All the storyboard drawings you see here were mine (Foghorn Leghorn was traced over from my sketch), except the crowd shot of all the characters at the burial site. Likewise the Japanese Village and Deer Park over Buena Park. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. Funeral service from Paperman & Sons, 3888 Jean Talon Ouest, on Monday, February 13 at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, 1250 ch. 6. From that point on, there are several different variations of what happens to Acmes coffin so that there were multiple options depending upon what character rights could be obtained. A-hyuck. And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. Tex Avery and Sagebrush Sid from *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. With its 11 story-tall Sierra Tower breaking ground in 1961 (it opened the following year in September of 1962). 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. 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. So when your winter cold (which wouldnt let go) becomes a spring cold (that just wont go away) suddenly mutates into the Black Plague Well, its then finally time to do something. Marvin Hagler Funeral Service - Open Casket [HD] ~ Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 - March 13, 2021) was an American prof. 4. Popeye, Bluto, and others appear only in this storyboarded funeral scene. All those Harvey characters (except Sad Sack, who wasnt an animated Toon) didnt exist in the 1940s setting of Roger Rabbit so why would they be in the film? Now previously here at JHM, Ive shared a few pages from the Who Framed Roger Rabbit screenplay which covered what was supposed to have happened graveside at the Acme funeral. I consider him a true animation treasure and always encourage him to share more of his animation knowledge. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? In June of 1961, he extended Disneylands monorail system by a full 2 & a half miles so that this futuristic transportation system rolled right up to the Disneyland Hotels front door. Richie Rich He is a bald, middle-aged gentleman with an eccentrically jovial, lighthearted personality who loves and cares deeply for the welfare of all Toons. And since it only took three Disneyland employees to safely staff & operate the Treehouse (i.e., one person to take tickets at the entrance, a second staffer patrolling upstairs in the tree to make sure the Guests were behaving themselves / not touching the props, and then a third Cast Member down by the exit making sure that Guests arent sneaking up the back stairs to experience the Swiss Family Treehouse without first surrendering a C Ticket), it also became one of the more profitable attractions in the Park. Mind you, theres a fun little button on this sequence. And at that time, Walt was justly proud of this project. Required fields are marked *. Whats more, what initially drove him to seek out and then purchase this amazing animation artifact was my August 2011 story about scenes that had been cut out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. 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. The storyboards. In the original screenplay, an entire day went by between the time Eddie exited the Terminal Bar & Grill and the moment that Valiant encountered Jessica Rabbit as he stepped out of his office bathroom. And as a direct result, gags that had been built around these characters comic personas had to then be cut out of the picture. Marvin E Owens Home for Funerals. For example, in the scene where sky-diving Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny offer the plummeting Eddie a spare (parachute, he thinks, but of course its a tire), the lawyers for Disney and Warners demanded that not only were Mickey and Bugs to appear on screen for exactly the same length of time, down to the last frame of film, but they were also to have the same number of lines, and even exactly the same number of words, of dialogue. He has yellow and orange swirly eyes and carried a straight razor. But only this week, Ive learned that the original storyboards for this cut sequence are floating around out there. Disney Big Figures: Where They Began, Where They Are Now and Where Are They Going? Roger is made the prime suspect and hires human detective Eddie Valiant to clear him of the charges. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. *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. Skip to main content. He struggles under the weight of the thing and eventually just tosses it into Marvins open grave. Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. Betty was wearing a dress and high heels at the time. This redo of Adventureland & Frontierland (which then set the stage for Disneylands New Orleans Square) was moving through its final design phase the Imagineers were startled when Walt pointed to the very center of this incredibly ambitious $7 million construction project (the very spot where Adventureland bumped up against Frontierland) and said: Here. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. You can see Disney proudly showing off the elaborate water wheel system at the heart of this Adventureland attraction, which send 200 gallons of water high up into that faux tree. Only thing missing would have been Private Snafu blowing Taps off-key, then firing a salute (and shooting down a planeful of Gremlins from the Kremlin). Theres a famous story about the origin of the Matterhorn-at-Disneyland project. Which is why Disney then asked Pixar to prep a follow-up film. Marvin was born in Montreal on January 25, 1937, to Bella and Moses Zalman. 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. This whole scene is being shown from the point of view of Valiant who is in the distance leaning against a palm tree. Because Bob brought so much reality & humanity to Eddie, a role that in the wrong hands could have really been just a cartoon. The eulogy is being given by Foghorn Leghorn who intones: Today we commit the body of brother Acme to the cold, I say cold, cold ground. Giving us all an intriguing look at what might have been. To be specific, Frontierland & Adventureland. 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. And in the middle of a work week that featured some pretty amazing professional opportunities (i.e., being allowed to cover this years Actors Fund Gala, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of Disney on Broadway. Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. Which means that I should probably close here & run out and get her some more medicine. Theres a full scan of that annual report over on DisneyDocs.net). I can hear her coughing in the bedroom right now. Let me remove any doubt here. So a fight between them ensues that evolves to include others. Carving out the space for the Tahitian Terrace as well as the Enchanted Tiki Room. Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux Walt may have been overselling things a little here. Which is why Im now trying to get Jim Hill Meida back up to speed. After Roger Rabbit discovers that Marvin is playing Patty Cake with his wife Jessica, Acme is found murdered the following morning in his factory warehouse. Marvin Acme's death. He Wouldve Been In The Marvin Acmes Funeral Scene Sadly Playing The Violin as the Coffin goes down into the grave ! 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. Worth noting here that in the late 1960s / early 1970s when Walt Disney Animation Studios was fumbling around for an idea for a project to tackle after The Aristocats (That was the last animated feature that Walt Disney personally put into production / greenlit) someone asks that classic question What would Walt do?. So lets start with the obvious: When Disneyland Park first opened in July of 1955, there had never been one of these before. Wouldnt That Be A Wonderful Sight ? Honestly, I thought the whole scene was good enough as is, lawyer problems aside (which got worse for Warners as time went on). (2) Increased costs due to rising salaries and the inauguration of a 40-hour week. All of which came in handy during those Mondays & Tuesdays during the Winter Months when people were staying at the Disneyland Hotel and had nowhere to go on those days when the Happiest Place on Earth was closed. One of those great examples of falling in love with a concept that doesnt fit. Given that Bob Iger (at Disneys quarterly earnings call held earlier this week) revealed that the Company now has sequels in the works for Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia Well, is it really all that far-fetched to think that at some point further on down the road Disney & Pixar will put yet another sequel to Cars in the works? This area was specially illuminated for night-time play. Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. We shed no tears for we know that Marvin is going to a better place. 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+. I hate to interrupt your boid watchin but is this the right boneyard for the Acme funeral? Which was going to be necessary for the two elevators that would then make that attractions stretching room scenes possible. The original production schedule was for three days of live action shooting for Marvin Acmes funeral. And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! I think King Features wouldnt let Popeye, and therefore Bluto, be used in the picture. Any scene thats supposed to be inside of the actual Walley World theme park was shot at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Thereby creating the oldI say old neighborhood we know as Toontown.. If Dad hadnt shot Walt Disney in the leg, it would have been our best vacation ever. 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. Marvin began his career at his father's clothing manufacturing company, P. Segal and then moved to a position at the Canadian Federal Government where he worked . In one version, Yosemite Sam gets so angry that he yells, Hold it, ya varmints! Eddie winds up with just a broken arm. Imagine Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. Paramount had a quick comeback in the 70s and 80s, so reading Harvey comics and going to UCLAs archives really left an impression on Disney/Amblin story artists. Kari Granlund was writing the screenplay for this Robin Hood reboot. That in a nutshell is what happened here at Jim Hill Media. 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. Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. 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. So does Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse. 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. Carlos Lopez Estrada had been signed to helm this film. A deleted scene involving Marvin Acme's funeral would've featured Foghorn Leghorn as the preacher giving the sermon. Well, this sequence starts out sticking relatively close to the screenplay. 28. Hashimoto-San Thats billion with a B.. In 1965, this Adventureland Attraction even after taking those costs into consideration still managed to turn a profit of $313,000. 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. The Matterhorn at Disneyland was largely inspired by research that the Studio did in Zermatt, Switzerland in late 1957 / early 1958 out ahead of the location shooting that was done for Third Man on the Mountain which officially got underway in June of 1958). And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. To be specific here: Once construction of Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse was complete in the Fall of 1962, it only cost $21,000 to staff & operate annually. It is pretty morbid, really, not funny enough. Dont these storyboard drawings just make you wish that Marvin Acmes funeral had actually made it into the finished version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit ? Dont fret. 719 N. Main Street; PO Box 9; Mahnomen, MN 56557 (218) 935-9000; 218-935-9010; toll free: 866-935-9009 Join our mailing list [email protected] It was a different time. 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. Because the handful of drawings that Ive seen to date suggest that this sequence could have become a real high point in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. 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. A large safe was dropped on his head and fortunately that action occurs offscreen. 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. Which was published on December 14th of that year. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). Hopefully by next week, Ill be able to resume JHMs 5-day-a-week publication schedule. Back to Disneyland Park closing on Mondays & Tuesdays during the off-season When did this practice start? 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. Crusader Rabbit Lets look for ways to make the rides there funnier. (H&K seperately, and Buzzy,m Katnips longtime crow star, already were established by 1947). As you can see by all of the projects that Ive just described this was a hugely complex addition to the Parks with lots of moving parts. etc. Darkwing Duck 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. It was No. Bunny Ball Marvin Acme (played by the adorable, irrepressible and talented Stubby Kaye) is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of . Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) The stories that slip through your fingers. 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! 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