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I will NEVER FORGET being blessed to work in TOMORROWLAND's 'Space Bar' snack stand sitting at the base of Matterhorn Mountain. This was during my 1961 summer break in between my Freshman and Sophomore years at Loyola University of Los Angeles, now Loyola-Marymount.
A Summer that also saw my former Rancho Alamitos High School co-attendee STEVE MARTIN taking his dinner breaks in our break area right behind the 'Space Bar' ...away from his working the 'Enchanted Tiki Room.'
The Tiki Room was where STEVE first picked up his "Well, Excuuuuse Me" comic routine line. Seems a lady from the South and her kids were clogging up the aisle way instead of finding their seats. When white-uniformed show host STEVE came up to invite them to quickly take their seats so the show could begin, out came her now famous .."Well, Excu....." reply.
In high school as a Senior student leader, I had had the opportunity to help a resolution thru our Student Council to ask the Principal to double our monthly School Assemblies
...just so we could get one very funny Freshman STEVE MARTIN up there to entertain us with his early 'Saturday Night Live' type routines every 2 weeks instead of 4.
STEVE MARTIN was obviously THAT good from the very start and worth all the support we could give him.
For the pleasure, you see, really was ...all ours:
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I will also NEVER FORGET my reaction to our U.S. 7th Cavalry's being shipped thru the Panama Canal 40 years ago, exactly, on our way to the 1st Major Jungle Battles of the Vietnam War...
...seeing just how Mother Nature had gotten the jungles on our sides right.
Why, they were just like dear Uncle WALT's 'Jungle Boat Ride' in ADVENTURELAND..!!
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As I recall it was also near the Monorail station, Autopia, the Submarine ride and the rocket ship
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Hi Ronnie, I remember my first trip, shortly after it opened...it cost $6.00! Remember the "e" tickets?
Didn't Steve Martin perform at that Pepsi Review, not the Tiki thing?
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..seeing a Tiki Room Host STEVE MARTIN during my Summer DISNEYLAND work while in College, upon further reflection, was in 1962 not 1961. STEVE always kept to himself during our work breaks, ..gazing out “there”.. focused on something else. Ya think..??
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