Pandemonium Cartoon Circus with Marissa Strickland
About this episode
The episode discusses the short-lived cartoon revue at Islands of Adventure featuring classic characters.
When Islands of Adventure’s Toon Lagoon opened, an “innovative” new show debuted. Rocky and Bullwinkle, Betty Boop, and Beetle Bailey got together to put on a revue filled with razzle-dazzle crap. It was not exactly well received, and it closed within nine months. Ancient funny-page characters? Hooray-for-Hollywood bullshit? Seems like the perfect PTR and Marissa Strickland topic to me! Link to the original show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42hQJN7jTsI&t=517s "Chuck's Arcade" episode is up at: Patreon.com/PodcastTheRide FOLLOW PODCAST: THE RIDE: https://twitter.com/PodcastTheRide https://www.instagram.com/podcasttheride BUY PODCAST: THE RIDE MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/podcast-the-ride PODCAST THE RIDE IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/podcast-the-ride See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Guest: Marissa Strickland
Topics covered
- cartoons
- theme parks
- revues
- comedy
- pop culture
- nostalgia
Keywords
- Toon Lagoon
- cartoon circus
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Betty Boop
- Beetle Bailey
- theme park history
- comedy revue
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Islands of Adventure
Books & works: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Betty Boop, Beetle Bailey
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