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R.I.P. Movieland Wax Museum |
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From: Central Coast of California
|  Posted: 2005-10-27 01:16 am Permalink
This one's supposed to be Jim Carrey
I think he looks more like Jim Nabors...
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freddiefreelance
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From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2005-10-27 08:27 am Permalink
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On 2005-10-26 15:06, Unga Bunga wrote:
They sure did a lousy job on John Lennon.
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Are you sure? I think it's actually a good image of Bea Arthur...
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King Bushwich the 33rd
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From: Ling Cod Beach, CA 90803
| Posted: 2005-10-27 11:28 am Permalink
Here's a story on Mouseplanet on Movieland Wax Museum and Buena Park back in the old days
http://www.mouseplanet.com/david/dk051027.htm
[ This Message was edited by: King Bushwich the 33rd 2005-10-27 11:29 ]
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mrsmiley
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 3153
From: Las Vegas, NV
| Posted: 2005-10-28 10:01 am Permalink
Here's an email I got from Charles Phoenix's list. It is closing MONDAY-HALLOWEEN!!!
MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM CLOSING!
Pale wax movie stars embrace at MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM, BUENA PARK, 1965. If they had a wick you could burn them. They are practically candles.
I’ll never forget the day in third grade when my friend Kevin Moore turned to me and said “I have so much wax in my ear I could make a candle!” Wax is one of the weirdest things on earth. We burn it, we shine our cars with it, color books with it and for a fee licensed professionals use it to painfully remove unwanted body hair. Wax comes from a wide variety of sources. Honey bees make it and so we– in our ears. And there are those among us who model the substance into life-size figurines that resemble famous people and display them in so-called museums.
MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM is closing its doors for good after 43 years on October 31, 2005. Silent film star Mary Pickford dedicated the original 300 wax figures at the grand opening in 1962. According to the legend she arrived for the ceremony in the gold Rolls Royce that was parked out front for years.
I haven’t been to the MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM since 1969. I was six. We took relatives there who were visiting from Oklahoma. They were SO impressed and I was SO proud. But frankly, I don’t remember much about the place except for the nude statues that totally embarrassed me and that oh-so elegant facade.
There is no way this place is gonna close without me seeing all those wax wonders for the last time. I wanna see how they’ve all aged! SO, I’LL BE THERE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON HOPING TO RUN INTO YOU!
Movieland Wax Museum is located at 7711 Beach Blvd., in Buena Park, CA, Just one block north from Knott’s Berry Farm, www.movielandwaxmuseum.com
Here’s to MOVIELAND WAX MUSEUM and YOU
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Charles Phoenix
October 27, 2005.
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cynfulcynner
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From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2005-10-29 02:53 am Permalink
FYI, Movieland is owned by the same folks who own the wax museum at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. I predict we'll see lots of Movieland stuff up north really soon!
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2010-05-01 12:53 pm Permalink
Movieland Wax Museum, Buena Park, commercial
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Hakalugi
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
Posts: 2804
From: Redondo Beach, CA
| Posted: 2010-05-01 2:09 pm Permalink
Some Movieland Wax from Zac Efron:
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Tom Slick
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Joined: Aug 26, 2005
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From: The Beaches of South Bay, SoCal
| Posted: 2010-05-02 10:01 am Permalink
W O W 
I just about hakmybreakfast!
seriously did you HEAR me? I didnt SEE that coming...lmao...foul! 
I find earwax harder to look at than seeing shit in random places(dog or other)...seriously...
[ This Message was edited by: Tom Slick 2010-05-02 10:02 ]
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