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MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

J.E.Smith

J.E.Smith

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One of the D23 showings with the Imgaineers behind the show is up:



They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north. They also said the reason they picked Kiss The Girl for Romeo was because of his huge lips and a kissing song would be perfect for him.
 
Brian

Brian

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J.E.Smith said:
One of the D23 showings with the Imgaineers behind the show is up:



They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north. They also said the reason they picked Kiss The Girl for Romeo was because of his huge lips and a kissing song would be perfect for him.
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I wonder if they've ever stepped foot 'up north'?
 
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Streetway

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J.E.Smith said:
One of the D23 showings with the Imgaineers behind the show is up:



They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north. They also said the reason they picked Kiss The Girl for Romeo was because of his huge lips and a kissing song would be perfect for him.
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Ok yeah I kinda get the Romeo gag, if it was written better. Maybe one of the heads say “hey, you can kiss Romeo, but you better be careful not to get sucked in”
 
Epcot81Fan

Epcot81Fan

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J.E.Smith said:
One of the D23 showings with the Imgaineers behind the show is up:



They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north. They also said the reason they picked Kiss The Girl for Romeo was because of his huge lips and a kissing song would be perfect for him.
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Then they are idiots.
 
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celluloid

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Watching these things is cringe.
There are behind the scenes, and then there is justifying and explaining your jokes.

Explaining a joke is like disecting a frog.
you may learn how it was supposed to work by ripping it apart;
But It is bad for the frog.

And their BS justification with no basis sure sounds inclusive doesn't it folks?
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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celluloid said:
Watching these things is cringe.
There are behind the scenes, and then there is justifying and explaining your jokes.
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I’ll never forget a Destination D23 event where Tony Baxter finished an incredible presentation on the proposed Hyperion area for Disneyland - and then the current imagineers came up and explained how great the design was for 7 dwarves mine train because they “watched and recreated” parts of the film.
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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J.E.Smith said:
They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north.
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There's country music in the great white north too

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WorldExplorer

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It's still called Country Bear (Musical) Jamboree. So, what, it's supposed to appeal to people who don't like country music, but are still open to trying out a country music show, but want songs that aren't country, but are okay with songs in the style of country?

I would call that a significantly more niche group than just people who like country music.

(I know, they just mean "people don't already know the lyrics to country songs and hearing new things at Disney is suddenly an issue".)
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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J.E.Smith said:
One of the D23 showings with the Imgaineers behind the show is up:



They mention that one of the reasons behind using Disney songs was they felt actual country songs wouldn't appeal to everyone like people up north. They also said the reason they picked Kiss The Girl for Romeo was because of his huge lips and a kissing song would be perfect for him.
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Here's what the northern states say about that to this Imagineer..
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J.E.Smith

J.E.Smith

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Cmdr_Crimson said:
Here's what the northern states say about that to this Imagineer..
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Well, I had to go to church and hadn't heard the whole thing, but along with the whole "You don't hear country music up north" thing, I just heard something more interesting: they went through the archives and discovered one of the earliest notes for Country Bear dating back to 1968.

It said, "Please find xylophone, snare drum, and bass drum arrangements for the Bear Band show for the songs Heigh Ho and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo". So sounds like they were considering having the bears singing Disney songs at one point even for the original show!
 
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C33Mom

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J.E.Smith said:
Well, I had to go to church and hadn't heard the whole thing, but along with the whole "You don't hear country music up north" thing, I just heard something more interesting: they went through the archives and discovered one of the earliest notes for Country Bear dating back to 1968.

It said, "Please find xylophone, snare drum, and bass drum arrangements for the Bear Band show for the songs Heigh Ho and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo". So sounds like they were considering having the bears singing Disney songs at one point even for the original show!
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Did anybody see the arrangements and determine if they were countrified or just straight BBB with some slight differences in instruments?
 
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celluloid

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J.E.Smith said:
Well, I had to go to church and hadn't heard the whole thing, but along with the whole "You don't hear country music up north" thing, I just heard something more interesting: they went through the archives and discovered one of the earliest notes for Country Bear dating back to 1968.

It said, "Please find xylophone, snare drum, and bass drum arrangements for the Bear Band show for the songs Heigh Ho and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo". So sounds like they were considering having the bears singing Disney songs at one point even for the original show!
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There is a difference from implementing ideas of famous Disney songs as a tribute, vs the entire show.

Davy Crockett ended up being the choice in the original show and was well implemented.

Heigh Ho was implemented into Tiki Room as a parody, and we may have gotten something similar for Country Bear. How the Tiki use it as exit music is essentially a parody in the tone of the show with the rest of Wally Boag's script and that song being one of the most Disney played of the time.
 
J.E.Smith

J.E.Smith

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celluloid said:
There is a difference from implementing ideas of famous Disney songs as a tribute, vs the entire show.

Davy Crockett ended up being the choice in the original show and was well implemented.

Heigh Ho was implemented into Tiki Room as a parody, and we may have gotten something similar for Country Bear. How the Tiki use it as exit music is essentially a parody in the tone of the show with the rest of Wally Boag's script and that song being one of the most Disney played of the time.
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Yeah, exactly. Still learning such trivia is interesting because I don't think the note has ever been mentioned before.

I suppose them dropping Heigh Ho and BBB during the move to WDW made sense, since Tiki had it next door, and you had BBB over at Mickey Mouse Revue.
 
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celluloid

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J.E.Smith said:
Yeah, exactly. Still learning such trivia is interesting because I don't think the note has ever been mentioned before.

I suppose them dropping Heigh Ho and BBB during the move to WDW made sense, since Tiki had it next door, and you had BBB over at Mickey Mouse Revue.
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It is amazing that they put such thought as "maybe this song is played enough" compared to now isn't it?

A great example of what has changed.
 

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