Big Mickey Mouse!

I just love this BIG head Mickey and Minnie!!!
It reminds me of "The New Zoo Review"

A couple of more slides

The Mickey Mouse Club at Disneyland

Last September when I started this blog
I posted some pictures of the MM Club show at Disneyland,
that we did back in the 80s at the old Space Stage,
with the Original Mouseketeers.

Here's a few more....

Here's the press photo:

These next shots are the opening of the show

Stay Tuned...

Tomorrow is Tuesday...
GUEST STAR DAY!

Disneyland Tahitian Terrace

The Tahitian Terrace was a Restaurant and Show

opening in 1962 in Adventureland, next to the jungle cruise.

Dancing Hula Girls, Fire and Waterfall!!

Jump the shark!

Let's add Characters!!!

I do love this shot...

In April of 1993 it Closed

and Reopened in July as Aladdin's Oasis.

Julie Andrews

JULIE ANDREWS

This segment was also shot at Small World Mall.
It opened wit the Sweeps dancing in front of a rooftop float.

The camera pulls back and we see Julie Andrews
sitting on another rooftop float singing Chim Chim

Then she walks among the character and gives this speech

Mary Poppins made a monumental change in my life and I owe it all to Walt Disney.
He always seamed to be able to see beyond the now into what could be.
He gambled on a complete unknown in film, Me, and turned her into Mary Poppins.

He created a funny little character named Mickey and from there he gave us a family of real who will live and laugh with us forever. He gave us childhood dreams and lifetime memories.
He took a few acres of lonely land and saw a world of enchantment.

One memory I'll always cherish forever, is the thrill of seeing the Magic Kingdom for the first time
and guess who my tour guide was? The man himself! We rode all over the park in a little golf cart and do you know what the main attraction was for the people that day? Walt Disney!
People just stopped and starred at him, they could hardly believe it was him, They recognized him, They reached out their hands to touch him, They were absolutely beaming and so was he
and so was I.

I've been here many times since with my children, but nothing will top that moment.
It seemed like you could see the whole Park reflected in his eyes.
His dream had come true, a dream that we could all share, and we did.
We are, and we shall, as long as there is still a child left in each of us.

Then she sat and sang 'When you wish upon a star"

A BRAND NEW CAR!

No it just looks like the car give a way,
and who came up with these 3 characters together?

Disneyland 1965

I'm home visiting my parents and went through the old photo albums
and found this gems from 1965.
My brother took these pictures with his little camera
[the one my mother is holding above]
not the greatest photographer, but then again he was 8 years old!

Grad Nite 65'

Such Art in a photograph for an 8 year old!

Fiddler Pig!
My mother told me that Fiddler scared the crap out of me!

So a pig scares me, but not a Giant Rabbit!
You can see the bill of my Donald Duck hat
in the bottom of the picture.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO ALL!
From Disney On Parole

DISNEYLAND'S
DANCING CHRISTMAS
TREE

For 5 years
I was "The Dancing Christmas Tree"
The easiest part in all the Christmas shows at Disneyland!

One year, on Christmas Day...
The Tree went in the Park to meet his public!

He was really the star of the Holiday season!

These shots are from 1981
Christmas show on The Space Stage!

Scary!!!!!

Then or Now?
Either way... I'm scared!
This photo was taken backstage,with Boy George,
during the filming of Disneylands 30th T.V. Special...

When I look at Pinnocio in the picture, I think,
Candy little boy?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

A Blast to the Past!

Just fun times, with good friends!

At first glance this woman looks like a crazed Priscilla Presley

but she was a friend of mine who worked at a 50s diner
here in Hollywood, she was in the park to film a commercial for
the Blast to the Past Promotion.
In the 1st picture, I love how it looks as though Pluto
is grabbing Daisy's Tail!
So I still smile when I think of "Toots"...
The 80s sure were fun!