Rolly Crump Passes Away at 93

TP2000

Well-Known Member
Oh, my gosh! Thank you for letting us know. This is sad. :(

But also it's nice to think he lived such a very long and very productive life! May he rest in peace.

Heaven must have a fantastic Imagineering VIP Lounge up there by now!

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Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Bob is great too. He gets themed entertainment as well of course. Rolly was just adamant and honest about the current state of the parks, and I loved it.
Not a single “old timer” would support the movement away from original concepts and idea to strictly overlays and IP based rehashes…

Not that they didn’t do them in the past…but it’s all they’ll do now. Or try to “fool you” into not noticing.

Bobs. Plain and simple
 

SuddenStorm

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
Just Bob gurr…

Someone please kindly get the bubble wrap around him ASAP

Bob Gurr will forever live on with his mountains of random signed memorabilia he has been selling.

 
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Parteecia

Well-Known Member
He better get a great tombstone at the HM.
... "The Rolo Rumkin tombstone in the Haunted Mansion graveyard pays tribute to Crump with the inscription: Rolo Rumkin lived and died a friendly bumpkin." ...
 

SuddenStorm

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
I haven't had time to properly post- but I think it's important to stress how dang important Rolly's work was to the early days of Disneyland.

He's one of few artists in Disney history that had a unique art style that wasn't 'Disney' if that makes sense. Mary Blair is another example.

Marc Davis and Claude Coats were incredible artists- but the vast majority of their art was distinctly Disney, likely because their artwork in films was a huge part of what built the Disney brand. Rolly touched on this in his awesome LA Times interview from a few years ago (the same interview quoted in my signature on here).

Having artists like Rolly involved in developing some attractions, and giving them the creative freedom to be unique, helped give attractions he worked on a unique flair that helped differentiate them.

His It's Kind of a Cute Story book is incredible. There's also his audio series of More Cute Stories, that are brief audio recordings of him telling some great stories of the early days of Disneyland.

He also had a great career post Disney- and I admire how dang humble he was about his days working with WED and Walt, a stark contrast to Bob Gurr's commercialization of his link to the early days of Disneyland and Walt Disney.
 

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