tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post2060498170885525922..comments2024-03-28T13:36:38.722-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Pack Mules, July 1959Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-16611967982217806762009-03-02T00:40:00.000-08:002009-03-02T00:40:00.000-08:00Come to think of it, too bad those painted desert ...Come to think of it, too bad those painted desert mudpots aren't there anymore - they could call in Mike Rowe from 'Dirty Jobs' heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-40109975038704574592009-03-01T17:46:00.000-08:002009-03-01T17:46:00.000-08:00Neat post Maj!Cool seeing that sign - "LOOK AT THI...Neat post Maj!<BR/><BR/>Cool seeing that sign - "LOOK AT THIS!" hehe!<BR/><BR/>Think I'd like to have that job keeping those colorful mud pots goin. It's a dirty job but, y'know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-47007368811372051692009-03-01T14:51:00.000-08:002009-03-01T14:51:00.000-08:00Oh man - I have been trying for the last 15 years ...Oh man - I have been trying for the last 15 years to figure out what that sign said - it's not on the blueprints! Thanks for clearing it up...Chris Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759410855891198273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-47642363155402727022009-03-01T14:17:00.000-08:002009-03-01T14:17:00.000-08:00I think I want to build one of those bubbling pots...<I>I think I want to build one of those bubbling pots of mud in my back yard, anyone want to help!</I><BR/><BR/>Sorry VDT, beat you by 40 years on that one. When I was a kid (abt 12 years old) I would "build" different Disneyland rides in my back yard (and charge admission BTW). It would last about a week, I'd pull it down, and build something else.<BR/><BR/>Well, one week it was Nature's Wonderland... for the wildlife, I got stuffed animals and put them in the trees, and for the lakes, I'd just flood the low spots in the garden. Then pull friends around in a wagon and "narrate" as we went.<BR/><BR/>The "Mudpots" were improvised by berrying a fish tank in the dirt, and tinting the water with food coloring. The bubbles were supplied by the tank's air pump.<BR/><BR/>The "Geyser" was a modified lawn sprinkler under a pile of dirt. A kink the the hose kept it from erupting until I was ready.<BR/><BR/>Not everybody was pleased... I used all of my mom's red food coloring for the mud pot (and most of it honestly got on me) while the Swedish immigrant family across the road disapproved of the fact I was charging an admission, and not giving it away for free...Ah Socialism.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365847952380109157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-69050098468014610862009-03-01T14:03:00.000-08:002009-03-01T14:03:00.000-08:00Major, I think you did as much as anybody could do...Major, I think you did as much as anybody could do with the sign. I fussed with it in Photoshop and got nothing better.<BR/><BR/>I do think that the last line is a signature like "signed Black Bart" or some other silly western name. I can't read it, which makes me think it's script, not print. Also notice it is dropped down from the body of the text, again, as a signature line would be. Plus, it's a very cartoony thing to do.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365847952380109157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-91002111902880786832009-03-01T11:28:00.000-08:002009-03-01T11:28:00.000-08:00Alas, in the early years of the park when Walt was...Alas, in the early years of the park when Walt was shorthanded, Alice would be shifted from starting and stopping the giant caterpillar cars (see three posts ago) and moved over to the mud pots, leading to the famous opening line, "Alice was getting very tired of sitting in the painted desert and tending the mud pots..." Well, given her history, you can imagine the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-1031214324693758282009-03-01T10:27:00.000-08:002009-03-01T10:27:00.000-08:00I would love to know how the mud pots were maintai...I would love to know how the mud pots were maintained. Come on out there! It must have been someone’s job to keep ‘em bubblin’ with the correct colors!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-88332424897079146282009-03-01T09:12:00.000-08:002009-03-01T09:12:00.000-08:00That's probably the best guess made yet on what th...That's probably the best guess made yet on what that sign says - That's quite an eye you have there.<BR/><BR/>... and our warehouse still has an ancient bottle of Hai Karate resting in the medicine cabinet! It really can't be thrown out now, you know.outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-4592827102383003852009-03-01T08:44:00.000-08:002009-03-01T08:44:00.000-08:00having never been to a desert, painted or otherwis...having never been to a desert, painted or otherwise, i really appreciate the realistic portrayal here at Disneyland....<BR/><BR/>this is another place that i never got to see in person<BR/><BR/><BR/>nice pictures today :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23894671552334417432009-03-01T08:27:00.000-08:002009-03-01T08:27:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-74763368103558565102009-03-01T06:59:00.000-08:002009-03-01T06:59:00.000-08:00Great post, I've never seen the poison water hole ...Great post, I've never seen the poison water hole before! I think I want to build one of those bubbling pots of mud in my back yard, anyone want to help!Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.com