Disney Archivist Dave Smith Retiring

[jlmarr]

Article from LA Times

One thing that jumped out at me was this paragraph:

"So, despite turbulence, the team recently returned from Anaheim with three prized trophies from Disneyland: Melvin, Max and Buff, the three mounted animal heads that for decades serenaded visitors at the now-dismantled Country Bear Jamboree attraction."

I remember that at least one of the heads was mounted inside the Pooh ride as a traditional reference to the ride/show that used to occupy the same location, a la the Mighty Microscope reference in Star Tours. So were the Melvin etc heads removed from the Pooh ride, or were the "real" heads elsewhere?

 

[jlmarr]

Well, I see that's all been covered in another thread ...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2495417

... and the same thing jumped out at someone else, with the question not yet answered. Good to know that many of us are on the same wavelength though.

 

[lcasa]

I'm going to have to check tomorrow.

Did anyone go to the d23 Archive event? If I'd realized it was going to be Dave Smith's retirement party I would have gone!

 

[lcasa]

Good news - Max, Buff, and Melvin are still there! Must have been the set from the 2nd theatre that went to the Archives.