Posted on 01/05/2008 1:04:09 PM PST by stainlessbanner
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Joyce Carlson, a Disney artist who helped create the idyllic universe of singing children at "It's a Small World" rides across the globe, died at home at the age of 84.
Carlson died on Wednesday after long suffering from cancer, The Walt Disney Co. said on Friday.
In a 56-year career with Disney, Carlson went from delivering paints and brushes to animators to inking films herself, but it was her work on "It's a Small World" that is witnessed by millions of visitors each year.
Carlson was among the creators of a miniature prototype of "It's a Small World" for the 1964 World's Fair in New York and subsequently helped bring the attraction to each of its permanent locations: Florida, California, Toyko, Paris and Hong Kong.
Born in Racine, Wis., on March 16, 1923, Carlson moved with her family to southern California in 1938. Within six months of joining Walt Disney Studios, she was working on "Cinderella," "Peter Pan" and other animated features over 16 years.
She retired in 2000 and was given a window in her honor on Main Street at Walt Disney World in Florida. It reads, "Dolls by Miss Joyce, Dollmaker for the World."
Carlson is survived by a sister, Veryl Jones, of Tampa, and several nieces and nephews.
If she also came up with that awful song I will have to make an exception to the rule of not speaking ill.
No, the song isn’t her fault. It was written by the Sherman brothers who composed a lot of the Disney film music.
The last time I heard that song was at the 1964 Worlds Fair in Flushing N.Y.
NOOOOOOOO now I have the song stuck in my head again.
Take away the song and the way it’s designed so you can tell which dolls are from which country is rather interesting.
That said, we did use the ride as punishment for my 12 year old cousin. We made him take his 3 year old sister on it several times after he was misbehaving.
If the Democrats were in power we wouldn't HAVE ear-worms.
And people today wonder why I'm insane.
It was only as of 2 yrs ago that the Magic Kingdom ride closed its doors for updating the ride. The kids faces you used to see on the wall towards the left where the boats exit from had been in taken in the 1960s...those “kids” were in their 50s by now and the park needed to update the paint and other dolls around the ride.
The interesting fact I learned from someone who manages at MK was that on average they pull about 500k in change from the water and give it to charity. There is a vacuum that sucks up a lot of it...but that there are parts that have never been sucked up before so there are original coins in there from the last 25 + yrs.
It’s a Dull Ride, After All.
Just hum a few bars of "The Night Chicago Died" to yourself and it will go away.
She may be gone, but her legacy lives on.
And on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on ...
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears; it’s a world of hopes and a world of fears; There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware it’s a small world after all.
I was there and it was awesome....as is the one in CA.
R.I.P. Miss Joyce, and thank you for the memories.
I have a perfect earworm cure. Problem is, the cure is usually worse than the disease
“Oh, Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey!”
Good luck getting to sleep tonight. :P
Because I’m feeling in a really sadistic mood...
Disney, It’s a small world (lyrics)
it’s a world of laughter, a world or tears
its a world of hopes, its a world of fear
theres so much that we share
that its time we’re aware
its a small world after all
CHORUS:
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small small world
(chorus)
it’s a world of laughter, a world or tears
its a world of hopes, its a world of fear
theres so much that we share
that its time we’re aware
its a small world after all
CHORUS:
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small small world
Oh, and RIP.
Yes...the song kept going.
When I was 14 my dad wouldn’t let us ride Space Mountain until we rode on It’s a Small World three times. Torture I tell you.
IASW was the first ride we went on at WDW in Florida. I was nearly 15. It was cute for about two seconds.
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