Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs The Tokyo VH alternates in English and Japanese and Henry introduces all the acts. Some of the songs are the same for the bears (LiverLips, Wendell, Sun Bonnets), and some of the bears have different songs (in Japanese): Big Al sings 'I've Been Workin' on the Railroad', Ernest, Henry and the 5BR sings 'Mountain Music' and Trixie sings 'Achy Breaky Heart'.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I like the Japanese Trixie's version of "Achy Breaky Heart" better than Billy Ray Cyrus', LOL!
Originally Posted By Labuda "(I am a bear too )" hmmm, I wonder how many folks here other than me got that? lol
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs LPer JESmith is quite knowledgable about the shows. Anyway, here's the complete Tokyo VH lineup: IN JAPANESE: -5BR: The Great Outdoors -Wendell: On the Road Again -Trixie: Achy Breaky Heart -Terrence (called Shaker) and octopus: Hawaiian Love Song IN ENGLISH: -Sun Bonnets with Max, Melvin, Buff and Gomer: California Bears (first verse only) -Liver Lips McGrowl with Sun Bonnets: We're Gonna Make it to the Top -Teddi Barra with Henry: Singin' in the Rain IN JAPANESE: -Henry, Ernest and 5BR: Mountain Music -Big Al: I've Been Workin' on the Railroad -Finale: Camptown Races/ She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain/ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N
Originally Posted By FerretAfros You mean there's no "Thank God I'm a Country Bear" in Japan?! I just can't picture the Vacation Hoedown without it. I thought it did a great job of pulling everyone together at the end and giving the audience tons of energy.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Unfortunately no, although that is a catchy song. I did like the Japanese version of Mountain Music. This is the 'nighttime' number (as opposed to Ghost Riders in the Sky). Ernest appears to be wearing a pink hat and sweater (I might be wrong about the color, due to the video) and still has a flyswatter for a bow. He also has a fan (with streamers) and a candelabra in his stage area.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I still think that WDW's version of LiverLips is scary as Cruella De Vil in 'crazy driver mode'. At least in the DL show he wasn't so... shaggy. Here's a portion of an email that JESmith sent to me July of last year, before the Meet: <<The Tokyo shows are a mix of both Japanese and English. All of the speaking dialouge is in Japanese, but some of the English tracks for some of the songs are kept. The Tokyo Christmas show has a few differences, Henry sings "Jingle Bells" at the beginning, Trixie wears a red skirt instead of her tutu and sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"(In English, sung by the same person who did her English VH/CS voice), Terrence's peguin isn't trapped in ice, Big Al sings "Auld Lang Sydne"(Again, done in English by his English voice), Henry and the Sun Bonnets sing "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town" at the start of the finale, and Max gets to sing "Rudolph" all the way through. The Tokyo Vacation show sports the most changes. Buff now tells Rufus to turn on the lights on at the beginning, Wendell sings after "Great Outdoors", Trixie sings "Achey Breaky Heart", Terrence sings "Hawaiian Love Song", with the octopus now being an actual animatronic and sings with him, "Calforina Bears" is shortned to the first verse, the Sun Bonnets now sing background with Liver Lips, Teddi then performs and there's added dialouge between her and Henry, Ernest, Henry, and the Bear Band sing "Mountain Music", Big Al sings "Workin' on the Railroad", and they all sing "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" as the finale number.>>
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Originally Posted By Moderation I just don't get country bears. Maybe it's just that I believe that friends don't let friends listen to country, maybe it was the crowd that was like a Nascar infield gone bad, maybe it was the pitiful condition of the bears themselves. Oh well, to each thier own...
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Maybe it's just that I believe that friends don't let friends listen to country,>> Not sure how serious this statement is suppose to be. I'm not a huge dyed in the wool country fan. In fact the only concert I have ever been to in my life was Depeche Mode. But I would much rather listen to country and western than RAP any day of the week.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom The concept for Country Bears was created by Walt Disney himself. Walt loved music, ALL music.
Originally Posted By brotherdave The Country Bears are a Disney classic, pure and simple. Although I'm not a country music fan, I can't imagine not seeing the Country Bears at least once on my WDW visits!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I agree. At this point they are the only ride/attraction left Frontiersey about Frontierland.
Originally Posted By Chelledun I think the attraction should stay around forever for historical value, although it isn't personally one of my favorites. I think it reminds me of too many childhoood hours spent at Showbiz Pizza and Chuckee Cheese. It means a lot to many people, though, and that is certainly good enough for me!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I just don't get country bears. Maybe it's just that I believe that friends don't let friends listen to country, maybe it was the crowd that was like a Nascar infield gone bad, maybe it was the pitiful condition of the bears themselves. Oh well, to each thier own...<< None of the above. You are at WDW. They are catering to the right crowd if you get my drift.. Why do you think we have Richard Petty by the parking lot?
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<Chelledun: I think it reminds me of too many childhoood hours spent at Showbiz Pizza and Chuckee Cheese. It means a lot to many people, though, and that is certainly good enough for me!>> I perused the Chuck E. Cheese site a while back and I guess the restaurant is set-up like a radio/music video station with Chuck as a DJ. What a big comparison from his red 'oldschool' restaurant attire to his current skateboarding look. I even saw a Chuck E. Cheese game at Walgreens.
Originally Posted By J_E_Smith Popping in to give a small update on the bears' status. Trixie's eyes are still messed up, because it seems they spent the budget on refurbing the CBJ sign out front and during the change back from the Christmas show they gave the two remaining Henry AAs new fur and face masks(The guitar playing Henry was giving this treatment back in 2004). In a bit of irony, the Henry w/Sammy figure's eyes WERE fixed(They haven't moved at all for five years). Of course, all the problems with the show are still present, but at least they are showing some effort in fixing the bears.
