A big green monster boy named Filly uses his long tongue to steal a lick from a smaller character's ice cream cone. I don't have a picture of Filly, but you can see part of Pookie, the cute yellow monster holding the ice cream, in the first picture.
There are also two cheerleader girl monsters. For The Monster Mansion, these gals got a bit of a makeover, losing the fur on their faces (I don't have a photo of the updated versions).
Up next is a little biker dude named Otto, who is giving a hefty lady named Dumpling a lift on his chopper with the help of a push from a monster named Fritz.
Across the water, there's a pie-eating contest going on, and a crazy guy named Bernoggle has quite a mouthful! New for The Monster Mansion is a yummy pie fragrance for this scene (which is wonderful!).
A flasher monster opens up his fur to show off his "Monster Power" shirt. I don't have a photo of him. Go do a Google search and I'm sure you'll find a picture. Ha ha!
On The Monster Plantation, the next character seen is a tennis player named Thurston Dinwiddie III. For The Monster Mansion, this character became a gardener. He waters his plants, so if you are riding on the right hand side of the boat, you will get sprayed with water!
The graveyard is just ahead, and there are two old drunk monsters laughing and singing among the tombstones. People grieve in different ways.
As a young child, I wanted to get off the ride at this point. I had read about what happens next in my National Geographic World Magazine for kids. On my first ride in 1983, I begged my Dad to drive the boat and make sure we stayed away from the Marsh. Of course, you have no control of the boat, so you have no choice where you go.
Um, wouldn't it be cool if you could choose different paths on a ride? I guess it would be too expensive to do something like that. Oh, well!
Watch out for the Monster Marsh up ahead!
Looks like this is the place to be. New follower here for the fun of it.
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Robyn
Wow, the ride seems like it is nice and long!
ReplyDeleteThanks, RawknRobynsGoneBlogWild! It's great to see you here!
ReplyDeleteHey TokyoMagic! The ride is about 5 minutes long, and the nice air conditioning makes this a good place to go during a hot Georgia afternoon.
Who laughs as you come upon Flasher?
ReplyDeleteHe laughs as he's flashing everyone.
DeleteDo you have a picture of the old Pie eating contest monsters in there 1983 version, if yes that would be wonderful
ReplyDeleteI don't have a picture of him, but there was a picture of him in the October 1981 issue of National Geographic World in an article about Monster Plantation (there's a photo of a programmer working on him).
DeleteI wish we knew who did the voices for these monsters. I recall you said in another post that Bob Holt voiced the tennis monster. I haven't been able to find official confirmation, but it'd be pretty cool if it IS Bob. I've seen a lot of Depatie-Freling productions where he voiced characters (he did the Lorax and the Once-Ler in their adaptation of "The Lorax" and the Grinch in "The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat").
ReplyDeleteI have since been told that it wasn't Bob Holt, so my guess on Bob Holt is likely wrong. I'm pretty sure actress Marilyn Schreffler was Mizzy Scarlett and the Coach Monster. But I'm probably wrong about that also.
DeleteI reached out to Larry Nikolai, one of the folks who worked on the attraction. He told me that the voice of the tennis monster was voiced by Al Bertino.
DeleteWow, that is pretty cool!
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