============================================================================ The following is a effort by David Tomita and Don Bertino to document the attractions at Disneyland - the Original (tm). As each attraction is typed in, it will be posted and stored at http://www.calweb.com/~bertino Any comments/additions/corrections would be welcomed. Thanks for the corrections by: Masselin Narkspud ============================================================================ From sunken@gate.net Thu Mar 16 07:23:50 PST 1995 Subject: Script for WDW's Country Bear Jamboree The Country Bear Jamboree Script from WDW- Transcribed from the video tape that I have. Presented to the readers of r.a.d. The Country Bear Jamboree is one of my favorites in the Magic Kingdom. It takes place in Grizzly Hall, on Frontierland's street. The cast features 17 bears, a raccoon, a deer, a moose, and a buffalo. Bears (In Order of Appearance) ------------------------------ Henry - Host - Stage 2,4, & 5. Gomer - Piano Player - Center Stage Left (3) Five Bear Rugs (Actually Six with Baby Bear) - Center Stage: Zeke - Banjo and Singer Zed - Fiddle Fred - Mouth Harp (Harmonica) Ted - Cornjug Tennessee - The Thing Baby Bear - Oscar Wendell - Vocals - Center Stage Right (3) Liver Lips McGrowl - Vocals - Stage 4 Trixie - Vocals - Stage 5 Wilbur - Vocal - Stage 2 SunBonnets: Bunny - Vocal - Center Stage (3) Bubbles - Vocal - Center Stage (3) Beulah - Vocal - Center Stage (3) Ernest - Vocal - Stage 1 Teddi Berra - Vocal - From the Ceiling Big Al - Vocal - Stage 1 (voiced by Tex Ritter) Miscellaneous ------------- Buff the Buffalo - On the wall Buck the Deer - On the wall Melvin the moose - On the wall Sammy the Raccoon - On Henry's Hat on Stage 5 The transcription of the script. If you can fill in any of the areas I've marked with a - -, it would be great. I tried to be as complete as I could, but there was a couple lines I just didn't understand on the tape. The show opens with the heads on the wall being spotlighted. We see a moose, a buffalo, and a deer head (as in a trophy). Buff: Hey Henry, what's holding ya up? Let's get on with the show! We can't hang around here all day. Buck: Now Buff, be patient. It takes a little doing to set these things up. We first see Henry as the curtain opens on Stage 2. He's a rather formal bear with a country necktie and collar. Melvin: Yea, we ain't going anywhere anyhow. We're kind of hung up here! Henry: Okay, okay boys, take it easy, take it easy. Now we're ready to start. Sorry folks, I'll be right with you. A bear then rises from Center stage left, sitting in front of a ragtime piano, with a beehive on top. A straw is in it. Henry: Give me a little intro there Gomer. The bear starts playing as Henry introduces the show. Henry: Howdy folks, welcome to the one and only original Country Bear Jamboree *presented by Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay* featuring a bit of Americana, our musical heritage of the past. But enough of this chit chat, yick yack, and flim flam. Just refrain from hybernating and we'll all enjoy the show, because we got a lot to give. Gomer plays a little interlude and while he does the heads on the wall compliment him. NOTE: The line between the asterix was taken out when Pepsi and Frito Lay stopped sponsoring CBJ. Melvin: Hey, he's a regular Liberace. Buck: And he plays good too. Then the back drop on center stage rolls up behind Gomer. Henry: And right now, I give you assorted assortment of executioners of music and song. The Five Bear Rugs, plus Gomer. Hit it boys. The curtain opens and a platform with 6 bears comes forward and the lights come up. Henry sings "The Five Bear Rugs", which introduces them in counter clockwise order, starting with the older bear in front. A spotlight highlights each one in turn. Henry singing: The Bear Band bears will play now in the good ole' key of G, Zeke, and Zed, and Ted, and Fred And a bear named Tennessee. Zeke is twanging on the banjo and tapping with his feet or banging on the dishpan with a real ole country beat. Zed is sawing on the fiddle with a crooked hickory bow. When the spirit moves that bruin he can make that fiddle go. And Ted is on the cornjug. Now I mean that bear can blow. He also plays the washboard with a handle on a hoe. Big Fred's playing mouth harp. He plays it kinds sad. He never took a lesson. He just picked it from Dad. And little ole Tennessee bear is featured on the Thing. Sounds just like a guitar but it's only got one string. So clap your hands, and stomp your feet and try to keep right with us. One sure thing the bear band's got is good old country rhythm. So clap your hands, and stomp your feet and try to keep right with us. One sure thing the bear band's got is good old country rhythm. When their song is over, the stage goes back, but not before the little bear sitting on the front of the platform squeezes his teddy bear. The curtain is replaced with a backdrop of a park. A bear playing a mandolin takes center stage right. He is strumming on the mandolin. Wendell: Aren't you going to help me out over there Henry? Goodness gracious! What do you think we have you on the show fer. Henry appears on stage 2 this time, with a guitar in his paws. Henry: Now Wendell... Wendell: You're supposed to pick... Henry: Now Wendell please... Wendell: Ah, If you can't cut it, just lay out. Henry: Well let's not fight now, cause we got work to do here. Wendell: Let's do it. They both plucking their instruments and the next song begins... Henry sings: Now here's a fractured folk song, butchered by two birds. Wendell sings: We wrote these lousy lyrics and we also wrote the words. Henry sings: The chords are very simple. In fact, there's only three. First there's G, then C then D. And then you go on back to G. Wendell: But you got to be quick! Henry: Hahaha. Henry then introduces the next act. Henry: And now a heart rendering ditty, by our own growler of song, Liver Lips McGrowl! Sing it Mac! Stage 4's curtain opens and we see a tall bear with very large lips, like a monkey, wearing baggie pants held by one suspender. L. Lips sings: I got a woman, she's got me. Whatever we do, we both agree She ain't purty, but I ain't too. The things we like are the things we do. My woman ain't purty, but she don't swear none. She's kinda heavy, don't weigh a ton. She's my woman, through and through I love her only cause my heart is true. Wendell then returns as stage 4's curtain closes, and he and Henry sing another ditty. Wendell & Henry sing: Mama don't whoop little Buford. Mama don't pound on his head. Mama don't whoop little Buford. I think you should shoot him instead. Henry: -Bang!- Wendell disappears and attention returns back to Henry. Henry: Yes, folks we only have high class stuff on this show. And now here is a special treat out of Tampa. A little bit of ever loving cuddlesome fluff, our own Trixie! Stage 5 opens and we see a rather large woman bear. Kind of a cross between a bear and the hippos from Fantasia. She is holding a handkerchief and a nonspillable chaser. Trixie sings: Tears will be the chaser for your wine. After you leave this love of mine. Bright lights and taverns, That's where you'll spend your time, and tears will be the chaser for your wine. Henry: Beautiful, Beautiful. That was a mighty big song Trixie! Trixie: Oh thank you Henry! After the song ends, the heads on the wall rejoin the show with a bit of conversation. Buff: That sure ain't all that's big. Buck: Well, you're no light weight yourself Buff! Henry: Boys, boys, watch your manners... Melvin: Yeah, if you can't say something nice...err... Henry: Boys, boys, okay now boys if you just stop carrying on like, we just might dedicate this next song to you all. And we so dedicate. Sing it Zeke! The bear band returns to play another song in which Zeke is featured singing on the center stage. Zeke singing: When I was young and in my prime. I thought I thought never would marry but I fell in love with a pretty little gal And sure enough we married. "Ataboy, Zeke!" Ring-a-ding-ding Mary, Prettiest little gal, I ever did see. Her name was Devillish Mary. "What a gal!" Hadn't been married but about two weeks She got as mean as the devil And every time I looked cross-eyed She'd hit me on the head with a shevill. "How sad." Ring-a-ding-ding Mary, Prettiest little gal, I ever did see Her name was Devillish Mary. "What a pity!" Her name was Devillish Mary. The bear band's baby bear squeezes his teddy again and then they fade out. Wilbur is next with a short ballad on stage 2. Wilbur: How long is forever? How soon is now or never? How long will this heartaches linger on? and how long will my baby be gone? Henry returns to stage 4 for the introduction of the next act. As the music from the previous song ends, his eyebrows go up and down in time with the music. Henry: Now, here they come, those little sun bonnets from the sunshine state, Bunny, Bubbles, and Buelah! Three identical girl bears appear center stage. Behind them, as filmstrip screen also can be seen. As they sing, the words are shown on the screen. Sun Bonnets: Everytime I meet a guy who gets me shook all I ever get from him's a dirty look. It's the same way, everwhere I've found. All the guys that turn me on, turn me down. All the guys that turn me on, turn me down. Nothing works for me that I found. It's the same way everywhere I see. Nothing ever seems to work for me Nothing ever seems to work for me Doodle Doodle Do-Do-Do Bum Bump. The Sun Bonnets disappear and Stage 1's curtain opens with a high brow bear holding a fiddle. He does a little solo, and then sings. Ernest: One night I left the wife at home and went out with the boys I was acting like a Don Juan and making a lot of noise Heney: "You old lover boy!" A gogo girl called my hand, I said, "I can't I'm a married man" She said if you ain't a gonna steal, you better not prowl. "He's a born loser!" Don't dosido with a gogo, if you can't bite don't growl. If you can't bite don't growl. The ever moving Henry, returns again to stage 2 to accompany the most flamboyant bear in the show. Henry: My my. Now here she is, that delightful, delicate, dedicated dimple darling of the Dakotas. The last of the big time swingers. Swinging Teddi Berra! Swing it Teddi! As a swing decends from the ceiling, a bear resembling Mae West swings back and forth, and sings. While she does, Henry, and the heads on the wall, make comments in awe of her beauty. Buck: Wowwee, here she comes... Teddi singing: Well there he goes, he hardly knows the heart he's breaking. Henry: Lovely, lovely! Teddi singing: I talked to him, but I don't think he understood. Buff: Oh sing it gal. Teddi singing: Oh just forget about the plans that we were making. Henry: My my. Teddi singing: Heart we did all that we could. Teddi then teases all the other bears, especially Henry in a Mae West accent, as her swing ascends back into the ceiling. Teddi: You all come up and see me some time, ya hear?! Henry: Yeah, as soon as I find a ladder, I'll be right up! Uh-huh. Stage 1 gets the spotlight next as a rather untuned guitar is heard. The curtain then opens to introduce Big Al, undoubtedly one of the favorite bears in the CBJ. He is a large baggy bear with a voice that sounds very much like Tex Ritter (that's because it is!). Big Al: There was blood on the saddle and blood all around And a great big puddle of blood on the ground! Hehehe The curtain closes as he laughs and Henry returns, this time on stage 5. He is joined by Sammy, the raccoon, who is actually his hat. Didn't Sammy used to be a skunk?? Anyway, Henry sings again that famous tune "Davy Crockett!" Henry: Born on the mountain top in Tennessee greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods, so he knew every tree. Tamed him a b'ar when he was only three. Davy, Davy crockett. King of the Wild Frontier. Up through the woods, he's a marching along making up yarns and a singing his song. Itchin' fer fightin' and rightin' a wrong.... All of the sudden, out of nowhere, the curtain on stage #1 opens up, and Big Al starts singing his dirge again, interrupting Henry. Henry: Hey, wait a minute! Hold the phone down there, you've had your turn. Frustrated, Henry waits for him to stop, but the raccoon realizes he's not going to. Sammy: Henry, Henry, we've need help! Henry: Right Sammy! Hey gang hit it! All the curtains open up, and all the bears (except Ernest and Trixie) make one last appearance. Teddi Berra comes down from the ceiling, and the finale begins. Big Al, though, is undaunted by the other bears singing, as he still continues on with his Blood on the Saddle song in the background. Cast singing: Well he's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump, running 90 miles an hour making 30 feet a jump. He's never been cornered and he's never been treed. Some folks say he's looks a lot like me. High on the mountain, tell me what do you see? Bear tracks, bear tracks, looking back at me. Better get your rifles before it's too late. Bears got a little big, and he's headed through the gate. He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump, running 90 miles an hour making 30 feet a jump. He's never been cornered and he's never been treed. Some folks say he's looks a lot like me. The whole stage goes dark quickly and a crashing noise can be heard from Big Al's stage and the curtain shakes. I'm not sure if Big Al met with an accident or the other bears jumped him (according to the story). But don't worry, but he'll be back in the next show... Henry: Hehehe, well as you can see, we're just one big happy family. Well folks, this concludes our show. So thanks for bearing with us to the bear end and barrel around to see us again. What do you say Sammy? Sammy: I say you all come back, ya hear... The show officially ends and the attendant asks the audience to gather their belongings, but a song ushers the patrons out of the theatre. Buff, Henry, Melvin, Sammy, and Buck sing: We hope that you'll be coming back again. That's you'll drop in and see us now and then. We've done our very best to please With just the bear necessities We hope that you'll be comin' back again. Come again, come again. The welcome mat is always out, 'Cause seein' you is fun! We hope that you'll be comin' back again. That you'll drop in to see us now and then. We've had such fun, we're going to cry. We just can't bear to say goodbye. We hope that you'll be coming back again. Buck: Don't forget to gather your belongings... Melvin: And your husbands too. Buck: It's been good to have you. Buff: So long folks. Outside the theatre, there is another spiel by the heads on the wall of the Mile Long Bar. However, I don't have a tape of this, so I can't provide the script for this part. Send any additions, corrections to sunken@gate.net. I have other shows that I have on tape that I'll transcribe too. Also send your comments, if you'd like the scripts to old shows no longer at WDW. From FDC / FDCMuck Big Albert: Well lets see here, since it's I who sang the song (quite skillfully I might add) I suppose I should know it's origins. My father wrote the song originally you see but met up with a guy named Tex Ritter who borrowed the song and claimed it as his own. Most of the other songs in the show were also not original. The list of songs and their writers and publishers is listed below. This information is taken from the Original Soundtrack Album from the Country Bear Jamboree dated 1972. For the ones I could find information on, the artist who made it popular and the CD it appears on is also listed. Following that are short biographis on Tex Ritter and Homer & Jethro taken from Microsoft's Music Central '96. Your Pal, the almost unbearable FDC/FDCMuck Big Albert. -------------------------------- - Pianjo - Don Robertson Music (Don Robertson) - The Bear Band Serenade - Walt Disney Music Co. (F. Xavier Antencio / George Bruns) - Fractured Folk Song - Homer & Jethro Publications (Kenneth C. Burns / Henry D. Haynes) Made popular by Homer & Jethro - See biography below. May be available on CD -If interested inquire in rec.music.dementia group. - My Woman Ain't Pretty (But She Don't Swear None) - Beechwood Music Corp. (Frankie Starr / Paul E. Miller) - Mama, Don't Whip Little Buford - Homer & Jethro Publications (Kenneth C. Burns / Henry D. Haynes) Made popular by Homer & Jethro - See biography below. May be available on CD -If interested inquire in rec.music.dementia group. - Tears Will Be the Chaser For My Wine - Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (Dale Davis / Leroy Goates) Made popular by Wanda Jackson. Available on CD "Rockin' in the Country - Best of Wanda Jackson" - Rhino - Pretty Little Devilish Mary - Peer International (B. Kincaid) Made popular by Bradley Kincaid. Biography available if interested. - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone - Blue Book Music (Buck Owens) Made popular by Buck Owens. Available on CD - "The Buck Owens Collection 1959-1990", 1992, Rhino - "The Very Best of Buck Owens v. 2", 1994, Rhino - All The Guys That Turn Me On Turn Me Down - Jack Music, Inc. (Plot / Powell) - If Ya Can't Bite, Don't Growl - Redriver Song, Inc. (Tommy Collins) Made popular by Tommy Collins. (stage name - named after the drink) Available on CD - "Columbia Country Classics Vol. 3 - Americanna" - Columbia Biography available if interested. - Heart, We Did All That We Could - Beechwood Music Corp. (Ned Miller) Made popular by Ray Pillow and Jean Shepard on Columbia Records. Biographies on song writer and performers available if interested. - Blood On The Saddle - Westpar Music Corp. (Everett Cheetham) Made popular by Tex Ritter. Available on CD - "Capitol Collectors Series - Tex Ritter", 1992, Capitol - The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Walt Disney Music Co. (Tom Blackburn / George Bruns) Widely available including on a number of Disney compilations. - Ole Slew-Foot - Scope Music, Inc. (H. Hausey) Made popular by Johnny Horton. Available on cassette - "Rockability Stars vol. 3", Columbia. Also sung by Bill Monroe - Available on CD - "Bean Blossom", 1973, MCA Biography of Horton available if interested. - Come Again (Come On In) - Walt Disney Music Co. (Tom Adair / George Bruns) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Ritter b. Woodward Maurice Ritter, 12 January 1905, Murvaul, Texas, USA, d. 2 January 1974. While studying political science at the University of Texas and during a later spell at law school, Ritter developed interests in the folklore and music of the southwestern states. He began singing folk songs and was soon a popular radio entertainer. He also appeared in concert and other stage performances, including a Broadway show in 1930. In the mid-'30s he went to Hollywood, where he became one of the most popular singing cowboys in films, simultaneously making numerous recordings. Amongst his films were Sing Cowboy Sing (1937), Song Over The Buckaroo (1939), Rainbow Over The Range (1940), Deep In The Heart Of Texas (1942) and Frontier Bullets (1945). By the late '40s the type of film in which Ritter appeared had had its day, and he subsequently toured extensively with his own stage show and also sang at the GRAND OLE OPRY. He continued to make records and in 1952 he had his biggest hit with the song High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me), which he sang in the film High Noon. In the mid-'50s and early '60s he made a handful of film appearances, mostly cameo roles. In the late '60s Ritter returned to his early interest in politics and tried unsuccessfully to gain nomination for the US Senate. The last years of Ritter's life were spent in Nashville, as an elder statesman of the country music industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Homer & Jethro Homer (b. Henry D. Haynes, 27 July 1920, d. 7 August 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA) and Jethro (b. Kenneth C. Burns, 10 March 1920, d. 4 February 1989, Evanston, Illinois, USA) were both from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. They went to the same school and both learned to play stringed instruments as young children. In 1932, they began to work together as musicians on WNOX Knoxville, where they performed in a quartet known as the String Dusters. With Homer on guitar and Jethro on mandolin, they mainly played instrumental pop music and any vocals were usually performed as a trio. Somewhat bored with the regular format, they developed a comedy act which they used backstage. They began to present comedy versions of popular songs by maintaining the melody but changing the lyrics and before long, they were encouraged to perform them live on the radio. They were given the names of Homer and Jethro by the programme director, Lowell Blanchard. The act quickly proved a popular part of the String Dusters routine. In 1936, they left the group to work solely as Homer and Jethro but stayed at WNOX until 1939. They then became regulars on the RENFRO VALLEY BARN DANCE in Kentucky but in 1941, they were both called up for military service. In 1945, they were back together as regulars on the MIDWESTERN HAYRIDE on WLW Cincinnati and between 1946 and 1948, they recorded their humorous songs for the local King label. In 1949, after a move to RCA, they had Top 10 US country chart success with a recording with June Carter of Baby It's Cold Outside. In the late 1940s, they toured with their own tent show but eventually joined Red Foley on KWTO Springfield. In 1949, they toured the States as part of orchestra leader Spike Jones show and in 1951, whilst in Chicago with Jones, they were invited to become regulars on the NATIONAL BARN DANCE on WLS, where they stayed until 1958. During the '50s and '60s, they toured extensively; their humour proving very popular in many varied venues, including Las Vegas. Their biggest country chart hit came in 1953, when How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window reached number 2. In 1959, they had a US pop Top 20 hit with The Battle Of Kookamonga, their take-off of Johnny Horton's hit Battle Of New Orleans. Proving that no song was safe from the couple's attentions in 1964, they made their last chart entry with their version of the Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand. They also made commercials for Kellogg's Cornflakes during the '60s, which made them household names in the USA but perhaps would have caused a drop in the company's sales had they been shown in Britain. The zany comedy tended to make people overlook the fact that the duo were fine musicians. They made instrumental albums and in 1970, they recorded with Chet Atkins (Jethro's brother-in-law) as the Nashville String Band. (It was not until the album was in the charts that RCA let it be known who the musicians were.) Atkins rated Homer as one of the best rhythm guitarists he ever knew. He was also a good enough vocalist to have pursued a singing career but had no interest in doing so. Jethro was also noted as an excellent mandolin player and one who, even in his early days, did much to make the instrument acceptable in jazz music. The partnership came to an end after 39 years on 7 August 1971, when Homer suffered a heart attack and died. Jethro was deeply affected by Homer's death but eventually he returned to work as a musician. In the late '70s, he often worked with Steve Goodman and both toured and recorded with him. Jethro died of cancer at his home in February 1989. Homer and Jethro's parodies included such titles as The Ballad Of Davy Crew-Cut and Hart Brake Motel and few could match album titles like SONGS MY MOTHER NEVER SANG, OOH! THAT'S CORNY (named after their catchphrase) or, bearing in mind they had been steadily turning out albums for 16 years, to suddenly decide to call one just HOMER & JETHRO'S NEXT ALBUM. They never enjoyed success in the UK but in the USA they were an institution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Al sings "There waaaaaas blooooooood on the saddle (twang)..." In article <4ep29f$nqp@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca you write: Hello. It's FDC / FDCMuck Big Albert here... Thought y'all might want to know some history about me and my bear pals from the Country Bears in Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Please find below the bio's for 'em all. If yew don't know who we are, well here's an introduction first... Country Bear Jamboree ===================== The Country Bears at Walt Disney World Engage in a Mirthful, Musical Jamboree CONDUCTED BY GEORGE BURNS The cast of the "Country Bear Jamboree" perform in their own pine-walled, northwoods theatre, appropriately named Grizzly Hall. Master of ceremonies for the foot stompin', rollicking show is Henry, a barrel-chested "bearitone." Henry and Wendell as the "Hilarious Duo" render songs and mirthful patter. Providing a bit of "chercher la bear" are Teddi Barra, Jewel of the Dakotas, and Trixie, The Tampa Temptation. Old-timey music for the show is provided by Gomer and his honky-tonk piano and a quintet called "5 Bear Rugs." Their jamboree jive -- created with the likes of a washboard, mouth harp, jug and a one-string thing -- is guaranteed to keep any audience from hibernating. Only the Disney imagination could conjure up such an obstreperous bunch as the 17 bears -- not to mention a racoon, buffalo, stag and a moose -- who star in the "Country Bear Jamboree." Henry - Master of Ceremonies - (Guitar) ------------------------------------- Henry, master of ceremonies at the Country Bear Jamboree, stands six feet tall in his stocking paws. He is another famous football player who entered show business. Henry was formerly with the Goose Creek Bruins. One day they tried a hidden ball play, and Henry hid the ball so well he couldn't find it. This hastened his transfer to music. For a while he had trouble finding the melody, too. But Henry is a likable sort, and audiences go for him like he goes for honey. For a finale Henry sings "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" with Sammy, his live racoom hat. Henry is glad he turned in his football gear for a starched shirt and Sammy. "After all," he explains, "I never knew a football helmet that could sing like Sammy." Gomer - Honky Tonk - (Piano) ---------------------------- Gomer is the piano player, but he didn't always play country and western music. His training was classsical. He began pawing the ivories while a cub and practiced days and nights for many years. Finally he went to New York, much to the relief of his neighbors. There he studied Bearlioz, and his favorite composition was "Night on Bear Mountain." When he heard himself referred to as the "lard in Juilliard," he quite the concert stage and went home to the hills. He is highly regarded by other musicians because he can play in a key other than C. 5 Bear Rugs -- (Quintet plus Oscar) ----------------------------------- The Five Bear Rugs began playing music together when they were in first grade. Fifteen years later they were still playing -- in fourth grade! Zeke plays the banjo and wears glasses -- he's the only one who can read music. Fred plays the mouth harp and carries the tune (his wife says Fred is lazy, and a tune is the _only_ thing he carries). Ted blows the white lightnin' jug, and Tennessee plays the one-stringed thing (he hopes one day to add more strings). Zeb plays fiddle, and Zeb's son Oscar accompanies his father on concer tours because Zeb's wife works (she models fur coats -- always the same one -- at a nearby boutique). Wendell -- A Small Bear -- (Mandolin) ------------------------------------- Wendell is a frustrated basketball player. He quit the game when in the team photograph, he discovered he came up to the other players' knees. He then turned to baseball, but three peoople stepped on him (they thought he wass sencond base). He went from baseball to football, until two quarterbacks threw him for touchdowns. It was after his gridiron career that he latched onto Henry. When Wedell and Henry get together -- well, nobody dares mistake Wendell for anything but what he is: a small singing bear. Liver-Lips McGrowl -- Miami Serenader -- (Guitar) ------------------------------------------------- Liver-Lips McGrowl is a homebody who is never home. His career has spanned the entertainment world, and he is equally famous in radio, TV, night clubs and the circus. His throaty growl has captivated audiences everywhere, and he has played return engagements in such famous towns as Paris (Kentucky), Rome (Tennessee), Berlin (Wisconsin), Athens (Georgia), Cairo (Illinois) and Stuttgart (Arkansas). But his heart is always at home, where the Miami Serenader can guzzle home cookin' and catch up on his whittlin'. He has whittled a rain barrell, a bath tub , a pig trough and a sump pump. Trixie -- The Tampa Temptation -- (Songstress) ---------------------------------------------- Trixie is an old trouper, a veteran performer. There is nary a sourdough or grubstalker who doesn't recall her singing and dancing in the rip-roaring music halls of the western frontier. She has been known variously as the Calgary Charmer, Alaska Allureer, Vancouver Vamp, Bewithcer of British Columbia and Tacoma Temptress. As did so many folks with good sense, she visited Florida and decided to stay. She is now known as the Tampa Temptation. She spends her spare hours thumbing through the pages of her scap book and is planning to write a book, "I Bearly Remember." Terrence -- The Vibrating Wreck from Nashville Tech -- (Guitar) --------------------------------------------------------------- Terrence is better known as the "Vibrating Wreck from Nashville Tech." His stay at Nashville was short -- the roar of the greasepaint called to him, and he became an actor. He performed often with the Bearrymores. he was known thoughouth the Ozarks and as for north as Joplin for his tent-show rendition of Cyrano de Beargerac (he was one of the few actors who could play the role without a false nose). A fall from the balcony in "Romeo and Juliet" literally brought down the house. It ended his acting career (and the stage), and he turned in his tights for a guitar. Bunny, Bubbles and Beulah -- The Sun Bonnets -- (Trio) ------------------------------------------------------ The Sun Bonnets (Bunny, Bubbles and Beulah) are the babies of the Country Bear Jamboree. They began singing in Public School 821 in Clint, Texas, in Miss Grizzly's class. From there they appeared five weeks running on Major Bear's Amateur Hour and were booked into Walt Disney World. Backstage they study their lessons (all the cast helps them with their homework, but they get good grades anyway). In their sparetime they are all knitting a scarf for Big Albert, which they hope to have finished for Christmas -- three years from now! Ernest -- The Dude -- (Fiddle) ------------------------------ Ernest the Dude is a modern Beau Brummell, the well-dressed bear-about-town. He carries his wardrobe with him wherever he goes, which is difficult (not many motorists will pick up a bear hitch-hiker with 17 trunks of clothes). He has 30 coats and 40 slacks (some of which fit), 60 shirts, 47 shoes, 20 hats and a pair and a half of underwear. Each year, when the Ten Best Dressed are announced, Ernest the Dude is there (wondering why he isn't on the list). Teddi Barra -- The Jewel of the Dakotas -- (Songstress and Swinger) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Teddi Barra was discovered sitting on a soda fountain stool in an ice cream parlor three miles from Gentry, Arkansas. From there her rise in show biz was meteoric, and the ravishing beauty is known as the Jewel of the Dakotas. Though she has always wanted to perform serious drama, her fans have never let her forget her feather boa and her parasol, both of which have been promised to the Daughters of Benton County Western Museum when they wear out. In Grizzly Hall she performs her famous "Heart, We Did All We Could" while descending from the ceiling on a swing. She has been called The Last of the Big Time Swingers. Big Albert -- Almost Unbearable -- (Guitar) ------------------------------------------- Big Albert says, "I was born in a cave near the Princess Theater in Pocatello, Idaho." There was music in his blood, and he's been playing his guitar since he was a child. It's become more difficult -- Big Al has grown, and the guitar hasn't. He loves to sit in front of his cave and sing. He was the first to practice ecology; he didn't litter his cave with tin cans and paper cartons -- he ate 'em. He was resident bard and balladeer in the swamp before Walt Disney World was built (and three badgers and an alligator have expressed great joy that he is now singing for _people_). this is Big Albert's tenth farewell appearance. ------------------------------------------------------------ "Y'all come back now, y' hear?" spoken in the twangy drawl of Henry, the master of ceremonies, rings down the curtain on this corn pone extravaganza. I's a slice of nostalgia as clean and breezy as the Blue Ridge Mountains. The voices of Melvin the moose, Buff the buffalo and Max the stag bid the final farewells from their places on the wall. As Henry would put it, if you haven't seen and heard the Country Bear Jamboree in person, "Yew just ain't lived!" Hope y'all enjoyed this... Trent (FDC Big Al) All text taken from the Original Soundtrack to the Country Bear Jamboree, Copyrite Walt Disney Productions, 1972.