The Singing Geese are characters in the Disney Parks.
History[]
Development[]
The Singing Geese were created as a singing goose quartet by animator Marc Davis. The characters were created for the Tomorrowland attraction America Sings to be amongst the singing animatronic anthropomorphic animals. Said attraction would close down in the 1980s.
The goose animatronics (along with the other animatronics of America Sings) were repurposed for the newly developed attraction, Splash Mountain. In said attraction, the geese would no-longer be presented as a musical quartet but rather simple ensembles in the musical sequences.
Two of the geese were also removed to be repurposed for yet another attraction in the form of Star Tours. These geese would be removed of their synthetic skins and turned into droids named G2-9T and G2-4T. As homages to the origins of their animatronics, the G2 droids were given the nickname of "Goose-Droids".
As of 2020, Splash Mountain was announced for closure to be completely reimagined into a Princess and the Frog-themed attraction due to controversy surrounding the film which inspired the attraction, while The Oriental Land Company has not decided whether to retheme the Tokyo version of the attraction or not. The Magic Kingdom version of Splash Mountain permanently closed on January 23, 2023 followed by the Disneyland version closed permanently on May 31 on that same year.
The Fishermen Geese (including Br'er Goose) were removed to feature Louis in the "Gonna Take You There" sequence for the new attraction in both versions.
Appearances[]
Disney Parks[]
America Sings[]
The Geese appeared in America Sings as a singing quartet. The geese were amongst Ollie the Owl and Sam the Eagle in being the only characters who appeared in each of the era-based show-scenes of the attraction. The geese would open up every different show-scene's era by performing a song while dressed in the wardrobe of the time.
Splash Mountain[]
In Splash Mountain, the geese are encountered in the "How Do You Do?" song-number when guests first enter the animal world of the mountain. Rather than appearing as a quartet, they are singing fishermen who attempt to catch fish. Another one of the geese appears behind a tree, holding a pocket-watch and cane while wearing a top-hat.
Louis' Critter Club[]
An Easter egg of the fishermen geese hat can be spotted on a top shelf next to some instruments inside the store.
Members[]
- Tom
- Dick
- Harry
- Bill
- Fred
- Ed
- Joe
- Clem
- Skip
- Bob
- Leo
Gallery[]
.jpg "The Frontier Four (America Sings).jpg (808 KB)")
.jpeg "The Beep-Bop-Boys (America Sings).jpeg (1.15 MB)")
Trivia[]
- G2-9T sings the songs: "I've Been Working on the Same Droid, all the livelong day" in Star Tours and "I've Been Looking at the Same Bag, all the livelong day" in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. Both of these songs are parodies of, "I've been working on the railroad" which was sung by the geese in America Sings' old south sequence.
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