Something people under 35 in the early 2020's most likely don't remember other than what they heard about it from other people.
The Ice Capades just disappeared. One day they were there, then all of a sudden nobody even thought about them again after that. Kind of like the globe Chandeliers at the old Eastland Mall. One day they were there, then people didn't even notice they weren't there anymore.
When Disneyland Opened In 1955, Walt Disney Didn't Have Costumed Characters Readily Available To Roam Around The Parks. So, He Struck A Deal With The Ice Capades (Who Previously Used Disney Costumes In Their Shows Since 1949.) To Borrow What Characters They Had Used. They Had The Basics. Pinocchio, Dumbo, Mickey & Minnie, Donald Duck, Etc. Although These Costumes Looked Okay From A Distance, When You Look At Them Up Close, These Things Were Fucking Scary As Shit!!! Even After The Park Had Opened, The Ice Capades Had Still Kept The Deal With Disney & Continued Giving Them Retired Ice Capades Costume Characters. Characters Such As Fifi The French Poodle, Scottie, Maude The Comedy Mule & Other Unidentifiable Costumed Characters All The Way Up To At Least 1966, When Walt Disney Died.
Person: What Was The Weirdest Time For Disneyland?
Me: Disneyland "Ice Capades" Era
n. Enthusiastic mix of seasoned and rookie ICE dance performers creating magical set-pieces with a touch of improv and a soupçon of mayhem on a frigid urban stage imbued with a palette of snow white, pepperorange and blood red. Plenty of audience participation and an atmosphere of sensory overload not seen since kristallnacht.
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Did you hear? The ICEcapades are coming to town! Free admission but bring your passport or a toothbrush.
Cigarette: Northern slang for a cigarette, used oft by mashed up mancunian ravers becasue of the resemblance of a hot(electric)stove to the end of a lit cigarette. Originated circa 1991 in the early halcyon days of the rave culture; we speculate during a drug fuelled hallucination by said manc.
'fuck me noel, i am bolloxed, is that a ciggy in your mouth, or the stove from me 'nans kitchen'/
General use: 'Give us a stove you cunt'