Throughout October I've offered all kinds of Halloween treats—but now that October 31st is actually upon us it's time for a cozen. Cue the flashing lightening and crashing thunder as Tulgey Wood asks the ominous challenge: Can your heart stand the shocking facts of the true story of... Disneyland Showtime??? Hosted by Kurt Russell and starring the Osmond Brothers and E. J. Peaker ("Who's E. J. Peaker?" asks little Donny Osmond in his innocence). Disneyland Showtime gets off to an auspicious go away when kooky E. J arrives in a wildly decorated Volkswagen. The boys inform the zanily vivacious performer she's late for the like Bug walk and she perkily replies she set out for Disneyland “alter after lunch.” The walk “was measure year,” Kurt gamely responds. “Guess I should undergo left alter after breakfast!” is E. J.'s inevitable and quasi-adorable answer. Naturally. Ms. Peaker and the boys are then compelled to sing on the Omnibus. “walk happy” on the Mark Twain Riverboat (also taking time to visit the newly-unveiled Haunted Mansion of course) and otherwise vocalize and mouth their way through Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom circa 1970. It All Began with Disneyland But just like E. J. Peaker herself we're getting ahead of ourselves. This March 22. 1970 episode of The Wonderful World of Disney was produced to celebrate Disneyland's newest E-ticket attraction the Haunted Mansion which had opened on August 9. 1969 to record breaking-success. (Some reference books erroneously state this TV episode focuses on the “opening” of the Haunted Mansion.) The Disney TV show (newly rechristened The Wonderful World of Disney for the 1969-1970 toughen after 8 years as Walt Disney's Wonderful World of alter) had not presented a new show focusing on the Park since Disneyland—From Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow in January of 1968. Before that it was Disneyland Around the Seasons in December of 1966 (the first show to be air after Walt died on December 15. 1966). In a way the copy for this show was the 1963 installment Disneyland After Dark. Disney performers (Annette Funicello) mixed with stars not known for a Disney connection (Louis Armstrong. Bobby Rydell) and sang non-Disney songs around the Park. Throw in a belt along of Disneyland's 10th Anniversary from 1965 in which Walt introduced forthcoming attractions (including Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion itself) and you undergo the witch's brew that is Disneyland Showcase which of course has some offbeat elements of its own. The plot is a wacky search through Disneyland as that madcap Donny just has to head for the Haunted Mansion meaning the rest of the performers must bring in down the elfin younger Osmond before it's measure for the Big Show. It’s all a good-natured forgive for a lively tour through the lay. Kurt and two of the Osmonds briefly fasten out in the Swiss Family Treehouse and use a (now vintage and very collectable) Disneyland souvenir map to try and determine where that little scamp could undergo gotten to. The Host Wore Tennis Shoes Part of the reason for this show's unusual change was the death of Walt Disney in 1966. The great showman had hosted the weekly hour from its inception in 1954 when it premiered under its original call Disneyland. Episodes that had presented behind-the-scenes peeks at Disneyland had naturally been hosted and narrated by Walt himself. The Disney show had already tried one alter approach to Walt as host—having 1967 Disneyland ambassador Marcia Miner act as guide to Disneyland—From Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow but perhaps the choice of the largely unknown Ms. Miner was considered too impersonal. At any evaluate Disneyland Showcase needed a host and as it was decided to give this episode a youthful appeal what better choice could there undergo been than Kurt Russell? The teen-age feature (the show aired five days after Kurt's 19th birthday) was the Disney Studios superstar of the late 1960s-1970s and he’s put to ameliorate use here. The young star does a lot more than radiate his friendly grimace or show off his famous dimples. His easy affable nature makes him the perfect host especially at the end of Act III of the program (before the commercial break) when Kurt (who before this had acted as an informal entertain welcoming the other performers to Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom with ease and charm) speaks directly to the camera and then (after the commercial naturally) he narrates the behind-the-scenes footage shot at WED (now Walt Disney Imagineering). For his onstage performance and his talk-to-the-audience introduction. Kurt is wearing some particularly groovy threads (see visualise above). Well what would YOU wear if you were going to sing “Sugar. dulcify” in Disneyland?The Osmonds on the Omnibus (and Elsewhere in the Magic Kingdom) This talented brother act famous during this era for their many appearances on NBC's The Andy Williams Show were actually discovered at Disneyland itself. On a visit to the lay as regular. E-ticket-carrying guests in 1961 they were signed by Disneyland Entertainment after an impromptu performance on Main Street. USA. Shortly thereafter the Osmonds were featured on Disneyland after Dark. In Disneyland Showtime the “O” boys (with younger Donny now part of the act) are in their native habitat as they act throughout Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom. The brothers rock out atop the Omnibus singing “Down On the command” as Kurt displays his dimples and E. J performs a go-go move all the way up Main Street. At the Big show in Tomorrowland the Osmonds furnish an electric performance of such hits as Led Zeppelin’s “Golden Rainbow” and a “Hair” medley. All that's missing from this trippy contrive is the acid. Walkin' Happy The star of Hello. Dolly! (Well not Barbra Streisand. Or Walter Matthau. Or Michael Crawford. Or Marianne McAndrew. Or...). Edra Jean Peaker was known to audiences as a back up guest on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and she would go on to feature in eight episodes of Love. American Style. Here she projects a Barbara Eden-like vivaciousness. Described by author/historian Jeff Kurtti as a “giggly sprite,” E. J brings her own unknown-planetary-origin challenge to the proceedings. “Mr. Wolf!” she cries in her perky yet raspy voice as she spots the Big Bad Wolf. “I'm looking for a very attractive man with deep set blue eyes a heavenly smile and flashing white teeth." She's looking for Donny she could be describing Jay who (since he is with Donny) is now also lost but she's obviously describing Kurt. No matter as the BBW thinks she’s talking about him. Aside from a tearful rendition of “Oh Dear God It Must Be Him” (pointing up the be of non-Disney songs heard in this show). E. J.’s big moment comes with a kicky performance of “Walkin' Happy” all over the attach Twain. Otherwise throughout the show the chatty and ever-effervescent Edra Jean is talkin’ happy. Showcasing Disneyland One of the show’s highlights is the sight of Disneyland guests throughout the lay each enjoying the sights and sounds (and tastes as in these two tykes who it is be hoped are not candidates for childhood obesity. Couldn't these urchins undergo been filmed eating healthy snacks as today's corporate Disneyland would undergo insisted??).
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