Satchmo (Animatronic)
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| Type | Animatronics |
| Dates | 1977 – 2006 |
| Tags | Creative Engineering, Jingle Bell Jamboree, Santa's Village |
| Contributors | Kathydra, TutorialTimeYt |
The Satchmo (Animatronic) was an animatronic character built by Creative Engineering for the Jingle Bell Jamboree to be use at Santa's Village (Jefferson, New Hampshire))
History
In the original concept art done by Dave Thomas,Satchmo was planned to be significantly shorter with a much more hunchbacked posture and more exaggerated proportions.Later on all the elfs would be increased in size. [1] The bot was installed in 1977 in Santa's Village (Jefferson, New Hampshire) by Creative Engineering for the first full show that they developed. [2] Satchemo resided on the very back of center stage in front of the fireplace.
Satchmo would stay mostly unchanged over the years with the only major modification being done around 1990,when his original red shorts were removed,his original red vest was replaced with a green one made of a velvet like material with white fur accents,a goatee being added to his mask,and general wear and tear.
In 2003 [3] the show would receive a complete refurbishment.No visable modifications would be done to Satchmo.
In 2006, the original Creative Engineering animatronics would be removed and replaced by ones created by Advanced Animations ,but the showtape wasn't replaced.[4]
The original Creative Engineering bots would be placed into the park's storage and left there for many years.Eventually the masks of the figures started melting and dripping onto the cosmetics.To avoid ruining the cosmetics,park employees would remove all the figures heads and put them off to the side.The figures are allegedly still in storage headless. [5]
Design
Satchmo as his name implies is a parody of Louis Armstrong who's nickname was Satchmo! He is an Elf playing a trumpet that's wearing a green long sleeve shirt,a green pair of pants,a red pair of shorts held up by 2 red criss cross suspenders,a red vest with white fur accents,a pair of red pointy shoes with silver bells on the tips,and a red Santa hat.
Movements
The animatronic has 7 movements [2]
| Movement | Valve number | 1977 Tone Decoder Controller Bit | 1979 Tone Decoder Controller Bit |
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| Eye pop | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Head Turn Left | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Head Up | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Trumpet Raise | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Body Lean | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Left Foot Raise | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Right Foot Raise | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
References
Import provenance
Imported from Cheese-E-Pedia at source revision 274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854. Source material is provided under CC BY-SA 4.0.