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MK Country Bear Jamboree is getting new songs and acts

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C33Mom

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EagleScout610 said:
In more positive CBJ news, Tokyo is back to rotating all 3 versions of the show as Jingle Bell Jamboree will be returning
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I grew up at DLR with the Vacation Hoedown and would love to see the Christmas Version— we enjoy seeing Vacation Hoedown in Japan but I’m wondering how much we would lose (since much of the show is in Japanese) if we didn’t already know the dialogue. Tentatively planning a visit to TDL next Thanksgiving and I guess I’ll just try to find an old recording or read the plot summary a few times before I go.

zipadee999 said:
In all honesty what are the chances we see show rotations at WDW? I understand they want to let CBMJ breath a little bit and give time for everybody to experience the ‘new’ version but what are the chances five years from now that we see seasonal shows return?
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My hope is that they consider doing the holiday show when attendance slows below an acceptable level or they stop selling out the Christmas Party— we are actually skipping MVMCP for the first time in years in hopes that they feel the need to add some stuff next year (and that one of those things is the holiday jamboree)— I have no reason to expect they will, but I do think it would be a (relatively) inexpensive way to drive attendance during a dry spell between new attractions.
 
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Steamboat71

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J.E.Smith said:
Funny thing about Blood In The Saddle apparently being cut is that it wouldn't be the first time: It was supposed to also be in the Country Bears movie. They filmed Big Al doing it but it got cut from the final film.
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Was Blood on the Saddle originally set to return for Musical Jamboree, or does this rumor have no truth to it whatsoever?
 
zipadee999

zipadee999

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Steamboat71 said:
That's sad. I wonder why they cut it last minute. Could it really have been a rights issue?
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Even though the original show used real songs, they were all ‘Disneyfied’ versions which were re-recorded with the bear’s VAs. Blood on the Saddle was a Tex Ritter recording ripped straight from the album, so if there was any song that would have a rights or royalty issue I’d say it would be that one. Plus if Disney wasn’t overly wild about the song and was only including it to appease our relatively small group of dedicated fans, they probably weren’t too hesitant to just abandon the song the second it looked like they may need to put in some effort to get it included.
 
Moth

Moth

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I am leaning towards Blood on the Saddle being a rights issue but I don't believe it was pulled 'right before it opened'. They had Remember Me recorded and everything, you can't just.... do that on short notice?

I think what happened is that it was planned and in early stages but rights issues+the song wasn't Disney+ watchable caused it to get axed.
 
EagleScout610

EagleScout610

Owner of a RKF - Resting Kermit Face
Premium Member
Moth said:
I am leaning towards Blood on the Saddle being a rights issue but I don't believe it was pulled 'right before it opened'. They had Remember Me recorded and everything, you can't just.... do that on short notice?

I think what happened is that it was planned and in early stages but rights issues+the song wasn't Disney+ watchable caused it to get axed.
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Apologies if it seemed like I was implying they added Remember Me moments before the show opened. I was meaning more "People were speculated and had a good feeling Blood on the Saddle was staying until before the show opened and then it started coming out it had gotten the axe".
 
zipadee999

zipadee999

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Moth said:
I am leaning towards Blood on the Saddle being a rights issue but I don't believe it was pulled 'right before it opened'. They had Remember Me recorded and everything, you can't just.... do that on short notice?

I think what happened is that it was planned and in early stages but rights issues+the song wasn't Disney+ watchable caused it to get axed.
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If I had to guess, they were planning on Remember Me being his song all along. It fits him as a character well enough and satisfies the IP mandate. However, the reprise after Bare Necessities feels like it was made for Blood on the Saddle. It’s a shorter segment, meaning he would only sing a line or two and would also be yelled at by the others, potentially drowning out the song. If Disney is worried about the song not being PC enough, doing it this way wouldn’t make for a true ‘showcase’ of it. It’s also technically after the ‘show,’ still allowing Remember Me to be his primary song as well as not interfering with the IP mandate.

Why it was cut from his reprise (if it was planned to go there in the first place) probably ties into the rights issue with Ritter’s estate
 
EagleScout610

EagleScout610

Owner of a RKF - Resting Kermit Face
Premium Member
Slightly off topic but DL has new version of the Bear portraits in their CBMJ outfits for their new Musical Jamboree BBQ. I wonder why we didn't get these in our queue. They look neat.
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zipadee999

zipadee999

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EagleScout610 said:
Slightly off topic but DL has new version of the Bear portraits in their CBMJ outfits for their new Musical Jamboree BBQ. I wonder why we didn't get these in our queue. They look neat.
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Those look like the old Marc Davis portraits painted over with the new costumes. If I had to bet I’d say they really wanted to do this in our lobby, but held off to leave a small portion of the original show intact to appease us fans due to our version of the show being the original and the lobby portraits being famous Marc Davis pieces.

Still cool to see the bears pictured at least at DL. I wasn’t sure how far this refurb would go. I was half expecting them to put ‘Big Al’s Smoked Brisket’ on the menu and play some CBJ recordings on the radio and call it good.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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Experienced the show for a second time yesterday and I’ll just say this: I’d be far more tempted to buy an album featuring full versions of these cover songs over “A Whole New Sound.” I’m really starting to like the energy the country artists gave these songs even more than before. Bear Necessities continues to be a perfect closer for the show.
 

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