I've been wondering how to go about updating the Carousel of Progress. This has been something that's been going off and on throughout my ideal updates for WDW. It's no secret that the show needs an update, especially at the end. But I'm thinking of going even further with this. Pretty the entire show would be updated. That means whole scenes would removed, replaced or switched around. In this case, this update of mine would basically retain only the opening first act, set at the turn of the century, and go every forty years, just as the previous installments went every 20 years (except with the last act of the show, but that's another story).
I've also been thinking about who should voice the father this time, because the actors have all either passed on or are just too old to voice them now. I was initially thinking of Peter Coyote, the narrator for many of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries, and whose only Disney credit was appearing in an old Disney Channel movie called "The Blue Yonder". Then just for fun, I watched a video about the Carousel of Progress, and they showed Rex Allen Jr., the son of Rex Allen, the original voice of the father, and for whom the voice of the father was almost entirely congruous. Rex Jr. sounds just like his father when he imitates the opening narration of the original Disneyland show.
Anyway, I'm thinking of Rex Allen Jr. to voice the father in this new version of the show. And the show opens as it does in the turn of the century like usual. But after that, the show then jumps to the 1940s, then to new scenes themed to the 1980s and the 2020s.
I can do the script for the opening scene (largely because it's unchanged more or less), but I would really like help with the 1940s, '80s and 2020s scenes, because they are relatively brand-new. Any help would surely be appreciated.
I've also been thinking about who should voice the father this time, because the actors have all either passed on or are just too old to voice them now. I was initially thinking of Peter Coyote, the narrator for many of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries, and whose only Disney credit was appearing in an old Disney Channel movie called "The Blue Yonder". Then just for fun, I watched a video about the Carousel of Progress, and they showed Rex Allen Jr., the son of Rex Allen, the original voice of the father, and for whom the voice of the father was almost entirely congruous. Rex Jr. sounds just like his father when he imitates the opening narration of the original Disneyland show.
Anyway, I'm thinking of Rex Allen Jr. to voice the father in this new version of the show. And the show opens as it does in the turn of the century like usual. But after that, the show then jumps to the 1940s, then to new scenes themed to the 1980s and the 2020s.
I can do the script for the opening scene (largely because it's unchanged more or less), but I would really like help with the 1940s, '80s and 2020s scenes, because they are relatively brand-new. Any help would surely be appreciated.
