Snoozles™July, 1962
It's a Snoozle Extravaganza today. Buy one, get three free! The first two scans are from July, 1962, and went way too dark. So dark that I am scared. This wouldn't be a bad photo of the Monorail, if the aperture had been open a lot more.
I always love a good photo with the old Skyway buckets and the classic Fantasyland. But not this one!
These next two are from a Christmas parade in December, 1976. They were so "meh" that I almost just dragged the scans to the trash. BUT WAIT! Sometimes trash can be fun! Shakespeare said it, so it must be true. Here's Grumpy sitting at his pipe organ (well, OK, he's standing); was there another character pumping the bellows? Grumpy seems to be bathed in a pink spotlight.
And here is another from the same parade; the wonderful toy soldiers are marching past; judging from the low angle, I wonder if this was taken by a child? Those lights in the background look like they could be someplace in Tomorrowland, possibly.
5 comments:
Major-
I believe the 1st image is taken near the entrance to the Matterhorn, looking towards the Fantasyland Autopia. We can see the series of Autopia flags placed along the fiberglass 'catch guard', adjacent to the monorail beamway. Those fringed umbrellas placed within round tables once sat in that same area near the Matterhorn entrance.
(I wonder if the two images from 1976 were also taken in the same general area-?)
Thanks, Major.
‘Christmas Snoozles’…..you think of everything, Major. Thank you for making the holidays festive and fun!
I dunno. The Monorail pic has a certain surrealistic look to it. Like it's being lit by a red dwarf star. But yeah, it would be nice if we could see the people better... so we can make fun of them. :-p
Again, more surrealism. Only this time there seems to be some sort of message concealed in the composition: TWO golden Skyway buckets! Right next to each other! And the finial atop the Carousel roof is perfectly aligned with that tiny tower on the Castle! AND, the flags at the back of the Teacups are pointing left, while the flags at the front are pointing right! It's like the da Vinci code!
I've always been fascinated by the Dwarfs' pipe organ (in this version, the pipes seem to be arranged backward; the taller pipes should be on the left). I've wondered if such a pipe organ could actually exist, with multiple notes per pipe. I think the answer is yes. But I also think that ones playing technique would have to be different than normal.
Do these Toy Soldiers have rifles with bayonets attached? I think they did in the movie, at least some of them. Perhaps when the Soldiers first appeared in the Park they did carry guns. But in later years they were probably disarmed. Now, they most likely carry bubble wands.
Snoozles, but quite nice. Thank you, Major.
Too bad they didn't use Extreme LED or Flourecsent, that would have been more energy proficient. But I prefer these DARK snoozles much more I do...ARRR!
Thanks Major as always...
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