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“One of those days”
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There are three of these “Uh-oh” pages in this issue. They are really funny; I like the 3rd one the best! These all remind me of Major’s “Day at Disneyland” April 1st post from last year (link). Although Major's photo was MUCH funnier than these.
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Some cute coupons… What does E.R. mean in the context of being a cast member?
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There’s a bunch of these silly comics too…
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Come back on Bonus Sunday for the entire issue.
7 comments:
E.R. means "Early Release" (as in getting to go home early for the day, if conditions warrant -- it has nothing to do with sexual dysfunction). Haha. Funny, I haven't heard that term since my days of being a Cast Member back in the late 90's/early 00's. By the way, I wonder if CM's actually tried to use these coupons? The Club 33 one inviting CM's to drink cocktails on their break is so un-PC (and clearly pre-OSHA)! ;)
Love what you do here, by the way. Longtime reader, first time commenter. Keep up the good work. :)
Ha ha, I like #3 in the "Uh Oh" series as well. I have some earlier issues of "Backstage Disneyland", an it appears that they remained essentially the same for quite a while.
Tim, you have never left an "A" coupon as a tip, have you??
(I was also wondering what "ER" meant, so thanks to josh)
Those Uh-Oh's are so great! And imagine, all accomplished without Photoshop!
Thanks for posting this!
Hi Josh, thanks for the info and the nice words. I liked the club 33 coupon too!
Major; # 3 reminds me the most of your April 1 pic, if only 10%... Since I have an abundance of tickets, I'd leave at least a "D" ticket, maybe even a late '70's "E" ticket (the pink child's one). I always take old tickets to the park with me, I keep them with my money, it makes for great conversation starters... And yes, I've even given a few away (A,B & C's) to folks that seem interest (there aren't many)...
Kevin; So did they cut and paste these that hard way? Pretty good work for an employee publication.
Ha! Loved the ah-ohs, especially the Monsanto one. Pretty great job considering it was pre Photoshop!
I wonder if CM's actually tried to use these coupons? The Club 33 one inviting CM's to drink cocktails on their break is so un-PC (and clearly pre-OSHA)! ;)
Found this page while googling to see if anyone had posted articles from some old issues of Backstage. I was writer and later editor of several from 1976-1979 and remember this one well. Coupons were all in fun, and yes, Kevin--Disneyland's Creative Services team did a great job with the graphics. All pre-Photoshop. Later we did one I think was funnier than the "oh-oh's" that played with an advertising theme that year. We turned "it could only happen at Disneyland" into "it could never happen at Disneyland." Made for some fun images.
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