Today I am featuring some nice souvenir items from the Golden Horseshoe Saloon - or their empty envelopes, at any rate.
Disney Legend Wally Boag performed at the Golden Horseshoe for some 25+ years and over 10,000 shows; besides singing, dancing, and telling corny jokes, he also made balloon animals for kids in the audience. "Boag-alloons"! Excited kids could take home a kit so that they could practice their own skills in the art of making air-filled rubber animals.
This first envelope was something of a surprise to me when I found it - I'd never seen one before. Also, nobody else bid on it! I love the interesting color combination and very "early 60's" design of this envelope, which would have presumably held a few dozen varieties of balloons. A young Wally grins at us, holding his carpet bag.
Now that I have shared this scan of the instructions, you can go forth into the world and make your own fortune. When you become a millionaire, just remember who helped you.
Back in 2008, I published this dark photo taken inside the Golden Horseshoe in 1963. Beneath the Pepsi signs and the not-quite-nude portrait....
... you can see some of these very same envelopes behind the bar!
This next "Boag-alloons" container is a card stock box (seen here in its flattened state) rather than an envelope, and is more familiar to me, though still not exactly common. I bought mine from Matterhorn1959. Wally looks plum loco!
Here's the reverse; written on Wally's hat is, "Actually it was 7 years ago they operated on my father...". Does anybody know the rest of this gag? I'm sure it is groan-inducing!
I hope you have enjoyed today's Boag-alloon containers.
In his routine, Wally asked the pianist if he knew the song “When They Operated on Father, They Opened Mother’s Male.”
ReplyDeleteI have that last Boag-alloons" container as it came with my book "Wally Boag: Clown Prince of Disneyland". Nice Wally Boag collection today and the 1963 photo adds nicely to today's post. Thanks, Major.
ReplyDeleteI think I've just found my next job.
ReplyDeleteGraffer, that must be the joke! And yes, it is a groaner.
ReplyDeleteK. Martinez, didn't Wally sign those Boag-alloon boxes too? I remember when the book was being sold, and wish I'd bought one. Long ago, "The E-Ticket" magazine offered the same boxes for sale, direct from Wally, and once again, I cheaped out. WHY?!
Chuck, I'm sure your wife will understand when you inform her that you have quit your other job.
Boag was an awesome performer. The tooth-spitting routine alone was worth the price of admission.
ReplyDeleteThese are fun souvenir items, I've never seen either before.
I wonder if they ever thought of doing a version of the "Boagalusa Strut"...
https://www.shazam.com/track/2943578/bogalusa-strut
JG
Major, yes Wally did sign the Boag-alloon boxes that came with the book. As for cheaping out, I've passed on my share of stuff that I later regretted not picking up. It happens.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the "many other funny animals" were? I want a Boag-Alloon hippopotamus! And make it life-size, please!
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