Re: Actor Roy Scheider dies at 75

In article <13re8qfqba1dcf6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Frank R.A.J. Maloney" <frajm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Howard Brazee wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:37:52 -0700, Derek Janssen wrote
> > (in article <4votj.185$MY2.174@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> > 
> >>> What's a Chevron dinosaur?
> >> An animatronic dinosaur that's featured in a neato ride at post-1964 
> >> Disneyland, which people of Spielberg's age would've remembered as 
> >> fondly as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride or "Journey Into Inner Space".
> > 
> > I did go on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, but that was in Disneyland's first
year.  
> >  
> > When I returned in 1963 I skipped that ride, as I did when I took my
kids 
> > there.   I don't remember seeing it in Florida either.
> > 
> 
> I was in Disneyland the very first week it was open. I too rode Mr. 
> Toad's Wild Ride, as well as the Teacup ride and as many others as I 
> could get to. It was a long, exhausting day, made longer because the 
> rides were forever breaking down. We formed alliances with other 
> families to stand in multiple stalled lines simultaneously. We all 
> celebrated our strategy over Pepsis at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in 
> Frontierland where we were entertained by Slew Foot Sue and the Can-Can 
> Girls -- a great show for the price of a Pepsi.
> 
> But my favorite ride, which I went on twice that day, was the Jungle 
> Cruise on the Amazon/Mekong/Congo river in Frontierland. I loved the 
> animatronic hippos and crocs and the near-encounter with the waterfalls 
> and being allowed to take the wheel of the little boat. I laughed when 
> we spotted some workmen trying to get the animatronic cannibals working 
> and the tour leader explained they were Disneyland natives.
> 
> However, by the time we finally got to Tomorrowland I was too tired to 
> do much and wound up missing altogether the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

> exhibit to my eternal shame and regret. (Hi, Fred!)

What I missed that I've always regretted was the live show featuring Guy 
Williams as Zorro, running around fighting Monestario.  I've finally 
seen home movies of it.  I have no idea how often it was performed, or 
if in fact it was only once for the cameras . . .

-- 
Star Trek 09:

No Shat, No Show.