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Davy Crockett Craze 2002 The Davy Crockett Craze Home Page By Howard Bender |
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| The 100Th. birthday of Walt Disney was celebrated Wednesday December 5th 2001 at the Disney MGM theme park with a 25-foot-high image of Walt Disney made entirely of cakes. I was there with my family in the mists of all this merriment thinking how little to no Davy Crockett merchandise I could find in any of the Disney World theme parks, when all of a sudden Fess Parker walked by. There was Fess all spiffed up in a dark suit and sporting a moustache, we called to him and he shook each of our hands and talked with us before he had to move on to his appearance in the celebration. Well, all I could think then was I couldn�t have asked for more then finding Davy Crockett himself in the park! Thanks Fess! |
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| Also in December 2001 Disney released two new Davy Crockett items: the Davy Crockett DVD, packaging all five original Crockett TV shows onto two CD discs and a children�s western dress up set! The dress-up set is from the Disney Store's �Adventurers� series and comes boxed with a child�s coonskin cap, toy Bowie knife (in fringed knife holder) and a fringed carry satchel that says �Davy Crockett�. Originally sold for $14.99 but you can pick it up now for only $3.49!! A great buy for those �kids� looking for their own Davy Crockett hat!! |
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| Talking about Davy�s hat, the Davy Crockett Craze made a splash on the "Style Page" of the December issue of GQ Magazine. The article by John T. Edge, "Frontier Foppery, Make like Davy Crockett and get some tail -- Pioneer -- Style" touches on many of the highlights of the DC Craze, using Davy's hat as the hook and Disney�s Davy as the hero to look up to after 9-11. An interesting piece that leaves you thinking that maybe ol� Davy could wrestle a terrorist into seeing the error of their ways!! |
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| E-Mail me your Crockett Comments Here... � 2002 [email protected] |
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| The world premiere of the musical GONE TO TEXAS opens this April 5th. at the Josephine Theatre in San Antonio Texas. It's the story of the men and women who came to Texas and ended up at the Alamo and of course Davy Crockett is one of the three leading characters. This epic event will be the first ever to bring to the musical stage the story of the last moments of the heroes the Alamo. Jump here to see the playbill. |
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| The latest issue of �The Wrapper� # 186 April-May 2002, features an in-depth article on the Davy Crockett Craze showcasing the two Topps issued bubble gum card sets from 1956. Written by David Owen of Stevensville, Ontario, this informative piece also gives many personal reminiscences about the famed Orange and Green sets which recalls one experience an avid collector had concerning his 3 year old sister�s nose that is literally breathtaking, >GuLp<! Published by owner and editor Les Davis The Wrapper is the oldest non-sport trading card fanzine, celebrating over 20 years of publishing collector news, comments and trading/buying ads. To get this and the next issue that concludes the two-part Crockett Bubble Gum Card Craze article, click here. |
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| Crockett Craze Pops Bubble Gum! |
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| Pin is in the shape of a TV set and features a small photo of Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen riding into the Alamo from the TV episode of �Davy Crockett at the Alamo� that originally aired Wednesday February 23, 1955!! Pins are only $5.00 US and $7.00 Canadian and should be available at all Disney Stores through to the end of the completion of the whole pin set. "Remember the Alamo!!" |
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| New at the Disney Store this July as part of the �12 Months of Disney Magic� pin set is �Davy Crockett at the Alamo�! |
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| ''Davy Crockett's Journal'' Disney Storybook Pin (Series #3) |
| A Disney Catalog exclusive: Disney�s third set in The Storybook Pin Series, offers ''Davy Crockett's Journal'' from the ''Disneyland'' television series and the elegant storybook from ''The Sword in the Stone''. Journey into the realm of ''once upon a time� with these enamel, cloisonn�, storybook pins. Each hinged pin opens to reveal a significant page in the book and arrives on a card with artwork and historical information. Each features the Disney catalog backstamp and a special Disney Storybook Pin Series backstamp created exclusively for the series! Approximately 1 1/4'' -square. Imported. Can only be order online @ Disney.com or through the Disney catalog. ($36.95 with shipping and tax) |
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| DISNEY MAGICAL MUSICAL MOMENTS PINS: �The Ballad of Davy Crockett� Pin # 40 |
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| Here we go again � Disney has come out with yet another 100+ pins set. This year's offering is called the �Magical Musical Moments� pin series and is destined to be one of the more memorable pin series released by Disney to date. All pins feature hit songs and ballads from each of your favorite Disney movies with eight new pins released every Saturday through the end of 2002. One of the eight pins issued each week will actually play the musical tune based on its Disney movie theme. These new colorful pins (measure about 1.5"w x 1.5"h) are packaged on a sealed card and sold exclusively at the Disney Store for $4.50 US and $7.50 CDN. �The Ballad of Davy Crockett� is pin # 40 in the set and is one of the ones that do not play music. This cool looking Davy pin harkens back to the days of the 1955 craze by showing a silver and brown felt silhouette of the buckskinned Alamo hero in front of a large round yellow sun that's set behind a Tennessee mountaintop filled with black felt pine trees! It could only be better if it did actually play "Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, Greenest state in the land of the free, Raised in the woods so he knew every tree, Kilt him a b'ar when he was only three, Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier!" |