By the way, the tree that appears in this Disney film is real. Cuphead and Mugman And that was Marvin Acmes funeral. The short answer was that Valiant had to wash off a toon pig head that the weasels had painted on him (in a scene animated but cut from the film) after a confrontation with Doom in Jessicas dressing room and that earlier Valiant had put in a very busy and sweaty day including attending the funeral of Marvin Acme. Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme's funeral in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" would have looked like. Moose out front shoulda told ya. So is it any wonder that while Pixar was still trying to get a handle on what Cars 3 would actually be about the Mouse (through its DisneyToon Studios arm. What fascinates me about the parallels here is that When Walt began to see the same thing bubble up in press coverage for his new family fun park (i.e., All of those Summer-of-1955 stories in newspapers & magazines about how expensive it was to visit Disneyland. In June of 1961, he extended Disneylands monorail system by a full 2 & a half miles so that this futuristic transportation system rolled right up to the Disneyland Hotels front door. Herman & Katnip as a team - And R. K. Maroon. For example, in the scene where sky-diving Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny offer the plummeting Eddie a spare (parachute, he thinks, but of course its a tire), the lawyers for Disney and Warners demanded that not only were Mickey and Bugs to appear on screen for exactly the same length of time, down to the last frame of film, but they were also to have the same number of lines, and even exactly the same number of words, of dialogue. One of the only images from the storyboards for Marvin Acmes funeral that were available online Until now. Cars 2 came out in June of 2011 and also did quite well at the box office (It took the No. Mark Kauslers account of the Acme funeral is accurate. Key difference between Vacation 58 and National Lampoons Vacation is that the movie follows the Griswold family on their epic journey to Walley World. They like all of the short-term money that Lightning Lane is pulling in right now and are deliberately overlooking all of the long-term implications of the narrative getting out there that going to WDW is getting too expensive. And part of his effort to get as much profit as possible out of Disneys theme parks. Whats more, what initially drove him to seek out and then purchase this amazing animation artifact was my August 2011 story about scenes that had been cut out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. The Noveltoons jack-in-the-box mascot wouldve appeared popping out voiced by Frank Welker of Scooby-Doo fame saying Duh, I Didnt Know A Toon Had Murdered The Mayor of Toontown !. The Trapped Safari was basically supposed to be something that made Guests think Ooh, I need to get over to Adventureland while Im here at the Park and go check out that new, improved version of the Jungle River Cruise that everyones talking about.. More to the point, since Disneylands 1959 expansion project was largely focused on Tomorrowland This time around, the work will largely be focused on the other side of the Park. -Via io9 Maybe we should look at those. At this point, Im about 80 90% back. Thank you for the rich account, Mr. Korkis and for the right-on-the-money storyboard sketches all those years ago, Mr. Kausler! Going clockwise from the middle, we have Bluto, Elmer Fudd, Herman the Mouse, Felix the Cat, Goofy and Popeye the Sailor. Quacky the Duck ( Screen Gems ) While amusing, some in the audience were puzzled why Valiant was taking a shower while Judge Doom and the weasels were in hot pursuit and time was running out for Roger. Hole No. How whenever a Guest visited this place they were constantly being forced to repeatedly open their wallet), his immediate reaction was We need to fix this now. It was too morbid for the film and didnt really move the story forward. Counter this with Lightning Lane. This 70-foot-tall faux tree (with its 80 foot-wide canopy of 300,000 pink plastic leaves) opened just in time for Thanksgiving of 1962. Clustered around a gravesite are the mourners TOONS of every stripe. What About: Something that even today in our age of seamless interaction between CG characters & human performers actually holds up beautifully because Bob made the audience believe that Toontown & all of its residents were real. But is Who Framed Roger Rabbit a perfect film? After Valiant leaves Roger and Dolores at the bar, he hops a red car to the Inglewood cemetery (that was originally going to be a real cemetery somewhere in the San Francisco area) where the Marvin Acme funeral is taking place. The Marvin Acme funeral scene was deleted, but it would have been fun to see. Your email address will not be published. So thats what happened around here last week / earlier this week. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. This was what led Walt to bring Marc Davis over to WED from Feature Animation in October of 1960 and effectively say Help me make Disneyland better. Simba, Timon & Pumbaa No wonder Steven Spielberg liked it so much. But only this week, Ive learned that the original storyboards for this cut sequence are floating around out there. Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 . John Hughes adapted his own short story (i.e., Vacation 58, which had run in National Lampoon magazine less than four years earlier. HECKLE AND JECKLE. All the storyboard drawings you see here were mine (Foghorn Leghorn was traced over from my sketch), except the crowd shot of all the characters at the burial site. As you can see by all of the projects that Ive just described this was a hugely complex addition to the Parks with lots of moving parts. TOM AND JERRY. He genuinely cares about all Toons and has promised that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. With a loose retheming that then allows this Disneyland attraction to become home to characters from Disneys Swiss Family Robinson, Tarzan, and Encanto.. I seemed to recall reading in some Harvey Comics issues from 1988 shortly after they came back in business that already stated licensed their characters for other animation studios (all of which didnt get off the ground) which might be why the characters did not appear in Roger Rabbit. 1959 was Disneylands greatest year attendance-wise. Which again I remind you was published on December 23rd of that year: This current year, we are operating the park during the winter months on a five-day schedule with resulting savings in operating costs and in the hope that a full weeks business can be compressed within the five days. That high, high, I say that high-larious place up in the sky. Well, heres hoping that whoever wins this auction is a kind & generous soul. And if her barking cough isnt sounding any better by this afternoon Well, its back to the doctor we go. Under which flowed the water that traveled from the Jungle River Cruise into the Rivers of America). Which then pushed Guests to go seek out various A, B, C & D Ticket attractions around the grounds) Well, that form of admission media didnt come online til October 11, 1955. Your email address will not be published. Only Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest sold more tickets in 2006) that Disney execs asked John Lasseter to develop a sequel. More importantly, that theyd also be safe for ladies who were wearing skirts & dressed in heels to use. Back then, Walt Disney Studios just had a hit film that was based on Johann David Wyss famous adventure novel of 1812. Thats the piece of land that the pipe which connects the Jungle Cruise and the Rivers of America runs through. Doom killing him for getting in the way of his goals was as much of a shock as it was to Eddie when he found out the next day. Your email address will not be published. He struggles under the weight of the thing and eventually just tosses it into Marvins open grave. An animated Bugs Bunny is sitting next to him. Planes: Fire and Rescue followed in the Summer of 2014. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. The first Cars spin-off to arrive in the marketplace was Planes. This Klay Hall film (which was set in The World Above Cars) was released theatrically in August of 2013, with the Blu-ray & DVD version of Planes hitting store shelves in November of that same year. And weve already got Tom Sawyer Island across the way.. The Disney Dish Podcast is part of the Jim Hill Media Podcast Network. Dedicated To Classic Cartoons: Past, Present & Future, New Animation Books For Your Social Isolation. Its worth noting here that from the moment the monorail was connected to The Disneyland Hotel that hotel achieved 100% occupancy. But in the meantime, Disney & Pixar began exploring the idea of expanding this film franchise. CHIP 'N DALE. 5. Anyway Like I said, Disneys movie version of Swiss Family Robinson comes out in December of 1960 and does quite well at the box office (Fourth highest grossing film of the year domestically). Annakin went on to direct several very popular family films in the 1960s & 1970s, among them Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. And the Walt Disney Company went out of its way to recognize Kens contribution to the overall success of Disney Studio & the Companys theme parks by naming him a Disney Legend in 2002. Your email address will not be published. With Pingo, Pingg, Pongi and Pengy ( Pingus other friends ) and Pingi ( Pingus girlfriend ) frowning with misery ! That is until brother Acme painted up his backyard for us to live in. Winnie the Pooh ( Disney ) And Walt followed through on that promise. The studios were all cooperative and guys like Richard Fleischer were fantastic and came by the studio to approve the Betty Boop and Koko animation. That would have been funnier than the Paul Bearer joke, and he wouldnt have needed to talk if a suitable voice couldnt have been found. Better yet, a complete set of these drawings are now up for bid on eBay. In fact, Walt so loved this gag that after the Africa Veldt section first opened at Disneyland Park in June of 1964 he actually made the Imagineers go back in this portion of that Adventureland attraction and restage it. TOM AND JERRY. And at that time, Walt was justly proud of this project. There's MICKEY MOUSE comforting MINNIE. He Wouldve Been In The Marvin Acmes Funeral Scene Sadly Playing The Violin as the Coffin goes down into the grave ! Without Hoskins ability to see (More importantly, make the audience believe that Bob was seeing) things that werent there, Roger Rabbit would have never worked. Walt may have been overselling things a little here. Meanwhile, from a distance, Valiant notices Maroon walking up to Jessica and then pulling her away from the service so that these two can find a more secluded spot to talk. Back then, this Adventureland attraction was a C Ticket (35 cents apiece). He has yellow and orange swirly eyes and carried a straight razor. Because the concrete foundation that supported this six ton structure had to go down some 42 feet Well, that totally screwed up the water system that previously connected Disneylands Jungle River Cruise to the Rivers of America. That from 1958 through 1985 [a total of 27 years] the Happiest Place on Earth used to close two days a week during the slower times of year. A live action look-alike for actor Humphrey Bogart is driving. Ah yes, this takes me back. The storyboard drawings are by the Amblin contract artist, Marty Kline. Popeye makes a joke back about how Were bearing Paul? All of which came in handy during those Mondays & Tuesdays during the Winter Months when people were staying at the Disneyland Hotel and had nowhere to go on those days when the Happiest Place on Earth was closed. *Sigh* I bet the story artists either bought a bunch of PD tapes, or toured the Paramount studios (and found the hidden Max & Dave Fleischer door. What I remember is that for Ruby-Spears, they licensed the girls (hopefully they didnt tamper their designs much unlike a certain studio that owns them right now) and most bizarrely, Herman & Katnip (Im not sure this was a smart idea). But she & Walt put on hard hats. This redo of Adventureland & Frontierland (which then set the stage for Disneylands New Orleans Square) was moving through its final design phase the Imagineers were startled when Walt pointed to the very center of this incredibly ambitious $7 million construction project (the very spot where Adventureland bumped up against Frontierland) and said: Here. Great story and discussion. The Mickey and Bugs scene was limited to equal screen time, but that was negotiated before production began. Out of every four Guests who came through the turnstile / surrounded that 35 cent C ticket, only one was a kid under 10. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. Back to Disneyland Park closing on Mondays & Tuesdays during the off-season When did this practice start? Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) clip with quote - Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme. So the Happiest Place on Earth was a learn-as-you-go operation. Its now the Spring of 1961 and attendance at Disneyland Park has actually fallen off from the previous year by 200,000 people. and the Harvey superheroes ?! I dont want people coming away from their visit to Disneyland with this impression. And by October 11, 1955 (less than 3 months after Disneyland Park first opened), they had a fix in place. I wonder..who could doPopeyesvoice for that sceneMr.Marvin Acmes(Stubbys)funeral scene..that was cut from the film? Home; Memorials; Cemeteries; Famous; Contribute; Register; Sign In; . Which produced home premieres like those TinkerBell movies) began actively looking into ways to expand this lucrative franchise? Which reminds me of something Walt once said when an Imagineer suggested that the Company could save a few bucks by cutting corners on a particular project: If people ever stop coming to the Park because they think we cut corners on a project, the few cents we saved ultimately arent going to matter. Perhaps one of the saddest casualties was the funeral of Marvin Acme. Interesting side note: Its now an established part of the on-going Disney theme park narrative that Going to the Parks has just gotten to be too expensive and/or complicated, what with the institution of Lightning Lane and then forcing people to use virtual queues if they want to experience newer attractions at the Parks like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Epcot or Mickey & Minnies Runaway Railway out in Anaheim. Its a pretty ridiculous story (SPOILER: After he robbed the First National Bank of Toontown of a zillion simoleons, Judge Doom drops a piano on this pair of private detectives from 15 stories up. Only thing missing would have been Private Snafu blowing Taps off-key, then firing a salute (and shooting down a planeful of Gremlins from the Kremlin). (1) Operating a seven-day week throughout the 1957 1958 week against a six-day week the year before. The Matterhorn at Disneyland was largely inspired by research that the Studio did in Zermatt, Switzerland in late 1957 / early 1958 out ahead of the location shooting that was done for Third Man on the Mountain which officially got underway in June of 1958). Flippy Doggenbottom from *Toontown Online* Featuring Popeye, Elmer Fudd, Felix the Cat . And what does the Company do with this info? SpongeBob SquarePants However, when some of the photography for other composite scenes came back with a scratch on the negative and needed to be re-shot, it would put the production in jeopardy of missing its Christmas deadline. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. That being said, I want to publicly state that Mark has helped me many, many times in the past. Continue reading Storyboard Drawings 11 - Escaping from Toontown Hans Bacher April 3, 2019 Enter Amblin Hans Bacher (and Harald Siepermann) had a very different take to the escape from Toontown. Which explains this line in the 1958 version of Walt Disney Productions annual report. I hate to interrupt your boid watchin but is this the right boneyard for the Acme funeral? Let me get you a close-up of these characters so you can better see the pallbearers. Which after being renamed / rethemed as the Tarzan Treehouse in June of 1999 will revert to being the Adventureland Treehouse later this year. Okay. When it reaches the bottom, there is a boing sound and the harlequin clown mascot from the Harvey cartoons introductions pops out. Hoskins had a real gift when it came to playing tough guys with soft centers. Marvin Acme is the head of the Acme Corporation and owner of Toontown. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This Pixar Animation Studios production did so well (Of all the high grossing films released that year, Cars was No. It would have been a great scene. Another great piece about this great film. 200 people up in the tree at any one time. When I ask, it is a favor so the person is under no obligation to respond. No problem, Mark. Thats what worries me about Disneys current situation. and 17. For as Eddie exits that mausoleum who comes motoring up but Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Humphrey Bogart & Clark Cable. John Howell who was the art director on Swiss Family Robinson was out scouting locations for this movie in 1958. And carrying the casket from below (hes admittedly hard to see in the above image) is Yosemite Sam. To be specific here: Once construction of Disneylands Swiss Family Treehouse was complete in the Fall of 1962, it only cost $21,000 to staff & operate annually. FYI: He brought along his daughter, Halley (As in Halley Mills, the star of Disneys Pollyana and The Parent Trap). Whereas Teddy He never made it). Then Pokemon Quest is the game for you, Pokemon Lets Go, Pikachu ! & Pokemon Lets Go, Eevee ! to come to the Nintendo Switch this year, Nintendos Labo will allow kids to craft their own customized Switch-powered play experiences, Kingdom Hearts III to feature Monsters, Inc. & Toy Story characters, The Lion King: Twenty Years on Broadway and Around the World reveals how close this hit show came to not happening, Broadway vet Eden Espinosa is living out her Disney dream by voicing Cassandra on Tangled: The Series, Principal Casting Announced for Disneys New Broadway Musical, Frozen Opening Spring 2018, Ever wonder how that magic carpet in Disneys Aladdin flies? Famous characters Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl, Superman, Little Lulu, and Casper the Friendly Ghost, as well as Pat Sullivan 's Felix the Cat, and MGM's Tom & Jerry, were all scripted to appear in a scene revolving around Marvin Acme's funeral, but the rights to the characters could not be obtained in time, although a photo of Felix shaking hands Which was a perk that no other hotel in Orange County had. 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Shnookums & Meat If we built a Swiss Family Treehouse in the Park Well, that then means a steep set of stairs first going up into that tree and then a second steep set of stairs coming down out of that tree. Only then could you go over to the actual attraction and get in line for that experience. 7 slot in the Top-Ten-for-ticket-sales that year). Notwithstanding it would be a great scene. Three was Sleeping Beauty Castle. Jim Hill is an entertainment writer who has specialized in covering The Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years now. There was also a lot of talk during this Comic-Con panel about how because Who Framed Roger Rabbit s June 21, 1988 release date had already been locked in there just wasnt enough time for the studio that Richard Williams had set up to do all of the animation for this motion picture. So did this change in the way that Disneyland Park ultimately operated off-season ultimately work out? And while a Planes 3 was definitely put in development (At the Disney Animation panel at the 2017 D23 Expo, John Lasseter not only shared a clip from this film. It wasnt til February 6, 1985 that Disneyland Park formally switched to being a seven-day-a-week operation. In addition to the 4000+ articles Jim has written for the Web, he also co-hosts a trio of popular podcasts: Disney Dish with Len Testa, Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor and Marvel US Disney with Aaron Adams. Mr. Hill makes his home in Southern New Hampshire with his lovely wife Nancy and two obnoxious cats, Ginger & Betty. Anyway Now what made this redo / expansion of the Jungle River Cruise complicated is that this Adventureland attraction shared a water system with the Rivers of America (Guests who were headed to Disneylands old Chicken Plantation Restaurant for lunch or dinner used to have to walk over a bridge in Frontierland. Conclusion: Disney knows about all the bad press the Resort is getting lately but doesnt care. 7. That in a nutshell is what happened here at Jim Hill Media. Mark. And since it only took three Disneyland employees to safely staff & operate the Treehouse (i.e., one person to take tickets at the entrance, a second staffer patrolling upstairs in the tree to make sure the Guests were behaving themselves / not touching the props, and then a third Cast Member down by the exit making sure that Guests arent sneaking up the back stairs to experience the Swiss Family Treehouse without first surrendering a C Ticket), it also became one of the more profitable attractions in the Park. etc. Whereas I Ive always pointed to Bob Hoskins performance and said that this was the element that actually made that movie work. An additional $16,000 to maintain each year. No. More more MORE!!!! Tel: 1-606-758-9600. Thanks to Mr. Kausler who was incredibly valuable on that film. 8. Largely because so many people came out to the Park that Summer to experience Disneylands heavily hyped brand-new attractions which included the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Paul Bearins shore hard work, aint it? I just think Popeyes insensitive remark would suit Bluto better, with Popeye reacting to it, in a face-heel fashion. Okay. Bluto thinks that Popeyes comment is disrespectful. In closing, thanks for all your kind notes. Sorry folks. How Come Their Cameos Got Deleted ? Especially when Valiant tries to break things off with his Girl Friday (Eddie: Dolores, you need to find yourself a good man. And Walt now wants to turn that attendance deficit around. Appearing in this scene as pallbearers were to be Popeye &. Tex Avery and Sagebrush Sid from *The Wacky World of Tex Avery* Sugarfoot And as a direct result, gags that had been built around these characters comic personas had to then be cut out of the picture. (Again going L to R) Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Baby Huey, Hippety Hopper, Dick Tracy & Tubby the Tuba all goggle the playful spirit for a second or two. He promised the Toons that in the event of his death, they will inherit Toontown, as stated in his will. The final version and the one that is most often referenced seems to be that as the coffin touches the bottom of the grave, Casper the Friendly Ghost rises up and asks, Will you be my friend?. We say goodbye to a man who was more generous than a homely widow with Sunday supper. Conversely, the pairing of Donald and Daffy was on-the-nose! A deleted scene involving Marvin Acme's funeral would've featured Foghorn Leghorn as the preacher giving the sermon. And Eddie Valiant searching for Roger certainly would have been an occasion to have Elmer Fudd walking by similarly hunting wabbits. Posted by u/[deleted] 8 years ago. Evidently, a sequel was considered, but I wonder if theyd have utilized the obvious premise of the newest threat to traditional Toon Town after 1947: the UPA style which shortly rendered Roger Rabbits slapstick out of date, and the takeover of the HannaBarbarians: limited animated characters who talked more than moved. Sadly, Ken passed away at his home in Beverly Hills back in April of 2009 at the ripe old age of 94. The Entire Cast of The Adventures of Brer Rabbit ( 2006 ) Whereas poor Nancy currently sounds like a harbor seal with a head cold. Probably Maurice LaMarche, who had voiced the muscular mariner in Popeye and Son for Hanna-Barbera in 1987. Darkwing Duck Crusader Rabbit Just in the past week or so, a few pieces of concept art for Metro have surfaced online. Take for example Cars on the Road, that nine-part series which debuted on Disney+ back in September of last year. etc. Killer views of New Orleans Square construction / the Jungle Cruise ride just below.Oh, and that only appeal to kids thing? With his former writing partner, John Cawley, he authored several animation related books including The Encyclopedia of Cartoon Superstars, How to Create Animation, Cartoon Confidential and Get Animateds Animation Art Buyers Guide. Keep In Mind That WFRR Totally Had Mixed Reviews ! They should have studied a print of Jasper Goes Hunting to see how its done. These preproduction paintings suggest that this Cars spin-off would be far grittier than Say the sort of adventures that Lightning McQueen & Mater would typically have out in Radiator Springs. But because we all bought into his version of Eddie Valiant, we rejoiced when this long-in-his-cups ex-cop finally let go of the bottle. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. People who own public domain tapes (and closeted Paramount cartoon fans at the time) would have freaked out with excitement if this was in the movie. Learn more about the master animator behind "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," Richard. We see Eddie arrive at the graveyard at Inglewood. Lil Abner and Daisy Mae ( Screen Gems ) Arf Arf Arf. Theres more In addition to the aborted Planes 3, Disney had other Cars spin-offs in the works. While yet another was supposed to have shined a spotlight on trucks. But when Disneys version of Swiss Family Robinson finally arrived in theaters in December of 1960, it did quite well at the box office. Tito and Burrito While this work was being done along the shore of the Rivers of America, over towards the entrance of Adventureland, the Imagineers were reconfiguring that restaurant that faced out towards Disneylands Hub. And those words supposedly were Build this.. Paramount had a quick comeback in the 70s and 80s, so reading Harvey comics and going to UCLAs archives really left an impression on Disney/Amblin story artists. Its an argument that Ive been having with animation fans for nearly a quarter of a century now. Review. Just because a character didnt make his screen debut by the late 1940s doesnt mean the character didnt exist in the RR world it would be about 15 years before those penguin waiters would get their chance in Mary Poppins. Not to mention adding all sort of restaurants & shops to the area surrounding that hotels Olympic-sized pool. Largely because the amount of money that the Mouse was making off of the sales of Cars -related merchandise was To be blunt here, mind boggling. One was supposed to be built around boats. (You can read all about this in Walt Disney Productions annual report for 1961. Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the funeral scene which would require complicated animation and physical gags to be included with the live action and negotiations unsure for the use of some characters in the scene, that it should be cut even though it was known that it was producer Steven Spielbergs favorite scene in the script. So this change in the way that Disneyland Park operated during the off-season made things easier for Walt and Disneys book-keepers back in Burbank. When It Comes To Deleted/Unused Cameos. They were using the temporary closure of the Jungle Cruise to revamp that operation. Stumbo the Giant They chit-chatted with Valiant for a few moment before heading off to the links and . 719 N. Main Street; PO Box 9; Mahnomen, MN 56557 (218) 935-9000; 218-935-9010; toll free: 866-935-9009 Join our mailing list [email protected] The other three were adults. Little Audrey Theres Barely Any Famous Studios Characters ! Hashimoto-San They would be seen doing a pan shot while the eulogy is given. They are all dressed in golf attire and there are bags of golf clubs in the back. Because the handful of drawings that Ive seen to date suggest that this sequence could have become a real high point in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.. The Mighty Heroes ( Terrytoons ) I have a lot more of the drawings, including the Casper ones, I think Joe Ranft drew several of the Casper sequence, including the A GHOST! one. Hopefully by next week, Ill be able to resume JHMs 5-day-a-week publication schedule. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a4b476bf6ec9913e8eb0df1ca3539285" );document.getElementById("i81fec714c").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Jim Korkis is an internationally respected animation historian who in recent years has devoted his attention to the many worlds of Disney. 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