Disney’s Awesome Things #14: Good Ol’ Uncle Orville
May 26, 2010 at 5:12 pm Matt 2 comments
#14The Carousel of Progress is always a must-do for me. Sure it gets kind of lame after a while, but it’s so memorable and the fact that Walt himself created it makes it even more awesome.
One of my favorite characters in the rotating theatre show is good ol’ Uncle Orville – known for his famous (and only) line in each scene, “No privacy at all around this place!” While he’s only physically seen in one scene (in the picture above), he is heard in every scene if I’m not mistaken.
“Uncle Orville’s taken over the coolest spot in the house. And he’s rigged up a real clever contraction. He calls it “air cooling.” To bad he’s not reading the help wanted ads.”
And for a fun fact you might not have known – Uncle Orville is voiced by Mel Blanc. Blanc’s son is also in the attraction as the radio announcer.
Photo by Joe Penniston
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disneykid08 | May 26, 2010 at 5:24 pm
one time, a friend of mine literally rode it twice in a row without getting off. it was raining out really badly during the summer (surprise there) and we decided it would be best for our health to stay in the ride to wait out the storm.
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Matt | May 26, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Haha that’s awesome Julian! Well one time my family and I were stuck in the intro scene for three go arounds because the theatre did not move. Finally during the fourth time they evacuated us all. It was torture!