16. TOM AND JERRY. Original film storyboard in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" that included a funeral scene of Marvin Acme, with Eddie Valiant, RK Maroon, and the Toons involved such as Popeye, Bluto, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Goofy, Herman the Mouse, Jessica Rabbits, and others. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). The studios were all cooperative and guys like Richard Fleischer were fantastic and came by the studio to approve the Betty Boop and Koko animation. Blackie the Lamb from Noveltoons ( Famous Studios ) But Hoskins matter-of-fact retelling is so real & so raw that from here in on in this movie you then just cant help but feel for this character. Doom killing him for getting in the way of his goals was as much of a shock as it was to Eddie when he found out the next day. And as Valiant moves through the long column of cars that are parked near Acmes gravesite, the private detective notices R.K. Maroon exit a long black limo. At least when it came to how popular an attraction would be with Guests (The Mickey Mouse Club Circus fiasco of the holiday season of 1955 being the exception, of course). Were then going to have to spend dollars to get those people back.. Who had to drive down to Anaheim for the day to experience the Happiest Place on Earth only to find said place closed. What happened to the Disneyland Hotel in late 1958 / early 1959 when in the off-season Disneyland Park goes to just a five-day-a-week operating schedule? Its Bob Hoskins performance that I think elevates Who Framed Roger Rabbit from being just this clever movie which is loaded with witty, well-done animation to being a truly great film. Something that even today in our age of seamless interaction between CG characters & human performers actually holds up beautifully because Bob made the audience believe that Toontown & all of its residents were real. And given that Jim Hill Media is basically a two person shop, if we were both really finally going to get on top of this respiratory-related ailment (which Im just being honest here hasnt been helped by pollen season), it was now time to step away from the site for a few days and just concentrate on getting healthy. Pete Pelican ( Screen Gems ) 200 people up in the tree at any one time. Cubby Bear ( Van Beuren ) But again thanks for your patience as well as all your kind words. Cars 2 came out in June of 2011 and also did quite well at the box office (It took the No. Brodhead, KY 40409. At this point, Im about 80 90% back. How difficult it was for example to tie a hand-drawn Roger down in the live-action footage that Robert Zemeckis had shot. Back in April of 2020, Disney announced that it was working on a CG version of Disneys 1973 hand-drawn version of Robin Hood. Which is eventually supposed to show up on Disney+. But is Who Framed Roger Rabbit a perfect film? Whereas Teddy He never made it). Meanwhile, back out at graveside, as Foghorn Leghorn is wrapping up his sermon, who comes rising up out of the ground but Casper the Friendly Ghost. Fantastic Four ( Hanna-Barbera ) Guests were supposed to see it alongside the side of the tracks as they rode the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad from Main Street Station over to Frontierland. Another great piece about this great film. Roland and Rattfink At one point Maroon points to his pocket. During this chaos, a convertible pulls up near Valiant. That from 1958 through 1985 [a total of 27 years] the Happiest Place on Earth used to close two days a week during the slower times of year. Disneyland spent $254,900 on the construction of that theme parks version of Swiss Family Treehouse. THE ACME FUNERAL SITE - LONG SHOT - DAY. Lil Abner and Daisy Mae ( Screen Gems ) Baby Huey Your email address will not be published. 4 at the box office that year, behind Spartacus, Psycho, and Exodus.. (You can read all about this in Walt Disney Productions annual report for 1961. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. Let me remove any doubt here. Bendy Thanks for all your dedicated work for Roger Rabbit history. So this change in the way that Disneyland Park operated during the off-season made things easier for Walt and Disneys book-keepers back in Burbank. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) clip with quote - Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme. Let me share something that I just found in the 1958 edition of Walt Disney Productions annual report. *Sigh* I bet the story artists either bought a bunch of PD tapes, or toured the Paramount studios (and found the hidden Max & Dave Fleischer door. This year is the 30th anniversary of the release of National Lampoons Vacation. Warner Bros. released this Harold Ramis movie to theaters back in July of 1983. Not according to the guys who worked on it. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. The funeral scene starred Foghorn Leghorn as a preacher, cast Goofy, Bluto, Felix the Cat and others as pallbearers, and contained a shot where Yosemite Sam angrily tosses Acme's coffin into his grave, making it the most hilarious fake funeral ever proposed! Gerald McBoing-Boing 13. Whereas I Ive always pointed to Bob Hoskins performance and said that this was the element that actually made that movie work. Your email address will not be published. Case in point: The Swiss Family Treehouse, which first opened at Disneyland Park back in November of 1962. 65 Likes, 5 Comments - Daffy Duck (@brerfox_showbiz_slamdown) on Instagram: "Storyboards of scrapped 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' scene. Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. Under which flowed the water that traveled from the Jungle River Cruise into the Rivers of America). Any scene thats supposed to be inside of the actual Walley World theme park was shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Shiva at Jackie's home Monday through Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. HECKLE AND JECKLE. Sugarfoot Mark. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. Counter this with Lightning Lane. Only this time around, itll be $7 million worth of new attractions. Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Gopher Crusader Rabbit It actually meant a lot to Nancy & myself that people had noticed that the site had gone dark for a few days and were concerned enough to send along e-mails and/or make phone calls just to make sure that we were both okay. Take for example what happened last week when Bob Hoskins died. Some say that Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a hit because of all the classic cartoon characters Spielberg & Zemeckis crammed into this Touchstone Pictures release. It wasnt til February 6, 1985 that Disneyland Park formally switched to being a seven-day-a-week operation. He has yellow and orange swirly eyes and carried a straight razor. But Im getting ahead of myself here. Tito and Burrito Bonkers D. Bobcat Given that back in December of 1958 Disneyland deliberately switched over to an open-five-days-a-week-during-the-off-season schedule in an effort to get Anaheims operating costs under control. Largely because the amount of money that the Mouse was making off of the sales of Cars -related merchandise was To be blunt here, mind boggling. Once you got to the front of that line, you then had to open your wallet and purchase enough tickets for your entire family to enjoy that attraction. - And R. K. Maroon. Marvin Acme's death. But as they say If you dont have your health, you dont have anything. And toward the end of last week, Nancy & I were both seriously over-drawn at the health bank. Which then pushed Guests to go seek out various A, B, C & D Ticket attractions around the grounds) Well, that form of admission media didnt come online til October 11, 1955. 9. Also the Goons from Sleeping Beauty & the Jungle Book vulture (seen briefly at the end) as well. And back to National Lampoons Vacation The Walley World stuff was all shot at two Southern California attractions. And as for those steep sets of stairs While work was underway on this 70-foot-tall faux tree, Walt persuaded Betty Taylor (who was playing Sue Foot Sue over at the Golden Horseshoe at that time) to come over to the Swiss Family Treehouse construction site one afternoon. If the funeral scene had been included in the film, no doubt the same stipulation would have been made for the bit with Bugs, Mickey, Humphrey and Clark in the convertible. Marvin was born in Montreal on January 25, 1937, to Bella and Moses Zalman. Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. Im sorry that this sites content went for days without being updated. Swiss Family Robinson was the very last film that he directed for Disney Studios. Its worth noting here that the Disneyland Hotel (with Walts permission, by the way) on those days when Disneyland was closed would offer its Guests the opportunity to visit Knotts Berry Farm as well as Universal Studios Hollywood. Many sequences were storyboarded and some even animated for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) but were then left out of the final feature film for a variety of reasons including cost and time issues, pacing and the fact that while they might have been clever or fun but were not really necessary to tell the story. 1200 people an hour. A deleted scene involving the infamous Toon Pig Head would've featured a brief cameo of Witch Hazel. The famous never-filmed Marvin Acme funeral sequence workbook pages from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney/Amblin, 1988). If the Jungle Cruise was being drained for months so that the Imagineers could then install the Sacred Elephant Bathing Pool sequence in that Adventureland attraction, that meant the Rivers of America had to be drained as well. I just love how in the above shot Felix the Cat is fighting back tears as he helps to carry Acmes casket. When there was plenty to go around for everyone. Back when Disney prided itself in being a good neighbor. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? When I ask, it is a favor so the person is under no obligation to respond. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. An American songwriter Marvin Gaye's funeral in 1984.REF 12326 To license contact info@lpe360.com Theres a famous story of Walt observing a Mom pulling her kid away from the entrance of the Jungle Cruise. Saying words to the effect Weve already seen that ride. The Trapped Safari was basically supposed to be something that made Guests think Ooh, I need to get over to Adventureland while Im here at the Park and go check out that new, improved version of the Jungle River Cruise that everyones talking about.. But in the meantime, Disney & Pixar began exploring the idea of expanding this film franchise. It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. Cars 3 would eventually arrive in theaters in June of 2017. Why when toonkind splattered forth upon this landscape, we wandered the hills without a home. I just think Popeyes insensitive remark would suit Bluto better, with Popeye reacting to it, in a face-heel fashion. He had a high, lilting voice, and giggled a lot. Hole No. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. 1. This is where I want you guys to build Disneylands version of the Swiss Family Treehouse., The Imagineers explained But Walt. Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. How whenever a Guest visited this place they were constantly being forced to repeatedly open their wallet), his immediate reaction was We need to fix this now. Which is why Im now trying to get Jim Hill Meida back up to speed. (2) Increased costs due to rising salaries and the inauguration of a 40-hour week. All of them would've appeared in a sequence set at Marvin Acme's funeral, but it was cut due to pacing concerns. So a fight between them ensues that evolves to include others. John Mills (the male lead of Disneys Swiss Family Robinson film) was on hand for the dedication of this Adventureland attraction. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? Especially when Valiant tries to break things off with his Girl Friday (Eddie: Dolores, you need to find yourself a good man. Which was first introduced at Walt Disney World in October of 2021. Maroon wends his way through the crowd and grabs Jessica Rabbits and pulls her to the side. Thats gotta go inside of the actual Jungle Cruise. So at Walts insistence the Trapped Safari then became the tag gag for the African Veldt section of that Adventureland attraction. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? 2 at the box office. An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. Just last year, I attended this amazing panel at Comic-Con where animation veterans like Don Hahn, Dave Bossert, Nik Ranieri, James Baxter, Tom Sito & Andreas Deja talked about all the mistakes that were made over the course of production of this motion picture. When out of the corner of his eye (through a gap in the fence that surrounded this cricket pitch) John spied this beautiful Samaan tree with a huge 200 foot-wide canopy of leaves. The other three were adults. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. This 70-foot-tall faux tree (with its 80 foot-wide canopy of 300,000 pink plastic leaves) opened just in time for Thanksgiving of 1962. Which is why even after Disneyland Park switched to a 5-day-a-week operating schedule during the off-season Disneyland Hotel launched into an aggressive expansion plan. And again my apologies for JHM being off the air for a week or so there. More more MORE!!!! And that was Marvin Acmes funeral. Which was a perk that no other hotel in Orange County had. And what does the Company do with this info? SpongeBob SquarePants Your email address will not be published. They would be seen doing a pan shot while the eulogy is given. Ill plant him muhself! He hoists the casket over his head and stomps toward the grave where he tosses it into the hole and turns to Foghorn Leghorn, Awright, you big-mouth bantampreach., In another version, when the coffin was lowered down into the grave, it landed on a whoopee cushion and a little Tex Avery style sign popped up out of the coffin saying Sad, aint it?. Shnookums & Meat but sorta makes you MISS the appearance[s] of Tom & J, Popeye, Casper, Herman & K , Baby H, Little A, etc. Marvin William Leiter. Great story and discussion. Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse (both in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral), and Tyke* from Tom and Jerry; Junior (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) Red Hot Riding Hood and The Wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) In yet another version, to the human funeral directors amazement as the coffin is being lowered, the crank starts plinking out the tune to Pop Goes the Weasel like a jack-in-the box and the Toon mourners sing the lyrics. And while a Planes 3 was definitely put in development (At the Disney Animation panel at the 2017 D23 Expo, John Lasseter not only shared a clip from this film. Where just before boarding that ride you then surrendered that ticket. Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat, and more. Back when the Mouse didnt have to have ALL of the money when it came to the Southern California tourism market. In that document (which was also published on December 23rd of that year) states that: Again this year, as in each year since Disneyland Park first opened in 1955, new records were set for total attendance and per capita spending of park visitors.The change to a five-day operating week during the 1958 1959 winter season from the seven-day schedule in effect the previous year has worked out very well. Born in 11 Jun 1935 and died in 21 May 2019 Acme, Michigan Marvin William Leiter. He genuinely cares about all Toons and has promised that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Which explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. Next come (again L to R) Junior & George, one of Tex Averys hound dogs, Practical Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Fifer Pig & Fiddler Pig. This kid-friendly area (called the Magic Kingdom Golf Course) featured elaborately themed holes with recreations of attractions that could be found right next door at Disneyland Park. 2. We went on it the last time we went to Disneyland. This is what then inspired Disney to develop the practice of plussing the attractions at his theme parks. Disney Has Also Forgot To Add: Thats billion with a B.. A Gray Line Bus would pull up in front of that hotel several times a day offering round-trip transportation to both of those Southern California attractions. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? How so?, you query. Keep In Mind That WFRR Totally Had Mixed Reviews ! Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. And those words supposedly were Build this.. He is angrily confronting her. (in the unproduced scene of Marvin Acme's funeral) MGM Cartoons. Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. Evidently, a sequel was considered, but I wonder if theyd have utilized the obvious premise of the newest threat to traditional Toon Town after 1947: the UPA style which shortly rendered Roger Rabbits slapstick out of date, and the takeover of the HannaBarbarians: limited animated characters who talked more than moved. Marvin Hagler Funeral Service - Open Casket [HD] ~ Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 - March 13, 2021) was an American prof. Storyboard Drawings 12 - Marvin Acme Funeral Marty Kline April 10, 2019 Enter Amblin The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. So things that are now closely associated with a visit to Disneyland back in the day (EX: Having to purchase a book of tickets before you entered that theme park. Walt was over in Switzerland for the start of shooting on Third Man on the Mountain in 1958 and evidently really liked what he saw. This is then followed by this great moment in the balcony of a movie theater that Roger & Eddie have gone to hide out in, during which Valiant recounts to the rabbit how his brother Teddy was actually killed. Mind you, theres a fun little button on this sequence. And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. 4. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? Which then cues Foghorn Leghorn to begin his sermon. Im definitely going to make this worth your while.. You want to know the toughest part of just shutting down for a while? Sally Sargant ( Terrytoons ) With the 50th anniversary re-release of Snow White in 1987, Roger Rabbit in 1988, and the Little Mermaid in 1989, I felt optimistic about the future of animation for the first time in my life. But there was another aspect of Who Framed Roger Rabbit that for legal reasons as well as its difficulty-to-animate aspect that wound up getting cut from this Amblin production. Now in the upper right-hand corner of the above drawing, you may notice an annotation which reads Toons unload casket. Well, wait til you see the six classic toon stars who do the honors for Marvin. He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. This whole scene is being shown from the point of view of Valiant who is in the distance leaning against a palm tree. They should have studied a print of Jasper Goes Hunting to see how its done. It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with. Whats the Company ultimately going to have to do convince those people who now think that a trip to WDW has just gotten too expensive for the family to come back. He was a columnist for a variety of animation magazines. Were they planned to make cameos in the movie, or at least considered ? 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He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. Goofy: Gawsh! So reading between the lines here in Disneylands second year of operation (July 1956 June 1957), the folks down in Anaheim experimented with keeping Walts family fun park open six days a week during the slower times of the year. Some three months after Disneyland Park first open. No doubt, that dialogue between Bugs and Mickey had the stink of being written by a dozen high-priced attorneys. I think they made the right decision, looking back, in eliminating the sequence. Toward the end, Jessica knees Maroon in the groin and he crumples to the ground as she storms off. While amusing, some in the audience were puzzled why Valiant was taking a shower while Judge Doom and the weasels were in hot pursuit and time was running out for Roger. Prior to this, if you wanted to go on a ride at Disneyland, you had to first get on line at one of the Parks omni-present ticket booth. What fascinates me about the parallels here is that When Walt began to see the same thing bubble up in press coverage for his new family fun park (i.e., All of those Summer-of-1955 stories in newspapers & magazines about how expensive it was to visit Disneyland. Psycho had wild, spiky fur, and wore a loosened straightjacket. But he also revealed that this project which, at that time, was entitled Space was slated to be released theatrically in April of 2019) This animated feature was abruptly cancelled when DisneyToon Studios was shuttered in June of 2018. Despite being cut from the final film, Joe Alaskey is still credited as voicing him in the end credits. Donations in Marvin's honor may be made to the charity of . Which bring us to Eddie Valiant, the down-on-his-luck private dick that Bob played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. If we built a Swiss Family Treehouse in the Park Well, that then means a steep set of stairs first going up into that tree and then a second steep set of stairs coming down out of that tree. Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; . The way I hear it, even with Spielbergs clout, there were just some cartoon characters that the Roger Rabbit production team couldnt acquire the rights to. Which Im told resulted in all sort of angry people at the entrance of Disneylands parking lot. and Little Lulu ! The next time you get the chance, sit down and watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit and watch how Hoskins emotionally grounds this movie. Popeye: Were bearing Paul? John Howell who was the art director on Swiss Family Robinson was out scouting locations for this movie in 1958. So they then screened the very first movie that Ken directed for Disney, which was The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men from 1952. TOM AND JERRY. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. Honestly, I thought the whole scene was good enough as is, lawyer problems aside (which got worse for Warners as time went on). Theres a full scan of that annual report over on DisneyDocs.net). Would get a bigger reaction / stronger laugh largely because Guests now wouldnt see the Trapped Safari until they then floated by the lions cave. Its at this point that Walt personally reaches out to Jack and says I know, I know. By the way, the tree that appears in this Disney film is real. Ah yes, this takes me back. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. Nancy and I have been trading the same cold back & forth since late February / early March. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* Also many iconic Harvey characters didnt even appear until after 1947, when RRs set: Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. Which was going to be necessary for the two elevators that would then make that attractions stretching room scenes possible. Who now that Acmes funeral has wrapped up this famous foursome is heading off to play some golf. Hi Jim, An animated Bugs Bunny is sitting next to him. Well, then consider this: In just the first five years that the Cars film franchise existed, global retail sales of merchandise related to these Pixar movies approached $10 billion. Heres the actual opening line to John Hughes Vacation 58.. What I remember is that for Ruby-Spears, they licensed the girls (hopefully they didnt tamper their designs much unlike a certain studio that owns them right now) and most bizarrely, Herman & Katnip (Im not sure this was a smart idea). One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acmes funeral that were available online Until now. There was also a lot of talk during this Comic-Con panel about how because Who Framed Roger Rabbit s June 21, 1988 release date had already been locked in there just wasnt enough time for the studio that Richard Williams had set up to do all of the animation for this motion picture. The pallbearers of the coffin kept shifting but generally included Yosemite Sam (who is struggling to carry the coffin from underneath it), Elmer Fudd, the silent screen version of Felix the Cat (with a Sob thought bubble above him), Popeye, Bluto, Herman the Mouse and in at least one version, Goofy. Annakin went on to direct several very popular family films in the 1960s & 1970s, among them Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. And the Walt Disney Company went out of its way to recognize Kens contribution to the overall success of Disney Studio & the Companys theme parks by naming him a Disney Legend in 2002. Which again I remind you was published on December 23rd of that year: This current year, we are operating the park during the winter months on a five-day schedule with resulting savings in operating costs and in the hope that a full weeks business can be compressed within the five days. The famous never filmed Marvin Acme funeral sequence workbook pages from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (Disney/Amblin, 1988) Did you know? But because we all bought into his version of Eddie Valiant, we rejoiced when this long-in-his-cups ex-cop finally let go of the bottle. Casper (the definitive version). 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