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kevin kidney skip to main skip to sidebar friday february 09 2018 the swisskapolka don t call me swissy pants let me tell you it was no job for the faint hearted the turnstile position at the swiss family robinson treehouse required nerves of tempered steel to endure the sideways glances from disneyland visitors who d never before seen a guy wearing a blouse and knee socks not to mention those green knickers borrowed from geppetto next you had to be ever watchful for any unexpected arboreal emergencies such as the time the water system went berserk or the summer evening in 1986 when a pale complexioned woman climbed up to the highest point and shipwrecked her supper over the handrail for the next two hours the gate was closed while custodial hosed pathways stairs plants rocks and everything else that had been affected and most important of all a successful and effective treehouse host needed to be able to summon up whatever it took to survive the swisskapolka composer buddy baker s original handwritten swisskamusic please don t misunderstand i love the music i really love it it s a perky little polka played on a pipe organ to put pep in your step as you merrily explore the world s most fabulous treetop domicile but imagine if you will back in my day the treehouse was a full eight hour shift all to itself for most of those eight hours you stood no sitting or leaning allowed and greeted every person who came through the turnstile only earning parole a few times a day when somebody from the tiki room would walk over and bump you to a break but for most of the long summer day it was just you and that big rotating waterwheel splashing at your back and of course the never ending music flowing down from above until the day the swiss family shipped out and tarzan the apeman swung in in 2000 the actual prop organ that had played since 1962 was sold on ebay oh the indignity this photo taken by disney auctions with damaged keyboard and missing stops was the final public appearance of the treehouse organ but the polka music lives on not only from the gramophone swisska tribute at tarzan s treehouse but on cd on youtube and of course in my head where it continues to play on and on and on posted by kevin kidney at 1 38 am 5 comments tuesday february 06 2018 swiss family treehouse sprouts it s the early part of 1962 and six tons of steel are rapidly becoming the family robinson s island homestead had construction stopped right here it still would have been a very impressive work of minimalist modern art by summer things are filling out fast wood planks across scaffolding provide access for the crew attaching branches and red vinyl leaves by hand artful rock formations are sculpted of concrete over a steel frame for the jungle riverbed at the tree s base while way up high a sloping roof is fashioned of fireproofed palm thatch for the crow s nest treetop quarters of the three robinson boys fritz ernst and francis notice the telephone in the foreground for emergency calls back to civilization posted by kevin kidney at 9 47 pm 1 comment thursday august 24 2017 the quaint little church of storybook land there s nothing quite like messing about in boats according to ratty in the wind in the willows and anyone who cruises the storybook land canal in disneyland is in for a special treat the castles villages and hammy hamlets that lie along the river s edge are miniature masterpieces of the highest order 1955 the church was constructed at the disney studio in burbank often overlooked and under appreciated the stone chapel of alice s village is one of the finest buildings created for the attraction and it s also one of the largest despite being scaled one inch to the foot scenic artists frank armitage l and walt perigoy choose colors for the church layout for the alice in wonderland setting of storybook land hardly noticeable are the tiny sculpted gargoyles that adorn the tower the church is made of marine plywood and redwood covered in fiberglass metal flashings were used for the foundation to resist rot and the building has openings so that air can circulate through to prevent mildew the left and right sides of the shingled tower roof the elaborate stained glass is authentic and soldered by hand it was designed by frank armitage and leaded together by harriet burns barely visible here is the tiny graveyard with headstones and crosses the right side and the barely seen rear the show script as recited by our boat s human guide informs us that alice lives in the little thatched house situated between the church and the rabbit hole it s not difficult to imagine a tiny girl hurrying upon the tree shaded path in pursuit of a mysterious white rabbit alice s church in 2006 posted by kevin kidney at 12 44 am 7 comments friday april 07 2017 perilous illustrations by mort künstler eeee yow this pair of hair raising paintings by mort kunstler really pack a wallop these two guys or perhaps the same unlucky guy are about to become fish food for some monstrous creatures in these fantastic illustrations for a 1950s pulp magazine as a young freelance artist kunstler created way out scenarios for men s adventure magazines paperbacks model kit packaging and even mad magazine spectacular stuff mort künstler s official website mort künstler at american art archives posted by kevin kidney at 3 09 pm no comments thursday september 01 2016 the art of the big fig jungle book big fig between 1999 and 2006 jody and i did quite a lot of things for disney s consumer products division we designed concepts for toys dolls dishes christmas ornaments stained glass lamps snowglobes cookie jars teapots music boxes enamel pins and zillions of other things made of resin ceramic glass wood pewter and sometimes bronze thumper big fig is there another corporation on earth that has produced as many tchotchkes as disney maleficent big fig peter pan big fig nothing can enliven your living space like a figurine especially a jumbo sized character from a favorite movie together jody and i concepted and did sculpt revisions on over sixty big figs each one starting with a sketch and a painting mr toad big fig concept this artwork never seen by the public was presented in quarterly meetings or line reviews to help visualize products that nine months later would travel across the ocean from china aboard cargo ships destined for disney s distribution warehouses and from there to stores theme parks and eventually into childless homes all across the united states lumiere big fig goofy big fig disneyland 50th anniversary big fig who s afraid of the big bad fig posted by kevin kidney at 11 35 am 2 comments wednesday august 31 2016 the big fig list the list we re often asked for a comprehensive list of all the disney big figures that jody and i have worked on together and so here it is this is also a fine place to mention that producing these sorts of items is always the result of a team effort with few exceptions these figures were sculpted by other artists and the success of the character likeness depends as much on their ability as on our concepts and guidance we d like to acknowledge the exceptionally talented artist pete emslie who drew splendid character turnarounds for many of our very best figures and to bo tsai our favorite sculptor in china sadly bo passed away in 2012 but his contribution to worldwide disney merchandise over many decades is legendary posted by kevin kidney at 11 15 pm 2 comments friday august 12 2016 fancy feathers restoring tiki room birds original 1963 tiki room animatronic robin it s a special treat to get up close and personal with these beautiful little figures for several years i ve had the great fun of figure finishing some of disney s historic audio animatronic characters both internally for the disney company and for private collections tiki room birds are my favorite mainly because of their small size and because i m such a fan of the attraction s design the mechanized cast of walt disney s enchanted tiki room in anaheim consists of 77 birds 136 flowers and 12 tiki drummers not to mention several chanting totems each figure is a work of whimsy and craftsmanship original robin figures being assembled at wed vintage photo the smallest talents in the show are the robins there are 20 of em perched in cages suspended from the woven mat ceiling of the theater they really are quite tiny and i think easily overlooked compared to the more sophisticated animation of jose and the other master of ceremonies macaws the robins perform very subtle functions heads turn beaks open tail feathers twitch and some of the robins can flap their wings they have just enough life spark to convincingly do their job as chorus members recently i restored two original 1963 robins one after the other that had been retired from the show decades ago they both had the fiberglass bodies used in the early california and florida shows in the 1980s a new generation of birds sporting bodies made of lightweight kydex were developed for tokyo disneyland the anaheim show today is a mix of old and new bird performers creating the fur patterns in our studio both robins arrived at our studio in pretty bad shape with soiled fur overly handled feathers and fiberglass parts gritty from too many coats of paint and hardened glue the photos below were shot after a weeklong deep cleaning inside and out priming and painting i built display perches and replaced the birds missing feet i removed their back panels and thoroughly cleaned the inner workings wingless robin with moving head it s amazing how much is packed into the interior of a tiny bird two rubber hoses each roughly the thickness of a spaghetti noodle carry air pressure through the bird s legs into the two cylindrical chambers in his body the left cylinder operates the tail and the right cylinder turns the head side to side the next photo is a different robin with slightly different functions robin with moving wings and tail for this variation the tail moves but not the head instead the right cylinder pushes open the wings which are hinged at the shoulder black electrical wires lead to the head where audio impulses synched to the show s soundtrack would operate a tiny magnet behind the lower jaw making his beak open and close when the five robins in each birdcage are moving together the resulting performance seems choreographed to the music pardon me buddy your little black wires are showing restoration complete and ready to tweet with the addition of fur cloth and feathers sourced from disneyland s original supplier the birds really come to life chicken hackles for a jaunty topknot coque feathers for the forked tails and wings adorned with duck quills dyed green and pre sorted for their natural left side right side curves it takes care and patience to do a nice job the tiki room s avian actors were sculpted in 1962 by blaine gibson based on marc davis s drawings engineers roger broggie and bob gurr devised the inner workings and perches for each bird and the resulting figures were taken to show quality appearance by three supremely talented women harriet burns leota tooms and glendra von kessel i was so lucky to meet blaine and harriet in the 90s and learn from them about their work on these fanciful creatures based on nature but styled for drama i m immensely grateful for the rare opportunity to take on a project like this the best part is just being able to spend a little time enjoying these great characters in detail posted by kevin kidney at 2 43 pm 8 comments older posts home subscribe to comments atom follow the kevin jody show on facebook howdy my name is kevin kidney art director illustrator writer show designer sculptor puppeteer and maker of things inconveniently enamored with outdated technology and pretty much every kind of cultural aspect of the american early 1960s will pay big bucks to the guy who produces a plausible time machine view my complete profile 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