1403 – Ray Recaps the 1990 Disney Holiday Parade | SWM+ Sneak Peek

Episode 1403 – Ray Recaps the 1990 Disney Holiday Parade | SWM+ Sneak Peek

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, whether you know who the Fab Five is or…I don't know, you're one of the Fab Five to me without a doubt, or the Fab Four or the Fab…I think if you say Fab in this context, you do have to use alliteration. Fab One…Fab One, come in, Fab One. Actually, if we had walkie-talkies, just the two of us, you could be Fab One. I’d be Fab Two. Fab One, come in. This is Scooter. Oh, you're new to the podcast? Oh, boy. Well, Fab One, this is Fab Two, AKA, Scooter. What does Fab stand for? Oh, that’s your first question? Well, I’m trying to introduce a sleep podcast or just start it out. I’m glad you're here.

 

Fabulous and beautiful; of course, that’s what it stands for, and that goes for the inside and the outside. So, yeah, that’s what Fab stands for. So, you're kinda Fab One…Fab One…yeah, I guess that covers everything; inside, outside, and beyond. Welcome to Sleep With Me. This is a podcast here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. So, if you're new to the show, yeah, this show is a bit goofy. This is maybe one of our last episodes of the year. We're closing out the holiday season with a Disney holiday parade, or the Very Merry Christmas Parade.

 

The cool thing is, depending on…if you're listening to this on Sleep With Me+, you're getting one parade, and if you're listening to this on the ad-supported, listener-supported, free feed, you're getting another parade we put out a couple years ago, maybe. I don't know. That’s what I was thinking. But either way, this is here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep, a little bit different than just putting you to sleep directly. I put you to sleep indirectly by march…a parade march, march, marching down the lane. I’m really glad you're here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive, and thank you for coming by. If you're new, just give the show a few tries. See how it goes.

 

What we got coming up is support so that this listener-supported, ad-supported version is free for anybody that needs it, then a long, meandering intro separate from the support to ease you into bedtime — this is already turning out to be long and meandering, the very beginning part — and then later on we’ll be running through a parade from the nineties or the…19…late eighties, early nineties. So, I’m glad you're here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. I really want to help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by. If you're a regular listener, if this podcast makes your life better on a regular basis, these are the ways you could make sure the podcast is here for you and for everybody else to keep making your life better. Thanks.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be thoughts on your mind about the past, the present, the future, thoughts you're thinking about…so, things…yeah, things you're thinking about, it could be feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally, physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, in the middle of something, getting over something.

 

Whatever it is, I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of it so you could fall asleep, which I kinda explained in the intro and I’ll explain a little bit more in detail later on, versus just putting you to sleep. But the reason I make the show is because I’ve been there, tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep. Right now I’m recovering from something and my sleep…physically I’m not able to get in my normal sleep positions, so, oh boy, is it affecting my sleep. But it could be something different for you.

 

But the main thing I like to point out is that I think there’s something we all share, and even if it’s a little bit different for each listener…and I don't know what it’s like for you, what brought you to this show, but whatever it is, I’d like to help with it, because I don't think something…something tough maybe brought you here. That’s what brings a lot of people here, right, because it’s trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, not getting the rest we need, needing a distraction during the day, needing a distraction at night to wind down or to fall asleep or fall back asleep, and that’s tough. I know what it feels like for me, and I’ve dealt with it in a lot of different ways, and currently I’m dealing with it in a new way that I haven't experienced before. I know I would like some help.

 

Or, when I’m able to try to help myself or use exterior things to help me out, it makes me feel better. Part of it is that I don't feel as alone, because I know there’s other people out there hurting like I’m hurting right now, because I hear from listeners…and I don't know if you're one of the listeners I’ve heard from or not, but if you're going through something different…and you say, no, man, you cannot relate to what’s keeping me up, I’d say, okay; the good news is there’s someone listening somewhere in the world right now who can relate to how you feel and that’s really rooting for you and saying, man, I hope this podcast can help you like it helped me out, because I didn’t know to look for something like this. I didn’t think something like this would help me, but it does, and I know what you're going through.

 

So, I hope the show can help you. Not only that; they hope that if you become a regular listener, you get that good feeling of rooting for people who are hurting like you hurt other places in the world. That’s a special, indirect bond we share with the show. Or, it doesn't have to be a bond. It could be a casual adhesive. Another one of my favorite bands that never existed; Casual Adhesive, man. Oh boy, were their songs somewhat sticky, you know? Pardon the pun. But if I’m ever in a band other than the other band names I’ve made up and other than the fact that I’m not musically inclined…say, Casual Adhesive…yeah, that was…it was like…it was a band I was in in my imagination at one point or another. Casual Adhesive.

 

I don't even remember what we…it was kind of like we just played whatever, whatever we felt like. Pop…stuff…a lot…only ear worms, obviously, but secondary ear worms. What we did was we made a list of all the songs that were ear worms that were popular, and then we made a list of all the lesser songs that are still ear…somewhat ear worms, and then we cover those songs. Yeah, Casual Adhesive. Casually Adhesive? CA? They never called us that. Now a brief performance from Casually Adhesive. I guess it could be…could it be a one-person band? I don't know. I mean, it’s a zero-person band right now. But that’s what we share in the deep, dark night, and stuff that…you say, well…you know what I come to Sleep With Me for; something that’s like humor. It’s humor…it’s like casually-adhesive humor.

 

You say, I don't understand. I say, neither do I, but that’s the only way to describe it. It’s humor-adjacent or casually-adhesive com…not comedy. That’s too strong a word. But yeah, I love it. The jokes are casually adhesive, kinda like a 99-cent store. No offense to 99-cent-store sticky notes, but those things are casually…you say, can you describe something that’s casually adhesive? Yeah, my thoughts in this podcast and 99-cent-store sticky notes, which if you can get them at this point…you'd say, well, it’s still worth it for 99 cents. They're casually adhesive. I just put them…I use them horizontally. That was our only original song with Casually Adhesive. Well, no, 99-cent sticky notes and…that was the chorus; we use them…I use them horizontally. It’s a metaphor if you know what I’m saying. Hubba, hubba.

 

Okay, let’s move on, though. The other reason I make the show is because you deserve a good night's sleep, a place where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable and so that you don’t have to struggle and that you don’t have to feel alone and on your own at bedtime, that you have some…a friend, and a friend that believes that if you get the rest you need on a regular basis, your life’s gonna be better, and if you do it even more than that, maybe you'll be out there flourishing, and that’s a win for everybody. The way the show works is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents.

 

I go off topic, I get mixed up, and then I…whatever, then I go on a tangent…a few tangents like we’ve seen already, and then I try to remember…oh, I’m supposed to be introducing a sleep podcast. So, there’s a few important things to know. One is that most people arrive at the show new…who are new…skeptical, doubtful, irritable, tired, and they're like, what is going on here? Casually Adhesive? You're more…they may have stronger…they say, that’s not how I would describe you. They’d say, I would put you in the same class as 99-cent-store sticky notes, especially if they're now costing $2.99. But yeah, I value…I’d say, okay, I get it, I get it. That’s how, actually, most people arrive at the show.

 

The reason is because you're tired, you've been searching for something to help you sleep, and then you get here and I’m kinda talking a bit of nonsense. So, that’s a pretty normal, healthy reaction to be skeptical and doubtful. If your experiences at bedtime have been anything like mine, trying a bunch of different stuff, why wouldn't you be, right? So, alls I can tell you is that hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands…probably over a million people have told me it took two or three tries. At first I didn’t like you or the show, then I kind of was not quite liking the show, but then on the third time I fell asleep and I realized, oh, he is casually adhesive. He is like the positive versions…there are purposes for 99-cent-store sticky notes, and there’s a place in the world for songs about them, too.

 

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A couple of things that do take some getting used to is…one, this is a podcast that you just barely listen to, kinda like a out-of-focus picture or background noise, TV on in the other room, a show streaming under your pillow. It’s like something that’s just out of reach, just out of focus, sand running through your fingers, almost. So, that takes some getting used to, is like, I thought you were gonna put me to sleep. I say, no, this is the only sleep podcast…I’ve been going, whatever, twelve years or something, and there’s no pressure to fall asleep with this show at all, because this show is not here to put you to sleep. It’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff while you fall asleep, which is a bit different approach.

 

I’m here to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your neigh-bore, your bore-bie, your boreman, your bores, your Boris Borlaf, your chairman of the boreds, your bore-bud, your best bore-friend f’eva, and keep you company. That’s why the episodes are over an hour, so you don’t have to worry about…oh, I gotta be asleep in this certain amount of time? No, you don’t gotta worry about it. I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff and put you to sleep. So, just see how it goes is all I can tell you, and, yeah, see if the show helps you out or not. But yeah, I’m here to…it’s a different thing. Some people can't sleep at all, so I’m here to the very end whether you're awake or asleep, whether you're listening or not. I’m here to keep you company…yeah. I don't know. It’s a little bit different.

 

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Hey patrons, it’s Scoots here. I just wanted to…this will be a special…Ray will be covering the 1990 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, though it also covers the Disneyland one, too. So, yeah, I guess without further ado, I’m gonna turn it over to Ray, who did already some parade coverage. Right, Ray? Oh yeah, Scooter. Thanks, everybody. This is Ray, your friend Ray. I guess I don't need to introduce myself since you're all patrons of the show. Yeah, so, we're watching the Walt Disney…we got Joan Lunden, Alan Thicke, Regis, and Sarah…who else do we got here? Well, we’ll save it for Disneyland. Mickey and Minnie…we’ve got all the characters here. You can watch this on YouTube, you know.

 

So, our notes did not start ‘til seven minutes in, so I’m just watching the little preview here where they're showing…now they're showing Main Street. Mickey and Minnie…Chip and Dale, Pooh, Roger Rabbit…I guess this is the kick-off of the parade. Then elves singing, kissing Goofy…this is kinda like a finale of a parade. I guess this was what they filmed for the special. Now a commercial’s come up, so…yeah, so, looking forward to covering the parade with you. Thanks for supporting the show. There we go. Gummi Bears, Scooter…so, this was at the height of the Disney Afternoon. I think last year was when we saw the characters from the party and Disney Vacation Club, but that was 1989 when we went…I think Scooter went back and forth between ‘88 and ‘90 of what he would do.

 

So, I don't know…'cause I think ‘88…the parade is different. Oh, there’s Alan and Joan. They're setting things up. This year Alan was more polite and humorous than he was last year. There’s Regis. He’s got a picture of a young lady he’s interviewing with…she’s wearing a button with her dad and Regis. Then her dad, who’s very happy there…Regis is just working the crowd. A lot of large camcorders. Mickey balloons…New Hampshire snow…no, no, no. I think these families, they're a yearly tradition with Reg. Then we have University of Florida Marching Band coming through, looking good, looking like they're having a good time. Not sure what the…we don’t have closed captioning on this. But they have nice mustard uniforms and…playing. There’s someone leading the band.

 

Oh, they're dancing there, doing some kicking and baton twirling. Main Street is decorated. I wonder if they still decorate it the same way. I think…though…oh, then we have the start of the parade there. 62 degrees. We have some horses with some banners. I don't know if that’s for Cinderella or who…or whom. Horse riders…bannermen I think you would call them, if you were watching GoT. Okay, and then we have gentlemen in blue. I don't know if these are the…the entourage, is that what you'd call it? Then these crystal floats that Disney still uses, I believe. You got Mickey and Minnie and Joan’s kids. Oh, this is where our notes start. Joan’s kids are in the parade there, maybe, with Pluto. Bonus bone…oh yeah, there’s Pluto. He’s got a bonus bone. That’s one of Alan’s jokes. 1928 is when Mickey and Minnie first met.

 

What…? Oh, this is another one…oh, 'cause he was referring to the long marriage. He said, what do mice know that people don’t? That was another quote from Alan. Mojo and Mike every year? I don't know what that means. So smooth…Major Mike; that must…oh yeah, there’s Major Mike at the front of the parade. He’s so smooth. Then we have court dancers. MTV Medieval…telegrammed music videos, I think Alan said. We have the stepdaughters, Drizella and some other…you say Drizella…so, Alan is allowed to improvise his jokes, 'cause he says, you say Drizella, but then he couldn't come up with a punchline. It just kinda petered out. Magic wand like a credit card…that was another one. So, maybe Alan just has a list of jokes. Joan and Alan…we see people…service people.

 

Lou bases…Desert Shield…oh, we see…yeah, them visiting with the families of service members. AT&T free faxes for them to fax love letters from…holiday love letters. So, it was a different time. You…miss you…I think the Fievel song was playing, Somewhere Out There, which Scooter said, isn't that…was that a Disney film? Scooter said, maybe it was. It was Don Bluth, though. I mean, maybe. I don't know. I thought it was…Steven Spielberg and Don Bluth made Fievel: An American Tale. But, I don't know, it was…Fievel Disney, Bluth. There you go. Narra faces in music…what does that mean, do you think, Scooter? Nara…N-A-R-R-A…narrator. Narra faces in music…Todd…castles…something. Any idea of this? The Grand Floridian…62 degrees now. Oh, there’s the next…Scooter’s notes; 62 degrees.

 

Metlife blimp…grand flow…antifreeze in eggnog, Alan’s…antifreeze is the eggnog. Then we go back to the parade. We got some Little Mermaid, a pink tree…worst Triton ever…Scooter’s tough to please. So, Scooter said, is this the worst Triton ever? So, we’ll have to look. A lot of body suits on…oh, well, Scooter’s right; worst…it looks like a gag, the person playing Triton. It’s like, put a Santa Claus beard on him. Yeah, you're better off with no Triton than…Triton’s supposed to be cartoonish and not human, at least my understanding, unless that’s Prince Eric. No, there’s Prince Eric on the left. So, there’s a Little Mermaid float. This will actually be…the Little Mermaid live action’s coming, so at least talking about the Little Mermaid will be relevant again, even though that’s kind of a timeless classic.

 

A very short movie, too; I think under ninety minutes. Okay, WTF, Scooter even put. Even stray and Ray play…don’t know what that means. Does that…? Oh, that’s some of the music. Yeah, you talk about Disney cut backs, but I would say, did Disney cut back on this float? There’s Pinocchio and the conscience…Jiminy Cricket, eh? Hidden Mickey in canvas shaker? Canva shocker? Canvas shaker? There’s Honest John going by, dancing it up. We get…this was…Alan was…really must have been having a good time on this one. Pinocchio and the cricket…tough to find a good conscience these days, Alan says. Then we get our…this is where it gets weird in a good way — and one of my highlights — is these segments with the elves. They don’t do them anymore.

 

Wicked stromboli…oh, and then Scooter put two stars because Alan said…Alan Thicke said, Pinocchio, the Twin Peaks of its time. He was right, too. Okay, then they have…the new Yacht and Beach Club has opened, and the elves are there, including singing…elves projected onto Christmas globes, then them in hot tubs, in the pool, going down the water slide, running up things, on chairs. A really great number. A big…Christmastime, Christmastime, they're singing. A wooden boat with Goofy…they're all on boats. They're dancing around boats. They're on a trampoline. There goes an elf down a water slide, dancing like…this is like Bugs…three elves on a water slide. You can't do that at Disney. Oh, on the beach playing music and guitars…penguins in the pool…Goofy is Santa.

 

Splashing…Mickey and Minnie…then a floating elf special effect. Another elf in a water slide, a reindeer with sunglasses…it’s got it all. You can't miss this. Really good stuff. Then it says ‘Merry Christmas from the Yacht and Beach Club’ like it’s a Christmas card. Floating elf effect…zoom out…drone-style shots. It’s 64 degrees now. Oh, there was also water slides…normal people on water slides or elves in bikinis. Music interlude…pulling sleigh…Mickey and Minnie…we see the contemporary…first Christmas of the nineties, Alan says. Alan wonders about the year 2000 and the year 2000. 1999 montage on turkey? Oh, mortgage on…oh, well, you need a mortgage on a turkey, Alan may have said? I don't know. Pooh up on the housetop song…so, Pooh’s coming by.

 

They got a tree, they got Kanga, Tigger, Eeyore, then Snow White and…who is that? Prince Charming? He kissed her on the cheek. They have a dancing snow person on their float. Then the elves…the Seven…oh, the Seven Dwarves; they're not elves. Wow, that snow person’s really dancing in a mill. Then Snoozy or Sleepy is on the back of the float, sleeping. Do not disturb. This is mix…Esmora, Alan and Joan…Prince Charming…rack…horns…something. Frosty Snowman song with dwarves…Whistle While you Work with Frosty. Sleepy in the back…Alan…codependent joker impulse…Alan makes some joke. Right now we got country dancing or clogging. I don't know which one. Oh yeah, this is the square dancers.

 

Country bears…my lawyers…big Christmas show…Clogger Girls…yeah, Clogger Girls clogging in the streets. Need a little Christmas right now…oh, there’s scarecrows, and then they pull people from the audience. This could be the same video as last year. I don't know. But…WT…the scarecrow’s got a WTF. Found giant bonds…all ages…oh, they said the audio noises…are the taps on? Oh, then we go to Regis. He’s having an adventure with multiple Regises in Disney MGM. He has a turtleneck and a sweater on. Right now he’s joking with Regis, then he vanishes. Then he’s at the front of a…he’s on the Honey, I…he’s on the backstage tour. I’m pretty sure Ralphie from A Christmas Story is there.

 

There’s A Christmas Story continuation coming out this holiday season, or it already came out now, and…but he’s not Ralphie from A Christmas Story because it would be inappropriate because Disney doesn't own that. Then they're on the Honey, I Shrunk the Adventure Playland, which doesn't exist anymore. None of this exists anymore, so it’s like a trip into the past. Hey, Mr. Regis. Ralphie, is that you? Playback…play…Honey, I Shrunk…Regis Pat’s Lego…come on. Mr. Regis, there’s a film slide. They go down the slide together. It’s a piece of film. Then we see stock footage of people playing there. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Adventure Zone…then a overhead shot of the theme park. Miss America, 1991…Eiffel Tower with a Santa hat…then Regis touched someone’s face there. He’s working the crowd.

 

Family with shirts on…opinion…Brick, New Jersey…shout-out to the teachers. That’s cool. Salute to teachers. Then Eisner shows up. He’s in a reindeer sweater. He has a very nice tree. Rhythm? I don't know what that is. Rhythm? Sylvia…oh, then we go to the Teacher of the Year. Sylvia Washburn, Teacher of the Year. Then she’s at the parade from Ohio, Totino, Ohio? We're watching her win Teacher of the Year. Sylvia Anne Washburn. Michael Eisner is still talking, trees blinking in the background there, then we see Sylvia in the parade with her family. Maybe she’s from Ohio? Maybe…I don't know what that says. Tatino, Ohio. I don't think that’s what it is. Third-grade class…then the Calliope built in 1907…a opera of Disneyland? Showboat? Oh, there’s a showboat with people on there playing music.

 

64 degrees now, and a lot of dancing going on, clapping, spinning, dancing on the boat there, and there’s Donald and Daisy Duck. Hello. They're waving to the crowd, very animated. Pink…beautiful pink dresses and suits on the people. The boat’s moving. Big band…same Disney package song…I don't know what that means. A pair of ducks, Alan says. Fifty years together. Then some Springs High School Band…Jingle Bells…then Alan and Joan are talking about bans, barns, books? I don't know. I don't know, because I can't read Scooter’s writing. There they are. They're talking. Okay, Joan, yeah. I’m gonna say something smarmy, Joan will barely tolerate it and go back to keeping us on task. Then we see the castle. Next up is Lee Greenwood singing I’ll Be Home for Christmas.

 

White pants, red sweater, white shirt…the three fairy godmothers are there. Prince…Cinderella and…I don't know who she’s with. Mickey and Minnie…and we get a nice segment of service members waving, wish…saying, geez, I wish I was hope for Christmas. It makes me more grateful for the times I was. So, a segment…and then a segment of them receiving and writing cards. Meanwhile, going back to the stage show here, Mickey…Lee Greenwood’s singing to Donald and Mickey, then some kids watching the show. I’d say…and he’s in a turtleneck and a sweater. I’d say, even in Florida that’s gotta be…you gotta be pretty warm, Mr. Lee. Then they wave, and we get a wide shot. We go to a commercial. Let’s see, what do we got next here? Castle stage…decorating, laughing…meet Rachel and Diane.

 

Oh, Wonders of Life…we see the top and the back of Wonders of Life, which was supposed to be the Play Pavilion, and now it’s…65 degrees now there. Okay, Alan and Joan…Alan has a surprise. Stage market turtles…he’s gonna be in…coming up. Minnie and me singer…waving to the crowd in an adjustable seat that can go up and down. Joan talks about it. 67 degrees now. Santa Claus…Here Comes Santa Claus. She can go up and down. Miracle of…made of wood. It looks like it’s made of wood. She isn't moving a chair, though, even though it could be moved. It looks like it’s being pulled by a tiny train. Then we have soldiers. We get a Babes in Toy…right now we have characters from The Jungle Book. Now it’s Circus Train with…who is that? Roger Rabbit and Goofy on the same train. Holy cow, look out.

 

Goofy toy train…and the train’s got a smiling face. Pink hippopotamuses, there’s…and we go to Alan and Joan. I think we get a segment from The Rescuer’s Down Under, a Disney animated double-built Mickey Mouse, Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor…oh, there’s Jeffrey Katzenberg talking about it. Oh, there’s a Mickey and Minnie…a Mickey and Donald short, but…so, Jeffrey Katzenberg is like, yeah, this is like a double feature 'cause you got a short before the film. Always good to see Bob Newhart and John Candy, also. Whistling Bob? What does that mean? Voice acting…just a interview, I think, with Bob Newhart talking. John Candy is a bird. Katzenberg…bite off more than we could chew…maybe with both of these, and the animator saying, I don't know. What…?

 

Got help from the Florida animators 'cause we had so much to do. Then they go to The Rescuers in the parade. Oh, you see some of the animators working that you could see back on the Disney Animation Tour. Now we're in the parade. We got The Rescuers; they have balloons and they're dancing and waving, and they're on some sort of wooden float. 67 degrees. Miss Bianca…I don't know who the guy is. Saved young boy…Gloria Estefan…triple thing. We see the backstage tour. Crisco and Kissimmee St. Cloud are two of the supporters of the train. Maybe just a greeting from Gloria Estefan? Let’s see here. Tylenol…Crisco…you never see Kissimmee St. Cloud as a place that…where you say, you gotta go there and stay there to save money. I’m sure there’s still hotels there.

 

Scooter and I…Scooter is not sure if we’ve been to either of those places or if St. Cloud even exists anymore. We want to go to downtown Kissimmee. 67 degrees now. They have a blimp shot of MGM Studios, then Joan’s like, where’s Alan? This is quite a highlight. No Alan? Then we have Alan saying…oh, we see a cowabunga…Alan is on…this is grand. Alan’s on the minivan with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, dancing. He’s got a mic. He starts singing. He’s in a black leather jacket. He’s dancing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is amazing. Float, van, dancing…Santa Claus is Coming to Town, is that what they're singing? Oh yeah, he has this rocking version of it. Sees you eating pizza…Alan is hamming it up. He does a high kick there. Awesome. He does a big kick.

 

Confused kids, though…pink hats…kid with energy…April. Oh, April even has a camera. So, there’s even a shot from the news…fake news camera. They're dancing around Alan. He’s bringing it low. Now he’s high. He fell into the arms of two of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Then we have the Love Bug, which was featured in other parades 'cause it has special effects, but now it’s interacting with the elves…where it used to have kinda two comedians. It’s able to open its mouth, though that was…other special effects before in the other parades we had seen. Herbie and the elf…sticks out its tongue…clown bard…teacups, troops, and music…letter-writing? Oh, so, that’s…this is another thing. Joan’s setting it up. She’s talking about something and then talking about…oh, the troops playing music.

 

So, they're singing holiday songs together. One kid is honest; says, this isn't the place to be for the holidays. A guy makes…oh, a guy makes a promise to take his fiance to Disney World. I said, oh boy, that’s pressure. Then, welcome back…Disney…oh, and then we go to Jaleel White and Sarah Purcell at Disneyland. They're setting that up for later. So, they say, okay, that’s gonna be a segment later, Jaleel White and Sarah Purcell at Disneyland. Hold on to your eggnog, some…I’m assuming Alan said that. Sweet beat…six bands…oh no, this is the opening of the Disneyland parade. Bands…people move…don’t ruin…rain on my parade. We get a band by the…on the carousel, one by Splash Mountain, a band with a river boat going by, all together for medley…time…all together medley with fake snow and bulbs.

 

Both Twitter…study of Disneyland parade royal stuff…I don't know. Right now we have Sarah Purcell and Jaleel White talking and getting ready and setting things up. Yeah, they're just talking and talking. Yeah, this is a Disneyland parade. Jaleel’s gonna get to do a segment later. Now we got these marching bands, UCLA Marching Band and Fantasy Land, on the carousel. Then we got, yeah, Splash Mountain, some Bloomington high school band, and they're going by. They have dancers, even. Then Catella band in Tomorrowland. That rhymes, a band in…oh, the people mover’s running. This was back when Disneyland had a people mover. CVHS, they go marching by, Capistrano Valley. They're in Frontierland. So, they're heading to the hub, I guess. Then Arroyo High School, they're coming through…I don't know.

 

Then there’s a band by the Matterhorn, Mission Viejo. They're coming around and by, and they're looking good, marching good, feeling good. Okay, so, yeah, everybody’s dancing. Then we see the tree, the Disneyland tree, and that looks good. Yeah, and then we see a sign that says ‘You're in Disneyland’. Remember that. They converge on the hub, or is that the hub? No, it’s like the entrance plaza. Great place to watch Dapper Dans or Five…no, Five and Dimes had…and then the Disneyland Marching Band. I’m looking forward to doing that at some point. I just like sitting there, listening. Usually they play back to back, so it’s nice. This time I’ll try to get a treat while I do it.

 

Disneyland Merry Christmas Parade or something…we’ve got some royal…again, it begins with a different style royal than in Disney World, but…oh, and there’s Hook and Smee and then Peter Pan and the Lost Boys on a pirate ship. Oh boy, are they doing it up. Great pirates. Then we have Cindy Lou and the kids or whatever from Peter Pan, then we see the Monorail. Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris, France at the time, I assume wishing us a happy holidays. Yaryo song…life of pirates…oh, yo-ho, life…right now I see Alice in Wonderland. That’s a nice float. The Queen, there’s the caterpillar with butterflies on the inside, Monorail and subs, Jacques Chirac…oh, Disneyland…35th Xmas. Alice in Wonderland…Queen of Hearts is who that’s called, Scooter.

 

Caterpillar, butterflies…Alice at every Christmas…feels like…every Christmas feels like spring, apparently. The great music video is a cabin…chestnuts roasting. I don't know what that is, but we’ll see. We got families watching Alice in Alice’s house and the hare that runs around a lot, dancing flowers…Disneyland tree…Tinkerbell…oh, this is…we go into a cabin and we see a tree — I don't know where this cabin is — and they're roasting chestnuts. It’s Chip and Dale. They have a picture of someone, and they put it on the mantle. I said, who is that picture of? Later it pays off. Then we see Amy Grant. She’s in the Disneyland grotto. Then some of the Gummi Bears, Pink Bear and Mama Bear, they rub noses. Amy Grant is singing. It must be Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

 

Someone’s picture…Amy Grant with kids, Gummi Bears, kid and a bear, Christmas song, Chip, Dale, and somebody…somebody has a present for Scrooge, which was nice. Even though Scrooge is well off, you should get Scrooge a present, I guess. Another shot of the person on the mantle, who you could figure out at this point. There you go; Scrooge looks…what’s my gift? This was in the time of the Disney Afternoon. Amy has gifts…two gifts, one of which kinda looks a bit like Scrooge’s gift. Then there’s kids outside a toy shop. I’m not sure if that shop actually exists. Gummi Bears doing some tree trimming, and then…maybe this is Big Thunder Ranch that isn't there anymore. Amy gives a gift to Chip and Dale, and one to Scrooge. Everybody hugs.

 

They say, wow, chip and Dale, the Gummi Bears, and Scrooge all together in a cabin somewhere with Amy Grant. We see it’s Amy Grant’s picture, which is a little bit weird, on the mantle. Then we have Disney with Tinkerbell to ship…toy ship. Natural foods? Okay, right now I see…who is that? Mary Poppins and the Chim-Chiminey guys. Mary Poppins is dancing. People are watching. Now she’s dancing with the chimney sweeps. Pink…oh, this is from Fantasia; pink hippopotamuses in ballerina skirts, and then we have ostriches dancing. Sarah Purcell says, okay, this is our next segment here. Oh, it’s…oh, this is the Disney Afternoon segment. Now, before…this was before the Disney Club or whatever, but there’s a school bus.

 

You know, this is Scooter’s childhood, the Disney Afternoon; Gummi Bears, Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers, TailSpin, and the Gummi Bears and Duck Tales. All represented there, too. Maybe this was before TailSpin was…I mean, I thought TailSpin was a breakout hit of all those, but maybe…Gummi Bears fell by the wayside. But yeah, we got everybody dancing, all the characters, kids dancing. Oh, music video effects, like a strobe video effect there, which is strange. Oh, there’s a launch pad. Yeah, the Gummi Bears…Scooter doesn't know any names of the Gummi Bears even though he said that was his favorite show. Goof Troop was a later addition, right, Scooter? And Darkwing Duck? I don't know about Darkwing Duck. Was that a part of the afternoon?

 

Okay, now we have roller-skating snowflakes, then some…and ice-skating or roller-skating penguins and snow people that are able to move and spin. Let’s see, we got Gummi Bears and candles. Cut to cabin. Where? Oh, this is the Amy Grant stuff. So, that was Amy’s picture? WTF. Mary Poppins, chimney sweeps, Fantasia gardens…hello mutter, hello fader, song. Holy shoulder pads, Scooter put. Disney’s Afternoon theme song lyrics…long float break. But we have a comedy sequence coming up here that…with Jaleel White going on Disney rides. Okay, but we have a something float, strobe…Scrooge and Launchpad McQuack…for some reason they dance with Crayons. Snow people, penguins, roller-skating snowflakes…walking in a winter wonderland. Bungee jump off bridge, daredevil?

 

But then we have Jaleel White at the…at Disneyland with his friends. He’s dressed as a minor at the first one, and it’s great acting 'cause it’s really over the top and the only way Jaleel White could do, of like, okay, we're going on this ride. His character would be like a expert at everything, but just to cover up his fears of going on a coaster. He’s holding on to this other kid the whole ride. It’s quite entertaining. Then they go to Space Mountain. He’s now dressed as a space person, and…yeah, he puts his finger up, makes points. His friends run off, then they show them. It look…this one did not look real. Then we have Splash Mountain, and he has on suspenders and high-water pants or high-waisted pants or maybe waterproof ones. He’s like, oh boy. Then they…oh, and then he has scuba gear or snorkeling gear on.

 

He even puts a mask on. He goes on the ride with it. Nowadays, I don't even know if they could show that. Then he’s dressed in lederhosen and he’s getting ready to go on the Matterhorn, which…that’s exciting. Yeah, he does…then he’s riding the…now, that’s a rough ride. That Matterhorn’s a rough ride, Jaleel. I agree with you. Holy moly. Then we have them in front of the castle in some snow, in front of a ice-skating rink. There’s ice skating going on, ice-skating snowflakes, a little bit of a show with ice-skating penguins, then some Disney Afternoon characters. It must be a song. Frame glasses, meet Sarah at ice-skating pad? Question mark. Then we go back to Orlando. 70 degrees on the blimp. How do you pilot a camera on the ground? Right now we're seeing the Metlife blimp, Yacht and Beach Club…back with Alan and Joan.

 

Camera on the ground…I don't know. Then the toy soldiers…March of the Wooden Soldiers. Doo, doo, doo. Oh, one of the soldiers…well, I guess they all fall in and out of line. Then we see that some of the soldiers, they play music, actual, real instruments. Somebody was on Growing Pains. Alan loves [inaudible]…oh, she was a guest on Growing Pains. Name…Dave at MGM therm pad? Real bird? Toy soldiers? Name Dave…Growing Pains…name Dave at MGM therm pad. I don't know, Scooter. But there’s Mrs. Claus in a candied house, waving and singing to everybody there. She seems very happy. Then we have a lot of characters dancing, characters from all over the Disney lore there, and some dancing penguins, some other dancing characters, some spinning…oh boy, dancing arm-in-arm.

 

Oh, having fun…oh boy, kicking it up, kicking in the air and jumping. Hands up…and then Regis is working the crowd. He finds a Giants fan and a Pen State fan. I think Regis’ children went to Notre Dame, so that’s a rival. Regis working the crowd and waving at everybody, maybe saying, okay, I’m wrapping it up, here…Mrs. Claus…gingerbread house…lots of channels, balloons…Haul Out the Holly and Need A Little Christmas…oh, those must have been some of the songs that were featured. It sounds like they called Regis the Duke of Droll. Regis is mad at Pen State. Sally, Jesse, Raphael…there’s some joke about that Alan makes. Glasses or something…then there’s the Superbowl Halftime Show preview show, 'cause Disney’s paying for it. It looks like New Kids on the Block.

 

Like, whoa…oh, oh, oh, it’s the New Kids on the Block there. Tampa Bay…25th Superbowl, Tampa Bay, Disney halftime…twentieth something. Then we have some glockenspiels. Oh, Alan has on Mickey gloves, which is hilarious to me. It’s a all-kids cast at that show, the halftime show. Oh, Alan also was using a Mickey voice. Then we have gingerbread people in green and pink, dancing. That’s fun. Then dancing carolers…something. Dancing cookies, Alan says. Snow people…don’t overheat. Another tip from Alan. We got the dancing Christmas trees. They kinda go side to side and spin, and…but they're cool-looking. I don't know. I mean, I don't know what…but yeah, they look pretty cool. They go side to side. MC Hammer video…that must have been another joke Alan made.

 

A bunch of kids in the audience there, getting shots of them…KG something and turtle fish…I don't know what that is. This segment drags on, Scooter said. Reindeer…Alan gets the all…then the Glock Girls, they call them, the ladies playing the glockenspiel. Then they call them the Girl Cloggers, too? I don't know if that’s…I would like to…I like when people play the bells of the glockenspiel live. Then there’s a kid in a pink hat with a video camera, and there’s Santa Claus. Ensemble…environmentally friendly? Is that what that says? Parker Boulevard…arms crossed on lap? Then we go back to Alan and Joan. They zoom on Joan, and Joan must be closing it out. Oh, then there’s President George Bush. He has his hands over his stomach. Oh, so that’s what it said.

 

I don't know what Scooter’s writing said 'cause I threw it on the ground. But he has his hand over his tummy as he’s talking. Yeah, he’s saying, hey, it’s tough out there for everybody being of service to a country. So, we have another segment about that. He’s saying, basically, happy holidays to everybody everywheres. We get a slow zoom on him, very slow, a slow zoom. Some books…it would have been a good room to zoom in, because it has some books behind him. A nice background. Then another segment showing the Walt Disney World 6,737 miles away, then the service members playing music together, and then all of them gathered, wishing happy holidays, and reading their letters or holding their letters from the families.

 

Oh, someone looked like they were holding what looked like a script to me, not…it could have been a long letter, though. Yeah, and more happy holiday segments of people waving…this was Desert Shield and…thumbs up. Oh, everybody threw their hats in the air, then back to the musicians playing some happy holidays tunes. Mickey…people in a Mickey holiday hat, people in Mickey ears, then Joan and Alan in the crowd…oh, with Reg and…Mickey and Minnie, Joan’s kids, everybody waves. The whole Main Street’s full. Then an ad for Pampers. Kissimmee St. Cloud…I gotta figure out what happened to St. Cloud. Let’s go to…just quickly, what time we got? We got about ten minutes here. There’s Delta. I gotta exit outta here. I just want to look, 'cause maybe we won't have time to ever do the ‘88…whatever.

 

So, I want to watch a little bit, 'cause this one opens…so, this is the ‘88 parade. I haven't prepared for this, but it’s got another segment; it’s not elves. It’s people singing with Mickey. There’s Donald on the beach. I don't know what song they're singing. Epcot…it sounds like Haul Out the Holly, 'cause they're all decorating. A lot of shots of Epcot, which is nice. Goofy in Mexico trying to hit a pinata, some Dickensian carolers…there’s the Grand Floridian, then people on the beach, then birds, Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee, dancers from a show. Scooter, that may be the show you saw. Yeah, Scooter nodded. Oh, there’s Big Thunder. This one is Very Merry Christmas…Joan Lunden, Alan Thicke, Regis Philbin…Sarah Purcell, Scott Valentine, and…oh, different Christmas trees.

 

It looks like they have another number this year. So, this is another good parade everybody should watch. Oh, and then other things…a tour of MGM Studios. Now we go back to the number. Everybody’s dancing. Golf carts…Goofy’s in the back of a golf cart dressed as Santa. Circle D Ranch dancing…Mickey on the Eiffel Tower…Polynesian luau, tons of Santa Clauses in front of the castle dancing as…this is a big number. We haven't had this number and a opening number like that. Kissimmee St. Cloud again is sponsoring, and it looks like Prince…Premiere Cruise Lines. Never heard of them. Johnson and Johnson…and then another opening segment with Goofy water-skiing, then Joan and Alan are there. Wide shot that slowly zooms in…the castle is behind them, and they're talking.

 

Okay, let’s get ready. Alan’s got a sweater on. We get a overhead shot of the Magic Kingdom, and then the blimp up in the sky. Joan’s reading some things. Her and Alan are going back and forth there. This is a square TV, too. This wasn’t…then Regis is in the crowd with some families with matching sweaters. Happy holidays…oh, this is one of the guys he talked to last year, I think. Regis has got his normal crew. Let’s see if the man with the shirt on from last year and the year before…okay, he’s still talking. People…oh, there’s the guy from last year with the other guy who I had on the video camera. They have on Roger Rabbit shirts, though. So, not the gentleman with the written shirt, but maybe he’ll be in there. Now there’s a marching band opening the parade, Clemson Tigers Marching Band, and they're going down…and…a large band.

 

Don’t know…I’m sure they're playing a holiday song. Maybe Haul Out the Holly? I don't know. I don't know why I’m thinking of that song. They look like they're enjoying it. I’m sure it’s…I don't know…they filmed this parade multiple times or in multiple segments. But yeah, they go…they're starting to march again. Quite a sizeable band. I mean, how many people? Now we're with Joan and Alan. They're laughing. There’s a Mickey Mouse statue behind them. Now there’s a Merry Christmas thing, like a banner. So, a different opening. No…there’s the band leader, probably the same person as the last time, Dan or whatever his name was. A different outfit, though, totally different outfits the next year. I don't know if…in the other parade, was it already the royal people?

 

Oh boy, some kettle drums in the parade. Now, that’s some powerful…that’s what I like to hear, those deep…and then we have Mickey and Minnie on a carriage with…probably with Joan’s kids. So, they're waving. I remember the year…two years ago when the one girl was talk…having a conversation with Minnie. It was…might have been the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Minnie was like, okay, tell me more, sweetie. Now we’ve got the crystal pumpkin with…who is that, Cinderella in there? A crystal carriage that was once a pumpkin…oh, she even has a glass slipper behind her, and some royal assistants or whatever, bannermen. I don't know. Then a couple dancing…I don't know, are her sisters restored to…? I don't see Agatha anywhere. I don't see a giant pit of lentils.

 

Okay, now we have the band…another band, and I think there used to be an Adventureland band, and this might be them. Next year, the main band will be wearing those outfits. Then we have one of the fairy godmothers, some sort of prince on a crystal castle-like thing that they still use. Not a criticism; just a note. I say, wow, they get a lot of mileage out of some of these parade floats. So, they rebuild them. Okay, now it’s the royal part of the parade, then we go back to Joan and Alan again. Joan is holding a pen or something in her hand. I don't know if it’s a prop or she was just writing something down. Like, dear Alan, I don't appreciate…some years I don't appreciate the way you conduct yourself with the smart jokes on my…oh, there goes Goofy with a Christmas tree on a boat.

 

So, that’s what we got so far. So, this is 1988. We just did 1990, and I believe last year we did 1989. I’m just buying time 'cause on…I’m watching…these are all on YouTube, on Sam’s Disney Diary. So, I’m just waiting for the ads to go through here. Okay, so, now we're back. Joan and Alan are making small talk. We’ll go through one more segment here if we got time. Oh, there’s the Calliope, so this is similar to the last two years. I would think that the horsepower would make it play, but I’m not sure, which is pretty cool. Okay, then we have the circus train and some C-L-O-W-N-Ss. It looks like characters from The Jungle Book maybe are on there. More comedic…wow, a lot of C-L-O-W-N-Ss as comedic…so, this one may…this may be one of the parades that’s different.

 

Oh yeah, because then they have a special effects thing. They have…this is…I remember this. So, they have…who is that? Dumbo. With the special effects, like C-L-O-W-N-Ss…Dumbo has to get out of the circus house, and the clowns are trying to get ready. This is when Dumbo flies with his ears. Oh, then we have Mowgli dancing. 70 degrees right now, according to the thing. So, the Jungle Book…oh, there’s a band on…another band. They're on a float. Then finally, we’ll finish up with…Herbie the Love Bug’s coming up here, I think, and I don't know if they’ll cut away. I don't know, this is a whole ‘nother band. A lot of brass. They're all dressed up. I guess they're probably singing a song from The Jungle Book. Then there’s Herbie the Love Bug.

 

Now, this one, I think, is a year…yeah, there’s a couple of CHP officers, and they're trying to tell Herbie…so, this is very comedic. I don't think anything…a lot of stunt effects…they don’t…I guess you can't do anymore. I wouldn't think it would be a good idea anyway. But they have their own motorcycle, they chase Herbie, they roll on and off. I mean, they definitely have some padding on. But they go in…one end of Herbie…Herbie…and out another end. Very funny stuff, and very great stunt acting. Then we have Joan and Alan again, talking. A pretty long, extended talk here. They're still talking. Joan still has a pen, and she’s saying, okay…and then they zoom in on a tree over her shoulder. Oh, and then we go to Mickey’s Birthday Land.

 

Joan’s going to Mickey’s Birthday Land with a bunch of little kids, and…so, we see Mickey’s Birthday Land, a new land in…it was supposed to be a temporary land. There’s Grandma Duck’s Barn, so we see a bunch of little baby animals, real ones. Mickey’s Star…oh no, that’s what it was changed…Mickey’s Holiday Theatre. So, they're watching a show. I’ve been to this show. I mean, I know I have. I remember going to this show. I don't remember what point in my life, whether it was when I had a little kid when I was…I mean, I was…but…now Joan leaves. Then they go to Mickey’s house, where you get to meet Mickey. Mickey’s in his pajamas. This isn't how it works, though. The way they show it is not how it works. But Mickey invites everyone in. Normally this would be where you wait in line.

 

But Donald’s talking to one of the kids, Joan’s talking to the kids. She hugs Mickey. Chip and Dale are making popcorn, and it’s kinda like a party. Yeah…oh, they're stringing popcorn. So, they're gonna help Mickey and Minnie decorate the tree, is the concede there. Then Mickey gives Joan a giant gift which is matching pajamas with Mickey’s pajamas. Then it fades back to her and Alan, but she has the pajamas there. What a better way to end for Sleep With Me than Joan getting some pajamas to end out the holiday season? Thanks for supporting the podcast, everybody, and goodnight from Ray and Scooter. We love you very much. We appreciate you. Thank you so much.

 

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Parade / Seasonal / Holiday

 

Ranking Phish lyrics

https://www.spin.com/2014/08/all-333-phish-songs-ranked/

https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/1375803106

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/21535/weird-ass-phish-lyrics

 

Camcorder Revolution

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2008/sep/03/gadgets.digitalvideo

https://mentalitch.com/the-fascinating-history-and-evolution-of-the-camcorder/

https://www.videomaker.com/article/f10/2026-indy-media-the-camcorders-impact/

 

Hidden Mickeys

https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/walt-disney-world-searching-hidden-mickeys-orlando/story?id=12059924

https://www.mouseplanet.com/9940/The_Secret_Origins_of_Hidden_Mickeys

https://allears.net/walt-disney-world/wdw-planning/hidden-mickeys/

 

Y2K History

https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/y/y2k.asp

 

Disney Gummi Bears

https://www.cbr.com/disney-gummi-bears-changed-90s-kids/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500723/9-furry-facts-about-disneys-adventures-gummi-bears-%C2%A0

https://www.thefandomentals.com/disney-gummi-bears/

DOWN TO BUSINESS

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INTRO

Things you’re thinking about or going through emotionally

Physically I haven’t been able to get into my normal sleep positions lately

I’m dealing with something new in a new way

A special indirect bond of listeners

Casual Adhesive, a band with “sticky” songs

That was an imaginary band I was in

Obviously we only played earworms

Could it be a one-person band? I mean, it’s a zero-person band right now

My thoughts are as adhesive as sticky notes from the 99 cent store

“99 Cent Sticky Notes, I use them horizontally”

Why wouldn’t you be skeptical

There is a (niche) place for the casually adhesive in life

Just out of focus sand running through your fingers

My brain is kind of stuck in the moment

Going through the structure of the show

Coverage of one Disney parade or another

 

STORY

1990 Walt Disney World Parade

Joan London, Alan Thicke, Regis Philbin, et al

This preview is the finale of the parade

Scooter vacillated between ‘88 and ‘90

Alan was more polite this year

A lot of large camcorders in the audience

University of Florida marching band having fun

Mustard Uniforms

Horses with Banners

Is this the entourage?

Crystal Floats with Pluto and Joan’s kids

Bonus Bone

MTV Medieval Court Dancers

Alan is allowed to improvise his jokes that aren’t fully formed

Service members are there

AT&T are offering free faxes

Is that the Feivel soundtrack playing?

62 degrees at time of parade

Scooter says this is the Worst Triton Ever

Talking about The Little Mermaid will soon be back in style

Did Disney cut back on this float?

Hidden Mickeys in the Canvas Shaker?

They don’t do these elf sketches anymore

Pinnocchio, the Twin Peaks of its time

3 Elves on a Water Slide

Drone-Style Shots (DSSs)

Alan wonders about the year 2000

Winnie the Pooh is coming by

It’s the seven dwarves, not the seven elves

Alan has a codependent joker impulse

Cloggers are clogging in the streets with the Country Bears

Regis is having an adventure with MGM / Disney

Is Ralphie from A Christmas Story there?

None of this exists anymore!

That slide is a piece of film

The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Adventure Zone

Miss America 1991 is there?

Eisner is there

A salute to teachers

Sylvia Washburn, Teacher of the Year

A calliope built in 1907

Donald and Daisy Duck wave to the crowd

Lee Greenwood – “I”ll Be Home For Christmas”

Service Members wish they were home for Christmas

65 degrees now

Alan has a surprise for Joan

67 degrees now

We get Babes in Toyland action

Jungle Book characters

Roger Rabbit and Goofy are on the same train?!

Preview of The Rescuers: Down Under

It’s always good to see Bob Newhart

Gloria Estefan is there

Backstage Tour

Alan’s dancing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A totally rad version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

Herbie the Love Bug is there for his special effects

Jaleel White and Sarah Purcell report in from Disneyland

Cut to the opening of the Disneyland Parade

UCLA Marching Band 

A high school abound from Bloomington, IN

Oh, the people mover is operating then!

Oh, Hook and Smee and Peter Pan are on the pirate boat!

Jacques Chiroc chimes in

I like that Alice in Wonderland float

Chip and Dale are roasting chestnuts in a cabin

Who’s that a picture of?

Amy Grant are singing in a grotto

The Disney Gummy Bears are rubbing noses

Someone has a gift for Scrooge

It’s Amy Grant’s picture on the mantle. Weird.

Mary Poppins and Chimney Sweeps are dancing

It’s time for the Disney Afternoon Lineup

Goof Troop and Darkwing Duck were later additions

Roller Skating Snowflakes

“Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder”

A long float break

Jaleel White Comedy Sequence

Jaleel White is Perfectly Over the Top

Different Outfits for each ride

In Lederhosen on the Matterhorn

I agree, Jaleel, the Matterhorn is a rough ride

Some weird Growing Pains crossover

Regis works the crowd

Mrs. Claus in a gingerbread house

Regis is the Duke of Droll

New Kids on the Block are performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Alan wears Mickey gloves to play the glockenspiel

I hope people in costumes aren’t overheating while dancing

Are the girls playing the glockenspiel also the clogging girls?

I don’t know what Scooter’s writing says because I threw it on the ground

George HW Bush gives a speech about service people

A very slow zoom on HW

This was during Desert Shield

What happened to St. Cloud?

I’m gonna jump back to the ‘88 parade quickly

People are singing with Mickey

A lot of EPCOT shots

Dickensian Carolers

Everyone should watch the ‘88 parade, too

This is a big number to open

A blimp in the sky

This was a Square TV Broadcast

Regis is talking to audience members he talks to every year

A large band from Clemson opens the parade

Oh boy, kettle drums in the parade!

The Crystal Carriage that was once a Pumpkin

Cinderella is there, but I don’t see Agatha, the giant pit of lentils, anywhere

Is this the now-defunct Adventureland Band?

They get a lot of mileage out of these parade floats

Goofy with a Christmas Tree on a Boat

Shoutout to Sam’s Disney Diary on YouTube

A circus float with A LOT of C-L-O-W-N-S

Mowgli is dancing

Some CHP Officers trying to talk some sense into Herbie

An extended Joan / Alan Chat

Mickey’s Birthday Land

Mickey gives Joan some matching pajamas 

What a great way to end the episode

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1403

Title: Disney Holiday Parade 1993

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Notable Language:

• Fab Five
• Casual Adhesive
• 99 Cent Sticky Notes
• Mustard Uniforms
• Bonus Bone
• Worst Triton Ever
• Canvas Shaker
• Drone-Style Shots (DSSs)
• Codependent Joker Impulse
• The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Adventure Zone
• People Mover
• Roller Skating Snowflakes
• Long Float Break
• Duke of the Droll
• I don’t know what Scooter’s writing says because I threw it on the ground
• Dickensian Carolers
• The Crystal Carriage that was once a Pumpkin
• Goofy with a Christmas Tree on a Boat
• C-L-O-W-N-S

 

Notable Culture:

• • Casual Adhesive, a band
  • Walt Disney World

• Walt Disney

• • University of Florida

• Game of Thrones

• • Feivel / An American Tale

• The Little Mermaid

• Pinnocchio

• Twin Peaks

• • Winnie the Pooh

• Snow White

• • Country Bears

• A Christmas Story

• • Miss America
  • Michael Eisner

• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

• • “Jingle Bells”
  • Lee Greenwood – “I”ll Be Home For Christmas”

• The Rescuers: Down Under

• • Bob Newhart
  • John Candy
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Gloria Estefan
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
  • Herbie / The Love Bug
  • Jaleel White
  • Jacques Chiroc

• Peter Pan

• Alice in Wonderland

• • Amy Grant
  • Chip n Dale
  • Disney Gummy Bears
  • Ebenezer Scrooge / A Christmas Carol

• Rescue Rangers

• Goof Troop

• Darkwing Duck

• • “Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder”

• Growing Pains

• • New Kids on the Block
  • Super Bowl
  • George HW Bush
  • Desert Shield / The First Gulf War
  • EPCOT
  • Clemson University
  • “Haul Out the Holly”

• Cinderella

• After the Glass Slipper

• • Sam’s Disney Diary – YouTube

• The Jungle Book

 

Notable Talking Points:

• • Things you’re thinking about or going through emotionally
  • Physically I haven’t been able to get into my normal sleep positions lately
  • I’m dealing with something new in a new way
  • A special indirect bond of listeners
  • Casual Adhesive, a band with “sticky” songs
  • That was an imaginary band I was in
  • Obviously we only played earworms
  • Could it be a one-person band? I mean, it’s a zero-person band right now
  • My thoughts are as adhesive as sticky notes from the 99 cent store
  • “99 Cent Sticky Notes, I use them horizontally”
  • Why wouldn’t you be skeptical
  • There is a (niche) place for the casually adhesive in life
  • Just out of focus sand running through your fingers
  • My brain is kind of stuck in the moment
  • Going through the structure of the show
  • Coverage of one Disney parade or another
  • 1990 Walt Disney World Parade
  • Joan London, Alan Thicke, Regis Philbin, et al
  • This preview is the finale of the parade
  • Scooter vacillated between ‘88 and ‘90
  • Alan was more polite this year
  • A lot of large camcorders in the audience
  • University of Florida marching band having fun
  • Mustard Uniforms
  • Horses with Banners
  • Is this the entourage?
  • Crystal Floats with Pluto and Joan’s kids
  • Bonus Bone
  • MTV Medieval Court Dancers
  • Alan is allowed to improvise his jokes that aren’t fully formed
  • Service members are there
  • AT&T are offering free faxes
  • Is that the Feivel soundtrack playing?
  • 62 degrees at time of parade
  • Scooter says this is the Worst Triton Ever
  • Talking about The Little Mermaid will soon be back in style
  • Did Disney cut back on this float?
  • Hidden Mickeys in the Canvas Shaker?
  • They don’t do these elf sketches anymore

• Pinnocchio, the Twin Peaks of its time

• • 3 Elves on a Water Slide
  • Drone-Style Shots (DSSs)
  • Alan wonders about the year 2000
  • Winnie the Pooh is coming by
  • It’s the seven dwarves, not the seven elves
  • Alan has a codependent joker impulse
  • Cloggers are clogging in the streets with the Country Bears
  • Regis is having an adventure with MGM / Disney
  • Is Ralphie from A Christmas Story there?
  • None of this exists anymore!
  • That slide is a piece of film
  • The Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Adventure Zone
  • Miss America 1991 is there?
  • Eisner is there
  • A salute to teachers
  • Sylvia Washburn, Teacher of the Year
  • A calliope built in 1907
  • Donald and Daisy Duck wave to the crowd
  • Lee Greenwood – “I”ll Be Home For Christmas”
  • Service Members wish they were home for Christmas
  • 65 degrees now
  • Alan has a surprise for Joan
  • 67 degrees now
  • We get Babes in Toyland action

• Jungle Book characters

• Roger Rabbit and Goofy are on the same train?!
• Preview of The Rescuers: Down Under
• It’s always good to see Bob Newhart
• Gloria Estefan is there
• Backstage Tour
• Alan’s dancing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• A totally rad version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
• Herbie the Love Bug is there for his special effects
• Jaleel White and Sarah Purcell report in from Disneyland
• Cut to the opening of the Disneyland Parade
• UCLA Marching Band 
• A high school abound from Bloomington, IN
• Oh, the people mover is operating then!
• Oh, Hook and Smee and Peter Pan are on the pirate boat!
• Jacques Chiroc chimes in
• I like that Alice in Wonderland float
• Chip and Dale are roasting chestnuts in a cabin
• Who’s that a picture of?
• Amy Grant are singing in a grotto
• The Disney Gummy Bears are rubbing noses
• Someone has a gift for Scrooge
• It’s Amy Grant’s picture on the mantle. Weird.
• Mary Poppins and Chimney Sweeps are dancing
• It’s time for the Disney Afternoon Lineup
• Goof Troop and Darkwing Duck were later additions
• Roller Skating Snowflakes
• “Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder”
• A long float break
• Jaleel White Comedy Sequence
• Jaleel White is Perfectly Over the Top
• Different Outfits for each ride
• In Lederhosen on the Matterhorn
• I agree, Jaleel, the Matterhorn is a rough ride
• Some weird Growing Pains crossover
• Regis works the crowd
• Mrs. Claus in a gingerbread house
• Regis is the Duke of Droll
• New Kids on the Block are performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
• Alan wears Mickey gloves to play the glockenspiel
• I hope people in costumes aren’t overheating while dancing
• Are the girls playing the glockenspiel also the clogging girls?
• I don’t know what Scooter’s writing says because I threw it on the ground
• George HW Bush gives a speech about service people
• A very slow zoom on HW
• This was during Desert Shield
• What happened to St. Cloud?
• I’m gonna jump back to the ‘88 parade quickly
• People are singing with Mickey
• A lot of EPCOT shots
• Dickensian Carolers
• Everyone should watch the ‘88 parade, too
• This is a big number to open
• A blimp in the sky
• This was a Square TV Broadcast
• Regis is talking to audience members he talks to every year
• A large band from Clemson opens the parade
• Oh boy, kettle drums in the parade!
• The Crystal Carriage that was once a Pumpkin
• Cinderella is there, but I don’t see Agatha, the giant pit of lentils, anywhere
• Is this the now-defunct Adventureland Band?
• They get a lot of mileage out of these parade floats
• Goofy with a Christmas Tree on a Boat
• Shoutout to Sam’s Disney Diary on YouTube
• A circus float with A LOT of C-L-O-W-N-S
• Mowgli is dancing
• Some CHP Officers trying to talk some sense into Herbie
• An extended Joan / Alan Chat
• Mickey’s Birthday Land
• Mickey gives Joan some matching pajamas 
• What a great way to end the episode