiUD6Reb-ZdEreTq3dfiyr_Pg0hcJFp2DvhrLetOuduaPWqCKjRfarwAjQ8TT5d2-HupG-TljojecYd_--iCM0XDWJlv9P3pXuZFpdQGM1huzLHs1FDAxvq5lx2uOzdQKaB9CEuLnjC4t7d5bdtzgEJYQVwwryD/s320/z%20Small%20World%20Refurb..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Awww, Al Lutz was quoted in the article! How much do we all miss reading Al Lutz' articles on his website? I know, I do! At least Disney was gracious enough not to blame the "fattening of America" as the reason for the boats getting stuck. Although they did mention the steady increase in the size of their employees, over the years.</p><p>By the way, that 2008 It's A Small World refurbishment also happened to include the addition of 29 Disney characters, shoehorned into scenes throughout the attraction. Now it's sort of like a ride-through version of "Where's Waldo?", but with Disney characters. I won't even comment on the addition of the "American room." (T.R.E!!!) I'm kind of surprised that by now, they haven't added a bunch of projections, made riders wear 3D glasses, and given everyone a laser gun, or a web-shooting device. Soon, I suppose.<br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-15369917541358633482023-03-16T02:00:00.023-07:002023-04-24T03:22:22.329-07:00Walt Disney's Pinocchio - Mega Post!!!<p>Walt Disney's animated classic, <i>Pinocchio</i>, was originally released in February of 1940. According to Wikipedia, it was re-released theatrically in 1945, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1978, 1984, and 1992.<br />
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This was the poster for the film's 1971 re-release.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq74_038AKhSlT3qKKyFMXoYDAeVanp9mqYxko3pV9uG2qk9u73Mm533lCd5i5ETlSW6ImUK5588tG05QkpIr3x5xU0M0PBuyKV64w1BxW2-MGIleIfIv_Xl1cl-kIKj0ZkFDQzW4jQW4QpSTXj3CIIh6oFSiCiciOTxHh7vtTwwEQxGB8_G1c56k7/s1428/1971%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq74_038AKhSlT3qKKyFMXoYDAeVanp9mqYxko3pV9uG2qk9u73Mm533lCd5i5ETlSW6ImUK5588tG05QkpIr3x5xU0M0PBuyKV64w1BxW2-MGIleIfIv_Xl1cl-kIKj0ZkFDQzW4jQW4QpSTXj3CIIh6oFSiCiciOTxHh7vtTwwEQxGB8_G1c56k7/s320/1971%20border.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br />While going through some things at my mom's house, I found a section of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> from 1971, which had been used as "packing material."<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo_vaEzBsnGSFfV676l6KXSuPFZ63SdWCfmTk580JSfAByEJFNdM4hc3i-KHaVJxPQXzpdBEUrNXBIliLQKry5ZDn0ggSZLjfwtPjv1Ec9UL2ERdqz9iw9J8tsjJ2nrHA-1y9knHxEpeEgtCsinHBnWci2tf8U_cNRJFFr04-X_l2BBMflZT7uLLh/s1093/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1093" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUo_vaEzBsnGSFfV676l6KXSuPFZ63SdWCfmTk580JSfAByEJFNdM4hc3i-KHaVJxPQXzpdBEUrNXBIliLQKry5ZDn0ggSZLjfwtPjv1Ec9UL2ERdqz9iw9J8tsjJ2nrHA-1y9knHxEpeEgtCsinHBnWci2tf8U_cNRJFFr04-X_l2BBMflZT7uLLh/s320/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's a higher resolution scan of the photo showing the <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2024/02/downtown-los-angeles-1960s-beyond.html" target="_blank">fountains at the Department of Water and Power</a> building, in Downtown Los Angeles.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cMtk5pC8I0ArpoPgkRuxxB3_ILL1gYycz6RL71frmlvbpumFSHeEbTMr0y6ryBGPBsgQCPbQb3NsnkdfmQ1m47hTsGWZMsXLICSPDZdMjNLbDrjtGiENwNNxTRBbLIppVg95TSPcw7bWAYoMMbVYmwdYJm6KO0qXYwQ42qOrWiRavtd5M5ibX-qj/s1704/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1704" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cMtk5pC8I0ArpoPgkRuxxB3_ILL1gYycz6RL71frmlvbpumFSHeEbTMr0y6ryBGPBsgQCPbQb3NsnkdfmQ1m47hTsGWZMsXLICSPDZdMjNLbDrjtGiENwNNxTRBbLIppVg95TSPcw7bWAYoMMbVYmwdYJm6KO0qXYwQ42qOrWiRavtd5M5ibX-qj/s320/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p></p><p>Inside the paper, was an advertisement for the 1971 re-release of <i>Pinocchio</i>:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb7I8zj_NWFQTVTaHFOr1PD3i_nz_Mxx4u0XaYKJbPcifQHXOjwvX5KKD3fzGAO5BwmDSlZPs5YSV7yNWmIBpve99qIVQ_iEwFlejvCErmd-RkcNXIbmcz7QQCq8GbesHlZcf78eTR11M30TKszpHKvKW7Bo0IbqpJFnGdzoRPC5hnBkMc3Xgf1Ta/s1362/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(3)%20-%20Cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb7I8zj_NWFQTVTaHFOr1PD3i_nz_Mxx4u0XaYKJbPcifQHXOjwvX5KKD3fzGAO5BwmDSlZPs5YSV7yNWmIBpve99qIVQ_iEwFlejvCErmd-RkcNXIbmcz7QQCq8GbesHlZcf78eTR11M30TKszpHKvKW7Bo0IbqpJFnGdzoRPC5hnBkMc3Xgf1Ta/s320/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(3)%20-%20Cropped.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p></p><p>Just for kicks, this is what was on the backside of the <i>Pinocchio</i> ad. It's an ad for the "hagsploitation" film, "<i>What's The Matter With Helen?</i>" While that does look like Shelley Winters in the artwork, I have to say that really doesn't look like Debbie Reynolds. It looks a little bit more like a blond Leslie Ann Warren from <i>Victor/Victoria</i>! I probably should have scanned more of the 1971 movie ads from this paper, but that's all I have......for now.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwE_z_ssn3JSflut9XwOA2ot4ONi5o12CyhjjhsbUhT7MjXMuEz0yqkwDQjj4Wf8gKIQmAQ1az92jzGsL3lhRqRD_niqoSobWnnh50g-wOcuAV4UZ7gLEhz9FpFJvWQ_x5yztgVUyP487kvzAv8MnM-rGY-8HF1AGW36BbPK4RdEt1sEgn2TfyUZt/s1702/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="1435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwE_z_ssn3JSflut9XwOA2ot4ONi5o12CyhjjhsbUhT7MjXMuEz0yqkwDQjj4Wf8gKIQmAQ1az92jzGsL3lhRqRD_niqoSobWnnh50g-wOcuAV4UZ7gLEhz9FpFJvWQ_x5yztgVUyP487kvzAv8MnM-rGY-8HF1AGW36BbPK4RdEt1sEgn2TfyUZt/s320/Pinocchio%201971%20Re-release%20(4).jpg" width="270" /></a></div><p></p><p>That 1971 <i>Pinocchio</i> ad inspired me to put together an "all-things-Pinocchio" post. So here are some other Pinoke-related items from my personal collection.</p><p>My brother received this Pinocchio marionette for Christmas, in 1967.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_C8QAHXBDZcFQ_EUfJshxQkimsq4iiWqTU-OjSCPY-5xe7e1abygCJu4QH8Q3tYUwOE8HuqSxIqQLjI9Lg8PoSqgrclSkNZ5nKF4L3rxGBI7DXY_9M1PUNCCKHLVTteltzcz78n4MYUV_vORlc0dMvMEg6ATON_4RpasM7uRdgnZVlBlsbVY0u-/s1600/Pinocchio%20Marionette.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_C8QAHXBDZcFQ_EUfJshxQkimsq4iiWqTU-OjSCPY-5xe7e1abygCJu4QH8Q3tYUwOE8HuqSxIqQLjI9Lg8PoSqgrclSkNZ5nKF4L3rxGBI7DXY_9M1PUNCCKHLVTteltzcz78n4MYUV_vORlc0dMvMEg6ATON_4RpasM7uRdgnZVlBlsbVY0u-/s320/Pinocchio%20Marionette.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>My parents purchased it at Sears. I know this, because my dad worked
for Sears at the time.....all of our toys came from Sears! Here's a page
from the Sears Catalog/Wish Book. The description mentions that the
puppet was made in England.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B8XvF-VLuMboCXMdof6SBkFfAJF7ZADzQjMZB6dyrFapps1hnpRk2wx4pWyfRsBlANwW8JU-HyJdsMuIMfTu4JNiPvvJEzN0TM6Co21JLF6KmwG4qg4LLuiUIGEJ4gYr4HA0MQFMsykULLPW_SXY2JUQjI9xVRyv70y99zh6_0x7ylEX98PErtio/s904/Sears%201972%20(4)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="904" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B8XvF-VLuMboCXMdof6SBkFfAJF7ZADzQjMZB6dyrFapps1hnpRk2wx4pWyfRsBlANwW8JU-HyJdsMuIMfTu4JNiPvvJEzN0TM6Co21JLF6KmwG4qg4LLuiUIGEJ4gYr4HA0MQFMsykULLPW_SXY2JUQjI9xVRyv70y99zh6_0x7ylEX98PErtio/s320/Sears%201972%20(4)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I posted these marionette images, previously. You might recognize my brother, seen here once again. We looked alike when we were kids. ;-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpx-3r-UQKx1TMZxnMrHR7wNOmEuLz5L3_PtBvUz-YtZ2Jd13ZlgmG2Y-JlQEU9Px2e72wNVIH5CGqRFPkHD-8Q12Q5Pxiac68KVj_gkS9i2Kj50ySQhNbEeTcRCddBl8WjlL-b2E_3odUvT9QFe_ydWGByPA65tt4AT68vnDthb6It-uiQCKncye/s853/Pinocchio%20Marionette%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="853" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpx-3r-UQKx1TMZxnMrHR7wNOmEuLz5L3_PtBvUz-YtZ2Jd13ZlgmG2Y-JlQEU9Px2e72wNVIH5CGqRFPkHD-8Q12Q5Pxiac68KVj_gkS9i2Kj50ySQhNbEeTcRCddBl8WjlL-b2E_3odUvT9QFe_ydWGByPA65tt4AT68vnDthb6It-uiQCKncye/s320/Pinocchio%20Marionette%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>In 1969, this Pinocchio-themed float appeared in the Tournament of Roses Parade. My dad snapped this picture after the parade.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubUJtMMhCPVVBvfWDAQK-ch4M3gnfpxz0HAvi9stxpq6mbVsLfi4uGIHcZgqTHDax8yUMNQtlPZp6HRBUz0u55BTt7jJPTVQBM9GScOa2N7rC4MJt1Z2upAcZHGoaauoRE_O-g5sDb5c/s1600/Rose+Parade+1969+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubUJtMMhCPVVBvfWDAQK-ch4M3gnfpxz0HAvi9stxpq6mbVsLfi4uGIHcZgqTHDax8yUMNQtlPZp6HRBUz0u55BTt7jJPTVQBM9GScOa2N7rC4MJt1Z2upAcZHGoaauoRE_O-g5sDb5c/s320/Rose+Parade+1969+%25281%2529.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p>And two years later, Pinocchio was in the parade again, this time on a Disneyland-themed float.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGl_2umYvDViSV6kbUEic_5kwXSmLM8kdKDb_vy9qAvZFWmRhv9Oe7QWJD-3A-fprxdqjfLOzAJJtRRiUZUi_ukKdWQdkzhHlOh9uM6BKxZ6h0YkdKunwnmJJK24eUOgL5Jg2HUc0PVFrOQiwoPWXHEU1LgyHCsRSXpYscsKj4q15u-bFvLJ9IW6C/s689/Rose%20Parade%20Floats%20-%201971%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGl_2umYvDViSV6kbUEic_5kwXSmLM8kdKDb_vy9qAvZFWmRhv9Oe7QWJD-3A-fprxdqjfLOzAJJtRRiUZUi_ukKdWQdkzhHlOh9uM6BKxZ6h0YkdKunwnmJJK24eUOgL5Jg2HUc0PVFrOQiwoPWXHEU1LgyHCsRSXpYscsKj4q15u-bFvLJ9IW6C/s320/Rose%20Parade%20Floats%20-%201971%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's another item that belonged to my brother. It's an issue of <i>Walt Disney's Comics Digest</i>, featuring Pinocchio and dated August 1971, the same summer that the film was being re-released.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvbhmdsRnzAEWR367wrk_T9O-Ga0czAEpAe7-s1Lz5waehk15d6a7xqxylQ8_0FBY7UeIO8ijlgfr8zUJXkdkCCkU_-QHzs_-8eSjLiC54wsA0PGbLNCLbx9mPHDy6V-uUDRYsm-f_1e2SRKNzl3UFxFb6Gen1x00L-2GZPAiotQh0YQRZueMr8Mb/s1400/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%20Aug.%20'71%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1056" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvbhmdsRnzAEWR367wrk_T9O-Ga0czAEpAe7-s1Lz5waehk15d6a7xqxylQ8_0FBY7UeIO8ijlgfr8zUJXkdkCCkU_-QHzs_-8eSjLiC54wsA0PGbLNCLbx9mPHDy6V-uUDRYsm-f_1e2SRKNzl3UFxFb6Gen1x00L-2GZPAiotQh0YQRZueMr8Mb/s320/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%20Aug.%20'71%20(1).jpg" width="241" /></a></div><p>Oddly enough, the story had Pinocchio teaming up with Donald Duck.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRmeKLWAUUKRATR1Xb0oq4xHY2DtsOnzyrWU3sgheijaqB8iLCikcbZot1pJDcqWDYY0bmn5IJ__PqTPMlFVO8xj7ZiGOhes0zYsWUL0ZzqP7s8VkBaVl7SenVU3aQCG8ruSf2uXhDriWrJovlEu7R_NsRZ9V18ccJgXH2VM2rls8miLDf3RPivc1/s869/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="869" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRmeKLWAUUKRATR1Xb0oq4xHY2DtsOnzyrWU3sgheijaqB8iLCikcbZot1pJDcqWDYY0bmn5IJ__PqTPMlFVO8xj7ZiGOhes0zYsWUL0ZzqP7s8VkBaVl7SenVU3aQCG8ruSf2uXhDriWrJovlEu7R_NsRZ9V18ccJgXH2VM2rls8miLDf3RPivc1/s320/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Honest John and Gideon both appeared in the story.....<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_luXA9kBUSywwsWUv8glKODhzuTMV6FKMDBkhhU-JnevaDV-1zAdeo_B6hgktCzepQA3W_2y8kZusV-jB62_l-Lz_dGGLP5UtGPOGGRp9KCqk1kX630XKYTxiwbUAuDNSSY6BV1zVF37yqQPDCHL1vkiqR11uMNWV3FnSlHNjFlEAJvgo0q_c6zmy/s1289/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_luXA9kBUSywwsWUv8glKODhzuTMV6FKMDBkhhU-JnevaDV-1zAdeo_B6hgktCzepQA3W_2y8kZusV-jB62_l-Lz_dGGLP5UtGPOGGRp9KCqk1kX630XKYTxiwbUAuDNSSY6BV1zVF37yqQPDCHL1vkiqR11uMNWV3FnSlHNjFlEAJvgo0q_c6zmy/s320/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(2).jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>.....as well as Monstro!<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51MIrW7GT_UbErjkdO2qlacizzNucuQ3XrBQvNB8_lFaGrUtporwqH-j1bKl_Hf7gXA5cjycYvsAB7xPZ0FLSGxBo5aN1yQ9kuLhqlRX2tkyF5uBTA64FLj--A1-oPLcfcRScc0w7iNr4f41EJ93SrSFlsgiC_TP_fR3u3VeJX_2Sl0TdmCdw3Sq9/s1288/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="911" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51MIrW7GT_UbErjkdO2qlacizzNucuQ3XrBQvNB8_lFaGrUtporwqH-j1bKl_Hf7gXA5cjycYvsAB7xPZ0FLSGxBo5aN1yQ9kuLhqlRX2tkyF5uBTA64FLj--A1-oPLcfcRScc0w7iNr4f41EJ93SrSFlsgiC_TP_fR3u3VeJX_2Sl0TdmCdw3Sq9/s320/W.D.%20Comics%20Digest%20-%201971%20(3).jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p></p><p>The following summer, Pinocchio and Geppetto appeared on the June cover of <i>Disneyland Magazine </i>(the "Magazine For Young Readers"). I had a subscription to the magazine at this time, even though issues were available at our local Lucky's supermarket.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTl-DBcDUdLj7Tdp9Nj5O3lwevEsr-3KuOnhCutJs93Rb98WWuUX8BRn1dVVUv7l9abv3WMn_1fYCLMjH7OETeaDM8v3Zh-4MhLTuCGT7ob9vOfQxOG-b3w_U0SKoCGehN1_SP-ZUym1As3dQH_LSGREz2HUKr2tLR7mbZxEk2VK9H9bZW_xv8ZNj/s2135/June%201972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="2135" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTl-DBcDUdLj7Tdp9Nj5O3lwevEsr-3KuOnhCutJs93Rb98WWuUX8BRn1dVVUv7l9abv3WMn_1fYCLMjH7OETeaDM8v3Zh-4MhLTuCGT7ob9vOfQxOG-b3w_U0SKoCGehN1_SP-ZUym1As3dQH_LSGREz2HUKr2tLR7mbZxEk2VK9H9bZW_xv8ZNj/s320/June%201972.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And one year later (July 1973), Pinocchio was once again, gracing the cover of the magazine. While checking on eBay, I noticed that Pinocchio was frequently featured on the cover of <i>Disneyland Magazine</i>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP69V_6AmK9-mg_0WB7wM5bZ6XHqBDOYY2590yChRAbsvEM5oKgX3RaidOFc457hbzEORk32g-tCQDVlwsJgUFBsmJ9G7sD3Pc5voAURBazhO3qLDAVX67krNk7Uyk4gCEKo_QIPWlT0lRxHeJA8qldO7UnfJlufitE2pJhGdnKKUhk-EpcbY3OZo/s2226/DL%20Magazine%20-%20July%201973.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2226" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhP69V_6AmK9-mg_0WB7wM5bZ6XHqBDOYY2590yChRAbsvEM5oKgX3RaidOFc457hbzEORk32g-tCQDVlwsJgUFBsmJ9G7sD3Pc5voAURBazhO3qLDAVX67krNk7Uyk4gCEKo_QIPWlT0lRxHeJA8qldO7UnfJlufitE2pJhGdnKKUhk-EpcbY3OZo/s320/DL%20Magazine%20-%20July%201973.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the early 1970's, I received this "mini" card game in my Christmas stocking. The cards are only about 1.5 by 2.5 inches in size.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_ZYthJlzEHuHn9i5Es-UQ1dbSauKSwGTh_aFW5hWC0DasEOTJlW608mJPVIU1jsZYieZMiJ4uPBu5jYOhLOQ7xtefZ9jX5FRbvLUaDENJj_KiBtG4W0I3xk5jWDdh2LqMrssUkvxOoAZZqd4lfvrwnya6wCIy_Q4ydSSAWuq7S4vtmt4uIuQBgOJ/s837/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_ZYthJlzEHuHn9i5Es-UQ1dbSauKSwGTh_aFW5hWC0DasEOTJlW608mJPVIU1jsZYieZMiJ4uPBu5jYOhLOQ7xtefZ9jX5FRbvLUaDENJj_KiBtG4W0I3xk5jWDdh2LqMrssUkvxOoAZZqd4lfvrwnya6wCIy_Q4ydSSAWuq7S4vtmt4uIuQBgOJ/s320/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p>The cards were made by the Russell Manufacturing Co. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQk2pOEKZhWg8bc77I2IC19O5xcjOrxeMcqQw7x5PPwEbRk9PV_-CqtgUU3DU8XnihlpuXeaOLXPs7wNovUFpC1XD5zldeii_vsNzli_x0hI8JI0eNo0AWBTmmmNmPGV4wpkvRsiWFUNYTTecUTWgX8LELHr2XobmvEhAGK57Z4DQ9hFoWFfaWv_Y/s582/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(15)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="582" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQk2pOEKZhWg8bc77I2IC19O5xcjOrxeMcqQw7x5PPwEbRk9PV_-CqtgUU3DU8XnihlpuXeaOLXPs7wNovUFpC1XD5zldeii_vsNzli_x0hI8JI0eNo0AWBTmmmNmPGV4wpkvRsiWFUNYTTecUTWgX8LELHr2XobmvEhAGK57Z4DQ9hFoWFfaWv_Y/s320/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(15)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I also received a "mini" Donald Duck card game at the same time. I'm not
sure if they made a card game for each of these characters depicted on the
back of the cards, but a "Mr. Toad" game would have been pretty cool!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfSM5gu_aHjNXgvUgrqzWSKbKb6IZ8XH5ueVVV3yTVJrMWCQ5AAYqk1m9W5JtiZ6RJ-ddhB5EFvt1-Gm8aeitweg2dwzLVB26H5r2Y12vE1TEq3Z5LRHBbTOU5BgMdxhkV2hyC85ysd5fDjgEn8I77Jl8WD6V8Nv6-Qmn7psiWn3jVzQyaCTQPIWM/s777/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(3)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfSM5gu_aHjNXgvUgrqzWSKbKb6IZ8XH5ueVVV3yTVJrMWCQ5AAYqk1m9W5JtiZ6RJ-ddhB5EFvt1-Gm8aeitweg2dwzLVB26H5r2Y12vE1TEq3Z5LRHBbTOU5BgMdxhkV2hyC85ysd5fDjgEn8I77Jl8WD6V8Nv6-Qmn7psiWn3jVzQyaCTQPIWM/s320/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(3)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /> Here are the various characters featured on the cards.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o3sygHXrPhAJCNSI5ZWEjpMHBVi2jIMqQftQe37NFrYHTqB_JTT_Py1qp2jyqiePBu9Dnd29MIwcHUxF9TCF_pVOCXiOyKIJ1enlWb8kP7xa4bm4ox9qM0UGbUrsTMMNZuzgU_ueh8Ee3UNdL7SM9uIJrtVHB8Q1OK8kL99cSzlSZsLXDaMtv43_/s1639/Playing%20Cards%201-6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1639" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o3sygHXrPhAJCNSI5ZWEjpMHBVi2jIMqQftQe37NFrYHTqB_JTT_Py1qp2jyqiePBu9Dnd29MIwcHUxF9TCF_pVOCXiOyKIJ1enlWb8kP7xa4bm4ox9qM0UGbUrsTMMNZuzgU_ueh8Ee3UNdL7SM9uIJrtVHB8Q1OK8kL99cSzlSZsLXDaMtv43_/s320/Playing%20Cards%201-6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYB3qdpk5pM1ZdYcL-IAUYeKqOAYumLJSB7eJ4CkUObiYp8rr0dcl14Ca6VDgjQ0gRxujrZJpRI4Zq-8CGvgMnlYYDQtauk39WlEeRoUUX-h5YbvRCDH7xhTyw3LPy7rquczGvIe2u33Zj1QuJovqPHGOXEsQlr3yk3yc_UhMPsB6G0tpW2j2mBsyk/s1646/Playing%20Cards%207-11%20-%20Copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1605" data-original-width="1646" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYB3qdpk5pM1ZdYcL-IAUYeKqOAYumLJSB7eJ4CkUObiYp8rr0dcl14Ca6VDgjQ0gRxujrZJpRI4Zq-8CGvgMnlYYDQtauk39WlEeRoUUX-h5YbvRCDH7xhTyw3LPy7rquczGvIe2u33Zj1QuJovqPHGOXEsQlr3yk3yc_UhMPsB6G0tpW2j2mBsyk/s320/Playing%20Cards%207-11%20-%20Copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And the instructions, just in case anyone is interested:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4vgIBVMjivV9Qk6P1-hZT5nOLeY0kp7WdjzLvaBdfYf0on_glOhq9sp15GtEQzJ9Ieg-TKoDUDJTfvO7_S4orKfQ1TLhrDa017F1CnEbGbMcE42F4JtE_pmYvuNZJ7HCFmZeEbwOZwp1kRNQhuS6OExIAxwD-ZyBqkp6VysuDMC5NV8e_zymnZlD/s829/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4vgIBVMjivV9Qk6P1-hZT5nOLeY0kp7WdjzLvaBdfYf0on_glOhq9sp15GtEQzJ9Ieg-TKoDUDJTfvO7_S4orKfQ1TLhrDa017F1CnEbGbMcE42F4JtE_pmYvuNZJ7HCFmZeEbwOZwp1kRNQhuS6OExIAxwD-ZyBqkp6VysuDMC5NV8e_zymnZlD/s320/Pinocchio%20Card%20Game%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><p>While growing up, we had a children's record player (as seen in that earlier
photo of my brother). We also had a large selection of children's records, and we
listened to them quite often. Our record collection included many of the smaller "45 rpm" records.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj6mVguY6HuPfwstt-iqB496sPWHbmVTzrlMqMc_-ASM7_O0VYtWmlN2GWCcniQOuLrQ_jDhC8-Z7d_pv1jeDyu6BKfDbdDN2nB7_kJuckpYARglopnC9kSVrbCYCcux0eOaANDolPQY/s1065/Pinocchio+Record+%25281%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1065" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj6mVguY6HuPfwstt-iqB496sPWHbmVTzrlMqMc_-ASM7_O0VYtWmlN2GWCcniQOuLrQ_jDhC8-Z7d_pv1jeDyu6BKfDbdDN2nB7_kJuckpYARglopnC9kSVrbCYCcux0eOaANDolPQY/s320/Pinocchio+Record+%25281%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FRoRtO9GsWeGeACplVk-mLUF_G1OHhYoTsNq7fQoZ_stLEVMhPbcAqJXAB1b-g-CtLYQo-ldxGxUxwoyvKfpV1TA6SuFXl38IxVt8WS8uBhpookqmmK4tJBl_vnPjmfsFRdDvhnE1EA/s1062/Pinocchio+Record+%25282%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1062" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FRoRtO9GsWeGeACplVk-mLUF_G1OHhYoTsNq7fQoZ_stLEVMhPbcAqJXAB1b-g-CtLYQo-ldxGxUxwoyvKfpV1TA6SuFXl38IxVt8WS8uBhpookqmmK4tJBl_vnPjmfsFRdDvhnE1EA/s320/Pinocchio+Record+%25282%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz13rVIDDojQ9bZlyx5pG-s9uJEdKlQMbYQHloqYyUAcFyY47Wi8V7rOm2iajthBpUklDb9gTL9pu7ajc6VDToC6cVKiYED7fLxTUP_Oquz_QkZsEWR2XtCjtnB3UhHXhi2cyOp7KMtGE/s1066/Pinocchio+Record+%25283%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz13rVIDDojQ9bZlyx5pG-s9uJEdKlQMbYQHloqYyUAcFyY47Wi8V7rOm2iajthBpUklDb9gTL9pu7ajc6VDToC6cVKiYED7fLxTUP_Oquz_QkZsEWR2XtCjtnB3UhHXhi2cyOp7KMtGE/s320/Pinocchio+Record+%25283%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>We also had quite a few of the larger "33 1/3" record albums. This particular one was part of a series of "Magic Mirror" albums, which included a storybook.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUF1BKvlw5zba20i-adjP2rm4Opg-clW-j0yj8QC9WP3Ygx-pjPI0aCnVp3KC8X0ApwJlgRU9AQaSHALzT80cDE3leRJ1cXo6LFUiA9SxwpRcmiiqanfnDWtF7MnNc2WSfYtDq8gxxoI2ZbDK4TGpBiP4aLMPFVc6m5bSelw-0tkixVHvFQ22A3SL/s1600/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20Album%20Cover%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUUF1BKvlw5zba20i-adjP2rm4Opg-clW-j0yj8QC9WP3Ygx-pjPI0aCnVp3KC8X0ApwJlgRU9AQaSHALzT80cDE3leRJ1cXo6LFUiA9SxwpRcmiiqanfnDWtF7MnNc2WSfYtDq8gxxoI2ZbDK4TGpBiP4aLMPFVc6m5bSelw-0tkixVHvFQ22A3SL/s320/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20Album%20Cover%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The front cover had an oval cut-out in it (the "Magic Mirror"), which allowed you to see a portion of the image on the first page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunk-u16yI7c8CjlE4XhM9izCyrqtllgYnPX3aQhVkUGKlS1rJiACw8FHixxWB0dwY-kkIwfmeGV5IgOQhadKXD3NLC7xnDGfjg25IxlY5bfVzeqNoLgCzgG-LvfxsJeJQwWL7O20njlCtxG_1PgP9w4UtQSWZpIUfRrax8yMBTVovHnyIoMOJ7NIT/s1600/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunk-u16yI7c8CjlE4XhM9izCyrqtllgYnPX3aQhVkUGKlS1rJiACw8FHixxWB0dwY-kkIwfmeGV5IgOQhadKXD3NLC7xnDGfjg25IxlY5bfVzeqNoLgCzgG-LvfxsJeJQwWL7O20njlCtxG_1PgP9w4UtQSWZpIUfRrax8yMBTVovHnyIoMOJ7NIT/s320/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuBMvgaWzj-VbA_69VlbMnOpxeYqG96F8aEB8ZdCGDUMh--neQnzess5TpA6WtCe4r33nZwGJ1RXtglXS8CCu_Jf2T6yCXPxbcZpiu0mO1jy-jPRUan4oMBD9lHQcDMl1mGHe4QjgW9pAJiAlh67ZcDhvpLT14u8Sv4LkaihQ6fEal9KGwfTiBD1X/s1600/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20Album%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuBMvgaWzj-VbA_69VlbMnOpxeYqG96F8aEB8ZdCGDUMh--neQnzess5TpA6WtCe4r33nZwGJ1RXtglXS8CCu_Jf2T6yCXPxbcZpiu0mO1jy-jPRUan4oMBD9lHQcDMl1mGHe4QjgW9pAJiAlh67ZcDhvpLT14u8Sv4LkaihQ6fEal9KGwfTiBD1X/s320/1960%20Magic%20Mirror%20Album%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Somehow, my family missed seeing <i>Pinocchio</i> during it's 1971 re-release. My very first viewing of the film, was during it's 1978 re-release. The Fall 1978 issue of <i>Disney News Magazine</i> featured a "coming soon" ad for the film, on it's back cover.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_64HZ3nEluGP-4aqlHUjAXaHyu1EV0XIOJy713-sxYqM4w1URliYDcmL1c-JkRAcnC4e2O022fOy-K8DoFS85-UAah9rskrPmeiOtsTKL5oE8kc9SDC0J_91xG5_KWhiy_lcw8cALYYwNk1-6hCcYiBOAxbTEStYep2zIg9UjvhIio7SYQnAzeDda/s1310/D.N.%20Magazine%20-%20Fall%201978%20(back%20&%20front)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="998" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_64HZ3nEluGP-4aqlHUjAXaHyu1EV0XIOJy713-sxYqM4w1URliYDcmL1c-JkRAcnC4e2O022fOy-K8DoFS85-UAah9rskrPmeiOtsTKL5oE8kc9SDC0J_91xG5_KWhiy_lcw8cALYYwNk1-6hCcYiBOAxbTEStYep2zIg9UjvhIio7SYQnAzeDda/s320/D.N.%20Magazine%20-%20Fall%201978%20(back%20&%20front)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><p>Some years later, I was able to acquire one of the original posters from the 1978 re-release.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsCLSv58E_VtJ2tWLlQ41QKQU6iHYUpEFu1kPW3rRejH9Rjj67h2s1zUwQN0higDQm_Z0VO3qTtQ1qnXC9yR_-IKUNHz6KVW1vkdjMcBH60GoQ58wRGsQ0g5mEZ0CYzDIjDShWVzLlEcjgN0sNM-SXX8u5e4dfq9xffnAiZ7jMtlTNoTuadMADzw4/s1275/Pinocchio%20'78%20Re-release.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="861" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsCLSv58E_VtJ2tWLlQ41QKQU6iHYUpEFu1kPW3rRejH9Rjj67h2s1zUwQN0higDQm_Z0VO3qTtQ1qnXC9yR_-IKUNHz6KVW1vkdjMcBH60GoQ58wRGsQ0g5mEZ0CYzDIjDShWVzLlEcjgN0sNM-SXX8u5e4dfq9xffnAiZ7jMtlTNoTuadMADzw4/s320/Pinocchio%20'78%20Re-release.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br />I also purchased this original 1978 "half sheet" poster. Like many other Disney-related items in my collection, both of these posters came from the former "Comic Castle" shop, in Fullerton, CA.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9ILH9YZpyCyWwIDNnq8gGq-6ryDc5J76fsO2DKHMrQBFdcQ3oiHUt7qx4KSaMUGOwvo0Y4H87OEI-Dt6s7WsGmD63lp5uJOaECNyX3RxBV0ZmAd3vKkapDvbb18hf8xlYwOfju-B-3RBUcOq9AV9y3-W6xPYvg9mF7P2txZoEyj5t5AV2FxWxB-0/s837/1978%20half%20sheet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="837" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9ILH9YZpyCyWwIDNnq8gGq-6ryDc5J76fsO2DKHMrQBFdcQ3oiHUt7qx4KSaMUGOwvo0Y4H87OEI-Dt6s7WsGmD63lp5uJOaECNyX3RxBV0ZmAd3vKkapDvbb18hf8xlYwOfju-B-3RBUcOq9AV9y3-W6xPYvg9mF7P2txZoEyj5t5AV2FxWxB-0/s320/1978%20half%20sheet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I purchased this souvenir Pinocchio button from Disneyland's Main St. Emporium, shortly after the film's 1978 re-release:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQauORYhGaNKUf7hJM0YSY-mWWq2uXHEYmlF2MsNrgb_12ZoAZRIhFOO7t1E-Qi-pCZqS34eMsY5YYvjWgHgS83QyJjtkfj_NQ54P1KrczmnMImuRaBoGf5ltIKTTeLf0ntIMtLONF3s/s1600/Pinocchio+Button+-+DL+1978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQauORYhGaNKUf7hJM0YSY-mWWq2uXHEYmlF2MsNrgb_12ZoAZRIhFOO7t1E-Qi-pCZqS34eMsY5YYvjWgHgS83QyJjtkfj_NQ54P1KrczmnMImuRaBoGf5ltIKTTeLf0ntIMtLONF3s/s320/Pinocchio+Button+-+DL+1978.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><p>During that same Disneyland visit, I purchased this Little Golden Book from the Story Book Shop (located in the back of the Main Street Emporium and sponsored by the Western Publishing Company, publishers of the "Little Golden Books" series).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQobby4nFBq6KpQQrz-mI6X_yR9ik1r95s7yopNwLTKxVMWCBqlqRTkpHmE6pCOefeulmQRRCvJjZJ9NGeJin6EPas_ZWvEX7ugDLAkGc8DHO9NuzuBxTFQPL6Fq7TzC8haSjr7AjIpY/s1189/Little+Golden+Book+-+Pinocchio+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQobby4nFBq6KpQQrz-mI6X_yR9ik1r95s7yopNwLTKxVMWCBqlqRTkpHmE6pCOefeulmQRRCvJjZJ9NGeJin6EPas_ZWvEX7ugDLAkGc8DHO9NuzuBxTFQPL6Fq7TzC8haSjr7AjIpY/s320/Little+Golden+Book+-+Pinocchio+%25281%2529.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>Also available in the Emporium, and purchased around this same time period, were these ceramic figurines of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BBpy7TUaG4y6tWHWlqcnUtV3iwnkuA3mo3f7gpTeVG9X-b5PZp-V6mFu1wSAwpSx4QEc01ILevU3o0hp7xj6xWkq_MTc6cPCM0sKjPfv_BfJb5e4bPocgPhCdQCJdow6fsIHF3GHtoB_X3N-ubggilZxc_hp-bzDYUNXTJv-3IKk-kGQb0kAntWj/s1276/Firgurines%20-%201970-80s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BBpy7TUaG4y6tWHWlqcnUtV3iwnkuA3mo3f7gpTeVG9X-b5PZp-V6mFu1wSAwpSx4QEc01ILevU3o0hp7xj6xWkq_MTc6cPCM0sKjPfv_BfJb5e4bPocgPhCdQCJdow6fsIHF3GHtoB_X3N-ubggilZxc_hp-bzDYUNXTJv-3IKk-kGQb0kAntWj/s320/Firgurines%20-%201970-80s.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>A few years later, Disney released a series of six souvenir plates, sold exclusively at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The "Disney Classic Plate Collection" included a plate for <i>Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Alice In Wonderland, </i>and <i>Peter Pan</i>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil92TJME2aVzGXGvZ_TGMYWZEzj3Z1YZsHq4DUgcVmmFINCC1EuUG-_uD_XbgO1ZTHK6SCg8vcPF12CsFGvBFjfsHTdOkqntnioanOhr-yNeKyonitSuLlfoUoUSkJja3sVPGkzwkbPtGsgsvfhwENDKASDivR70Oj3s-iP6z5PvumecOFHKP7qJRC/s1058/DL%20&%20WDW%20Plate%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1058" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil92TJME2aVzGXGvZ_TGMYWZEzj3Z1YZsHq4DUgcVmmFINCC1EuUG-_uD_XbgO1ZTHK6SCg8vcPF12CsFGvBFjfsHTdOkqntnioanOhr-yNeKyonitSuLlfoUoUSkJja3sVPGkzwkbPtGsgsvfhwENDKASDivR70Oj3s-iP6z5PvumecOFHKP7qJRC/s320/DL%20&%20WDW%20Plate%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLV3VxLRFATksiPgXhINzJZfWshBsbWKnTNrZ3clvOJCBp4dfmc7yry3LFpijTVAjgFdnvltUMhxcHnCQosrx514URDGqBZh3yzOGabBfNzo-25259Zwmv7glfzDZXHbz6hHXa6uYTJMptnER7t-qGaW-wuWzo6N5JbubA4HlDoQb0DADtBUqlpto/s1187/Plate%20from%20DL%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1187" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLV3VxLRFATksiPgXhINzJZfWshBsbWKnTNrZ3clvOJCBp4dfmc7yry3LFpijTVAjgFdnvltUMhxcHnCQosrx514URDGqBZh3yzOGabBfNzo-25259Zwmv7glfzDZXHbz6hHXa6uYTJMptnER7t-qGaW-wuWzo6N5JbubA4HlDoQb0DADtBUqlpto/s320/Plate%20from%20DL%20(2)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The plates sold for $6.50 each, as shown on the original price tag, below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80qgY68hQvQDgdOGW2QHcenW_96uggqCMd6XVJFMY-KllnwMOxtMfsPQIGQfvcPbndscOIPq0YDcneZbUS0yHupFEfbmFSPgHVFD8zCtOeg5AU2Fif8-oiPR1r7pRXZzfDRQxrQc1rkziBDmCKd_noyQmT8bt35LfRgtKUkdpNGWWV3paFnJZ9Gwk/s1047/DL%20&%20WDW%20Plate%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80qgY68hQvQDgdOGW2QHcenW_96uggqCMd6XVJFMY-KllnwMOxtMfsPQIGQfvcPbndscOIPq0YDcneZbUS0yHupFEfbmFSPgHVFD8zCtOeg5AU2Fif8-oiPR1r7pRXZzfDRQxrQc1rkziBDmCKd_noyQmT8bt35LfRgtKUkdpNGWWV3paFnJZ9Gwk/s320/DL%20&%20WDW%20Plate%20(2).jpg" width="317" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In 1980, Disney started releasing a series of "picture disc" records. These were sold in both the Emporium and the Character Shop at Disneyland, and could also be found in the toy section of some department stores and local grocery store chains.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvW2lz1_iCXBcvAW3VQBk6lRq_3p8g-aJa8YCVMmL6Y4CJrNmgbvQYGNTNbHZXDtxOrHzaKipnLaTv17YC0M2XJXWyW1jdQzJhiNVYiMPzkKSM_hNKoZkhpC4AjlYpXxaSI5sClLOZwbzmAjLYuPgPVCKH4Y5PkKGDAmtI5bY69GJoStD3NawdTrna/s1600/1980%20Picture%20Disc%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvW2lz1_iCXBcvAW3VQBk6lRq_3p8g-aJa8YCVMmL6Y4CJrNmgbvQYGNTNbHZXDtxOrHzaKipnLaTv17YC0M2XJXWyW1jdQzJhiNVYiMPzkKSM_hNKoZkhpC4AjlYpXxaSI5sClLOZwbzmAjLYuPgPVCKH4Y5PkKGDAmtI5bY69GJoStD3NawdTrna/s320/1980%20Picture%20Disc%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkX-zMnI5PLNP30EI-tRjhNPhBHxsT0IrV7HkoAwN5leSb0zY45OIpd2IpFdx0XPgj1uau_-g3CuFYJoxQs6BHl4ejL5M3txoTHLK3gf8i0G-oqv8_dHGpzyzJZaHiskZ3tJzP8DhILJHR98Vy6xTtutDeHWyya2BFoM2AbEhECRSD-UdZL2xL3eW/s1600/1980%20Picture%20Disc%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkX-zMnI5PLNP30EI-tRjhNPhBHxsT0IrV7HkoAwN5leSb0zY45OIpd2IpFdx0XPgj1uau_-g3CuFYJoxQs6BHl4ejL5M3txoTHLK3gf8i0G-oqv8_dHGpzyzJZaHiskZ3tJzP8DhILJHR98Vy6xTtutDeHWyya2BFoM2AbEhECRSD-UdZL2xL3eW/s320/1980%20Picture%20Disc%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The songs were all taken directly from the film's soundtrack. There weren't any of those Marnie Nixon or Ginny Tyler "covers," which were sometimes used on Disney children's records.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM2Pf8SeEbvvaBJcPPZEevR7P3wambHVm4RFdoW9bFa2EKox5Ig9wy3VwRLfJKb42Vm-urdfuB66d8rrUDGkGJksxn7d9VPM1VOry2dmSWV_SEI-6M66hAKhHznt7m7Vz2appgPmVliQ9CoKNwkLmN85wG88eZCFJD4j2ZcBFDsLcRgEYrv4AC837/s1564/1980%20Picture%20Disc%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM2Pf8SeEbvvaBJcPPZEevR7P3wambHVm4RFdoW9bFa2EKox5Ig9wy3VwRLfJKb42Vm-urdfuB66d8rrUDGkGJksxn7d9VPM1VOry2dmSWV_SEI-6M66hAKhHznt7m7Vz2appgPmVliQ9CoKNwkLmN85wG88eZCFJD4j2ZcBFDsLcRgEYrv4AC837/s320/1980%20Picture%20Disc%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5Pt89z4pJ8pYzFtiUGq85Yxo0i0ciNVqy8wdCvtt0DW1Hjpr9DX8TdCQF510LNEMXeMKG-df8CuT7COEP6UUfFdxxEnoE_l7uCT4UgdA86x1uM_0fc13mX_KG-O93jeG1w3U1Qcpo5aNhyGJLCVv2k-lyeIsFC4QYI_IV1LElDYXwFdodeCSD1ku/s1600/1980%20Picture%20Disc%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5Pt89z4pJ8pYzFtiUGq85Yxo0i0ciNVqy8wdCvtt0DW1Hjpr9DX8TdCQF510LNEMXeMKG-df8CuT7COEP6UUfFdxxEnoE_l7uCT4UgdA86x1uM_0fc13mX_KG-O93jeG1w3U1Qcpo5aNhyGJLCVv2k-lyeIsFC4QYI_IV1LElDYXwFdodeCSD1ku/s320/1980%20Picture%20Disc%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>My family realized that I was a Disney fan at a very young age, and to
this day, they still pick up Disney items for me. Not too long ago, my aunt gave me this vintage playing card,
which she found in an antique mall. There was just one single
card, and it's from a regular deck (the other side is the two of
hearts).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhWsMu-enGcumAJ23Ypse7FUs5Glc5Q1COIzK7yOp_avCbklolrE5bIr3gzhxbLEN9XFpITEUvkTpmUYP0IP-SEgCo9lAPLd0C2LVpS-2cPk-wKNKB6g8U-Z9I3kSQD2_xn1EVcwrSJnH7sQn4cS8rt_yQWmNPehBboAHVXgqcacPzhxXGbK5YSOP/s742/Jiminy%20Cricket%20Playing%20Card%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhWsMu-enGcumAJ23Ypse7FUs5Glc5Q1COIzK7yOp_avCbklolrE5bIr3gzhxbLEN9XFpITEUvkTpmUYP0IP-SEgCo9lAPLd0C2LVpS-2cPk-wKNKB6g8U-Z9I3kSQD2_xn1EVcwrSJnH7sQn4cS8rt_yQWmNPehBboAHVXgqcacPzhxXGbK5YSOP/s320/Jiminy%20Cricket%20Playing%20Card%20(2).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p>My aunt also gave me this vintage plastic charm, a few years back. It
was in a bag of similar charms, which included Mickey, Minnie, Donald,
Pluto, Dumbo, Grumpy, and Practical Pig.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkn74qC7aI-3G36WYHrZmTdEKRsgVWCy-ZFs7RwoIEe67CmeIGI_zMz8-xGS9vQ9ccZnvV8PHtKJlYhF_2lcl2FZya5iEbRIp4wzouLoomyAl6Jk04OFDpE8fKGKm1lMXknay7pvIjkRfD3dZ-T1NPiufJhrWKLVMTjWGXseZCjwsBzu0bV7iLRA5p/s452/Plastic%20Pinocchio%20Charm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="452" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkn74qC7aI-3G36WYHrZmTdEKRsgVWCy-ZFs7RwoIEe67CmeIGI_zMz8-xGS9vQ9ccZnvV8PHtKJlYhF_2lcl2FZya5iEbRIp4wzouLoomyAl6Jk04OFDpE8fKGKm1lMXknay7pvIjkRfD3dZ-T1NPiufJhrWKLVMTjWGXseZCjwsBzu0bV7iLRA5p/s320/Plastic%20Pinocchio%20Charm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>When I was about 12, my grandmother gave me this 1940s bisque figurine of
Pinocchio. She had found it at her church's thrift store ("The Galore Shop," in Redondo Beach, CA). Even at that young of an age, I was able to appreciate a much older item like this.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrJX7pfthbh7J-3ujaChMtct69dubxEexPw0qSaVQmEDdxjzIg4xYxLNX0cit0upwBDZEw_qePizFy6R3nXL31I4AFfuB8E9KfO9Gi56QSwG87THmMNdkTf0qVgkqPXtGLXgnpoOBWmdHUafXfcN1MteTB3oBMXBxpsw53gdCc70aAiMC8rzK68U5/s980/1940s%20Figurine%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrJX7pfthbh7J-3ujaChMtct69dubxEexPw0qSaVQmEDdxjzIg4xYxLNX0cit0upwBDZEw_qePizFy6R3nXL31I4AFfuB8E9KfO9Gi56QSwG87THmMNdkTf0qVgkqPXtGLXgnpoOBWmdHUafXfcN1MteTB3oBMXBxpsw53gdCc70aAiMC8rzK68U5/s320/1940s%20Figurine%20(1).jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZlsL6gdzrFHSj7n6U_QrEqBDKhmDi1OWCCsvGjRv0cU2Ajeyprhi-o3R63jXuuHHSDhe7j8ME23NvdKObLXbleuXS589pZvX7OinqHlaI1xKhvs1NYteVh4raKPWv7s77D01gH04Ow6wDwZTwCjUI-leVEK7qYOaVmiczGWAI4ukM6XhKdE-p4Ze/s1012/1940s%20Figurine%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="568" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZlsL6gdzrFHSj7n6U_QrEqBDKhmDi1OWCCsvGjRv0cU2Ajeyprhi-o3R63jXuuHHSDhe7j8ME23NvdKObLXbleuXS589pZvX7OinqHlaI1xKhvs1NYteVh4raKPWv7s77D01gH04Ow6wDwZTwCjUI-leVEK7qYOaVmiczGWAI4ukM6XhKdE-p4Ze/s320/1940s%20Figurine%20(2).jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p>In 1983, Jiminy Cricket made an appearance in the animated short, <i>Mickey's Christmas Carol</i>. This lobby card is from a set, which I also purchased from the Comic Castle in Fullerton.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1BSt35q0vV6q8J4fEtzLB-n0oULpSwvUUpAKvPeaYq_n1faiz2s5CmGe1OFHjvEd8HR00LKkIM4y8R7Q_5tkvJ3GmCYCQFRncwqfY53O4BHmVnammVuzalRHcCm3Yn5BXEH8NAUG870Ifeu589nN7RS01DdkbnZVxhP13nQzaJqVsmpNYGLqJ07s/s1280/1983%20-%20Mickey's%20Xmas%20Carol%20Lobby%20Card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1280" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1BSt35q0vV6q8J4fEtzLB-n0oULpSwvUUpAKvPeaYq_n1faiz2s5CmGe1OFHjvEd8HR00LKkIM4y8R7Q_5tkvJ3GmCYCQFRncwqfY53O4BHmVnammVuzalRHcCm3Yn5BXEH8NAUG870Ifeu589nN7RS01DdkbnZVxhP13nQzaJqVsmpNYGLqJ07s/s320/1983%20-%20Mickey's%20Xmas%20Carol%20Lobby%20Card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>That same year, both Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland opened their own <i>Pinocchio</i>-themed dark rides. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkztr8FAYq4amuv-z2Sn9uPyg8J5pGPYpjxFo3jnMWVNQ0v-bnRTZxfkbALqvzxuPk9-azg8JOS1lHOtO2F3e9ChCrfRylwxguxZOQCrtTsYn2uPPI4c-P2fEpqprSB5hCdfZvD5-T8NM34HK_feAMotYKbAxD9f-YQq7OTIBIxuEFmcoLX4g538bg/s1600/Attraction%20Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkztr8FAYq4amuv-z2Sn9uPyg8J5pGPYpjxFo3jnMWVNQ0v-bnRTZxfkbALqvzxuPk9-azg8JOS1lHOtO2F3e9ChCrfRylwxguxZOQCrtTsYn2uPPI4c-P2fEpqprSB5hCdfZvD5-T8NM34HK_feAMotYKbAxD9f-YQq7OTIBIxuEFmcoLX4g538bg/s320/Attraction%20Poster.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p>These attractions will have to be the subject of another post at another time, but for now, here are some photos of the attraction facades.</p><p>Tokyo (opened April 15, 1983): <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBj6wpZ8R2TZYCna_Im0R-AoacdvOWLOqEduKmbz5UkGFHoK3oPxM9v8NSH9Yu9VHmNfK8ZlN_n9b1awssz-YAO876yIDiqvfif_YFpiEudiuKLi8b5lndav60J3W7M2HBdzBZ0AoDHfALn6ndLA8_I1O4k4qriYbGwIx7lZvrg55bcgp3at0fsHIH/s1229/Tokyo's%2029th%20B-day%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1229" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBj6wpZ8R2TZYCna_Im0R-AoacdvOWLOqEduKmbz5UkGFHoK3oPxM9v8NSH9Yu9VHmNfK8ZlN_n9b1awssz-YAO876yIDiqvfif_YFpiEudiuKLi8b5lndav60J3W7M2HBdzBZ0AoDHfALn6ndLA8_I1O4k4qriYbGwIx7lZvrg55bcgp3at0fsHIH/s320/Tokyo's%2029th%20B-day%20(7).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Anaheim (opened May 25, 1983):</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW0DLjOoEHDwRb0GuWHnaz1mrJ8OTxs7-7V8MhOvQU6FGJfcNA1I2wxezqrmlpMUOIOMdK9vLvvOuEn5pGeCVqa_OaKqYx7JbzYAiEtS02ho7PgYcRbozNjRu5cW26KEdlkm4chjj_jclz3qqA8rSsez7qwsx6bxOMdG1V4XWeYegjXPQlXLgbSw-/s974/May%2028th%20'83%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW0DLjOoEHDwRb0GuWHnaz1mrJ8OTxs7-7V8MhOvQU6FGJfcNA1I2wxezqrmlpMUOIOMdK9vLvvOuEn5pGeCVqa_OaKqYx7JbzYAiEtS02ho7PgYcRbozNjRu5cW26KEdlkm4chjj_jclz3qqA8rSsez7qwsx6bxOMdG1V4XWeYegjXPQlXLgbSw-/s320/May%2028th%20'83%20(2).jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p></p><p>I took the shot above, three days after <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-fantasyland-grand-opening-may-1983.html" target="_blank">the opening of the attraction</a> in Anaheim. The figure of Pinocchio above the entrance was not added until many years later.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgH6BktLXRVFrcPuM_KbM-whEPqi6zco_MMmIkGOiAeI4Qbc53IbiPlCE3Fg99G6IN2lenAFEyRvdyJnj_-HZyj2lZCXenjge96Sc6eeCEinIdEaO5jEIvY0L-x_2W2UTL4CvhKIJEYPDuMlSYkN64MAHW3zviOpX6-7gnziELQOXWISbzYLtxHW3/s922/from%20Disney%20F.B.%20page%201.5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="922" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgH6BktLXRVFrcPuM_KbM-whEPqi6zco_MMmIkGOiAeI4Qbc53IbiPlCE3Fg99G6IN2lenAFEyRvdyJnj_-HZyj2lZCXenjge96Sc6eeCEinIdEaO5jEIvY0L-x_2W2UTL4CvhKIJEYPDuMlSYkN64MAHW3zviOpX6-7gnziELQOXWISbzYLtxHW3/s320/from%20Disney%20F.B.%20page%201.5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And here's the attraction at Disneyland Paris, which opened along with that park, in 1992:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJroTlZW4JLC90hyA8nTFbPrkjIUgwZZZdUbW1ur4nRlopirIsKrY29u2d-KpczDh2Z2ULsjv1psBF7hi9bXdD2bWxBGUdGkENxeX5xI7vw-2NW9dExWhcY1eot0CzHKmx3msZOL2kUfCoFy65YIYP8k39eIusBppdq1Dwsr3cyieg_KuR9DbjUZg/s1568/DL%20Paris%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1568" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJroTlZW4JLC90hyA8nTFbPrkjIUgwZZZdUbW1ur4nRlopirIsKrY29u2d-KpczDh2Z2ULsjv1psBF7hi9bXdD2bWxBGUdGkENxeX5xI7vw-2NW9dExWhcY1eot0CzHKmx3msZOL2kUfCoFy65YIYP8k39eIusBppdq1Dwsr3cyieg_KuR9DbjUZg/s320/DL%20Paris%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU8hEL3lgx1B3Of_0hCIBL-CNgbFAXtBYqQrB4AiEr3-N6qEEZKGuFHjt88r1PxXmC_I0lZkY8hIPFte6ZGzKej2SopCGLawNqFbEktswWFSUR_wJW_RQLrKl6VrJIcgitgSqR_7UvCZR80U0GOWkCs0S2Yne0GUhJmODtHdi5qaX_u7RFIaMPTqF/s1318/DL%20Paris%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1318" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU8hEL3lgx1B3Of_0hCIBL-CNgbFAXtBYqQrB4AiEr3-N6qEEZKGuFHjt88r1PxXmC_I0lZkY8hIPFte6ZGzKej2SopCGLawNqFbEktswWFSUR_wJW_RQLrKl6VrJIcgitgSqR_7UvCZR80U0GOWkCs0S2Yne0GUhJmODtHdi5qaX_u7RFIaMPTqF/s320/DL%20Paris%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also in 1992,<i> Pinocchio</i> had it's last theatrical re-release. These posters were hanging in the foyer of the El Capitan Theater, in Hollywood.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54N-Jp2vefV8zusGuKa7z2Cemx8N_unETZlGWt7MT5SNu0QPgZP2cZQLeC0dF4xYQdoZWK4RTOoRQvRoz1zmETSuiB3jmdxAOpCyXH3mxt8bclLz_trxmZEfHJuHeBymBnE63O9Oky2M2m1U7lJTit9LjYjA4O9eQqCuME8o0-6TWhbysAAulf42/s1159/El%20Capitan%20-%20Foyer%201992.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1159" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_54N-Jp2vefV8zusGuKa7z2Cemx8N_unETZlGWt7MT5SNu0QPgZP2cZQLeC0dF4xYQdoZWK4RTOoRQvRoz1zmETSuiB3jmdxAOpCyXH3mxt8bclLz_trxmZEfHJuHeBymBnE63O9Oky2M2m1U7lJTit9LjYjA4O9eQqCuME8o0-6TWhbysAAulf42/s320/El%20Capitan%20-%20Foyer%201992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><i>Pinocchio</i> was released on VHS (and Betamax) for the very first time in 1985, at a cost of $79.95. It was released again the following year, at a reduced price of $29.95.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyGOFMK2Of35tv2xN7FvVflPP0nprNksscWFALl50HtXMN3HgJ73hFKzbYnW_1MdStgqhE9hQ4FU3lNstjQMtllu7mKsg334ZgxYLihegx6E0XMxSmI0Wh5LPvdbMjHxPsBDazCvZ0dFotMgAwVzm1r6jRT4lNX5keDsrO3-26PsD8Wt7KWe-nkDG/s1599/1985%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1174" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyGOFMK2Of35tv2xN7FvVflPP0nprNksscWFALl50HtXMN3HgJ73hFKzbYnW_1MdStgqhE9hQ4FU3lNstjQMtllu7mKsg334ZgxYLihegx6E0XMxSmI0Wh5LPvdbMjHxPsBDazCvZ0dFotMgAwVzm1r6jRT4lNX5keDsrO3-26PsD8Wt7KWe-nkDG/s320/1985%20(1).jpg" width="235" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlarfnJtd-KqSAC-0ZmS02AuwW5QuhT2Hc9XM8tqGyVYGXi86e_2w70Ls5376G0mQX3A0dpd1r8aegKLNTv7YfIvLLD_OoHNEWibZB-y5P1NQZuFdeoWA0_FEqccAlQ3PI3SDsMrQoNbw0RNkJYh7lO2LPk7zAPqd7H55gnWPzrdpiUFBdHxxxoXC/s1553/1985%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlarfnJtd-KqSAC-0ZmS02AuwW5QuhT2Hc9XM8tqGyVYGXi86e_2w70Ls5376G0mQX3A0dpd1r8aegKLNTv7YfIvLLD_OoHNEWibZB-y5P1NQZuFdeoWA0_FEqccAlQ3PI3SDsMrQoNbw0RNkJYh7lO2LPk7zAPqd7H55gnWPzrdpiUFBdHxxxoXC/s320/1985%20(2).jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p></p><p>The film was released on DVD for the first time in 1999, for it's upcoming 60th anniversary (in 2000). <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7M9C35KCgIEehV-3cxxM5wtv7VbumC3mvsxT9okU2jmtQ602TRHVCRFOyuRu-PrmxraK0Aaql5-uOnX7-kUHjMgBKbG9RmZHRCFWuVZ7S_sE6gm8ccCLwqeJiZRoUhT1HBhLKmc4fG05vGRZhOjvaPkamKTqWI_o_S0G5D0K2RxJrYEiydpKQMA8/s1231/1999%20DVD%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="901" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7M9C35KCgIEehV-3cxxM5wtv7VbumC3mvsxT9okU2jmtQ602TRHVCRFOyuRu-PrmxraK0Aaql5-uOnX7-kUHjMgBKbG9RmZHRCFWuVZ7S_sE6gm8ccCLwqeJiZRoUhT1HBhLKmc4fG05vGRZhOjvaPkamKTqWI_o_S0G5D0K2RxJrYEiydpKQMA8/s320/1999%20DVD%20front.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZZ7ve_XuPhU4ZiaPtnlHG_tQ_UL9NzAYFNCq1iEyw70dGJFAtm6sctAWJClf2KgRmpk2mPcYapLmu0GkM-HdcpSxB51MW5TZEyk4mVxqj3kBa4_JkQjuyfaKOK2n7e2yoJWirQ2N2pHoQazSxx8D3j_UWmPC_Hx4Gf38Vsy6g9CKud4I_HS91k9H/s1261/1999%20DVD%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZZ7ve_XuPhU4ZiaPtnlHG_tQ_UL9NzAYFNCq1iEyw70dGJFAtm6sctAWJClf2KgRmpk2mPcYapLmu0GkM-HdcpSxB51MW5TZEyk4mVxqj3kBa4_JkQjuyfaKOK2n7e2yoJWirQ2N2pHoQazSxx8D3j_UWmPC_Hx4Gf38Vsy6g9CKud4I_HS91k9H/s320/1999%20DVD%20back.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In 2002, McDonald's Happy Meals included figures from a wide selection of Disney characters. There were 100 different characters available altogether, including Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, and the Blue Fairy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPcdLzuGmP-dpacCkGt7PQsd5eym0n_20FAUxpoNm2A4s_k1e3vl-DowTL8bzCXSOVGll-yTNN5eKjYOHPe1bgZm1ilze9K8yXs_aTCfknpNpAvLEz-al4duOCxnm-HaSFSQNNlPaH-nL_Uv1kA13pK0A_7-TRY8lX1O9-ht6Vyzog4TfJ_hs8TzN/s991/2002%20-%20McDonald's%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="991" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPcdLzuGmP-dpacCkGt7PQsd5eym0n_20FAUxpoNm2A4s_k1e3vl-DowTL8bzCXSOVGll-yTNN5eKjYOHPe1bgZm1ilze9K8yXs_aTCfknpNpAvLEz-al4duOCxnm-HaSFSQNNlPaH-nL_Uv1kA13pK0A_7-TRY8lX1O9-ht6Vyzog4TfJ_hs8TzN/s320/2002%20-%20McDonald's%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>The 2002 McDonald's promotion was a tie-in with Walt Disney World's "100 Years of Magic" celebration, which was a celebration of what would have been Walt Disney's 100th birthday. (His 100th birthday would have actually been in 2001.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqwviRLxeasUAGAQOq4h8kZXp9Zx6JcRzUFOPVSbUE5b0i8P5kytnEsQ2EbhgLzufm14tR8AmLfx6I8G_YK93q2mO2M90hge4_7RGe6jMxKyzGO48YUGwM43-C6kNKaqyqNZ-yIwo0mtle45uBz5bQZ7u8keLzteg7KoUwe9DUGmw3CDUyJ0f9qhD/s610/2002%20b%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="610" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqwviRLxeasUAGAQOq4h8kZXp9Zx6JcRzUFOPVSbUE5b0i8P5kytnEsQ2EbhgLzufm14tR8AmLfx6I8G_YK93q2mO2M90hge4_7RGe6jMxKyzGO48YUGwM43-C6kNKaqyqNZ-yIwo0mtle45uBz5bQZ7u8keLzteg7KoUwe9DUGmw3CDUyJ0f9qhD/s320/2002%20b%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>
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Meanwhile, back over at Disneyland.......for many years, Pinocchio had his own "section" within the old Disneyland parking lot. However, when the lot closed in 1998 (for the construction of Disney's second park in Anaheim), Pinocchio received his very own parking lot. This lot was located just west of Disneyland. The Pinocchio lot remained in that same location (in some form), until the recently-built "Pixar Pals" parking structure replaced it.</p><p>Here's one of the signs from the former Pinocchio parking lot.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qgVtsH2ZrFCIFallr9AgZKljUl2xJdEcWC4UQ5h8OJ3GXIeKRqhkqVjipFiuHZnptIpw2i7a0TAouK8qfDRJ_KLjvOLMBKecA8UMZR_bSpq6SsfZtjcE70G4VQOm3UVULkDvA8-j8Z2ma8QsWyCnQudrZDErIkvcOC6zhMF70B8UDNO9F9WZJKQf/s1061/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qgVtsH2ZrFCIFallr9AgZKljUl2xJdEcWC4UQ5h8OJ3GXIeKRqhkqVjipFiuHZnptIpw2i7a0TAouK8qfDRJ_KLjvOLMBKecA8UMZR_bSpq6SsfZtjcE70G4VQOm3UVULkDvA8-j8Z2ma8QsWyCnQudrZDErIkvcOC6zhMF70B8UDNO9F9WZJKQf/s320/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(3).jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br />And here is a card that was given out to guests who parked in the Pinocchio lot, back when it was new. There were also cards for the newly-opened Timon and Simba parking lots.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3BtFVPf8PfwAtRXqxD3gQJ9aOcLV-yVR9N1EYOJGWKRXJ8vgmPD01JNmoAAdQuJXIlceYJ-LV48x9WBLcPYyiU1htSP-5LbNnCRzJZ-2Clo4zIhb89wT_zKTnetG94DPGsyJIA_-CrZr0oeZYcVJk5ZrReoIkni6X1vpOEeu70iLGyAC4VZ2ciXY/s1110/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3BtFVPf8PfwAtRXqxD3gQJ9aOcLV-yVR9N1EYOJGWKRXJ8vgmPD01JNmoAAdQuJXIlceYJ-LV48x9WBLcPYyiU1htSP-5LbNnCRzJZ-2Clo4zIhb89wT_zKTnetG94DPGsyJIA_-CrZr0oeZYcVJk5ZrReoIkni6X1vpOEeu70iLGyAC4VZ2ciXY/s320/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(1).jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p>The cards were created to eliminate confusion for guests, as to which
lot they had parked in, and which tram they should catch when leaving the park at the end of their day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyjmOfnyjuiSAI_dniXJ-W2xLQSqGKCjbA9GP7bbnOKNuNRLq2lwUwzuwG1-uiH5Nxz_QXMFYsBoigPOr5yhSxo8197NtrozhGV4c60IWFfDvkd3DmZ7_lBQE0qukTojCK5SN2a1_k3sO09qlFBBHp1AJcE3KHzzEBVPpXE2URqUra_BLiOOlushO/s1120/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="808" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyjmOfnyjuiSAI_dniXJ-W2xLQSqGKCjbA9GP7bbnOKNuNRLq2lwUwzuwG1-uiH5Nxz_QXMFYsBoigPOr5yhSxo8197NtrozhGV4c60IWFfDvkd3DmZ7_lBQE0qukTojCK5SN2a1_k3sO09qlFBBHp1AJcE3KHzzEBVPpXE2URqUra_BLiOOlushO/s320/DL%20Parking%20Lot%20-%20Pinocchio%20(2).jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p></p><p>In 2005, some of the original animated scenes from past Main St. Emporium window displays, made a
return for Disneyland's 50th anniversary. This particular window
contained scenes from <i>Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Snow White, Cinderella,</i> and <i>Sleeping Beauty.</i>
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One of the mats featured Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcr1aESkXWM6LpScZSiDHJjOOVRfR2UjEDvPswOdmWinpRd8rQc8uGQhRThOEDdwpZKtFL-N3GwuxlkG5xmfOu-2EEcSEyiefCAoklbB8ULUR69o5juWMirkm6ROQFmBCpYuElz7ntMlSKBEooWXeHujT7zJtzTj3JbFyrSR1bFGdGvCJoRVa-iT_/s1257/Placemat%201%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1257" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcr1aESkXWM6LpScZSiDHJjOOVRfR2UjEDvPswOdmWinpRd8rQc8uGQhRThOEDdwpZKtFL-N3GwuxlkG5xmfOu-2EEcSEyiefCAoklbB8ULUR69o5juWMirkm6ROQFmBCpYuElz7ntMlSKBEooWXeHujT7zJtzTj3JbFyrSR1bFGdGvCJoRVa-iT_/s320/Placemat%201%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The mats all had the RCA logo on them. I don't remember where we got these, but I found a set online, in their original plastic bag/packaging. Printed on the bag was, "Compliments of Your RCA Victor Dealer," and "RCA The Most Trusted Name In Electronics." </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1NzH4BOn5JVOLzW9Aw33NjZfty5RTc0vI1djI0EpYTOaNZ9guspFBqCDcwAClWnChF--ihZj_LRoyiucEhrFN-1Xz70CaDcUKw7-ln0Elzm8ilzza7lh4e25GSsJl6wA197-E9V8dKlTD0Qt2SeLQVDvpXye6osF3jK1TDUrgx__xuaz4a9HLAQp/s1401/Placemat%20RCA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1401" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1NzH4BOn5JVOLzW9Aw33NjZfty5RTc0vI1djI0EpYTOaNZ9guspFBqCDcwAClWnChF--ihZj_LRoyiucEhrFN-1Xz70CaDcUKw7-ln0Elzm8ilzza7lh4e25GSsJl6wA197-E9V8dKlTD0Qt2SeLQVDvpXye6osF3jK1TDUrgx__xuaz4a9HLAQp/s320/Placemat%20RCA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This Pinocchio PEZ candy dispenser is another item that I received one year, in my Christmas stocking.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlg6LLOFd0GhIcKs9FmfzaDhxAUYrSQzB4XjcsfPgK4nbxCWAP_qCjGXJNK4lbhcfUTO3H3lRB6CVf5CxuJGaj8Gl3iPTkVkzb-Bg9Ft8DPgGLly5744Ex2fvq7E0R3nIpUyh0p1b9vp7i9XCrAwJXCK69MV3BZ8Acy1HKK3UvQk64CZxr-JzRj717/s1107/Pinocchio%20PEZ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="807" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlg6LLOFd0GhIcKs9FmfzaDhxAUYrSQzB4XjcsfPgK4nbxCWAP_qCjGXJNK4lbhcfUTO3H3lRB6CVf5CxuJGaj8Gl3iPTkVkzb-Bg9Ft8DPgGLly5744Ex2fvq7E0R3nIpUyh0p1b9vp7i9XCrAwJXCK69MV3BZ8Acy1HKK3UvQk64CZxr-JzRj717/s320/Pinocchio%20PEZ.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p>Back in the 1990s, I purchased this small plastic Blue Fairy figure at Disneyland's Star Trader shop. I previously posted a photo of the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYs5-v79JI48074T15-5_eCyCwy7nyrh5oFePXCSI4FDMLQW51L4-Llq0LMmJuqaDpvTbJMncha4WW6cCQPOGnUnVLz_vlVyf0jAm_rr5l4dIF0jO8yYrIX8_pY7taExcNWoaTrtmHfcY/s1600/zzVillain+Plastic+Figures.jpg" target="_blank">plastic Disney villains</a> figures, which were sold in the Villains Shop in Fantasyland, around the same time.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVXkvka9mBOxgNgx4qxEMAZq_J5wH48z84WBzg7neRmFnu0nQ88N7PPR-KaTnOQff5MiJQjagRH4dJnXaff9Lc4tLCvMWFxwzx2OU20-5rHQ_64hIBJl4wRCBHpuLAZkvHMK5q4xqQCgGRUjvEraAONHXtfDroOfq7DQKJFipzHupL8gGi57grr67/s1107/Blue%20Fairy%20PVC%20from%20DL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="807" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVXkvka9mBOxgNgx4qxEMAZq_J5wH48z84WBzg7neRmFnu0nQ88N7PPR-KaTnOQff5MiJQjagRH4dJnXaff9Lc4tLCvMWFxwzx2OU20-5rHQ_64hIBJl4wRCBHpuLAZkvHMK5q4xqQCgGRUjvEraAONHXtfDroOfq7DQKJFipzHupL8gGi57grr67/s320/Blue%20Fairy%20PVC%20from%20DL.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p>About 10 years ago, Disneyland was selling a set of magnets, designed to look like business advertisements for Jiminy Cricket, and a few other Disney characters. (There was also a magnet for "Snow White's Forest Friends Cleaning Co.," "Poppins' Penguins Catering Co.," and "Cinderella's Crafty Critter Sewing Service.")</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PMQc1_BV6ZPpbuQU8Sb_JdJZgLaI1zc1T5fjyBBgOiMwLM1A82V0dWV3e3F0qAgsuEusTYORkiS7EAMZ2SjniIzTp3G5V91irQcGNkOrqfEDqLluR6g58I6leYOSlpqhOyNjSsjHYE7Ohcmt8TgNv97A4Rs3UB9tQX1Uff0LDvLFa6A0onqHIIAk/s845/Magnet%20from%20DL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PMQc1_BV6ZPpbuQU8Sb_JdJZgLaI1zc1T5fjyBBgOiMwLM1A82V0dWV3e3F0qAgsuEusTYORkiS7EAMZ2SjniIzTp3G5V91irQcGNkOrqfEDqLluR6g58I6leYOSlpqhOyNjSsjHYE7Ohcmt8TgNv97A4Rs3UB9tQX1Uff0LDvLFa6A0onqHIIAk/s320/Magnet%20from%20DL.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> ****UPDATE**** (4-24-23)</p><p>While working on some future blog posts, I came across this photo of another Pinocchio item, at Disneyland. This was (is?) located in the Penny Arcade/Candy Palace, on Main Street. The photo was taken in the summer of 2011, so I'm not sure if it is still there or not. It's an arcade machine that you put a quarter into, and then you can make Pinocchio "dance" by pushing buttons that move his arms and legs. Note the little Jiminy Cricket figure, inside the glass case. I believe that he moved up and down automatically, since he is also hanging by a string. Many years ago, there was a similar machine in Teddi Barra's Swingin' Arcade, located in Bear Country. That one featured "Henry," the host of the former Country Bear Jamboree attraction.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ypz45vAjLwoioWUDlIquj2Gu1pXI0aHFDzEIriys1EtehvIyg9-LFZItTBaSSum2VQ1egyZ-F89pg4CmhT1F8JBiEbolzxMDyotzwZwio5sQv6FTaGR6IbQosz5neLy8gr0rGXk9UYmeZ219EMq3vlKzqjsKsTLUNnobDy_IflqflWC6Is8NEqNe/s1012/Make%20Him%20Dance%20-%20Penny%20Arcade%202011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ypz45vAjLwoioWUDlIquj2Gu1pXI0aHFDzEIriys1EtehvIyg9-LFZItTBaSSum2VQ1egyZ-F89pg4CmhT1F8JBiEbolzxMDyotzwZwio5sQv6FTaGR6IbQosz5neLy8gr0rGXk9UYmeZ219EMq3vlKzqjsKsTLUNnobDy_IflqflWC6Is8NEqNe/s320/Make%20Him%20Dance%20-%20Penny%20Arcade%202011.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><p>****BONUS**** I've scanned the entire <i>Pinocchio</i> Little Golden Book, which I purchased at Disneyland, in 1978. Enjoy!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAltpCgLHPATMkd1hLK1wgsSO0q6kglluy1CsGFLNktdu1em2Q0gReEnN3U296MaZ_nXaitIhaOgyVMEEHV79b05VD9WtawStSc_gst-Q91-utHZL6YuyBjUxnWODziJML20r5SGyZL0/s1189/Pinocchio+-+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAltpCgLHPATMkd1hLK1wgsSO0q6kglluy1CsGFLNktdu1em2Q0gReEnN3U296MaZ_nXaitIhaOgyVMEEHV79b05VD9WtawStSc_gst-Q91-utHZL6YuyBjUxnWODziJML20r5SGyZL0/s320/Pinocchio+-+Cover.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTzaiHVP7WE_DEWJhur6bjy7eezasisy5_wttSF5tEbA6Z87Qt7IeXm9qom_vQ0C79-LedntwMCrm9XYwKPF_pJH0pizb8w0Izb0fhFl4mDXnAAnk2Aa4RhRcshs38bnCk2OWr6QqYjE/s1189/Little+Golden+Book+-+Pinocchio+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTzaiHVP7WE_DEWJhur6bjy7eezasisy5_wttSF5tEbA6Z87Qt7IeXm9qom_vQ0C79-LedntwMCrm9XYwKPF_pJH0pizb8w0Izb0fhFl4mDXnAAnk2Aa4RhRcshs38bnCk2OWr6QqYjE/s320/Little+Golden+Book+-+Pinocchio+%25282%2529.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1O-yg9fL6g-FP26qjYHwq6LCpjDiXn0PAaWv5UTG7AryqR3LQXrgNVy_CsAWrdSByLJl3goTcW4_J8n4yI4j416_324e-9moHB6Qoyg2cy8ytlQlxdszBixcyGuY8aQJoZfrgirF52I0ydsbMMsZCTyIiUaGJ4Mr_g_0g8j4lOgZby2OhGHhu96LN=s320" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p>Inside message:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT67lwzIV6mxUGVgvZdcWoo43nkC5sRCqmi3OJjluwMK8hlx2b6lHXu0BD6Con9Re8j_IVUldAnxqj2gXe1mZiiSyDt2n5uqNhcsqkm0MLuvJrGHLd6HCGJ-0MgowNgTVxPSYNll4VXQTqLT08JZMjb2xQ7qGUTDcg_AooZqiXL2QrWNMWWfUHTfSc=s1353" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT67lwzIV6mxUGVgvZdcWoo43nkC5sRCqmi3OJjluwMK8hlx2b6lHXu0BD6Con9Re8j_IVUldAnxqj2gXe1mZiiSyDt2n5uqNhcsqkm0MLuvJrGHLd6HCGJ-0MgowNgTVxPSYNll4VXQTqLT08JZMjb2xQ7qGUTDcg_AooZqiXL2QrWNMWWfUHTfSc=s320" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>These next two are both "Hallmark" cards from the 1970s, and were sent to me by my grandparents.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO4Qxx_y-Wae8h7txh3DJ7eWy_5pz4yYGLeAWEC2WwpX9dDp7rS7gw_ZFveCAVbcPGrhbgnDDguqS18Js8Wno8PS-XAqJmUSsFz3CXEKul5bzF9y7LVHAdoUl7nRWoth7G1axHwozqUG9FY7_QhfYhkxZajiGTOc1HKwAZEWPKDl5WUImZSq1Lzsb9=s1124" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="835" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO4Qxx_y-Wae8h7txh3DJ7eWy_5pz4yYGLeAWEC2WwpX9dDp7rS7gw_ZFveCAVbcPGrhbgnDDguqS18Js8Wno8PS-XAqJmUSsFz3CXEKul5bzF9y7LVHAdoUl7nRWoth7G1axHwozqUG9FY7_QhfYhkxZajiGTOc1HKwAZEWPKDl5WUImZSq1Lzsb9=s320" width="238" /></a></div><p>These next two were sent to me by my aunt and uncle. This first one is from the 1970s.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja6TXMkkQybsgjAbaR5TqAdfTbsKlQTCpRAlRuCAe14zqQZkBBB2rQZb_ZuSJrTjMyDYIW1mVgLMBXggzPEBtSOSC_hNGXZcd8opMRWCSHKhefy1iIElW78Uonr2bmVP6Z-EK-RPlayMghdIcs2NxqcpV7SI6_hzCJe0zYdr4d5-t7KLwh2Q1FD4jk=s1189" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="654" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEja6TXMkkQybsgjAbaR5TqAdfTbsKlQTCpRAlRuCAe14zqQZkBBB2rQZb_ZuSJrTjMyDYIW1mVgLMBXggzPEBtSOSC_hNGXZcd8opMRWCSHKhefy1iIElW78Uonr2bmVP6Z-EK-RPlayMghdIcs2NxqcpV7SI6_hzCJe0zYdr4d5-t7KLwh2Q1FD4jk=s320" width="176" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV2V5J5S8EKFWsvjy8ZiYIytLwHiJtpjM2P98_61H15KUS_1Ejohf9uU67tv8xheESVJJcyD2iZyOGwLdLqd7KxJVLx9E-YMja1kTVcfwUatPEY2fF0F3zoApPfqipJqIng9_nq989WXr5B2yqsgzqZAfSjZzNv45iVS0hoJsgTPgccyXR9txEgCFS=s1205" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="659" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV2V5J5S8EKFWsvjy8ZiYIytLwHiJtpjM2P98_61H15KUS_1Ejohf9uU67tv8xheESVJJcyD2iZyOGwLdLqd7KxJVLx9E-YMja1kTVcfwUatPEY2fF0F3zoApPfqipJqIng9_nq989WXr5B2yqsgzqZAfSjZzNv45iVS0hoJsgTPgccyXR9txEgCFS=s320" width="175" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm not sure of the decade for this card. It could have been the late 1970s, but I'm thinking it could have also been the early 1980s. It included three folded panels, but is shown here, unfolded:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKmwN7WIhc87FEtLRMnlnxBSIxgLs4gQ-L37qQc9MCcseB2ZnqZQ4DbGhRqz6Rx8kA-YNKoXUIq5FrUg0WlapIQrJTDgDHgP9up43RIra5pGX99zFrMc7HwpSOuELZ19S7k8lJwRyTigGAvVU-lfr0k8gvqSqjhJcm7INHPnZUgo4kzS_yd13ph9c8=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="1350" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKmwN7WIhc87FEtLRMnlnxBSIxgLs4gQ-L37qQc9MCcseB2ZnqZQ4DbGhRqz6Rx8kA-YNKoXUIq5FrUg0WlapIQrJTDgDHgP9up43RIra5pGX99zFrMc7HwpSOuELZ19S7k8lJwRyTigGAvVU-lfr0k8gvqSqjhJcm7INHPnZUgo4kzS_yd13ph9c8=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I found two more Disney-themed Valentines, which I had not previously posted here on the blog. As a child, I selected these from my box of "classroom" Valentines, to give to my mom.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnp7kPwIaKQioru-Bb4m9W_MP1JL-BXV0K7dz1EbcJMt8an77F-VdC23tsrKg7HS7k-wLYe3G27Ah8RpULQy1KWnDquaKsxdOVnBU7iECTHp4lnMtymw2fw9n3nj-2E4o8SD8G53LsexYcYleqY3BIx_NIfOTyXPqSDgVSSX9UvyeWDmOvPKbFhZwo=s786" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnp7kPwIaKQioru-Bb4m9W_MP1JL-BXV0K7dz1EbcJMt8an77F-VdC23tsrKg7HS7k-wLYe3G27Ah8RpULQy1KWnDquaKsxdOVnBU7iECTHp4lnMtymw2fw9n3nj-2E4o8SD8G53LsexYcYleqY3BIx_NIfOTyXPqSDgVSSX9UvyeWDmOvPKbFhZwo=s320" width="314" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9v4jKpwP-VXK9_PEmJO6N05KGzp_veKj_pDK1V8xHIimkCbygBbimbKBYlQAdKqwgbq9JKhURTE1GrlrUMpoSO1WoVOivYeyW-7eqeXHET2LwZhOY01zbn-Kpow641boOy8R9mKvWZe-vPwPbHaDL2iMzoak0qXMOE_KT3Gelfx8oHXEruAo74xaS/s1398/Peter%20Pan%20Valentine%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9v4jKpwP-VXK9_PEmJO6N05KGzp_veKj_pDK1V8xHIimkCbygBbimbKBYlQAdKqwgbq9JKhURTE1GrlrUMpoSO1WoVOivYeyW-7eqeXHET2LwZhOY01zbn-Kpow641boOy8R9mKvWZe-vPwPbHaDL2iMzoak0qXMOE_KT3Gelfx8oHXEruAo74xaS/s320/Peter%20Pan%20Valentine%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><p>This is another card that I gave to my mom when I was very young. The rabbit on this one is flocked, meaning that it's "fuzzy" to the touch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJYO_Up-dHl0A87HfxpKlVMZiUKyxvGYQXZQjYg1fShoDdgq7Nykb_oEpWDw0dYVe03D0y6Zb5yaUNh5GYXOwMfakrGxH-4zk02J7y8Nke1vCs37nnM3y_lKIIwq8MdkAEzDBPVMkqvVyyKdTqce8Zel9T7D-DYZH_1sdbKBDQGdmTFl7er2LNCH1/s1159/Valentine%20-%20Mom%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1159" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJYO_Up-dHl0A87HfxpKlVMZiUKyxvGYQXZQjYg1fShoDdgq7Nykb_oEpWDw0dYVe03D0y6Zb5yaUNh5GYXOwMfakrGxH-4zk02J7y8Nke1vCs37nnM3y_lKIIwq8MdkAEzDBPVMkqvVyyKdTqce8Zel9T7D-DYZH_1sdbKBDQGdmTFl7er2LNCH1/s320/Valentine%20-%20Mom%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGoId1uqAu3KKzSYpXZc7DJz55KXm6e9B2GBB26Lk_3vVWBIt-L9V4cu6AZToQCUOdEUrKWSe6GdivWbafDc_5lS6zxkNhaSIr1oTBOAQhbKIrnlI_xprn2qd67BNXiJjQQw5t4y3dZ4Z0nWPZ7y2zPdcKLT8M4avlj9FwoyH2E4d3lgb09FgnFOV/s1158/Valentine%20-%20Mom%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1158" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGoId1uqAu3KKzSYpXZc7DJz55KXm6e9B2GBB26Lk_3vVWBIt-L9V4cu6AZToQCUOdEUrKWSe6GdivWbafDc_5lS6zxkNhaSIr1oTBOAQhbKIrnlI_xprn2qd67BNXiJjQQw5t4y3dZ4Z0nWPZ7y2zPdcKLT8M4avlj9FwoyH2E4d3lgb09FgnFOV/s320/Valentine%20-%20Mom%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And here is yet another bunny-themed Valentine for "Mother." </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINp6O0WBf0NVBiC9pRCdhCYwOEqRdm8g7SWWJ2tjMtPk8QW4HwyyIAgJdiDlR4RRp0OL_hs--sY0zhi1TjbYW2mT1UGm-_YQWeJ6NUUKctGQ1wNTv35EBhpgcRIDBA8kVhPAaCBZrLxD3QZH1ccmni6ttgTxV3yt8ldXwcgJPsG5a9a6PMnmoapBo/s1271/Valentine%20-%20Mother%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="1271" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINp6O0WBf0NVBiC9pRCdhCYwOEqRdm8g7SWWJ2tjMtPk8QW4HwyyIAgJdiDlR4RRp0OL_hs--sY0zhi1TjbYW2mT1UGm-_YQWeJ6NUUKctGQ1wNTv35EBhpgcRIDBA8kVhPAaCBZrLxD3QZH1ccmni6ttgTxV3yt8ldXwcgJPsG5a9a6PMnmoapBo/s320/Valentine%20-%20Mother%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvQjumanP7nrmlJ_BpggPUJw3lLkiSLJDsUxcBmJgoqm_I3M_B9VQMeCupSYRjcPzA1Gh-1gCjMTfRa9_UeHn4LAQCD7PUX4fMSL_13IB6GZSkhlhF0cSN_MqMvWP8A_nWQT-p2yqZ0sKBIzQGM4-i0DAZN1JrxP6WmGYpnvgg8tenEHKbGfPKUUF/s1278/Valentine%20-%20Mother%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1278" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvQjumanP7nrmlJ_BpggPUJw3lLkiSLJDsUxcBmJgoqm_I3M_B9VQMeCupSYRjcPzA1Gh-1gCjMTfRa9_UeHn4LAQCD7PUX4fMSL_13IB6GZSkhlhF0cSN_MqMvWP8A_nWQT-p2yqZ0sKBIzQGM4-i0DAZN1JrxP6WmGYpnvgg8tenEHKbGfPKUUF/s320/Valentine%20-%20Mother%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This card was given to my mom, by my brother. It was sold as a blank card, with no printed sentiment inside....you had to write your own! For some reason, I really like the graphics on this card.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasc5TtULQIrBB5LvhZuHk5NuAExmmMDMBzDNzl0JNa_AJ_gk3ToFa0y3XNH6SIQc34QX9t-3pS8M4EXVc7B-tf5X2vF5dQa3or9g0aaUwlKBja6HCsrrRmTrQubOEH919gJZLUZWISBj_nbfP0_1WrgmW8It4UiBaA6Z0ixi883sHqVRl063TJTpT/s1044/Valentines%20Day%20-%201980%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasc5TtULQIrBB5LvhZuHk5NuAExmmMDMBzDNzl0JNa_AJ_gk3ToFa0y3XNH6SIQc34QX9t-3pS8M4EXVc7B-tf5X2vF5dQa3or9g0aaUwlKBja6HCsrrRmTrQubOEH919gJZLUZWISBj_nbfP0_1WrgmW8It4UiBaA6Z0ixi883sHqVRl063TJTpT/s320/Valentines%20Day%20-%201980%20(1).jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p></p><p> There is a 1980 copyright date on the back of the card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREAmqUDGJWU4aM3vhsBijP74LB_QCp-mVHMjGCmdX0ZmKWaDlpYrOQRytdtU7t-RWJH5DlfaTpR6I5OUitBRFDiUOw9NIYJTvGx6MLUuTmT6otCvzgASqgnARCKC-fVJhXF-2aKIX4YmAwsextSJxLcyKKBlOrfXS9GH4fiqrdFd4Jt7OUR1xAV_k/s1032/Valentine's%20Day%20-%201980%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREAmqUDGJWU4aM3vhsBijP74LB_QCp-mVHMjGCmdX0ZmKWaDlpYrOQRytdtU7t-RWJH5DlfaTpR6I5OUitBRFDiUOw9NIYJTvGx6MLUuTmT6otCvzgASqgnARCKC-fVJhXF-2aKIX4YmAwsextSJxLcyKKBlOrfXS9GH4fiqrdFd4Jt7OUR1xAV_k/s320/Valentine's%20Day%20-%201980%20(2).jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Here's another one that I am not sure about the decade. It could be from the seventies, but it could also be from the early eighties. This one was sent to my brother, by my aunt and uncle.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTLhNy7neKp5-BCBHeuKs-zs6tNkYi2w4I0Wc24RoBrJqToUZjk9BtZSFA6wxtE22nfBp-ek9lU1397shGl0z1mUX4wzHDIv5Whkc8yUbpHZ1dRWTdk0evcQeg6gl7EKE35Zf5cReNQD8acsB3KEv10YVok7dm9zfGOF0Hfz4tnDYEOHpwI-5ExBQv=s1132" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1132" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTLhNy7neKp5-BCBHeuKs-zs6tNkYi2w4I0Wc24RoBrJqToUZjk9BtZSFA6wxtE22nfBp-ek9lU1397shGl0z1mUX4wzHDIv5Whkc8yUbpHZ1dRWTdk0evcQeg6gl7EKE35Zf5cReNQD8acsB3KEv10YVok7dm9zfGOF0Hfz4tnDYEOHpwI-5ExBQv=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>Inside message:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9ZYD5NdGnkx0-yZIrjEcoaq4AeD66ZBzWGJIyP5PbwF1NQt239fVLqdFAKUtln5AG_DCT59TbtrDbnErYmOP81dkX2iZLVNlOxVYfdY9WVt2frHvXJyWuUFjZHeGo9YL1FGhjqUcpixp0MXcwJnwLDQ7QjCWD7dmgyDHeEN6ifGrUnSCxotVttExe=s1130" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1130" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9ZYD5NdGnkx0-yZIrjEcoaq4AeD66ZBzWGJIyP5PbwF1NQt239fVLqdFAKUtln5AG_DCT59TbtrDbnErYmOP81dkX2iZLVNlOxVYfdY9WVt2frHvXJyWuUFjZHeGo9YL1FGhjqUcpixp0MXcwJnwLDQ7QjCWD7dmgyDHeEN6ifGrUnSCxotVttExe=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>And in case you don't think clowns on a Valentine card are scary (which I happen to think clowns on <i>anything</i>, are ALWAYS scary), take a look at this Valentine. Something about these graphics....specifically the little girl, are a little creepy. This card was given to my mom, by my great-grandmother. My mom was already an adult at this point, but I remember my grandparents complaining at times, that it was difficult to find greeting cards that were more appropriate for "adult" grandchildren. Apparently, I forgot to scan the inside of this card, because I couldn't find it in my files.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxA2njpfQ8qvnF9rasxwh2Uvez7VUqkjP-_a5TSTWRDp0gZQTkmJJT8fo4jjlKDmWQDmUVjqs_QEzPfYi5qIHquqUHPnjVt1k6xEgzOgwRzjAZYqSx_GzIq19VWE7ge1V2vYvFKeDwF2Hy9IszhvmXkxly-BJScR9a6ABjIpJfqkpu7lMHgNeL6AAq=s1122" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxA2njpfQ8qvnF9rasxwh2Uvez7VUqkjP-_a5TSTWRDp0gZQTkmJJT8fo4jjlKDmWQDmUVjqs_QEzPfYi5qIHquqUHPnjVt1k6xEgzOgwRzjAZYqSx_GzIq19VWE7ge1V2vYvFKeDwF2Hy9IszhvmXkxly-BJScR9a6ABjIpJfqkpu7lMHgNeL6AAq=s320" width="191" /></a></div><p>I hope everyone has a very happy Valentine's Day!<br /></p><p></p><br />TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-72627663767016051562023-02-01T06:30:00.011-08:002023-02-13T00:40:05.845-08:00Rest In Peace, Cindy Williams<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgV7ItbXYEpGwAgEhE4S3XLldit9rJqDunk4sL_l2lmQzRMZNpfnRlG_D2_uW2JB5NtscKNL-TcAysM8lHpx0UeCz4_-ny1Oha7dwQ4TMLGwfUdFKAfoDNqEltDaERuwv96M8nvleYXHuKEdORkQZtieFIQHxZOeod5bVpG2mwNuRA0qZBFTTrODdP/s929/Cindy_Williams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgV7ItbXYEpGwAgEhE4S3XLldit9rJqDunk4sL_l2lmQzRMZNpfnRlG_D2_uW2JB5NtscKNL-TcAysM8lHpx0UeCz4_-ny1Oha7dwQ4TMLGwfUdFKAfoDNqEltDaERuwv96M8nvleYXHuKEdORkQZtieFIQHxZOeod5bVpG2mwNuRA0qZBFTTrODdP/s320/Cindy_Williams.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I was very saddened to hear of the recent passing of Cindy Williams. I had been a fan ever since her TV show, <i>Laverne & Shirley,</i> first debuted. I was in sixth grade at the time, and I can still remember classmates talking about the show, the following day at school.</p><p>Cindy Williams ended up appearing on the cover of TV Guide (along with her co-star from the series, Penny Marshall), five times. I saved those issues, and have kept them all these years.</p><p>1976:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQX6jpPS1hqyQN31eoQ6UcNeNnUUgUDkxz77umeAPBEea9fa-kWYNbcdiOUp9lBZXy6tRvhzR-atr0SVa7__XP6ka7YaxnLeEle4JJXTlh19E2FkfdtcDqkBhbKKJz5kZxP2MDhdosGDa5MHqXp8T0URCvlbVJOXAm2TL-AcgNIYikUJX-lwJRoyr/s620/z%201976.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQX6jpPS1hqyQN31eoQ6UcNeNnUUgUDkxz77umeAPBEea9fa-kWYNbcdiOUp9lBZXy6tRvhzR-atr0SVa7__XP6ka7YaxnLeEle4JJXTlh19E2FkfdtcDqkBhbKKJz5kZxP2MDhdosGDa5MHqXp8T0URCvlbVJOXAm2TL-AcgNIYikUJX-lwJRoyr/s320/z%201976.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p>1977 (artwork by Jack Davis):<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVQ0EHBeyqH6cRJNhYlVrsUEgBYMXPAb4cHkxbPvm7iHtPpfpSYV0AZZ-wp5cAxaptBxlKh9UD3bUPfiEdx736x3tiRqFffMHMIn99lgxx0dIBQrVgBcwdik9tSvBz-jg_dlugDfKHpOWAlTWu11p9j--1JJK5Tn9z0IdWGmPJc7iqJjWw85YR-jv/s620/z%201977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVQ0EHBeyqH6cRJNhYlVrsUEgBYMXPAb4cHkxbPvm7iHtPpfpSYV0AZZ-wp5cAxaptBxlKh9UD3bUPfiEdx736x3tiRqFffMHMIn99lgxx0dIBQrVgBcwdik9tSvBz-jg_dlugDfKHpOWAlTWu11p9j--1JJK5Tn9z0IdWGmPJc7iqJjWw85YR-jv/s320/z%201977.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><p>1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK0y6dYhHBQYTvv1pqVnlRDEs-uo0kZ1NJ9fCpLPAmf9OPz-yuEA5wP_JBRCp632F3w-GADlu9YKaIqDsyYZAG4cLoj290As8iSgoRUKBX7ayPFp8-Sk4f0rfOSBvWBEyQW9nU9EikAOKba_FwlvBwAdsCayGgtgNtip3Yn64giYgZc9SQ1ChUF73/s620/z%201978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKK0y6dYhHBQYTvv1pqVnlRDEs-uo0kZ1NJ9fCpLPAmf9OPz-yuEA5wP_JBRCp632F3w-GADlu9YKaIqDsyYZAG4cLoj290As8iSgoRUKBX7ayPFp8-Sk4f0rfOSBvWBEyQW9nU9EikAOKba_FwlvBwAdsCayGgtgNtip3Yn64giYgZc9SQ1ChUF73/s320/z%201978.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><p></p><p>1979 (artwork by Richard Amsel):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMAolURjZZtXGbJ9Bc0pPrOVcORJr8DINa-S4zHsit29vcpa7SnVby4ED2gSJiJ4dZmYqtQVsNJJ43jsEG6DbyIzd-5bycBwQZXYt8ZAusg7eMXFqR0itQyK27HkErhUwtJwXrZXn0TLQnM8EazI49J0ii_O2yvrLwPWjEy-gbouJhV2tdOXab-Jd/s320/z%201982.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p>The 1977 issue featured an interview with Cindy Williams.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3-WE70Yt60rBr9QU2VzNjKqiXVOCJi7vLpOcZQA0jbmsJHdyC5Yh78UER4Of_DNwu8epHfXdrFfpiTFl_kOHOfibhU8GPnHdbVEKgc-MbPCjHStsYrNWNTp_umF27vsqCKlpoUdiOQ2bs0hSWvQ6BwWr7yz9vUyF0ihwy22U2hI_4PhaavvBqwXA/s2857/TV%20Guide%20-%201977%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="2857" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3-WE70Yt60rBr9QU2VzNjKqiXVOCJi7vLpOcZQA0jbmsJHdyC5Yh78UER4Of_DNwu8epHfXdrFfpiTFl_kOHOfibhU8GPnHdbVEKgc-MbPCjHStsYrNWNTp_umF27vsqCKlpoUdiOQ2bs0hSWvQ6BwWr7yz9vUyF0ihwy22U2hI_4PhaavvBqwXA/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%201977%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="2885" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPCqqFcbIOZ3MznsF7rZ_dU7bedQRyS9rnqaM8LQbyhlDWRPmTlHD2v6z_JhrSWYBzz11FKoLrcdYM6mWgr3zGnORPXyXyXnhauhmCo_Pg8MJjss_waUWmZOYvpMb3Wab4IZe2meikiSqU7p7SoC_51iLITzOmRiN80MHEd-9n5EMgA-UpjQ5cfNh/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%201977%20(12).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I was so much a fan of <i>Laverne & Shirley</i>, that I desperately wanted to see the show in-person. After all, at the beginning of every episode, a voice-over would state, <i>"Laverne and Shirley is filmed before a studio audience."</i> But I never knew how people got to be in the audience. Then one day, my mom gave me something she had clipped out of the newspaper. Someone had written in to the paper, and asked that very question. The response included a list of addresses, one for each of the television networks. I wrote to the address listed for ABC, and after not too long, received my tickets.</p><p>The show was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, in a sound stage that had previously been a part of the Desilu Studios, and prior to that, the RKO Studios. This aerial view of Paramount Studios is from the book, <i>Above Los Angeles</i>. I've circled (in red) the doorway through which the audience entered.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9TuoX31OmaG2ZugCGL8vPOTg7OBxS5uyMN4ZYwbaujrPSP_DAHmGRXciZfMxir1CInWtDl4qZZj55YKZJFx0oWMHsbH6Ytke8hpI_ktVURtBDJTkhFt9EmcqENTffl7T5s5YFouFwE2-CpZWyHzYqEWrr6Tn_e9ewZsq4VYG2LV4BrIPeT59FhXp/s2048/Paramount%20Studios%20-%201970s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2048" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9TuoX31OmaG2ZugCGL8vPOTg7OBxS5uyMN4ZYwbaujrPSP_DAHmGRXciZfMxir1CInWtDl4qZZj55YKZJFx0oWMHsbH6Ytke8hpI_ktVURtBDJTkhFt9EmcqENTffl7T5s5YFouFwE2-CpZWyHzYqEWrr6Tn_e9ewZsq4VYG2LV4BrIPeT59FhXp/s320/Paramount%20Studios%20-%201970s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Over the years, we ended up going back to see the show three more times. During one of my visits, I took this pic of the sign above the audience entrance.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFaBQuToUQJxAO1ifoLCwFnIRDpkDD_hlN9vrfl9bk9f9i1lxjXB33Xtn5-GKZFawoiRIoDGnInm5hCTEo0mQckJT4Cl0kY8NFWB70ELtZEfBFusaZI8BeMbhXkNnw0RVgEBOFnMcMJPs3yRtg7jbjtYSltMwOLrjpMK2_Jo_kRWGU_zgZMdEwG3l/s846/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Paramount%20Studios%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="846" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFaBQuToUQJxAO1ifoLCwFnIRDpkDD_hlN9vrfl9bk9f9i1lxjXB33Xtn5-GKZFawoiRIoDGnInm5hCTEo0mQckJT4Cl0kY8NFWB70ELtZEfBFusaZI8BeMbhXkNnw0RVgEBOFnMcMJPs3yRtg7jbjtYSltMwOLrjpMK2_Jo_kRWGU_zgZMdEwG3l/s320/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Paramount%20Studios%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And I saved the tickets from two of the four shows we saw.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix51UkIL7on8m3GFliQSi6xHPFwP0faVaMjW8WkDOl1Cwk53S102V8GuaZ3ib3Rnrw6eSQrrdAM_AlnR0LnpCV4e4mnmLoFYf6m3UOARoRpg5Y94JpWvvQnM-m7UuXXRhVO3JMck-sYXLqL0Ba7v9xjM9w3DEo1TKVMUnuzfxsshTSq6Xzqesp3aaG/s964/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Ticket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="964" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix51UkIL7on8m3GFliQSi6xHPFwP0faVaMjW8WkDOl1Cwk53S102V8GuaZ3ib3Rnrw6eSQrrdAM_AlnR0LnpCV4e4mnmLoFYf6m3UOARoRpg5Y94JpWvvQnM-m7UuXXRhVO3JMck-sYXLqL0Ba7v9xjM9w3DEo1TKVMUnuzfxsshTSq6Xzqesp3aaG/s320/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Ticket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENZnRU-e4o-pOr619NgwDs6wclUagnzxG2SD284893bi5OEmVujV66D7Z4IckKAZKe8PXQosgIGtgfr8r-QuKewDNBIPxKtxO-IgAIUdQcoKLTSf441rP6g9ISRzppsNjXubO_7j1KPli4ni5RzVhSYrNI6lF0T9_Q7U3PD-e0dmOMzUsnBX85UjY/s1106/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Ticket%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1106" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENZnRU-e4o-pOr619NgwDs6wclUagnzxG2SD284893bi5OEmVujV66D7Z4IckKAZKe8PXQosgIGtgfr8r-QuKewDNBIPxKtxO-IgAIUdQcoKLTSf441rP6g9ISRzppsNjXubO_7j1KPli4ni5RzVhSYrNI6lF0T9_Q7U3PD-e0dmOMzUsnBX85UjY/s320/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20-%20Ticket%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>My mom knew how big of a <i>Laverne and Shirley</i> fan I was. She pulled these pages out of one of her <i>Good Housekeeping</i> magazines. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams had both been given "makeovers," courtesy of <i>Good Housekeeping.</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtirucm_XwclSs3Umgync2aMv8Ihch0RrnEpoj3Tyk2utg6sFbpeR8biaCDA1YrmMV-nMdaOZvCqhR-M7cpq_ra9G4fK4I02UejZXhNOwMUD-BBmIOBflJWiES9qPIEv5NNRom4WeY4pUgNG65eKophg6431pcCffsYWywmjxpV3NADNxfA1z1MHt/s1350/Good%20Housekeeping%20Makeover%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1350" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtirucm_XwclSs3Umgync2aMv8Ihch0RrnEpoj3Tyk2utg6sFbpeR8biaCDA1YrmMV-nMdaOZvCqhR-M7cpq_ra9G4fK4I02UejZXhNOwMUD-BBmIOBflJWiES9qPIEv5NNRom4WeY4pUgNG65eKophg6431pcCffsYWywmjxpV3NADNxfA1z1MHt/s320/Good%20Housekeeping%20Makeover%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFGEf9alGU9XmJ5PWIOg-YynmIt1C7O5i0O4x5PRD7rY8bwaqJgROlcR1Nv0GKYbndTbaSK4hDUUoWteRNhO42KXwu8QsDr3gWrNqLrKK8ZCVaGR6vKHqVKur-q14bXAYNEAq_zRxSla35eHDcIOJmn1jNt_JxUcCH62Z9ZdI6X_ZKzlk90Bt_JoT/s1350/Good%20Housekeeping%20Makeover%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1350" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFGEf9alGU9XmJ5PWIOg-YynmIt1C7O5i0O4x5PRD7rY8bwaqJgROlcR1Nv0GKYbndTbaSK4hDUUoWteRNhO42KXwu8QsDr3gWrNqLrKK8ZCVaGR6vKHqVKur-q14bXAYNEAq_zRxSla35eHDcIOJmn1jNt_JxUcCH62Z9ZdI6X_ZKzlk90Bt_JoT/s320/Good%20Housekeeping%20Makeover%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This <i>Laverne & Shirley</i> jigsaw puzzle was purchased from our local Alpha Beta grocery store:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWtFAYC7OMiqeoqdlnaH-FHBvar_y7EfuFPvmoGv4PI-RcRe_JyfukozBrDzJ2XfwgIQG3FuAgpPdAOEZoQrJ8hwaCRM3ZLIekjqHlB3NrbCB9kdk6XcoKGAqA1f2QcpqC1oaWG8tr56YygMauBKLQCutXAGE3t2I7ZaEaum9k2Pc-Kuai0WflQek/s1350/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20Puzzle%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWtFAYC7OMiqeoqdlnaH-FHBvar_y7EfuFPvmoGv4PI-RcRe_JyfukozBrDzJ2XfwgIQG3FuAgpPdAOEZoQrJ8hwaCRM3ZLIekjqHlB3NrbCB9kdk6XcoKGAqA1f2QcpqC1oaWG8tr56YygMauBKLQCutXAGE3t2I7ZaEaum9k2Pc-Kuai0WflQek/s320/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20Puzzle%201.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HJGQ-pfvp-DdGwciNGjJRjMDPsB8_605qtahnbHzBZdNYAnv7uF0WTUGkPkQp6ZXSe3s9tWNXdjMPAGO51hfPYB2RewYMWwTGiOkL5c0bFHqQhf8PkTHP6eArBN5OZ0ONPbGNCI10nzPnIcBs9G64psYP-sJE3oYWzQSvN5LwOItd1IgsQar7QU_/s1106/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20Puzzle%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="1106" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HJGQ-pfvp-DdGwciNGjJRjMDPsB8_605qtahnbHzBZdNYAnv7uF0WTUGkPkQp6ZXSe3s9tWNXdjMPAGO51hfPYB2RewYMWwTGiOkL5c0bFHqQhf8PkTHP6eArBN5OZ0ONPbGNCI10nzPnIcBs9G64psYP-sJE3oYWzQSvN5LwOItd1IgsQar7QU_/s320/Laverne%20&%20Shirley%20Puzzle%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And this <i>TV Favorites</i> "fan" magazine came from our local Lucky's grocery store.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQKSSNhTFl3D1_Qa7CS9dIpi_Q2DIBawExjhJpuyCkYf_Js87gRBDJ4W5sz30MTEokvD2Fg8voFD7U4wVFmMDP8u79OgzHjyFLt-Lyzn5Pfr9avyPeZSFtZtv3uo9v2fqXzwDSMyN0secr3Hz0XycVfux8j84jDTlizAemdMm97hqxa5XdUkorIZV/s1350/TV%20Favorites%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQKSSNhTFl3D1_Qa7CS9dIpi_Q2DIBawExjhJpuyCkYf_Js87gRBDJ4W5sz30MTEokvD2Fg8voFD7U4wVFmMDP8u79OgzHjyFLt-Lyzn5Pfr9avyPeZSFtZtv3uo9v2fqXzwDSMyN0secr3Hz0XycVfux8j84jDTlizAemdMm97hqxa5XdUkorIZV/s320/TV%20Favorites%20(1).jpg" width="250" /></a></div><p></p><p>The magazine included articles about the show, both of it's main stars, and also one on Phil Foster, who played Laverne's father. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjI6bJxd1szOETW-mtan88FrrHlw8BBSm5icCVWNA2TPm87eOZ8VoUscnrBzeoqmVHS5HcuXOXZsj24VwExTUvcwE-rdnn8Jz0W4ulCkHIDQqzeHgYIm-JgLmSVWV74yr3b53BEJZUUm4b0vG_-BiDl_4hDKVoftP-8gBzSMT19fqVpKlRWtqcfoc/s1012/TV%20Favorites%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjI6bJxd1szOETW-mtan88FrrHlw8BBSm5icCVWNA2TPm87eOZ8VoUscnrBzeoqmVHS5HcuXOXZsj24VwExTUvcwE-rdnn8Jz0W4ulCkHIDQqzeHgYIm-JgLmSVWV74yr3b53BEJZUUm4b0vG_-BiDl_4hDKVoftP-8gBzSMT19fqVpKlRWtqcfoc/s320/TV%20Favorites%20(2).jpg" width="247" /></a></div><p> Rest in peace, Cindy Williams!</p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-56653304885613515882023-01-15T08:30:00.010-08:002023-02-13T00:38:32.079-08:00In Memoriam: Barbara Walters (1929 - 2022)<p>Following Barbara Walters' passing just two weeks ago, I remembered that I had this December 1, 1979 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>, featuring her on the cover. The issue also included an article written by Miss Walters, herself. I scanned the article, as well as a few other pages, and thought I would share them here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaLJnhWU1_k9jD9j9EFM8e_LOjQ2v1G91ESiHc6sKQpNjPfcBOInl0X4YqdGutwkbGXiI0PbCG5Q-AIKVbhz6k9e4sVotki4Mb6dR13z8HQqjaWb0mF0yw4ZYPBSZXCRrJGKSTTqhpXC6zAQC8dBeTw5woGxcQcuPMGL1Ix9Cip8XjRNgh1GAUHAg/s1050/December%201979%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaLJnhWU1_k9jD9j9EFM8e_LOjQ2v1G91ESiHc6sKQpNjPfcBOInl0X4YqdGutwkbGXiI0PbCG5Q-AIKVbhz6k9e4sVotki4Mb6dR13z8HQqjaWb0mF0yw4ZYPBSZXCRrJGKSTTqhpXC6zAQC8dBeTw5woGxcQcuPMGL1Ix9Cip8XjRNgh1GAUHAg/s320/December%201979%20(1).jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p><p>One her famous "<i>Barbara Walters Specials</i>" was airing that week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2Ue7MSsBmp4U4xE4s5BubmqX3FT9kMq7CkSMnmE7zbMnCiIGMtDCXyhzrsQ5lkRRrs-rDB-jdj3NKb3mB0KxQdjxn5Dv3AyaDNxDT5cMZ5X93RKRxKyOAnAvEyNy25mLL14jWFn9y0rrbxG4VsXU0WFarG_qwazEzucM2azB4Med30FUOdjlaBJo/s1642/December%201979%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1059" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2Ue7MSsBmp4U4xE4s5BubmqX3FT9kMq7CkSMnmE7zbMnCiIGMtDCXyhzrsQ5lkRRrs-rDB-jdj3NKb3mB0KxQdjxn5Dv3AyaDNxDT5cMZ5X93RKRxKyOAnAvEyNy25mLL14jWFn9y0rrbxG4VsXU0WFarG_qwazEzucM2azB4Med30FUOdjlaBJo/s320/December%201979%20(2).jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p>For this special, she was interviewing Suzanne Somers, Sylvester Stallone, and Stevie Wonder.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis39LtJTrt1MpNDD3r0GBvwGecqCN4j89eM6-AZpxE0x6jb7P8776s0N5YEfsCSNYUfDLiW3J2u1mmFaT_csCUYhU1qxCUSHj_0wEZsAnhwAZRmyJetrCEon6epKq09zk_Mpj3yhW653-Ue0d2NFZyryPKYOFRhtYykliZw65e0S1kQRrF0aocdlhE/s1099/December%201979%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis39LtJTrt1MpNDD3r0GBvwGecqCN4j89eM6-AZpxE0x6jb7P8776s0N5YEfsCSNYUfDLiW3J2u1mmFaT_csCUYhU1qxCUSHj_0wEZsAnhwAZRmyJetrCEon6epKq09zk_Mpj3yhW653-Ue0d2NFZyryPKYOFRhtYykliZw65e0S1kQRrF0aocdlhE/s320/December%201979%20(3).jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p>In her article, she wrote about the various people she had sat down with in past interviews.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEdvg6m3zoaWGHqH9tAMgPLQd-SC5JQn3JkP4x_jmJVQUmd5L8roRk4vjM0xk7Q0oMR9EVjv5KW_-CFbZ6WZ3IDPCU1VduxSxsMslHlBWHHpiWsXodThkT1xVWUOl7a0l0I3_hwcfRKTVA7OJ29qwU-gc3THCKKNWJjVgtltse05dhlY5Y1hwnMqt/s1800/December%201979%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1800" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEdvg6m3zoaWGHqH9tAMgPLQd-SC5JQn3JkP4x_jmJVQUmd5L8roRk4vjM0xk7Q0oMR9EVjv5KW_-CFbZ6WZ3IDPCU1VduxSxsMslHlBWHHpiWsXodThkT1xVWUOl7a0l0I3_hwcfRKTVA7OJ29qwU-gc3THCKKNWJjVgtltse05dhlY5Y1hwnMqt/s320/December%201979%20(4).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Since it was December, there were a lot of Christmas shows and specials airing.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkzk_Dm3JVAZN2UMP6OQmBInoBrkmP7W1G0SayayiBxSl4YKwEntiunybuQYYLxZ6dtq8aD_Tuzky2PdEj20Vu9FAmTdwIYLaBkyoyXIo6eurbY_MuJMQRguFiwKgLGXeVQTZH2P--EiNHg6lqFl26sbvIVhn0atiRjXsTQKvpTuRp27YBDR30NqF/s1087/December%201979%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkzk_Dm3JVAZN2UMP6OQmBInoBrkmP7W1G0SayayiBxSl4YKwEntiunybuQYYLxZ6dtq8aD_Tuzky2PdEj20Vu9FAmTdwIYLaBkyoyXIo6eurbY_MuJMQRguFiwKgLGXeVQTZH2P--EiNHg6lqFl26sbvIVhn0atiRjXsTQKvpTuRp27YBDR30NqF/s320/December%201979%20(14).jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p>The Hollywood Christmas Parade (formerly the Santa Claus Lane Parade) was continuing it's annual tradition, which started in 1928. The grand marshals this year were husband and wife, Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. Two years later (almost to the day), Natalie Wood would die tragically, at the age of 43.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyZGOg3-1jhlNZx-4DseULmGEnyn3Cyr1CSCYQ2LYhdWOWNh3AxB0Hbsy-Pb3kXv1DGQ4YhgAG8ZBrm4ooHGhMqLOWsuxSZ8dGNgjNGoCJCL6yOf34jvetvSADMHGSzkxVHxZTqdCmjl9MAfk-66dDeydQ1v74a78XZzejqWp60nFCdkPMRiT3DcJ/s1090/December%201979%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyZGOg3-1jhlNZx-4DseULmGEnyn3Cyr1CSCYQ2LYhdWOWNh3AxB0Hbsy-Pb3kXv1DGQ4YhgAG8ZBrm4ooHGhMqLOWsuxSZ8dGNgjNGoCJCL6yOf34jvetvSADMHGSzkxVHxZTqdCmjl9MAfk-66dDeydQ1v74a78XZzejqWp60nFCdkPMRiT3DcJ/s320/December%201979%20(15).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>John Denver and the Muppets were hosting their own Christmas special. The very first Muppet film, <i>The Muppet Movie, </i>had been released earlier that year.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YREOk_AWobSKFNwifc9eggzipHu-xrzMGXh3wuik8Qfs1V61u4aR72B_hZSZzD2E4CwVTira80eU5KIATrLW9xwAeI0-RhaUdqxvGLh5cLMIGfqCKQc9Md-wfofZ-oXvhSuNshNX-DhD8eQuSEh0CPnwxTeG1s5ts0s2yOccnRdjnOSpirqVXLKP/s1095/December%201979%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YREOk_AWobSKFNwifc9eggzipHu-xrzMGXh3wuik8Qfs1V61u4aR72B_hZSZzD2E4CwVTira80eU5KIATrLW9xwAeI0-RhaUdqxvGLh5cLMIGfqCKQc9Md-wfofZ-oXvhSuNshNX-DhD8eQuSEh0CPnwxTeG1s5ts0s2yOccnRdjnOSpirqVXLKP/s320/December%201979%20(18).jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sicBs0ZbdXz3sb7CmAbBJB4itTPNG3NAdeqqEVtX2smKdQcFw9GeVGy3e5rAx7RqxYJwcba2lhORkkmtBvLjS5XOtRO6PhYsPFTsbJ6nb1kyMsKwDponZ8VB4BThkkcgidSTjizkVFMj6ZCyJ2a62HHBT_nWa_1tGpJsjmfR8KBp03Ugn10lLdxD/s1099/December%201979%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sicBs0ZbdXz3sb7CmAbBJB4itTPNG3NAdeqqEVtX2smKdQcFw9GeVGy3e5rAx7RqxYJwcba2lhORkkmtBvLjS5XOtRO6PhYsPFTsbJ6nb1kyMsKwDponZ8VB4BThkkcgidSTjizkVFMj6ZCyJ2a62HHBT_nWa_1tGpJsjmfR8KBp03Ugn10lLdxD/s320/December%201979%20(17).jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p></p><p>RCA Records released a soundtrack album, featuring songs from the television special.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BZaIjOLTWycSGIusrv9gxIHFlLtWhgBYQPXfnUbZm1MLpEarR-7BloCZjHmp-gmT6GcwfnwM63YSlO_DRDaEBndvBvKh1uwjp2cI5KPY7vAogUvmju5-MnQbOjMF4GHO5dRfbBsX1gKkuvUSzttNkpTNS0feG1G44bNMPWs5P8ikvjdUak80pcqe/s1097/December%201979%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BZaIjOLTWycSGIusrv9gxIHFlLtWhgBYQPXfnUbZm1MLpEarR-7BloCZjHmp-gmT6GcwfnwM63YSlO_DRDaEBndvBvKh1uwjp2cI5KPY7vAogUvmju5-MnQbOjMF4GHO5dRfbBsX1gKkuvUSzttNkpTNS0feG1G44bNMPWs5P8ikvjdUak80pcqe/s320/December%201979%20(16).jpg" width="219" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCb4wkdm0O6_Tm8hxmWjQoZwSTGlbooR_G9JQ3JIae5X5mxAGYGpOIzlLeTl8Qgi7XJn8RRrWuIFuwUo_fBqI9QD6mqnklDTorU-eZ3H2WCdeO_BFGfULNKW860-YgNZjo4W_4OPNxbbIM1f1jOGeki9nEbfm4xnKv-hKzIhHMZ7u4dOrtwWoaaln/s1500/John%20Denver%20&%20The%20Muppets%201979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCb4wkdm0O6_Tm8hxmWjQoZwSTGlbooR_G9JQ3JIae5X5mxAGYGpOIzlLeTl8Qgi7XJn8RRrWuIFuwUo_fBqI9QD6mqnklDTorU-eZ3H2WCdeO_BFGfULNKW860-YgNZjo4W_4OPNxbbIM1f1jOGeki9nEbfm4xnKv-hKzIhHMZ7u4dOrtwWoaaln/s320/John%20Denver%20&%20The%20Muppets%201979.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer</i> was continuing it's tradition of airing annually, since making it's television debut in 1964. And Johnny Cash was hosting his own Christmas special, "<i>A Johnny Cash Christmas</i>."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9SvNNCe5Mw46OrA0zZrW4X3D9WT1v9Hv-LW4SqHdIGW2G1Tl9FAzdDcu-7vkWLFFP6R0di809JXdyoqaql1jccnIufb1mGJN_Y3xq-8BzuA0tjqDVfp6aB55UAI_jxeU6pn4EMyhs3Wqg7iWK9JPOAE_avBkBZTEtjMRJmKKLWiue0Z8RcFWpLDV/s1100/December%201979%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9SvNNCe5Mw46OrA0zZrW4X3D9WT1v9Hv-LW4SqHdIGW2G1Tl9FAzdDcu-7vkWLFFP6R0di809JXdyoqaql1jccnIufb1mGJN_Y3xq-8BzuA0tjqDVfp6aB55UAI_jxeU6pn4EMyhs3Wqg7iWK9JPOAE_avBkBZTEtjMRJmKKLWiue0Z8RcFWpLDV/s320/December%201979%20(19).jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p>Two early "pay television" companies were "ON TV" and "SelecTV." Later they merged and became "ON/SelecTV." This week, both companies were pushing the film, <i>Saturday Night Fever,</i> in their TV ads.<i> </i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVorU1Lk22zwMOgBiIswMTf3JTR1L_QViG0cWgunN_lU_rLN5jlICFv7ZoisC7X9NSaGFPAVQ62XgWUBgBP0nFCLUZEuOX6cnPRWeskZAU8vS_D6PvGyCrP_wLhQkBeUEhhKMJk0i94gK1xP2-7ixbU8lMwXSi4sjAX-JdsomkxX-FtpLIySGNJOv/s1101/December%201979%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVorU1Lk22zwMOgBiIswMTf3JTR1L_QViG0cWgunN_lU_rLN5jlICFv7ZoisC7X9NSaGFPAVQ62XgWUBgBP0nFCLUZEuOX6cnPRWeskZAU8vS_D6PvGyCrP_wLhQkBeUEhhKMJk0i94gK1xP2-7ixbU8lMwXSi4sjAX-JdsomkxX-FtpLIySGNJOv/s320/December%201979%20(13).jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_-BZJ9KqQgAkjt0GFy2iHiUm8Y0L35HA7c2PGXumesfxzAQ8bMOBFmTgJmsrLsG-QGj2OupyxoMFtoV_qJ40LQEF77xhMI4lWp7nWnTOApji8TEuBoZ_e8EMbrulbuYEa-cAAJ5hUatJ1pW26DKpcVaTXyICL6GBYdUBSYKmEjI6s8IHoIUc9Qdk/s1104/December%201979%20(12)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_-BZJ9KqQgAkjt0GFy2iHiUm8Y0L35HA7c2PGXumesfxzAQ8bMOBFmTgJmsrLsG-QGj2OupyxoMFtoV_qJ40LQEF77xhMI4lWp7nWnTOApji8TEuBoZ_e8EMbrulbuYEa-cAAJ5hUatJ1pW26DKpcVaTXyICL6GBYdUBSYKmEjI6s8IHoIUc9Qdk/s320/December%201979%20(12)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Sears was advertising stereos, calculators and typewriters.....electronic devices that would make good Christmas gifts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6f_8U56vh2Ov5QpBRNpx4Cep-FgvYdSJMYdiTeWJzqbhOg0HXSD-fiJdob-4vvtteA789nqtOKjo9g1h3MSy0kqH_TEM51o8Lkdl4y_1GMfM4WgWaba0CxqtgUpA-MTj_K39sjwGRlmEP7uG2pZTh2G3FWcpa8mEHzvFqFUbcEPLBVXh9AcPQLsj/s1080/December%201979%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6f_8U56vh2Ov5QpBRNpx4Cep-FgvYdSJMYdiTeWJzqbhOg0HXSD-fiJdob-4vvtteA789nqtOKjo9g1h3MSy0kqH_TEM51o8Lkdl4y_1GMfM4WgWaba0CxqtgUpA-MTj_K39sjwGRlmEP7uG2pZTh2G3FWcpa8mEHzvFqFUbcEPLBVXh9AcPQLsj/s320/December%201979%20(10).jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixewlH-QuZeJtSbRjvBHvE5RjTV5Xvagv0svrtURPkNrzvdWbyQK_zW6a0vz7QaSmIMVR0q1sw2YAwJem-VJoMLLbexbVsnTzZUaQpsUWxDzxqxB_invcbYZy-s7SqHhrpO1G4AdVzoXwcLOcOeRhw397QOrSY7dWd49td4QnfT6jMON-HfBtePyZJ/s1653/December%201979%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="1094" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixewlH-QuZeJtSbRjvBHvE5RjTV5Xvagv0svrtURPkNrzvdWbyQK_zW6a0vz7QaSmIMVR0q1sw2YAwJem-VJoMLLbexbVsnTzZUaQpsUWxDzxqxB_invcbYZy-s7SqHhrpO1G4AdVzoXwcLOcOeRhw397QOrSY7dWd49td4QnfT6jMON-HfBtePyZJ/s320/December%201979%20(9).jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p>Just a few years later, my mom would purchase an electronic typewriter from Sears. The model was "The Scholar" (seen below), instead of "The Graduate" shown in the ad above. The models are almost identical. My mom made the purchase, after she decided to go back to school and earn her masters degree. And I ended up typing many college papers on it, myself. I recently donated the typewriter to my local Goodwill store, but I took a picture of it before saying "goodbye."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6maHa-QetCDcW9LWHW2pnl4Aw35ACCjzyveqq-96hjpEDVPsXETeZkxnNGMelMsHWLvndpy2IzLrEtTZxDNIsIEYR9GHblGxwXf5tfpzEIXZiytA1yGrZWsObi-nR34_MqHrTjIT1bcsd7dkRLPwQCerad_eQwvcu6F_2BXPh47t5ogV8uj9SGZUg/s1075/Sears%20-%20The%20Scholar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1075" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6maHa-QetCDcW9LWHW2pnl4Aw35ACCjzyveqq-96hjpEDVPsXETeZkxnNGMelMsHWLvndpy2IzLrEtTZxDNIsIEYR9GHblGxwXf5tfpzEIXZiytA1yGrZWsObi-nR34_MqHrTjIT1bcsd7dkRLPwQCerad_eQwvcu6F_2BXPh47t5ogV8uj9SGZUg/s320/Sears%20-%20The%20Scholar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Michael Landon was the current spokesperson for Kodak and was advertising another perfect Christmas gift, the Kodak EKTRA camera.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sn29jZD8b1fD_0YI5WtaK8pVbaiwNczU7ukFeu9WJqb5LFw7I69hSBHRiB5b3YdIqZPDjRcWXXNTMWFC9Squ9mbBjr9PLNfaupTtYnpLz6aSAimapE6zuX5MP8YmgHn082PUpAz8ZwEHnBLpycNFZoFp3j8Nqck-tb17PTfKG2wqfBEaThOovipT/s1230/December%201979%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sn29jZD8b1fD_0YI5WtaK8pVbaiwNczU7ukFeu9WJqb5LFw7I69hSBHRiB5b3YdIqZPDjRcWXXNTMWFC9Squ9mbBjr9PLNfaupTtYnpLz6aSAimapE6zuX5MP8YmgHn082PUpAz8ZwEHnBLpycNFZoFp3j8Nqck-tb17PTfKG2wqfBEaThOovipT/s320/December%201979%20(8).jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p>And last up, is this Pepsi-Cola sweepstakes ad, to win a trip for four to Walt Disney World. There was only one Disney park in Orlando at this time. The entry form on the next page had been torn out, but I don't really remember sending it in. If it was, we didn't win.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroP3NyGcYrHCoxYMM_oT4CQNb4id8QeFgGqV_fnWVJCfxQLpEx8ZQZNglWogH4K-qF8yWkLc9hrEkKYynP1yxoOtbTsc1X8q3WDxaMwKbBXWB0Lbo3wk559fSz63G0JfMZn5lhDig_RKM5KYUawOa7DYiXHRvw95q-F-hGzLJQ2a8veDn5duuzQ2M/s1634/December%201979%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="1116" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroP3NyGcYrHCoxYMM_oT4CQNb4id8QeFgGqV_fnWVJCfxQLpEx8ZQZNglWogH4K-qF8yWkLc9hrEkKYynP1yxoOtbTsc1X8q3WDxaMwKbBXWB0Lbo3wk559fSz63G0JfMZn5lhDig_RKM5KYUawOa7DYiXHRvw95q-F-hGzLJQ2a8veDn5duuzQ2M/s320/December%201979%20(11).jpg" width="219" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Barbara Walters did many of her famous <i>Barbara Walters Specials</i> over the years, beginning in 1976. As I find more TV guide ads for her specials, I will add them to this post.</p><p>Rest in peace, Barbara Walters!</p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-9002338638446684552022-12-02T04:52:00.216-08:002022-12-03T07:02:54.925-08:00Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping - 1953<p></p><p>It's time for another "Little Golden Book" from my childhood! This one is titled, <i>Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping.</i> (Last December, I posted another Christmas-themed Little Golden Book, <i><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/12/walt-disneys-donald-duck-and-santa.html" target="_blank">Donald Duck and Santa Claus</a>.)<a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2019/07/disneys-sam-eagle-1984-olympics.html"><br /></a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPg6flTlEkmbScSLxDmmk9rAWKqb9iiKewp8XPsUeuinPidbtWvl-OEG6MEKvRwiL_FUaUSLaqerneA4yiCC6T_vEM6IoajdFQyWSbP-zJsF4x9FV2nw734in4Di8Ea5Kj37Hreh5AmnY/s1185/M.M.+Goes+Xmas+Shopping+-+Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPg6flTlEkmbScSLxDmmk9rAWKqb9iiKewp8XPsUeuinPidbtWvl-OEG6MEKvRwiL_FUaUSLaqerneA4yiCC6T_vEM6IoajdFQyWSbP-zJsF4x9FV2nw734in4Di8Ea5Kj37Hreh5AmnY/s320/M.M.+Goes+Xmas+Shopping+-+Cover.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><p></p><p>The title page credits Annie North Bedford for the story. She authored quite a few children's books, including <i>Frosty The Snowman</i>, and <i>Walt Disney's Little Man Of Disneyland</i>.</p><p>Credit is also given to Bob Moore and Xavier Atencio, from the Walt Disney Studios, for the illustrations. Bob Moore helped to animate some of Disney's feature films, such as Dumbo. He also designed the Orange Bird mascot for the Florida Citrus Commission (1971), the <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2009/09/walt-disney-commemorative-stamp-1968.html" target="_blank">U.S. postage stamp honoring Walt Disney</a> (1968), and Sam the Eagle, the <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2019/07/disneys-sam-eagle-1984-olympics.html" target="_blank">mascot of the 1984 U.S. Olympics.</a> Xavier Atencio was an artist at the Disney Studios from 1938 to 1965. He then became an Imagineer and is probably best known for writing the scripts and theme songs for Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attractions.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk6VF069F5DwhnsaFft00tbccI2x66ZEy_EmmQPKIBZHORbA-91WkvARCPOYk4LG4VLEyZWwTN05a76dxnuIqEBwQeyo93HUdi8bFQxQTY6bdKETynYvKfnpZHUGvZLAP-DPX9k-xpOM/s1787/M.M.+Goes+Xmas+Shopping+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="1787" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBk6VF069F5DwhnsaFft00tbccI2x66ZEy_EmmQPKIBZHORbA-91WkvARCPOYk4LG4VLEyZWwTN05a76dxnuIqEBwQeyo93HUdi8bFQxQTY6bdKETynYvKfnpZHUGvZLAP-DPX9k-xpOM/s320/M.M.+Goes+Xmas+Shopping+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The book has a copyright date of 1953. 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I posted childhood photos of my brother and myself, <i>without </i>the white ovals over our faces! ;-) Those photos can be seen here: <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-childhood-halloween-costumes.html" target="_blank">A Vintage Halloween Potpourri (Part 1).</a> Today, we have some extra photos, which I did not include in that post from two years ago.</p><p>First up, are a few more photos from 1968. My father followed us as we went "trick or treating," and took some photos along the way.<br /></p><p>One of the houses in our neighborhood had a
jack-o'-lantern, carved from one of the largest pumpkins I had ever
seen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhXO7pu3nYVsvkT7FkRbmKBMt1lfiEMkCQYmwQFhPrBBpfCmJOr3CDmB1npn7yW7IUNN1MBckTNpeikywP2ll4oGUmll8VUUk_L92lehpunpvqBEl35pVTm12K2ZMDj3myS2T6AuPGNc/s847/1968+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhXO7pu3nYVsvkT7FkRbmKBMt1lfiEMkCQYmwQFhPrBBpfCmJOr3CDmB1npn7yW7IUNN1MBckTNpeikywP2ll4oGUmll8VUUk_L92lehpunpvqBEl35pVTm12K2ZMDj3myS2T6AuPGNc/s320/1968+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Awwww! I remember this neighbor. Her name was Mrs. Irish.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCDd7r_3drbXWEidpE5_EZFfKFI0SBR9vajD70nfMwi5KqG1s6ADrmKBD6YnUZ08gq_8QmRKUIS0VInOHBgv2XFjI71oTdNP4YdAVaYfE51XhRxvmk2Nr2_KaaEo4l0wXNtGHcLt_v8c/s1267/1968+%25283%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCDd7r_3drbXWEidpE5_EZFfKFI0SBR9vajD70nfMwi5KqG1s6ADrmKBD6YnUZ08gq_8QmRKUIS0VInOHBgv2XFjI71oTdNP4YdAVaYfE51XhRxvmk2Nr2_KaaEo4l0wXNtGHcLt_v8c/s320/1968+%25283%2529+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm only including this next pic, because it is so freaky-looking, making it appropriate for Halloween. I'm not sure what happened here. All of these pictures were color Polaroid photos, so I'm not sure why this particular one came out in black and white, or why it looks so "distressed." My Halloween post from two years ago, included a much better photo than this (in color), of us in these same costumes, posing at home with our own carved jack-o'-lantern. (That large white spot on the far right just might be a "real" ghost!) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkHJnzkdVk0jJKvAcmH3i0O-V9hJCRoWl_gn9lfCUwrypUAmgsOwE4Tk-k2Y1HnQsWTp3bP0S8HF6Ub-ng8nRY0F7vM92futLXeQyfcm9NBblgQ4Ph79-0NdtAUu00khnQOLgeff7FNc/s769/Halloween+-+1968+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="769" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkHJnzkdVk0jJKvAcmH3i0O-V9hJCRoWl_gn9lfCUwrypUAmgsOwE4Tk-k2Y1HnQsWTp3bP0S8HF6Ub-ng8nRY0F7vM92futLXeQyfcm9NBblgQ4Ph79-0NdtAUu00khnQOLgeff7FNc/s320/Halloween+-+1968+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p>Next, we have two extra photos from 1969. That year, our next door neighbor's grandchildren came to our neighborhood to "trick or treat." They are the two kids in the middle. My brother's costume was labeled "Igor," and I was a "Skeleton." Once again, pics of us in these costumes, posing with that year's carved pumpkin, were also included in my previous Halloween post.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf8XMjWCfA_5Xy0LZiSgMbZn9J5BrfleN7dxMaf1V20sp85lfZaMmMjt8CPEDqJUTeGXcmM0A6UmPa8SBrOG5g8mxjwjbp9aVVDRLnTALC2FpIhsnkPBKpxGRnwFN86cycLB9R3cHGnc/s846/1969+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf8XMjWCfA_5Xy0LZiSgMbZn9J5BrfleN7dxMaf1V20sp85lfZaMmMjt8CPEDqJUTeGXcmM0A6UmPa8SBrOG5g8mxjwjbp9aVVDRLnTALC2FpIhsnkPBKpxGRnwFN86cycLB9R3cHGnc/s320/1969+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Funny, I still remember when this man opened his door, and was wearing this mask. I'm guessing the mask was supposed to be a goat, since it has a billy goat-style beard hanging off of the chin. Unless that was the man's <i>real</i> beard.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLKq0KA2fY8CjjA2gofP69hIScS8Z_NLqX6-Kcs8i-m9kbdXNTtSj9MFTd4vH4K3URK2kHVqSPny7rjwa704BmnLKL4RuiZgK6GBoyP-TJ0KR7fnLEFeLLh8e9eJ-2iMdAQFpObpHRso/s996/1969+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLKq0KA2fY8CjjA2gofP69hIScS8Z_NLqX6-Kcs8i-m9kbdXNTtSj9MFTd4vH4K3URK2kHVqSPny7rjwa704BmnLKL4RuiZgK6GBoyP-TJ0KR7fnLEFeLLh8e9eJ-2iMdAQFpObpHRso/s320/1969+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p>This was the very last "Ben Cooper" costume that I ever wore. I don't have any pictures of my self in the costume, but I wore it for Halloween of 1972. Out of all my childhood Halloween costumes that I have saved, it is the most "complete," since I also have the original box that it came in.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUdZVj59HaFZ1B3qaLkWKlE-jV-1PgOTop5Dq0FH3cpzkR1tEIAG_ih3d02sw-3cIwxC7LN3My1diz3c1RfiKlCew1jtlN5da0fYymyyFSUoZ9GAb08eDHFU93-SBzFc4QD2LdQCs8C1FuaQsufmXE-yXBTV92OqyJOIPvzUe4rTZEDq3Fjz3U8mX/s1599/Mickey%20Mask%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1174" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUdZVj59HaFZ1B3qaLkWKlE-jV-1PgOTop5Dq0FH3cpzkR1tEIAG_ih3d02sw-3cIwxC7LN3My1diz3c1RfiKlCew1jtlN5da0fYymyyFSUoZ9GAb08eDHFU93-SBzFc4QD2LdQCs8C1FuaQsufmXE-yXBTV92OqyJOIPvzUe4rTZEDq3Fjz3U8mX/s320/Mickey%20Mask%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="235" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5q2IbfHhlDGIl8RJgryKPAsrZ7GYcCFncvPVMUXPm_NOIrAnXHjhkvyJh80sbg2vKjX3v8Sm-brMhtgTjYo8OxIERh1v_onxqUlLA8zs9FMbHafuWZmqd8pESyT6iivs41WceWUhODFM/s1456/Halloween+1972.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="819" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5q2IbfHhlDGIl8RJgryKPAsrZ7GYcCFncvPVMUXPm_NOIrAnXHjhkvyJh80sbg2vKjX3v8Sm-brMhtgTjYo8OxIERh1v_onxqUlLA8zs9FMbHafuWZmqd8pESyT6iivs41WceWUhODFM/s320/Halloween+1972.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The box has "Walt Disney World Costume" printed on it. Walt Disney World would have only been open one year, at this point.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKwnVjfKKAV6C7NN1ULmZCEM9DciUnZ-NoQqm8Vu4G3ddEL5PfP2BCnAsJG9FRl1hldjQhJ8pS3zbuPPWxuw4RArDy30xleA-lDIHZhcSVSVpdeDZJKXMs63c_ogKShCuLRSXW4lMzMMBtqMJhgkesPFGORc4kGrUAAfcIVQEgii_TpO1y6FJR59t/s1408/Mickey%20Costume%20-%201972%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1123" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKwnVjfKKAV6C7NN1ULmZCEM9DciUnZ-NoQqm8Vu4G3ddEL5PfP2BCnAsJG9FRl1hldjQhJ8pS3zbuPPWxuw4RArDy30xleA-lDIHZhcSVSVpdeDZJKXMs63c_ogKShCuLRSXW4lMzMMBtqMJhgkesPFGORc4kGrUAAfcIVQEgii_TpO1y6FJR59t/s320/Mickey%20Costume%20-%201972%20(4).jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p></p><p>The side of the box has <i>Disney On Parade</i> printed on it. <i><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2016/09/disney-on-parade-1970.html" target="_blank">Disney On Parade</a></i> was a traveling arena show that had begun in 1969 and continued through 1974, with a new version created each year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40ATFRk_3Fz0fe1HE6YMkuNAijSdtsZyy3vgvCr3L7TH7lTsHYrDPga1szGlx9DGzCm6KopEhTZAKhmEjdlT1JGnQHN8-Z3KVYTcJo_ym-KN_SVYSqFONSAvIfikJ6zWHmdvUK2S6FKpvwPhyu2ztQnhnsA9VAPEflwIiFGkgyP6re2vN8HfJpqDY/s1319/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="1319" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40ATFRk_3Fz0fe1HE6YMkuNAijSdtsZyy3vgvCr3L7TH7lTsHYrDPga1szGlx9DGzCm6KopEhTZAKhmEjdlT1JGnQHN8-Z3KVYTcJo_ym-KN_SVYSqFONSAvIfikJ6zWHmdvUK2S6FKpvwPhyu2ztQnhnsA9VAPEflwIiFGkgyP6re2vN8HfJpqDY/s320/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The "stamped" price tag shows that it was purchased at Kmart, and cost $2.88.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOo0pDIr-bCqC1lLS31clq-2CsH6u5d81pTNVLVHzf_UsgjekODNQjog6eDNHZAWrihRVTW6HgRUojN6PaFmPezKNRXg4wfh6Y5m3YLWZ8ZIYllQJAIklA3O_CdzEfx5CrhW2QwrTm4VBCtFajFMWM4DBrNCWRISL0oTaevtfA0SFSpBZCI5uOzpA/s1180/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="1180" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOo0pDIr-bCqC1lLS31clq-2CsH6u5d81pTNVLVHzf_UsgjekODNQjog6eDNHZAWrihRVTW6HgRUojN6PaFmPezKNRXg4wfh6Y5m3YLWZ8ZIYllQJAIklA3O_CdzEfx5CrhW2QwrTm4VBCtFajFMWM4DBrNCWRISL0oTaevtfA0SFSpBZCI5uOzpA/s320/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Information from the back of the box: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPpBEClsI1A_gVtb_Z31rZijmspmuQTaVU_FNDntg74UJRlqVF1dRgGK0QAEEKUKwqocT3BTjzhpVDIXkTimZ0FEXxl506GkzbHwlyKkfWPz7wtPoRbr0wlbsax6bU0DWOFrOQTam1oBnY3z6j_zu664M4Ps4U-pMbk7tDviuTMIyUWZzOabRLitq/s1175/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1175" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPpBEClsI1A_gVtb_Z31rZijmspmuQTaVU_FNDntg74UJRlqVF1dRgGK0QAEEKUKwqocT3BTjzhpVDIXkTimZ0FEXxl506GkzbHwlyKkfWPz7wtPoRbr0wlbsax6bU0DWOFrOQTam1oBnY3z6j_zu664M4Ps4U-pMbk7tDviuTMIyUWZzOabRLitq/s320/Mickey%20Mouse%20Costume%20-%201972%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This next costume is not from my childhood. I found this one at my local Salvation Army Store, back in the 1990s.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyf_3HiPiM4b342sHx4ZhV-G_n44R_3UTjWNdEvfNuHTSTWzVOIeIc2qrYWqpJhTC4DUlGI7qyEpL5T4Sz8ppp-612VjSjsrF1o44aSDIWIv8vdgJfDp23XrJEXhWsXbDdvb37dqAIPQ/s1655/60s+Collegeville+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyf_3HiPiM4b342sHx4ZhV-G_n44R_3UTjWNdEvfNuHTSTWzVOIeIc2qrYWqpJhTC4DUlGI7qyEpL5T4Sz8ppp-612VjSjsrF1o44aSDIWIv8vdgJfDp23XrJEXhWsXbDdvb37dqAIPQ/s320/60s+Collegeville+1.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>The name of this costume was simply, "Monster." The manufacturer was "Collegeville," and the price tag shows that it was originally purchased at "Quigley's Department Store, for $1.87.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabxzHlzsWyP8cqtVhfAJ65doPX-m2TOJYDukfKHwbJvJGDtfceGo2Q_icXO_pd5pnOehuSzcG9WKItxN-vojwVrNw_L_9X2Bh9gy9tblW8lNUv-zb1FMli8dxVZw7QnThkU5R0oS6FCI/s1369/011+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1369" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabxzHlzsWyP8cqtVhfAJ65doPX-m2TOJYDukfKHwbJvJGDtfceGo2Q_icXO_pd5pnOehuSzcG9WKItxN-vojwVrNw_L_9X2Bh9gy9tblW8lNUv-zb1FMli8dxVZw7QnThkU5R0oS6FCI/s320/011+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I had never heard of that store, but upon searching online, it appears
there were nine Quigley's located throughout the Los Angeles area. The store pictured below, was located in Long Beach, California.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjxIGuE6u5qRAN4Pt4Bzp3_00tbCZU8kJy6WaTo2WjNy6uLBU66z_kNlcCoLScvOcauJqv8mu-ILqjljhAgSrd5ILyZAuKwHZJD9PX3frq-TbfQrZBLe5KVqgTSP9O_4wb0S2UsUxOgLp9prQUYBw2EvGhbW8-Hz8QNL4LeEP8j6MdFASAh8DbJit/s1213/Quigley's%20-%20Long%20Beach,%20CA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1213" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjxIGuE6u5qRAN4Pt4Bzp3_00tbCZU8kJy6WaTo2WjNy6uLBU66z_kNlcCoLScvOcauJqv8mu-ILqjljhAgSrd5ILyZAuKwHZJD9PX3frq-TbfQrZBLe5KVqgTSP9O_4wb0S2UsUxOgLp9prQUYBw2EvGhbW8-Hz8QNL4LeEP8j6MdFASAh8DbJit/s320/Quigley's%20-%20Long%20Beach,%20CA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>SCAAAAARY!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxa3iojUrqfBfIBPDc-iXGSRjB6XYL2HvgjkrL3flVK0_PyqYrsoeBnrCHu3hK_kFaDUQKI0I9y3ERD-w51bM7RHVy8dQysUW7WtORsM1yF9fKyvXcWhyEhIxPUOkoM2A1ccW1x5CQ2I/s1200/60s+Collegeville+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxa3iojUrqfBfIBPDc-iXGSRjB6XYL2HvgjkrL3flVK0_PyqYrsoeBnrCHu3hK_kFaDUQKI0I9y3ERD-w51bM7RHVy8dQysUW7WtORsM1yF9fKyvXcWhyEhIxPUOkoM2A1ccW1x5CQ2I/s320/60s+Collegeville+2.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>The black design of the monster on the costume, is "flocked," or as described on the box, a "Velvet Touch" decoration.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX-cHBiCatu337dZN9p-9t2bljGgTtwsK6I94zQYCfbHVBNnciuw2JKl6fOJNgKLDU7usCh3SZNuScE7Jjm3gW4-JdMlU5tNqspCrrwEMJuJ-sayvfUYLJarbsD9pjLXaeyre5RN78bRTj-PvGpUsHVFIA3a4B_0qKS0b4yRQnpysMjqWdGk0nInz/s1350/2022%20-%20Vintage%20Collegeville%20Costume.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX-cHBiCatu337dZN9p-9t2bljGgTtwsK6I94zQYCfbHVBNnciuw2JKl6fOJNgKLDU7usCh3SZNuScE7Jjm3gW4-JdMlU5tNqspCrrwEMJuJ-sayvfUYLJarbsD9pjLXaeyre5RN78bRTj-PvGpUsHVFIA3a4B_0qKS0b4yRQnpysMjqWdGk0nInz/s320/2022%20-%20Vintage%20Collegeville%20Costume.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here are a few more Halloween cards, from my childhood. These first three were given to me by my aunt and uncle, who sent us Halloween cards every year. This one is from the 1970s:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SDd5ICYRBwSpeeYHg6y4Jvb5G3h0QGoPvlLR9zGESYJ1VZKnxOB7oVc90Is_WtM_a-S9iOapt3N2tD0NhK7ccRzhgluCzXVZoLHo--bRobtiUPSUR-pD9dVGRvvdz2WPDy-YCf4HBQcKvNJIlgWAnEX7RzdBBr6AP6cq7zKSQjA5uSwpISAh-C_g/s1350/Norcross%20Halloween%20-%201970s%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SDd5ICYRBwSpeeYHg6y4Jvb5G3h0QGoPvlLR9zGESYJ1VZKnxOB7oVc90Is_WtM_a-S9iOapt3N2tD0NhK7ccRzhgluCzXVZoLHo--bRobtiUPSUR-pD9dVGRvvdz2WPDy-YCf4HBQcKvNJIlgWAnEX7RzdBBr6AP6cq7zKSQjA5uSwpISAh-C_g/s320/Norcross%20Halloween%20-%201970s%20(1).jpg" width="289" /></a></div><p></p><p>The little gray square inside the frame of the mirror was a reflective silver type of material. I'm not sure if the joke was that it <i>was</i> suppose to show you your reflection, or that it <i>wasn't</i> supposed to. What little you can see of yourself in it, is very distorted. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfrLRDHSK-t4L8jYoMkzlDFmLzj5tuw32qFIsXQUwxTc6rDpuDQebZL6kXL5AlkG2rPz8S45XPYpTUdJXoysjzb9bINzj2uJYIoOBd9QCOOnhZgjDkprLabVc2l5AD3Fej29bdJ1peFQwpjgZDAJ1e-QJyjVdxOn6M644uceQehccc3CNX-WqjgXf/s2109/Norcross%20Halloween%20-%201970s%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="929" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfrLRDHSK-t4L8jYoMkzlDFmLzj5tuw32qFIsXQUwxTc6rDpuDQebZL6kXL5AlkG2rPz8S45XPYpTUdJXoysjzb9bINzj2uJYIoOBd9QCOOnhZgjDkprLabVc2l5AD3Fej29bdJ1peFQwpjgZDAJ1e-QJyjVdxOn6M644uceQehccc3CNX-WqjgXf/s320/Norcross%20Halloween%20-%201970s%20(2).jpg" width="141" /></a></div><p>This card was printed in black and white on the outside.....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VU2cAmfW-Y3s3dqIfLY0EXeuKW156Rwb2rEY5etfEgkJyKDxkmIVr_ZvqhTtQcX9ORWVcBRdoYkXasbPioGHvLsVShRIpDkcphGH75TftQ0H7b55fwmHRdAFA9IE3pY397ZjK-c7cFA/s1207/Halloween+Card+-+Norcross+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1131" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VU2cAmfW-Y3s3dqIfLY0EXeuKW156Rwb2rEY5etfEgkJyKDxkmIVr_ZvqhTtQcX9ORWVcBRdoYkXasbPioGHvLsVShRIpDkcphGH75TftQ0H7b55fwmHRdAFA9IE3pY397ZjK-c7cFA/s320/Halloween+Card+-+Norcross+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>.....and full color on the inside.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe15aDr-jrx9UwgKGNJ5pNVp186LD3SBBRjUlEc8RopbrkrUkLKcOd_2apE4OCN5y_7VoABS9OBtJp8YfM59UORp1rC0YUXWSULH3JZycc5h9dIV7RarlpIk_zysqQeaPZMoeY3Gy6yTo/s1190/Halloween+Card+-+Norcross+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1121" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe15aDr-jrx9UwgKGNJ5pNVp186LD3SBBRjUlEc8RopbrkrUkLKcOd_2apE4OCN5y_7VoABS9OBtJp8YfM59UORp1rC0YUXWSULH3JZycc5h9dIV7RarlpIk_zysqQeaPZMoeY3Gy6yTo/s320/Halloween+Card+-+Norcross+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p>I think this card might have been from the early 1980s:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5bq9K7ynsAKsrLiSeloF9GWIm2BUpBEPov608VbzRGHpjR7XMjDLSMuvECblvBzmlqwqiGClb5z5NhAIW8gvNvHZm8eb_TSMm5Vz8sVkpMJpInVRcDbQPgyywT35-HQLZQY_0CgyorE/s1308/Hallmark+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="959" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5bq9K7ynsAKsrLiSeloF9GWIm2BUpBEPov608VbzRGHpjR7XMjDLSMuvECblvBzmlqwqiGClb5z5NhAIW8gvNvHZm8eb_TSMm5Vz8sVkpMJpInVRcDbQPgyywT35-HQLZQY_0CgyorE/s320/Hallmark+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Inside:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B6-yhN51TD0jFljXfDzBST3xhAOczry5qW2qyW3WmxJKivGv4AyB0sPlrxiZrNEI1lRReuEK7p5BIfactV1BsIuAJTY7UV9c7zVeelYYdhVPfqpdvbWen3XB0jaHw04yf8PgQhrAF80/s980/Hallmark+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="980" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5B6-yhN51TD0jFljXfDzBST3xhAOczry5qW2qyW3WmxJKivGv4AyB0sPlrxiZrNEI1lRReuEK7p5BIfactV1BsIuAJTY7UV9c7zVeelYYdhVPfqpdvbWen3XB0jaHw04yf8PgQhrAF80/s320/Hallmark+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The doors, paintings, and other objects inside the card open up to reveal "surprises":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVYuLACcEEdoJdVGUK04db93txwnAG094_GXcjjF965oy7wWjBlJmb8Tps0d1q_6Ezpq7Nyxtwxo3IQFb91piLzEOhj5r-OZwzv0SDrGLE6FS2YF_qx41epqLbB6Zu9hWP758y3m1dzo/s1166/Hallmark+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVYuLACcEEdoJdVGUK04db93txwnAG094_GXcjjF965oy7wWjBlJmb8Tps0d1q_6Ezpq7Nyxtwxo3IQFb91piLzEOhj5r-OZwzv0SDrGLE6FS2YF_qx41epqLbB6Zu9hWP758y3m1dzo/s320/Hallmark+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p></p><p>This last card dates back to the late 1960s, and is not signed. It is quite large in size. I remember it being brought out every year, and just used as a Halloween decoration.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzjy2ZASJpY5dv07-q4m5DbY2kpEB7XJkNYvPvUhHq6xxRQQN4sAETXHS45Id5wpaZClE__ihsGZ9dI8WX68LUblezYTb4aP1k0OzvZdwp-sktbDxTJ5H07DqZDtlKF2Ly62GR_FD6-Q/s1220/Norcross+Studio+Card+-+Ghoul+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzjy2ZASJpY5dv07-q4m5DbY2kpEB7XJkNYvPvUhHq6xxRQQN4sAETXHS45Id5wpaZClE__ihsGZ9dI8WX68LUblezYTb4aP1k0OzvZdwp-sktbDxTJ5H07DqZDtlKF2Ly62GR_FD6-Q/s320/Norcross+Studio+Card+-+Ghoul+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p>The lips are lenticular, and change from "normal," to "puckered." The line inside is a play on the phrase, "Kiss me, you fool!" (Incidentally, that phrase itself is adapted from the 1915 silent film, <i>A Fool There Was</i>, in which Theda Berra tells a man, "Kiss me, my fool!")<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyab7-YJx8i4tm-5osikPewTPy7K0M4NJk0TkhvHvM9ueNHSSiA8WybvQhm6SQEJjURIXfbakq-ZU7UhBS5psl-8vViBx8smKqiqrvALQzKZrl5YhHST12Xr4AFLS1iH5S9I3enMY-qw/s1024/Norcross+Studio+Card+-+Ghoul+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyab7-YJx8i4tm-5osikPewTPy7K0M4NJk0TkhvHvM9ueNHSSiA8WybvQhm6SQEJjURIXfbakq-ZU7UhBS5psl-8vViBx8smKqiqrvALQzKZrl5YhHST12Xr4AFLS1iH5S9I3enMY-qw/s320/Norcross+Studio+Card+-+Ghoul+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p>And here is yet another "spooky" book from my childhood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT2AsiuU7xSaUquM9av3f3_iFxM7lonW6R5cOZKKcvOKcAZB8Ak8GYQzwgnDd7QDevM3i1cCdzQGIRq2uhA8kR2ksEky3dkIfVSTzIt4Dmc9co2XS7OUyN0ds0LfEZZfEz0N34Xn-2TkxAGyoSxUKlNwyDGqq2vooDVAzFabVO74fZHwqsIjdhseD5=s1190" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT2AsiuU7xSaUquM9av3f3_iFxM7lonW6R5cOZKKcvOKcAZB8Ak8GYQzwgnDd7QDevM3i1cCdzQGIRq2uhA8kR2ksEky3dkIfVSTzIt4Dmc9co2XS7OUyN0ds0LfEZZfEz0N34Xn-2TkxAGyoSxUKlNwyDGqq2vooDVAzFabVO74fZHwqsIjdhseD5=s320" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This book of <i>Spooky Rhymes and Riddles,</i> was ordered through my elementary school's "Scholastic Book" sales program.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP9y6tL8HpSiBT4tb6Ny2Yu_UMBsKMjBntu_3-UZhEnszJzgDVGcBk1j67jtVajr6pItT9uGxTUYl9sDP9dYxwYbUS0Uql5QrfaZkmcK3lQ5oEaEAjhfzIXwsXYih4HqfeTOR0q36MYpkNp0WInOCWG9OCfwhFiSZspGniudxUHj2PMnEXjjT_-SZy=s1190" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP9y6tL8HpSiBT4tb6Ny2Yu_UMBsKMjBntu_3-UZhEnszJzgDVGcBk1j67jtVajr6pItT9uGxTUYl9sDP9dYxwYbUS0Uql5QrfaZkmcK3lQ5oEaEAjhfzIXwsXYih4HqfeTOR0q36MYpkNp0WInOCWG9OCfwhFiSZspGniudxUHj2PMnEXjjT_-SZy=s320" width="233" /></a></div><p>It has a 1972 copyright date.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqGwC91cZStmO8gLif_AYtCXGfwPZlzhK8ARhcQ7vhJZogHc0RvxwIU5Kkn3Nu9ITGjcteLB_OgQnJ7XyhuUdM9g57DTzl9TxWCmo48HQ3u2pxk6A2FJ-sl51VZ1BArzRsqWcfEqe-6YGGNsSpcp8qoAuFtI5HsxOsrLdamFLoF2BprKjjEzuXntvc=s320" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p>The back cover:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL7h5q0J_nUSCU70Rgm1Ai2kvR1vZjq-iKYH29LAnPg87lkTLv0ujWDNkHvVprin__A8Jt2jMCHWzncbYhCluUmc4eYRh8HVeDQkHVrQQjfDC9xoXctLHKUJKZLtWsvRWiaDcvYPl6BT_6uGEzJ5FGwMSLpPN3WE6WOyuCr_yc7M0Yp6YA4Mj5EPKG=s1199" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL7h5q0J_nUSCU70Rgm1Ai2kvR1vZjq-iKYH29LAnPg87lkTLv0ujWDNkHvVprin__A8Jt2jMCHWzncbYhCluUmc4eYRh8HVeDQkHVrQQjfDC9xoXctLHKUJKZLtWsvRWiaDcvYPl6BT_6uGEzJ5FGwMSLpPN3WE6WOyuCr_yc7M0Yp6YA4Mj5EPKG=s320" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p>We will end today, with this Halloween-themed cover, from a November 1971 issue of <i>Walt Disney's Donald Duck</i> comic book. I'm assuming even though it was a "November" issue, that it was probably released in the month of October. Oddly enough, the story mentioned on the cover, <i>"The Monster That Wasn't,"</i> didn't have anything to do with Halloween.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUl6ey9Q5k-yy38i2h907NeIJEy9qF2Jxg1Ca7KClvxQ8Z4LNPU3pw2dDqVI666NLwpvsqi_s6xveTSp777LCAxYbSpbeKBkmNkG_VkK2NtHvRI1FwyfkL5RU743Kyx2iAeGmdst8pN2M/s1320/Nov.+1971+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="873" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUl6ey9Q5k-yy38i2h907NeIJEy9qF2Jxg1Ca7KClvxQ8Z4LNPU3pw2dDqVI666NLwpvsqi_s6xveTSp777LCAxYbSpbeKBkmNkG_VkK2NtHvRI1FwyfkL5RU743Kyx2iAeGmdst8pN2M/s320/Nov.+1971+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Inside, was this advertisement to send away for a "Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost." The eyes glow in the dark, it's over 7 feet tall, it obeys your commands, and it costs only $1.00! How could any kid resist that? And then of course, there's the obligatory "Sea-Monkeys" advertisement.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMmfLh_ApOHOhW6kD9YsxtGwfkX4joOAzNEElQWWOudYWmO2oXmEDwgTALsj8wVqq7kECo2SOBkVjpNBjRTsMHt29ggXlO56q2b5a4W_WFbt7c1KudhPF-FHSrQ2lHB2xrN6yk3XDwvc/s1293/Nov.+1971+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="832" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMmfLh_ApOHOhW6kD9YsxtGwfkX4joOAzNEElQWWOudYWmO2oXmEDwgTALsj8wVqq7kECo2SOBkVjpNBjRTsMHt29ggXlO56q2b5a4W_WFbt7c1KudhPF-FHSrQ2lHB2xrN6yk3XDwvc/s320/Nov.+1971+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p> Happy Halloween, everyone!<br /><br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-5057500461229553302022-09-19T04:30:00.050-07:002022-09-22T05:44:43.674-07:00Fall Television Preview - 1977<p>Fall is almost here, and that means it's time for the new Fall line-up of television shows. Today, we'll be looking back at <i>TV Guide's </i>"Fall Preview" issue, from 1977. That's 45 years ago, this month!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GhZUuT0TebNRC8uRXsc9Iw4fc5OuPSXlJwqnQucHf58ibigWSnwrO_nMCtjcwAJ5QEBxaly-2EvfDafY8WWYQVSW2jOpF0gU0B-utZLRcmpiGrPUt8dK3wRFsU629SKeCk9KJx31CXdOce80RhGufbCwjdlMhcw07wiQAUGQCrP47egImdLodBYk/s620/0001%201977%20h%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="431" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GhZUuT0TebNRC8uRXsc9Iw4fc5OuPSXlJwqnQucHf58ibigWSnwrO_nMCtjcwAJ5QEBxaly-2EvfDafY8WWYQVSW2jOpF0gU0B-utZLRcmpiGrPUt8dK3wRFsU629SKeCk9KJx31CXdOce80RhGufbCwjdlMhcw07wiQAUGQCrP47egImdLodBYk/s320/0001%201977%20h%20(2).jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><p>We will begin with the Saturday morning children's programming. I don't really remember any of these NBC shows. I guess I was already too old to be watching Saturday morning cartoons. Although....are we really ever <i>too</i> old for cartoons?</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJqeatHvYQSVF--U5v_wHw1TVxBscsreVJh9p5pjGdG3VOFC3z0SJFN7lxnt99CSqBYicPbWem4GDy-Xx8-mbIahPYxyV4VrXEvTIQo_DiIWSEckIsdUUlmel0xzT_sPJESrlIhPQpMJX8rkbMZoNhzyuutMnPfHBJSSbtw20lueV6_u_KsjR8VH3/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJqeatHvYQSVF--U5v_wHw1TVxBscsreVJh9p5pjGdG3VOFC3z0SJFN7lxnt99CSqBYicPbWem4GDy-Xx8-mbIahPYxyV4VrXEvTIQo_DiIWSEckIsdUUlmel0xzT_sPJESrlIhPQpMJX8rkbMZoNhzyuutMnPfHBJSSbtw20lueV6_u_KsjR8VH3/s320/Fall%20'77%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I looked up <i>The Adventures of Muhammad Ali</i>. It was cancelled after just 13 episodes. According to <i>The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows, </i>"It
was perhaps the most clumsily animated, written, and acted series in
television animation history." There are several episodes available to
watch on YouTube, but unless you are into self-torture, I would recommend passing on them. If anyone is morbidly curious, and wants to watch just the show's opening segment, you can click below. The music is kind of "disco-y."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PqimZZNVCyo" width="320" youtube-src-id="PqimZZNVCyo"></iframe></div><p>ABC's Saturday morning schedule included some familiar old faces, and introduced some new ones. The Wonder Twins were making their debut in <i>The All-New Superfriends Hour</i>. And who knew that Bigfoot had his own show? Or that he raised a kid who was lost in the woods, and together they fought crime and aliens?<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmD71XsOD2pehcqkWRnhdXfE82EWFFqH2-JF68fys_urhlQqquodRkXUZhZEp41RzpeCwVD4igUSa26_ekbrW5Sg2JiqE0Xzv8qC2RMKg5C8J4gq5WaKHZumYwHYPngFiqwCmigh32uHqFz6Om_BaTY8ijYnBo9dj5ODh0cb_vMaBB5ZXphcbxhWxk/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="1800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmD71XsOD2pehcqkWRnhdXfE82EWFFqH2-JF68fys_urhlQqquodRkXUZhZEp41RzpeCwVD4igUSa26_ekbrW5Sg2JiqE0Xzv8qC2RMKg5C8J4gq5WaKHZumYwHYPngFiqwCmigh32uHqFz6Om_BaTY8ijYnBo9dj5ODh0cb_vMaBB5ZXphcbxhWxk/s320/Fall%20'77%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The <i>Bigfoot and Wildboy</i> show was created by Sid and Marty Kroft and according to Wikipedia, was inspired by the two-part episode of <i>The Six Million Dollar Man</i>, in which Steve Austin meets Bigfoot. Here is just the intro/outro for the show, but there are full episodes available on YouTube. If you ask me, Bigfoot looks a little bit like Chewbacca. Maybe they should give him his own "land" at Disneyland. They could build it right next to the already existing Wookie World, and call it Bigfoot Bay. Or at the very least, give him his own ride at Knott's Berry Farm! ;-) <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMGXF5e7530" width="320" youtube-src-id="RMGXF5e7530"></iframe></div><p></p><p>CBS was also featuring some old favorites, and introducing some new characters, as well.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8_EM0MNV_aHxD02v80JgLRIvOOIVcbhG7GxW3qFn_kRe6eRGja6T1SCIJ45xt_oX-tNqBjU_EFUWiNaS1ODxOM_TgLav6CY6ItAsPdWmr_u1iALRMlWGukAcP1MON7j-VFleOPJfMmgYHs2G45Pa3wKGTulGDOIufZgICYjj0G7qUp-chVEq_h3n/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="1800" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8_EM0MNV_aHxD02v80JgLRIvOOIVcbhG7GxW3qFn_kRe6eRGja6T1SCIJ45xt_oX-tNqBjU_EFUWiNaS1ODxOM_TgLav6CY6ItAsPdWmr_u1iALRMlWGukAcP1MON7j-VFleOPJfMmgYHs2G45Pa3wKGTulGDOIufZgICYjj0G7qUp-chVEq_h3n/s320/Fall%20'77%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><i>The Robonic Stooges</i> featured The Three Stooges characters, as crime-fighting cyborg superheros. HUH??? It was animated by Hanna-Barbera, and was just one of several segments of a show called, <i>The Skatebirds</i>. <i>The Skatebirds </i>was similar to <i>The Banana Splits </i>show, and featured actors dressed in bird costumes (and one cat), on roller skates. The name of the cat character was "Scat Cat," and was voiced by Scatman Crothers. Seven years earlier, Mr. Crothers had voiced a character with the exact same name, for Walt Disney Production's <i>The Aristocats</i>. I'm a little surprised that Disney didn't try to sue Hanna-Barbera into the middle of the next century. Here's the show's intro:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6czeMVQCdsQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="6czeMVQCdsQ"></iframe></div><p>Moving away from Saturday morning cartoons.....the 1977 Emmy Award's were airing on Sunday, but the night before, David Sheehan was interviewing some of the Emmy "hopefuls." (Fonzie and Farrah alert!)<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OJCdUeevvn_kKm8U-u7Sq-kS5sDnikFgJmyBsulHzweESV2L9GbY90DbhbSYQ9dHk42Jl63lhHoeo4MCPBVZGLorThfNpvmDuLO_LXFgTRIvsXWwBt5XLKTc5DjunGmKkMUSoae4KNr2z6cs9BznUTKzD7AXaP8TZUyIZrm-AxIohxivJGOeXA5g/s1632/Fall%20'77%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1076" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OJCdUeevvn_kKm8U-u7Sq-kS5sDnikFgJmyBsulHzweESV2L9GbY90DbhbSYQ9dHk42Jl63lhHoeo4MCPBVZGLorThfNpvmDuLO_LXFgTRIvsXWwBt5XLKTc5DjunGmKkMUSoae4KNr2z6cs9BznUTKzD7AXaP8TZUyIZrm-AxIohxivJGOeXA5g/s320/Fall%20'77%20(4).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p><i>Welcome Back Kotter</i> was beginning it's 3rd season, with "The Sweathogs" entering 11th grade and reminiscing about their previous two years (seasons) in high school. And <i>The Bionic Woman </i>(Lindsay Wagner)<i> </i>was being given a new crime-fighting partner, "Max" the Bionic dog, for her 3rd and final season.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CIR3q-T3GqILGKHZeG5OuDxzrw5P8lEavFKDoalL_N9hvR-QpA5MRSezqZWyAG7aQWWNLAPjOdRUA-ACW64fQCcX5n-g2glQZPMdhHNdVLFehXlvszsiWlynRIsRBq_oNO8pVreTugjA68S0NRVbbwJy7pxCTh_TOC3Eyu0z2h-EBAIt7gTUNqfh/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="1800" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CIR3q-T3GqILGKHZeG5OuDxzrw5P8lEavFKDoalL_N9hvR-QpA5MRSezqZWyAG7aQWWNLAPjOdRUA-ACW64fQCcX5n-g2glQZPMdhHNdVLFehXlvszsiWlynRIsRBq_oNO8pVreTugjA68S0NRVbbwJy7pxCTh_TOC3Eyu0z2h-EBAIt7gTUNqfh/s320/Fall%20'77%20(5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><i>The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries </i>was starting it's 2nd season with a visit to Transylvania, and some cameos by a few classic Universal Monsters. The show was a Universal Production, and the title characters "lived" on the Universal Studios backlot, in houses located on the famous "Colonial Street/Wisteria Lane."</p><p>And Steve Austin was battling sharks in another Universal television production, <i>The Six Million Dollar Man</i>. Gee, he sure had his hands full all of the time. When it wasn't Bigfoot, it was Jaws, or he was battling Fembots with Jamie Sommers!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nWc2OqTKAZQMG7-WswLcbrEEsn9RItWyl17AVIuki9dJuk2HQnlX5i90esyvQZ-uuQgzogzhSnAjwMD3eaaIF9wZyaY1o0GNggBjkeKbtJWlrjDhSCuCAD4RH7FRo5W3guvmIDwIqQxe_BoB1heSxrvEok2VgGJmzB7eU9ZBBTxkDiZ99qSfYjxD/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1800" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nWc2OqTKAZQMG7-WswLcbrEEsn9RItWyl17AVIuki9dJuk2HQnlX5i90esyvQZ-uuQgzogzhSnAjwMD3eaaIF9wZyaY1o0GNggBjkeKbtJWlrjDhSCuCAD4RH7FRo5W3guvmIDwIqQxe_BoB1heSxrvEok2VgGJmzB7eU9ZBBTxkDiZ99qSfYjxD/s320/Fall%20'77%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Apparently, it was "Dracula Night" on television. <i>The Wonderful World of Disney</i> was showing a repeat of their 1973 made-for-television movie, <i>The Mystery In Dracula's Castle</i>. The movie featured Johnny Whitaker and Scott Kolden as brothers. Incidentally, they also worked together in Sid and Marty Kroft's <i>Sigmund and the Seas Monsters," </i>that same year.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5go2TU__rCgV4Rb4B9BoLQ-Bl0btxm0-EXk0eBtJszj3hhf5GRjc0oN_9R8KAhzfH8pMi2UiBHacD2661RCyU8r9V9zf8gPr0MnEVpto7-5C8UFXVFhzf0OJx3XQvf6EpgWF-XqwLPzbNkb_YAfwxPrfr1gJILe_mJtb1tgnPFqzslzZvhXpTq9eu/s1377/Fall%20'77%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5go2TU__rCgV4Rb4B9BoLQ-Bl0btxm0-EXk0eBtJszj3hhf5GRjc0oN_9R8KAhzfH8pMi2UiBHacD2661RCyU8r9V9zf8gPr0MnEVpto7-5C8UFXVFhzf0OJx3XQvf6EpgWF-XqwLPzbNkb_YAfwxPrfr1gJILe_mJtb1tgnPFqzslzZvhXpTq9eu/s320/Fall%20'77%20(7).jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p>The 1977 Emmy Awards show was being hosted by Robert Blake, and Angie Dickinson.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9RjVGtoUVEUiVQCqgPWETjjI6IMSCRSwG3bF8oj4DRcgY3CMBDhKSUy5PkTpgGK4FeoLHDJiLB4SmctnEJShjf5KUKLXQRv7gZGGX1v5KlTny3biuBMqUyKDl4xKp2Xze3XXtVCyfe0g81OASY-WrsVnQpPFdv6S6nZrcBa5hc0-1or5-epnVpbc/s1368/Fall%20'77%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="892" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9RjVGtoUVEUiVQCqgPWETjjI6IMSCRSwG3bF8oj4DRcgY3CMBDhKSUy5PkTpgGK4FeoLHDJiLB4SmctnEJShjf5KUKLXQRv7gZGGX1v5KlTny3biuBMqUyKDl4xKp2Xze3XXtVCyfe0g81OASY-WrsVnQpPFdv6S6nZrcBa5hc0-1or5-epnVpbc/s320/Fall%20'77%20(9).jpg" width="209" /></a></div><p>A special <i>TV Guide</i> "Close Up" listed the Emmy nominees:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2HF56FyaIoYARKdfYlq3OnIvMqO7_Is1WGs3bVugAyuCAKvWckbEoebW5dsFhTtIzrhuKLsNUzfb4IpKZqhlW_vJ0zxApGAYnlAood68vRFO9zlbzZnylSY4jBQWwJECMFtSoGdODQYTvFYYu5IecwTL9Irzhvzzqa3whRGnhh3GBQfIXAMxkQSO/s2155/Fall%20'77%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2HF56FyaIoYARKdfYlq3OnIvMqO7_Is1WGs3bVugAyuCAKvWckbEoebW5dsFhTtIzrhuKLsNUzfb4IpKZqhlW_vJ0zxApGAYnlAood68vRFO9zlbzZnylSY4jBQWwJECMFtSoGdODQYTvFYYu5IecwTL9Irzhvzzqa3whRGnhh3GBQfIXAMxkQSO/s320/Fall%20'77%20(8).jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>The Mike Douglas Show</i> and <i>Dinah!</i> were "interview shows" which ran daily, Monday through Friday. Bruce Jenner (who is most famous for co-starring in the film, <i>Can't Stop The Music,</i> with The Village People) was guest-hosting <i>The Mike Douglas Show </i>this week, along with his wife (no not that one...the first one). And Betty White was being interviewed by Dinah Shore<i>.</i><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C3DVbNu5kIoe1eScapywya62NI1eV6XJuDUMVgQ0LiTo8GFnmU03ncxCSO6VLfj52o5hPLlC18YdasYlIuGUa233nntAJ1bfz6hWwb1dvQYNPYev5YK0Q9biQ3ep0cEFaP-S7mv9C16q0aOO1fUGhaXZhlhEBMSPWF--jCLQImzWxt3qMWXoGU4M/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C3DVbNu5kIoe1eScapywya62NI1eV6XJuDUMVgQ0LiTo8GFnmU03ncxCSO6VLfj52o5hPLlC18YdasYlIuGUa233nntAJ1bfz6hWwb1dvQYNPYev5YK0Q9biQ3ep0cEFaP-S7mv9C16q0aOO1fUGhaXZhlhEBMSPWF--jCLQImzWxt3qMWXoGU4M/s320/Fall%20'77%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>NBC weatherman (at the time) Pat Sajak, was hosting a special "Fall Preview" show. And the local channel, KTTV, was airing the fourth and final installment of the "Nixon/Frost" Watergate interviews. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvY1ZMPE7UmnVwUl9f1wC2vI6-XJ8HWLxb3dY_k-s4OeE5X6LnXBRJgUdkxZiKLFvjFi_gKbLvBcywJ18orBUHkojJ2dRz78mcXtgn1zBxLG409Lbl5BEOSBD6k-Bp-oKbTOU12p_JTWtN7vCG84ShPUIwr9XzqnhcqrMpoDrYQ1pjP_IjOXzqQ96/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1800" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvY1ZMPE7UmnVwUl9f1wC2vI6-XJ8HWLxb3dY_k-s4OeE5X6LnXBRJgUdkxZiKLFvjFi_gKbLvBcywJ18orBUHkojJ2dRz78mcXtgn1zBxLG409Lbl5BEOSBD6k-Bp-oKbTOU12p_JTWtN7vCG84ShPUIwr9XzqnhcqrMpoDrYQ1pjP_IjOXzqQ96/s320/Fall%20'77%20(11).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>A new show, <i>Young Dan'l Boone, </i>was premiering that night, but was canceled after only 4 episodes aired. <i>The Betty White Show </i>was also new, and lasted for only 14 episodes. <i>Maude </i>was beginning it's 7th and final season. And Patrick McGoohan was starring in a new show, <i>Rafferty</i>, which was canceled after only 10 episodes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7dliUm6cfEOXuFNqwSt3duM8wknj_gRv4uVvKZEpet9WwuV9rApX_NTaZgek64Sve7wbSOfSeTOq1IJxv2rbqvTrQZul0tjxq5fQ_leEzQaDAVTnw5T2QB7GjkzFuO1VdmXnYebLb6qoHZcYzfrrJkaE_VaG8F8YNjg89iYbvuJVpja7n2OCFYO2/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(12).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1800" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7dliUm6cfEOXuFNqwSt3duM8wknj_gRv4uVvKZEpet9WwuV9rApX_NTaZgek64Sve7wbSOfSeTOq1IJxv2rbqvTrQZul0tjxq5fQ_leEzQaDAVTnw5T2QB7GjkzFuO1VdmXnYebLb6qoHZcYzfrrJkaE_VaG8F8YNjg89iYbvuJVpja7n2OCFYO2/s320/Fall%20'77%20(12).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><p><i>Little House On The Prairie</i> was beginning it's 4th season:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbUVXsMxNYhbEQV2oh79eEmPPak5QpetJdQm7D0G0-OzPGQHnIDZoV9Im60OCalL5H4jQI2Qj_TsbN7j0s65weDr9eEnNKflMYC9AUHi9p8HFzws_CS_8VtGXdWYIYxUDMsnOzfkkr1cGlgOrVNQeM1Smc5SUwBdC9AxltzZOJu8HafzvsJxxLyqj/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(13).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbUVXsMxNYhbEQV2oh79eEmPPak5QpetJdQm7D0G0-OzPGQHnIDZoV9Im60OCalL5H4jQI2Qj_TsbN7j0s65weDr9eEnNKflMYC9AUHi9p8HFzws_CS_8VtGXdWYIYxUDMsnOzfkkr1cGlgOrVNQeM1Smc5SUwBdC9AxltzZOJu8HafzvsJxxLyqj/s320/Fall%20'77%20(13).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>On Tuesday, a special one-hour <i>Happy Days</i> episode was kicking off a 5th season, with Fonzie, the Cunningham's, and friends, vacationing in Hollywood. In part two of the episode, Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water skis. That particular episode of <i>Happy Days</i> is what eventually inspired the phrase, "Jumping the shark."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OcdnfnnYZDE3TRLwOBpmiM2MMCyLUrIYEH6EN8WhnldxsvCTmRRBMpgPsy1QKDtESSQY6bnddRdl2hseZj5Sm_8eq-U2fRhi4sBjnh0E_b5mRJ1kZsby3QGE3gsUjJ5WNMvF5AJZUGAnB8baWkh4mmlpt3FdSc_1IuYpn06j6Rwv61ZQuQIk3Q89/s1375/Fall%20'77%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="886" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OcdnfnnYZDE3TRLwOBpmiM2MMCyLUrIYEH6EN8WhnldxsvCTmRRBMpgPsy1QKDtESSQY6bnddRdl2hseZj5Sm_8eq-U2fRhi4sBjnh0E_b5mRJ1kZsby3QGE3gsUjJ5WNMvF5AJZUGAnB8baWkh4mmlpt3FdSc_1IuYpn06j6Rwv61ZQuQIk3Q89/s320/Fall%20'77%20(14).jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p>Three's Company was beginning it's 2nd season (and it's first full season, after being a mid-season replacement in the Spring). And <i>Soap </i>was debuting this week. The reason the ad<i> </i>states, "You've heard about them for weeks....." is because the show was considered to be very controversial (at the time), due to it's subject matter. Multiple religious groups attempted to get the show canceled, before it even aired. The show did debut as scheduled, and lasted four seasons. The first season's episodes all began with a pre-show warning, about <i>Soap's</i> "adult content."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8aZZtJds3OAHc5tDoj3-JS5uLQM9BNn90qS8grA2o5jIy9PNuzLbc8FUn9wGa7wlFOY1OYmxJFnodCplRbU8JPUdN0n7wSwvyd0W8uC206nvw6XiZw6vgtLcXytVaZaIiQ92XKRlvEx0kJBsw6Jrsi7iLLou_rjecYRNDWlpbP6jMEXdt-qE8O9U/s1643/Fall%20'77%20(15).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="1107" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8aZZtJds3OAHc5tDoj3-JS5uLQM9BNn90qS8grA2o5jIy9PNuzLbc8FUn9wGa7wlFOY1OYmxJFnodCplRbU8JPUdN0n7wSwvyd0W8uC206nvw6XiZw6vgtLcXytVaZaIiQ92XKRlvEx0kJBsw6Jrsi7iLLou_rjecYRNDWlpbP6jMEXdt-qE8O9U/s320/Fall%20'77%20(15).jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>The Richard Pryor Show</i> was another controversial show, at the time. It was canceled after just four episodes, probably because it was scheduled opposite the very successful ABC shows, <i>Happy Days</i>, and <i>Laverne and Shirley</i>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3WX4GaBsdH1h_dhCI9tY_6_6W7MdnFcfB74iG3w0LNbouhuQ4t3IHZGUr97nu9cC6w7XXsaAGUhFxVHcm9-LWIOVoiZj0-tc9U7r0pXwampRr8VaN2pDr4tCgEBxRTFEIpKTJ9rx39-UkiDX8BUSILT9j6kjLfmO62b9vHUr7L-r5k0K0n9p_hWr/s1626/Fall%20'77%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1038" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3WX4GaBsdH1h_dhCI9tY_6_6W7MdnFcfB74iG3w0LNbouhuQ4t3IHZGUr97nu9cC6w7XXsaAGUhFxVHcm9-LWIOVoiZj0-tc9U7r0pXwampRr8VaN2pDr4tCgEBxRTFEIpKTJ9rx39-UkiDX8BUSILT9j6kjLfmO62b9vHUr7L-r5k0K0n9p_hWr/s320/Fall%20'77%20(16).jpg" width="204" /></a></div><p></p><p>CBS was airing a "made-for-television" Spider-Man movie. The movie was actually released theatrically internationally, and it also acted as a pilot for a series which debuted in the Spring of 1978.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9-xUspM_JvN9ygRF44hOpzFmvvV2CPsk8OCowELNPptolidNSetmEFYljEdNf0Y2FAyjLbcSF9jO_ZgF22wkefnIAmxtd6D6EH_I8uqhIHm-lf7QgiExTfys8yV_pz4N16lEfd7KHk_QZ2bDpdg3WrhHeGzijMtC0MKHN17_cUhi0fzzx0PADAwg/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(17).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1800" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9-xUspM_JvN9ygRF44hOpzFmvvV2CPsk8OCowELNPptolidNSetmEFYljEdNf0Y2FAyjLbcSF9jO_ZgF22wkefnIAmxtd6D6EH_I8uqhIHm-lf7QgiExTfys8yV_pz4N16lEfd7KHk_QZ2bDpdg3WrhHeGzijMtC0MKHN17_cUhi0fzzx0PADAwg/s320/Fall%20'77%20(17).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Eight Is Enough</i> was starting it's 2nd season. (Hey, I buy Dick Van Patten's pet food, "Natural Balance," for my cats!)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBShjP4Fk-SNone4abYUPoHliERK55W3AG5KNJp9vBkO6CCgIxSAl6Ts2qWlHR97z4rZnEWe_UuZZNMYUMPs7lq02B1NMXg1oX4ZekEiXlK8vZHwF7D6MHN-Fjc_G6KB86NFbg0trO6Zzd_uxPldtXK4BUXXv2uCNn0yhSK9Nmvz6grYrAzHNDOYX/s1351/Fall%20'77%20(18).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="891" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBShjP4Fk-SNone4abYUPoHliERK55W3AG5KNJp9vBkO6CCgIxSAl6Ts2qWlHR97z4rZnEWe_UuZZNMYUMPs7lq02B1NMXg1oX4ZekEiXlK8vZHwF7D6MHN-Fjc_G6KB86NFbg0trO6Zzd_uxPldtXK4BUXXv2uCNn0yhSK9Nmvz6grYrAzHNDOYX/s320/Fall%20'77%20(18).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p>Cheryl Ladd was being added to the cast of Charlie's Angels, following Farrah Fawcett's departure after only one season.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypjxfYdS3AWgwKvGMJL2g8C9kM9VJwQnjQiN8xrcCuTah21cyaaeHo7keSfVw1g-fhqo85YmCO4brvivfcptMXdT3xjxy6wXwaeJmQmYBaL7tSGNwpa0g1Hmqz1wfxfA6oNMMCjhFNG3zMdQfSE7PXQTkv88W74r-UqTWQn26YA5LHxHahcOFx8PW/s1344/Fall%20'77%20(19).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypjxfYdS3AWgwKvGMJL2g8C9kM9VJwQnjQiN8xrcCuTah21cyaaeHo7keSfVw1g-fhqo85YmCO4brvivfcptMXdT3xjxy6wXwaeJmQmYBaL7tSGNwpa0g1Hmqz1wfxfA6oNMMCjhFNG3zMdQfSE7PXQTkv88W74r-UqTWQn26YA5LHxHahcOFx8PW/s320/Fall%20'77%20(19).jpg" width="211" /></a></div><p></p><p>Does anyone remember <i>The Gong Show</i>?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPbZ4EqHU6Fkbx7Bi9GXz4eqNsb42vrgGyE_xur9Yaxyr0WltlqzOCmjUZNq3_jNtrJaE6GEEJh8L23onDDzN48tCLDcsj0ggKMyQnNDkvBmxmPhYdd4QJRix4oepcfvGvloPAliSBAyFChOo1QFoEHaxYC3IXKO7mZtZ5ayI2w-TJZ8SPea7zaoi/s1083/Fall%20'77%20(20).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="704" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPbZ4EqHU6Fkbx7Bi9GXz4eqNsb42vrgGyE_xur9Yaxyr0WltlqzOCmjUZNq3_jNtrJaE6GEEJh8L23onDDzN48tCLDcsj0ggKMyQnNDkvBmxmPhYdd4QJRix4oepcfvGvloPAliSBAyFChOo1QFoEHaxYC3IXKO7mZtZ5ayI2w-TJZ8SPea7zaoi/s320/Fall%20'77%20(20).jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>The Waltons</i> was beginning it's 6th season, and it's first following the departure of Richard Thomas as "John-Boy." Welcome Back Kotter was airing it's second episode within the same week. This one was an hour-long, and had Mr. Kotter's wife delivering twins.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO0sgBHnFJQMXbKXtjYI2_ql44DDcuDbzsZ-vZn2jg7b9nyafm3WHT99ow7tCP_i-Fq4-oLZEgz-zEL5Pl3G1jYjZLvGFfeUSypDumm75ltDdLtim-ma6A-rtQbcNbjMsOA45s1D6-Dv4vseokTEumOJf4zeWRjOByDfxo4OIf-oRRkBi9_bLMnn3/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(21).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO0sgBHnFJQMXbKXtjYI2_ql44DDcuDbzsZ-vZn2jg7b9nyafm3WHT99ow7tCP_i-Fq4-oLZEgz-zEL5Pl3G1jYjZLvGFfeUSypDumm75ltDdLtim-ma6A-rtQbcNbjMsOA45s1D6-Dv4vseokTEumOJf4zeWRjOByDfxo4OIf-oRRkBi9_bLMnn3/s320/Fall%20'77%20(21).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The new series, <i>CHiPs, </i>was debuting. That "clip-out" survey is interesting. I don't remember seeing anything like that in <i>TV Guide </i>previously, or since. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylbaoMegB38jdo0MvACPdkSzk9sfaL662C6Wa8SiirZgVvW9WuMBSZDuct1alacJP9Irwlt8zCvmnhTpZyf1JfPzb8R2xzI228kcrOrGGrca4a4EWj5mLXtYLb-33GrS0CERHeR7YKV2rPXJ1wMM-nFB_ltzTzYTsIfIGyyIQYkuv5FH3J_T-emBF/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(22).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="1800" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylbaoMegB38jdo0MvACPdkSzk9sfaL662C6Wa8SiirZgVvW9WuMBSZDuct1alacJP9Irwlt8zCvmnhTpZyf1JfPzb8R2xzI228kcrOrGGrca4a4EWj5mLXtYLb-33GrS0CERHeR7YKV2rPXJ1wMM-nFB_ltzTzYTsIfIGyyIQYkuv5FH3J_T-emBF/s320/Fall%20'77%20(22).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>Barney Miller</i> was starting it's 4th season, and <i>Carter Country</i> and <i>The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour </i>were both debuting.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze5gbTV6rTN3FbCl1B2iYEY4TaxVZEGH5ghZqHhVydpIF5z9EWFEw5RZ8sj28G7w2mLbUWf_EexaAlVcCY9yhcM8Lsq41asJCgweLhJuWwXPGGMRZDz6r7wybgUHbyTVymxpvBUkCfgdFCST_PCs1Kn1H6MIm9sbAu-lEKCx5HPO1hWEihe3rzhFA/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(23).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1800" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze5gbTV6rTN3FbCl1B2iYEY4TaxVZEGH5ghZqHhVydpIF5z9EWFEw5RZ8sj28G7w2mLbUWf_EexaAlVcCY9yhcM8Lsq41asJCgweLhJuWwXPGGMRZDz6r7wybgUHbyTVymxpvBUkCfgdFCST_PCs1Kn1H6MIm9sbAu-lEKCx5HPO1hWEihe3rzhFA/s320/Fall%20'77%20(23).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Peter Frampton was hosting the Rock Music Awards. The ad lists Cher as a "special guest," but the actual listing names them both as "performing hosts."<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloNNIxHwJum5Bc7jursNql-FK53JKk-bGPXrjOkeZPhg-bvCfRmHr68NCtSsDpSiGUlO414vq-HS8sRMjWF5pZvCNQ7TODzzZv3IpGzcsK4AFbwfPGbWvqbou1JGpxzESj4gzd_VA3R-8w3cdXgeJS5oIjnT9y5CRjiMrRZ6wbR9HZlnG6dCydKTJ/s1644/Fall%20'77%20(24).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="1069" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloNNIxHwJum5Bc7jursNql-FK53JKk-bGPXrjOkeZPhg-bvCfRmHr68NCtSsDpSiGUlO414vq-HS8sRMjWF5pZvCNQ7TODzzZv3IpGzcsK4AFbwfPGbWvqbou1JGpxzESj4gzd_VA3R-8w3cdXgeJS5oIjnT9y5CRjiMrRZ6wbR9HZlnG6dCydKTJ/s320/Fall%20'77%20(24).jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><i>The Making of Star Wars</i>, a "Stellar Spectacular," was being hosted by C-3P0 and R2-D2. <a href="http://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/05/star-wars-1977-mega-post.html" target="_blank">Star Wars</a> had premiered in movie theaters, just four months earlier.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblo_bDOHHvPvklhdn6nhEZIiuK8pNRzXiF_y8Qv_TrSfX1jkRXqDXk5DlA49Jm830Tlpj1RazhEf0tsTmwdQ--anrvfz1G3Xnm4vvRxMF2b2XErMs1TIbRCM94nRr3EVGxq1eQMG1SaA0a7mS3lkmb7bWZcarHsVCwyvtJj61yklMXDFQxexpLofW/s1634/Fall%20'77%20(25).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="1082" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblo_bDOHHvPvklhdn6nhEZIiuK8pNRzXiF_y8Qv_TrSfX1jkRXqDXk5DlA49Jm830Tlpj1RazhEf0tsTmwdQ--anrvfz1G3Xnm4vvRxMF2b2XErMs1TIbRCM94nRr3EVGxq1eQMG1SaA0a7mS3lkmb7bWZcarHsVCwyvtJj61yklMXDFQxexpLofW/s320/Fall%20'77%20(25).jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p>Lynda Carter was returning for a 2nd season of "<i>Wonder Woman</i>," after a retooling and renaming of the show.</p><p><i>Sanford Arms</i> was a spin-off of <i>Sanford and Son</i>, following Redd Foxx's departure from the original show. The new series was canceled after only 4 episodes.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIbUPLImwHO0nhLj9KS1pAb4KKAQ24Wjv5bj7zmNkAEXNVtYC932sccksvOShiKhia7cjlTTYXAfXcYW4SY_i6wqFBhDmS913PAobiBdrQO6vmyxoJozyGHbp_e7mmP96QEVGU_SaNMx9vxMBrifYI7eyynLC6sKMfAWZM1HwbcfU-DUPX8hHXleL/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(26).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="1800" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIbUPLImwHO0nhLj9KS1pAb4KKAQ24Wjv5bj7zmNkAEXNVtYC932sccksvOShiKhia7cjlTTYXAfXcYW4SY_i6wqFBhDmS913PAobiBdrQO6vmyxoJozyGHbp_e7mmP96QEVGU_SaNMx9vxMBrifYI7eyynLC6sKMfAWZM1HwbcfU-DUPX8hHXleL/s320/Fall%20'77%20(26).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Chico And The Man was returning for it's 4th and final season, following the death of 22 year-old Freddie Prinze ("Chico"), earlier in the year.</p><p>The made-for-television movie, <i>Curse Of The Black Widow,</i> was airing on "<i>The ABC Friday Night Movie.</i>" It had an all-star cast; Patty Duke Astin, Donna Mills, Tony Franciosa, June Lockhart, Vic Morrow, June Allyson, Sid Caesar, Max Gail, and Roz Kelly (Pinky Tuscadero!). The director was Dan Curtis, who directed the TV series, <i>Dark Shadows</i>, and also the 1975 TV movie, <i>Trilogy of Terror</i>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jwKVrJ0s0WxvhQINLqkBy_SwKHcmMcsIaIz0-r8MYYtgWnVMCIN1KPmyVcKaqlRCLvW_i6G7Zl9VyiUccAPOYDd4jDE7FltbxaAyqbZLS4FVPWZMeX8NyT5Bu2HLYbLdxgQmnaM92yJcyafyWzr3ain1vSfBd7lP5JLP-OuTEb1P-DuOp2T5Z2Jq/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(27).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1800" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jwKVrJ0s0WxvhQINLqkBy_SwKHcmMcsIaIz0-r8MYYtgWnVMCIN1KPmyVcKaqlRCLvW_i6G7Zl9VyiUccAPOYDd4jDE7FltbxaAyqbZLS4FVPWZMeX8NyT5Bu2HLYbLdxgQmnaM92yJcyafyWzr3ain1vSfBd7lP5JLP-OuTEb1P-DuOp2T5Z2Jq/s320/Fall%20'77%20(27).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I was getting ready to say it's too bad that made-for-television movies like this can't be watched today, but I decided to check YouTube, and there it was! Here is just the minute-long promo for <i>The ABC Friday Night Movie</i>:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I8JZSwXxEO0" width="320" youtube-src-id="I8JZSwXxEO0"></iframe></div><p>For anyone who is interested, here is the entire movie. I just watched it for the first time and thought it was pretty good, as far as 1970s horror films go. And here's something interesting.....at the 21:30 mark, there is a chase scene through "Enchanted Village." This small "amusement" park was located in Buena Park, CA, and originally opened as "Japanese Village and Deer Park." It had a change of ownership, theme, and name, in 1976, and ended up closing altogether in the Fall of 1977.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nz88Yfy5G3c" width="320" youtube-src-id="Nz88Yfy5G3c"></iframe></div><p><i>Logan's Run</i> was debuting this week. The series was based on the successful 1976 film of the same name. Gregory Harrison was playing "Logan 5." He would later go on to play "Gonzo" in seven seasons of Trapper John, M.D. Heather Menzies was playing "Jessica 6." As a teenager, she had been cast in the role of Louisa von Trapp, in <i>The Sound of Music</i>. <i>Logan's Run</i> was canceled after 14 episodes.</p><p>Oh, and James Garner was back for his 4th season on <i>The Rockford Files.</i> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0Ji0HtB7iwGIJ3DH5d5f_0_4DjBcQKOknLU1jSQS42baXeNc_ycpopdiC2jXqa3Tn7U5aVex1dWB-FqonBfQ4Q3wyoPmUNzGMjBCOXk1K-xu3_SU8iMKAIAPNvioBwtao--hdjPIUYiMtksdIc30KkK0ajjjkkKAb0ry8HhZ2aX7T2h1rBE61uhS/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(28.5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1800" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0Ji0HtB7iwGIJ3DH5d5f_0_4DjBcQKOknLU1jSQS42baXeNc_ycpopdiC2jXqa3Tn7U5aVex1dWB-FqonBfQ4Q3wyoPmUNzGMjBCOXk1K-xu3_SU8iMKAIAPNvioBwtao--hdjPIUYiMtksdIc30KkK0ajjjkkKAb0ry8HhZ2aX7T2h1rBE61uhS/s320/Fall%20'77%20(28.5).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Jack Klugman was returning for his 2nd season as a medical examiner<i>, </i>in <i>"Quincy."</i><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vg9yiE2NC7RSjipMhVkWUKe9XSEz-ejJph0cEEFUilYhuXwtvR3UXJB5XsGttzQjQFTUxN1LlZRhijCcMYG-VlpWqAdMm_bhrctAk0ufkiLsA-zPXkRYzbj8-Uk0pz424NTXNmp9Qo8Z4SBTpw1ETLewxZo5awts3LchYRD8bFkzhb24yGi4S6Ri/s1800/Fall%20'77%20(29).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1800" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Vg9yiE2NC7RSjipMhVkWUKe9XSEz-ejJph0cEEFUilYhuXwtvR3UXJB5XsGttzQjQFTUxN1LlZRhijCcMYG-VlpWqAdMm_bhrctAk0ufkiLsA-zPXkRYzbj8-Uk0pz424NTXNmp9Qo8Z4SBTpw1ETLewxZo5awts3LchYRD8bFkzhb24yGi4S6Ri/s320/Fall%20'77%20(29).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Every year, the "Fall Preview" edition of <i>TV Guide</i> would have a special section, with descriptions of all the upcoming new shows. Here are the descriptions of the 22 new shows, debuting in the Fall of 1977. Some were having their premieres that week (as seen earlier in the post). Others would be debuting in the coming weeks. Many of these will leave you scratching your head and saying, "Gee, I don't remember <i>that</i> one!"<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd0xxTTtr46oEJfz735AeIWm_NnQLavOP8LeLHcCYO4_KJRQP9GQzz5qvaPo0c9Yj7xnIPGiLuKNILjEvaOvAzRPrAAgfqqe6ScEIyOzb45BqvZyCayNwlud2028Bazu8MaxztA3G3pr6_pywEopCsMSktI28JZ3vI8o1tqre_-YQ17RzcSWdmEtz/s1800/1977%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd0xxTTtr46oEJfz735AeIWm_NnQLavOP8LeLHcCYO4_KJRQP9GQzz5qvaPo0c9Yj7xnIPGiLuKNILjEvaOvAzRPrAAgfqqe6ScEIyOzb45BqvZyCayNwlud2028Bazu8MaxztA3G3pr6_pywEopCsMSktI28JZ3vI8o1tqre_-YQ17RzcSWdmEtz/s320/1977%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><i>The Love Boat </i>soon will be making another run...... It had started out with three separate television "pilot" movies in 1976 and 1977, prior to becoming a regular series in the Fall of 1977. And now, 45 years later, <i>The Love Boat</i> is returning to TV (next month), as a "reality" dating show. I'll pass!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHZStAvr3VI3ASF1f1F_TeTBMwhdRfFyVfMXYKOtW_S_6eCaeTD0G1dfuWhXcEeyioUx_PQqMyPQHEtI9YtR_b5OvC7cQOkrkpjS8xMTKlzwnODfv-25EoCGzATrhSIV9HO0N2a7wY_00MfiAv6wS7jecwqH3w4hLciflCEQYDMmPj0-c6DZTmIXp/s1630/1977%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="1102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHZStAvr3VI3ASF1f1F_TeTBMwhdRfFyVfMXYKOtW_S_6eCaeTD0G1dfuWhXcEeyioUx_PQqMyPQHEtI9YtR_b5OvC7cQOkrkpjS8xMTKlzwnODfv-25EoCGzATrhSIV9HO0N2a7wY_00MfiAv6wS7jecwqH3w4hLciflCEQYDMmPj0-c6DZTmIXp/s320/1977%20b.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TMxB3KMJpgeQBADtm3lUC4NvAlxV-7jyBZfSoC52HDQaeShcwSUX3L2gj5kdXgFKaJjwrkroULvbnPMGi0D89hMG60NGfandF0EJWH7HftsLm6rxNtcmzNM28WK1zwgsju9n_TEyN98PZIg5QVMqts-vnGdRXP14UJMQm3E318g8uGcisOzsN07P/s1620/1977%20c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1083" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TMxB3KMJpgeQBADtm3lUC4NvAlxV-7jyBZfSoC52HDQaeShcwSUX3L2gj5kdXgFKaJjwrkroULvbnPMGi0D89hMG60NGfandF0EJWH7HftsLm6rxNtcmzNM28WK1zwgsju9n_TEyN98PZIg5QVMqts-vnGdRXP14UJMQm3E318g8uGcisOzsN07P/s320/1977%20c.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIbNWw2Bf8SJmd8lf_P6D13HyKl2lNHwTY19Z-ILJWSNQRMtKBd-os44joW2I8xRgO7wXgIngEq71in114SPTfLoeil1SoVEOfRSak52ElY9-QxOY9v85BS66cWaHXhm6RrcLnWSDxBo0BBbctJdmMUi-KyglmoL9_vV8W4JTj3_fLpcvVGe3ijGk/s1800/1977%20d%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1800" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIbNWw2Bf8SJmd8lf_P6D13HyKl2lNHwTY19Z-ILJWSNQRMtKBd-os44joW2I8xRgO7wXgIngEq71in114SPTfLoeil1SoVEOfRSak52ElY9-QxOY9v85BS66cWaHXhm6RrcLnWSDxBo0BBbctJdmMUi-KyglmoL9_vV8W4JTj3_fLpcvVGe3ijGk/s320/1977%20d%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKl9KWqeW66Q5OwfKMGeavKAMhdtI6xQibcZDWPsx_8dypZx2Psc5OVdl7-UnGTvdmofsjnbAV1HEJXNnByAtEjmLWDTrUiaq9uoUt8SmV_Y7fBqtdpWlJ6ZeyRPIe524sSf6Ukyz7H2m6DICIBwQFWUK6xSWcG_DlBJx2TGUhMA0EHp_KTVWAEnO/s1800/1977%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1800" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKl9KWqeW66Q5OwfKMGeavKAMhdtI6xQibcZDWPsx_8dypZx2Psc5OVdl7-UnGTvdmofsjnbAV1HEJXNnByAtEjmLWDTrUiaq9uoUt8SmV_Y7fBqtdpWlJ6ZeyRPIe524sSf6Ukyz7H2m6DICIBwQFWUK6xSWcG_DlBJx2TGUhMA0EHp_KTVWAEnO/s320/1977%20e.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zbAoCk93XTqtiqH1fubaYMLX_oYNmGVjNylbvlL9IZ4HQVSm3QWuXcrLtlgmp7vh4DI0j1Lbyxj3wU5kyhIz1hMno8t2jFGUMIaCnsk3__YqEILDHD4ryGzJ4jVx_FLG3R0S1qJ3mNZycDkBLaXT-mP5_bx5kC4Cf8cmc9kRpKL9UVTriVxmu02r/s1800/1977%20f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1800" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zbAoCk93XTqtiqH1fubaYMLX_oYNmGVjNylbvlL9IZ4HQVSm3QWuXcrLtlgmp7vh4DI0j1Lbyxj3wU5kyhIz1hMno8t2jFGUMIaCnsk3__YqEILDHD4ryGzJ4jVx_FLG3R0S1qJ3mNZycDkBLaXT-mP5_bx5kC4Cf8cmc9kRpKL9UVTriVxmu02r/s320/1977%20f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZzaFa5g8Jy2AjyOJXc_8kOcuEFhlUtYoMzUwGskUBB5lobXXO0OZD-BTurBMFAK4-y2mPvYTZD5bJuIh0BRMU_b8kGZyjjMK4PIc09ceSJpq9YNShAhRvJe8r1sLRAcSohsjKfDTm9_i350oojviQEUWk6V_gA-sMF5JQDq0UjsRgYH5fLgUkagV/s1622/1977%20g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZzaFa5g8Jy2AjyOJXc_8kOcuEFhlUtYoMzUwGskUBB5lobXXO0OZD-BTurBMFAK4-y2mPvYTZD5bJuIh0BRMU_b8kGZyjjMK4PIc09ceSJpq9YNShAhRvJe8r1sLRAcSohsjKfDTm9_i350oojviQEUWk6V_gA-sMF5JQDq0UjsRgYH5fLgUkagV/s320/1977%20g.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p><i>Lou Grant </i>starred Ed Asner, in the title role. His character had started out on <i>The Mary Tyler Moore Show </i>and after 7 seasons, spun-off with a show of his own which lasted 5 seasons.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT8nPndqcevVS0h4iLSXOPImE-pOm8sV6WJ7wTfXC5Ims_qzXu0oA5DzROWfCRwSEm1eaxpkNBqczU4NQTukBSUaSupAgYmQZyhkF3t_6rpNTCFvfsQgLQUw-L6tRUJSm181jQpq86uGu611KacUzR9Dk6kRtmfyKfFKQdhoRffIt0Wzb8K0FFI0r/s1633/1977%20h.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="1097" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT8nPndqcevVS0h4iLSXOPImE-pOm8sV6WJ7wTfXC5Ims_qzXu0oA5DzROWfCRwSEm1eaxpkNBqczU4NQTukBSUaSupAgYmQZyhkF3t_6rpNTCFvfsQgLQUw-L6tRUJSm181jQpq86uGu611KacUzR9Dk6kRtmfyKfFKQdhoRffIt0Wzb8K0FFI0r/s320/1977%20h.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTBJrJg64BjIsCzAiuoQIbkhJ9KF90Zh0WsocTHYk1qOMLMjrhXhA5p6XcgWw0q1Hj_4bqvvEg6uzjhjwCPf3hJhNo34d6vxFC_2WTE9PxWIdkqD8cpzC6h93Jj6s4Nv8IWGSTihXVQcQG-INOi-rJiDxAOHLZXLyJBHjHSTdMCMFcJcCTBOzvWXp/s1626/1977%20i.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1077" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTBJrJg64BjIsCzAiuoQIbkhJ9KF90Zh0WsocTHYk1qOMLMjrhXhA5p6XcgWw0q1Hj_4bqvvEg6uzjhjwCPf3hJhNo34d6vxFC_2WTE9PxWIdkqD8cpzC6h93Jj6s4Nv8IWGSTihXVQcQG-INOi-rJiDxAOHLZXLyJBHjHSTdMCMFcJcCTBOzvWXp/s320/1977%20i.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47_bmwWNs-P915Et-nsrzKV56GtiBSykb65SHSpvS5t-CbioReSL8eIWW8Wl2qaLn7pLJ2oh6ws4NHU7iirGpQ0G2IQBRQn5ONLOLmbJGPAvFNmWQwV8vm2_zKR0L-pNrotJz45sWnAWlzB6ULKthr6KPlpeV_V8P2x6OExGkR002YStxMHhsXTY_/s1800/1977%20j.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1800" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47_bmwWNs-P915Et-nsrzKV56GtiBSykb65SHSpvS5t-CbioReSL8eIWW8Wl2qaLn7pLJ2oh6ws4NHU7iirGpQ0G2IQBRQn5ONLOLmbJGPAvFNmWQwV8vm2_zKR0L-pNrotJz45sWnAWlzB6ULKthr6KPlpeV_V8P2x6OExGkR002YStxMHhsXTY_/s320/1977%20j.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneKqklGU-zTGVgwKNoF5MlIxWaY4qcsgWK8WVN1sCMDe46FZDkPzihGFNfZBE39egZhjsnQxD0jgsHYe_XeuHC6xaumhsXM58Mw266KwPLuQ4OmrIpNbkHFJuAlgWjD_9Hm2RN9soIkVGxTzl3TRsuRBN3_vO4LL7UblfrehVr0BnsUFBkPpgTi1n/s1800/1977%20k.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="1800" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneKqklGU-zTGVgwKNoF5MlIxWaY4qcsgWK8WVN1sCMDe46FZDkPzihGFNfZBE39egZhjsnQxD0jgsHYe_XeuHC6xaumhsXM58Mw266KwPLuQ4OmrIpNbkHFJuAlgWjD_9Hm2RN9soIkVGxTzl3TRsuRBN3_vO4LL7UblfrehVr0BnsUFBkPpgTi1n/s320/1977%20k.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4p0rIJUwVI_LWUFVDsvQW9u13R11wLWHZ3ab_7amuaEHKuiZVVhbPPxpolM0pdkGL6SB3-MZdUYB1kCLJoOyZBKwPJpYxLah4qDj8prVT2ldsqAuishehYua4E2sce45jJq3l8guSvBMHG8zhhtG-flDGyWGS0tJPbHyTItunrj-g_Wrf-RDDITD/s1620/1977%20l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4p0rIJUwVI_LWUFVDsvQW9u13R11wLWHZ3ab_7amuaEHKuiZVVhbPPxpolM0pdkGL6SB3-MZdUYB1kCLJoOyZBKwPJpYxLah4qDj8prVT2ldsqAuishehYua4E2sce45jJq3l8guSvBMHG8zhhtG-flDGyWGS0tJPbHyTItunrj-g_Wrf-RDDITD/s320/1977%20l.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDChGcN_Fxn5GGAxCyw6gbt7vjGI-xue2KlHgsPQknyX187yVtPa8pzJPvJuXj5iU1EzWm8lYhUpEqD1P8RVHDbqIrufc5U9eakibpIWsxTbVt59v0b7tJhcUxt6Z6ZbGptGbk3wstCDLWHHEGESWmMxrpNJ4Gs4Vl4B5N_HCbsMRVD1D0QiE_v80a/s1639/1977%20m.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="1093" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDChGcN_Fxn5GGAxCyw6gbt7vjGI-xue2KlHgsPQknyX187yVtPa8pzJPvJuXj5iU1EzWm8lYhUpEqD1P8RVHDbqIrufc5U9eakibpIWsxTbVt59v0b7tJhcUxt6Z6ZbGptGbk3wstCDLWHHEGESWmMxrpNJ4Gs4Vl4B5N_HCbsMRVD1D0QiE_v80a/s320/1977%20m.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p>Patrick Duffy was starring in <i>The Man From Atlantis</i>. This was just one year before he would be cast as Bobby Ewing, in the long-running nighttime soap opera, <i>Dallas</i>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x3T4mQDGDUdO35IkbKOmlfGitYFhCWteGApkYm7n3FjZzH1TOhe1sf3M2auIvhB_nNNPcMdk8q2cLiJH4J1b8XA5zVy_AmWxd7Bq97jGktXXKRpLfw0ov96UZ2HnYkc3XF9uX2bpRHeuMgIPRLoNGxuAayr4rwN4T97rBFMxYT9XtWgZ4mEQvWvT/s1626/1977%20n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1092" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7x3T4mQDGDUdO35IkbKOmlfGitYFhCWteGApkYm7n3FjZzH1TOhe1sf3M2auIvhB_nNNPcMdk8q2cLiJH4J1b8XA5zVy_AmWxd7Bq97jGktXXKRpLfw0ov96UZ2HnYkc3XF9uX2bpRHeuMgIPRLoNGxuAayr4rwN4T97rBFMxYT9XtWgZ4mEQvWvT/s320/1977%20n.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCFhW98EMXaLqiBhGGiCETV0LESefx6mYqojgXUZpCsVNeQ3NpfuikMNa44-9BSX-sWQN0xb4QXFuXTWetL5CMPQDSe7r1kA5gKLd6rNprrEkJvuUPl5M2suY3bujQ1UAX-wZQa3nnr6Lp_CCZnxRkoKfjTFgQpAsZjMDG1eOhvDf1ewyTc06n858/s1634/1977%20o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Over the years, that show has also been called, <i>Walt Disney's Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Wonderful World of Disney,</i> <i>Disney's Wonderful World, Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie,</i> and<i> </i><i><i>The Magical World of Disney</i>. </i>I guess "the people in charge" could never make up their minds about a title, and just stick with it!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0CiAJ84qT6ap9hkFg32AMQK2cTF8DdAjB7vhuFW_hSVcno70gEz6U2mQWUypKkyrBowdWwR-N_Bejp1mLCsF6tD9CYIjR0aoDnxPg5wSJT0aeRziC0NtNP50I2nu5T6xWQgXk8XE5zkfw42s3YnEKYO_LG1QjjoziqwS2mni7pmW9Gc2vmYYoLiV/s1273/005%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1273" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0CiAJ84qT6ap9hkFg32AMQK2cTF8DdAjB7vhuFW_hSVcno70gEz6U2mQWUypKkyrBowdWwR-N_Bejp1mLCsF6tD9CYIjR0aoDnxPg5wSJT0aeRziC0NtNP50I2nu5T6xWQgXk8XE5zkfw42s3YnEKYO_LG1QjjoziqwS2mni7pmW9Gc2vmYYoLiV/s320/005%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-11068082686569981622022-08-09T06:30:00.103-07:002022-09-16T06:57:33.763-07:00Rest In Peace, Olivia Newton-John<p>I was very saddened by the recent news of Olivia Newton-John's passing. I had been a fan for many years....since childhood, actually.</p><p>Today, I want to share this article from an issue of <i>People</i> magazine, dated July 31, 1978. I bought this magazine when it was new, and have kept it all these years:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_G6MPRKUPIVmsQulXA5Exz49DKD-fKN2dF3jRerwy_qydonlUd79oCFABRTY8S9jiQQApMcpL4dzoA-zMvgBE95bDaWL7BQ2DKl9BX6G5MJwKJI1fvZU8wsBivlU_MGmrV11D_1umKaGLBuSDDMvmO6Z7UujSu4sZQaI43vcNEKsBUWzPJSJCjCg/s1350/Olivia%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1020" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_G6MPRKUPIVmsQulXA5Exz49DKD-fKN2dF3jRerwy_qydonlUd79oCFABRTY8S9jiQQApMcpL4dzoA-zMvgBE95bDaWL7BQ2DKl9BX6G5MJwKJI1fvZU8wsBivlU_MGmrV11D_1umKaGLBuSDDMvmO6Z7UujSu4sZQaI43vcNEKsBUWzPJSJCjCg/s320/Olivia%201.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3ID2ROwIk8Ck_fxH7PRg6k8NjhWTUp5F24kFchrW76CSk-YwJcoKZrw37bM91Y5Wv6ERYhvCoUHS88ajIk3B0nwIAQNvsF0oJ-o4zELSW7Cmxqxm6Dc7hA9UYDcVLW7D_dylT0Mdnvy_9Fp2XiUqfbLBm5_jBbjne9irizTVsOQWT6gdUdLHE-IY/s2600/Olivia%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="1778" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpgn5zVK4-CPvMkA86j4KBa0M7UokuIRy54BJo9z414qNE84ktyB-2u6Ln1x12e5FJUHtcndolPRwLhxNUrwDyzne_UYgKCSZ5SHqiA54regc7dAUafhZ0NMzdvfYM_rfbk37Q8oJHEP-yVQ_JeGvgqPjgW0eeRivpy7J-fJKsh3d9OpON85iU1Ra/s320/Topps%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>***Post Addition - August 13, 2022***</p><p>Over the years, Olivia Newton-John had many of her own TV specials. One of them aired on April 14, 1980. The <i>TV Guide</i> for that week featured her on the cover, as well as an article/interview inside:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPGGtgQ1qYdxeyxDef___cLVg9zUOynIQpIqrqYRjbfXX6lHkLgwe6zmrq5JkZrJEx5Ya7LmEZfyJ5BvLu4lDls0n6JRq8e8uxmtAfjH4k77Gk_Ci83nVUxmcajGuLzRgbtLPoio7osSdhaK38OqHWAE1lPVu9TnL147bumQ-snya7xIsy77yF2CA/s1050/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(Cover).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPGGtgQ1qYdxeyxDef___cLVg9zUOynIQpIqrqYRjbfXX6lHkLgwe6zmrq5JkZrJEx5Ya7LmEZfyJ5BvLu4lDls0n6JRq8e8uxmtAfjH4k77Gk_Ci83nVUxmcajGuLzRgbtLPoio7osSdhaK38OqHWAE1lPVu9TnL147bumQ-snya7xIsy77yF2CA/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(Cover).jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NU8BL3xOjf5GgXMECmlEsxIt61YDUUoLyQNoF545OIv8c8JA-4un_Zh2INvt9ZgpU-YA2g8uLgXIgy_bjl5xQNAsxwwkf8dpSO379RGHDdixnvjlaALzy_7USu2XIDc3qDZvPQwxmU3DnZNkUbyFSeLodv8C2v4J2mQqrBEMpnLO1eSQU89dTj8h/s1633/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="1098" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NU8BL3xOjf5GgXMECmlEsxIt61YDUUoLyQNoF545OIv8c8JA-4un_Zh2INvt9ZgpU-YA2g8uLgXIgy_bjl5xQNAsxwwkf8dpSO379RGHDdixnvjlaALzy_7USu2XIDc3qDZvPQwxmU3DnZNkUbyFSeLodv8C2v4J2mQqrBEMpnLO1eSQU89dTj8h/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(1).jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhvuHF42Hnr_JohDL26Jhrin69b1uLzQgvxFV3Q9fAuEVIGA52JqmK0hZLvpvg_wUB1cf_qCz71atZF223HLPNJm8kt2eb4dTSDIT959GK_-qc9P0IXqPKRihTyJnHthnoi0fQQ0PFbyqgw2ff9QxtuRXiZ2eYErBWDrNFrn-wAJ0CLMdCK2OSpkY/s1629/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1089" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhvuHF42Hnr_JohDL26Jhrin69b1uLzQgvxFV3Q9fAuEVIGA52JqmK0hZLvpvg_wUB1cf_qCz71atZF223HLPNJm8kt2eb4dTSDIT959GK_-qc9P0IXqPKRihTyJnHthnoi0fQQ0PFbyqgw2ff9QxtuRXiZ2eYErBWDrNFrn-wAJ0CLMdCK2OSpkY/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(2).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDHGCpSI6d81-yBLmsBfdrxwqCfFLvXn8H-KbxGzyupBoVgAHD0OVCEmJui_hpHfvgCbrCNSzWGkOfeNl_V7jrAsYyfB69klRk9m3dYgJ-txrM5iFX80p5VXVMJDKJBJc_AhOFN46RW-2iBAEqJM-5VNxY-TukIV0nVt1NUIULmygukEsx5FiKvRa/s1618/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDHGCpSI6d81-yBLmsBfdrxwqCfFLvXn8H-KbxGzyupBoVgAHD0OVCEmJui_hpHfvgCbrCNSzWGkOfeNl_V7jrAsYyfB69klRk9m3dYgJ-txrM5iFX80p5VXVMJDKJBJc_AhOFN46RW-2iBAEqJM-5VNxY-TukIV0nVt1NUIULmygukEsx5FiKvRa/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(3).jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOUW5UHB5yqLsfJXJHdQ6j4uIvmcsm0DAXsLXq3y6UsYqUfGS1D1z5p5xatZM3FuLy_Ncz22hDHYFMT5_7PKR6xJmF7jQJGIEtE0Om9b6vCdNo1twg9PVUOEOSDWAWPVBZNB2j5P4J5C9AunaGpDesB7UVUNatSRCjhx76Yqr_wYJ4OjN8WtrA_k-/s1629/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1111" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOUW5UHB5yqLsfJXJHdQ6j4uIvmcsm0DAXsLXq3y6UsYqUfGS1D1z5p5xatZM3FuLy_Ncz22hDHYFMT5_7PKR6xJmF7jQJGIEtE0Om9b6vCdNo1twg9PVUOEOSDWAWPVBZNB2j5P4J5C9AunaGpDesB7UVUNatSRCjhx76Yqr_wYJ4OjN8WtrA_k-/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(4).jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's the <i>TV Guide</i> ad for the television special. It was airing on ABC, immediately after the 52nd Annual Academy Awards, and had a "Hollywood" theme.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4miaslTi3zvJYdTv6nul8I9ZvEWNs6_dgob46VfosLgPPtEvD99boD-7WxIcpVU9Z_C_3jL37RdMe3Wm-1sIogSkdPEKMiGbT-52uSp8_OpetPcnDwfk8WgOGUSZnBXOU8rJWPwUcl7iOHQtkJwytfUKcwccu8rz0Uuc5QPDMB3a334WmMy1GTcmD/s1350/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1350" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4miaslTi3zvJYdTv6nul8I9ZvEWNs6_dgob46VfosLgPPtEvD99boD-7WxIcpVU9Z_C_3jL37RdMe3Wm-1sIogSkdPEKMiGbT-52uSp8_OpetPcnDwfk8WgOGUSZnBXOU8rJWPwUcl7iOHQtkJwytfUKcwccu8rz0Uuc5QPDMB3a334WmMy1GTcmD/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20April%201980%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> The show got an extra mention in a <i>TV Guide</i> "Close Up." <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1mMJrENjE7bF00t-RKbAmCxyl14alZ6hFnSJltrjhLhQidP5sgYwc-yBLi9kfxh6EIc0cOLvnR6WjKDk_6JuJ3By_pbBnfdVDYYL_PQ1V_rVxV086P9s2EPolM8K3wTjtz0PHCD1f2o/s1800/TV+Guide+-+April+1980+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1800" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1mMJrENjE7bF00t-RKbAmCxyl14alZ6hFnSJltrjhLhQidP5sgYwc-yBLi9kfxh6EIc0cOLvnR6WjKDk_6JuJ3By_pbBnfdVDYYL_PQ1V_rVxV086P9s2EPolM8K3wTjtz0PHCD1f2o/s320/TV+Guide+-+April+1980+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The special aired four months prior to the theatrical release of Olivia's new film, <i>Xanadu</i>. She sings the song, "Suddenly," with Cliff Richard, who had also performed the vocal with her on the film's soundtrack. I recently did a search for this special and found that someone had uploaded it to YouTube, about six years ago. I've included it below, for those who are interested. Just a warning, the audio goes out around the 32:00 mark, but only for about 1 minute, and then it comes back. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C_wjglS9xRY" width="320" youtube-src-id="C_wjglS9xRY"></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>***Post Addition - August 15, 2022***</p><p>Here's an article/interview with Olivia, from a July 1978 issue of <i>Crawdaddy</i> magazine.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaPRJTq-nU7y0XoVqwn6Dh9QLNNNwbog9nKMj4lJqKKG3VMuYtXLjtzN0NjBkudCMdv2eJysoHwIwAcOdg7KNm1UOu4B9ZpltdPllGTOO0elmGMrcJOHBZ9FYZJI0UdQ91Gr7nsTSmmaqBSvpGBmU-NzGnYv-SjGTvi_l3KDWrtGIeBzLdsOgLjQB/s1350/Olivia%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaPRJTq-nU7y0XoVqwn6Dh9QLNNNwbog9nKMj4lJqKKG3VMuYtXLjtzN0NjBkudCMdv2eJysoHwIwAcOdg7KNm1UOu4B9ZpltdPllGTOO0elmGMrcJOHBZ9FYZJI0UdQ91Gr7nsTSmmaqBSvpGBmU-NzGnYv-SjGTvi_l3KDWrtGIeBzLdsOgLjQB/s320/Olivia%201.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MCA9hUi1uN_Z1bgnfj9a2dBBhU2ZTIBZx6o6qyowfGOrUaLg5CaGmop-V1zGPwdsH9aYz3M9EfLISA3ZfQsJstgiGNgLtEhvSMu9-8hHpAmBTekKt42jZsxQdiqTOLRgtSRW773QmThB3ufHPhPHuysjiWCrVVwXUEqEY1KVF7UZyCjk04rORpkF/s1800/Olivia%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MCA9hUi1uN_Z1bgnfj9a2dBBhU2ZTIBZx6o6qyowfGOrUaLg5CaGmop-V1zGPwdsH9aYz3M9EfLISA3ZfQsJstgiGNgLtEhvSMu9-8hHpAmBTekKt42jZsxQdiqTOLRgtSRW773QmThB3ufHPhPHuysjiWCrVVwXUEqEY1KVF7UZyCjk04rORpkF/s320/Olivia%208.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><p></p><p>Her answer to the last question she was asked is very sad, in retrospect.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEISFL_ZvGu80mjBJPg1xDazrdV1QnDhdyWXNnHCqlTwjmuwHetCvtOHk66A8gzVR36SYx1SEuvMKqtRIsHORYjIubFpdJKpOLMUcpMfvY9BrPbU08Wf3XUSJFUNW1M1meQN0Njy3GMZHo2MLB7P-TeadEsX9N5GAExO3SpTludzk7ZDqc1ogYaLU/s1800/Olivia%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEISFL_ZvGu80mjBJPg1xDazrdV1QnDhdyWXNnHCqlTwjmuwHetCvtOHk66A8gzVR36SYx1SEuvMKqtRIsHORYjIubFpdJKpOLMUcpMfvY9BrPbU08Wf3XUSJFUNW1M1meQN0Njy3GMZHo2MLB7P-TeadEsX9N5GAExO3SpTludzk7ZDqc1ogYaLU/s320/Olivia%209.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>***Post Addition - August 17, 2022***<br /></p><p>In November of 1978, <i>Crazy</i> magazine did a send up of the movie, <i>Grease</i>, and featured caricatures of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta on the cover. <i>Crazy</i> was similar in style<i> </i>to<i> Mad </i>and <i>Cracked</i> magazines, and was published by Marvel Comics from 1973 to 1983. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwpM-9lfbD4PBgeNxh1Skvuc8wkACEjc_6SL3AxgKRcoYz_yD0QZS5n13hK4ErprFBpqfqNxgSbTxTTwuGAHaK_XK-TSswuxw1m7LSBZGy7iSwniQxy_TjzoYQmJCLHcKQpfX9HzUfTeMX42EFh9ZoU58d8DUhZHzsEAu2_tT-B43Z4FEGU4dyFm6/s1007/1978%20-%20Crazy%20Magazine%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="738" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwpM-9lfbD4PBgeNxh1Skvuc8wkACEjc_6SL3AxgKRcoYz_yD0QZS5n13hK4ErprFBpqfqNxgSbTxTTwuGAHaK_XK-TSswuxw1m7LSBZGy7iSwniQxy_TjzoYQmJCLHcKQpfX9HzUfTeMX42EFh9ZoU58d8DUhZHzsEAu2_tT-B43Z4FEGU4dyFm6/s320/1978%20-%20Crazy%20Magazine%20b.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><p></p><p>This ad from the May 10, 1980 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>, was promoting <i>Grease</i> on cable television:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivruxXvBFuau8jcS16GHMALPeHGT_mKjAcUuDgGR1Wu8H1HYy-i7w_q1Tv05ODwwT5vXWEB58Cul0P1bXUH7yOwdq5as80AIDyJx0J5Q4B3qlexPemnjnVALTbC5UdF6gI2AxAjxzfSadW2zCNt4dCspxUDX3SlAC_6qu7cELRozxFXImwn-rZVO4n/s1350/TV%20Guide%20-%20May%2010,%201980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1350" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivruxXvBFuau8jcS16GHMALPeHGT_mKjAcUuDgGR1Wu8H1HYy-i7w_q1Tv05ODwwT5vXWEB58Cul0P1bXUH7yOwdq5as80AIDyJx0J5Q4B3qlexPemnjnVALTbC5UdF6gI2AxAjxzfSadW2zCNt4dCspxUDX3SlAC_6qu7cELRozxFXImwn-rZVO4n/s320/TV%20Guide%20-%20May%2010,%201980.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And this ad appeared in the November 7, 1981 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>. It was the first time that <i>Grease</i> was shown on "Free TV."<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BeQsFQNPvD6R7IYD6AI1j9p2e70YFTGfcdOJu-0oXWgKZs6-i7McU2zzhm5bm6k-5KJ2wEUkU5qrapAeSDlRf9qToCJ_dtjFNNFAjezIDuZANLi5LgOzkGbzJeEpluwq0ZUW11tdPB4hG3d8FyBlbkAmzztjRcjArfXf1XLLZgFxn0MuQoMjps9c/s1088/Grease%20on%20TV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BeQsFQNPvD6R7IYD6AI1j9p2e70YFTGfcdOJu-0oXWgKZs6-i7McU2zzhm5bm6k-5KJ2wEUkU5qrapAeSDlRf9qToCJ_dtjFNNFAjezIDuZANLi5LgOzkGbzJeEpluwq0ZUW11tdPB4hG3d8FyBlbkAmzztjRcjArfXf1XLLZgFxn0MuQoMjps9c/s320/Grease%20on%20TV.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p> The same issue featured a special "Close Up" on the film:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXglYAJZgx2x-jbbvWKo9eJRN_FR1VMRXhSJ_0ulvuaD4kTMC80I48_YH_TAhehfPSqkDGJiZgmLSuFRuGt3UA_IEzHARAxnMGfYzfR2SJjRaKyMJIcnobGMxkqynBo6XPjtIvKEUHLLjukex081OUJFN5RV-i7ADs0nn9uXQz5igzMFIIGEnZFwOk/s1638/Grease%20on%20TV%20-%20Close%20Up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXglYAJZgx2x-jbbvWKo9eJRN_FR1VMRXhSJ_0ulvuaD4kTMC80I48_YH_TAhehfPSqkDGJiZgmLSuFRuGt3UA_IEzHARAxnMGfYzfR2SJjRaKyMJIcnobGMxkqynBo6XPjtIvKEUHLLjukex081OUJFN5RV-i7ADs0nn9uXQz5igzMFIIGEnZFwOk/s320/Grease%20on%20TV%20-%20Close%20Up.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I posted this ad for Olivia Newton-John's album, <i>Totally Hot</i>, a few years ago. It's from a 1978 issue of <i>New West Magazine</i>, which featured <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-disney-vision-1978-new-west-magazine.html" target="_blank">a Disney-related cover story.</a> The release of this album came only a few months after the premiere of <i>Grease</i>, in theaters.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkZdL0JSUZ90JOjoktruh3KI0QagyK335BTTh3ru0KW2r97s7ZzocU-SvRpCQXhSlnKkBoPKwkHex8n-eJDKirFLOdGlZGt6SlxEOSi7QYdjXacgNDM6JPsX2jUrT5WwutS-Hf4irBH7aGVseuduO0J6-5r_F5KZSHhSYs3uudHi4b4uwEdw4NOrI/s1600/1978%20New%20West%20Magazine%20-%20Olivia%20-%20Totally%20Hot%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkZdL0JSUZ90JOjoktruh3KI0QagyK335BTTh3ru0KW2r97s7ZzocU-SvRpCQXhSlnKkBoPKwkHex8n-eJDKirFLOdGlZGt6SlxEOSi7QYdjXacgNDM6JPsX2jUrT5WwutS-Hf4irBH7aGVseuduO0J6-5r_F5KZSHhSYs3uudHi4b4uwEdw4NOrI/s320/1978%20New%20West%20Magazine%20-%20Olivia%20-%20Totally%20Hot%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p></p><p>I remember going to see a movie back in 1978 or '79, and the music video for the album's title song played before the film started. The video was filmed in Century City (Los Angeles), at the at the former ABC Entertainment Center.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VX79ac2WwwQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="VX79ac2WwwQ"></iframe></div><p></p><p>I also remember the television commercial for the album: <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OC3Shh7GiEY" width="320" youtube-src-id="OC3Shh7GiEY"></iframe></div> <p></p><p>Another one of Olivia Newton-John's television specials, promoted her 1981 album, <i>Physical</i>. It was basically a compilation of music videos, for the songs on the album. Here's an advertisement for the special, from the February 6, 1982 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglfDrLpq3YiM_9eoI82DHsXwYETWeDm266Rng2v-bbSpGNWXJEDTjRESmef16cfZMNZJ0h5tpbbwl-PjqUG6Ez857TIQH1U6FEo0ylraVfcWXj4LW9aWcC_Cmg-ZMCB8BecSWWNp3j1D62B6n2nbXtZL_fXwEIZzw0ABEpYMblRIAQQshgAEcTQB1/s1647/February%201982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="1119" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglfDrLpq3YiM_9eoI82DHsXwYETWeDm266Rng2v-bbSpGNWXJEDTjRESmef16cfZMNZJ0h5tpbbwl-PjqUG6Ez857TIQH1U6FEo0ylraVfcWXj4LW9aWcC_Cmg-ZMCB8BecSWWNp3j1D62B6n2nbXtZL_fXwEIZzw0ABEpYMblRIAQQshgAEcTQB1/s320/February%201982.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p></p><p><i>TV Guide</i> featured a "Close Up" for the special:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l94KxDF6hEMTpV1HJLWYsSQLWgFatvpdTo38xh51kk0QXemNx8IJBWZEtJsAK6On54UPY9sl7zLqJP2ctu7WUEC_mSHHUA9t3r73wbkm7rbEhBzjiQvNmMt01ktDQUsx91to2sCKrnGM4xaiesOx2NGto7YgxO8OEX7-sUJSM9ozAlL4zYQjeICK/s1650/February%201982%20-%20Close%20Up.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1137" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9l94KxDF6hEMTpV1HJLWYsSQLWgFatvpdTo38xh51kk0QXemNx8IJBWZEtJsAK6On54UPY9sl7zLqJP2ctu7WUEC_mSHHUA9t3r73wbkm7rbEhBzjiQvNmMt01ktDQUsx91to2sCKrnGM4xaiesOx2NGto7YgxO8OEX7-sUJSM9ozAlL4zYQjeICK/s320/February%201982%20-%20Close%20Up.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p>And for anyone interested in watching the 40 year-old special in it's entirety, here it is (courtesy of YouTube):<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_bNwPDl-_pc" width="320" youtube-src-id="_bNwPDl-_pc"></iframe></div><p>The television special does include her infamous video for the album's title track, "Physical." If anyone wants to view just that one video, here it is:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vWz9VN40nCA" width="320" youtube-src-id="vWz9VN40nCA"></iframe></div><p></p><p>One of my favorite Olivia Newton-John performances is from her 1978 television special, <i>Olivia</i>. Here's the ad for the special, from the May 13, 1978 issue of <i>TV Guide</i>:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPnv9RhPCCoxUkhJZ-oVAWpvZe0Oy72QRRx2NxgkNyiAPI-DUws6vrcwoTy0N1Sq44tAzOdARgTMXzqoRjqonJm-iHUwGDScmuMUy6T7bws87zLResXlHO70LTxKD8ePMKGPBacmuTu5c8HLMX8xrBiJTUCEYMq30-gx43eSJUN3Qm2BOXqYnT_DR/s1000/1978%20from%20IMBD%20-%20Ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1000" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPnv9RhPCCoxUkhJZ-oVAWpvZe0Oy72QRRx2NxgkNyiAPI-DUws6vrcwoTy0N1Sq44tAzOdARgTMXzqoRjqonJm-iHUwGDScmuMUy6T7bws87zLResXlHO70LTxKD8ePMKGPBacmuTu5c8HLMX8xrBiJTUCEYMq30-gx43eSJUN3Qm2BOXqYnT_DR/s320/1978%20from%20IMBD%20-%20Ad.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's an advertisement that I found online. I'm guessing this was from a magazine:</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRsD-_KUHmEu_jrzM9J57v0o8tyV1At_wvROxBIR_gANjwZBT6fx5f2gAGej6Op-BA9pzoJOJTgv_xi7HHHbHiOOTFNrY11NG2HK_FPfwNORbOgcAaoMLudoxWBA3JecmAkC3gIf1GSTaNlEpdDtXzC0_MbBx9zfk9xWHlMAvpE9yxwxys4upn_j4/s805/1978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="565" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRsD-_KUHmEu_jrzM9J57v0o8tyV1At_wvROxBIR_gANjwZBT6fx5f2gAGej6Op-BA9pzoJOJTgv_xi7HHHbHiOOTFNrY11NG2HK_FPfwNORbOgcAaoMLudoxWBA3JecmAkC3gIf1GSTaNlEpdDtXzC0_MbBx9zfk9xWHlMAvpE9yxwxys4upn_j4/s320/1978.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><p>The entire special is available on YouTube, but the performance that's my favorite, is when Olivia, Andy Gibb, and ABBA sing medleys of her songs, as well as their own songs. This segment appears to have been uploaded by the editor of the original show, and it includes extra "behind the scenes" footage, in addition to a stereo audio track, which is not how it would have been originally broadcast.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D8mQ9nt5WAY" width="320" youtube-src-id="D8mQ9nt5WAY"></iframe></div><p></p><p> </p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-65379893024487718222022-07-29T00:01:00.183-07:002022-07-29T00:01:00.172-07:00The Family Circus At Disneyland (1978) - Part 4<p> </p><p>In the Summer of 1978, <i>The Family Circus</i> comic strip followed
"the family" as they visited Disneyland, over a period of 27 consecutive
days. I have been posting a "week's worth" of those comics each week, within the month of July. This is "Part 4," the final part to this series. To see "Part 1," click <a href="http://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. For "Part 2," click <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978_0330602521.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. And for "Part 3," click <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978_0943067838.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br /></p><p>Sunday, August 13, 1978: <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoRcINBVIrowh6ArR7X848uBZ5owzfiMINv-_Ex2ZgLjImAwfNkG6UGU1p1dMicCPnHSqZSCCq1FYZ3CID2IEhXtm0XolWTrq9loH2ZF_qwCyC9hwCdC8E6--dkUYjuxTNVraiRaQgEnLMlZHUYjrg-HG45iMcDlzafLjL3HzTbzbkQDPjEuDZziv/s957/Family%20Circus%20-%208-13-78%20Sunday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="957" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoRcINBVIrowh6ArR7X848uBZ5owzfiMINv-_Ex2ZgLjImAwfNkG6UGU1p1dMicCPnHSqZSCCq1FYZ3CID2IEhXtm0XolWTrq9loH2ZF_qwCyC9hwCdC8E6--dkUYjuxTNVraiRaQgEnLMlZHUYjrg-HG45iMcDlzafLjL3HzTbzbkQDPjEuDZziv/s320/Family%20Circus%20-%208-13-78%20Sunday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Monday, August 14, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOvH54bTDc5BdtAo059gC1_WiEnMZ7mmpNu1i9uze82eJZDnKBDNxPNaj03w7LnTrApmIn028Godkxn6HGPBXW1cr1_x1A7OtwANmLKaNpQZq5moMY0S7cEsTcG-oHkcEHvg22UquCbc9auNwQV7vmK8bhg-mIdCYUZjOTmE2Bc0rq4k4TXPTWLQW/s886/8-14-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOvH54bTDc5BdtAo059gC1_WiEnMZ7mmpNu1i9uze82eJZDnKBDNxPNaj03w7LnTrApmIn028Godkxn6HGPBXW1cr1_x1A7OtwANmLKaNpQZq5moMY0S7cEsTcG-oHkcEHvg22UquCbc9auNwQV7vmK8bhg-mIdCYUZjOTmE2Bc0rq4k4TXPTWLQW/s320/8-14-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tuesday, August 15, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmKOxseS5S-loX6SA3KN5vXKzA6LRySoqFdLyw3vJEKjw5GiybNHRdMVRM9ZEsqfg5a0ffYfSFu32mn1QtlCJGgwaAnToWzoffmQyzBjy0tZ0PZN5ThMa8L7olaSHzSfOUOB7ztEqVZn0F8-4ssIgrij-Ta7t21pVmf29OW0h4GIz8yK07IVpewWT/s924/8-15-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmKOxseS5S-loX6SA3KN5vXKzA6LRySoqFdLyw3vJEKjw5GiybNHRdMVRM9ZEsqfg5a0ffYfSFu32mn1QtlCJGgwaAnToWzoffmQyzBjy0tZ0PZN5ThMa8L7olaSHzSfOUOB7ztEqVZn0F8-4ssIgrij-Ta7t21pVmf29OW0h4GIz8yK07IVpewWT/s320/8-15-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><p> Wednesday, August 16, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBfdAkrqcZtZueYpwv6aod2liAvn80UPThiOyaKa-qppeTYKZKWxBNh7w8euqYyRDpm1rL1YVEVLw8bxmdFI7ZgPbF2wFJoOy64aOVU1eCJ9puT8OIK1OkjjSDstMxA6dl77mNSF3DFdyavcgoDUHeWpntxYUCCSCQAUvvn4JgHrMrjYdfGJhJ6gR/s886/8-16-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBfdAkrqcZtZueYpwv6aod2liAvn80UPThiOyaKa-qppeTYKZKWxBNh7w8euqYyRDpm1rL1YVEVLw8bxmdFI7ZgPbF2wFJoOy64aOVU1eCJ9puT8OIK1OkjjSDstMxA6dl77mNSF3DFdyavcgoDUHeWpntxYUCCSCQAUvvn4JgHrMrjYdfGJhJ6gR/s320/8-16-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, August 17, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrZO1glC75N8Y24RZnFnxliD97o-eZhM52JdDjqZZQymCVE5McsMiMtwpjWYKgbIxNObvAucbW1AxSTYsS6Xfr4NxLo2SkzgmpvhPbM3K7z64G0E6Q3DSNAFDjklQ7l0UaiEtZT7B6otBiNEGpLTgFD4qo8ZivixcmLd2ZkTp6aoOjYarDkK6IFrJ/s853/8-17-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrZO1glC75N8Y24RZnFnxliD97o-eZhM52JdDjqZZQymCVE5McsMiMtwpjWYKgbIxNObvAucbW1AxSTYsS6Xfr4NxLo2SkzgmpvhPbM3K7z64G0E6Q3DSNAFDjklQ7l0UaiEtZT7B6otBiNEGpLTgFD4qo8ZivixcmLd2ZkTp6aoOjYarDkK6IFrJ/s320/8-17-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Friday, August 18, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAixLP2m-ScRa1khI9guO6uqwNajr4R0LptwIIFjucfOuuWWAzkx2qKGjKulm-YZlCf_mmMwJUMBaqjdr5Y9LAikcN9hJlTqbLd078tk80ZV9wcsDn3CcKIol1l3zEQIX11z4IVHcDfVhPthA0f7CVt2cYAVEkPr3avukXC942T6MWhJtpoTk2Nn9/s822/8-18-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAixLP2m-ScRa1khI9guO6uqwNajr4R0LptwIIFjucfOuuWWAzkx2qKGjKulm-YZlCf_mmMwJUMBaqjdr5Y9LAikcN9hJlTqbLd078tk80ZV9wcsDn3CcKIol1l3zEQIX11z4IVHcDfVhPthA0f7CVt2cYAVEkPr3avukXC942T6MWhJtpoTk2Nn9/s320/8-18-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Saturday, August 19, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKNJAyp5HG4U4Vy5XM_EJ19GoWy-iBd-gStmO-o6ngezrojql7Q_B30GgtlhBU2I5ei2pvV6Hgr8kZyAtKNx2R0bGkSJ8J5mOKy4MydF3r6ht0bBfPRd-l4f1OQwk3wc3DWfnSR72v0b9uYLnzGXLQmuPrsJaVUz-D9cVsUzf0ZWh3JemTacOviIe/s836/8-19-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKNJAyp5HG4U4Vy5XM_EJ19GoWy-iBd-gStmO-o6ngezrojql7Q_B30GgtlhBU2I5ei2pvV6Hgr8kZyAtKNx2R0bGkSJ8J5mOKy4MydF3r6ht0bBfPRd-l4f1OQwk3wc3DWfnSR72v0b9uYLnzGXLQmuPrsJaVUz-D9cVsUzf0ZWh3JemTacOviIe/s320/8-19-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have the panel for Sunday, August 20th. I think if there had been a Disneyland-related panel that day, I would have it in my collection. I'm assuming by then, the family had gone back to "normal activities" at home, and that's why I didn't save that one. However, the next day (Monday, August 21, 1978), the family was back at home, and there was a reference made about their Disneyland trip:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhcMuzxFh9rXhopd5u_z5IK4dpyDrHTtvPT6sPFwzjuC6idHqR-Gdyo_IKS4s2lAJfG4fOT-HyPkkS6s0L8SFUC_jDAi5mYiXAF2JKxvJSpJ55O-IEnfNQjq40UXnI1wYNpP-VuwPAlr14EKAUMZ1owYdNWIU3DjIiDKeA3VfsBPX5jEIS-ToNbwF/s827/8-21-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhcMuzxFh9rXhopd5u_z5IK4dpyDrHTtvPT6sPFwzjuC6idHqR-Gdyo_IKS4s2lAJfG4fOT-HyPkkS6s0L8SFUC_jDAi5mYiXAF2JKxvJSpJ55O-IEnfNQjq40UXnI1wYNpP-VuwPAlr14EKAUMZ1owYdNWIU3DjIiDKeA3VfsBPX5jEIS-ToNbwF/s320/8-21-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I hope everyone enjoyed this series of "<i>The Family Circus</i>" comics, from 1978!<br /></p><p><br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-66306019220077876932022-07-22T00:01:00.115-07:002022-07-25T06:26:55.400-07:00The Family Circus At Disneyland (1978) - Part 3<p></p><p>In the Summer of 1978, <i>The Family Circus</i> comic strip followed
"the family" as they visited Disneyland, over a period of 27 consecutive
days. I have been posting a "week's worth" of those comics at the end of
every week, within the month of July. This is "Part 3." Please check
back next week for the fourth and final set from this series! To see "Part 1," you can click <a href="http://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. To see "Part 2," click <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978_0330602521.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br /></p><p>Sunday, August 6, 1978:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYa3HzwzAZ_hmXPQsbY2s9R1diCI9SowZ59KWGbFl8F8G58K7LbuhGvMlNv_RsFoW4U9sBrQmta4sKj1MxuBVew59mNmh3AFStsILPrK8bzWvoDxoT9_oyPx5JP7c3uONeqXo7EAI8SUiQcO0M7B_04rD8IGxUQeL-QabRc-VTuou9zqgEz4POyRB/s935/Family%20Circus%20-%208-6-78%20Sunday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="935" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYa3HzwzAZ_hmXPQsbY2s9R1diCI9SowZ59KWGbFl8F8G58K7LbuhGvMlNv_RsFoW4U9sBrQmta4sKj1MxuBVew59mNmh3AFStsILPrK8bzWvoDxoT9_oyPx5JP7c3uONeqXo7EAI8SUiQcO0M7B_04rD8IGxUQeL-QabRc-VTuou9zqgEz4POyRB/s320/Family%20Circus%20-%208-6-78%20Sunday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Monday, August 7, 1978:</p><p>Space Mountain was only one year old, at this point.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0jJzaScvC57v2jwWMPEIGOmxdb347OAyoEvH2xBvDYiddpZAK494H9XcdNtJXRSm1WbBHQdePUspHrnrQDGAfWkv2s71JK9nEkCDOnfLiDzmNhPzWPMW2bGfYp-jue68ElpT6fCQV7XYPz9_y68oZaQOtzkkD65Zxr9yW2YD40JraitmdeSqiQgp/s834/8-7-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd0jJzaScvC57v2jwWMPEIGOmxdb347OAyoEvH2xBvDYiddpZAK494H9XcdNtJXRSm1WbBHQdePUspHrnrQDGAfWkv2s71JK9nEkCDOnfLiDzmNhPzWPMW2bGfYp-jue68ElpT6fCQV7XYPz9_y68oZaQOtzkkD65Zxr9yW2YD40JraitmdeSqiQgp/s320/8-7-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tuesday, August 8, 1978: <br /></p><p>The following day, the family was<i> still </i>waiting in line for Space Mountain. Clever!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZalpifLzoH-EoMzEQiY5JeM0K1bAZAr49mLD0KMEVJIK3nAmbrIZ0WlDsd-L2ouz8mTvB1nnUjxzId-ewmyxtJcF_Gao_Q88xJSrUgfsO0meXu12X3WYdg-fZRTs7o669AXBGvw_ht_qGsmgjfUUQwGt96u_xr1VfiYeCJif8sbI8tr9ZuCo7KNLA/s831/8-8-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZalpifLzoH-EoMzEQiY5JeM0K1bAZAr49mLD0KMEVJIK3nAmbrIZ0WlDsd-L2ouz8mTvB1nnUjxzId-ewmyxtJcF_Gao_Q88xJSrUgfsO0meXu12X3WYdg-fZRTs7o669AXBGvw_ht_qGsmgjfUUQwGt96u_xr1VfiYeCJif8sbI8tr9ZuCo7KNLA/s320/8-8-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Wednesday, August 9, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_zwl4uBaQou4GXwLjWTwFaWgskxdJ5pxs8WNbpwoIPn4SG1tY0KFMGPPPVkHb4qrewxbN9FO2Xh15WrxhsA-j18mLEcxeRXrLB9mMt_U_B1jo2vz3H99pvhiZ95KuV7ApVF7GsjePUXm3I1m80p1SoCFE3Iu2ei2v6KSp6HcCjNICJuARsWDQNkD/s845/8-9-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_zwl4uBaQou4GXwLjWTwFaWgskxdJ5pxs8WNbpwoIPn4SG1tY0KFMGPPPVkHb4qrewxbN9FO2Xh15WrxhsA-j18mLEcxeRXrLB9mMt_U_B1jo2vz3H99pvhiZ95KuV7ApVF7GsjePUXm3I1m80p1SoCFE3Iu2ei2v6KSp6HcCjNICJuARsWDQNkD/s320/8-9-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, August 10, 1978:</p><p>I'm pretty sure that the short mouse wearing the pillbox hat and the large bow, is supposed to be "Bianca," from <i><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-rescuers.html" target="_blank">The Rescuers</a></i>. That film had it's original release just one year earlier, and it's characters were still being used within the park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS_jyflTlBFh5c6RpKwNenyol9ZEN0uiTHaeNnA9XQ8vRG3TEj5qDcRw9aC3OzQUnp2-qJGKgi2xBEmjYrKCuGqlSVpN4NsGtZ5iJr885ee3RvwQSHXm4if1nLDdHfgbxLzKrhjSWRKE0u6M1Y-WJ6SH7vu0Ui1IrBtmlRdG17ka7zNRfC_gVVDQN/s868/8-10-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS_jyflTlBFh5c6RpKwNenyol9ZEN0uiTHaeNnA9XQ8vRG3TEj5qDcRw9aC3OzQUnp2-qJGKgi2xBEmjYrKCuGqlSVpN4NsGtZ5iJr885ee3RvwQSHXm4if1nLDdHfgbxLzKrhjSWRKE0u6M1Y-WJ6SH7vu0Ui1IrBtmlRdG17ka7zNRfC_gVVDQN/s320/8-10-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Friday, August 11, 1978:<br /></p><p>This one is dedicated to <i>Meet The World </i>reader, commenter, and guest blogger, J.G.! And he knows why!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnuReWyFn-tbCr3n9SV0SAAoRQQesCUfD7cB4j_EpYnGPy9gdx04AlZfUkecW1zvxHEd2fnUhJ6xfK8J54rT4ovAOuW9Wyg9ahxh3vtOF0yhn1Z352IDeHWdUQe9HXdpqAwf8eD1k2H7DcMjdgw8r8AHwJFM8wB2YveN3zWhDMlqxybKAA5agz_-P/s860/8-11-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnuReWyFn-tbCr3n9SV0SAAoRQQesCUfD7cB4j_EpYnGPy9gdx04AlZfUkecW1zvxHEd2fnUhJ6xfK8J54rT4ovAOuW9Wyg9ahxh3vtOF0yhn1Z352IDeHWdUQe9HXdpqAwf8eD1k2H7DcMjdgw8r8AHwJFM8wB2YveN3zWhDMlqxybKAA5agz_-P/s320/8-11-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p></p><p>Saturday, August 12, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nJ2t-UBJ4IOjQa3jk2hHQMaaQoUjDShkSSgXbTim5bQnTCdEAFVFClGDpCdp8hKdvkz-f3f550Q8Ca350XvHhnmgbrAuXkysH839hwn_oKBQuI4lzQWlazl9nUun0BiD-2fCeZjkeuiHu-4e1-akBf8cwwUqsHzYQpF20Ar8oRwtFhUDxyBhfyKX/s929/8-12-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nJ2t-UBJ4IOjQa3jk2hHQMaaQoUjDShkSSgXbTim5bQnTCdEAFVFClGDpCdp8hKdvkz-f3f550Q8Ca350XvHhnmgbrAuXkysH839hwn_oKBQuI4lzQWlazl9nUun0BiD-2fCeZjkeuiHu-4e1-akBf8cwwUqsHzYQpF20Ar8oRwtFhUDxyBhfyKX/s320/8-12-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-61322375923096135092022-07-15T00:01:00.150-07:002022-07-15T00:01:00.166-07:00The Family Circus At Disneyland (1978) - Part 2<p></p><p>In the Summer of 1978, <i>The Family Circus</i> comic strip followed "the family" as they visited Disneyland, over a period of 27 consecutive days. I will be posting a "week's worth" of those comics at the end of every week, within the month of July. This is "Part 2." Please check back each week for a new set! And to see "Part 1," click <a href="http://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-family-circus-at-disneyland-1978.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br /></p><p>Sunday, July 30, 1978: <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9pXuFqjPCZXhy_CDNnZoNY3mesJ1mKg0b5J22CW3KZCAs47V9KjspZcnUsgzo3Aw3qmxfk1UjzKJIR_h_f4e0XMeZSdqJBRzrkXG33VXzHhghLLnevW8DuH8eFZlGT6MD1HpXtSQZeubOfI23GKoaNAMX7DNBnacje92eZ3-cqGJIox9CfZbzCKY/s947/Family%20Circus%20-%207-30-78%20Sunday%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="947" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9pXuFqjPCZXhy_CDNnZoNY3mesJ1mKg0b5J22CW3KZCAs47V9KjspZcnUsgzo3Aw3qmxfk1UjzKJIR_h_f4e0XMeZSdqJBRzrkXG33VXzHhghLLnevW8DuH8eFZlGT6MD1HpXtSQZeubOfI23GKoaNAMX7DNBnacje92eZ3-cqGJIox9CfZbzCKY/s320/Family%20Circus%20-%207-30-78%20Sunday%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Monday, July 31, 1978:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-WEmc8eZ7p7d4uGCH8cmq09sajgMRJu74nbUvZZMondIfyLwlpNUOQ26P55gj6qpaKyaWCzWCvSrwQ1UxWGbCsj1l6TICUL2QQFiTzZ0QbiiG_EIn_XLEefgRGE5WVSSecTv1HgKz37iFvGTQb7O8bvTl1H3hnca6nVhGXeDAoWAdvrhXxwQcfec/s897/7-31-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-WEmc8eZ7p7d4uGCH8cmq09sajgMRJu74nbUvZZMondIfyLwlpNUOQ26P55gj6qpaKyaWCzWCvSrwQ1UxWGbCsj1l6TICUL2QQFiTzZ0QbiiG_EIn_XLEefgRGE5WVSSecTv1HgKz37iFvGTQb7O8bvTl1H3hnca6nVhGXeDAoWAdvrhXxwQcfec/s320/7-31-78%20Monday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p>Tuesday, August 1, 1978:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjFtsaNVR-9-VvkJciZx5C_kUpVF2OWGN6ERaIDT0M4dX7U1oepgBOcayHDMCYkIHhiVZohgw6U7m9QSxEVF1YMQq7yZN7reSjisyFaDsNBQifzsOHVjJmuWHNnCA7VJzRFmOwat3wlhpFNsL5qzaxcv1iMH5uMNUNwKhlJWIBaih3rITiYkoK69O/s887/8-1-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjFtsaNVR-9-VvkJciZx5C_kUpVF2OWGN6ERaIDT0M4dX7U1oepgBOcayHDMCYkIHhiVZohgw6U7m9QSxEVF1YMQq7yZN7reSjisyFaDsNBQifzsOHVjJmuWHNnCA7VJzRFmOwat3wlhpFNsL5qzaxcv1iMH5uMNUNwKhlJWIBaih3rITiYkoK69O/s320/8-1-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p>Wednesday, August 2, 1978:</p><p>The "New Matterhorn" had just opened, that summer of 1978.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHyHxlcGly2tvKf4KIqPev8MfKut_M3fAR_GOU-SzjCxncwf6yU5j74oiT0aDYgx8uYR3dsdtkEQW6sA7WGlp_lYO3_V29KCh4GwIN9xXaDUy047qwneI94WJL1VdGnwDJNWyW3z3yzrPK6mtH1DfSg8QRzTprO9niGfeZhbxkh8dkhHKqONbl7eU/s847/8-2-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHyHxlcGly2tvKf4KIqPev8MfKut_M3fAR_GOU-SzjCxncwf6yU5j74oiT0aDYgx8uYR3dsdtkEQW6sA7WGlp_lYO3_V29KCh4GwIN9xXaDUy047qwneI94WJL1VdGnwDJNWyW3z3yzrPK6mtH1DfSg8QRzTprO9niGfeZhbxkh8dkhHKqONbl7eU/s320/8-2-78%20Wednesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, August 3, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdYti0uiBdpzTbZxbwniBLofopfe-MOqbykNpnH5DgETTSxBzNseNNr5W617uXlqdrMFoHhMhof-zS5X88p4mIVsEGaHcY0ujm5rp3psWG0heTG4ySu8rZp1G9VB2Wn2nbzjykoAAFw2dC0CXX1irhMjKrbxwv43ZD8UETewBNi6rtNLfnHNOMnAZ/s842/8-3-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdYti0uiBdpzTbZxbwniBLofopfe-MOqbykNpnH5DgETTSxBzNseNNr5W617uXlqdrMFoHhMhof-zS5X88p4mIVsEGaHcY0ujm5rp3psWG0heTG4ySu8rZp1G9VB2Wn2nbzjykoAAFw2dC0CXX1irhMjKrbxwv43ZD8UETewBNi6rtNLfnHNOMnAZ/s320/8-3-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Friday, August 4, 1978:<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5i8Q3Zd1ox9eS4tmeDw7hmx1gPikejsI7pYJbaF2BmeuK3xNhKyL_iPyCqHTNW2vNubva4Pbf5ApfFofrbncwW_pcNnX7Xv0TmD-hRyGSzUoPTmcaqSzY6A6IhThpI1-pSCng0xPeBAbULF8OxeGQOZTicb512SC8F-w610nNL2LXj73WelnxKpK/s890/8-4-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5i8Q3Zd1ox9eS4tmeDw7hmx1gPikejsI7pYJbaF2BmeuK3xNhKyL_iPyCqHTNW2vNubva4Pbf5ApfFofrbncwW_pcNnX7Xv0TmD-hRyGSzUoPTmcaqSzY6A6IhThpI1-pSCng0xPeBAbULF8OxeGQOZTicb512SC8F-w610nNL2LXj73WelnxKpK/s320/8-4-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p>Saturday, August 5, 1978:</p><p>For the 2015 republishing of this panel (for Disneyland's 60th anniversary), Jeff Keane had altered his dad's original caption by replacing "The Bee Gees," with "Justin Bieber."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr8PeqxroCjUP6LatC4rEY_HfWkyjcBKT3xIKylH2VuybNvLXZ4EE6uebRM58lSMfC5zgZ1FcQ4IHzxATelUH541vBEuag2yfAumzxA9NJvNYNJe9ZQJOs-SLmCc_HQiV9NxIg6QfJ9f9cym8Wr-CyB7hccBk8kJww4q4Ih5xWcJuUjG-zZM1stfK/s829/8-5-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr8PeqxroCjUP6LatC4rEY_HfWkyjcBKT3xIKylH2VuybNvLXZ4EE6uebRM58lSMfC5zgZ1FcQ4IHzxATelUH541vBEuag2yfAumzxA9NJvNYNJe9ZQJOs-SLmCc_HQiV9NxIg6QfJ9f9cym8Wr-CyB7hccBk8kJww4q4Ih5xWcJuUjG-zZM1stfK/s320/8-5-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><p><br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-88168170577468647262022-07-08T00:01:00.355-07:002022-07-14T04:36:42.707-07:00The Family Circus At Disneyland (1978) - Part 1<p> </p><p><i>The Family Circus</i> is a comic strip, created by Bil Keane. It
debuted in newspapers in 1960, and has been in continuous production
ever since. Bil's son, Jeff, began helping him with with the series in 1981 and took over production in 2011, after his father passed
away.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9I7lXThmQLirKeTV5dgE92OMdCR0pFO4OuylXvMvCyrtoIs9z2uvSGjOIKac-qy2Q5cqqcGrYUbjWAiCMT2E3hENuldk-iRCB30PyIiQAcb9GPNn3zYLbhrlpFA6AW_p2t4ctU03GrnT8vq3XKtnHO5kjxMVdzdMgthfvUnDJxW6QJX8tnaM91eT/s727/7-25-78%20(2015).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="616" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9I7lXThmQLirKeTV5dgE92OMdCR0pFO4OuylXvMvCyrtoIs9z2uvSGjOIKac-qy2Q5cqqcGrYUbjWAiCMT2E3hENuldk-iRCB30PyIiQAcb9GPNn3zYLbhrlpFA6AW_p2t4ctU03GrnT8vq3XKtnHO5kjxMVdzdMgthfvUnDJxW6QJX8tnaM91eT/s320/7-25-78%20(2015).jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>In the Summer of 1978, the series followed "the family" (which consists of a
mom, a dad, and their four children) as they visited Disneyland, over a period of 27 consecutive days. I was 13 years old at the time, and my mom subscribed to two different newspapers, but I rarely ever read the comics section. It was my mom who alerted me to the fact that "The Family Circus" was doing a series at Disneyland. And she didn't realize it herself, until several days into the series. Once we realized that "Disneyland" was going to be a continuing theme, I went outside to our trash cans to dig out our old newspapers to see exactly when the series started, and how many I had missed.</p><p>I thought I had been able to find all of them back to the very first day, but it turns out that I had missed the very first one. Fortunately, "<i>Meet The World</i>" reader and commenter, "Kathy!", was able to locate that first panel and was nice enough to share it with us (thank you, Kathy!).</p><p>Monday, July 24, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHSBohQFPh0UHIKnnKQOVejL6MHM8OqNeroh-6sTcNvimKQjmqV-GdXz7JrgQ1dwycMdRgGbMrOfSwFLFx8TSSfo0atZt8AGjkZrNBJCM7Jj3mofk13yLMHWo6J-v_u0Op6gnzBFSq9ybBgPjV3fyNyEFC9xUnsz9awhfPSxQEz3Uf_q2qacGzcKe/s570/thumbnail_FCDL1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHSBohQFPh0UHIKnnKQOVejL6MHM8OqNeroh-6sTcNvimKQjmqV-GdXz7JrgQ1dwycMdRgGbMrOfSwFLFx8TSSfo0atZt8AGjkZrNBJCM7Jj3mofk13yLMHWo6J-v_u0Op6gnzBFSq9ybBgPjV3fyNyEFC9xUnsz9awhfPSxQEz3Uf_q2qacGzcKe/s320/thumbnail_FCDL1.png" width="278" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This panel is the earliest one I found, when going through my family's trash cans!</p><p>Tuesday, July 25, 1978:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDEaC_d0gZK38VWmNK8_Zd9m3Mhe5tUnjd3IeYVoCDhffvRAxg65AfK8F3ZLr6VnGhU8lI8YJBbhwTy9d9kb0t4Dc2vf-XEZn16PCn_bA7zy38JEYuRbqOYG4GXwjJeIeMPJ3hcjU-0IiouxEMU2k3_-wMFt9LbH4AnQX0w4GiSmiiMFksBrBMbNL/s924/7-25-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDEaC_d0gZK38VWmNK8_Zd9m3Mhe5tUnjd3IeYVoCDhffvRAxg65AfK8F3ZLr6VnGhU8lI8YJBbhwTy9d9kb0t4Dc2vf-XEZn16PCn_bA7zy38JEYuRbqOYG4GXwjJeIeMPJ3hcjU-0IiouxEMU2k3_-wMFt9LbH4AnQX0w4GiSmiiMFksBrBMbNL/s320/7-25-78%20Tuesday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>While searching online, I also found out that this series was republished in the Summer of 2015, apparently for Disneyland's 60th anniversary. Color was added to all of the panels by Bil Keane's son, along with some other minor changes to a few of them. This one was republished on July 17, 2015:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCg59PB7kGflh6U3x4x9IJrXDZT6K2rsMLbBb_ufVy7MQVFPiGybORtI17slOihEWm07Ucp9pkKP1R4TXbNpBPXQtZTxkGjWZNYmir2sXVup6r-JklqGlzR7hO3JvHf-w4rNuf5LMKvoR8XXsqdl6N6Y5PMNxTxvit9eTgLBcXb0v1Pv1EGgrtlaj/s727/7-25-78%20(2015).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="616" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCg59PB7kGflh6U3x4x9IJrXDZT6K2rsMLbBb_ufVy7MQVFPiGybORtI17slOihEWm07Ucp9pkKP1R4TXbNpBPXQtZTxkGjWZNYmir2sXVup6r-JklqGlzR7hO3JvHf-w4rNuf5LMKvoR8XXsqdl6N6Y5PMNxTxvit9eTgLBcXb0v1Pv1EGgrtlaj/s320/7-25-78%20(2015).jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>For some reason, I was also missing the panel for Wednesday, July 26, 1978, but again....thanks to "Kathy!", here it is:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIqHXY3BOU0lvO1slosqSUtwraQmN2B3GoVmQV8_0hCqr4bAikw_BRDL1IXKjtxi5zKg6-Ltn-tH3Z0U21fxtvNjky7RccVcf_RDUkegyp3A-VUb1enlgykwo8a2gePM670NsZcWyE7lZYk0DREdzyALdYZqZMETm9QITov3LuTZHuuoajyVNh2tI/s615/thumbnail_FCDL2%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIqHXY3BOU0lvO1slosqSUtwraQmN2B3GoVmQV8_0hCqr4bAikw_BRDL1IXKjtxi5zKg6-Ltn-tH3Z0U21fxtvNjky7RccVcf_RDUkegyp3A-VUb1enlgykwo8a2gePM670NsZcWyE7lZYk0DREdzyALdYZqZMETm9QITov3LuTZHuuoajyVNh2tI/s320/thumbnail_FCDL2%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, July 27, 1978:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJYX62ZNl5HMp3c_Y4f6uAsErrChPijy9xKHEwPtCiJHrvpHJtxJsJKAytIGNB-YyLsu4GIdIGz-5u0xaPIT2P1zcmg9UmC2reiXNzVWab57d7ZAsB9B5uP2Pw8zSY16dXjPAj7a2QvvWWUt1Kkz-2PrMCChG8mDPLfErFA4HtsjRZNheMJsPaIUa/s919/7-27-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJYX62ZNl5HMp3c_Y4f6uAsErrChPijy9xKHEwPtCiJHrvpHJtxJsJKAytIGNB-YyLsu4GIdIGz-5u0xaPIT2P1zcmg9UmC2reiXNzVWab57d7ZAsB9B5uP2Pw8zSY16dXjPAj7a2QvvWWUt1Kkz-2PrMCChG8mDPLfErFA4HtsjRZNheMJsPaIUa/s320/7-27-78%20Thursday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />The Mad Hatter shop used to be located in Fantasyland, between Mr.
Toad's Wild Ride and Peter Pan's Flight. I took this photo of the Mad Hatter shop, in early 1982. You can see how accurate Bil Keane was, at replicating the signage for the shop.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghofVLZekyoX0z1g6yuDumVNR0zHkka5o1ruoPE8T-mT-hSKiWTfCiArYJ2leV2TugbZcTNcCXVmBKj1q24he8daXIwzLYgDYEoG7AA_jxFNjLL4zolsWSlXfrT2CYRL6Hy2zFI747Nxaud-DI0fWPuxPDywaY_7AlVNz9-tNDXjuJt-nn3VuVy-Mm/s794/e%20Early%201982%20-%20Mad%20Hatter%20&%20Peter%20Pan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="794" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghofVLZekyoX0z1g6yuDumVNR0zHkka5o1ruoPE8T-mT-hSKiWTfCiArYJ2leV2TugbZcTNcCXVmBKj1q24he8daXIwzLYgDYEoG7AA_jxFNjLL4zolsWSlXfrT2CYRL6Hy2zFI747Nxaud-DI0fWPuxPDywaY_7AlVNz9-tNDXjuJt-nn3VuVy-Mm/s320/e%20Early%201982%20-%20Mad%20Hatter%20&%20Peter%20Pan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Friday, July 28, 1978:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oWRMzeUK5vpXgpcBEnNtwDQRYh4sTSEI2uQ_ZhWRsxaWMVDZ4NuH8HTdi-PG4in4Lg3J9dAlw_haHww2EstcYa_3Ma5r1CqwVJtjiKUJ-VZGNAyOu5AWQrJvJPDBHb6qB6TzyS9M4JyUxqqVjYKOkTzzPW30-mW-f0LXhDKkQdy1YtMAo6No_Roo/s874/7-28-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="771" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oWRMzeUK5vpXgpcBEnNtwDQRYh4sTSEI2uQ_ZhWRsxaWMVDZ4NuH8HTdi-PG4in4Lg3J9dAlw_haHww2EstcYa_3Ma5r1CqwVJtjiKUJ-VZGNAyOu5AWQrJvJPDBHb6qB6TzyS9M4JyUxqqVjYKOkTzzPW30-mW-f0LXhDKkQdy1YtMAo6No_Roo/s320/7-28-78%20Friday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /> Saturday, July 29, 1978:<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEapPr77BQcBaHNqglZk41Ld8nf3vOR0nM6-osvl14aazOZAqDToq-cQfpV1BZfTAJvmD5wIjSIceWr5KB-j5O-MQew6vpr7AZp_Q45ocj6AZnyGHxpbl_vsm9d9IsR9QNHPiUwmM2SXMg0MnqnvcYRScVyyQyJ7KJtOSTbg_T8eoUjvAQq0xgCMTo/s922/7-29-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEapPr77BQcBaHNqglZk41Ld8nf3vOR0nM6-osvl14aazOZAqDToq-cQfpV1BZfTAJvmD5wIjSIceWr5KB-j5O-MQew6vpr7AZp_Q45ocj6AZnyGHxpbl_vsm9d9IsR9QNHPiUwmM2SXMg0MnqnvcYRScVyyQyJ7KJtOSTbg_T8eoUjvAQq0xgCMTo/s320/7-29-78%20Saturday%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Please check back each week, throughout the month of July. I plan to post a "week's worth" of <i>The Family Circus'</i> 1978 visit to Disneyland, every Friday this month!<br /> <br /></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-38814829283121773862022-06-10T00:01:00.216-07:002023-12-06T03:17:08.122-08:00Father's Day In The Parks: Downtown Los Angeles Edition (& "L.A. In The "Future")<p></p><p>Father's Day is still a little over a week away, but I am celebrating it early with some photos taken by my dad, back in the 1960s. </p><p>First up, we have a few shots of Los Angeles' City Hall, from August of 1965:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwqBNL3lf3o4gbVPwGd0a1ADYoLl-bMnVJiPIM60UfxEpR5J_8TTdQyW8E5iXGJZVjLxuNpZOIggiro0aW59cU9SfEGj9P4DZVt7SmG8obWE6Yzym-n7giFZ9eyaLOwWdMaTNemQqrES8nclAyqHgikWXfUNZeHBrxo7X68tadg5ZcTQkrI8sNcui/s1210/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwqBNL3lf3o4gbVPwGd0a1ADYoLl-bMnVJiPIM60UfxEpR5J_8TTdQyW8E5iXGJZVjLxuNpZOIggiro0aW59cU9SfEGj9P4DZVt7SmG8obWE6Yzym-n7giFZ9eyaLOwWdMaTNemQqrES8nclAyqHgikWXfUNZeHBrxo7X68tadg5ZcTQkrI8sNcui/s320/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(1).jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p>I will apologize for the color on all of these. It's improved over what it was in the original scans of the slides, but I can't seem to make it any better than this.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b9qbRG3ebiytf-byv7SCol5sRNxaiagZeivBhqAaqCJWBFIVH_ye8QiP9sNsx29UDohyMJUxUZJ3VMqWXXcv-OhGbOyvB17ZlT2w4pi4y3Vrs0WY-mhEcuSAWP8UbW3tEm5Mgl2TetA/s1201/Dad%2527s+City+Hall+Pics+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="817" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b9qbRG3ebiytf-byv7SCol5sRNxaiagZeivBhqAaqCJWBFIVH_ye8QiP9sNsx29UDohyMJUxUZJ3VMqWXXcv-OhGbOyvB17ZlT2w4pi4y3Vrs0WY-mhEcuSAWP8UbW3tEm5Mgl2TetA/s320/Dad%2527s+City+Hall+Pics+%25282%2529.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">This distant view of City Hall was taken from the Los Angeles Music Center, which would have been completed only 8 months earlier.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZdnCL29eg94Ra6IXzRTChuWx5X6BEvcFxLFScLfJZL96szevy_QiONzUDmhyphenhyphenOj9lKJkb74iTACcXCYvyw7eTr0pzUkSRT88uH_57xfYcbr3gGBhxDQ15f7uk7oAlH0kk_1USkzcZ6Lc/s1175/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25287%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1175" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZdnCL29eg94Ra6IXzRTChuWx5X6BEvcFxLFScLfJZL96szevy_QiONzUDmhyphenhyphenOj9lKJkb74iTACcXCYvyw7eTr0pzUkSRT88uH_57xfYcbr3gGBhxDQ15f7uk7oAlH0kk_1USkzcZ6Lc/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25287%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>For a modern day (2019) comparison, I took this photo, standing just a few feet to the right of where my dad stood, in 1965. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc5eDF9BiDMgOq69pTd5tJehqqqasdp5tAjrX6c7f1OLpK9AJ612CiNVygtJA2-jcHvONFGYO5g2rw4R3Msc3eakSG4DqtRBrHWb-_htaiSZmjXluL-Fc6y-byj_L9pW2r_0dxkWB26whK4EF3RqV2vgQT3C8SEQm1O8jOcwBgY1-2sGxt5ZMQH0-/s1800/zCity%20Hall%20from%20Music%20Center%20-%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1800" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc5eDF9BiDMgOq69pTd5tJehqqqasdp5tAjrX6c7f1OLpK9AJ612CiNVygtJA2-jcHvONFGYO5g2rw4R3Msc3eakSG4DqtRBrHWb-_htaiSZmjXluL-Fc6y-byj_L9pW2r_0dxkWB26whK4EF3RqV2vgQT3C8SEQm1O8jOcwBgY1-2sGxt5ZMQH0-/s320/zCity%20Hall%20from%20Music%20Center%20-%202019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The building pictured below, is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, one of several performance venues at the Music Center. Based on photos and film footage that I had seen in the past, I always thought these reflecting pools and water fountains were a part of the Music Center.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vYlE-lNtSylsfs7akKDANolQaR2venuTlvE7lYx8y_BdPpxr1beetyzm45Hmp12FW1fPU1CG50_YDjLljtWBbvSXaNGNb-Kjai3OCtRrZVxif9PQpGSv34oszwD_yO-PZmC_AsHwN2s/s1211/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1211" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vYlE-lNtSylsfs7akKDANolQaR2venuTlvE7lYx8y_BdPpxr1beetyzm45Hmp12FW1fPU1CG50_YDjLljtWBbvSXaNGNb-Kjai3OCtRrZVxif9PQpGSv34oszwD_yO-PZmC_AsHwN2s/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JFH6J5ZzVWJ5zFspJinZixqBleqW5GNNgwa9HLxhwIbrvGWkbnTnMpS2XjGooB5eyEyz7NLRZAAMXNkq3IeG9ifko3hXHBHWZdo7QOToEb9sGJPVvDwoCdcgoO0jxVBvDjveTJXfVLA/s1219/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1219" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JFH6J5ZzVWJ5zFspJinZixqBleqW5GNNgwa9HLxhwIbrvGWkbnTnMpS2XjGooB5eyEyz7NLRZAAMXNkq3IeG9ifko3hXHBHWZdo7QOToEb9sGJPVvDwoCdcgoO0jxVBvDjveTJXfVLA/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Years later, when I visited the Los Angeles Music Center for the first time, I was surprised to see that the fountains are actually located across the street, and are a part of the area surrounding the Department of Water and Power building. The DWP building was also brand new at this time, having been completed in 1965. An interesting feature of the pools and fountains is, that they are located on the roof of a parking garage (as seen below). The parking lot in the foreground, is the property on which the Walt Disney Concert Hall now stands. (Ford Mustang alert!)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8vAx3HzDRbYPovLPZ-pIgjn7TJRi9NI6W2ix6Glpru2HyjkRZtIqctq2O2V5xwNqBpQSx-8yDMo0rQJVUx0Xhi17_vh3_nOPzKPeS26zi6vUu0QLXFCREMkZI4p8VO5ng0R7XbvsCUo/s1350/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1350" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8vAx3HzDRbYPovLPZ-pIgjn7TJRi9NI6W2ix6Glpru2HyjkRZtIqctq2O2V5xwNqBpQSx-8yDMo0rQJVUx0Xhi17_vh3_nOPzKPeS26zi6vUu0QLXFCREMkZI4p8VO5ng0R7XbvsCUo/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I took this photo of the DWP building, in 2014, while standing in a raised garden area, on the backside of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeaxmkXuX5h9UF2YPXML16MCLIQcTAIm2obRNn7A0Z5CEuu-AmRZ8RfZppnA8URtkBEWSeytmR6FachkqDVa44I91hbBFkoqyo6pgZ07yT-7T8uV1VcBawG4EKcQC4dYOEg2w94C7UvRgsXUNsvO7CcDqjPHRaldgtUHwZkxZ_4rFeeEuriNmd7BZ/s1408/zDept.%20of%20Water%20and%20Power%20-%202014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1408" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeaxmkXuX5h9UF2YPXML16MCLIQcTAIm2obRNn7A0Z5CEuu-AmRZ8RfZppnA8URtkBEWSeytmR6FachkqDVa44I91hbBFkoqyo6pgZ07yT-7T8uV1VcBawG4EKcQC4dYOEg2w94C7UvRgsXUNsvO7CcDqjPHRaldgtUHwZkxZ_4rFeeEuriNmd7BZ/s320/zDept.%20of%20Water%20and%20Power%20-%202014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>And I took this one at the street level. The fountains around the building were turned off at this time. I believe that they only turn them on now, for special occasions.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxt_mC41gzeID4lXSa3dAqFhlr7mn7MnBa8qgpPVJ2XyMAEDzIG5DqSqU9u_ez4V7sKuTnfq3aYb_LfZh4YjfPfgRGCHMZYqnNhroXEWg4KbUdvgYGIVRni8bY7xkfEs0PLOOztv8RUKyeS1JFRJCeWC_bDugcrtslrgpLvb5bzeaS1bSPLcDTS94/s1350/zDept.%20of%20Water%20and%20Power%20-%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1350" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxt_mC41gzeID4lXSa3dAqFhlr7mn7MnBa8qgpPVJ2XyMAEDzIG5DqSqU9u_ez4V7sKuTnfq3aYb_LfZh4YjfPfgRGCHMZYqnNhroXEWg4KbUdvgYGIVRni8bY7xkfEs0PLOOztv8RUKyeS1JFRJCeWC_bDugcrtslrgpLvb5bzeaS1bSPLcDTS94/s320/zDept.%20of%20Water%20and%20Power%20-%202019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here are a couple more close-up shots of the fountains, taken by my dad.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnwocJhzLS_JNGO2qKBE5796Vm8k0sPIoS-vqHaJ0ACdBd4oCxvu87s5VKW2X9lsHmb52kAHn1c3AObW32E3PuNTo-hxw5ieNVp2m_vnW0rGR7W90zkK4VpeLfT6n-3ry8zK-UXZYW00/s1212/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1212" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnwocJhzLS_JNGO2qKBE5796Vm8k0sPIoS-vqHaJ0ACdBd4oCxvu87s5VKW2X9lsHmb52kAHn1c3AObW32E3PuNTo-hxw5ieNVp2m_vnW0rGR7W90zkK4VpeLfT6n-3ry8zK-UXZYW00/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9_JL3j5178ZSG8PKNZWmZOUXRROiVwl769-mdBOTTiBBaEFcP9lm65U-zxeDm4yMVmpotDXnx1j7bHre_CKfyD7UkiwFdI3mOJ9nCD0Z1wiLW0PnHlgfwWnAZmU5h_6MuTxREh-l9vE/s1212/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="826" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9_JL3j5178ZSG8PKNZWmZOUXRROiVwl769-mdBOTTiBBaEFcP9lm65U-zxeDm4yMVmpotDXnx1j7bHre_CKfyD7UkiwFdI3mOJ9nCD0Z1wiLW0PnHlgfwWnAZmU5h_6MuTxREh-l9vE/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25285%2529.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p></p><p>My dad took this next photo, while standing in front of the DWP building, and facing the Music Center. It shows a sliver of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and a sign advertising <i>Hello, Dolly!</i>, which was being performed at the Music Center. Carol Channing was starring as "Dolly," in this 1965 touring company of the show. She had originated the role on Broadway, just one year earlier.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC98uxCaZ7bKHpEYJLvwdDLXhviWOzdUk9DOvk6KIGJM8sI6R1ISRBApExchlq0A33cMWj3OnksefeeENn8Eu6lNNNMT_3klfZ-OQMEu1PkUdiaaT7TUQ6g7yMNvD-jaVRzziKV9-WQs/s1209/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25286%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC98uxCaZ7bKHpEYJLvwdDLXhviWOzdUk9DOvk6KIGJM8sI6R1ISRBApExchlq0A33cMWj3OnksefeeENn8Eu6lNNNMT_3klfZ-OQMEu1PkUdiaaT7TUQ6g7yMNvD-jaVRzziKV9-WQs/s320/Dad%2527s+Music+Center+Photos+%25286%2529.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p>I took this picture of the same street corner, in 2019. The frame for the sign had been updated at some point, and was advertising The Mariinsky Ballet. The Walt Disney Concert Hall would be just out of frame, to the right.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKSX73TV-rBRpKh7ZIafb0Utm06pvu9RXxAwl4OKz5FDn5YFav8spWiW2TMTwU-uRvVm_r3R8HSgnn2BxR7qOEi5HbjmxJPHFETBEZUYqyjKxKu9EmeX4v32ZMNxEov1H2bPL3FLdrHareojTw4U53moaNs5RjNqAv9AwcwnK5bz8dKIiqqy90fVn/s1158/zAugust%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlKSX73TV-rBRpKh7ZIafb0Utm06pvu9RXxAwl4OKz5FDn5YFav8spWiW2TMTwU-uRvVm_r3R8HSgnn2BxR7qOEi5HbjmxJPHFETBEZUYqyjKxKu9EmeX4v32ZMNxEov1H2bPL3FLdrHareojTw4U53moaNs5RjNqAv9AwcwnK5bz8dKIiqqy90fVn/s320/zAugust%202019.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><p>For anyone unfamiliar with the Walt Disney Concert Hall, here's a photo I took of it in 2019. The building was designed by architect, Frank Gehry, and opened in 2003.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlYk_NIjz0S0KHK0pgKZYx8w7mLAaWsEGlAPdoX2N1Fs18558zZ1kK0OHQHqjawPS6wWilAyhQoJcXfWtHXm5OHzL7v_mNzTfP6j3wKiUiQ3mGhQZGO5tnPBrpuqsAe60u6GtR3Vjq1m0E2OMBrsQKlCrfBvIOVjWeXOcIY3H6tc3IFEaZvUtC-i1/s1350/z%20W.D.%20Concert%20Hall%20-%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1350" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlYk_NIjz0S0KHK0pgKZYx8w7mLAaWsEGlAPdoX2N1Fs18558zZ1kK0OHQHqjawPS6wWilAyhQoJcXfWtHXm5OHzL7v_mNzTfP6j3wKiUiQ3mGhQZGO5tnPBrpuqsAe60u6GtR3Vjq1m0E2OMBrsQKlCrfBvIOVjWeXOcIY3H6tc3IFEaZvUtC-i1/s320/z%20W.D.%20Concert%20Hall%20-%202019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I'm including this <i>Los Angeles Times</i> article, just because I think it's pretty interesting. It's dated June 17, 1999. At that time, there were some ambitious plans for a new tourist attraction in Downtown Los Angeles. It's centerpiece was going to be a tower taller than the Eiffel Tower, and topped off with a statue of an angel, which itself was going to be taller than the Statue of Liberty. Apparently, the plans fell through!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPLc9y0HS72WzeZvLmb49v65XlyTOlE2IpAAjArgNEWDtICR6-eP2SAcuVrEsx8kW0Vb5hjA6rNxaDmiefabw0PXjJLLswo8-TDbRskQM7CEn2V9fT9ecDCfzmqt9c_wT4DgdwKfW58U/s1600/1999+Downtown+Proposal+%25281%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPLc9y0HS72WzeZvLmb49v65XlyTOlE2IpAAjArgNEWDtICR6-eP2SAcuVrEsx8kW0Vb5hjA6rNxaDmiefabw0PXjJLLswo8-TDbRskQM7CEn2V9fT9ecDCfzmqt9c_wT4DgdwKfW58U/s320/1999+Downtown+Proposal+%25281%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBQDudSQI3uh0UHIKeZB4T-EPBrgPqdb-yaYpYhgXxEltV0DeHb9mN2Cl-GqEbMxC0tl9IZgJ9ErlXJt0IRpEw7vmoSuYezr7fQP6x6Kxmym4cA9z-r4xKQpIRdg3lypcfR0zA6_vvlQ/s1600/1999+Downtown+Proposal+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="953" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBQDudSQI3uh0UHIKeZB4T-EPBrgPqdb-yaYpYhgXxEltV0DeHb9mN2Cl-GqEbMxC0tl9IZgJ9ErlXJt0IRpEw7vmoSuYezr7fQP6x6Kxmym4cA9z-r4xKQpIRdg3lypcfR0zA6_vvlQ/s320/1999+Downtown+Proposal+%25282%2529.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><p></p><p>And to close out this post, here's a vintage Father's Day card that my brother and I had given to our dad, when we were kids.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilr4YVB-Ktjd5ZlOROtJC6tuNuhCW8-x1p6em7AhH7-iitnEyKuiGmZHE_NZ9BeogSZXw1Hy_MTjgmKIoaFxShEad143-MSQaNmhHQOlbzr6FgTWDGfYtnPd0LMru1cC22Mnhuy2E2QVaqNJz-yhL-H3EPzf5YNJ3-rHLPtH8FC2WMd4ebC3rrDXlA/s1471/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="741" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilr4YVB-Ktjd5ZlOROtJC6tuNuhCW8-x1p6em7AhH7-iitnEyKuiGmZHE_NZ9BeogSZXw1Hy_MTjgmKIoaFxShEad143-MSQaNmhHQOlbzr6FgTWDGfYtnPd0LMru1cC22Mnhuy2E2QVaqNJz-yhL-H3EPzf5YNJ3-rHLPtH8FC2WMd4ebC3rrDXlA/s320/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(1).jpg" width="161" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JfCVlcO8B485xdklgsP2uDGWsZ-qz123kyFyrGT8mZS9P-6CCKIzuVbwCQJ975OLBPLE83K84vRBgWFWJ-9WE6QNwdmfcOhB_ezZGU4tP88L3JZa9BWAOCJOyv-M6hALjfBcbXP4WZDe1L1FB1xd4wIZZ6GEEJwJ06KDAMvB0qVTmR9jDYUUTrMS/s1480/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1387" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JfCVlcO8B485xdklgsP2uDGWsZ-qz123kyFyrGT8mZS9P-6CCKIzuVbwCQJ975OLBPLE83K84vRBgWFWJ-9WE6QNwdmfcOhB_ezZGU4tP88L3JZa9BWAOCJOyv-M6hALjfBcbXP4WZDe1L1FB1xd4wIZZ6GEEJwJ06KDAMvB0qVTmR9jDYUUTrMS/s320/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8Vh57-N6Y6k_idcDckYRDnMT11YcIyAptWaRQxRMTTu13KIKmR7n7HbQCL_IfGpXmfeaudOVIbIYZkHRrSJYzViNcla-0yN4zsvauCUBpS7KgQymQbf79URztNQcO_gYKQmPp5Dc4O-7VxWeHjsh4Ut8kh96tMDlCBCo2omvPffiK7SPONLVpKF6/s1485/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8Vh57-N6Y6k_idcDckYRDnMT11YcIyAptWaRQxRMTTu13KIKmR7n7HbQCL_IfGpXmfeaudOVIbIYZkHRrSJYzViNcla-0yN4zsvauCUBpS7KgQymQbf79URztNQcO_gYKQmPp5Dc4O-7VxWeHjsh4Ut8kh96tMDlCBCo2omvPffiK7SPONLVpKF6/s320/Father's%20Day%20Card%20(3).jpg" width="159" /></a></div><p></p><p>Happy "early" Father's Day, to all of the dad's out there!</p><p>(To see some of my Dad's other vintage photos, taken at Disneyland, Knott's, Universal Studios, etc., click here: <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/search/label/Father%27s%20Day" target="_blank">Father's Day In The Parks</a>.)</p><p> </p><p> ****Post Update - June 15, 2022****</p><p>I've decided to add this extra shot of City Hall, also taken by my dad.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-_fbIwIusjLSWtlvXtqJLmXUOO961EEEyVzWBKrFr46pIaoJIG9Tw4gVpb1nXL_THQHqqiami1It6bYGK_Bz2bOxbalupxSb_cVAWF1W4TCkJ8Ot6OlfY_cSyPtvbZBagpXkm7dGwtCIlH5kY7dqruCjaxO-Fxnzp0wjelqsMROp--ylprn1gCmm/s1208/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="809" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-_fbIwIusjLSWtlvXtqJLmXUOO961EEEyVzWBKrFr46pIaoJIG9Tw4gVpb1nXL_THQHqqiami1It6bYGK_Bz2bOxbalupxSb_cVAWF1W4TCkJ8Ot6OlfY_cSyPtvbZBagpXkm7dGwtCIlH5kY7dqruCjaxO-Fxnzp0wjelqsMROp--ylprn1gCmm/s320/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(4).jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>I was curious about the poster on the side of that bus. About the only thing that I could even remotely make out, was possibly the name, "John Wayne."</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0IIs9XCyOpf_l0QFh2t803r75TScvoZ7VUGGClJ5IRE_Rd7b5wGRgxvBaKFLTdpBtjs80XsFy7FgeFwWyz-s5VcBOo9qLrZke_EmH3jAUaCrv5VIZnOw7fVW7aQArvryyTvGufzbpZqnvFcdpST5EVRl-QP5rs21zXQKl8wiFPsTpNTm347ZLpZR/s1242/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="1242" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0IIs9XCyOpf_l0QFh2t803r75TScvoZ7VUGGClJ5IRE_Rd7b5wGRgxvBaKFLTdpBtjs80XsFy7FgeFwWyz-s5VcBOo9qLrZke_EmH3jAUaCrv5VIZnOw7fVW7aQArvryyTvGufzbpZqnvFcdpST5EVRl-QP5rs21zXQKl8wiFPsTpNTm347ZLpZR/s320/Dad's%20City%20Hall%20Pics%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I looked up John Wayne's filmography, to see what movies he had made in 1965. It turns out the poster is for his film, <i>The Sons of Katie Elder:</i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEaAAI7IstklKHYN8yHq44w23EAVV1rFTBRU9GjCK9U9AVig942RXaJzsspXidpDUc4FToKw-GXRo0OMjgGhXsS_dM9jCno3pWhv-juLfM8OGYIKGOQUgyYrsyJQS_CH9sRSYmZa8ZnXia-vLzQq4XfnjX_cHFrC9PF4_in7PEzDtyzY0X7-cV4Ol/s1194/The%20Sons%20of%20Katie%20Elder.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="839" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEaAAI7IstklKHYN8yHq44w23EAVV1rFTBRU9GjCK9U9AVig942RXaJzsspXidpDUc4FToKw-GXRo0OMjgGhXsS_dM9jCno3pWhv-juLfM8OGYIKGOQUgyYrsyJQS_CH9sRSYmZa8ZnXia-vLzQq4XfnjX_cHFrC9PF4_in7PEzDtyzY0X7-cV4Ol/s320/The%20Sons%20of%20Katie%20Elder.jpg" width="225" /></a></i></div><p></p><p> </p><p>****Post Update - June 19, 2022****</p><p>I've decided to go ahead and add the rest of my dad's photos, from this batch. I'm not sure why I chose to edit these out of the post. I guess I initially thought there were too many pics of the Music Center and the DWP fountains!</p><p>Here's one more shot of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This would have been taken while standing on the property, where the Walt Disney Concert Hall now sits.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxImhdD8XDG8uNc8RpCRhZ_D1DShpQOJppf_9NneVHmNNgRmzPMeIFS--oEqG7M679gA0X-EdoHMpo5WaSG2HbbA4g6C_S5_bX9CNUMRd_a82l9ng-oXsg-QsupITMtPdJH2FVqFoUyGhf_WkygTUk64SHMgntPgYCL-_DdkXWp2YfLi5jA2t_mnp/s1203/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(11).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1203" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxImhdD8XDG8uNc8RpCRhZ_D1DShpQOJppf_9NneVHmNNgRmzPMeIFS--oEqG7M679gA0X-EdoHMpo5WaSG2HbbA4g6C_S5_bX9CNUMRd_a82l9ng-oXsg-QsupITMtPdJH2FVqFoUyGhf_WkygTUk64SHMgntPgYCL-_DdkXWp2YfLi5jA2t_mnp/s320/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(11).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>After realizing that my dad took this from the same spot as his photo of the Department of Water and Power building, I thought I would try to merge the two photos together. It didn't turn out too bad, I guess, although it looks like both buildings are tilting a bit.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D2WzsXOyXgR_QVMz8No5hfwEx-IPKsjgKSar-dddaxjQ9zQf7NJ1PxGUXrwi3m_bT6oddvLI7jEcaLjdvVbbIo3WLKNq79v_0KPI3pMkNvOQoSWvGRfW0jNZiK5LEf7CFpeqNzytLBPeFdpfl8-JldSomAjmLL7Uw5F8AOjo5nPz5dvGV5KJBn1N/s2168/zMusic%20Center%20Aug.%20'65%20(15)%20-%20Straightened%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="2168" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D2WzsXOyXgR_QVMz8No5hfwEx-IPKsjgKSar-dddaxjQ9zQf7NJ1PxGUXrwi3m_bT6oddvLI7jEcaLjdvVbbIo3WLKNq79v_0KPI3pMkNvOQoSWvGRfW0jNZiK5LEf7CFpeqNzytLBPeFdpfl8-JldSomAjmLL7Uw5F8AOjo5nPz5dvGV5KJBn1N/s320/zMusic%20Center%20Aug.%20'65%20(15)%20-%20Straightened%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is another shot taken from the DWP building, looking across the street towards the Music Center. City Hall can be seen peeking out from behind the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_b8JQ_KbiY_eqNWvp_nbOgxAeeUZ1beEpsn9GBuAo4QKeE4qiY51jaKPVKwJ1yK2Q2H-3ntj1cqZQNSrasAXVIc_6DdL6udBrfKI7DqKCdXnxxf3I6lRmHR4sGOYHoivo0mOklac46XOEGSux08bMV1Hh97CX6Iah2R1oqKg5evwieix9Zsx3CtF/s903/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(8).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_b8JQ_KbiY_eqNWvp_nbOgxAeeUZ1beEpsn9GBuAo4QKeE4qiY51jaKPVKwJ1yK2Q2H-3ntj1cqZQNSrasAXVIc_6DdL6udBrfKI7DqKCdXnxxf3I6lRmHR4sGOYHoivo0mOklac46XOEGSux08bMV1Hh97CX6Iah2R1oqKg5evwieix9Zsx3CtF/s320/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(8).jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p>And these last two shots are of the DWP fountains.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSPIq_9K-ySNE5-JHp2vj2Xw-s_zLmV1BWPNIiwtCN9l9RHUo760kpfrsa43X304wB7Vx6ASmsd9HvPFyzOH0D4O-KGIHH_DhcV8nb9F6OS3M_ksgrlNZOssu3ilzvmawbt2Nc7W0GqWJMQ4lVqULcUZgOsxrk1XeYoCTs2iXk--Pr3G_PJ6LD--0/s1203/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="814" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSPIq_9K-ySNE5-JHp2vj2Xw-s_zLmV1BWPNIiwtCN9l9RHUo760kpfrsa43X304wB7Vx6ASmsd9HvPFyzOH0D4O-KGIHH_DhcV8nb9F6OS3M_ksgrlNZOssu3ilzvmawbt2Nc7W0GqWJMQ4lVqULcUZgOsxrk1XeYoCTs2iXk--Pr3G_PJ6LD--0/s320/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(9).jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p></p><p>This one shows a bit of the 101 (Hollywood) Freeway in the background, just as it goes over the 110 (Harbor) Freeway.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuG0Gk-m7bKuCrv9X64j4iBEWgFt1diRMY4eRZc_SBHlxe2M76lyH4D0QMoB26p9pD8CTBQloH36WymgxgDum7jktERLw7HNcOSKqWLLdgA0X6NF5obwJzAm-SY_FfWGEXIE4vT6CPlN3JOhaAEH35xAcDNJFV90tH33Pq-Y30Sm5DnpildNEJy3Eq/s1194/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1194" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuG0Gk-m7bKuCrv9X64j4iBEWgFt1diRMY4eRZc_SBHlxe2M76lyH4D0QMoB26p9pD8CTBQloH36WymgxgDum7jktERLw7HNcOSKqWLLdgA0X6NF5obwJzAm-SY_FfWGEXIE4vT6CPlN3JOhaAEH35xAcDNJFV90tH33Pq-Y30Sm5DnpildNEJy3Eq/s320/Dad's%20Music%20Center%20Photos%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p>TokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-26703109968404432662022-05-06T00:01:00.249-07:002022-05-06T05:20:41.071-07:00Star Wars (1977) - 45th Anniversary Mega Post!
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Forty-five years ago this month, a little film called <i>Star Wars</i> was released. The film became a pop cultural phenomenon and spawned two sequels, a prequel trilogy, a sequel trilogy, two anthology films, <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2018/11/mickeys-50th-star-wars-holiday-special.html" target="_blank">a holiday television special</a>, an animated series, and a whole lot more.<br />
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If we tried to list all of the <i>Star Wars</i>-related merchandise that has been produced over the years, it would be almost impossible. I was a pretty big fan of <i>Star Wars</i> when it first came out, and I did collect quite a few items related to that very first film. Today, I am going to share some of those items with you.<br />
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First up, we have a couple of pinback buttons:<br />
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I used to collect Topps brand trading cards (and their "Wacky Packages" stickers, as well). In 1977, Topps released a series of <i>Star Wars</i> trading cards.</p><p>Series I:<br /></p><p></p><p>I saved the wax paper wrapper from one of the "packs" of cards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7THMbc4JoMt0-Fz77UofeJ18uqZpdKwTN6o8PyLI7sBOKG3yuZWs51tugMHQoqvTSuguWDLkVbOFW6AGEOJ2L9bSWOT61iYpEvf0XmwwfRJFzx2Qd2L97l8OpgZmfH8HsosN6zrpPCA67TqlNi4hFmq1TFHQybeTc5tg1-hQbpM7LqyDL2VagpPa/s1191/Star%20Wars%20Wrapper%20Series%20One.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1191" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7THMbc4JoMt0-Fz77UofeJ18uqZpdKwTN6o8PyLI7sBOKG3yuZWs51tugMHQoqvTSuguWDLkVbOFW6AGEOJ2L9bSWOT61iYpEvf0XmwwfRJFzx2Qd2L97l8OpgZmfH8HsosN6zrpPCA67TqlNi4hFmq1TFHQybeTc5tg1-hQbpM7LqyDL2VagpPa/s320/Star%20Wars%20Wrapper%20Series%20One.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
</p><p></p><p>Here is the complete set of cards, for Series I:<br />
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have the empty display box that the individual packets of cards had
come in. I would later do the same thing, with the <a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2016/12/disneys-black-hole-mega-post.html" target="_blank">"Disney's Black Hole"</a> series of trading cards.
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Series II:</p><p>The wax paper wrapper:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto6Mcslu95eZ_oB7bzXfKLYGMC-Ddvk3onmXbyTpDQinn1kYrAi99oE73kCjq9Gurf5ZaO06MZRBewFZB27fm3JczK0SU0cQuKJsjrVamnXVFCNXG1zw5rqNVbvF8ePcG9XVrMI89753N2iWcnobtsMejuoLRdoabKCQI7A1PvbT5lV9vYvdmJpXl/s1191/Star%20Wars%20Wrapper%20Series%20Two.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1191" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto6Mcslu95eZ_oB7bzXfKLYGMC-Ddvk3onmXbyTpDQinn1kYrAi99oE73kCjq9Gurf5ZaO06MZRBewFZB27fm3JczK0SU0cQuKJsjrVamnXVFCNXG1zw5rqNVbvF8ePcG9XVrMI89753N2iWcnobtsMejuoLRdoabKCQI7A1PvbT5lV9vYvdmJpXl/s320/Star%20Wars%20Wrapper%20Series%20Two.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>
</p><p></p><p>Series II - the complete set of cards:<br />
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In January of 1978, both <i>MAD</i> and <i>Cracked</i> magazines, featured parodies of <i>Star Wars</i>:<br />
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<i>Cracked</i> included an "extended" poster version of the cover artwork, inside the magazine:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOQKNnc2cLURXCRGE_l-xVIFrl6iRn4UItRWkkS0cXRhPhkXEeqnUGfUhhCBKVuDmugxUGpbn7w2o9XmwM4ux3Po-L_-A-c2SE77vkCnoRfLqerA1jqYw6DnIM2OKxdAzHbuIBhoJkhM/s1600/Star+Wars+-+Cracked+Poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1336" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOQKNnc2cLURXCRGE_l-xVIFrl6iRn4UItRWkkS0cXRhPhkXEeqnUGfUhhCBKVuDmugxUGpbn7w2o9XmwM4ux3Po-L_-A-c2SE77vkCnoRfLqerA1jqYw6DnIM2OKxdAzHbuIBhoJkhM/s320/Star+Wars+-+Cracked+Poster.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>This next item is the Spring 1978 issue of <i>FOOM</i>, which was a "fanzine" published by Marvel Comics, and was the brainchild of Stan Lee. The name <i>"FOOM"</i> stands for "Fans Of Ol' Marvel."<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAQvrGDyNfA4Nqllj8wNG_Wdfm6nhSLHWfEA4QUrpLADtYsGeA59wiHBPbLTeMmpEZR3uqinQhVdjTUqTMRh14J34dgLlqcm4AThYAYcUd0DmPYLcCYIIFe-crRfrn7TAIbMjpf7ArjQ/s775/Star+Wars+-+Foom+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAQvrGDyNfA4Nqllj8wNG_Wdfm6nhSLHWfEA4QUrpLADtYsGeA59wiHBPbLTeMmpEZR3uqinQhVdjTUqTMRh14J34dgLlqcm4AThYAYcUd0DmPYLcCYIIFe-crRfrn7TAIbMjpf7ArjQ/s320/Star+Wars+-+Foom+-+Copy.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p>The artwork on the front cover, continued around to the back cover:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEill5Z_LoK9rrwsZ5IsKj_FcfELoeW7jVTJHaXhCDg4t58iPtPmODKijrYTifvVu9y_p46B21vJsGzOuVNZ8QikpqmAOQ2KLHueIrEaJ-6QMIBwH5NIMFtId0RHL0Z779CPjDKPhOmixJU/s1006/Star+Wars+-+Foom+%25284%2529+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1006" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEill5Z_LoK9rrwsZ5IsKj_FcfELoeW7jVTJHaXhCDg4t58iPtPmODKijrYTifvVu9y_p46B21vJsGzOuVNZ8QikpqmAOQ2KLHueIrEaJ-6QMIBwH5NIMFtId0RHL0Z779CPjDKPhOmixJU/s320/Star+Wars+-+Foom+%25284%2529+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The reason that the film was being featured in a Marvel magazine, was because the company was currently publishing a series of <i>Star Wars</i> comic books.<br />
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I missed the first two issues of the Marvel comic book. I guess a lot of people did, because it wasn't too long before they published "reprints" of the earlier issues. These first two covers have "Reprint" printed near the upper left hand corner.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheaVk4FsoIgMHsyUPO-8EgtCGJBdaMgxXzSVmjJa1rcpcU2Dz9Rqgb50KSRj3ZWHS5QH2p7EG97ztjQhyPezeVHVynGcqjSI2T9AlzwLmnczeqBfJNEO4DT6vu2MdWHICvbYZiC0KIedP1iya1x0QJYN4aiwDv4DV93kpWk1BPMlxKHlu84DI28Svl=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheaVk4FsoIgMHsyUPO-8EgtCGJBdaMgxXzSVmjJa1rcpcU2Dz9Rqgb50KSRj3ZWHS5QH2p7EG97ztjQhyPezeVHVynGcqjSI2T9AlzwLmnczeqBfJNEO4DT6vu2MdWHICvbYZiC0KIedP1iya1x0QJYN4aiwDv4DV93kpWk1BPMlxKHlu84DI28Svl=s320" width="206" /></a></div><p></p>Here's a sampling of a couple pages, inside:<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLamZ43q74O_DQwu_qdik8la0C19JqCu1PW7Dak0b-yCihgf8QWrwySDZZVBoEBOkjYSYoZ2won-zCpVCdPR2_2_M3W_jvbxVq-EWoRxE0sUnFY_AAjfGfhR1xh2fV2t1-Kv4tm2scWtMgpE-QdcJRzVHOi5POxkMbK_-XIFuMfs8iKYs84_JlDvKu=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZmyXilLo4H0lTSnIcPK0uRdR87VlhOda7uo-xcV892_0y5xbST830iXcWsfzErkXNuYKEP69hsDMOQUYI3RJqY5aiNImfD8gO_SRKh6iUyiqiIaAJIsU54-PIdA0v1Ub-zmBGe7jNRRV-swmdRMMF2keuvJKJmYbMUJMzy_MKQs1zFkwGeDe1on2u=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="869" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZmyXilLo4H0lTSnIcPK0uRdR87VlhOda7uo-xcV892_0y5xbST830iXcWsfzErkXNuYKEP69hsDMOQUYI3RJqY5aiNImfD8gO_SRKh6iUyiqiIaAJIsU54-PIdA0v1Ub-zmBGe7jNRRV-swmdRMMF2keuvJKJmYbMUJMzy_MKQs1zFkwGeDe1on2u=s320" width="206" /></a></div><p>Issue #3 is the first issue I purchased, which was not a reprint.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibryNgdWvxu0EntuiesuQNig0bxGeGqVT3q2W5qgi4Pid9YS7yEaQfrKoBCgGcMfiVAWOM4kCK-YcnJRBlBhAl2HxYgjwhv21O8YhZvGNZtAMlcgi4gTXkwPWU4byocnc91wUgTZXVBQC6xC9ev-pMw33OjRiawFW9Zc43T72jNg5TbpIBPKHJzrAQ=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Marvel continued to publish the <i>Star Wars </i>series of comics, but the issues that followed included new storylines, and introduced new characters. I continued collecting the series through issue #23, and will include those covers in a future post.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicrUNvZ12JuaaSpIev-VQb1-XZMLTBU5GIbN-2qd7xfDySJQUzg4m8k4-xzcRMOp3ARQP5meJj5g18JIaDCftzp2yXb8T_2vVEyrN8jjCAWoEXJ6OD83m5aJv-82OmQDEcIvmny0f18KwuYZ_IkR0BMM8aomzad6YSLpdw3yIP_Igv7HcjoVA99QU5=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="874" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicrUNvZ12JuaaSpIev-VQb1-XZMLTBU5GIbN-2qd7xfDySJQUzg4m8k4-xzcRMOp3ARQP5meJj5g18JIaDCftzp2yXb8T_2vVEyrN8jjCAWoEXJ6OD83m5aJv-82OmQDEcIvmny0f18KwuYZ_IkR0BMM8aomzad6YSLpdw3yIP_Igv7HcjoVA99QU5=s320" width="207" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I saved this <i>Star Wars</i> advertisement, from the "Calendar" section of <i>The Los Angeles Times. </i>It's dated December 25, 1977:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGgqpJ8upFCaAOvi7cI3rPHssJzGW2jYQ3ShJ1Bl3_ofNRSChxYKNTimbpB8MtY7jxRUfu9-8HbfUebE2NqBuzHghVNIhWAH9YLhzgMBQu2T1lhWwCbkI5EicpA-XfQWNetg8-jZ2E8m35rDqlZrodQSj7Q_V2XrSduZksft2Slc87R4PYNXZiZp_/s1382/December%201977%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGgqpJ8upFCaAOvi7cI3rPHssJzGW2jYQ3ShJ1Bl3_ofNRSChxYKNTimbpB8MtY7jxRUfu9-8HbfUebE2NqBuzHghVNIhWAH9YLhzgMBQu2T1lhWwCbkI5EicpA-XfQWNetg8-jZ2E8m35rDqlZrodQSj7Q_V2XrSduZksft2Slc87R4PYNXZiZp_/s320/December%201977%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p></p><p>The reverse side of the <i>Star Wars</i> ad shows other films which were released that year, including<i> Walt Disney Production's Pete's Dragon</i>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhII_4s6SqI4qWgLx6QlVulDJZxjR6HSTbNUlm0VGE5Zw5ui-Hvm53no5dmRJEp8XaA3FzvVG0KhveQWSKB7T7pk9STb-HQucG06_soSGxlkGJwGRnJN_5hWmyYJOTsXQUVpZiXiCSBD3g/s1600/December+1977+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1042" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhII_4s6SqI4qWgLx6QlVulDJZxjR6HSTbNUlm0VGE5Zw5ui-Hvm53no5dmRJEp8XaA3FzvVG0KhveQWSKB7T7pk9STb-HQucG06_soSGxlkGJwGRnJN_5hWmyYJOTsXQUVpZiXiCSBD3g/s320/December+1977+%25282%2529.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p>While going through my vintage <i>TV Guide</i> collection recently, I came across this advertisement in an issue from September 1977. R2-D2 was making a "guest appearance" on <i>Dinah!</i>:<br />
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5im6wdwOMdCp_kLRarKmgUzrFLvkX8FfMhFJEk1xTtf5UpAKAkg4_bJ1fzZJJgvkekFXuWeo07Ek7p1t-_uL66eZYFay0UvTXnDo5aOFj099KoNyL4IxlPG4DsDgks08XSXQvdl_Qwc/s1600/Dinah+%2526+R2-D2+-+Sept.+1977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1107" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5im6wdwOMdCp_kLRarKmgUzrFLvkX8FfMhFJEk1xTtf5UpAKAkg4_bJ1fzZJJgvkekFXuWeo07Ek7p1t-_uL66eZYFay0UvTXnDo5aOFj099KoNyL4IxlPG4DsDgks08XSXQvdl_Qwc/s320/Dinah+%2526+R2-D2+-+Sept.+1977.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And just for kicks, I'm including this previously posted <i>TV Guide</i> advertisement for the <i><a href="https://meettheworldinprogressland.blogspot.com/2018/11/mickeys-50th-star-wars-holiday-special.html" target="_blank">Star Wars Holiday Special</a>, </i>which aired in November of 1978:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44CM-EtRt_BV3PfYlGLFERJbT_VBVgNggJkbCyGRvzmtf4zVhV2FJRoCbdyyND29zXeppPy3DF0i6zTqtWG8W8YiG0fgjhZ4NrqnatPCfoF6e0ctQ-aZPFAGHNSQh2tRVcdm9-t4CHT0/s1485/Star+Wars+Holiday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44CM-EtRt_BV3PfYlGLFERJbT_VBVgNggJkbCyGRvzmtf4zVhV2FJRoCbdyyND29zXeppPy3DF0i6zTqtWG8W8YiG0fgjhZ4NrqnatPCfoF6e0ctQ-aZPFAGHNSQh2tRVcdm9-t4CHT0/s320/Star+Wars+Holiday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Princess Leia made her singing debut, in the holiday television special.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s32xe-oCt9mC_92PnKUpKVe3bpZjvkgVxIBuZcT3oucD1kO9lR7uwEa6HW-UFR5Ue-4aVTvhMNHM0iGEy3YXIWiRQk0sA94ynKPEvwAe-9-rr42m0Ww8lQFDLYYkhMx77VAfEq-eZEY/s1024/Star+Wars+Holiday+Special.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s32xe-oCt9mC_92PnKUpKVe3bpZjvkgVxIBuZcT3oucD1kO9lR7uwEa6HW-UFR5Ue-4aVTvhMNHM0iGEy3YXIWiRQk0sA94ynKPEvwAe-9-rr42m0Ww8lQFDLYYkhMx77VAfEq-eZEY/s320/Star+Wars+Holiday+Special.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p>And speaking of "music," the film's soundtrack was released in a double album set, in 1977:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWM9YdBOLw45UbpSDq9U4pproL1Z-IhfIZCcOmvyHi5L3fvhsrfLUQn1IWL_isXb3TkDB8eaHL9Ovcoiz45Mop7JPU4eMqddYXRGsUPDqxYc50omEjcEWRwduPYLB1kEKYq70334btQm_ii_QvNCi5bsIQ3Lin6ZtQhGRfDmzHiVJJ7bfQL7Ki0-c/s1213/Star%20Wars%20Soundtrack%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1213" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWM9YdBOLw45UbpSDq9U4pproL1Z-IhfIZCcOmvyHi5L3fvhsrfLUQn1IWL_isXb3TkDB8eaHL9Ovcoiz45Mop7JPU4eMqddYXRGsUPDqxYc50omEjcEWRwduPYLB1kEKYq70334btQm_ii_QvNCi5bsIQ3Lin6ZtQhGRfDmzHiVJJ7bfQL7Ki0-c/s320/Star%20Wars%20Soundtrack%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Back cover:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-deAtNqffQ2BLmLnNcgZ7bc-fYGaMkj-YeOsPch5meybBUx8WD4V9ELLrxtbI76SAkj88WQv9lUCHB2avGRqCs1UMcAsq08_emLBWuJM4cHUc2lISslZh7WXm5fELyPlPm4dIqkp55o/s1600/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1228" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-deAtNqffQ2BLmLnNcgZ7bc-fYGaMkj-YeOsPch5meybBUx8WD4V9ELLrxtbI76SAkj88WQv9lUCHB2avGRqCs1UMcAsq08_emLBWuJM4cHUc2lISslZh7WXm5fELyPlPm4dIqkp55o/s320/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> Inside:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEO8dw1ey4I1xwJbaYuMFpB1TmMe4vAhXzJwkVHs2TQ8CF4jRyaCFxJMSoKJrxMeBVgi7FzXR3Uk_QsXUWp0ThHGTXkgRNThCBqWg8Klw_rQzIcCsZioUvW3KuKwtvo7_ZMfkSKbkZDRo/s1600/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1600" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEO8dw1ey4I1xwJbaYuMFpB1TmMe4vAhXzJwkVHs2TQ8CF4jRyaCFxJMSoKJrxMeBVgi7FzXR3Uk_QsXUWp0ThHGTXkgRNThCBqWg8Klw_rQzIcCsZioUvW3KuKwtvo7_ZMfkSKbkZDRo/s320/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> The record sleeves:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGbDRElzYrf4RK-HX-Jettrp8RZmYaXKewe3SYoIAgb6MVnWpTLXie6FnZz44upUF1D4_L7iW3aJh3ws7uvbjpmBfyyF2i0xmzDVl3n3K0-z8l5mm-yWU3JjcFTHbRx3Rtu-alnN0PnE/s1600/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1600" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGbDRElzYrf4RK-HX-Jettrp8RZmYaXKewe3SYoIAgb6MVnWpTLXie6FnZz44upUF1D4_L7iW3aJh3ws7uvbjpmBfyyF2i0xmzDVl3n3K0-z8l5mm-yWU3JjcFTHbRx3Rtu-alnN0PnE/s320/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1600" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vTA0goWRioGbdHc4x9OVDK1Dv_jjYiKfwPjWARHR9O_toGAjzCdEJCu_BgX7DUK_kINbWYg-qy3md0d76JmUBXbHGauKBbo63NGqhYghJDJLS7S0HARA6tRypFAlm6UTN08TG7oUlqY/s320/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p> One of the two records:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6d78hGTP7rdPyZdNrNb6SSqQDICjbd1myokE5RJDkyUcwMq7d2Bp6mD3Cc6_ubPa14KetD8SWKqVfv0m5hp88krJ0bK-cEABE9EcUTxXwLjGVO9ZOqPJTr9WO2JUsT563yKQKFyQfBo/s1600/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25287%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1289" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6d78hGTP7rdPyZdNrNb6SSqQDICjbd1myokE5RJDkyUcwMq7d2Bp6mD3Cc6_ubPa14KetD8SWKqVfv0m5hp88krJ0bK-cEABE9EcUTxXwLjGVO9ZOqPJTr9WO2JUsT563yKQKFyQfBo/s320/Star+Wars+Soundtrack+%25287%2529.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This T-shirt order form was included inside the album:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM28Ub65beLGcF-PyZGN3pO0c5o1a8wwQ8YP94z9ub7P0y7gNegCM1fggguLl97S9TFAgPfxu2iCN0Y6mATu0Mh3hDRZKpTqNSZVZKrp3PhcVKHnuxQiXJSxhkOldWodp_9jB_nwMHuiI/s1600/Star+Wars+LP+insert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="717" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM28Ub65beLGcF-PyZGN3pO0c5o1a8wwQ8YP94z9ub7P0y7gNegCM1fggguLl97S9TFAgPfxu2iCN0Y6mATu0Mh3hDRZKpTqNSZVZKrp3PhcVKHnuxQiXJSxhkOldWodp_9jB_nwMHuiI/s320/Star+Wars+LP+insert.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This "Story of Star Wars" album featured audio taken directly from the film:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuG_3tUSTChRxpRbOUY_q-foHJnUX1_a-xRSZvcTB8vM8T6L7f9qiQ5HlO6z3_R-8eIxD5QCexj6UUQfTJ_s1bgdTTTjj6zSXdD-aVyWpV0aJTaux6ZD4FqZhKfcLTpEiUaiUcfFWMmc/s1600/The+Story+of+Star+Wars+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1388" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuG_3tUSTChRxpRbOUY_q-foHJnUX1_a-xRSZvcTB8vM8T6L7f9qiQ5HlO6z3_R-8eIxD5QCexj6UUQfTJ_s1bgdTTTjj6zSXdD-aVyWpV0aJTaux6ZD4FqZhKfcLTpEiUaiUcfFWMmc/s320/The+Story+of+Star+Wars+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Back cover:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxtKqmQ-oWCqokR1JhR8cK4vg6MB-ViCtrFnXiSnG5p7i98ffNgzKoE6X9sfGokaj60vjkbSi1BtAO_Tvxm9Z43jxK2ItduNmhP4NqFP74l2zcwG9mXp-QDlNtQvqA121hORHDeKAgMc/s1600/The+Story+of+Star+Wars+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1600" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxtKqmQ-oWCqokR1JhR8cK4vg6MB-ViCtrFnXiSnG5p7i98ffNgzKoE6X9sfGokaj60vjkbSi1BtAO_Tvxm9Z43jxK2ItduNmhP4NqFP74l2zcwG9mXp-QDlNtQvqA121hORHDeKAgMc/s320/The+Story+of+Star+Wars+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The story book inside:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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