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by keoMGA78
Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:01 am
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: Great America "TM Productions"
Replies: 10
Views: 39003

I remember singing a version of that song either in the studio or at an industrial for MGA around 1983? I know the lyrics were changed in the phrase "in the Yukon, catch a polar bear" to something like "in the Yukon, go there if you dare".

PC corrections!
Kathy
by keoMGA78
Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:09 am
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: Gurnee Park in Winter
Replies: 52
Views: 80055

"Happy Holidays" in The Grand Music Hall

In the winter of 1982 in Santa Clara we put up a new show, "Happy Holidays" that brought together the talents of both the Bug's Theater (Theatre Royal) and our Grand Music Hall It was wonderful working with them. Most came back the next year and performed with us in "Salute to the Sta...
by keoMGA78
Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:39 pm
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: Great America slogans
Replies: 16
Views: 27230

My sister and I were chatting on the phone today, talking about what we were going to do this weekend and she happened upon the patter of one of the commercials for MGA..."well, we COULD clean out the GARAGE...." "Yeah,.... or we could go to Marriott's Great America!!!" Now THAT ...
by keoMGA78
Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:23 pm
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: Other Six Flags/Paramount owned theme parks
Replies: 5
Views: 10491

Hi Steven Yes, Bugs and Friends were put there that same year. It was as though we had never left MGA...except it was very humid and hot outside. One of the great benefits of working outside was the cancelling of the shows when a summer storm blew through! Many took a train into NYC and caught a mat...
by keoMGA78
Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:17 am
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: Other Six Flags/Paramount owned theme parks
Replies: 5
Views: 10491

Hi all, This is my first post on your forum. I started working at age 16 and have worked at 4 Marriott's/Six Flag parks. Here are 2 you didn't mention (they weren't open long!) Marriotts ran Rye Playland- Rye, NY 1981 Six Flags Auto World- Flint, MI 1985 Marriotts Great America, Santa Clara 1978,79...