"The Jungle Cruise boat ride that debuted in 1955 at Disneyland has seen the script used by the skippers change and evolve over the decades to introduce jokes about angry hippos, leaping tigers and the backside of water as the attraction has been updated and refreshed. Jungle Cruise skippers memorize hundreds of corny dad jokes for use in the Disneyland attraction spiel, according to The Happiest Story on Earth special on ABC's 20/20 newsmagazine TV show."
"The Jungle Cruise ride that debuted on July 17, 1955 with the grand opening of the Anaheim theme park was inspired by Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures nature documentary films and The African Queen adventure film from 1951. The opening day attraction that simulated a 10,000-mile journey along the Irrawaddy, Mekong, Nile and Congo rivers had a very dry, factual narration that was more educational than entertaining."
"The skippers added jokes to the official script in the 1960s after Walt Disney asked animator Marc Davis to sketch some new scenes that would introduce more drama and humor to the ride. Walt heard that skippers were starting to put jokes in, Newsander said on 20/20. He said, Put me on a boat that does the jokes' and he loved it."
Jungle Cruise opened in 1955 at Disneyland and originally simulated a 10,000-mile journey along the Irrawaddy, Mekong, Nile and Congo rivers with a dry, factual narration. The ride drew inspiration from Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures films and the 1951 film The African Queen. Skippers began adding jokes in the 1960s after animator Marc Davis sketched new scenes to add drama and humor, and Walt Disney embraced the change. New skippers memorize hundreds of corny jokes—about 600 lines—and the attraction has been updated to remove negative depictions and operate with a fully formed story.
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