Sometimes, a lot of slides might consist of 20 or so individual images. Today's lot only had two slides - but they are pretty nice! From April 1962, like I said in the subject line.
Two boys are already hungry, and popcorn will be just the thing to satisfy their appetites (for about 20 minutes). Grandma will pay, she has a bunch of "Standing Liberty" quarters in her purse that she has been saving since 1930. Genuine silver! Two "NASA guy" employees (you can see their embroidered patches) are sitting in the shade to the left, maybe they only had five more minutes on their break before they had to high-tail it back to the Autopia (making "whoo-whoo" noises like Curley from The Three Stooges).
Next, it's dad (holding mom's massive purse, the ultimate humiliation) and the boys beside the Submarine lagoon. The younger boy is stuffing his face again, I think he's eating cigarettes. Dad also clutches a 1961 souvenir guidebook, I guess they were still using up the old stock from last year. I'll bet the family had a great day!
1. Bu’s favorite food.
ReplyDelete2. Pylons!
Thanks, Major.
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ReplyDeleteToasty Roasty looks quite dashing in his outfit as seen on this popcorn wagon.
"... it's dad holding mom's massive purse, the ultimate humiliation..."
I should say - considering the purse doesn't even appear to be matching his belt-! (I can only imagine the fashion faux pas caused by the mis-match between the purse and his shoes-!)
Thanks, Major.
Nice vintage photo! Gramma is dressed stylishly, and has a pleasant smile. The Tosty Rosty clown is doing 183 rpm! (I looked up "Tosty Rosty" and this is how it's spelled, no "a"... according to Google.)
ReplyDeleteThat's an odd-looking stripe on the one kid's crew cut head. I suppose it's just how the light is reflecting off his noggin... or maybe he got bombed by a passing bird.
Wow, the Skate looks close enough to touch! And yes, I do believe li'l bro is eating cigarettes. Maybe they're menthol flavored? Dad looks like a friendly sort. We can see a bit of the Matterhorn, but no Bobsleds. And we can see Fantasyland Screechy.
Wish there were more pics in this batch, they look good! Thanks, Major.
@ JB-
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed... there's "documentation" all over the internet creating nothing but confusion as to both the spelling and the order of the words: Toasty Roasty... Roasty Toasty... Roasty-Toasty... Tosty Rosty. There only seems to be agreement the original spelling lacked the 'a' in both words. And when the "A's" were added remains a mystery; along with the order seeming to shift over time.
A 1985 catalog (their 100th anniversary) describes him as the "Roasty-Toasty" Man perpetually turning his glass tumbler filled with popcorn. [This description contains a hyphen, just for giggles].
I wonder if grandma decorated her sweater with her own Bedazzler®?
ReplyDeleteThe kid might have been eating candy cigarettes, but it's more fun to think of him eating the real thing. Hopefully they were Camels, which were known to be less irritating to your "T-Zone". Or I suppose he could have been eating raisins, purchased from one of the many "raisin carts" that could be found throughout the park, back in those early years.
Tokyo I know you jest , but in the early 80’s SUN GIANT FOODS was a Disneyland sponsor and throughout the park you could purchase raisins , nuts , beef jerky , and granola bars. Some of the locations included The Market House , various snack carts , The Lunching Pad , The Fort Wilderness Canteen and Fishing Pier Snacks … you may remember the Disneyland-Sun Giant TV commercials with actor Marvin Kaplan ( from ALICE tv show and The Great Race ,1965) playing a giant “Sun” walking around eating raisins and granola bars .
ReplyDeleteYou know what Disneyland guests do not want ??
1. Boxes of raisins
2. Granola bars
3. A 2000 lb horse stepping on your foot.
Regards to yesterday : yes the company that supplied Disney with its park Mickey balloons went out of business. The founder of the company actually died many years ago - the Disneyland Line even did a write up about him when it happened. I know this is a family blog but the Mickey Mouse balloon company actually started as a condom manufacturer after the war ( WW2) they were looking for ways to diversify the business and the Mickey Mouse balloon was it!
I think now a replacement balloon supplier has been obtained.
ReplyDeleteMike, I remember when Sun Giant was a sponsor of the Market House on Main St., but they were also a sponsor of The Village Inn (later renamed Village Haus) in the New Fantasyland. I remember that location sold salads with raisins and nuts sprinkled on them.......YUCK!
ReplyDeleteThey should have had Marvin Kaplan dressed as a "giant sun" and walking around Disneyland greeting guests!
Tokyo - I forgot about the Village Inn/Haus
DeleteCretors, the inventor of the machine (and the clown), calls him the "Tosty Rosty Man." Guess they would know.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cretors.com/an-age-of-invention/
It’s kind of a shame, we have a great view of the popcorn wagon, but we can’t see the CM doing the work. I don’t care how we spell the little guy’s name turning the crank, I love him either way. He’s wearing the classic garb, there’s a painting of a man slumped in a chair wearing that motley outfit, can’t recall the title. Grammy has a stylish shirt or jacket or something with the embroidery and beads, very au courant.
ReplyDeleteDad is doing classic Dad with the family’s ticket books in his pocket. I have a picture of my Dad and me in almost exactly the same spot, maybe even the same sub. It’s just a natural I guess. It takes a lot food to keep those kids running, but it’s a shame he couldn’t forgo gobbling long enough to have a photo.
Major, you mentioned the train museum in Bishop. Mrs. G and I are planning a trip to the Eastern Sierra this fall. That museum and the one of Western Film are on our agenda. I’ll send pics.
JG
JG, I *think* that museum has an operating steam locomotive now.
ReplyDeleteLou and Sue, you never talk about MY favorite food - PORK RINDS! The king of snacks!
ReplyDeleteNanook, while I like the different iterations of the Toasty Roasty man at Disneyland, there is something about the classic original. As Hemingway wrote, “You can’t go wrong with a clown”. That man with the purse doesn’t want to be too “matchy-matchy”!
JB, Grandma might have been quite a flirt in her day. “All the boys wanted to be my beau”. I remember my grandma talking about her younger days and her “beau”, it’s such an old-fashioned word. Tosty Rosty? We have rules for a reason! Why not Toghsty Roghsty, for gosh sakes? A silent “gh” is always a plus. In communist Russia!! Maybe that kid has one of those white stripes in his hair, I knew a kid like that, and thought it was cool. And there I was with my normal hair, full of bacon grease to keep it in place. Unfiltered cigarettes are actually quite tasty, and a part of a healthy breakfast. Just add a half grapefruit and a bowl of melon.
Nanook, you’d think that the company would be the final word, but no! Or at least I guess so, I am too lazy to look, and only went by what Joe Rogan said. Always dependable and true. They should call the Roasty Toasty man “RT”, and give him a skateboard, an electric guitar, and a backwards baseball cap. Three signs of ultimate coolness.
TokyoMagic!, maybe Grandma INVENTED the Bedazzler. Candy cigarettes? Those things are weird. Why are they wintergreen-flavored? I say make them smoky and kind of sour. What the hell is a “T-Zone” anyway? Raisins, I can’t remember the last time I ate any of those. “Craisins”, on the other hand… great in chicken salad.
Mike Cozart, I guess I can appreciate a company attempting to offer healthy alternatives to popcorn (is that unhealthy?) and churros. I don’t tend to snack at Disneyland, unless I get really really hungry, and then I like a nice soft pretzel (with cheese), do they even have those anymore? I don’t remember commercials with a giant sun eating raisins, but it is weird and I like the idea. And yeah, how many people wanted raisins or granola bars at Disneyland?? I can only see somebody eating those because their moms made them eat them. AND… today is a historic day, the first time condoms have been mentioned on GDB! What ELSE hasn’t been mentioned yet?
Mike Cozart, I do remember that many of the new balloons had blinking LED lights in them. Seems unnecessary, though they did look good as a group at night. People love LED lights!
TokyoMagic!, ha ha, I guess I kind of like salads with dried fruits and nuts in them, not that I eat a lot of salads. My sister puts dried cranberries in her salads, along with toasted pecans. They all go to the bottom of the salad bowl, but they are still tasty.
Steve Degaetano, mystery solved! Not that I’ll spell it correctly if I ever refer to the Tosty Rosty Man in future blog posts.
JG, it is sort of odd that there isn’t a CM standing right behind the popcorn wagon. Maybe he was just off to the side, so as not to “photobomb” that picture? I don’t know the painting you are referring to, at least off the top of my head. I remember the great photo of you and your father, overlooking the Sub Lagoon, such a great image. I really enjoyed the train museum in Bishop, especially because we were there pre-summer and the we may have been the only visitors that day. It was perfect!
Steve DeGaetano, wow that is amazing if so.
My mistake--looks like the Laws Railroad Museum in Bishop had a restored Southern Pacific narrow gauge railroad locomotive visit a few years ago. But it's still a neat place to visit!
ReplyDeleteWell...here's my "first" office in Disneyland, and yes! Popcorn is my favorite food. I choose the "mushroom" variety from the Amish...and you get a giant bag for not a whole lot of money. It's way better and more "rounded" than the "Orvilles" of the world. Chicago based Garrett's uses a hybrid of the mushroom seed...and I can absolutely polish off a giant bag of "Chicago Mix" in one sitting. It's not cheap, but it is the best: take it from a popcorn snob. The NASA guys should be over in Autopia world breathing fumes, not hanging out with Popcorn person. You can KIND of see the costume of Popcorn...you can see a lot of things though: like a health certificate/license, the "creator" sign, Fritos peanuts (who knew?!)...the popcorn bin that held big containers of coconut oil, seed, and boxes..(that lid was HEAVY)...now these things look monolithic with no access whatsoever to be near the vendor....kind of odd....there's the PI in the background behind grandma and her QE2 hair. That sub is super close...had no idea...did they change the tracks? I loved candy cigarettes as much as the real ones. especially the ones wrapped in paper and corn starch so when you blew into it they "smoked". I would say "what were they thinking" but we KNOW what RJ Reynolds et al. were thinking! Purse just may be a giant camera bag? or perhaps...roasted chicken? Could be. Thanks for a trip to the office Major! and top secret info on how to get "THE" balloon that someone chooses from the "umbrella" of balloons.....you DON'T try to find the string. The string was like waxed thread, very very invisible, but strong. It was called "Intrinsic" whatever that meant...in any case, you pull down the umbrella, then grab the bottom piece of the balloon requested and pull the balloon out...and the string follows. Not the other way around. Again, in a windstorm....it's difficult, but can be done. The thing about untangling, is that you have to stay on it. and that if for "lesson #2" for tomorrow. It's an art, and something you did in-between guests.
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ReplyDelete"AND… today is a historic day, the first time condoms have been mentioned on GDB!..."
I know-! - and on the same day as the sometimes-referenced T-ZONE. (Clearly they have something in common, but as I failed to graduate from medical school, I was never let-in on the secret. Curses-!)
The 'knowledge base' is one of the many reasons I maintain my Platinum Level Status Membership here on GDB... that -and the framed image of The Major decked-out in full regalia, sitting atop a magnificent Shire horse - included in the membership tier. All the gals swoon when they lay eyes upon it.
Steve DeGaetano, oh well, at least a lucky few got to see that loco at the museum!
ReplyDeleteBu, I’ve never heard of the “mushroom” variety of popcorn. Strange name, does it have that umami mushroom flavor? I haven’t made popcorn since we did Jiffy Pop on the stove as a kid (though my mom did buy a hot-air popper in the 80s that I never used). It’s weird, I like popcorn, I just don’t eat it much. Do you put butter on yours? Or seasoned salt? I’m sure the possibilities are endless. If it wasn’t for those signs, I would not know that Fritos ever sold peanuts. Maybe they were just at amusement parks? I’m assuming that the Sub pic was taken right as the family disembarked from the ride, before they walked to the exit. Just a guess. I didn’t remember that candy cigarettes had corn starch “smoke”… I bought a fake cig at a magic shop once, it had crumpled red foil at the end with a bit of painted-on “ash”, it really looked like a lit butt. I might still have it in a box somewhere. Why did I buy it? No idea. Thank you for the skinny on how to get the right balloon, now I know the secret and will use it to gain power and influence!!
Nanook, I am not offended by the mention of condoms, but admit that you might not expect to read a mention of them on GDB. As for T-Zones… I’m still trying to figure out what the “T” stands for. I’’m trying like hell to make it into something dirty, and it just isn’t working. I see that you’ve found the photo of me in my “Horatio Hornblower” uniform, it never fails to impress!
So a new company does manufacture the Mickey balloons for the parks now but Disney oddly does not purchase the balloon’s directly… merchandise vending purchases them for Disney to sell in the park and Disney uses contract decorators to use balloons for parades and events … and then has to pay the vendors … ( I’ve been told at over 300% mark up!!) why would didn’t use this arrangement?? It just drives up their costs — and guests costs. Unless it’s cheaper to pay the 300% + mark up rather than pay to store , stock and inventory balloons ??
ReplyDeleteRe: Sun Giant. I do remember this company, although not at Disneyland. If this is the company I am thinking of, they either bought out or were the successor of, or merged with, Sun Diamond, which was a fruit and nut packer (walnuts, almonds, pistachios, prunes and dried fruits) in the California Central Valley (and maybe other places too). We had sales contracts with Sun Diamond in the 70's and 80's for our walnut crops. Safer and better way to sell walnuts rather than on the open market. At some point, Sun Diamond became just Diamond, This company ran the sales campaign for almonds where the farmer says " a can a week, that's all we ask". Sun Giant had a yellow and orange logo, like so many other 70's companies.
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What the hell is a “T-Zone” anyway?
ReplyDeleteMajor, years ago, I visited the Radio and TV Museum in Los Angeles and watched a bunch of cigarette commercials from the 1950s. There was a series of them where the cigarette company was declaring that their cigarettes were "less irritating to your "T-Zone"". They would show someone smoking, and then they would superimpose a large capital "T" over their face. The top of the "T" went across their eyes, and the lower vertical part of the "T" went down through their nose, mouth, and throat. It's amazing that right there in the commercial, they were admitting to potential new smokers that smoking is irritating to your eyes, nose, mouth and throat, but HEY, our cigarettes are LESS irritating! I guess if you were someone who was already hooked, then this might have been somewhat appealing. If it was even true. They lie, you know.
- TokyoMagic!