wow, the dudley ride was grate!

[fan of the TTA]

in my view, the best ride at IOA (and the best water ride ever). but my question is, is that the only ride at IOA made up?. never knew him from a cartoon or anything

[WDW Princess]

I am working up courage to go on this ride (I am a pathetic chicken when it comes to steep drops). It just looks steeper than other similar rides. Looks awesome though!

[RVGal]

Dudley Do-Right was a cartoon segment on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show that was popular enough that it was spun off into its own show. There was even a movie made about the cartoon a few years ago with Brendan Fraser and Sarah Jessica Parker. Hysterical cartoon... bad movie... :goodvibes

[fan of the TTA]

trust me, nothing can go wrong on the ride, yeah....okay. people mess about on it, but wow. everything about it is fantastic!

[WDW Princess]

trust me, nothing can go wrong on the ride, yeah....okay. people mess about on it, but wow. everything about it is fantastic!

Oh it’s not about things going wrong… it just looks sooooo steep and I get clammy hands just looking at the video on USF website :rotfl:

[fan of the TTA]

awww, come on, once you're on it, it's not so bad at all. hold on to the sides, and it will be fine

[WDW Princess]

Yep, that’s the plan – hold on to the sides! In addition to that, I do a little bit of hyperventilation simultaneously with hand clamming. I also ensure that I close my eyes and scream like a freak. This seems to work for me for all rides higher than 6 feet. :cool1:

[yaytezIOA]

in my view, the best ride at IOA (and the best water ride ever). but my question is, is that the only ride at IOA made up?. never knew him from a cartoon or anything

This cartoon was big in the 70's and 80's and they even made a movie from it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1G8f4YvFYpM&mode=related&search=
http://www.videodetective.com/titledetails.aspx?publishedid=137875
Alfred Molina is inspired as Snidely Whiplash...the only good part of the film.

[damo]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was a cartoon from the sixties. Dudley Do Right was a character in that cartoon. In the late sixties, he got his own show.

[keishashadow]

Very popular when i was a child;) , who could forget Nell & Snidely Whiplash...which is what you nearly get on the ride:rotfl2:

luv it's wicked ride, scares the beans outta me:scared1: wish they'd add lap belts...jik

[Metro West]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was a cartoon from the sixties. Here's an interesting piece of trivia that some of you may not know: Paul Frees who is the "Ghost Host" at The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and WDW was also the voice of Boris Badenov from Rock & Bullwinkle from 1961. ;)

[damo]

Here's an interesting piece of trivia that some of you may not know: Paul Frees who is the "Ghost Host" at The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and WDW was also the voice of Boris Badenov from Rock & Bullwinkle from 1961. ;)

Very cool!

[Seamus_Bean]

Yeah, it's a great ride.

I could hardly fit in the fron seat though, my legs are so long. I kinda stuffed myself in and had a hard time getting out last time I went :sad2:

They told me not to sit in the front anymore. I shall heed their warning!

[clownboy007]

Paul Frees also did the voice of Inspector Fenwick in the Dudley Do-Right cartoons. One of my favorite cartoons of all time! And here's another voice connection for you: June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrell and Nell Fenwick (in the Dudley cartoons) provided the voice of the woman in Pirates of the Caribbean whose husband is being dunked in the well ("Don't tell heem, Carlos!)!

Dudley: Have you seen Nell?
Inspector Fenwick: Perhaps she's gone to see her sister.
Dudley: Does she have a sister?
Inspector Fenwick: No, but Nell's a strange girl. :happytv:

[fan of the TTA]

i am always having problems getting in and out of thing, if i could, i would change the design

[Metro West]

Paul Frees also did the voice of Inspector Fenwick in the Dudley Do-Right cartoons. One of my favorite cartoons of all time! And here's another voice connection for you: June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrell and Nell Fenwick (in the Dudley cartoons) provided the voice of the woman in Pirates of the Caribbean whose husband is being dunked in the well ("Don't tell heem, Carlos!)Yeah...I couldn't believe all the voices Paul did and I remember June Foray from some of the Bugs Bunny cartoons...usually playing the witch or the grandma type character. She was also in an episode of Green Acres. Eleanor Audley...the voice of Madame Leota...was a semi-regular cast member of Green Acres. She played Mrs. Douglas...Oliver's mother. Paul also did Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops and the Pillsbury Doughboy for a number of years.


Here's a REAL trivia question for you: Who is a famous voice that is associated with both Universal AND WDW and can be heard daily?

[yaytezIOA]

There were three of us in a boat that were over 260lbs...the heaviest one in the front. Our friend Joey was in the middle-he's about 180lbs. and his g/f was about 95lbs. We knew we were in trouble when we went down the first dip and the nose of the boat went under the water.
The final drop was insane. We went under the water, which created a wall of water that washed over the whole boat and actually pushed us backwards. We vowed that we would never do that again....we'd get two more people that was over 260.

[fan of the TTA]

a famous voice that can be heard daily?. i have no idea, you gotta tell me. thanks for all the info about the dudley cartoons, didon't even know it was real. always thaught universal made it up

[Metro West]

a famous voice that can be heard daily?. i have no idea, you gotta tell me. thanks for all the info about the dudley cartoons, didon't even know it was real. always thaught universal made it upCome on now...I can't give it up that easily. I'll give you a hint. The voice can be heard in the Haunted Mansion and the Universal parking garage in a certain section. ;)

[fan of the TTA]

hmmm, trying to think of the universal carparks now. ET, jaws, jurasic park, spider man, the cat in the hat um....ur..... really...think that's it?

[Metro West]

hmmm, trying to think of the universal carparks now. ET, jaws, jurasic park, spider man, the cat in the hat um....ur..... really...think that's it?OK...you dragged it out of me! :lmao:


The voice of Thurl Ravenscroft can be heard in the Haunted Mansion as Uncle Theodore...the lead vocal of the Grim Grinning Ghosts quintet in the graveyard scene and can also be heard singing the "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" song in the Cat In The Hat area of the parking garage.

[fan of the TTA]

ooo, love that moovie!. watch it every christmas, with out fail. thanks (more info to add to my disney knolledge)

[Metro West]

ooo, love that moovie!. watch it every christmas, with out fail. thanks (more info to add to my disney knolledge)Hey..no problem. I like useless bits of information like that of course...you'll never know when that subject will show up in Trivial Pursuit one day! :rotfl:

[fan of the TTA]

lol. you never know

[clownboy007]

The voice of Thurl Ravenscroft can be heard in the Haunted Mansion as Uncle Theodore...the lead vocal of the Grim Grinning Ghosts quintet in the graveyard scene and can also be heard singing the "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" song in the Cat In The Hat area of the parking garage.


Of course, Thurl Ravenscroft might be even better recognized as the voice of "Tony the Tiger" in the cereal commercials ("They're grrrrrrr-eat!).

I think a lot of people would be surprised at the sheer number of character voices in the 40's and 50's that were created by just a small handful of actors. Mel Blanc was probably the most prolific (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Pepe LePew, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin Martian...in fact, practically every Looney Tunes character except Elmer Fudd, who was voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan). Daws Butler (Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound) and Paul Frees (Ludwig Von Drake, Boris Badenov, Burgermeister Meisterburger and the Pillsbury Doughboy!) can be heard in countless cartoons. On the female side, the most prolific was June Foray (Witch Hazel, Granny, and other Looney Tunes characters along with Rocky, Natasha and Nell over at Jay Ward Productions) and Bea Benaderet who was not only a fine voice actor but a very funny comic actress as well (Cousin Pearl on the Beverly Hillbillies and Kate Bradley on Petticoat Junction). Sadly, all but Miss Foray have passed on but as long as there are classic cartoons their voices will live on.

Disney's Haunted Mansion soundtrack cd has a track that features a short, but fascinating, clip from Paul Frees' Ghost Host recording session that gives some great insight into how character voices come into being and what it takes to get the performances that we hear just right.

Today, it's still a handful of actors voicing the majority of cartoon characters. Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor do a lot of the Disney character voices and Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria keep busy just doing 90% of the characters on the Simpsons. Take a look at the credits at the end of modern cartoons or films featuring talking animals and you'll probably find the names of Pamela Hayden, Rob Paulson, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche or Maggie Roswell.

Sorry to bore you with all those details but I really love this kind of stuff. :banana:

[fan of the TTA]

hmmm, that tony the tiger drove me in sain. i don't even like cerial, so not interested in those stupid adverts claiming how grate it tastes. as for loony tunes, never got in to that iver....who owns loony tunes anyway?. is it disney or universal

[Metro West]

hmmm, that tony the tiger drove me in sain. i don't even like cerial, so not interested in those stupid adverts claiming how grate it tastes. as for loony tunes, never got in to that iver....who owns loony tunes anyway?. is it disney or universalLooney Tunes was owned by Warner Brothers...not sure if they still do but they did.

[fan of the TTA]

well, i hope they don't. was the biggist load of tosh i've ever seen

[keishashadow]

fascinating facts:thumbsup2

who knew there were 7 degrees of bullwinkle?;)

[fan of the TTA]

hmmm, well i didon't. wonder how metro west knows s so much about this?

[ChrisFL]

i am always having problems getting in and out of thing, if i could, i would change the design

IIRC they're already on their 3rd boat design for that ride....it keeps changing!

[fan of the TTA]

it keeps changing?. really, what was it before

[fan of the TTA]

actually, talking of dudley, does anyone have the exit music for the dudley ride at IOA?. i am talking about the soundtrack when you get off

[ChrisFL]

it keeps changing?. really, what was it before

just the seating configurations originally were of the standard log flume variety where 2 people could sit without anything between them, then they changed it a couple of times.

[Metro West]

wonder how metro west knows s so much about this?As I said...I love useless facts and I have a lot of nothing. I loved Looney Tunes growing up and since the Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride anywhere, I started reading about the attraction and learning whatever I could about it...that's where it all started I guess.

[fan of the TTA]

ah i see, well in that case, think i would have prefered the old design

[Notatourist]

blame the spelling nazi in me for this post, but I have to say it....


It's great. Not grate. Grate is something that covers a drain. Great is when something is wonderful.

Thanks for listening....

[fan of the TTA]

lol. okay, thanks for pointing that out

[karmalicousss]

yeah really??

[fan of the TTA]

yeah really??

hmmm...not sure what you were trying to say