Strolling Through The (Theme) Park One Day: Snoopy’s Birthday!

This is a short stroll through Knott’s Berry Farm to catch Snoopy’s Birthday, but also some parts of the park I haven’t explored! First was to head to Camp Snoopy with the Snoopy in Birthday. It was on August 10th, Thursday, but this was his birthday weekend. Snoopy is 72 years old. He wore a colorful birthday cap and vest with half of the birthday colors and the left side was a bright blue. It was interesting to also see Charlie Brown in birthday hat and a red shirt with a birthday stripe. He was leaving by the time I got there. Next, I went to check Ghost Town Alive!  There is a new leg hanging out of a Goldie’s Hotel window. A little more lively now. 

Birthday Charlie Brown and Birthday Beagle Snoopy at Snoopy’s Birthday!, author’s photo. 

I also found from a vlogger’s video about the peek into the Boot Hill Undertaker window. There is a hanged man there who instantly dissolves into a skeleton and back! This is the same technology that I saw used to transform a skeleton into a neanderthal at the La Brea Tar Pits. I never noticed it so there are things to discover even after going to the same park many times! This is the same with the Bird Cage Theatre. After checking the horses at the  Livery Stable, I found out the show was about to begin at the theatre, I have never managed to get there on time. The original theatre was transported by Walter Knott from Tombstone, Arizona. Live shows had begun there in 1954. It is notable as an early acting job for Steve Martin currently in Only Murders in the Building. 

                                                                                   Miss Cameo Kate’s Western Burle-Q Revue!, photo by the author. 

The featured show is Miss Cameo Kate’s Western Burle-Q Revue. I highly recommend this show! One because live performances are special especially with theme park performances with built-in audiences. Two, this is ol’ fashioned enterainment in the Vaudeville tradition. Three, Miss Cameo Kate, the musicians, and the singer/dancers putting on shows for the day is something special. I recall the song, “[I Got Spurs That] Jingle, Jangle, Jingle”, a fun cowboy-like song perfect for Ghost Town. The Calico Town backdrop, the stage with hitching post props, and the costumes are all just entertainment that I want to see again and again. Clap along and holler, “Yee-haw!” I was about to leave Ghost Town when they was a big crowd all a gathered outside of the hoosegow. It was several prisoners and Kid Friday was there causin’ a ruckus. He was drawin’ the tail of a skunk at Deputy Davenport who was tryin’ to reach for it! It’s always fun to visit Knott’s Berry Farm in the last of the summer days! 

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