Tales of the Okefenokee (1968) - Full Source Audio (Courtesy of Tim Hollis)

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The full, unedited source audio for this crazy old dark ride is finally available to the public! All credit goes to Tim Hollis for providing me with every single track heard in this video. This guy's preservation efforts are legendary, so if you ever decide to use this audio for any purpose, please credit Tim and not me. Despite this video's fair share of inaccuracies and borderline-crude quality, I hope you enjoy the content as much as I do!
If you're unfamiliar with this fairly obscure ride, you should read this useful article: dafe.org/articles/darkrides/o...
You can also download the audio tracks heard in the video as individual files, as well as four live audio recordings of the full ride from 1972 (also courtesy of Tim Hollis), right here: jumpshare.com/b/tKtsxCF8ohmQZ...
Additional gallery and download page for rare photos of this attraction (and various other related images): jmp.sh/y3fGt0i
Track listing:
0:00 The Legend from the Old Plantation Tales (Queue Song)
4:55 A Greeting from the Crow Quartet
8:11 Owls Call from Above the Spanish Moss
8:40 Relaxing at the Old Fishing Hole
9:12 Makeshift Dixie Band
10:28 "Save the Rabbit!"
11:31 The Laugh of a Fiendish Fox
12:05 A Captive Chicken Screams for Help
12:30 A Ghastly Surprise
13:28 Making a Mockery with Marionettes
14:40 Milking a Cow
15:12 An Eerie Warning from the Crow Quartet (Poor quality due to the original master reel having been lost in the 1980s, unfortunately)
16:41 Blasting Away in the Stockpile Cave
17:12 "Beware, Beware... Go Back, Go Back!"
17:37 Fanfare for a Violent Storm
19:15 Raging Winds and Scurrying Bats in the Storm
19:42 A Fearsome Tree Creaks as it Lurches Forward
20:06 Rattlesnakes Hang from Branches Above
20:28 Christmas Time is Blissful Time
22:11 Soaking in Shame
23:24 A Cacophony of Frogs
24:05 The Okefenokee Waltz
25:43 A Swarm of Angry Bees
26:19 Mr. Rabbit's Victory
26:54 Fox and Bear Head for the Hills
27:22 The Gleeful Sun
27:46 A Farewell from Mizz Rabbit
28:16 Wild Birds Talking (Unknown track)

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@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

A select few of you may recognize me as "THE MAN" from other RU-vid videos featuring Tales of the Okefenokee. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the ride, and I'll be sure to answer them as best as I can. Also, if the download link in the description expires, PLEASE let me know.

@lcapone124 5 лет назад

Okee68 I have a question about the sound track and ride that I'm really curious about. I'm a huge fan of the Krofft brothers TV Shows (H.R Pufnstuf and Lidsville are my absolute favorites). I know that Sid and Marty Krofft designed the sets and animatronics for the ride, and I was wondering if they wrote the music for it as well. What makes me think that they did is because the theme songs for each series explains the plot of the show, with each theme song generally running about a minute and a half to two minutes long and they go into great detail about the back story of what the show is about. What makes me really curious as to if the wrote it is the fact that the opening song sounds like it could easily be a theme song to one of their shows since it follows their formula of laying out the plot line of the story. Do you happen to know if they wrote the songs? I am really curious.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Oh man, you just happened to choose exactly the _wrong_ song to use as an example, I'm afraid! While Sid and Marty Krofft _were_ responsible for retrofitting the ride with new animated figures, scenes, and audio in 1968, the queue song itself is actually a remnant of the original _1967_ version of the attraction, which they had no involvement with. The rest of the music you hear in the video was undoubtedly written by the Kroffts, though. It even fits in more with their use of contemporary musical styles, as opposed to the traditional Dixieland motif and less "experimental" tone of the queue song. Very clever observation, though. I had never even thought of the queue song that way until your post.

@DarcyCardinal 5 лет назад

From the looks of it, that ride must have been ridiculously humid during the summer?

@cutiecookiecreme 5 лет назад

Hey @@okefenokee_rabbit, there's a show called "Wayside". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sOoqjOystnI.html

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Air-conditioned, but still very humid. In fact, the humidity that accumulated inside the building eventually led to a lot of the ride's painted backdrops starting to deteriorate.

@DLAbaoaqu 5 лет назад

Thumbs up if you came from Defunctland!

@eb2k445 5 лет назад

Outcast Abaoaqu That was the exact thing I was going to say. 🤪🤪🤪

@victorhernandez8723 5 лет назад

I saw that video today and here I am!

@TheDlanglois4 5 лет назад

How else would I have found about the existence of this wonderful ride?

@Bopig 4 года назад

Hah yes apparently I wanted to hear this song in its entirety.

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

That and The Carpetbagger

@black.flamingo 5 лет назад

Roommate: Hey dude you okay? Me, having kept this on loop for like 9 hours: Yeah, why?

@ScotteiCovers Год назад

The rabbit at the end telling me to "Hurry back" and "Remember to bring my death certificate" was a bit of a strange choice but not a bad one

@okefenokee_rabbit Год назад

One of the most iconic parts of the ride, for sure. Right up there with the scene where Mr. Fox addressed riders by name and threatened to marry their dad.

@cantpopdismolly 5 лет назад

The first track reminds me of something that would be heard in a Rankin & Bass film from the 60’s or 70’s.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I thought the exact same thing upon hearing the queue song for the first time, too. It definitely has that same "quasi-Broadway" motif going on, and it has the same style of chorus as well.

@victorhernandez8723 5 лет назад

You’re right!

@TheDlanglois4 5 лет назад

It reminds me of the old Dr. Seuss songs they used in some of the animations from the 1970's. The singers sound quite similar.

@cantpopdismolly 5 лет назад

TheDlanglois4 I could hear that too, yeah! I remember those specials, like the Green Eggs and Ham one and The Lorax. I definitely hear more of that 70’s Dr. Seuss sound in tracks 5 and 6 personally haha

@TheDlanglois4 5 лет назад

@@cantpopdismolly Wow, so i'm not the only one!! These types of songs just have a very specific sound to them.

@megatronacepticon 2 года назад

It's scary how close this could have come to being lost media. Infinite thanks to Tim for requesting these tracks and to the employee who gave them to him so future generations can enjoy them. The queue song is especially charming, so it would have been a real shame if the only copies of it had all been scrapped decades ago, which could have easily happened in any other timeline where Tim either didn't exist, didn't have the passion or courage to ask or the employee had simply said, "nah." Tim also deserves thanks for choosing the share these instead of keeping them locked up in a cupboard for his ears only like so many collectors choose to do.

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

Yeah, it's kind of ridiculous how unlikely it was for all of this to happen. Almost a one-in-a-million chance, I've always thought. As far as _our_ timeline is concerned, the stars definitely aligned for this one extremely specific thing.

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

That's not to mention the rediscovery of that gargantuan treasure trove of footage back in 2019, or the fact that all that footage was even filmed to begin with and never discarded.

@enxgmatxcofficial 4 года назад

As a 16 year old with an interest in the 1960's to the 1990's, this really opened my eyes towards what that time era was like. Defunctland and this particular video really helped me see the norms of the era. thanks! Also, Okefenokee Waltz is a BANGER!

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

There's an eight-minute Tales of the Okefenokee "sample reel" with copious footage on my channel that I greatly recommend you watch if you haven't already, as well as an accurate audio mix coupled with selections of the same footage. Both of them provide a much more "period-perfect" view into the actual ride experience than anything in this upload. I'm eighteen myself, and I've always taken an interest in weird specimens of the "uncanny valley" effect from decades past.

@GalenNight Год назад

I admit the music of this is catchy as all hell it has that Dixieland/Nawlins swing vibe to it but I’m surprised a theme like this was not swarmed by civil rights protesters back in the 60’s-70’s

@BottomBunkArt 4 года назад

This video got me through my shift tonight at an essential job. Kept it on repeat for six hours

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

I'm glad it was able to help!

@matts.6904 5 лет назад

I'm actually surprised at the quality of the music and audio they put into this ride. To me, it sounds good enough to have been about on par with Disney at the time.

@thetwistedsamurai 5 лет назад

It really does! It almost reminds me of the Muppets in a way? At least the background music.

@elimeneestephen4648 5 лет назад

Hi,

@marcusblackwell2372 3 года назад

@@thetwistedsamurai well dang... You just made me imagine Kermit, Fozzie & Scooter doing this. Good job

@RingoandCarlin 8 месяцев назад

@thetwistedsamurai I can understand why you say that. The music sounds like Joe Raposo. I agree it also sounds like Henry Mancini and Dean Elliot. It sounds also like Dr. Seuss 70s music.

@barbiefilms20 5 лет назад

I'll admit I never would've known about this if it weren't for the most recent episode of Defunctland, but this is still fascinating to me. Since I love history and learning new things (especially obscure things) I would naturally want to learn more about something as unique as this. Thank you for posting this & thank you to Mr. Hollis to obtaining and preserving these recordings for future generations.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

The recent Defunctland episode is actually what re-ignited my interest in obtaining the ride's source audio to begin with. I've known about Tales of the Okefenokee since late 2017, and over the course of the following year I made several unsuccessful attempts at contacting certain people online who I thought may have had access to the source audio. The moment I heard snippets of the source audio used in the new episode of Defunctland, however, I realized that it was probably easier to get a hold of than I had previously thought. After a few days of searching for Tim Hollis's email, I finally got into contact with him and the rest is history. I still can't believe it took nearly two decades for someone to permanently upload the audio online, though. I guess that's just how it sometimes goes with media as obscure as this.

@barbiefilms20 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Indeed. Thanks again for sharing this & for the story of how you obtained this. It's very fascinating.

@BottomBunkArt 5 лет назад

The music was actually the best part of that video. I replayed that one a couple times just to hear the snippets of music.

@barbiefilms20 5 лет назад

@@BottomBunkArt I love the music too! Great stuff!

@daniellanglois89 4 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Do you have any information about the singers or groups that provided the vocals for this attraction?

@georgeflanagan6167 3 года назад

Ha! I’m shocked to stumble across this here on RU-vid. I once helped maintain this attraction from 1975-1980, it was a technician’s worst nightmare! That soundtrack has stuck with me for decades, I’m certainly glad to hear it again. However, one rumor about the attraction simply isn’t true, all of the figures weren’t destroyed right after closure. Me and a couple of my other work buddies saved some of the figures and took them home to commemorate surviving working on the attraction, still got the figures lying around in my storage locker. I know some others were saved too, don’t know who saved them, but I’d say around half of the figures were saved(?) Thank you for bringing back memories of a long, long time ago!

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

Okefenokee figures locked away in storage? If that's true, then this is unbelievable! Do you remember which figures are in there? And do you think you can take some photos or even a video? Any further information on this would be greatly appreciated!

@georgeflanagan6167 3 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit I don’t have photos, however I can take some when I go for my annual checkup over there. I may actually have video from a Six Flags reunion party that we did in the 90s, which is a story in itself. I hook up them up once every decade or so, they don’t move too well.

@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved 3 года назад

@@georgeflanagan6167 That is one heck of an amazing discovery. I always had an optimistic thought (despite how unlikely it seemed since we all thought this stuff was destroyed) that the figures would have likely survived. Kinda similar to what happened with the Knott's Bear-y Tales ride. Turns out that today! Okefenokee has the same thing happen!

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

@@georgeflanagan6167 Excellent! I can't wait to see them. Be sure to take a good few angles and close-ups if it's convenient; a simple video would also be fantastic. This is seriously major! I never would have imagined any of the Okee figures (besides the two frogs I have a video of) would have survived past 1980.

@LuLzMrTom 3 года назад

@@georgeflanagan6167 you have no idea how excited you have just made some people 😅

@venturereclipse6833 20 дней назад

The fact that the master copy of the crow’s warning was lost and we STILL somehow have a copy, albeit a poorer quality one, is a testament to how insanely miraculous it is that we have so much of this ride documented at all. There are rides that were around much more recently than Okefenokee that we have hardly any documentation of.

@okefenokee_rabbit 14 дней назад

The fact that Tim Hollis captured four different audio recordings of the ride and managed to obtain copies of almost every single one of the ride's source reels by asking exactly the right person was nothing short of a one-in-a-million scenario. That's not even to mention the massive treasure trove of professionally recorded film that miraculously showed up on a stock footage website mere months after I uploaded this video.

@SankaJonesCreations 5 лет назад

_So the story goes in the Okefenokee_ _As everybody knows in the Okefenokee_ _When Mr. Fat Rabbit plays his little joke_ _He will fool Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear!_

@SlushysSecret 5 лет назад

Sanka Jones that’s the 1967 version this is 1968 - 1980 version

@aidans_invasion 4 года назад

You mean mr fast rabbit plays his little jokie right?

@PepperClarkalso 4 года назад

Fat Rabbit More like Bat Rabbit Fat And Bat Rhymes

@pissant959 3 года назад

It always sounded like "Mr. Bad Rabbit" to me lol

@pissant959 3 года назад

Plus, he's not very fat looking to me.

@LookinmyWendell 4 года назад

Why am I obsessed with these songs!? It’s a shame I’ll never be able to ride this ride 😢

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

It's a surprisingly well-made soundtrack with a lot of campy but endearing sixties kitch and a pretty catchy leitmotif. That, combined with the fact that these songs are elusive remnants of a bizarre, defunct amusement attraction that only still exist by means of an absolute miracle in preservation, makes them kind of a novelty to listen to.

@redzrobinz3135 3 года назад

unless we build a time machine

@eko9554 7 месяцев назад

A ride that I wish I got to ride is jaws, back to the future, world of motion, and horizons.

@madisonwuertz2349 3 года назад

I’m honestly really impressed at the amount of tracks and songs that go into one ride, this is fascinating :3

@dinojunkie6897 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this!!!!!!! Also, in “Christmas time is blissful time” I believe the kid is saying “Apple Pandowdy.” Which is a kind of dessert :)

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

That was pointed out by the very first comment this video received, actually. I still don't know how I managed to mistranslate such a simple line, but I'm currently working on an improved version of the video that fixes any inaccuracies and the like that I may have made here regardless. I'm not going to delete this one when I get around to posting it, though.

@Bopig 4 года назад

Thanks for this, not many sources available for this song.

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

It's a little bit odd how it took practically twenty years for someone to upload the ride's full audio onto the internet, but I suppose with a subject this obscure, that's not too much of a surprise.

@MrGoatfarmer 4 года назад

It only we have 1967 audio tracks . Or at least some more footage of this ride . ( 1967 or 68 )

@matts.6904 4 года назад

I keep coming back to hear the first song... so catchy..

@coasterproductions4575 Год назад

This ride was the inspiration for Splash Mountain and it’s really hard to believe but it is said that Tony Baxter Rode Tales Of The Okefenokee. I really wish Tales Of The Okefenokee was still here today since Splash Mountain just closed recently at Magic Kingdom and soon at Disneyland Park sadly😢.

@SuperAwesomeness64 5 лет назад

Thank you for finally uploading this! I had been hoping a full copy of the queue song would pop up here sooner or later. And I must say this is probably one of the catchiest theme songs for a theme park attraction I've ever heard! BTW: I've actually started developing ideas for a graphic novel inspired by this ride both story and art wise (with the main artistic influence being the concept art).

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Yeah, there was definitely some real effort that went into the creation of this ride's soundtrack. I think the music and songs being as enjoyable and well-made as they are were half the battle when it came to the overall quality of the attraction. If you actually end up making a graphic novel based on Tales of the Okefenokee at some point, using the Lozzi illustrations as references is definitely a smart move - those drawings, of course, are what the animated figures in the ride were based on to begin with. I think the most notable difference between the illustrations and the actual figures would have to be the shape of the rabbits' heads. In the illustrations, they're flared out on the sides, whereas the heads of the animated figures were basically just giant spoons. Anyway, if you don't get around to doing a graphic novel, I would love to see some Okefenokee art from you regardless! There's practically no fan art for the attraction online, and I'm always eager to see any type of new content related to it.

@SuperAwesomeness64 5 лет назад

Okee68 Funny you mention that, with Easter being around the corner, I was planning on doing some Okefenokee fanart (which would also help me get better at the art style I’m going for). I’ve started practicing drawing the art style from those illustrations as reference. Actually the graphic novel I’m planning out is an anthology story of sorts that pays subtle homage to some of the more interesting obscure dark rides of the past. Of course the main two inspirations toward it are the Okefenokee ride and the old Bear-y Tales at Knott’s Berry Farm. I’ll hopefully show off some concept art for my ideas in the near future.

@SuperAwesomeness64 5 лет назад

Okee68 I just doodled some character headshots today while practicing with the art style, and thought you might like to see them: twitter.com/waycool64/status/1112813790670647296?s=21

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

It looks like you've just about perfected the characters already! I can't wait to see what else you have in mind!

@megatronacepticon 2 года назад

When I first saw the footage of the singing carrots I knew in an instant that they were trouble, so when I heard that the ride almost burned down it's not surprising to hear that they were responsible.

@elwoodjacobs4353 4 месяца назад

I love the storm song. It sounds like it's ripped straight from a late '60s early '70s Halloween TV special, like something from Rankin Bass.

@aidans_invasion 4 года назад

22:11 Me and my friend after failing a test:

@Jeff-gj7ko 6 месяцев назад

This ride now has another thing in common with 'Splash Mountain,' it's gone but thanks to the soundtrack on RU-vid it's not forgotten.

@AdventistPrepper 4 года назад

I have only the vaguest of memories about this ride as a child in the early 70's. Living only about 45 minutes from Six Flags, I still never went that often. Was probably about 3 the last time I rode this. Thank you for bringing back some of these visuals and sounds. Nothing really triggered any more memories. The scenes look absolutely ratty and poorly done. Which is not a huge surprise, given some of the design expectations of the time. However, I had no idea how rich and developed the music and audio elements are! Some great 60's jams in there. Again, still dissapointed that none of the music brought back any memories though. P.S. - "Double Pan Dowdy" is like a cobbler.

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

Thanks, my guy! I'm always glad to hear that my videos are doing their job. I have a mostly-accurate audio mix coupled with professionally-filmed footage on my channel as well, so maybe that can unlock your memories even more so than this video. The scenes were actually put together very well by non-Disney standards circa 1968, but a lot of those old, grainy photographs don't exactly do them justice. That footage presents a much more "correct" vision of what the ride was actually like. "Double-pan dowdy" is actually "apple pandowdy", by the way. I honestly have no idea how I managed to internally mangle that line so consistently for over a year prior to creating this video, but the first comment I ever received here was actually a correction of that weird little bit.

@carterdunlap9957 2 года назад

Just know this is almost a 1/2 hour of experiencing Tales Of The Okefenokee with NO ADS

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

You can download an ad-blocking extension such as AdBlock Plus to completely eliminate ads altogether.

@marcusblackwell2372 Год назад

That's easy when a channel hasn't been monetized

@SlushysSecret 6 месяцев назад

@@okefenokee_rabbitGreat advertising 👍

@sarebearvids8278 4 года назад

While I've grown up with the late monster plantation to current monster mansion; I've learned to appreciate this soundtrack more than Monster mansions. I really like the instrumentals of this ride.

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

There's certainly more musical variety here than in Monster Plantation/Mansion, if nothing else. The Okefenokee's compositions are also just better overall in my opinion.

@organicmcgee 5 лет назад

To me the "Double Pan Daddy" line in the Christmas scene sounds like "Apple Pan Dowdy", which is an actual dessert, which certainly makes some sense in that context.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Now that you mention it, I'm sure you're 100% correct about that. I'm not sure how I managed to misinterpret the line so wildly, though. I'll probably eventually get around to making a slightly-updated version of this video that fixes any mistakes I might have made here.

@Abebabe413 3 года назад

"Mr.fox and bear were captured in the end so will leave them to there fate cuz time is getting late" Damn thats kinda dark leaving fox in the dust

@alexdionisos 5 лет назад

I'm currently animating the plot of this ride with the Splash Mountain characters

@yelloweyeball 5 лет назад

Wish you luck dude.

@ravenkurusu 5 лет назад

YES! THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!

@yelloweyeball 5 лет назад

The Tales of the Okefenokee always gives me a late 60s Hanna Barbara or Jay Ward vibe. Especially from the concept art. That's the style I'd go for.

@RancidGravy 4 года назад

Yeah, how did it go?

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

@@yelloweyeball who's Jay Ward?

@elwoodjacobs4353 4 года назад

My favorite song out of the soundtrack is the "Welcome Neighbor" song.

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

Indeed. That and "So The Story Goes In The Okeefenokee"

@darrenabel4613 2 года назад

Amen mine is the little part "mr fox and Mr bear coming down the road" then music ☺. Love it everytime.

@stampycatfan01lol 4 года назад

The queue theme essentially spoils the entire ride.

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

To an extent, although the song mainly only applied to the original 1967 version.

@katieduquette6391 3 года назад

It almost sounds like an overture

@marcusblackwell2372 3 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit actually, according to Tim Hollis' interview with Defunctland, certain scenes COULD be explained from the queue song

@rocketrodlover 3 года назад

Its soo funny how the quality of this music is just as good as Disney. My question is where did they record the soundtrack and get all the singers and characters?? It just as good as a disney soundtrack. When disney closes splash mountain it would be amazing to see six flaggs bring this treasure back bigger and better.

@Puppetgirl93 3 года назад

The welcome song is catchy I can’t stop listening

@amydamjanovic9183 5 лет назад

27:07 LOL!! 😂🤣😆

@kakesnobakery7790 10 месяцев назад

For anyone wondering if any of the ride is based on the stories the cow scene is based off a story called "brer rabbit fool's sis cow" but it's very unknown due to not alot of people using it

@okefenokee_rabbit 10 месяцев назад

Massive props to you for posting the first informative comment I've received in years. The scene actually lines up perfectly with the story now that I've read it. I had always wondered why the cow is angry and has her horns stuck in a tree, and now I know precisely why. It's always nice to have more insight into the conception of any of the ride's scenes.

@TheAnchorArmsChad 3 года назад

5:00-5:15 This song never gets old

@JohnYakooza 6 месяцев назад

Save the rabbit goes unbelievably hard holy shit

@RancidGravy 4 года назад

That is so neat

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

That much it is. It's a proper miracle that any of this audio managed to survive, let alone every last track. I wouldn't be surprised if Tales of the Okefenokee is actually the most-documented dark ride out of all others that ceased operation before video cameras really became feasible and popular to buy.

@redzrobinz3135 5 лет назад

Good news! A photo of the crow's second apperence has showed up in the jumpshare link! Maybe you can edit that photo into the video.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Yeah, I'm the one who adds and manages the files in the download links; all of the black-and-white photos you see in the "Rare Photos" folder (aside from the Monster Plantation construction photo) come from Tim Hollis's book on Six Flags Over Georgia, which unfortunately features only greyscale versions of photographs which were originally shot in color. I _am_ looking into tracking down the sources for the Okefenokee photos from the book (which are all credited) and seeing if I can find the original color prints, though. I'm also currently working on making a better version of this video that fixes any mistakes I may have made and includes better pictures, text, and editing. I'll be sure to include that photo of the Crow Quartet among a slew of other new pictures, of course. I can't see this project being finished for quite some time though, because I don't think that kind of "update" is really worth attempting until I've come across enough new photos to make a considerable difference in the content of the video. Also, if you were wondering how exactly I was able to determine that the black-and-white picture of the Crow Quartet in question was indeed a shot of their second appearance, the answer lies within the set and props surrounding them, which don't match those of either the crows' appearance in the opening scene (in which the crows were positioned on a rocky surface) or their appearance at the end of the ride (in which they were positioned on a fallen branch in front of a large tree).

@redzrobinz3135 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit ok. I am also working on a minecraft recreation of this ride along with the rest of the park either from 1969 or early 70s.

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 5 лет назад

I wish this could have stayed

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

If being in a state of increasing deterioration weren't bad enough already, the ride's colorful, campy, late sixties Sid and Marty Krofft aesthetic would have been somewhat dated by 1980 regardless.

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit they could always update it with new technology

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

That's exactly what they did when they replaced it with Monster Plantation. I think SFOG's management was just tired of having to deal with the ever-troubled Okefenokee and felt it was best to start all over.

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit its still a sad story to hear

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 4 года назад

This deserves a spot In the top 5 theme park soundtracks

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

I would say it's certainly in the upper tier of attraction soundtracks, beating out those of all five Fantasyland dark rides by a pretty significant margin. I would also say it's superior to it's a small world, and about on par with Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, and Knott's Bear-y Tales. I'm struggling to compare it with The Cave, though, as even though nearly all of the songs used in that ride were nothing more than edited cuts of pre-existing pieces, the surrealism of it alone made it one of the most mysterious and dream-like attractions out there.

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 4 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit do you think its possible to make a movie based on this ride?

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

That's highly unlikely to transpire unless some film director happens to be particularly interested in Tales of the Okefenokee.

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

On a related note, some kind of animated online collaboration project isn't out of the possibility as long as the project runner manages to get enough animators interested somehow, but still unlikely due to the inherently-niche nature of the Okefenokee.

@superbubsymariobobcat1097 4 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit I'm planning to do one

@redrasegarden Год назад

Finally found this!

@dpguinee 5 лет назад

The contra clarinet in Soaking in Shame! I love the low clarinets... as a clarinetist, they have the coolest sound of really any instrument! I never rode this (my parents were quite young when it was a thing so of course I wasn't around) but I can just tell by the music how creepy and strange it was, the Christmas song especially and the laughing Sun too. I love Splash Mountain (supposedly modeled after this ride), but log flumes in general have a creepy vibe to them...

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I'm always glad to see other people with an appreciation for this ride's soundtrack! I'm also far too young to have experienced it myself, but I'm sure it must have been quite the spectacle to ride.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I'm three months late on this, but you'll have to forgive me for somehow mistaking what's clearly a woodwind of sorts underlined with a bass guitar as a "brass section" in the "Making a Mockery with Marionettes" track. I'm not sure how exactly I managed to screw that up so badly, but I digress. Still my favorite few seconds out of the entire soundtrack, though.

@dpguinee 4 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Yes, most of that song is muted trumpet but there is definitely a few seconds where it is either a bass or contra clarinet! I am a clarinetist so I am good at recognizing the sound

@practicalpisces 4 года назад

@@dpguinee Definitely sounds like a bass clarinet. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ObXjLhNnens.html

@katieduquette6391 3 года назад

Do you think the fuzzy-sounding electric guitar in the ghost and storm music could have just been the amp/pedal setting the guitar was played on?

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I've long since realized that the "fuzz" is actually just a weird-sounding early synthesizer, which is heard in the frog pond and Save the Rabbit as well.

@dustinreckling5496 5 лет назад

The queue song is a BOP! Rivals anything by Disney

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Fantastic instrumentation, satisfying structure, great chorus (Both definitions of the word in this case!), and the entire last fourth of the song is a 10/10 even with the annoying female solo vocals. The lyrics could be better at times, though.

@muffin_the_metalhead3488 3 года назад

you've probably answered this before, but i'm just curious. if the original master reel was lost of the crow's warning, then how do we even have any recordings of it? were there lower quality back up recordings? the audio volume slightly changes, so is it from a ride through?

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

Nobody's asked this yet, actually. I really have no idea what the whole story behind the low-quality version of crows' warning song is. If I recall correctly, Tim Hollis simply labeled the track as a "second-generation copy" when he sent me all the audio files two years ago, and didn't go into any further detail. Your guess as to how we ended up with this copy of the song is as good as mine, although I don't think it's an actual recording of the song as it played in the ride, because you would definitely be able to hear some level of reverb if it were, assuming it would have been captured by an employee during an off period while all the other audio was turned off.

@pikminfan6778 4 года назад

So the story goes in the Okefenokee As everybody knows in the Okefenokee. When Mr. Fast Rabbit plays his little joke He'll fool Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear! It's the story true. We'll leave it up to you. It's the Legend Of The Old Plantation Tales!

@practicalpisces 4 года назад

I think that the "Ghastly Surprise" scene has the guitar echo to give the music a more "ghostly" vibe. Like it's coming from another realm. Case in point: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2fvUiCE1xUg.html The Tower of Terror at WDW has an echo effect applied to all of its jazz music choices. The music in this scene is strangely soothing to me.

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

5:48 so that was just a looped version for all the people who just got on the ride?

@amydamjanovic9183 5 лет назад

19:44 I'm going to be super immature here and admit that I thought this sounded like something else before I read the description, I'm sure you can guess what I had initially thought! 😁😉

@Puppetgirl93 3 года назад

Amy Damjanovic the tree farted

@Glammazon 3 года назад

Had the people behind Tales of the Okefenokee added a verse containing a copyright notice to the song, they might've been able to prevent the track being shown online, but since they didn't, they can't.

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I don't think any of this old-school Six Flags stuff was ever copyrighted. Way back then, it didn't really need to be copyrighted to begin with, because who in the sixties or seventies would ever think of pulling concepts and assets directly from some amusement park attraction for their own creative product?

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

I have a theory that someone owns footage of the 68 version and it’s in full.But before I tell the theory I am going to tell you to not take this for granted as it could be very wrong but with this said let’s get started.So just a few minutes ago I was trying to find out even more stuff about this ride and then I stumbled across an old SFOG message board and one of the discussions was about the Tales of the Okefenokee ride footage that surfaced keep in mind that the discussion was created 5 years ago.Then someone said that they own the documentary the footage was from and it was called Six Flags Over Georgia The Early Years.Now here is where the theory comes into play.I actually think Lain’s video was a preview of the Tales of the Okefenokee footage in that documentary this would mean that the full thing is in the documentary.The reason for this is quite simple.So this video is basically a Movie Trailer as in movie trailers give away some stuff but not the whole film.This the same for this video that would explain so many zoomed in camera shots in the video and this would also explain the weird music edited in.So I think he took the full ride footage from the documentary and edited it a ton including zoomed in camera shots,mixing up the scene order,replacing the music, and the removal of a ton of scenes from the footage.Then it was finally uploaded to RU-vid.So someone has it in full.So there is my theory!

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I've actually seen "The Early Years"; it was posted on a Facebook group by Tim Campbell some time back. It doesn't contain any Okefenokee footage, although it _is_ featured on the same DVD that Lain Shakespeare's '68-era Okee footage comes from. I ordered the DVD myself a while ago, and while I doubt there's any more Okefenokee footage to be found on it, I'll rip its contents and upload them onto my channel regardless of whether it does or not.

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Okee68 Footage of the ride might still exist in the archives of Six Flags.

@jeffwolcott7815 3 года назад

What I find interesting is that it had a Christmas part year round.

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

Especially considering that no other part of the attraction visibly takes place around Christmas. A very bizarre ride all around.

@BlueBrainMountainStream 2 года назад

yeah right out the bat you go from the "scary" part to .......Xmas. I guess to cheer up the frightened children? It was weird.

@MichaelSar12IsBack 5 лет назад

Is the female singer in the queue song (the one who keeps getting solos) supposed to be Mrs. Rabbit?

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

The original 1967 iteration of the ride (which the queue song was written for) didn't contain the character, so no.

@lmendoza2590 3 года назад

Does anyone know the exact lyrics from Track #2: A Greeting From the Crow Quartet Song? I can't figure out what the word is at the end of the line "You should have seen us sitting _______" and it's driving me nuts! What rhymes with "get here!?"

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure it's, "a show to see is sittin' 'round here." A strange choice of words, but a lot of things about the Okefenokee were far stranger, so I digress.

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Here are some stuff that I think we should get photos or more photos of.Mr.Fox in the frog pond,Mr.Fox’s puppet(68),Mr.Rabbit with the Beehive,Another Arsenal photo,Another Kidnapping photo,and definitely the storm.Like there are 0 photos of that.Also what is Mr.Rabbit’s Magic Show?

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Also the 67 Arsenal and the other Mr.Fox and Mr.Bear animatronics from 67.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

"Mr. Rabbit's Magic Show" was just one of the many sights found in the ending scene. Note that in the '79 photo, he's pulling a handkerchief out of his hat, whereas in the 1980 photo he's pulling out a rag doll. As Tim Hollis pointed out in one of his recent emails, it seems as though they were making alterations to the scenes all the way up until the very end.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

Is there a higher quality version of the turn around go back song? If there is please link it under this comment. Thanks!

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

There's no higher-quality version to speak of, unfortunately. The original master reel was lost at some point during the 1980s, and the version we're stuck with is a low-quality "multi-generational" copy.

@thefouranimationproduction 2 года назад

I found the soundtrack since I was watching the footage

@colbycummings962 29 дней назад

Its crazy how both water attractions based on Brer Rabbit have killer soundtracks

@forceghostyoda5730 16 дней назад

-b’rer rabbit’s rap party-

@Copperthefox Год назад

I love how the fox and bear run for the hills is the only song here that can be taken out of context

@user-bh9kk8ve3g 6 месяцев назад

OKee68 do you think we will ever see a ride thru of the OKEEFENOKEE like the Monster Plantation/Mansion ones on RU-vid . Do you think its possible a video and audio recording could exist or even a 8mm POV i just find it incredibly hard to believe that being around til 1980 and for fourteen years if you count gene Patrick's version that not a single person got the idea to film the ride. And lastly do you think a POV of gene Patrick's version exist given how popular six flags over Georgia was that inaugural year surely someone had to have gotten the idea to film it like people did with disneyland rides back then.

@StarSentHellBent Год назад

Obsessed with those bOoInG! sounds during some songs (14:00) as it sounds like an improperly tuned or an improperly played Timpani. (This is coming from someone who played Timpani/percussion from grades 7-12).

@FatzGeronimo1982 11 месяцев назад

Just wondering do we know what coloring the lighting would’ve been for the ghost scene because me and my friend are making this ride in vr with help from Tim Hollis and well we don’t know and I thought I’d come here

@okefenokee_rabbit 11 месяцев назад

I'm not sure how that particular scene was lit, so I would recommend asking Tim about it.

@MooglePower 5 лет назад

I'm very interested in the original 1967 version of the ride and I'm wondering what you know about it. I've only seen the short video posted on RU-vid, but would especially like to know if anyone has any more pictures, or even if the animatronics survived somewhere. I'd love to know why they'd change the ride completely after just one year, too. Thanks!

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

The only things available on the internet related to the '67 version seem to be Lain Shakespeare's video, the queue song, a tiny handful of pictures (all of which you've probably seen already), and anything Tim Hollis has written or said about it. The reason the ride received a complete overhaul only a year after the park opened seems to be, according to Tim Hollis in his recent podcast with Kevin Perjurer, because of how ashamed of it SFoG was after it wasn't received well. As far as the animatronics go, I doubt a single one of them ending up surviving the revamp of '68, unfortunately. Considering how eager SFoG seemed to be in regards to totally erasing the original version of the attraction from existence, it's extremely unlikely that any sort of preservation attempt was made among anyone involved.

@MooglePower 5 лет назад

Okee68 That's a real shame. I'll have to find and listen to that podcast. I actually really like the look of the 1967 version based on the few photos available.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Update: I just found another photo of the '67 version, which appears to be from some kind of guidebook or brochure. You can see it in the "rare photos" download in the description.

@timcampbell6476 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit If what you are referring to is the picture labeled 67version.jpg, that comes from Six Flags Over Georgia Souvenir Book from 1968. The Picture in the following year's book was the same. www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/46574682995/in/dateposted-public/ This picture is from the 1970 version of the book. www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/32548036627/in/dateposted-public/ This picture is from the 1973 book. It is a vertical view of a picture that you already have in your collection, so this version looses the details on the left and right of the picture, but this image is clearer. www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/47437063352/in/dateposted-public/ This image is an early postcard from the park. The image is the same as the insert picture on the top left of the 1970 version of the Souvenir book, only larger and clearer. www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/46766685504/in/dateposted-public/ Is a picture you have listed already. It is mislabeled as 1971, but should be listed as 1970. I know, because this is out of my personal collection; a set of 70mm slide images I purchased on eBay a number of years ago. This is a clearer version of the image. www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/47437114252/in/dateposted-public/ This is the companion image from that same collection. It shows the entrance to the queue line.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Thanks for all of these pictures! I'm currently working on converting my "rare photos" download page into a complete image archive of sorts.

@pissant959 3 года назад

I wonder if the queue song had any part in creating the monster plantation song. The jazz part at 3:42 sounds almost identical to the monster picnic tune, does it not?

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I know at least Al Bertino rode through the Okefenokee when it was on its last legs, but I'm not sure if anyone else involved with Monster's production was familiar with the Okee. If I had to guess, I would say those two pieces sounding similar is just a coincidence.

@pissant959 3 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit then that is quite a coincidence.

@user-bh9kk8ve3g 11 месяцев назад

Also how do you think the last days of the okee where and do you think anyone did anything for the final send off in 1980.

@okefenokee_rabbit 11 месяцев назад

No idea, but if I had to guess I would say that the final days were just normal operation.

@aidans_invasion 4 года назад

15:13 that sounds like something out of the late 60s and 70s

@MrGoatfarmer 4 года назад

Because it was made it was made in the 60's and 70's.(I'm not making fun of you by the way.)

@Splasher89 5 месяцев назад

Sorry to bother you but I’m just wondering how track 22 (Okee Waltz) would loop because It just kinda faded out with what I presume are the water melons. Wanted to ask since I’ve been wanting to loop some of the tracks since I just end up rewinding a lot haha

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 месяцев назад

The final few seconds are missing, unfortunately, but it you consult the live 1972 audio recordings on Jumpshare (accessible via this video's description), you can actually hear the song looping at the very end of the last recording. And don't worry about "bothering" me with questions; I'm always glad to answer them.

@carterdunlap9957 2 года назад

I always wondered how the Fox and Bear in The Arsenal Scene moved around

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

They were both on simple turntable devices which rotated to the left and back again. I don't know if the turntables were synced with each other or if they operated independently.

@user-bh9kk8ve3g 2 месяца назад

Hey Okee68 how long do you think the Krofts version of tales of the Okefenokee would have lasted if they kept it operating and how come monster plantation/mansion has lasted so long do you think people still liked the Okefenokee in 1980 and would have continued to like it like monster thru the decades.

@kevink2986 5 лет назад

Track 5 reminds me of that one Benny Folds song for some reason...

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I wouldn't be surprised if it is actually a reference to it.

@LittleBlueTrain67 2 года назад

While I doubt this would happen, I think it’d be neat to see this ride make a comeback with updated animatronics

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

Are there any tracks from this ride that sound similar to other rides and attractions that the Krofts redesigned? If there are please give me examples. For example the ghost scene and the horror cave que music (Which I saw your other account on a comment that said there are similar on the horror cave theme) and the frog pond and that weird fiesta train ride after the Krofts redesigned that ride. I only herd the latter from a comment which I haven't herd the soundtrack for the fiesta train. It would be nice if you can somehow acquire that soundtrack.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I'm not familiar with anything the Krofft brothers designed for the Six Flags parks other than the Okefenokee and the Horror Cave, so I can't exactly point to anything else as far as audio is concerned. Never mind, actually, because I just found the audio for what I believe is the Krofft iteration of the Ferrocarril Fiesta Train: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XacRCGpKNa0.html I don't see much of a similarity between this and the frog pond theme, personally.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit There is a old dropbox link that is dead. It is said to contain Tales of the okefenokee audio from 1967 from what I'd read. If you can contact the person that made the dropbox link and tell hom to repost it or just let him send the audio to you and put in the folder. The link was already dead when I got there so I really have no idea what it is. www.tapatalk.com/groups/retro_pizza_zone/viewtopic.php?t=6395&

@TheGoodC.ParksandMore Год назад

So we're the mouths on the carrots synchronized to the audio? Or did they just open and close with no synchronization?

@okefenokee_rabbit Год назад

There was no synchronization whatsoever. This was before the era of non-Disney audio-animatronics, so that basically wouldn't have been possible yet.

@Bopig 4 года назад

Makeshift Dixie Band is fantastic...too short though

@elimalot6295 3 года назад

16:44 Where was Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear shooting at?

@MrGoatfarmer 3 года назад

I think Tim Hollis said that"They were shooting at the riders,AKA you."(And before you say anything,yes this is what Tim Hollis said, and yes this is very strange for a family ride.)

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Hold it how the hell did you find all those images in the span of like 2 days?Excuse my language but I’m so impressed!

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Tim Hollis sent 'em. You can see all of my email conversations with him in the "Specific Requests" folder on Jumpshare: jumpshare.com/b/FhkgoyMaO5dWeS0Hwvtx (I'm updating the current chain of emails in chunks, for the record.) He's also currently in the process of re-scanning all his old Okee photos and sending them to me. You can find all of the ones he's sent so far in this temporary folder, along with a 33-second clip of the '67 version of the attraction (which I'll eventually have a proper rip of and be uploading to my channel): drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/15DOT6Vl-3di9OMdY1f-tzSUBr6hN2_Q6

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Okee68 What happened to the Washboard band there?They look terrible! What version do you like more 67 or 68?I actually think it’s 68.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

You're referring to the 1974 shot, correct? The only difference between that and the "classic" view of the washboard band are Mr. Rabbit's fur color (which was never consistent, and in the '74 photo is light brown) and a few articles of clothing. Other than that, I think it's just kind of an unflattering shot.

@BriarPatchProductions 5 лет назад

Okee68 Mr.Rabbit only has one ear!Yes the 74 picture.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

His other ear is kind of hidden behind his head; you can see it drooping down next to his neck.

@tiramisuteaeng2177 5 лет назад

Has anyone ever gotten to explore the ruins or has footage of Tales of the Okefenokee before it was refurbished into the monster plantation? Just out of curiosity.

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

If you haven't already seen them, these are the only two instances of interior footage currently online: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KET0BNP5eqs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YpH1X6PmHdA.html The first video is the '67 version and the second is the '68 version. The second video comes from a DVD titled "Six Flags Over Georgia: Relics from the Vault", which I've ordered online and will eventually be uploading the contents of to my channel. As the DVD hasn't arrived yet, I have no idea whether or not it contains any more Okefenokee footage, although I'm by no means counting on it.

@tiramisuteaeng2177 5 лет назад

Okee68 Well thanks! It’s really look to know that these lucky people have footage.

@MrGoatfarmer 2 года назад

Here's a commonly overlooked fact about video recording at home, there was a few camcorders back from the 60's and 70's.Long story short,they were complicated,but useable,early forms of camcorders.Why am I talking about this fact?Because full ride throughs may exist,but not released to the public.

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

It's entirely possible that a silent 8mm or 16mm recording could exist, or even a very early video recording with sound from 1979 or 1980.

@MrGoatfarmer 2 года назад

You have a point Okee68.(by the way did you learn anything from my comment?Just wondering.)

@sophiehanssel2017 5 лет назад

I'm 21 and I'm autistic and I wasn't born in the 60s but I have an interest in stuff like this People say I'm crazy, but I'm very unique!

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

Nothin' weird about being interested in old amusement park attractions. I think they serve as both a unique look into the past and as a novelty in creative set design and storytelling. I'm not sure what about Tales of the Okefenokee in particular is so attractive to me, though. I guess it's just kind of a cute ride with a well-made soundtrack, as well as a parcel of weird sixties charm and an aspect of mystery regarding all of the little, specific things about it that most of us aren't able to know. In any sense, my goal with these videos is simply to preserve it to some extent.

@codychristopher3744 4 года назад

Me too and I'm 23 I'm very nostalgic I love some old stuffs like this and other great stuff from way back

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

Hey big sis, I don't know ALL old school theme park attractions but I'm Autistic too & I like oldies

@ireallylovebobwire 2 года назад

Hey I think that in the kissing booth the same box the rabbits were standing on was used for the booth?

@okefenokee_rabbit Год назад

Yes, they were in the exact same place.

@MrGoatfarmer 4 года назад

What if there was a entire tales of the Okefenokee tv special ?

@marcusblackwell2372 3 года назад

Then it would be from the 70s, animated by Rankin-Bass or Hanna-Barbara

@MrGoatfarmer 3 года назад

Good idea.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

Where did you get that 2 second clip from the que area from in the rare pictures folder?

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

That came from a home video uploaded by Tim Campbell on Flickr, which you can find here: www.flickr.com/photos/92709933@N05/15042607668/in/dateposted-public/ It's not too terribly interesting overall, but there are a few neat clips here and there.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Are you going to contact Tim and post the 1968 version of Tales of the okefenokee that Latin has on his channel?

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

That's not very high on my list of priorities, but I'm sure I'll get around to it at some point not too far off from now.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

What are you planning to do?

@user-qp9dx2zu6g 8 месяцев назад

4:55 my favorite song from tales of the okefenokee

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 3 года назад

Do you know if any actual photos of the fearsome tree exist?

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I haven't come across any photos of it, but you can vaguely make it out in the 1971 sample reel when the boat is moving through the storm scene. I don't think you can really see the face, but you can definitely make out some of its gnarled shape as a flash of lightning illuminates the scene.

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 3 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Thanks.

@kathleenbyrnedalton 4 года назад

One of those voices @ 17:12 sound like a character voiced by Mel Blanc

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

More like the guy who voiced Papa Smurf but that too I guess

@Puppetgirl93 4 года назад

I think that was Lennie Weinrib and Marty Krofft

@user-bh9kk8ve3g 6 месяцев назад

why did they choose to keep the Gene Patrick designs of Mr bear and Mr rabbit and never update them for the entirety of the rides life. Also why wasnt the soundtrack or queue song ever updated.

@SlushysSecret 4 года назад

I have a question why in 1971 and maybe 2 why is ms rabbit Blue if mr rabbit is blue?

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

The fur of the animated figures deteriorated at an excessive rate due to the humidity that accumulated inside of the ride building, and many of them had their fur replaced at least once, usually without regard as to what color the fur of the figure in question was "supposed" to be. That's why the Mr. Rabbit figures bore four different fur colors at one point.

@SlushysSecret 3 года назад

What’s the weird blackness behind the puppet rabbits/behind the background behind them, is it the entrance to the arsenal scene?

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

If you're referring to that bit of the sample reel that shows the puppet show as viewed from the ghost scene, then I don't think you would have been able to see the entrance to the cave at all from that angle. I'm pretty sure there was just a plywood set wall behind the puppeteer rabbits. Otherwise, you would have been able to see the crows too early, and the puppet show music and crows' warning song would have overlapped too much with each other due to there being no separation.

@SlushysSecret 4 года назад

Is the que footage that’s labeled Tim Capsule by Tim Hollis?

@okefenokee_rabbit 4 года назад

Tim Hollis never captured any footage of the ride; that tiny clip of the queue in the rare images folder comes from a home movie filmed around 1970 that a SFOG memorabilia collector uploaded to Flickr. Tim Hollis would have only been six or seven years old at the time, so not exactly at a prime age to be handling a film camera.

@SlushysSecret 3 года назад

Where the extra 3 rabbits with pails in the Tim hoills plan, the rabbits that weren’t scene in the reel footage actually there

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

I've never seen any actual evidence suggesting that were any rabbits to the right of the cow. I think Tim Hollis was simply misremembering the scene way back when he made that floor plan.

@Vulpovile 2 месяца назад

Were these perhaps from tape? I've heard some of the distortions like the ones in the queue song from a dirty head or tape, and the drown out on a tape slipping and misaligning from the head

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 месяца назад

To my knowledge, all of the audio tracks here (except for the crows' second song) are digitized versions of direct copies of the original, untrimmed master reels. While I didn't include this in the video, each audio file, as sent to me by Tim Hollis, still had a brief reading of the reel's title by Marty Krofft at the beginning such that copies could be properly identified before being fed into the ride. I don't know what the reasons for all the little imperfections are, however.

@DarcyCardinal 5 лет назад

Catchy songs, what is the style these are in?

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

I wouldn't say most of them were done in any particular style (aside from the queue song having a Dixieland motif and the "Okefenokee Waltz" being, of course, a waltz), but plenty of televised cartoons of the era feature very similar music, though the soundtrack for Tales of the Okefenokee was obviously a lot more elaborate in at least a few places than your typical animated Sat-AM fare.

@marcusblackwell2372 4 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit well, I would kinda classify them as old school folk or 40s Western Swing

@tigermoth00 2 года назад

what's the lyrics of the line in the welcome neighbor song after "you shorley made our day"?

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

"A show to see is sittin' 'round here." That's what I've always heard, at least.

@tigermoth00 2 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit that sounds right, thanks!

@SlushysSecret 2 года назад

In the latest okefenokee images (Jack Lynch) why does it appear a big gab between the carrots or is it just unclear? And was the images taken back in 1968?

@okefenokee_rabbit 2 года назад

Those photos were taken in 1975, I think, and you can see how about half of the twelve carrots had already been removed by that point. It's just the middle six, which are flanked on both sides by ferns and shrubs.

@SlushysSecret 3 года назад

I have a feeling that the wild birds talking was from the 1967 version from the cave scene were mr fox was being hit with the bat I believe *just guessing*

@okefenokee_rabbit 3 года назад

It was recorded by the Kroffts, so it couldn't have been from the '67 version.

@SlushysSecret 3 года назад

@@okefenokee_rabbit Probably a test

@sonicbetaguy2131 3 года назад

Welcome neighbor welcome to the Okefenokee 7x oh god...

@user-bh9kk8ve3g 7 месяцев назад

what ever happened to all the versions of those cut outs outside the queue okee68 also i hope you had a merry Christmas

@okefenokee_rabbit 6 месяцев назад

The wooden cutouts were presumably destroyed along with the rest of the ride, as there was really no reason to save them. And I hope you had a fine Christmas as well.

@thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад

Can you post all of the Art Lozzi pictures in the description?

@okefenokee_rabbit 5 лет назад

All of them are featured on this old webpage: theimaginaryworld.com/okefen.html