Mega-Snoozles™
Boy oh boy, today's Snoozles are truly disgraceful, only a sociopath would share these on a public forum. But I spoke to the sociopath, and he was insistent!
Here's a view of the shore in Frontierland, as seen from a river craft (the lowest level of the Mark Twain?). No wonder the photographer was so excited, they've spotted two female elk of the rare Cervus fiberglassius species. Magnificent! If they look a little guilty, it's because they were playing with matches.
Well.... gosh. If you like random trees and shrubs, then this one is for you I guess. To the left is a smooth-ish gray shape, perhaps the back of an American rhinoceros.
16 comments:
Major-
Maybe not just 'sociopaths' but I think even the Evans brothers might enjoy these images (and might be able to ID more than a handful of the species seen therein).
Thanks, Major.
Ha! These pics remind me of a few of my dad's 35mm slides from his various hunting trips, 60+ years ago. During our occasional slide-watching nights, slides similar to these would flash onto the ground glass-coated screen and he would say, "there is a deer in there somewhere". Sometines we could make out a smidgen of tawny-colored something among the foliage. Other times, the scene would be a vast expanse of sagebrush as far as the eye could see with, supposedly, a deer or antelope in there somewhere about 300 yards away. I don't think even he knew where, in the pic, the animal was.
These may indeed be Snoozles of the highest order, but they triggered an old memory. So thanks, Major.
In that first pic, I think I see 3 more elk -- including the dad, on the left (and up a bit). Now I feel like JB, watching his dad's slide shows. :o)
Thanks, Major.
Speaking of "sociopaths" and "playing with matches," "The Bad Seed," was on TV earlier this evening. It's amazing what that girl was able to do with just a couple matches and a little excelsior.
Thanks for the Snoozles, Major!
TOKYO: lol! I watch THE BAD SEED tonite too - for the first time … I know the “shocking - surprise” ending was controversial for the time , but I laugh when it happened!! I guess I really didn’t see it coming . I was also surprised to see so many tv personalities…. Sam Drucker from Petticoat Junction , Mary Richard’s Aunt from The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( the one Mr. Grant fell in love with) and Patty McCormick ( the bad seed) who grew up to be Anne Brookes - THE ROPER’s friendly neighbor.
These slides are “How Green Was My River” ( the subject- not quality )
Mike, you left out Jesse White, who portrayed the "Lonely Maytag Repairman" for two decades!
And I guess the book and the play were more shocking, but the censor's and "codes" wouldn't allow that ending in a movie. Sinners always had to be punished or pay the ultimate price, back in those days. Disney should have taken that advice and kept the Little Mermaid's original ending in their animated version!
”If they look a little guilty, it's because they were playing with matches.”
Well, that explains the conflagration at the cabin…
Sorry I am late to yesterday’s party (hope it wasn’t heepy, Stu!), but I’m pretty sure that the gingerbread trim in yesterday’s Frontierland slide was on the roof of the dock structure. I left details and a link to another photo this morning in a comment on yesterday’s post.
Thanks, Major!
I think technically these are official Snoozles(tm), however they still tell a big story. It's kind of astounding to note that every tree, shrub and blade of grass needed to be purchased and planted. It's really amazing that there was a plan, and a architecture to this "frontier jungle" to make it look authentic. There seem to be a large number of different species in these photographs, and for just a few people to be leading this botanical project called "Disneyland" boggles the mind...well: my mind anyway. I've missed the past week, but happy 7000th Major, Happy Birthday Stu and KS....and I particularly enjoy bathing beauties in Fantasyland...which sounds kind of naughty, and I wonder about the "archival quality" of a sequin bathing suit after a few trips into the pool....however I don't think it was made for swimming. Thanks Major!
Major, you should thank that sociopath, since these are possibly the dullest pictures ever posted on GDB. I am happily willing to admit that I have taken worse pictures in Disneyland, however.
Those elk really should know better, but the lure of fire is hard to resist, and fiberglass is somewhat flame-retardant. Maybe they felt safe.
It’s hard to account for photo 2. Maybe it was an accidental snap? I do see just a hint of yellow in the distance, above the gray thing that is either a rhino or a rock. Could this be a bit of one of the trains?
In any case, these are an excellent catalog of the River flora. Thank you!
JG
Nanook, for all I know, the Evans brothers were mentally unstable!
JB, oh my gosh, slides from hunting trips. Hopefully you got at least a few with big dead animals, something everyone wants to look at. Those are almost as bad as somebody’s slides from a trip to the mountains. Endless photos of anonymous peaks, usually no people… talk about dull!
Lou and Sue, hmmm, I don’t know about 3 more elk, though I think the tail of at least one is to the extreme right?
TokyoMagic!, that little girl had a lot of good qualities, and I wish people weren’t so mean to her!
Mike Cozart, I’ve actually never seen that movie, it’s one that I know of through cultural osmosis. Doesn’t a bolt of lightning play into the finale? My brother watches lots of MeTV, and he is amazed at how many soon-to-be big actors show up in various westerns. Dennis Hopper, John Voigt, Ellen Burstyn, and so on. My grandma knew a few of those old TV character actors from her church, especially a man named Parley Baer, if you look him up I’m sure he will be a familiar face. Those actors were on every show multiple times, it must have been a great way to be in the business!
TokyoMagic!, somehow it’s more fun today when a bad character can “get away with it”… the inevitable “divine punishment” from the old days was often laughable.
Chuck, I never thought about elk being the cause of the fire at the cabin, but I should have known! I’m pretty sure I once saw an elk smoking a cigarette. I’m sorry you missed the party yesterday, it was a real snorter!
Bu, you make a good point about how the “wilderness” had to be entirely manufactured. I’ve heard that Bill Evans got a lot of trees and plants from the pathway of freeways that were going to be built - free of charge, which was both lucky and smart. Maybe that was just for the earliest days? Not sure. There’s a book about the flowers at Disneyland (it’s rare, I don’t have a copy), I wonder if it also goes into things like the Frontierland forests and the Adventureland jungle?
JG, it is probably hard to believe, but there have been photos that are SO bad that I have not even used them as Snoozles! Fortunately those are not common. Elk don’t worry about setting fires because they can run so fast, when you think about it they are real jerks. I have no explanation for photo #2, maybe the photographer thought he saw something?
Holy cow - your grandparents went to church with Parley Baer?! I love him as Chester in the radio version of Gunsmoke.
MAJOR: the studio and the production team of THE BAD SEED specifically request at the end of the film that all surprise twists and endings PLEASE not be discussed with anyone so as not to ruin the film for others …..
@ Chuck-
Thanks for your sleuthing of yesterday's post regarding the 'mystery structure'; but if you head back there, you will see additional visual proof as part of my added comment that should clear-up any confusion on your part. (It would be interesting to know just exactly when that Mark Twain ticket booth was finally removed). It did seem to last through the end of 1958, tho'; but proof of its existence beyond that time seems elusive.
At least one of these images was taken aboard a KEELBOAT ( the second photo) you can see the slant edge of the Keelboats cargo hold door. I suspect the other image was also taken from a KEELBOAT.
To my understanding the original Mark Twain ticket booth was given a new roof and relocated to the other side of Frontierland becoming the “Frontierland Central Ticket booth” - between the river and the train depot- and remained there until 1982. I’ve seen some backstage photos taken in the mid 80’s - behind Bear Country/New Orleans Square and that ticket booth is being moved along with some paint shop storage sheds …. To begin construction of Splash Mountain … so that booth was still “hanging around “ then.
Nanook, I left a comment on yesterday’s post, too, but thanks for the additional info. That clears it up for me and I am in complete concurrence with your assessment that that is that ticket booth. Thank you!
@ Mike-
Thanks for more info on that ticket booth (which should've been on wheels-!)
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