-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Monthly Archives: June 2011
24 – Disneyland 1980: What I Did That Summer
After a two more days of practice and observation Wally tells me, “Your costume is up in my room. Tomorrow I’ll do the first two shows, then you’re going on while I go to the track.” That night I sit … Continue reading
22 – Training for the Shoe
The first thing I do after I hang up the phone is shave off the beard. Next morning I’m in the audience at the Golden Horseshoe Revue. After the show, the house clears and cast members start preparing for the … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Betty Taylor, Bobby Davis, Fulton Burley, Golden Horseshoe Girls, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Jack Muhs, Spillikin Corners, Steve Sharpie, Vince Rossi, Wally Boag
Comments Off on 22 – Training for the Shoe
21 – The Call
So I’m back at the Mountain and it’s business as usual. I might have taken the Disney rejection a lot harder, but for the wonderful situation I was in at Spillikin Corners. The character of Prof. Spillikin would not have … Continue reading
20 – The Audition
In December of 1979 my eldest sister Lisa was working in A&R at Warner Records. Every day a copy of Variety (‘The Bible of Show Business’) crossed her desk and she always delivered it unopened to her boss. On this … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged audition, Disney Talent Booking, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, medicine pitch, Sonny Anderson, Steve Martin, Variety, Wally Boag, Warner Records
Comments Off on 20 – The Audition
6 – The Golden Horseshoe Revue
One day in the summer of 1970 some friends and I decide to try to do everything in Disneyland in just one day. On a dash through Frontierland I spy open doors in a corner building – the Golden Horseshoe … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Betty Taylor, Fulton Burley, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Pepsi-Cola, Wally Boag
Comments Off on 6 – The Golden Horseshoe Revue
From dreamer... to Dreamfinder 