Snoozles™
Sunday Snoozles GO! If you don't know what Snoozles are, they are slide scans that leave much to be desired for any number of reasons. Too many parrots? It's a Snoozle. A weird onion smell? It's a Snoozle. An ancient curse? Cool, but still a Snoozle.
This first one could have been great, but somebody used a camera with a cheap lens (made out of an old Dr. Pepper bottle) resulting in a blurry image. Which is a real shame, because otherwise it's a nice shot of Tiki's Tropical Imports. The imports appear to be mostly hats (and some woven handbags), but I'm sure there was plenty of other stuff too, maybe a necklace made of cowrie shells, maybe a faux snake made of the finest Corinthian rubber, maybe some perfume that made you smell like an elephant. Notice the Jungle Cruise dock worker to the extreme right in his colorful shirt.
Next is this undated photo of the Sub Lagoon, with the Triton vessel so close to us that we can practically taste it! Yes, it tastes like chicken. I like how we can see some of the underwater portholes in the lower right. The Triton appears to be in need of a trip to Earl Scheib, he will paint any sub for just $29.99. Did that pennant in the foreground tie itself into a knot due to a stiff breeze? Or was it those pesky teenagers?
13 comments:
Major, your commentary is especially witty today... How am I supposed to compete with that!! It's not fair!
Wow, Maybe it's because he's blurry, but I don't think I've ever seen a JC dock worker costume like that before. Was that also the Skipper's costume at this time?
Not sure that a crisper image would've helped identify the imported goodies; it's awfully dark under that thatched roof.
I tried to see some guests' faces peering out through the Sub portholes... nope. It seems almost impossible (infinity, minus 1) for a pennant to tie itself up like that. My guess is it had help from somebody. The pesky teenagers, like you said, but my money is on the feral cats; they have very nimble paws.
Sunday Snoozles WENT! Thanks, Major.
That jungle cruise costume was the summer version and it was used into the late 1960’s. It was iconic enough that the shirts were sold in Adventureland as well as “DISNEYLAND JUNGLE CRUISE BOATSMAN SPORT SHIRT”. The tags read: As worn in Adventureland by jungle Cruise Boatsman, capturing the color and excitement of adventure, lands tropics your casual Boatsman sport shirt was created in style by Walt Disney artist from actual shirts, worn by Boatsman in Sumatra “ sold exclusively at Disneyland. The red is the most common version , but a yellow and a burgundy was also common .
The Enchanted Tiki Room host & hostess shirts and muumuus were also sold in Adventureland. The 1963 tiki room shirts were replaced several times but the design was regulated to the Adventureland merchandise host & hostess costumes and the material was also sold in pre cut yardage sizes both the green and purple versions. Around 1968 a newer version of the Jungle Cruise “safari” style costume was created in a winter and summer version …. Its design was based on the safari outfits in the film DAKTARI. This remained the “jungle cruise” look from then on …. With revisions and color variates Thru the decades.
I love all that is Tiki! So Tiki Hut and Tiki stuff make me happy. The 60's and growing up in beach communities were all about Tiki bars, Mai Tais, Harvey Wallbangers, and A Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall: which is a Harvey Wallbanger, Slow Gin, Southern Comfort, and Screwdriver in a big melange of booze:https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1833/slow-comfortable-screw-against-the-wall. Don't kill me on the name, it's real. If needed, you can put this post in my file. That being said: the Jungle Cruise costume I think has the most iterations of any costume...and we get to see the costume as it is generally very photographed. I am enjoying the bright frilly one. My dad would wear Hawaiian Shirts all the time as the "fancy dress up"...and I'm sure he would rock this one too. I need a rubber snake from a bin. And saying that...I can actually smell the rubber...cooking in the summer sun in those bins...The flag in the Triton...a new movie from Pixar...that is probably the bottom of a banner flag, in a little rosette pouf. The Triton is not even borderline bad show...it's bad show...must be an early photo when they hadn't figured out the paint completely. If I remember early photos the color was more silvery matte grey...probably easier to rust and stain...especially going through a highly chlorinated water fall over and over again all day long. I had a car painted at Earl Scheib, and I'll tell you....it wasn't that bad. You didn't get a choice of hundreds of colors...and it certainly wasn't Rolls Royce quality...but my faded blue '68 Firebird, suddenly became a hot hotrod when painted fire engine red. It also attracted the Police and in a very short period of time I think I got 4 speeding tickets...enough to threaten my license...I slowed down. I loved that car and probably should have held on to it...I even bought another for "parts". I sometimes get silly cars when I rent them (frequently) because of my loyalty status....they think they are doing me a favor by giving me these crazy sports cars, like Corvettes and the like. People: save these for the younger guys...It takes me a good 15 minutes to get in...and get out....very sweet gesture, but I'd rather have the pokey Buick. Regarding yesterday's bugs...I am horrified by giant bugs like that...had to turn away....I see the photo peeking up on my screen and am still feel like one is going to crawl up my leg right now....Sunday Snoozles (tm) So Simply Smart on a Smashing Sunny Spectacular Sunday! (tm)
And somewhere among all of those stacks of hats, they are selling Kodak film.
Always wanted a rubber snake, never got one. Or a shrunken head either…
It’s no secret I love Tiki stuff. It will be a dark day when Disneyland eliminates tiki stuff, as I hear is coming.
That sub looks like it came straight from Cap’n Bligh’s Used Submarines. That’s surprisingly shabby for the Park, except when it’s intentional, and I don’t think this was.
I read somewhere that signal flags were stored in some kind of special fold or knot that could be shaken out all at once when the message was complete, preventing it from being read incrementally. Or maybe I made it all up, hard to tell the difference these days.
Thanks Major, I’ll take Snoozles over other blog content any day.
JG
Also, todays selections display pythons (of the elastic sort) and a plethora of pylons (as many as twenty, perhaps).
Pylons.
JG
JB, when I have “not very good” photos to share, I might as well try to make the text entertaining! I’ve seen that sort of Jungle Cruise costume before, but as I’ve said before, the JC seemed to undergo more costume changes than any other attraction. Almost season to season? I’m glad to have a partial confirmation re: teenagers, and now will make doubly sure that they stay off of my lawn.
Mike Cozart, whoa, that would have been cool to buy a shirt like that JC cast member is wearing! Perhaps it was a bit “loud” by the standards of the day. Still! I can’t imagine too many of those have survived over the past 50 to 60 years. “Worn by Boatsman in Sumatra”, who knew??
Mike Cozart, yeah, those Tiki Room patterns were pretty fantastic back then, even the modern repros now fetch big sums. I’ve occasionally seen pieces of the fabric for sale - long ago they were big pieces from which a shirt might be made. Over the years sellers have made the pieces smaller and smaller. Now you can have a Tiki Room hankie!
Bu, there is just something fun about tiki stuff - as I’ve said before, I am not much of a drinker or bar person, but I make exceptions for tiki bars. There’s one not far from me that a friend claims is “one of the best in Los Angeles”, but I still haven’t made it over there. Again, not much of a drinker. See my response to JB, we’ve seen SO many kinds of Jungle Cruise costumes, from the early striped shirts, to “wood block prints” and huaraches, and on and on. My dad also enjoyed aloha shirts, and when he passed, I kept one or two, though I never seem to want to wear them. It’s not really my style. But I’m glad to have them. I agree, the sub is looking pretty ratty, and this is from the Walt Years. Maybe Walt was preoccupied with the World’s Fair or something, because you’d think that with his micromanaged style he would not have approved. Earl Scheib was sort of a joke when I was growing up (“They even paint your tires!”), but I’ve seen plenty of cars that would be improved by even a not-great $30 or $40 paint job. I had a Buick, once belonging to my grandparents - it was a big “boat”, and comfortable as heck. Guzzled gas like you wouldn’t believe, though.
TokyoMagic!, it’s true, the sign says so!
JG, oh man, shrunken heads and rubber snakes are some of the best things. I’m sorry you didn’t have any. Hopefully you had other less nutty toys! My sister and her husband are friends with one of the premier tiki collectors in SoCal, they said that he knew of my blog (because of various Tiki Room photos) but had no idea that I was related to them in any way. I’d love to see what he’s got (supposedly he has a whole room full of rare tiki mugs)! You’re probably right about the signal flags, I would assume that on a windy day they might not want those things whipping around. “Why are so many guests wearing eye patches??”.
JG, PYLONS!
@ JB-
"...I don't think I've ever seen a JC dock worker costume like that before".
Oh, you'd be surprised-! LOOK HERE... AND HERE
Loving the little man on a mission, map in hand, ready for intrepid exploration.
Yes, rubber snake smell, in the JC queue - rare example of Enter Thru The Gift Shop.
MS
One trip to Disneyland in 1975 with my uncle who worked there I got to buy a giant rubber iguana.from the outdoor market … it had amber plastic eyes… the fumes from the molded rubber lizard were extreme … when we left back for San Diego my uncle had us put the lizard on the dashboard of the car . When I got home my mom was mad I got the lizard … because she hates l lizards and because the smell was so strong …. She made my dad take it out of my room and put in the garage for the night. In my mind I can still smell that rubber lizard !
Nanook, thanks for the loud shirt links. (And it only cost Major $100!)
Who woulda thunk that today's blog post would turn into a nostalgic ode to rubber snake, rubber lizard smell?
I sent major some images of the Disneyland boatsmsn shirt with the info tag … if he has time maybe he can post it.
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