Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-80549.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Country Bear Jamboree To Be Shortened?</b></a> <p>The Disney Blog writes the Magic Kingdom's Country Bear Jamboree is rumored to be shortened following its August 28th refurbishment with the "Mama don't shoot little Buford" segment being likely to leave.</p>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I've heard more than that segment is leaving, and the show will end up being about 5 minutes shorter.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA "Mama don't whup little Buford Mama don't pound on his head Mama don't whup little Buford I think she should shoot him instead" Bang! Hanry: "Yes folks, we only have high-class stuff on this show." (wrote the above from memory and yet, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday)
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I don't understand this move at all. Is making it five minutes shorter really going to effect this show's popularity - or make it more palatable to the current generation's five-second attention span? I doubt it. Why not either just leave it alone, or, if they really wanted to do something to increase attendance, update the show with new songs, technology, etc?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 the attention span of the video game generation should not be catered to- as 8 minutes or 13 minutes- they'd both be about 6 minutes too long anyway
Originally Posted By tonyanton I think the PC police are at play here as well, as I suppose the song could be seen as "violent"
Originally Posted By dshyates If the content of the song were a problem, they could have replaced it. Then again they would have probably chosen something like Red Solo Cup.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys >the attention span of the video game generation should not be catered to< Maybe not, but there are a few of us 55 year old Disney goers that would love to see the show shortened. I've always thought the show was too long so I guess I have the video gamers beat!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Thar wuz... Buh-lood on the saddle An' (twang!) Buh-lood on the grr-ounnnd... An' great, big PUH-uddles Of buh-lood all aroun'... (From memory and like Jim, no idea what I had for breakfast this morning! I foresee the two of us, in a nursing home, in bathrobes, performing the Country Bear Jamboree multiple times a day between servings of salisbury steak and prune juice.)
Originally Posted By disney pete LOL @ Jim and Toony class guys class im quite saddened to hear of this change the words if need be but don't cut it.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I'm hoping this isn't a knee jerk reaction to recent events.<< I'm willing to bet 50 bucks it is. America is too fricking sensitive... Take this story for instance... <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/why-didnt-warner-bros-silence-gunshots/" target="_blank">http://www.deadline.com/2012/0...unshots/</a> Man up America...
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Don't use Nikki Finke as an example of America please, haha. And I think the "attention span" argument is a bit of a misnomer. Rides like SSE, Jungle Cruise, and Haunted Mansion are all long and score extremely well on guest satisfaction.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The CBJ was amazing in 1972. it was an electronic miracle like we"d never seen before. Now, 40 years later, (yes, Kar2oonMan it's been 40 years -- *sob*) the wonder of sitting and passively watching Animatronics perform, just isn't the thrill that it once was.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Now, 40 years later, (yes, Kar2oonMan it's been 40 years -- *sob*) the wonder of sitting and passively watching Animatronics perform, just isn't the thrill that it once was." It certainly isn't. I was just talking to Bonnie Appetite the other day and she was telling me how difficult it is for aging AA figures like her to get gigs now. Veggie veggie. Fruit fruit.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Though I would say that I have seen the Country Bears a couple of times in the past several months and the audience always seems to love it and I don't see many walkouts.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Though I would say that I have seen the Country Bears a couple of times in the past several months and the audience always seems to love it and I don't see many walkouts.>> It actually does pretty well for what it is. But Tiki Room's resurgence seems to have cannibalized a bit of its attendance.
