Originally Posted By Captain Red Bows George W. looks Great ! The pictures on the banner and on the web look like they had a test mask and wig on when it was shot. When you get inside.. ..it's a-really good likeness of him ! This is a "First" George sent one of "His" suits down for this AA ! Disney didn't tailor one !! They pulled the "Origional" soundtrack.. ..where "Paul Frees" did the misc. character voices !! (The replacements don't come Close !!) Whatever..Paul worked on..was GREAT !!! This a a really "Cool" record ! Still a nice show to catch..(it's neat to look at the other Presidents moving a hand..shaking a foot, looking around the room ..when..George--George and Abe speak !)
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon For the record, on the original program Paul Frees did the voices of George Washington, Governor Mifflin, Stephen Douglas and two of the hecklers in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Royal Dano was Lincoln (I believe he was also the voice of Lincoln for Disneyland's "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln"), and the narrator was Lawrence Dobkin.
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon Glad to oblige. The LP could use a CD re-release someday, though in the meantime I plan on getting my own precious copy (filled with beautiful illustrations from the original program) transferred to CD eventually.
Originally Posted By spoonfullofsugar i heard they were really striving for relisim with the show and are going t do another rehab this fall which will add a can of alamo bear and a treaty to drill oil under a Canadian orphanage in his right arm. they will also add a few lines to Lincoln's address that will read something like this-"all slave masters were vicious beasts and the scum of the earth and are the most hanness thing to ever exsist in americas history" and another line "i tried to tell mary todd 'd rather be shot in the head then watch that stupid play, but the loon just wouldn't listen" the phantom sarcaster lurkes again
Originally Posted By Popcrnhd12 for the record...the new narrator's voice is J.D. Hall leaving for WDW in 26 days! woohoo!
Originally Posted By ThreeCircles Did anyone ever wonder why Dr. Maya Angelou no longer does the narration?
Originally Posted By rasvar ThreeCircles: I'm going to guess by choice of Dr. Maya Angelou herself. I could be worng, though. She was very closely tied to Bill Clinton and very possible did not want to be associated with a Hall of presidents that George W. Bush was in. Or the Bush folks may have felt her narration would have been innapropriate. All speculation. I don't know what kind of contract deals were made in regards to the narration. For all i know, it could have been some Disney exec that just wanted to change it. This are my somewhat uninformed guesses.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad Why would it be closed, no one has said anything to indicate it would be. I for one am glad they replaced Dr. Angelou I have nothing against her personaly, she may be a great poet. But just can't stand her voice, and prefrer the new narrators voice, even though they are delviering the same words. I like the mans voice better.
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon If the matter of partisan politics comes into play on changing narrators every time we have a change in administrations from one party to another, then I think that only once again underscores why having the current President do a speech, no matter what party he is, is just not a good idea and weakens the program overall.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad I think with going with a generic male voice, as is the case now, that problem has been eliminted. Maya Angelo, may have been a good idea, at the time since she was associated with the new president at the time. Plus the change to a female voice, after years of the same male voice, may have added a new reason to see the show, in addition to just having a the new president.
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon I can see those points about the narration and the narrator, but in the end I still question the changing of the Lincoln speech.
Originally Posted By Disneybrad I agree, I can't stand the Lincoln speech which has been in Place since 1993.
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon Thank goodness the old narration and the old Lincoln speech as done by Royal Dano can still be enjoyed if you can find a copy of the LP that was put out in 1972 and which turns up on e-bay from time to time.
Originally Posted By repub1 I have personally seen Dr. Angelou speak and I so thankful for it. At least now I know what to expect from her presentation and I can walk out before I invest any more time with her. She is extremely overrated.
Originally Posted By repub1 I have personally seen Dr. Angelou speak and I am so thankful for it. At least now I know what to expect from her presentation and I can walk out before I invest any more time with her. She is extremely overrated.
Originally Posted By Eric Paddon Very strange to see the first topic I ever posted on in LP more than two and a half years ago resurrected! Someday, I hope that amidst all the changes to WDW attractions that I've never cared for, there will be some sane thought given to restoring Royal Dano's Lincoln speech for the close and ditching the current one. Pete Renoudet has admitted that he was purposefully trying to copy Dano's style and mimic his voice when he did the speech, and the problem with that approach is that it *sounds* like an imitation, whereas Dano was simply performing in his own natural speaking voice. And of course content wise, Dano's blows the current one away too. If Renoudet were simply delivering the old Dano speech, that would soften the blow a lot.
