Festival of Fools (Disneyland) Part 1 of 3

[khfan4life365]

That's a theater? It's freaking huge! I want this back even though i've never seen it! BRING IT BACK DISNEYLAND! I WANNA GLOMP CLOPIN!!!

[pbscraze]

I remember my Dad taking me to see this when school was out....

[Tachi87]

Oh my gosh thank you for posting this!!!!

[Someotherguyuser]

They need to use this space for a Frontierland expansion with two big E-Tickets or something....just sayin'.

[WDI2008]

Isnt this where the Pirates of the Caribbean 4 preview is being held ? And the Family Fun Weekends during the Off Season ?

[sillyrach333]

@WDI2008 yes. it was. but now it's being used at nights for grad night

[WDI2008]

Isnt this were the Pirates of the Caribbean 4 preview is being held ? And the Family Fun Weekends during the Off Season ?

[silverMellow]

I freakin love that giggle!

[heyuwolf101]

Oh wow, the guy playing Clopin has a pretty nice voice!

[yyhlover]

Why did they get rid of this?

[sillyrach333]

Again add us on Facebook,

Wewantthe Festivaloffoolsback

and message us saying you are responding to these comments! I'd love to gget some help from all of you.

We've kindof almost given up on bringing the show home, for they basically ignored us. But we got Clopin and Esmeralda back for one weekend in the park, and we think we can get them back more. SO ADD AND MESSAGE!

PLEASE

[MaireEmily]

6:30 ....Chills!!!

[Nectarmaiden]

It's a shame they stopped this show.

[violetsins]

I remember seeing this when i was little XD

[sharksforthewin17]

I WISH THEY STILL DID THIS SHOW!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!!!!

[MissUnpredictable818]

man i miss this show =[

[TheHanaKatsumi]

Clopin has a nice singing voice.

[Heavenlea6292]

Dat Laugh.

[FantasmaLuna]

Gawd, I love Clopin! What a voice! That giggle made me feel all tingly inside! <3

Oh, how I wish I was there! BRING BACK THE FESTIVAL OF FOOLS!

[ToxicChewingGum]

hahaha i love clopin' little laugh 7:14 and like OH! 7:28

<3 orgasmic

[paraparamore23]

This is one of my earliest Disney memories. Thanks for the upload ♥

[PhantomcatErik]

Just out of curiousity, I typed in "festival of fools disneyland" into the search bar to see if anyone had uploaded videos of this show. AND YOU DID! xD Haha. I loved this show so much as a kid. Miss it so much. Everytime my mother and I ride the train and we see it, we go, "Ooh, FoF. How we miss thee." Yeah. We're dorks. Haha.

[xoxoANDIxoxo]

oh that gave me chills! i was 5 at the time but i still remember this show! i always sat in the front and was just so excited! why doesnt disney do anything like this anymore? i also miss the new parade for all the movies that came out. like the lion king parade! and hercules!

[twilightnephilim19]

o.O Clopin's voice is AMAZING!!! What happened to this show???? All of Disney's shows and movie of today are crap! Bring back Hunchback!!!

[Queerlioness]

what happens in the beginning?

[sillyrach333]

Nothing can compare the clopin and the man who plays him here. Jim Graft, right?

[sillyrach333]

Hey, everyone who LOVED this show and WANTS IT BACK should go add us on facebook and follow us on twitter. We are trying to get the show BACK FOR ITS 15TH. We need YOUR help. Twitter : WeWantFOFBack

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If you can't figure this out, message me on this (:

THANK YOU! PLEASE HELP US!!!

[Vynisa]

Oh my god this Clopin's voice makes me melt xD

I feel so nostalgic watching this...I hate when I pass this area on the train, it makes me sad to think the area has gone to waste.

[sillyrach333]

I was so young, I don't remember seeing this, but I always remember seeing the set everytime the train would pass it. I always wondered what it was for. I really wish this was still around.

[LolitaLexi]

I am totally sad, disney just forgot about Hunchback, but i was one of the best if not the best film they ever made...:(

[Digitalfairy]

Man I really wanted to see this with my folks! I know my parents would've loved this!

[amybw89]

I remember watching this show and watching the Quasimodo come out of a top tower... this was way back when I was 6. Miss it :(

But how did people get to this area? Frontierland?

[NmofaDream]

something about this looks soooo familiar to me... but it's weird, i went to disneyland for the first time in 2000, after this closed. =/ it's a shame they don't do this anymore =(

[homicidalchipmunkKK]

In just a couple more weeks, I'll be visiting Disneyland for the first time... but wait, they don't show this anymore?! Damn! The Festival of Fools would have been the highlight of my trip for SURE.

YAY, CLOPIN!!! XD

[RobStephfanfver]

How did that Frollo guy change so quickly?!

[RobStephfanfver]

That Frollo guy may not have a deep baritone but he looks rather yummy.

[flashbackdlr]

Happy Topsy-Turvy Day ParkHopper. Thank you for posting this! I was at the F.O.F from the day it opened to the day it closed. I made so many friends there that I am still friends with. It was one of the best experiences in my LIFE! I miss it terribly!

[kslrr]

RaaachyFace. Can you post that pic? I am renting a room to Emitra Jade Fehr who claims to have played Esmeralda.

[Echoingdreams]

I would so date a boy who played Clopin! You know someone who plays the king of the gypsies has to be rather handsome and funny and intelligent... and... *sighs*

[mollieandmadiandmore]

I cant believe they got rid of it!!!!!!!!!!!!! the movie was made in my birthyear, so naturally i didnt get to see it- i wuz 1 or 2. ugh, im mad at the disney company now. i want to see this so bad!

[ztslovebird]

@mollieandmadiandmore I agree! This show had so much potential! But I hear that they're taking Hunchback to Broadway in a few years!

[SparrowFreak]

CLOPIN!!!!!!! They should bring this show back!!!

[ztslovebird]

@SparrowFreak It's a sad waste of a beautiful theatre, turning it into a corporate picnic area! And what says "happiest place on Earth" better than a Festival of Fools?

[SOCAL25]

I was a cast member in this show for its last eyar. What an incredible experience. They should have never gotten rid of the show. =(

[fishdified]

Thats so awesome! Not many can say they worked behind the magic for Disney =)

[SOCAL25]

Very true. It was such fun show to be in!

[kmcwells]

I was 10, but I remember doing this!

[RaaachyFace]

Ahhhh!!! I remember this.... I have a picture of me when I was younger with Esmeralda. :]

[DragonHeart06]

This must have been so fun to act in! =3

[LexOnTheWeb]

I barely remember watching this show. I was like 2 years old, maybe younger at the time, My first time at Disneyland! Thanks for uploading this Parkhopper so I can remember what it was like!

[KaizokuSanji]

This was my Favorite live show at Disneyland when I was little. I go all the time, and when this show was playing I believe I would catch this show as often as possible. I miss it, as well as the other live shows they not longer do.

[sk8rchic41123]

Aww, too bad I live on the East coast and never got to see this.

The guy playing Clopin in this is so good! Really nice voice and energy, and all the little noises he's making are wicked cute.

[MissRachel15]

I remember this show from when I was little! I really miss it - and I remember at the very beginning when the guy wearing black would say, "I'LL play Frollo!" Good times... Disney should bring this show back, even if its only for a little while.

[Bobanator]

one of the best disney stage shows from back in the day. i relly miss this one!

[MTdizzle94]

I think this should come back for Hunchback's 15th in 2011

[PrincessofPepperland]

Aww! Whoever did Clopin is a great actor. I love his voice,how he sings and how he laughs. ^^ He's so cute,too!

[Imgnrphx]

His name is Jim Graft. He actually still works at California Adventure... last time I looked he was in Drawn to the Magic. :)

[DuchssEliz]

I was backstage. :o) It was AWESOME! Best time of my life. If you live in California, go to the Team Disney Anaheim building to apply. If you're in Florida, I don't know! :oS

[DuchssEliz]

Used to work on this show. Thanks for posting it. Good memories. :o)

[AeroAJA]

Disneyland should bring this back!!

[FFXfan010]

HEY MY MOM WENT TO WATCH THAT SHOW!!! on that exact year she went with my cousin!!! she video taped it and I watched it over and over I loved it!!

[monorailblue]

Hahaha I loved this show!

[paintingmycanvas1]

looks so wonderful

[iluvcheezitsheyhey]

WOW. And why is this still not playing?!?!?!?! Thank you so much for posting this!!!

[2berrykool]

wow this brings back memories.

even though i was only 7 i still remember this. thanks for posting this up. :]

[whuhumuch]

ok then

[freacls]

thise is where i glomped Quasimodo after the show near thise area he was signing autographes and that and i hugged him and i sat on Esmareldas knee i was 6or 7 then i loved thise show and the film

[TodReynard43]

Wow thank you so much. I saw this when I was four because I was obsessed with The Hunchback and this show was my favourite! Every time I go to Disneyland and pass by the stage, I die a little bit. Great memories; thank you for the recollection!

[flightlessphoenix]

OMG. This was so amazing. I wish they still had it.

[freacls]

same hear

[ktcru]

This show was freaking spectacular. I still have confetti that I collected off the ground after I first saw it! :D

[freacls]

lol i swallowed a bit it got everywhere iv still got the photos from the show and autographes were you their when [the guy inside ]Quasimodo collapsed with appendicitis

[ktcru]

I wasn't there, but I do remember reading that it happened. Most of what I remember is the guy who played Clopin had the most AMAZING vocal range and perfect pitch I'd ever heard <3

[BaKeRdRuMmEr]

OH MY GOSHHHHH

I totally remember seeing this the first time i went to disneyland. I was 7 years old when I went. I remembered this because I recognized those little flags. I always thought it was a memory that really wasn't there and now i know it really was like that!

How cool thanks for putting this up!

[TalkingPants353]

lol look at the kid with the old school goofy hat

[ulisesm07]

OMG. thanks for this. this is one of my vague memories to my first visit to disneyland...thank you for postinG!!

[ebear]

It is SO WEIRD to walk through this arena nowadays, knowing what it once was! THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this because only today I was trying to remember what it once was as I went through it.

[focus9111]

I can't thank you enough for posting this. It was also 10 years ago I saw right there in Paris as a kid. Thank you so much!!!

[PhnxFlame]

OMG... thank you sooo much for having this up. I used to head over to Disneyland just to see this show. I'm pretty sure that the Clopin is played by Jim Graft.

[rottencherry33]

Ya that's Jim. Wow I miss this show.

[ladydemando]

was Jim also an understudy for John Smith? Because I know like several of the male leads for the show, took the part of John Smith when our friend Paul Cady had to take medical leave

[Imgnrphx]

Jim was the second cast to John Bisom (who then took the part of John Smith). :)

[hobbesnblue]

A thousand thanks! I was 10 years old when I saw this, but now that I'm double that age, I didn't remember much until I saw this.

[Pingmonster]

Thank you so much for posting this! This brings back really great memories! I used to work there on the guest control crew and it still gets my vote for best/most fun place I've ever worked (that was my trainer, Scott at the beginning!)!

[jonescalypso]

I would've loved to see this live, but I was too young at the time to appreciate it and would've just been upset that they didn't quote the movie word for word. (I was a picky brat when I was little)

[Eriksoneandonly]

That Frollo! I love him! 'I hate the gypsy vermin with every bone in my body.' Ha! Not as good as Tony Jay, but wonderful, nonetheless. That Clopin rocks, his singing voice is wonderful and Esmeralda is cool, too!

[modchic2000]

This was my first job at Disneyland, and my favorite! I was a mere pre-show gypsy, teaching the cheers, getting the guests fired up! I see my old lead, Matt in the bg! I hope they decide one day to revive this, perhaps to pantages! The music is much more dramatic &powerful than Wicked (which I just saw last night, & discovered Eden worked at Disney this same time, Animazement)

[007deadbeat]

That must have been really fun, though! I hope they revive this show, too. ;]

[modchic2000]

This was my first job at Disneyland, and my favorite! I was a mere pre-show gypsy, teaching the cheers, getting the guests fired up! I see my old lead, Matt in the bg! I hope they decide one day to revive this, perhaps to pantages! The music is much more dramatic &powerful than Wicked (which I just saw last night, & discovered Eden worked at Disney this same time, Animazement)

[lilcrazy09]

theatre is still there, they had the awards ceremony for music in the parks there

[Andiana]

thank you so much for posting this up.

[Chizpurfle52595]

FUCK. I love audience interaction. This is quite original material. It's so weird to see this. CLOPIN!!! CLOPIN!!!! AAAHHH!!! I LOVE YOUUUU!!!! God bless you for putting this up, ParkHopper!

[kablary]

Thank you so much for posting! This brought so many memories. I love your movies! Keep posting great stuff like this!!

[michiruwater]

This is the sweetest thing EVER.

[PixieSpells]

Yay!!! I love Clopin! I never got to see this show before it stopped running in the park.

[Svaro]

I love the the casting bits. XD!!

[Unbunkum]

theatre in the round is love.

[D3L0R34N]

No seriously, you are the best.

I was fortunate to have an Ice Cream party there for the CM's last year and it was in the Festival Arena. Its really weird how deserted it looks now.

[filmfreak11]

YOU ARE THE BEST

[ParkHopper]

Aw, shucks.

[muffles12]

how long it run?

[ParkHopper]

It only ran for two years. It was gone by 1999.

[muffles12]

how long run througt 2001? i think saw still there

[muffles12]

how long festival of fool run through 2001? when i saw it still run.