tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post1191767777232779618..comments2024-03-28T00:37:20.261-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Girlie Show, 1940 New York World's FairMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-91273703321290375072013-08-21T09:56:45.212-07:002013-08-21T09:56:45.212-07:00Major, my imagination is still intact. Thank God! ...Major, my imagination is still intact. Thank God! Great pics. All the best, Richard.The Viewliner Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730924067419581447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20837596499926295452013-08-21T09:55:40.935-07:002013-08-21T09:55:40.935-07:00Yes Major I still have a vivid imagination. And I ...Yes Major I still have a vivid imagination. And I have used it. Great pics. All the best, Richard.The Viewliner Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730924067419581447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-89919012180364432262013-08-13T11:46:30.073-07:002013-08-13T11:46:30.073-07:00No one is supposed to notice the backgrounds, sill...No one is supposed to notice the backgrounds, silly people.<br /><br />Any chance of getting the unpixelated versions for my *cough* collection of Worlds Fair photos *cough*...?<br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-70410572723984926212013-08-11T15:06:17.592-07:002013-08-11T15:06:17.592-07:00The disturbing thins is, it doesn't take much ...The disturbing thins is, it doesn't take much alteration to make the Horizons script risqué if you have the right sort of mind and grew up on <i>Three's Company</i> re-runs. All you have to do is imagine yourself as Mr. Furley hearing it through a closed door.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-71886364717017718182013-08-10T21:05:09.039-07:002013-08-10T21:05:09.039-07:00Nanook, I was just pulling your leg! I have a big ...Nanook, I was just pulling your leg! I have a big library of old radio shows, including "Leo is on the air" and "Lux Radio Theater". Awesome.<br /><br />Melissa, OK, I get that this must have something to do with Epcot's "Horizons", but it's kind of lost on me…. <br /><br />PsySocDisney, I feel so very very dizzy.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-17210886995827902642013-08-10T19:59:02.885-07:002013-08-10T19:59:02.885-07:00HA! I hoped someone would get the joke! Thanks for...HA! I hoped someone would get the joke! Thanks for the enhanced script Melissa! Having never experienced this attraction (but looked into it plenty) I can only imagine. Awesome.<br />Sorry Major, the second paragraph of the spiel has the word "horizons" repeatedly in it and that really only means one thing in the Disney fan community: the famed extinct Epcot Center attraction!PsySocDisney https://www.blogger.com/profile/03075539960724203437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-39161286532194991882013-08-10T17:39:17.786-07:002013-08-10T17:39:17.786-07:00@Melissa-
I'm certain with that script, Horiz...@Melissa-<br /><br />I'm certain with that script, Horizons would still be with us today, going strong.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-76208352076920229002013-08-10T17:15:31.971-07:002013-08-10T17:15:31.971-07:00PsySocDisney, now I can't help imagining the &...PsySocDisney, now I can't help imagining the "naughty" version of Horizons that never was.<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />There's the grand old man himself, Jules Verne. This is the way a moonshot looked to him back in the late 1800s. *cars travel past Jules Verne mooning the audience from inside his space capsule*<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />It takes a lot of work, but the truth is, if we can dream it, we can do it.<br /><br />Grandmother:<br />Really? Tell me about these... dreams of yours.<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />Well, you see, when a man and a woman and a robot butler love each other very much...<br /><br /> Grandfather:<br />Floating cities ... they're amazing! I mean whole new industries have developed in them and under them. Mariculture, all sorts of marine mining, fuels, energy...<br /><br />Grandmother:<br />And fun! Remember fun?<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />I'm serious.<br /><br />Grandmother:<br />Well so am I. Floating cities have opened up whole new ways for people to enjoy their lives, as well as their work. Remember just last week when we met our chums Marge and Stanley down at the Blowhole Club? Now, that was a whale of a time! I'm glad we remembered to bring extra jellyfish. Boy, did I have a haddock the next morning!<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />Now, there's my speed. Sports and exercise in zero gravity.<br /><br />Grandmother:<br />It looks like fun!<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />It is, once you get the hang of it.<br /><br />Grandmother:<br />Wait, are we talking about the same thing?<br /><br />Grandfather:<br />I sure hope so. 'Caus I don't plan on packing a space suit! Ha, ha, ha!<br /><br />Announcer:<br />Attention Horizons passengers. You are invited to choose your own flight path back to the FuturePort. Please make sure all garments are fastened securely, and hands are where we can see them. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54816898446418704392013-08-10T11:38:23.887-07:002013-08-10T11:38:23.887-07:00Major-
I was listening to 1930's radio shows ...Major-<br /><br />I was listening to 1930's radio shows "by electrical transcription" - several decades later... I may be 'nearing' my "twilight years" (an oddly wonderful expression), but I'm not <i><b>that</b></i> old-!Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69589505146761353222013-08-10T11:01:35.930-07:002013-08-10T11:01:35.930-07:00PsySocDisney, Horizons? I don't get it!PsySocDisney, Horizons? I don't get it!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21217935178550216062013-08-10T10:59:14.184-07:002013-08-10T10:59:14.184-07:00Graffer, redheads were especially honored in Tibet...Graffer, redheads were especially honored in Tibet!<br /><br />Nanook, you listened to the radio in the 1930's?? ;-) As for the backdrop, something tells me that the audience wasn't even looking at it.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, it IS weird that it was performed outdoors; since the show was added later, it was presumably done "on the cheap. And yes, EVERYBODY at the Fair was nude.<br /><br />Nancy, you said it!<br /><br />Nanook, chorine always turns my hair green.<br /><br />Melissa, now I am hungry for some buttered spuds. Can you imagine a show like this at a modern-day World's Fair? Not in the USA, at least. It is curious that in some ways our country has become even more puritanical than it was back in the "innocent" pre-WWII era.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-12174588240120839102013-08-10T10:58:15.762-07:002013-08-10T10:58:15.762-07:00Oh, NOW I know why Horizons was such a huge deal! ...Oh, NOW I know why Horizons was such a huge deal! That explains it!PsySocDisney https://www.blogger.com/profile/03075539960724203437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54798933003681583022013-08-10T10:44:55.967-07:002013-08-10T10:44:55.967-07:00At first I read "Potala Temple" as "...At first I read "Potala Temple" as "Potato Temple," and I was hoping it wasn't next to the giant butter sculpture or it would drive the fairgoers wild with hunger.<br /><br />But I love everything about the show. I love the spiel with its pretensions of intellectual Orientalism side by side with all the half-baked sex puns. I love the exotic backdrop painted on threadbare canvas and cheap plywood panels. I love the "vestal virgins," who look like pretty good dancers, in their off-the-(clearance) rack lingerie and modern shoes.<br /><br />I wonder how many times a day that one precariously-leaning tree tipped over, and the nearest gal had to make the split-second decision to grab it and hold it up for the rest of the show or jump out of the way.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-48854050157287453562013-08-10T09:51:44.104-07:002013-08-10T09:51:44.104-07:00Major-
Should have also mentioned "chorine&q...Major-<br /><br />Should have also mentioned "chorine", which often went hand-in-hand with 'terpsichorean'. Ahhh - what a rich language we once had.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20464926695072667402013-08-10T04:53:42.811-07:002013-08-10T04:53:42.811-07:00Wow!!!!Wow!!!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21395309954564206562013-08-10T00:47:55.855-07:002013-08-10T00:47:55.855-07:00Yeah, I was wondering about that backdrop, myself....Yeah, I was wondering about that backdrop, myself. Isn't it weird that this was performed outdoors? And are the people riding the Ferris Wheel nude too?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-59740820461040134232013-08-10T00:16:37.856-07:002013-08-10T00:16:37.856-07:00Major-
Hubba, hubba-!
I'm always spellbound ...Major-<br /><br />Hubba, hubba-!<br /><br />I'm always spellbound upon hearing the word "Terpsichorean". Haven't heard that one since the days of <i>Leo is On the Air</i> radio broadcasts for MGM, in the 1930's.<br /><br />But what about that backdrop-! Was there a sale on scrap plywood over at the local lumber yard-? Tacky, tacky, tacky-!<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32311078124375733782013-08-10T00:04:15.291-07:002013-08-10T00:04:15.291-07:00We wants the redhead!We wants the redhead!Graffernoreply@blogger.com