tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post8859878772285597990..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Store Interiors, January 1966Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-19606864992318217762010-07-19T19:14:19.125-07:002010-07-19T19:14:19.125-07:00Was there really an apartment up there? I worked o...Was there really an apartment up there? I worked on the Fantasyland stock crew for a while and that door led up to a stock room, but I don't remember any of that second level being anywhere near finished enough to serve as a bedroom. Perhaps it was intended to be finished but never was? Or I could just totally be forgetting some section of it that I wasn't able to see.Eric Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149591952925380521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24231200443353057982010-07-11T18:46:27.717-07:002010-07-11T18:46:27.717-07:00In the back left of the first photo, you can just ...In the back left of the first photo, you can just see the doorway that led to the entrance to the apartment built for Walt's grandkids' on the second floor...Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-80002938792010479892010-07-11T10:07:12.390-07:002010-07-11T10:07:12.390-07:00reminds me of the clown doll in Poltergeist....
d...reminds me of the clown doll in Poltergeist....<br /><br />do not like clown much i have to admit, but the toy shop looks so nice with all the lights on. thanks for the rare photosNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-31913657601736671972010-07-10T09:50:05.566-07:002010-07-10T09:50:05.566-07:00Thanks for the info, Deja Vu and TokyoMagic! I'...Thanks for the info, Deja Vu and TokyoMagic! I'd totally forgotten that older photo, d'oh. <br /><br />The clown reminds me of the one in the TV movie for Stephen King's "IT".<br /><br />Rich T, thanks for your fun recollections!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-35271554969165599592010-07-10T09:16:19.904-07:002010-07-10T09:16:19.904-07:00The best thing my parents ever bought me at Tinker...The best thing my parents ever bought me at Tinkerbell Toy Shop--and it might have been '66--was a put-it-together tin roller coaster that made a loud, obnoxious grating sound when the wind-up cars racheted themselves up the lift hill. When I woke at 5:00 AM the next morning in the motel--with the rest of the family sound asleep--I *tried* to play quietly with it...1966 Epic Fail!<br /><br />Major, this web site continually brings back good memories. Thank you!Rich T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218280822336323825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-271266202632720192010-07-10T08:12:28.368-07:002010-07-10T08:12:28.368-07:00You mean to tell me that once upon a time they sol...You mean to tell me that once upon a time they sold un-Disney toys???? Ditto on the clown - UBER creepy!Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28479965963884524712010-07-10T00:25:41.538-07:002010-07-10T00:25:41.538-07:00^
Doesn't make you less right.
The clowns are...^<br />Doesn't make you less right.<br /><br />The clowns are creepy, but all the stuff on the high shelf in the first slide looks like absolute horror movie mayhem, and there's even a gun up there.<br /><br />Pleasant, dreams?Deja vu all over againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-8773373150965928042010-07-10T00:17:16.332-07:002010-07-10T00:17:16.332-07:00Oops, "Deja vu" beat me to it by one min...Oops, "Deja vu" beat me to it by one minute!<br /><br />Nightmares, I tell you!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-81077642495394468082010-07-10T00:13:27.148-07:002010-07-10T00:13:27.148-07:00My guess is the Tinkerbell Toy shop in Fantasyland...My guess is the Tinkerbell Toy shop in Fantasyland. All clown dolls are creepy! Look at that one that's out of focus in the second pic. I'll be having nightmares about him tonight!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49249064404803807922010-07-10T00:12:13.759-07:002010-07-10T00:12:13.759-07:00It's the Tinker Bell Toy Shop in FantasyLand.
...It's the Tinker Bell Toy Shop in FantasyLand.<br /><br />Check out this great blog:<br /><br />http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/tinker-bell-toy-shop-october-1969.html<br /><br />You can see the distinctive decorated frame in the interior that you kindly lightened up for us to keep in mind in case you posted more photos of it in the future.<br /><br />Another dead giveaway is the fact that the shop is filled with toys.Deja vunoreply@blogger.com