A Timeless Classic... updated

Ok so Scott says that william's pulled the plug on the project. I don't believe that.

After serving as animation director on the successful Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Williams got funding and a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was not finished by its 1991 deadline, and Disney's similarly-themed Aladdin beat it to theatres the following year. Warner took the project from Williams, and had producer Fred Calvert complete the film. Calvert cut a significant amount of Williams' finished footage from the film, added songs, recorded voices for previously mute characters, and added Jonathan Winters' narration. The finished film was distributed outside of the United States as The Princess and the Cobbler, and in the US by Disney subsidiary Miramax. The film did underwhelming business, and was quickly released to VHS video.

In the late 1990s, Walt Disney Feature Animation head Roy E. Disney began a project to restore The Thief and the Cobbler to as close to Williams' original intent as possible. He sought out original pencil tests and completed footage, much of which was by this time in the possession of various animators and film collectors. Roy Disney left the Walt Disney Company in November 2003, and the Thief and the Cobbler restoration project was put on hold. There are bootleg videos that have the footage that Williams himself and his animators completed. The future of the restoration project looks bleak. Artwork is missing (rumor has it that Richard williams disposed of some of it in despair over his project being taken away from him). Negotiations between Roy and Williams broke down when it was revealed that Williams wouldn't be paid because of budget problems, even though he would be promised a release of the result.

The Thief and the Cobbler was destined to be an animation milestone. It was 26 years in the making. Created by the same man who animated Roger Rabbit this film was to be distributed by Warner Brothers.
With the voice talents of VINCENT PRICE, DONALD PLEASENCE and SEAN CONNERY it would have been a wonderful addition to any child's library of videos and a masterwork of animation.
This milestone became a millstone.

Warner screwed up and scrapped the project. 26 years of hard work gone with one lightning penstroke.
Little remains of original film. Cannibalized for lesser direct to video products. Why settle on one great cartoon when you can squeeze two crappy direct to video screensavers out of the the same hard work?

The film was worked on for 26 years, with a team of master animators like Ken Harris and Art Babbit. This film inspired Disney's Aladdin. Ruined versions of it were released as Arabian Knight and The Princess and the Cobbler.

Here is the WB licensing promo that promised a whole new world of THIEF AND COBBLER merchandise.


Here is how this film could have started if Warner Brothers didnt get cold feet.


In 1993 the basardized film was finally released however it was reimagined as THE PRINCESS AND THE COBBLER. While the "buzz" over the film has now repackaged the film under its original title, the vision was distroyed.

You can see the castrated version. Try NETFLIX. Be aware, if you've seen Disney's Aladdin, you will need to be reminded that this film was made before it. So many things have been ripped off by Disney that the original director must have had lousy lawyers not to walk off with a fortune. Lawyers aside this is a masterpiece of animation and humor. If you are over 5 and don't think this is hilarious, then the curse of Disney has already claimed your soul.

If you have seen the film by this name on video, you might be surprised to know that it's far from the version that the Director (Richard Williams) intended. Much of his original film was cut out and replaced with other segments. His film sufferd a similar fate as those by Orson Welles such as The Magnificent Ambersons or the unfinished Don Quoxite.

Richard williams started this ambitious animated film way back in 1968. Working with him were some of the original Disney animators such as Art Babbit and Grim Natwick as well as Ken Harris and Emery Hawkins from Warners. The film was originally self financed by Williams with money coming in from his animated commercials. After winning an academy award for Roger Rabbit he got the film financed externally so it could be completed. This turned out to be a bad decision because after going over budget the investors got nervous and pulled the film from him, having it completed by someone else. The film had about 10 to 15 min left to complete when it was taken out of Williams hands. Instead of just completing the film, the person in charge of the completion decided to re-work the film to make it more "mainstream". He replaced much of the original scenes with song segments and farmed out the animation . The resulting film was released in a few different edits. On called "The Princess and the Cobbler" in Australia and one called "Arabian Knight" in the US by Miramax. The Miramax version is much worse because they added constant narration and voices to characters who were intended to be silent. After Disney purchased Miramax, it's version ended up on home video under the original title "The Thief and the Cobbler".
Richard Williams "Work Print" which is the work in progress version is the only way we can tell what this film could have been. It has not been released, but can be found as a bootleg.


My apologies to my friends at Warner Brothers. I feel the people that made the decision to halt this project are spineless worms. (I guess thats better than spined worms because that would make them snakes.)

Sometimes nature is creepy and over-sized

While trying to keep the plants alive in the scorching heat I came across this GIANT moth with the face of Kris Kristoferson on its back.
The world is a creepy place.

LANCE BASS IS GAY?

Big fuckin' deal. Lance Bass is gay. LANCE BASS LANCE BASS LANCE BASS. He just came out because he finally realized he has a hot boyfriend who has a wandering eye and he didn't want to loose him. So Lance stepped up to the plate and said to the world "HEY LOOK WHAT GREAT DICK I GET!"
It's not that he's been living a lie it that now he wants more dick and knows he is losing his boyfriend. It's all about promotion after all. Give this dude 6 months and he'll magically transform into a stereo-type. 6 years he'll be an eyebrow plucked auntie with a worse reputation than Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey combined.

Mark my words.

Oh the things you can find on the internet

I seldom point out people who make an effort to be creative but I have to show you this guys ... thing.
Check out this idiot's "art."

He was a republican.

Ed said one odd thing at his trial that baffled the court but horrified his neighbors. Ed said "I never killed a deer."
Ok so what? big deal.
One of the neighbors recalled several occasions Ed bringing over venison for the family to eat. What the hell did they eat? Or should I say Who the hell was dinner?

The joke of the time was:

Q:Whats the license plate number of Ed Gein's truck?
A: OICU812

In jail Ed passed the time making beaded jewlery.
Ed ended his days in 1984 dying of old age. They never knew just how many people he killed due to the fact his other pastime was grave robbing.
His house was full of human remains.

YOU'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

Hi folks. So...
some weather we are having huh?

Last night I was visited by the migrane fairy. Thats the little fucker who sneaks up on you and taps your head with a little magical wand. You know that kind, small sparkle stick with pixie dust , that fuckin wand. Lemme tell ya it feels like a ton of bricks just got dumped on my head. Thank god for expired medication! I knew i had some Imatrex around here and found it just as it was coming on. It didnt stop it but it damn well prevented it from getting worse. Why the headache you ask? Well here is why.
I just switched my meds from KALETRA back to the ol' standby VIRAMUNE.
Wait...
let me back up a bit and tell you why I switched.

It seems that the wonder drug that has been keeping me alive has also caused my cholesterol to skyrocket. Once again I have more fat in my veins than blood. Cool! My cholesterol is in the mid 300s. My triglycerides are (get this.. i didnt know it went up this high) 4,400.
So my wide eyed doctor has taken me off the meds that are causing that jump and putting me back on Viramune. A drug I was on a few years ago. I couldn't remember why I stopped taking this drug. WHY I forgot is another story but I just couldnt recall why. Now I remember! Migraines! Since I have just started maybe , just maybe this was an adjustment thing. I do recall now that I had some nasty migraines after I was adjusted to the med the last time. Its all a haze and I cant recall too clearly but I think that what happened.

Now... My memory is a funky thing. I have noticed since I have been back on medication that my short term memory super sucks. I can have a conversation with someone and 5 minutes later start the same one again only to be told I just said that. I tried to chalk it up to stress but since March I have been fairly stress free. Sure I have two jobs and also am producing a film but for some reason the stress factor is very low. I talked with my doctor and it seems there is a percentage of people who experiance memory difficulty when on Anti-Viral therapy. I may be one of them.
I don't want to be.
I also seem to be on the fence about asking for help. One reason is (yes im not kidding here) If I ignore it it might just correct itself. Silly huh! Another reason is cost and time involved. There is a study that is taking place in San Diego on just this subject however this is something I would have to pay for (shouldt they pay me to study me?) and insurance does not cover it.
I would have to travel down every six months or so to a clinic in San Diego. Take off work. Not be paid. Find someone to feed the cat. make sure I have the money.... blah blah blah.
NOW THAT STRESSES ME OUT.

So I choose to forget I have this memory issue, for now.

Rabbit punch

The daughters of darkness

The return of Leslie Miller

Once she was the most feared producer in all of Hollywood now Leslie Miller's career has taken a turn. The author of the tell all book PREDATORY INSTINCT seems to have popped up in Eaglerock California as a field reported for a local new station.



Who would have guessed in a million years the foul-mouthed harpy whose dismal efforts produced the Japanese cult classic "film" PREDATORS FROM BEYOND PLUTO would ever show her face to the public again. Time has tamed Leslie... Or has it.



She seemed reserved and collected however there was a hint of rage boiling under her cool exterior. Perhaps exile to this small community is what she needs. Perhaps she is just waiting for the right moment to seize the community access equipment and start her own company. She did refer to her news van as "HER" news van. A sign of things to come. Hide your wallets and hold on to your purses folks. Leslie Miller is on the loose!

Shoot day number... I don't know?

All I know is that its' 10:00 am and 103 degrees and we are shooting outside in the hot hot sun.
Sarah is a trooper. Not only can she act but she can, by will alone, stop herself from sweating so we can get the shot.
Now thats training!

Before the Rutles there was POMMY

Dirk, Stig Nasty and Barry

I am often asked what music do you like? After pondering the answer for years I have come to this conclusion.
THE RUTLES

ON JANUARY 21ST 1959 The Rutles story really began at 43 Egg Lane Liverpool, where Ron Nasty and Dirk McQuickly first bumped into each other. Ron invited Dirk to help him stand up. Dirk, merely an amateur drinker, agreed and on that spot a legend was created--a legend that will last a lunchtime. They were soon joined by Stig O'Hara a guitarist of no-fixed hairstyle, but it would be another two years before they found their regular drummer, Barrington Womble, hiding in the van. When they did, they persuaded him to change his name to save time and his haircut to save Brylcreem. He became simply Barry Worn.
They gained their first manager--Arthur Scouse--as part of a bet (which they lost). So impressed was he with their music that he sent them immediately to Hamburg. Thinking that Hamburg was just outside Liverpool they accepted. It turned out to be not only in Germany, but in the very worst part of Germany. The Reeperbahn Hamburg is one of the naughtiest streets in the world. This is where they ended up, far from home, and far from talented. In those days there was a fifth Rutle--Leppo--who mainly stood at the back. He couldn't play the guitar but he knew how to have a good time, and in Hamburg that was more difficult. For five hungry working class lads there are worse places than prison, and The Rat Keller Hamburg is one. For fifteen months, night after night, they played the Rat Keller before they finally escaped and returned to Liverpool. In the rush they lost Leppo. He had crawled into a trunk with a small German Fraulein and was never seen again. His influence on the other Rutles was so immeasurable that no one has ever bothered to measure it.

In the U.S of A. the Rutles came into existence after an appearance on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. The producer of the show Loren Michaels offered the whopping sum of 3,000 dollars for the BEATLES to reunite on the show and play whatever song they wanted.




Needless to say, The Beatles didn't take Michaels up on his offer, but it turned out to be precisely the entre' that was needed to get The Rutles onto American television. Lorne Michaels tells the story, in his introduction to the "I Must Be In Love" film.

Interestingly, the Rutles clip made its world premiere on NBC's Saturday Night, since the Rutland Weekend Television programme from which it was taken wouldn't air in the U.K. for six more weeks.

Here is the version of that film (actually a recreation that appeared in the NBC TV movie)



A few months later the Documentary on the Rutles aired on NBC. Critics loved it but what do they know. It was and still is to this date the lowest rated prime time TV movie ever shown. The week it was shown out of the 65 made for tv programs aired it came in at 65. Gooooooo Rutles! NBC even went so far as to cancel its scheduled 2 reruns and opted to air it only once more in the timeslot right before the nightly sign-off.


A clip from that film (of a clip from the non existant film "YELLOW SUBMARINE SANDWICH")
Featuring the song CHEESE AND ONIONS


The soundtrack to that film was a rare find but what a find indeed.
Oh but what a soundtrack it was!



It was re-released on CD by RHINO sans a few tunes.

Yes they are a Beatles parody.

Yes The Rutles even have their own tribute band.

Enough with these videos!

I find myself simply throwing up a video of some garbage instead of actually posting something.
Well this (I hope) is the last video for the time being. Its a doozy too. Back in the 80's the chewing gum JUICY FRUIT had a commercial running that made you want to ...suck dick. This damn thing had the worst jingle ever. Yep its THAT commercial.
Get your skis shined up cause here comes the worst lyrics ever.


Take a sniff, pull it out, the taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth!
GUM FOLKS thats the one that starts with a "G"

What this damn gum has to do with skiing is beyond me and anyone skiing and chewing gum is asking for the choaking of their short, stupid life. ALSO, have you ever been in the snow with a pack of gum? Just try it. Shards of fruity goodness slicing into your soft palette. MMM bloody chewing satisfaction.


I hate juicy fruit.

what do you get when you cross a walrus with an octopus?

gimme gimme that gun

gimme octopus get a hold of a firearm.
I think I just found my new favorite kids show!

Tahiti is not in Europe. I'm going to be sick.

The Vader sessions are better but this person is on the right track.

HR Puffinstuff never found a Buzz Bomb.

I don't know what this is but i know I like it.

Vader sessions part 1

Using the voice of James Earl Jones (from films that were NOT star wars) these fine clips were created.

Tupac Barney

Something a little more interesting than dubbaya

A chicken dancing on a hotplate! Hee hee look at him go.
Thank you Werner Herzog for this fine sequence.

Posts don't get any worse than this folks!

My pet goat. The raw footage.

Two words come to mind when I see this footage.

Wham-rap

I cant stop laughing!

Luke perhaps this is funny to you... its the same guy.

james bond jr.

James Bond Jr. chases S.C.U.M. around the world.
Now lemme get this straight. This kid is the nephew of James Bond and his name is James Bond Jr?
They can't use Smersh (SMERt' SHpionam) or Spectre (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) so he now fights Scum?
SCUM is of course Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem.

IMDB States this:
Although not considered part of the continuity of the James Bond novels and films, nonetheless some characters from both franchises appeared on this series, such as Dr. No and Jaws.

This was a Danjaq product. A misguided one at that.

003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior was a 1967 James Bond spinoff novel published by Glidrose Productions. The novel was written under the pseudonym R.D. Mascott; the real name of the author to this day has never been officially revealed by the current owners of the Ian Fleming Estate (i.e., Ian Fleming Publications a.k.a. Glidrose) or EON Productions (Danjaq), who owns the screen rights to the novel.
Although the novel is based on a character being the nephew of James Bond, Bond in fact was an only child, however, unbeknownst to agent 007 he does have a son as told in You Only Live Twice.
003½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior is considered a failed attempt at launching a youth-oriented line of fiction aimed 8 to 14 year olds. It did, however, spawn a moderately successful television series beginning in 1991 titled James Bond Jr. that was based on this novel and produced by EON Productions / Danjaq. The success of the show spawn numerous novelisations, a video game, and comic books. Unrelated to 003½, Ian Fleming Publications began publishing a successful youth-oriented line of Young Bond adventures featuring James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s.
Only one volume (hardback edition) of this spinoff was published and surviving copies are considered collectables.

goldfinger promo from khj tv 67/68

Come on Luke..THIS IS FUNNY!

Lillian Hellman. We hardly knew ya.

Sorry folks I have been slacking on the posts. We will return to the normal rants and raves soon. In the mean time enjoy this little gem from 2001.

Whitney went in another direction

She decided to get paid by At&t instead.
Imagine the jokes if she did do a Coke commercial!

Soda Pop-stars

There was the time that Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the shooting of this commercial.


...and the fire story.


Then there was the time that Pepsi thought Madonna could sell their soda.
On March 2, as planned, Madonna's Pepsi ad ran on the Number One TV program in America, "The Cosby Show." It worked smoothly with the sitcom's wholesome family image. Elaborately produced, the ad presented Madonna in a sentimental setting that somehow successfully mixed Catholic Church imagery and Pepsi-Cola into the same two-minute clip.
On the video screen, adult Madonna is shown dancing in the streets, while eight-year-old Madonna and thirty-year-old Madonna examine each other's worlds. The little girl is shown touring the house that she will one day grow up to live in, and the adult Madonna tours her past....

While the gospel sound of the song "Like A Prayer" plays, Madonna dances up the aisle of a black church and joins the choir. Cutting back to the present, the time-traveling little girl walks into her adult bedroom only to find the same doll that she received for her eighth birthday....Suddenly the time travel is over for both of them, and the eight-year-old is back on the screen -- holding a glass spiral-twist Pepsi bottle from the sixties, and thirty-year-old Madonna looks on in approval with her eighties can of Pepsi in her hand. Both images toast each other with a Pepsi, and the adult Madonna says to her childhood image on the screen, "Make a wish." With that, the little girl blows out the candles on the birthday cake, and the Pepsi logo comes up on the screen with the words A Generation Ahead below it.

It was a clever spot. However, it was only to be broadcast once.

When the commercial ran that night in March, it was shown in forty countries around the world, giving it an estimated viewership of 250 million people. Not only was it the first time a hit record had debuted in an advertisement, but it was the first time a TV commercial had been given a special around-the-world satellite premiere.

So far, everything was going according to plan. However, the very next day, when Madonna's own version of "Like A Prayer" made its "heavy rotation" debut on MTV, all hell broke loose.

In Madonna's video she witnesses a murder, runs into a church in a brown slip, kisses a statue of a saint, makes love with a black man on a church pew, dances in front of burning crosses, sings with a church choir, and shows bleeding stigmata on both palms as though she had survived a crucifixion. Only Madonna could pull this video off -- it is stormy, mysterious, tragic, violent, dark, and exciting.
Not so wonderful for Pepsi who wanted their tooth decay in a can to appeal to everyone.


This Pepsi spot was in direct retaliation to...

Cokes decision to have GEORGE "lemme see it" MICHAEL sell their version of the same old crappy tooth-rotting swill. Oh wait George was selling the Diet version so it was the gut bloating swill.


Then... the bitch is back. Elton John was paid to sell this crap.


There was also a time that American Idol judge Paula Abdul got paid to rub her face on this can...

She has found "better" cans to rub on her face since.

What I have learned from soda is I can grow up to be a whoring self righteous, sexually ambiguous, drug addicted diva who forces kids and undercover cops to have sex! WHOO HOOO!

The best public access show ever

I dislike impersonators but I'll make an exception in this case.

This guy is brilliant.
There is more of this but this is all I can post right now.

The final Star Wars post for this evening.

Hey this is kinda good!
I want a Gooey Chewie.

Shatner salutes Lucas

Here is a truly geeky clip

Uncle George hold his own camera.

A very odd Japanese commercial with George Lucas selling the panasonic system.

once upon a time...

There was a clarinet player named Droopy McCool. He lived in Jabba's palace. All thats left of him now is a sad action figure. He was removed from the film when Uncle George decided to rework the original trilogy.

That name again, DROOPY MCCOOL. I guess you can run out of alien names after all.

L'eggs

They slim and they stretch. They also give you "crazy eyes." Each pair was sold in a ridiculous non-recyclable plastic egg. Great for crafts but terrible for the environment.

Star Wars toys suck (yub yub!)

Milky the milking cow.

This seems like fun...
I guess?

Sing along everybody!

scat soap

The original Cantina footage from Star Wars

Who is that chick that Han Solo is making out with?

planet of the Apes "twilight zone recut part 3

Dont veiw this unless you have seen part one and two!

Part three:

planet of the Apes "twilight zone recut part 2

Part two:

Planet of the Apes "twilight zone recut part 1

A very well done recut of the feature PLANET OF THE APES. This recut matches the Twilight Zone format to a tee.
I think I enjoy this more than the movie.

Part one:

muppets and heroin addicts.

I liked her better when she was fucked up on something. Anything.

the mother of all mash ups has a video!

touching.

longer version of stupid QVC guy

I'm hooked on QVC for all the wrong reasons!

I see two women fighting?

Whoa what the hell is wrong with this guy?

kate bush

The red dress video.


the white dress "spooky" version


An outstanding clip of kate bush doing what she does best.

Even though you fool your soul your conscience will be mine. OH BOY!

Adam Ant
The making of STAND AND DELIVER. Wow. At that time in history they had to explain what a video was in detail!




The Actual video:



Dear Stuart (Adam Ant) is a man who has been diagnosed as bi-polar. I dislike people who think they can explain someone's behavior away by saying they are Bi-polar. It's not a easy a diagnosis as you think. A painful tortured life.
He was an influence in the 80's and has continued to be nothing but a professional.
I wish dear Stuart all the best this 5th of July.

Veronica and he had more in common than we were prepared or equipped to handle.

No one is to blame. I loved her and tried to understand. I have come close but I know ...I will never truly know. I miss her still.
Dear God I'm crying as I type this now. I would like to have known how her life would have been if she had made the decision to keep it. (that is make the decision in time to be saved) I wish her well too. Dante made all that shit up ya know. There is no hell for you my dear. Your hell was here. I remember you and light a candle on this the anniversary of the biggest decision you ever made for yourself and the people who love you.

wonderama

I remember watching this very episode as a kid. Its so nice to see the show was actually in color. I remember Bob McAllister had a segment that was called "what the heck is it?" It would be maco close -up of some common household object. God I loved this show!

A little drinking game

Lets play
"Whats new on
A.B.C. fall of 1967"

Here are the rules:
1. Drink if its a western.
2. Drink if its a show you never heard of.
3. Drink if its a show you have heard of but never seen.
4. Drink if there is a contemporary equivalent on TV right now.

ok arms akimbo... now GO!

Before her Acadamy Award there was...

Can one doll be a "COLLECTION?"

Good night and drive safe.

The final post of commercials tonight... I swear!

Come on! This "Phaser Battle" looks like a repurposed toaster oven. Well at least they used the Star Trek theme and not that hypno-chant. Oh wait there are more commercials... Can't resist hypno-chant...Must buy moreSTARTREKSTARTREKSTARTREK. Be sure to see the commercial for the STAR TREKULATOR. Its a shoebox size calculater that can display up to 4 digits in its L.E.D. screen. WOW!

15 year olds killing each other.

What could be more entertaining than kids killing each other?

Nothin' thats what.

Since I know you haven't been watching this channel...

Here is a highlight from QVC the shopping network.

The PSA heard 'round the world.

An oldie but a goodie. It still makes me laugh.

PORK CHOP SANDWICHES!!!

Ask someone you love before you put it in your mouth.

60's commercial for oil!

Is that really Mrs Garrett from "The Facts of Life" naked in a shower! YES by gum it really is.
Oh Charlotte Rae is sooooo hot.
I'm thinking this had an impression on George Bush.

Oh dear god! Put a spoon in her mouth!

Yuck!
I can't stop laughing! I mean it! This one takes the cake!

Complete with Strap-on!

Action Jackson gets Lucky!

woodies

Well, It seems that the kind men at Mego toys have WOODIES for your kids. They might as well have called them CHOKIES!

Note the chokable size and removable parts of these suck-ass wood toys. These things dont light up or talk or nothin'! They just choke your kid while your off in the other room sippin' your Remy Martan with a water back.

And whats with the creepy voiceover?

StarTrekStarTrekStarTrekStarTrekStarTrek

T.V. Commercial rule #78:
If toys suck use hypnotic chanting to get your point across.

Was this the best they could do?

Just marvel at the best part of the 1979 theatrical release of BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY. The Credits. Yes I know... How boring its just a list of names but.... oh no. It's so much more.

What a train wreck! This goddamn song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I never dreamed it would show up on YouTube. Biddy biddy biddy... Thats right Dr. Thepulous now you can have the chance to spread this auditory disease.


Ohh Foster Grants are so sexy!

Its all in the name.

From the makers of such classic games as:

Barfight!
&
Please don't hit the face!

WhhaAction Jackson!

"I wanna do 5- 10 in the state pen!"
"I wanna girlfriend who doesn't put out !"
"I wanna drive a forklift without proper training!"
"I wanna be white and masuline with no genitalia!"
I want I want I want...
Action Jackson
Think of the possibilities.

Its over

He really did wear his heart on his sleeve. With the exception of Pretty Woman, Roy was transparent.

Haunted Mansion Ride

With the exception of the beginning narration this is the complete haunted mansion ride-through. The open narration came from the Story of the Haunted Mansion Album.
This video is dark at times but its the best amateur ride-thru video I have seen to date.

Things to note:

The pet cemetery has been moved to the front of the house. For ages there was (and still is) a pet cemetery on the side of the house that provides the exit for the ride. Its not visible to the public but from time to time if you ask to see the pet cemetery they will let you back there.

The video starts in the "fast pass" area. This is the area you can get a preassigned boarding time for the ride in order to avoid the long line if any. At one time the fast pass stations had statues and urns on them. Those are long since gone.

The video of the stretching room is from the elevator/room to the left of the entrance. There is one thing that distinguishes the two elevators that service this ride. The hanging host(during the black out and lightening strike) are in a different positions in each room. Otherwise they are identical.

The gallery with the changing portraits contains the OLD pictures. They have long since been replaced with "improved" versions. The version of the woman who turns into a cat is the same that is framed in my bedroom.

The Leota crystal ball is stationary. Currently, it floats just above the table.

A final good look at the old bride in the attic. She has recently been replaced with a video projection of an actress who, while saying her vows, makes an axe appear where the bouquet should be.

The rest of the ride is the same.

even gayererer still

This little clip is from the Hammer Collection DVD of "The Anniversary"
The person who posted it on YouTube seems to have compiled their favorite Zingers from the film. This includes two of the best lines to ever spew from Miss Davis mouth. The one about the plug and then there is the one about the odor.

A fine film indeed not to be found anywhere but amazon. Go figure?

I know its gay but...

Joan Crawford.
You can see in this clip when she mentions Christopher she almost breaks her tough exterior. (ah American Airlines and booze a perfect combo)

A special little note of intrest:
Check out the LAX of the past. So futuristic with its mosaic tunnels and moving walkway.