He autographed his books for us, shared some of his disney. A tribute to betty and boag the walt disney family museum. Jun 05, 2011 we received the sad news yesterday that disneyland legends and golden horseshoe revue stars wally boag and betty taylor passed away within one day of each other. Boag was best known for appearing in the golden horseshoe revue more than 40,000 times at disneyland, but also appeared in such disney films as the absentminded professor and son of flubber. Jan 29, 2018 walt disney signed boag to a two week contract performing at the golden horseshoe revue. The cast retained this ability to create new magic. Wally boag, who for nearly 30 years and 40,000 performances delighted youngsters and their parents as pecos bill, the wideeyed old west traveling salesman in the golden horseshoe revue at. Boag, wallace vincentseptember, 1920 june 3, 2011wallace vincent wally boag, star of disneylands long running stage show, the golden horseshoe revue, cited in. Rare photos not appropriate for history books duration. Disneylands new dueling piano showdown combines 20. Buy the golden horseshoe revue movie poster 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm 1962 style a annette funicelloed wynnbetty taylorgene sheldonwally boag. See more ideas about golden horseshoe, costumes pictures and west virginia history. The golden horseshoe by terence robertson goodreads.
In 1956, disneyland records recorded a souvenir album of the showall in one take, according to wally boags book. Jun 06, 2011 beginning in 1955, wallys performances in the golden horseshoe revue delighted disneyland park guests for decades. See more ideas about golden horseshoe, disneyland and the originals show. He autographed his books for us, shared some of his disney memorabilia, and gave us a. Wally boag, a longtime leading man at disneylands golden horseshoe revue and television and film actor, passed away today. Walt and lillys golden anniversary posted on fri, 072012 09.
Today disney released a series of vintage pictures from the attractions glory days, which im happy to be able to share with you. Among his first sketches was slue foot sues golden horseshoe revue in frontierland. Wally boag stage actor life, age, zodiac birthday celebs. Golden horseshoe revue the golden horseshoe revue was the original and longest running show at the saloon, playing from july 17, 1955 until october 12, 1986. Boag did voice work for walt disneys enchanted tiki room and helped develop the script for the haunted mansion ride. Jun 05, 2011 wally boag and betty taylor, in their roles as pecos bill and his sweetheart slue foot sue in the longrunning disneyland show the golden horseshoe revue, are shown. Betty took over the role of sue in 1956 replacing judy marsh, and she stayed with the show for over 31 years, retiring in 1987. Steve martin, reminiscing about working at disneyland as a tenyearold, in the foreword to wally boag. Golden horseshoe embroidered shirt apependisneyproducts. This was the 10,000th performance of the revue, and was recorded for a september 1962 episode of walt disneys wonderful world of color. The cast of the golden horseshoe performs for walt in box on upper left. He joined a professional dance team at age nine, later established. Steve martin remembers wally boag the walt disney family museum. The comedians name was wally boag, and when he came onstage, i and every other member of the audience laughed ourselves silly.
Ape pen disneyland products, the golden horseshoe revue event. The golden horseshoe revue ran at disneyland from 1955 until 1986. Wally boag stage actor was born in oregon on a monday, january 1, 7562. Buy the golden horseshoe revue movie poster 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm 1962 style a annette funicelloed wynnbetty taylorgene sheldon wally boag. Boag, wallace vincent september, 1920 june 3, 2011 wallace vincent wally boag, star of disneylands long running stage show, the golden horseshoe revue, cited in the guinness book of world. You are bidding on a rare picture of disneylands wally boag, judy marsh and donald novis from the golden horseshoe revue in 1955. Kelly, marty, kelsey, wally, tina, cheri, missy, mary jo me holding his book, and leslie. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Disney cars star wars tow mater as darth vader new. After layoffs at fox in 1954, sam joined disney to create inspirational sketches for walts new theme park, disneyland. In addition to the music and comedy from the golden horseshoe revue, the album also included the disneyland strawhatters and the mellomen. Wallace vincent wally boag september, 1920 june 3, 2011 was an american performer known for his starring role in disney s longrunning stage show the golden horseshoe revue.
Disneyland photography books by carlene thie ape pen. Jan 07, 20 the one i want to mention at this time, and the one that got me the most excited, is the return of the golden horseshoe revue. Disneylands golden horseshoe revue photographs at daveland. Boag was born in portland, oregon, in 1920 to evelyn g. Jan 18, 20 the show he helped create was the golden horseshoe revue, and wally performed for another 31 years as the traveling salesman and pecos bill. Walt disney signed boag to a two week contract performing at the golden horseshoe revue. Betty taylor, who played slue foot sue in disneys longrunning golden horseshoe revue, passed away saturday one day after the death of wally boag, who played her characters sweetheart, pecos bill. Wally boag, the traveling salesman in disneylands golden horseshoe revue duration. The show was often incorrectly introduced before a performance as the record holder of the longest running revue in the history of show business. The two shared a stage at disneyland five days a week starring as cowboy and cowgirl in golden horseshoe revue. And this 176page hardcover was everything that he said it was and more. And to think it all began with a twoweek contract i signed with walt disney when the park opened. Producerdirector of waking sleeping beauty, executive producer of disneynature earth and oceans.
This is a poster that is from the golden horseshoe revue event with wally boag. Clown prince of disneyland written by boag and coauthor gene sands. This delightful book recounts the saga of a farm boy from portland. Both boag and the golden horseshoe revue were cited in the guinness book of world records for having the greatest number of performances of any theatrical presentation. Praise for the golden horseshoe, first published in 1955, must go to author terence robertson, who served as a naval reserve officer in the same atlantic convoys preyed upon by kretschmer and the german wolf packs. Over the years it starred wally boag, betty taylor, don novis, fulton burley, dick hardwick, frankie wylie, jack watson, judy marsh, burt henry, dana daniels, jay meyer, kirk wall, jimmy adams, don payne, ron schneider and many others. Many past and present disneyland golden horseshoe performers were there to pay tribute to one of walt disney most loved golden horseshoe performers. The golden horseshoe revue was the original and longest running show at the saloon playing from july 16, 1955 until october 12, 1986. Remembering wally boag at the disneyland resort, and a. Clown prince of disneyland the golden horseshoe revue ran at disneyland from 1955 until 1986. Boag, wallace vincent september, 1920 june 3, 2011 wallace vincent wally boag, star of disneylands long running stage show, the golden horseshoe revue, cited in. Aug 12, 2007 among their slides are some of the nicest images of the golden horseshoe revue that ive seen. The golden horseshoe 1968 uso tour todd pierce pleasant buffoonery remembering wally boag paul f. The diamond horseshoe and disneys contemporary resort.
Golden horseshoe revue before the anaheim theme park opened in 1955. Walt and lillys golden anniversary the walt disney. The show he helped create was the golden horseshoe revue, and wally performed for another 31 years as the traveling salesman and pecos bill. Wally boag september 9, 1920 june 3, 2011 was the star of disneylands golden horseshoe revue from 1955 to the mid1980s. Sep 24, 2009 golden horseshoe revue with betty taylor. Wally won the role and quickly became one of walts favorite comedic actors. In the early 1950s, while appearing in revues in australia, wally boag met tenor donald novis. Betty taylor and wally boag obituary betty taylor and wally.
Boag was born in portland, oregon, in 1920 to wallace b. Until his retirement in 1982, wally boag played the traveling salesman. In the early 1950s, while appearing in revues in australia, wally boag met tenor donald novis, who got walt disney to audition wally for the golden horseshoe revue, written by its first pianist charles lavere and lyricist tom adair. Jun 07, 2011 wally boag, who for nearly 30 years and 40,000 performances delighted youngsters and their parents as pecos bill, the wideeyed old west traveling salesman in the golden horseshoe revue at. Their characters were based upon the pecos bill portion of the 1948 disney film melody time. Wally was instrumental in the development of live entertainment during the early years of both disneyland park and walt disney world resort. This is a fantastic, lively portrait of betty taylor as slue foot sue. One of the highlights for me would be when wally boag would come out to entertain us.
He did the voice of tigger in winnie the pooh and the blustery day. Disney disneyland golden horseshoe revue horseshoe planter wally boag. The golden horseshoe revue was the original and longest running show at the saloon, playing from july 17, 1955 until october 12, 1986. For 27 years, boag made audiences more than 43,000 shows at disneylands golden horseshoe revue and later briefly at walt disney worlds diamond horseshoe revue convulse in. Last week we lost disney legend wally boag at the age of 90. Mouseplanet the wonderful world of disney books by jim. Novis was the tenor and marsh was the 1st slew foot sue. Ape pen disneyland products, disneyland historical. Both boag and the golden horseshoe revue were cited in the guinness book of world records for having the greatest number of performances of any. The golden horseshoe revue closed in 1986 and was replaced by the golden horseshoe jamboree.
To celebrate the limited time return of the golden. Over the years it starred wally boag, betty taylor, don novis, fulton burley, dick hardwick, frankie wylie, jack watson, judy marsh, burt henry, dana daniels, jay meyer, kirk wall, jimmy adams, don payne, ron. He also made a guest appearance on the muppet show as himself in 1980 and provided the voice of jose in walt disneys enchanted tiki room. It starred over the years wally boag, betty taylor, don novis, fulton burly, dick hardwick, jack watson, judy marsh, burt henry, dana daniels, jay meyer, kirk wall, jimmy adams, don.
Tuesday, november 04, 2008 i had the pleasure of interviewing gene sands recently, one of the coauthors of the upcoming book about wally boag, which, simply put, sounds fascinating. Boag would continue to preform this sketch live at both disneyland and walt disney world until his retirement in 1982. Wallys life and career have been documented in the book wally boag. Get the dfb newsletter sign up to receive news, tips, offers and other great disney food information. Taylor and wally boag, two stars of disneylands golden horseshoe revue. First show was slue foot sue s golden horseshoe revue, a 45 min. Wally boag was the wholesomely comical star of disneylands golden horseshoe revue from 1955 until retiring in 1982. Wally boag, the traveling salesman in disneylands golden. Girlie club edition todd pierce the article, pleasant buffoonery, contains many items that you should read, including several that were written by wally boag himself. Vintage golden horseshoe revue photos honor wally boag and. He is a capricorn and was born in the year of the dog best remembered for his longterm performance in the golden horseshoe revue at the disneyland theme park in anaheim, california, this entertainer also had small roles in such films as the love bug and the absentminded professor. Wally boag performs with as a traveling salesman with betty taylor during the 10,000th performance of the golden horseshoe revue at disneyland. Wally boag and betty taylor perform the famous pecos bill sketch at disneylands golden horseshoe revue.
Anderson have posted several great articles about this iconic show which you should take the time to go back and read. Betty taylor, who played slue foot sue in disneys longrunning golden horseshoe revue, passed away saturday one day after the death of wally boag, who played her characters sweetheart, pecos. Listed in the guinness book of world records as the longest running stage production in show business history, disneylands golden horseshoe revue proved to be good steady work for the former vaudevillian, who once recalled, my longest job before the golden horseshoe revue was 54 weeks. He also began developing and staging shows at disneys contemporary resort. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from wally boag at the discogs marketplace. Listed in the guinness book of world records as the longest running stage production in. Ive also embedded a few read more vintage golden horseshoe revue photos honor wally boag. Wally retired in 1982, after having performed approximately 40,000 productions of the revue. He used to hang out at the golden horseshoe revue and learned about balloon animals and comedy from two of its masters fulton read more. Originally the golden horseshoe was known as slue foot sues golden horseshoe, and betty taylor portrayed sue on the stage in the golden horseshoe revue, and wally boag brought pecos bill to life along side her. Dec 01, 2010 for 27 years, boag made audiences more than 43,000 shows at disneylands golden horseshoe revue and later briefly at walt disney worlds diamond horseshoe revue convulse in laughter at his. The show was often incorrectly introduced before a performance as the record holder of the longestrunning revue in the history of show business. As soon as i finished talking with this disney history buff, i arranged to get my very own copy of wally boag. The other was pepsicolas golden horseshoe revue in frontierland, where wally boag, the first comedian i ever saw in person, plied a hilarious trade of gags and offbeat skills such as gun twirling and balloon animals, and brought the house down when he turned his wig around backward.
Wally boag, who played pecos bill in nearly 40,000 live performances of the golden horseshoe revue at disneyland, passed away friday at the age of 90. Wally boag and betty taylor, in their roles as pecos bill and his sweetheart slue foot sue in the longrunning disneyland show the golden horseshoe revue, are shown. They played pecos bill and sluefoot sue respectively in what became the longest running variety show of all time the golden horseshoe revue. Along the way, he served as an inspiration to a young steve martin. In 1955, a friend told him about auditions for disneylands golden horseshoe revue. Remembering wally boag at the disneyland resort, and a tribute. Steve martin returning to disney to star in magic camp. Wally boag was the wholesomely comical star of disneylands golden. Betty taylor, who played slue foot sue in disneys longrunning golden horseshoe revue, died saturday one day after the death of wally boag, who played her characters sweetheart, pecos bill. There is a golden horseshoe celebration with many past disneyland golden horseshoe cast. Boag performed as both the travelling salesman and pecos bill, combining his balloon act with a fast talking salesman routine, reappearing later in the show as pecos bill, where he sang and engaged in fisticuffs, spitting out a seemingly endless. Interesting discoveries about disney history, vintage disneyana, disney artwork, the walts people book series, and new books about disney. Kalogridis spoke for all of us when he said, the worlds stage has experienced a great loss in the passing of disney legend wally boag. There was a curious place in frontierlandthe golden horseshoe, a saloon with a stage, finely decorated with the golden luster of an opry house.
As a teenager living in anaheim, steve martin worked at disneyland first selling guidebooks, then later as a clerk in the fantasyland magic shop and, yes, the main street shop too. He depicts a time in the world where performers spent. Wally boags replacement in disneylands golden horseshoe revue and one of four of the guinness world record holders for that show. In 1974, boag returned to disneyland, where the original act was featured in a 1980 danny kaye television special celebrating the parks 25th anniversary. Walt himself was a fan of the showhis daughter diane remembered how he took all of his guests there it never got stale because wally boag was always fresh. Lincoln, carousel of progress, pirates of the caribbean, and haunted mansion. Mouseplanet the wonderful world of disney books by jim korkis. Wallace vincent wally boag september, 1920 june 3, 2011 was an american performer known for his starring role in disneys longrunning stage show the golden horseshoe revue. After the opening of walt disney world, boag brought the travelling salesman and pecos bill routine to the diamond horseshoe in the magic kingdoms frontierland.
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