The Country Bear Jamboree's Moose Star: Looking Back on Melvin's Strange Solo Career

When you think of the Country Bear Jamboree, does Melvin the Moose immediately come to mind? I didn't think so, but there was a time in the Disney parks when this Moose starred in two live shows!
0:00 Intro
1:48 Christmas Follies/Miss Minnie's Country Christmas
6:35 Chip 'n Dale's Country Morning Jamboree (Featuring Melvin the Moose)
8:57 Afterwards and Other Tidbits
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CHRISTMAS FOLLIES (DISNEYLAND)
• Christmas Follies, Dis...
• DISNEYLAND CHRISTMAS 1...
• Christmas at Disneylan...
MISS MINNIE'S COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (WDW)
• Miss Minnie's Country ...
• Miss Minnie's Country ...
• Miss Minnie's Country ...
BREAKFAST JAMBOREE
• Chip and Dale's Breakf...
• Chip and Dale's Breakf...
• Chip and Dale's Breakf...
• Chip and Dales Breakfa...
FANTASY FOLLIES
• Restored Video: Fantas...
MINNIE'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
• Minnie's Christmas Party
COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE
• Video
COUTNRY BEAR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
• Country Bear Christmas...
MILE LONG BAR
• Mile Long Bar - Melvin...

[@LeBasfondMusic]

"And he plays good, too." Country Bears are nothing short of ICONIC

[@DarthLink2]

I always love hearing about obscure Disney characters.

[@nicholassims9837]

I think he might be obscure is because people only look at film and tv characters , As i only really know the Bears from the movie

[@rockysewruk6933]

Me too

[@bennybotros2082]

Awesome videos i love the country bears. Also “stupid sexy shaker”

[@nicole-ls4jb]

[Melvin snoring] Buff: Melvin! Max: Wake up! Melvin: Huh? Buff: The way you're always hibernatin', you must be part bear! Melvin: Aw, heck! I'm only part *moose* as it is! - from Disneyland's Country Bear Vacation Hoedown

[@darkninjafirefox]

As the Disney land sing a long vhs goes, "ain't nothing like great outdoors to soothe your soul"

[@jolliwoodstudios]

this is exactly the kind of stuff i'm subscribed for, weird forgotten things that i'd never find or even know of otherwise.

[@sethcarlow8363]

i loved this show back in the day, i am now 43 years old.

[@chrisbarone515]

*Chris:* I can already see the look on both Max and Buff's faces when they see Melvin getting the most attention. *Max:* 😲😲😲😲😲 *Buff:* 😲😲😲😲😲

[@austinreed7343]

Max, Buff, and Melvin all show up in “The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse”, and even get lines. Melvin has the most lines.

[@articakennedy4822]

Thanks a lot. Now I’ve got that Mickey Moose gag from The Muppet Show stuck in my head.

[@chloemr.pippinsfanmail95]

Oh yeah. That was kind of funny!!!!

[@rockysewruk6933]

I love hearing about obscure characters

[@eerieeric834]

You would think a reindeer would be more appropriate for a Christmas themed show

[@carminecdinoproductions]

I guess I would...

[@jaggerguth4391]

Its in the Woods Where Can We Get a Reindeer in The Woods?

[@eerieeric834]

@@jaggerguth4391 There are regular deer in the woods

[@jaggerguth4391]

@@eerieeric834 We Have to Paint the Deer Nose Red and Put Antlers on his Head.

[@eerieeric834]

@@jaggerguth4391 You’re thinking of a female deer male deer have antlers

[@kylekeller3398]

Wendell, Big Al, and Henry are favorite characters from the Country Bear Jamboree!

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

Liver Lips and Big Al are my favorites.

[@MichaelSar12IsBack]

That first version of the Melvin puppet featured in the Breakfast Jamboree show was creepy-looking. Also, I loved the skit at the end. "Feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all!"

[@philipkippel3615]

They need to bring these old shows back!

[@Nakia11798]

Elliot Moose was popular around then, maybe they were going off that popularity and assuming kids liked moose

[@EditingChiker]

Very interesting! Never even knew about this. It's really cool to see niche park history like this

[@MegaZzZeux]

Always learning new things from your videos that I didn't think I needed. keep up the good work!

[@andrewvarney5687]

Nice use of the Earthbound shop music in the Intro Colin!!!

[@thedoglover1074]

My favorite characters are Henry and Romeo Mcgrowl. Can't wait to see the new refurbished show!

[@maxordman4100]

Another thing that works great with Melvin is alliteration- Melvin the Moose! Two Ms! I think that one of the reasons why he is so popular! Great Simpsons joke at the end!

[@memethyst]

i had no idea this was a thing, i wonder why they used melvin and not max? since deers are more associated with christmas?

[@austinreed7343]

Rule of Funny?

[@boredwarlock5216]

This is friggin awesome!!!!!!

[@imnotthewalrus880]

It's always a good say when you upload a new video 👍

[@Rubberman202]

Man, I barely (bearly?!) remember the Country Bear Jamoree, I went to it only once as a kid and never visited a Disney park since. The one part I remember was this one bear singing about there being "blood on the table" and "blood on the floor" or something... really disturbing. I don't even remember the deer, buffalo, or moose heads on the wall, which is kind of a shame...

[@emilyfuller1563]

Omg that last bit 🤣🤣🤣

[@FreedomforHaiti]

I was going to Disneyland quite a bit in the '80s and '90s (and occasionally Walt Disney World), but I had no idea Melvin appeared outside of Country Bear Jamboree!

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I laughed out loud at the ending of the video! xD

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Fun fact: there's old footage of Buff, Max & Melvin singing "Houston" by The Gatlin Brothers in the 1980s, but not at Disney parks

[@dangerzone334archive]

Except they have different names, Bufford and Mortimer

[@sustelsuk]

My only memory of country bears. Where my parent take me there to escape the heat

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

I think they probably went with Melcin because they didn't want Max to get confused with Bambi, and maybe a Buff costume would've been too bulky. Also, moose are just really cute in a "so ugly it's adorable" kind of way. We certainly get enough tourists coming to see them, here in Maine

[@dansp91]

The Max, Buff, and Melvin heads on the Winnie The Pooh ride aren’t from the real Country Bear Jamboree. It from the Mile Long Bar.

[@forrestdupre87]

Could you Please do Sonny Eclipse?

[@KTChamberlain]

So that's where Jackie Chan Adventures came up with the idea of Melvin Moose for the in-universe theme park Melvin World aka Moose World that Jade's a big fan of.

[@disneydanny2]

fun fact: it's the stationary heads from DL's MLB that are in the Pooh attraction

[@timl1977]

00:04 "guilty pleasure"? let me stop you right there

[@motxmod]

"Liver Lips" Louie McGrowl. Inconsistency fixed.

[@jaggerguth4391]

Louie "Liver-Lips" McGrowl.

[@Pikachu-nq9gp]

Speaking of animatronic mooses. Have you ever heard of A restaurant called bugaboo? This restaurant was A place we're every 5 minutes A animatronic Buffalo or deer would talk to the guests about food. However there not open anymore after A snow storm fried the animatronics wireing.

[@brutusthebear9050]

Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse. Loved it as a kid.

[@vabvaab]

1:33 I have so many questions

[@anavarrette83]

Moose ahhhhhh don't kill bullwinker

[@belleroseelizabethsmith8148]

Can u do history of sonny coco puffs?

[@chuck7514]

Disney use to have the best Christmas shows. This one, the other show between buzz and carousel of progress and the contemporary Christmas show in the ball room.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

As a full-bodied costume, he kind of looks like a minotaur.

[@cartoongamegirl3335]

Simpsons reference at the end!

[@jaggerguth4391]

Now if Melvin is Singing White Trash Christmas Or a Kid Friendly Version of It, Then My Christmoose or Moosemas will be Complete.

[@JukeboxBalowski]

Was this the show with Mama Gran Bags?

[@memethyst]

that's creative engineering's country bear *jubilee*

[@ColinLooksBack]

As memethyst said, Creative Engineering did an homage (to be generous) as the Country Bear Jubilee, also known as the Hard Luck Bears. They had their own moose character in some versions, who has fallen on some very hard times indeed.

[@memethyst]

@@ColinLooksBack yep, the infamous melting moose... he's definitely seen better days

[@RakoonCD]

Using Dkc3 gba music I see.

[@eggmannega6895]

That Simpsons reference though...quite unexpected.

[@Nickolas_f]

Melting moose

[@Nickolas_f]

@Dangerzone334 ya

[@jaggerguth4391]

Chocolate Moose Meat Moose Veggie Moose