News Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

IanDLBZF

IanDLBZF

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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost said:
At this point, I assume there’s only two reasons he hasn’t returned: that rumor about them wanting his name consistent worldwide is true, or they just don’t want to spend money redoing his costume. My money is on the latter.
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Something tells me that they're going to have to update the show in Tokyo if they want that name consistent.
 
Ghost93

Ghost93

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Steamboat71 said:
Blood on the Saddle was never meant to be in the CBMJ, and no such recording exists. You're basing this off of what others have said on this forum. Also, they've been working on this show pre-covid, and Zip was cut as soon as Disney announced Splashes closure.
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Zip A Dee Doo Dah would be a great fit for the Country Bears. But I don't blame Disney for cutting it. After 2020 there was a renewed scrutiny for anything remotely connected to SOTS and if the song was part of the show there would be clickbaity articles and Twitter users complaining about it and condemning the company for profiting off of SOTS.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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I know they have updated the bears outfits for M&G's but, couldn't they bring out the rarest of the bears like Henry for example..They had made one for Disney on Parade..Along with the Sun bonnets.

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But, if turns out..There was a Teddi Beara character as well...Shame they aren't out..
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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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Cmdr_Crimson said:
I know they have updated the bears outfits for M&G's but, couldn't they bring out the rarest of the bears like Henry for example..They had made one for Disney on Parade..Along with the Sun bonnets.

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But, if turns out..There was a Teddi Beara character as well...Shame they aren't out..
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I'd be shocked if they still have either costume, but I'd LOVE to see Henry and Teddi.
 
JohnD

JohnD

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I saw it last week. I liked it for what it was. It's clever and current. I liked that they found a way to bring back the fiddle portion. Of course I'll miss the old show. I wish they could have kept the Bear Band Serenade as a connection to the old show in introducing the Five Bear Rugs.
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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I saw country bears yesterday - overall I like it. “Try Everything” is too modern sounding and is the worst of the updates - the other songs sound country enough that they work.

Friend Like me is strange too…. Not sure why he’s playing a modern electric guitar… they should have kept the raccoon cap as that was pretty iconic and would have worked well with friend in me as well.

But overall the show feels like the same country bears and I’m very happy they survived!
 
Mike S

Mike S

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TrainsOfDisney said:
I saw country bears yesterday - overall I like it. “Try Everything” is too modern sounding and is the worst of the updates - the other songs sound country enough that they work.

Friend Like me is strange too…. Not sure why he’s playing a modern electric guitar… they should have kept the raccoon cap as that was pretty iconic and would have worked well with friend in me as well.

But overall the show feels like the same country bears and I’m very happy they survived!
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Do you mean You’ve got a Friend in Me?
 
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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TrainsOfDisney said:
I saw country bears yesterday - overall I like it. “Try Everything” is too modern sounding and is the worst of the updates - the other songs sound country enough that they work.

Friend Like me is strange too…. Not sure why he’s playing a modern electric guitar… they should have kept the raccoon cap as that was pretty iconic and would have worked well with friend in me as well.

But overall the show feels like the same country bears and I’m very happy they survived!
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From what I've heard, they tried to keep Sammy as a hat, but couldn't get it to work with Henry's new cowboy hat. Having him behind the amp was a compromise to keep him in the show instead of cutting him altogether.
 
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Steamboat71

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JohnD said:
I saw it last week. I liked it for what it was. It's clever and current. I liked that they found a way to bring back the fiddle portion. Of course I'll miss the old show. I wish they could have kept the Bear Band Serenade as a connection to the old show in introducing the Five Bear Rugs.
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The Five Bear Rugs were done dirty in this new show. Bear-ly any showtime.
 
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Comped

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I saw it about 2 weeks ago and was disappointed. Everything felt pretty rushed, and only one or two songs even got close to working for me personally. The group I was with commented that "the costumes look cheap", although I tried to assure them that almost certainly was not the case. A lot of segments felt like an attempt by Disney to perhaps advertise a new country album, more so than fitting concept of the show and country music into the Disney canon. Which is funny because Disney definitely has a history of taking songs from one medium and putting them into another, most notably jazz during the '90s - but always with a little bit more care than whatever happened with the orchestration of most of these songs. Very disappointing. A huge letdown musically, even more so than when I saw the taped performances when it originally opened.

Used to be a show I would see probably at least once a month, now I probably won't go back until they redo it or close it permanently.
 

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