Disneyland's Summer of 100 Million Smiles & Dixieland and all that Jazz - September 6-11, 1971

It’s Disneyland’s Summer of 100 Million Smiles! From September 1971 this parking lot flyer is all smiles!






Disneyland’s 12th annual Dixieland now includes “all that Jazz” and covers six nights instead of just one night as did previous Dixieland’s. Fireworks on the River???





Buy the Deluxe 15 book, it’s your best value and you might have tickets left over to sell to some weird ticket collector 40 years later.





Don’t forget where you parked!





What do you suppose was purchased at the “One-of-a -kind Shop” for $3.95 on September 7, 1971?






And since were focused on Dixieland and all the Jazz, here’s a rebroadcast of my post from September 2008 (link) that features a super press kit on the event.

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News from Disneyland! It’s time for Dixieland and All that Jazz! This press release from September 1971 details the 12th annual “Dixieland and All that Jazz” and its six night celebration.






Here is the press guest sticker, it was never used and still looks like it has plenty of that industrial sticky stuff under the peel-away parts on the back.






The description sheet for the press photo of the Mark Twain in full “Dixieland and All that Jazz” get up.






What the heck is strapped to the front of the Mark Twain, bails of hay? And look just to the right of the hay stacks, is that a person wearing a hood or is their back to us? Weird…






Summary of the press event for September 6th, 1971.






Four pages of details, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Wonder and tons more, wow, what a stellar event!







If you’re still yearning for 1971, check out a couple of my prior posts.

Summer Scene 1971 & 2008






Bonus Sunday Summer 1971 Vacationland.

Disneyland Brochure Comparison - 1968 & 1970

Time for another fun Brochure comparison. Today’s very similar brochures are just a few years apart so spotting the differences is a challenge. What’s even more fun is the first brochure, the “pink” version, is not dated! It must be from at least 1967, but could be as late summer 1969. There is no Haunted Mansion noted, I do see a “Gun Collection” in Frontierland and the C & H Sugar Corner on Main Street. I would guess it’s from 1968.













This “green” version is from December 1970. You’ll notice on the map that the guest marked the attractions they visited – they missed some good ones!












And in case you missed my post from July 2008 (link) here’s a re-broadcast of two more similar brochures, the “blue” 1976 version and the “brown” 1979 version.

From June 1976, it’s the “blue” version. I noticed the Mine Train ride making one of its last appearances…








From February 1979, it’s the “brown” version. A neat Space Mountain promo. No Big Thunder Mountain yet, its got about 7 months till its ready. Hey, the map drawing has the old Mine Train still!

The Black Hole - Disney News & See - Hear - Read

I hope you like Disney’s “The Black Hole” (I know “Paul!” does) because today’s post is all about the “interesting” movie. My own opinion is; the visuals and space sequences are quite well done, the story had potential, the acting is a bit under whelming, the dialog is dreadful and the ending is confusing and lame, hey I just described Armageddon!





Here’s a nice four page article dedicated to the hope (hype) that the movie would be a huge hit. Peter Ellenshaw who worked on 20,000 leagues was the production designer for The Black Hole, which explains whey parts of the move look really cool.







“A journey that begins where everything ends".

It’s time for some audio-visual fun. Anyone more than a couple of decades old probably remembers the read along book and record sets. Turn the page when you hear the chime. I grew up on these in elementary school.





I’ve scanned all the pages and recorded each side of the record so you can; Hear the Record, See the pictures and Read the book. My video is a bit dark, but the sound should come out nice and clear.

Side two – the joys of flipping over a vinyl record.

I hope you enjoyed that little show & tell. It’s actually a great movie when you condense it down to 9 minutes!

Magic Kingdom Club Membership Card - 1979

Still looking thru the Magic Kingdom Club vault today's we've got an "blank" membership card for 1979. This was for members of the Teamsters Local 278 (Hoffa wants this card back).







Here's the awesome cover to the Fall 1979 issue of the Disney News - Come back tomorrow for what's inside and some more "Black Hole" goodies.