HA HA HA HA...sorry funny thought popped into my head!

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:31am

Did anyone every see the Mary Martin peter pan on video. I watched that as a kid and thought it was great. I popped it in a few months ago just to see why I enjoyed it so much and to see Mary Martin now that I know who she is. It was such a poor quality movie and just soooo funny. Anyone else see it?

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:32am

As I said in the off-topic board... I'll go some steps back before somebody starts to....

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:38am

i'm confused...someone wish to explain?

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:39am

DietCoke - if you see someone going by the name of 'Cap'nHook' approaching in the distance, run very quickly in the opposite direction. You have stumbled into someone's passion, dear heart.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:42am

Girrrrrrrrrl, you done peed in your chili tonight. You best get yo' azz on a train and hide.

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:44am

LOL I am so confused still! Can I be informed whats going on?

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:00am

Well I wasn't bashing Peter Pan...just the movie quality! o well..sorry

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:30am

I am ...SO...surprised CapnHook isn't here yet.
-d.b.j-

[feinstein9]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:34am

ay matey! 'e'll be 'avin' ya walk tha plank!




or he's just gone and jumped off the ship himself.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:36am

Maybe this thread killed him.

But DietCoke, I was in a production of PETER PAN a few months back, so I rewatched the video. I too had adored the movie as a kid, but when I watch it now I find the quality is pretty poor.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:38am

Priest!!

I haven't seen you in ages, I missed you.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:41am

I know. I have been away from BWW for too long.

I was in Mexico for five days and then I've been hanging out with friends because summer is almost over.

But I've missed everyone here.

Updated On: 8/15/04 at 01:41 AM

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 2:31am

We missed you too!! I'm so glad you're back, next time you come to the chat we'll have to throw you a party.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:36pm

WHOA THERE!!! A PETER PAN POST - AND I WASN'T THE FIRST TO RESPOND???!!!

::walks the plank...sees the Croc...and runs up to the Crow's nest::

DietCoke, you poor unfortunate! Don't you realize that "poor quality" means it is a CLASSIC!!!

The Mary Martin PETER PAN that we have on video was filmed in 1960. It was released to video in the early 1980's. The quality is poor (yet still great for its time!) because it was one of the first shows to be videotaped for video release. Mary Martin (and the WORLD!) wanted this show to be preserved so others in the future would be able to see the show.

It had already broadcast TWO ***LIVE*** television broadcasts in 1955 and 1956. The public demand for yet another broadcast was very high. People couldn't get enough of it! When it was videotaped in 1960, they did it in COLOR for the first time (it was worth the extra expense, for color was much more money to do than black & white at the time). The show was broadcast during Christmas annually on NBC from then on, but it soon died down and it was stopped being broadcast.

Sandy Duncan took the role in 1979, but wasn't allowed to do a cast recording because of legal issues with the Great Ormond Street Hospital (copyright owners).

Cathy Rigby then put on the green tights in 1990, but again, no cast recording for the same reason.

But in 1997, when Rigby revived the show again, GOSH gave in, and a new Peter Pan cast recording was finally done!!

And that is your Peter Pan history lesson for today.

Updated On: 8/15/04 at 12:36 PM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:37pm

The fact that it wasn't as technologicaly advanced as the productions done today doesn't diminish the fact that it is without a doubt, a true classic. It was not made solely for the purpose to entertain children, either. The themes throughout it are inherently adult and always have been, even in Walt Disney's version. I personally cannot think of any show that is sadder and that is not something children will catch. It is only when you do grow up that you can watch it and understand the story for what it truly is.

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:40pm

Well you showed me up~! LOL i take back every word I said! Very impressive knowledge CapnHook!!!!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:42pm

DietCoke - take a look at my website:

http://www.peterpanfan.com

Soon, we will be publishing a complete and thorough history on the 100 years of PETER PAN.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:47pm

"The fact that it wasn't as technologicaly advanced as the productions done today doesn't diminish the fact that it is without a doubt, a true classic. It was not made solely for the purpose to entertain children, either. The themes throughout it are inherently adult and always have been, even in Walt Disney's version. I personally cannot think of any show that is sadder and that is not something children will catch. It is only when you do grow up that you can watch it and understand the story for what it truly is."

Well said.

PETER PAN becomes a highly sentimental story, if you enjoyed it as a child. For as a child, when you are young and innocent, you love the story for the adventure and especially the flying.

But later as an adult, when you go back and watch the same version of PETER PAN you loved when growing up, you discover the themes of the story that flew over your head from years before. This moment when you realize what PETER PAN is about, is when you stop growing up.

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:51pm

"This moment when you realize what PETER PAN is about, is when you stop growing up."

That is one of the best comments about anything I've read on these boards. Bravo, Cap'n.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:59pm

I think DietCoke should be consumed. Then we can return the can for the 5 cent deposit because that's about all she's worth!

How DARE she criticize Mary Martin's PETER PAN!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:00pm

Wow... your website is awesome Capn !!! Just curious... what do you think of "Peter Pan's Flight" at WDW?

Has always been a fave of ours !!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:01pm

Thank you, DGrant. I made myself cry.

Don't be too hard on DietCoke. Her comments were not directed towards the content of the show, but rather the quality of the video footage. (Although I do not understand how it is "funny."?)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:04pm

>> Wow... your website is awesome Capn !!! Just curious... what do you think of "Peter Pan's Flight" at WDW?

It's an awfully big adventure! Loved it as a child, and I still do.

It's the one dark ride in Fantasyland that the adults want to do first. It's the ride in Fantasyland that always has the longest line. It was one of Walt Disney's favorites.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:05pm

The average wait for that ride, I believe is constantly 55 minutes. It's the 2nd ride I go on each time I go to Disney. The first is IT'S A SMALL WORLD. That's my favorite ride, ever since I was a wee tot.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:08pm

Yes... the part when you can see the overhead of the city is amazing !!! Flying in the night sky with the moon straight ahead is something special !!

Capn.. do you know if there are still plans to bring the new "PP" tour to Broadway in 2005? Playbill.com had an article months back stating that was the plan. We really enjoyed it the last time it was here with Cathy Rigby. Believe it was at the Gershwin??