Comments to the above you tube clip of the 1984 Marineland commercial:
Similar to the 1983 Marineland commercial, this one runs a bit longer which means more jingle goodness.
The French Marineland ads are annoying -- it is so obvious that the kids who sing aren't actually French speakers. Considering that there is a good Franco-Ontarian community (not to mention French speakers in Quebec), you'd think that finding singers whose French is more than approximate wouldn't be such a hard task...
I love how the 1984 version of the Marineland commercial was longer and I love the fact that the voices were te same in this version as they were in the 1980 and the 1983 version. I also love the pictures they showed on the commercial such as the killer whales, different acts in the shows, and the rides in motion.
the fact that performing elephants pretty much dont exist anymore makes me laugh at this scene!
Retrontario: I wish you had the 1980 Marineland commercial which robatsea2008 once had on YouTube when he had a YouTube account.
this was the best theme,,,the new one is annoying as hell!
I remember this commercial, but my brain only remembers the current them tune for Marineland '...everyone loves Marineland'. I only went once as a kid some time during the late 70s. I wouldn't mind going there again! :)
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Vintage Marineland and Game Farm--1977
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Wade G. Burck
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KING OF AQUARIA says: "In the brochures of my collection of aquaria I never saw anything about lions or tigers performing at Marineland and Game Farm. Were these lease shows or were the animals owned by John Holer? Back in the 70's when I worked for Shamu I used to love to curl up in my boss's office (after he went home, of course) and read the Top Secret Sea World memos. I remember reading about some trouble Marineland and Game Farm's John Holer got into 'importing' six bottlenose dolphins from Mexico. I guess he was testing the newly created Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972."
King,
You must not have one of the high line brochure's that were offered for years. They were a 6 X 8, 10 page booklet with Pete Roman riding 4 dolphins, and filled with pictures of yours truly as well as all the other animals and trainers at Marineland. Yes, the tigers, elephants, and bears were lease acts and we only performed there in the incredibly busy summer months. John Holter was just crawling out from under the "dolphin deal" the first year I was at Marineland in 1976, and yes I believe it was a move to skirt the new regulations that busted him. I have been around long enough to realize regulations are necessary, as there are a few folks in the world of animals who feel they are above any laws.
FYI, I was told a story for years, don't know if it is true or just "folk lore" about the start of Marineland. Apparently John Holter was a chemist and originally came to Canada to apply that craft in the wine industry. Realizing the tourist potential coming to view the falls he had a tank built, similar to a large wine barrel and rented property on what is not the east parking lot at Marineland, and place the tank there and stocked it with two sea lions. He used to charge people to walk up steps to the tank and throw fish to the sea lions. To "attract" folks leaving the fall's driving by, arrangements were made with a friend who owned a used car lot to bring a dozen or so cars and park them by the tank, giving the impression of a busy place. Once a week new car's were brought to replace the previous one's. The gimmick worked and Marineland became one of the biggest attractions in Canada. The years of 1977,78,79, 80 were crazy 6 show's a day every two hours, hour and a half shows with a half hour at the conclusion to empty the grand stand and fill it up for the next show. The OPP were called a number of time's as the entrance gate's had to be close and no more people allowed in, which caused a few "riots."
After over 35 years in show business, I have never seen anything like it. It just skyrocketed. When the ride's were all up and running, it was decided that the additional cost of the land mammals was not necessary for the continued success of the park.
Wade
Interesting history, i always wondered why the animals shows left.
Did you have an easy working relationship with Holer?
Wikipedia doesn't like to be corrected either. Three times I tried to correct the Circus Historical Society entry and three times they told me to get out.
Screw em!
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