More Frontierland Scans
I have another selection of Frontierland scans for you, courtesy of the Mysterious Benefactor! Four of these are "rafty", but not "ratty".
While most of us went to school aboard river rafts, the kids in this picture had probably never been on a raft before. Some fun, and they're not going to school either! It might be my imagination, but the girl to the left is already showing signs of scurvy.
This young lad has the same haircut as I do! Though his mom has to use a smaller cereal bowl as a guide. He's peering down into the depths, imagining that he sees the shadow of a huge leviathan gliding below.
So much for the photographer keeping a low profile, everybody is on to him. The girl with the red skirt is sick of being followed by the paparazzi, and can you blame her? I love her Farrah Fawcett hair.
This one is "souvenir guide book worthy", it's colorful and well-composed. The raft doesn't appear to be moving, but we're supposed to think that the raft pilot is indicating nearby points of interest ("Yonder is a nest of cottonmouths!"). But they don't fool me! The boy with the yellow hat in the lower left looks like he's stepped out of a Norman Rockwell painting.
One of these photos is not like the others! I decided to add this last view just to confuse the FBI. "What is he doing now? Call the Director, pronto!". We've moved to Fort Wilderness on Tom Sawyer Island; these two kids are having way too much fun. It's a good thing they're not on my lawn, because I'd give them an earful!
THANK YOU, Mysterious Benefactor!
12 comments:
Major-
What a fine collection of images depicting a fine collection of cute kids-! And as you pointed out, that youngster with the red hair and hat askew could easily have been in a Norman Rockwell painting.
Thanks to the M B and the Major. (Scurvy, indeed-!)
Strange that the official photographer took pictures of little kids doing nothing in particular. I guess he just wanted some photos of kids doing kid stuff.
Three(3) people are smiling in the third photo. The rest have gazes that could kill, especially Farrah.
Don't let the bright colors and the Norman Rockwell kid fool you. That red-shirted Ferryman is guiding these souls across the River Styx.
There's another Mark Twain pic loaded with tons of CMs and their friends and families.
Yep, I think the FBI will be totally befuddled by the last pic... me too. Not a picture you would want to write home about. I wonder if this was a different photographer than the one whose photos we usually see? They seem... different.
Thanks, Major and MB.
".......the girl to the left is already showing signs of scurvy."
Drink your orange juice, Shelby.....I mean, Scurvy Girl!
In the second to last pic, we can see the Frontierland "floating river stage." As ugly as I thought that thing was, it was nothing compared to what came later for Phantasmic. I misspelled that on purpose. Wouldn't it be a much better show, if it was based entirely on the film, "Phantasm"? I wonder if Disney owns that one now?
Thank you, Major and MB!
“We didn’t need dialog, we had FACES.”
So cute
MS
Leopard boy is obviously the one who knocked Norman's hat askew. Askew would be a good Wordle word. Sad if that's Farrah's resting face.
Marvelous photos as usual from MB. They had skills.
Thanks, Major
Zach
The little blond guy in photo 2 looks like our son at that age. Lots of cute kids in these shots.
The raft pilot is pointing out the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which was on loan to Disneyland from the Louvre for several years.
I hope those kids in the last pic remember their time on the old Fort, because they won’t be recreating that moment at Disneyland.
Thanks Major and MB, much appreciated.
JG
Cute kids for sure. Grumplestilskin in red and blue looks like Cindy Brady's grown up cousin, knowing that she wants to be Marcia, but never will: hence "I'll be Farrah instead". I did have a chance encounter with Farrah at LAX. In high school we, like pretty much everyone" sold "the Worlds Finest Chocolate" bars. $1 a piece. We thought we'd really "clean up" hanging out at LAX selling them....of course not knowing it's totally not legal. It was kind of fun...we never got approached by police...and after a couple of hours of "no sales" we left. We went to all the terminals with little success. At the Bradley Terminal (International) which was pretty new at the time...we encountered a gaggle many "fur coated" glamorous people....before we knew it, we were asking Farrah if she wanted to buy a chocolate bar. She acted as if we were invisible, and it did not "click" that she was Farrah until we saw Ryan O'Neal close behind with a bit of luggage. Until then, she was just another glamour-puss walking across the street to her limo. I remember the chauffeur had a cart with a pile of luggage: all LV. I can understand why she was famous, as it was like a pin spot was on her. My claim to fame "I was ignored by Farrah Fawcett". Back to the rafts: that employee I do remember...he is pointing "naughty" but I've said before: that two finger weird point was never a thing. He's probably saying "there's the dock that we basically crash into to dock, so everyone hold on!". Some raft skippers were better than others, but I always found it kind of hilarious when people were screaming because of the "bump". Of course, there were the times it was a little over filled or not balanced....and you'd take on water: "more screaming". Again, the kids look super happy and sweet: I'm not sure I've seen any kids like this at Disneyland in the last few years...smiling that is. More shrieking I think. These kids look very carefree as their days aren't governed by a communication device, a bubble maker, or a bag of some sort of sugary sugar thing. I don't mind the sugar....but bubble makers: "no". I read something lately about some kind of weird particle in bubbles: something that you shouldn't be in contact with....communication device: well...unfortunately we all have to succumb. There is a way to get around it, and get the best of it....but that is for another post. Thanks Major and MB!
Nanook, the red-haired kid is so iconic that he might be the product of a lesser illustrator than Rockwell!
JB, remember, these were taken for potential publicity use, and Disney brochures were full of people having fun at the park - even little rugrats! Did you notice that the Ferryman is doing the one-finger point?? FIRE HIM IMMEDIATELY! I wonder if the kids in the final picture were doing something super cute just before the photographer snapped the shutter? I mean, they are cute anyway, but he might have missed what he’d intended.
TokyoMagic!, who’s Shelby? Why Shelby? Where Shelby? Yeah, the floating river stage at least looked temporary, unlike the Fanasmic stage.
MS, the little girl with glasses is pretty adorable.
zach, wow, I wish I was called Leopard Boy. All the babes would love me. I’d like to believe that Farrah had a nice smile, but we’ll never know!
JG, if there’s one place that the Winged Victor of Samothrace would be appreciated, it’s Disneyland! “She ain’t got no head, maw!”. “Quiet, Junior, it’s so-phisticated!”. By the time I saw the inside of the Fort, I was too old to run around like those little kids. Sadly.
@ MS-
“We didn’t need dialog, we had FACES.”
Last night I watched the 4K of Sunset Boulevard. Still as great as ever - and loaded with quotable dialogue...
"Not one of those cheap new things made of chromium and spit, an Isotta-Fraschini".
TOKYOMAGIC : I added the other “future attractions” for Universal Studios to yesterdays posts …
Bu, I remember all the girls had the “Farrah” hairdo in high school, and that my neighbor had the famous poster (the one with her in the red swimsuit) on his wall. Once, “Charlie’s Angels” was shooting not too far from my parent’s house, and my brother went over with the same neighbor; Kate Jackson signed an autograph for him, which was nice. I can’t remember if he even saw Farrah. I’m sure that “not seeing people” is a real survival tactic when you are famous - I’ve seen plenty of celebrities in LA, and always give them space, but once in a while you can’t avoid them. Bryan Cranston and his wife were walking out of a movie at the old Sherman Oaks Arc Light theater, this was at the peak of “Breaking Bad” mania. I was pleased to see that people were leaving him alone! Yes, I noticed the one-finger point on that raft operator - he was raised in a shack, so you can’t be too mad. Could today’s kids go through a whole day at the park without a bubble maker?? I’d like to think so, but maybe not.
Nanook, in my opinion, “Sunset Boulevard” is Billy Wilder’s best movie, though I know “The Apartment” gets a lot of love.
Mike Cozart, I’ve been so busy getting ready for a trip that I’ve missed some of the comments, I’ll have to check yesterday’s post again!
TokyoMagic!, who’s Shelby? Why Shelby? Where Shelby?
Major, "Shelby" is Julia Robert's character in "Steel Magnolias." I probably shouldn't joke about that "Drink your juice" line, because it is said while her character is having an "attack." But it is a pretty memorable line and scene from the film.
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