1970s Jungle Cruise
You know how it is... one day you're happy-go-lucky, humming a jaunty tune, and the next day, you're scanning a bunch of Jungle Cruise photos. THE TWO EXTREMES. Life, she can be fonny.
Seinfeld was a "show about nothing", and one could almost say that this image is about nothing. If you use your Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer to determine the exact center point of the photo, it's a bunch of dumb leaves. And I hate leaves! True story: a single leaf prevented me from winning the Indy 500. There's a boat to the right - no passengers, but a Skipper. And another boat to the left - they are at that little spur dock that guests can't access. What's the deal? Meanwhile, I've always liked the little hut floating on the water; the occupant is away, so we can go through his medicine cabinet - my favorite kind of snooping!
I can't even say that I dislike this photo - it's not terribly different from actual, official postcards that might cost you ten cents. Indian elephants are famous for loving water, swimming in it, drinking it, but most of all, squirting it at passing boats. It's a survival behavior learned by watching TV.
4 comments:
Major-
"I've always liked the little hut floating on the water".
That's actually the 'swim-up bar' for the hippos-!
Thanks, Major.
I've never noticed the bird sitting on a perch, inside that little hut. I hope Wally Boag or Thurl Ravenscroft provided it's voice. I also don't remember seeing that little hammock before, either.
A single leaf also caused the Apollo 13 near-disaster. Also a TRUE STORY!
I think I see a Triffid lurking amongst the leaves. I'm sure that's what the photographer was keying on. Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet, or the Triffid will hear us!. The boat has a green, or teal, awning. I prefer red, but any of the striped awnings are nice to see.
It really is amazing how real these elephants look, at least in still photos. Their movements are kinda stiff and jerky (Stiff and Jerky were a famous zombie Vaudeville team. The duo killed 'em in the Catskills). There's also a crocogator on the extreme right. He seems to be squirting water out of his mouth.
Decent Jungle Cruise photos, Major. Thanks.
Disney still has a single original 1950’s or 60’s JUNGLE CRUISE boat . It was “saved” because it was taken off-line in the late 80’s because of a pending lawsuit and used as evidence or for an investigation. It was was later kept in the Disneyland boneyard and when the jungle cruise boats were replaced with new - larger ones and the other originals were junked , the sole survivor was forgotten about . But it still exists .
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