Snoozles, May 1960
One particular batch has turned out to be a rich source of Snoozles™. So many of them are especially dark and gloomy, as if a cartoon villain has somehow drained the landscape of joy.
Ordinarily I'd be dancing a little jig when finding a photo of the E.P Ripley (old #2 - which wasn't that old in 1960) pulling into Main Street Station. But you can barely see the locomotive here, a good 60% (maybe even 63%) of the image is just blackness. Try not to be scared by the red hands in the lower left corner. I'm a bit baffled by this one, there appears to be a shadow cast by the station (with sunlight on the right side of the tracks), but it also looks like there are lights in the inky distance. You can see where the train staff walked their emotional support poodles.
Just for yucks, take a look at this view of the E.P. Ripley from 1971 - so much nicer.
From the same dark batch comes this drab and dismal look at the cursed Matterhorn, as seen from the Town Square side of Main Street Station. Even the usually-bright-yellow Hills Bros. Coffee Garden looks dreary. Well, I'm going to go cry now!
2 comments:
I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw where "the train staff walked their emotional support poodles". Eeewwww!
Like you said, this one is a head scratcher. If the scene is actually brighter than it looks, i.e. daytime, then why are those light on in the background? Maybe those aren't lights? I think the guy with the red hands is a demon... plus, he's smoking; another dead giveaway.
Darnit. In the 2nd pic, the train is a little farther forward, so it's blocking where those 'lights' would be in the 1st pic. I was hoping we would be able to see what was making the lights.
Oh my. I think that's the darkest picture of the Matterhorn we've seen. This is definitely NOT "the happiest place on Earth"! One would expect to see Dr. Frankenstein's castle up on that foreboding mountain.
Somewhat disturbing and confusing Snoozles this week, Major. Thanks? ;-)
The scary thing about the red hands is that it’s holding a cigarette!!
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