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Whereabouts

I've decided that after years of abandoning Tumblr, I'll start using it again.

However, I won't be posting much on here, as I'll be using Tumblr to focus on my Magic Lights ARG series and for other stuff. So in the meantime, here's where you can find my stuff at:

Portfolio: https://cara.app/bickpixx

Newgrounds: https://bickpixx.newgrounds.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bickpixx (INACTIVE)

Comics: https://bickpixx.itch.io

Magic Lights ARG: https://magic-lights.tumblr.com/

ELSEWHERE: https://linktr.ee/bickpixx

As much as I'd like to post art on here again, it's going to be a hassle to post all my art here at the moment.

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✨✨Happy birthday Travis Bickerstaff!✨✨

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A vintage Islands of Adventure commercial from 1985.

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A vintage Islands of Adventure commercial from 1985.

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The intro and credits to NBC's revival of 'The Daffy Duck Show' from 1988.

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The intro and credits to NBC's revival of 'The Daffy Duck Show' from 1988.

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Marriott's Islands of Adventure commercial from 1987.

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A map of Marriott's Islands of Adventure from the mid 1980s. It's an AU of Universal's Islands of Adventure, where it's owned by the Marriott Corporation and opened in 1980.

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Jamaican Looney Tunes 🇯🇲

I did all the voices myself.

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Marriott's Islands of Adventure (1982)

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THE LOONEY TUNES MAGIC LAKE SHOW (1978 VIDEOTAPE)

A rare videotape of the Looney Tunes Magic Lake Show in 1978. This was taped by the Magic Lights staff just a week before Great America opened for the season. This includes footage of the original US Flag finale that was only used in 1978.

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1980 brochure of Marriott’s Great American with an promotion of the Magic Lake Show.

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Videotape footage of the Looney Tunes Magic Lake Show from 1987.

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KINGS ISLAND’S MAGIC MIRRORS (1980-1988 VERSION)

(Opening Fanfare segment)

(Opening Fanfare segment)

(Huckleberry Hound & Friends segment)

(The Flintstones segment)

(The Jetsons segment)

(Scooby-Doo segment)

(Swirling Star segment)

In Spring 1980, Magic Lights debuted it new “Magic Mirror” show system at Kings Island. This was the first version of the show that ran from 1980 through 1988. The format consisted four show segments on rotation six screens.

The show starts off with a electronic fanfare and the middle screen saying “Kings Island presents”. Then the screen switches to the show’s name.

After the opening fanfare, the show goes into its first segment. It had character screens of Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Wally Gator. Each one had their show’s theme song play as they light up individually.

There’s a brief intermission as the screens switch to second segment of the show. This segment features the Flintstones characters, with the show’s theme song.

The show goes into another intermission as the next segment of the show consists of the Jetsons. The segment plays the Jetsons theme song and the screens light on cue from the character names.

The final segment of the show is Scooby-Doo. It featured the original five characters and used the theme song from the “New Scooby-Doo Movies” show.

The finale segment of the show was known as the “Swirling Star” finale. After the Jetsons segment, the barges would go dark for moment. Then the credits music from the Flintstones Funnies would play, as the screens turn into the Swirling Star logo.

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THE LOONY TUNES MAGIC LAKE SHOW (1984-1990)

VERSION B (1986-1990)

(The “Show A” portion of the show)

In 1986, the show received a cosmetic change. The floating pillars from the Marriott era were scrapped in favor of a stage style. This gave the show its iconic look in the Six Flags era. A big noticeable cosmetic change were the addition of whiskers on the Speedy Gonzales screen.

(The “Show B” portion of the show)

(The updated WB Shields screen)

Another change to the show were the WB shields. The original red and blue colors were changed to make them all have uniformity.

(“Six Flags Presents” screen)

A year later in 1987, a new “Six Flags Presents” screen was added to the show. This remained unchanged until 1993, for the the old logo was changed to the newer one.

That same year, the Liberty Bugs finale was modified. Due to the fireworks animation not being synced with the Automat system, it was replaced with stars. The 1812 Overture soundtrack was replaced with the original Patriotic finale soundtrack from the Marriott era.

This version from the Six Flags era is the most well-known version of the show. While this version was running, plans to update it in 1991 had begun behind the scenes.

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THE LOONEY TUNES MAGIC LAKE SHOW (1978-1983 VERSION)

The character screens from 1978-1979. As to speed up the process, the 1977 barges were reused and given animation.

In time for the 1978 season, the Looney Tunes Magic Lake Show was massively revamped. This version of the show is better known as the “Marriott Era”.

The 1980-1983 character screens.

In 1980, the characters received a cosmetic update. This remained through out the Marriott version. Noticeable changes were towards the faces of the characters. The Pepé Le Pew barge was resized.

From 1978 until 1982, the barges originally had the Big W Warner Bros. logo. It would disappear on a music cue, as to switch to a Looney Tunes character. In 1979, the show began using its trademark “swirling whoosh” cue sound.

Around 1983, the Big W on the barges was changed to the more iconic Warner Bros. shield. This remained throughout the Magic Lake Show’s run, until its final performance in 1998.

(The Patriotic Stars finale)

This version gave the show a proper finale. The first part was patriotic finale with stars.

(That’s All Folks finale)

The show ends with a Moog version of the “That’s All Folks!” melody, with the barge lights spelling out the words.

The design sheet for the ‘78 Magic Lake Show designed by artist Bob Trevors. According to Trevors, it took him just one day draft the designs.

The 1978-1983 show had no dedicated soundtrack, aside from the Looney Tunes melodies. The soundtrack consisted of library music from Jean-Jacques Perrey and a few other artists. The Patriotic Stars proportion used an electronic version of the “Star Bangled Banner” that was used on TV stations at the time.

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In late 1981, an unknown company in Chicago created a bootleg Donkey Kong game titled "Mad Ape". This bootleg got a gimmick where the timer had reached zero, the game would go to "ape mode". Due to hardware issues, the sprites and the game over screen weren't rendered correctly. Mad Ape was never released to the public, due to poor reception from test locations. It didn't help that its use of a digitized ape screeches had startled players. The roms were then discarded, thus making this bootleg game a piece of lost media.