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Dave Cobb
United States
Приєднався 7 бер 2006
Experience designer, writer and creative director; formerly with Thinkwell Group (www.thinkwellgroup.com); also former creative director Universal Parks (Men in Black) & Paramount Parks; queer + married; saving the world one dark-ride at a time.
More info: about.me/davecobb
You'll find here miscellaneous worldwide weirdness, usually relating to my work in the design of theme parks, attractions, museums, and the sort. Expect random oddities, cabinets of curiosities, as well as everyday stupidity.
Note: this collection sometimes contains sharp drops and high speed turns, so please remain seated, keeping your hands and arms inside at all times.
Hope you enjoy!
More info: about.me/davecobb
You'll find here miscellaneous worldwide weirdness, usually relating to my work in the design of theme parks, attractions, museums, and the sort. Expect random oddities, cabinets of curiosities, as well as everyday stupidity.
Note: this collection sometimes contains sharp drops and high speed turns, so please remain seated, keeping your hands and arms inside at all times.
Hope you enjoy!
UNIVERSAL'S ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE - Construction Site Tour October 1998
When I got hired to work on MIB next door, IoA’s Executive Art Director Dale Mason took me and MIB art directors Jimmy Pickering & Desireé Soto on an extensive, hour-plus golf-cart hardhat tour of the entire park under construction to see the kind of incredible detail and craftsmanship that was happening.
I shot this footage in Oct 1998, about 6mo before opening. It's been sitting in a closet on a DV tape for 25yrs, so I dug it out & uploaded it on the park's 25th Anniversary, 5/28/24.
I shot this footage in Oct 1998, about 6mo before opening. It's been sitting in a closet on a DV tape for 25yrs, so I dug it out & uploaded it on the park's 25th Anniversary, 5/28/24.
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MIB & DAVE COBB on BBC's BLUE PETER, March 2000
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Before MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK opened at Universal Orlando in April 2000, legendary BBC kid's programme "Blue Peter" (the longest-running children's show in history, with over 5000 episodes since 1958) was given the *World Exclusive* to premiere the attraction; the segment aired on March 24th 2000, about three weeks before the ride's official opening. As the attraction's creative director, I...
ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK - Attraction Load Station Full Audio
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The load station audio track from ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK, previously at Paramount's Kings Island, Paramount's Kings Dominion and Paramount's Canada's Wonderland. I am the voice of every person in the "movie production crew", performed and pitched different ways. Check out the entire ride and full on-board soundtrack here: ua-cam.com/video/jmXYjBmBI78/v-deo.html
Ziggy's First Snow Day
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Ziggy Stardog, the Husky from Mars, has his first snow day at Lake Arrowhead CA, February 10th, 2024. Soundtrack: David Bowie, "Heroes" You can check out more of Ziggy's hijinx on Instagram: ziggystardoghusky
MY 2023 #1SecondEveryDay
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I love www.1secondeveryday.com - every year, it creates a mere six minutes that contains an eternity of personal emotional context, and I’m grateful for both its depth and its brevity as I move onwards into another circle around the sun.
DESPERADO - 2006 GMCLA Cabaret @ Roxy Theatre, Hollywood
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I sang with the Gay Men's Chorus of LA for many years. In 2006 we did a charity Cabaret show where chorus members could perform whatever they wanted solo songs, instrumentals, comedy/sketch, etc. It was a lot of fun, because we got to sing on stage at the world-famous Roxy Theatre in Hollywood (www.theroxy.com). I chose to sing one of my favorite songs by The Eagles, Desperado. Enjoy!
STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE Transporter Room effect miniature model
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Lead designer Luc Mayrand, show writer Dave Cobb and media producer Dave DeVos explain how STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE's amazing Transporter Room effect at the Las Vegas Hilton actually worked, using an articulated, scaled miniature model of the gag to demonstrate, circa 1997-ish.
MY 2022 #1SecondEveryDay
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Watch my whole year in just over six minutes in this 2022 @1secondeveryday
MY 2021 #1SecondEveryDay
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My entire 2021, captured in just over six minutes with the “1 Second Every Day” mobile app. As with my 2020 video too, I’m begrudgingly grateful to reflect on yet another rollercoaster of a year, filled to the brim with both good and bad, promise and heartbreak - but ultimately, resolutions are for suckers and time is a construct, so just keep being awesome and look out for each other. 💜 #happy...
MIB First Ride Through 12.14.99
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I recently found an old DV tape of the Universal Creative team's very first ride aboard MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK at Universal Orlando, on December 14th 1999, while the ride was still under construction and programming, exactly four months before the April 14th 2000 opening. Please forgive the digital garbage on the right side of frame; it's unfortunately baked into the original source materia...
MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK Tailor Alien Mockup
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All major theme park attractions have "mockups" during production, to help figure out particular effects, scenes, and sight-lines. For the finale of MIB, one of the three possible endings to the ride is the high-scoring "Tailor" alien, who is busy constructing your MIB suit (but isn't quite ready, exclaiming "it'll be ready next Wednesday!" which is actually my voice in the ride). In order to d...
INSOMNIAC’S ELECTRIC MILE
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I went to Insomniac’s ELECTRIC MILE drive-through rave for my 51st birthday! SO SHINY 🤩🥳 www.electricmilefun.com/
MY 2020 #1SecondEveryDay
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I started using the “1 Second Every Day” program in 2019 and discovered that it can result in a fun little six-minute time capsule of my year. 2020 began pretty great for us - I turned 50 last January and had a great birthday weekend, we went to Mexico in February for an amazing week in Puerto Vallarta, and i had some big business trips booked and ready to go in March. Obviously as I watch thro...
THE MASK 4D at Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid
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I wrote and directed this original “4D” live comedy & magic show based on the New Line film "The Mask", which opened in 2002 at Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid theme park. Produced entirely in Castillian Spanish, this original 17-minute show utilized live actors, pyrotechnics, water and fog effects, moving scenery, neon & UV lighting effects, and eye-popping 35mm 3D film; I co-directed (with Ya...
MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK - Homemade Version
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MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK - Homemade Version
MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK Foamcore Study Models
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MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK Foamcore Study Models
Universal Orlando ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE Preview Center 1997
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Universal Orlando ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE Preview Center 1997
DONKEY'S SHERRY at Shima Spain Village / Park España in Osaka 1997
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DONKEY'S SHERRY at Shima Spain Village / Park España in Osaka 1997
MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK Test Track
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MEN IN BLACK: ALIEN ATTACK Test Track
THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Soundtrack Animatic (2004)
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THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Soundtrack Animatic (2004)
THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Concept Sizzle Reel (2004)
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THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Concept Sizzle Reel (2004)
THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Finale Concept Animatic (2004)
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THE ITALIAN JOB STUNT TRACK Finale Concept Animatic (2004)
You guys did the thing! You shot your own Fusion Exhaust port! 😆
canada's wonderland has shamed this ride with their current version only thing that works anymore on it is the coaster on the tracks, no effects, no sounds, nothing. Miss this version.
Thanks so much for sharing this video. It's Just incredible footage.
There is a cat in the hat meet and greet next to the preview Center
Hey :3 I released the MIB Alien Attack Soundtrack
0:17: Let the experience begin!
This was my FAV ride on Tomorrowland! The sounds alone (especially that scream when the Rocket Rods themselves were in motion) I’ll never forget!
IT WAS SO AMAZING TO SEE A WALK-THROUGH OF THE CAT IN THE HAT RIDE!!!!!
Bummer we never got the nighttime spec or the transportation boats, but everything else looks JUST like what we got - amazing stuff from Universal Creative & team
Incredible stuff Dave, WOW!! Thank you for the upload!
just stumbled upon this video and im hooked. This is sooo cool , I haven't been to islands of adventure since 2000. I think it may be time to pay a visit.
Dave cobb what’s up!
I love how this feels like a time traveler recorded all of this, awesome recording
Amazing quality for one of the very few videos of this ride. Too bad GM backed out and the tracks were not banked so the ride could not be maintained when the Imagineers put this ride together. It should have been rebuilt like Test Track at Epcot which is supported by GM but instead with the short cuts made the cement could not take the beating with the heavier cars and after just a few years the ride was closed permanently, and the track cannot be used for anything now so it sits abandoned above Disneyland while Disney World remained true to its original design and still operates in 2024.
Your channel is amazing!! Thank you so much for all the work you've done to make amazing experiences like this. I remember coming to USF with a friend in middle school and riding MIB over and over for hours because it was a slow day and the line was short. I know its always exciting to see new rides or parks open but i wish more effort was put into keeping older rides in the best possible condition. If MIB got a really nice refurbishment I'd be so happy. Even as it is its one of my must-dos whenever I visit. Anyways, thank you again. 😭
I toured this preview center in late 1997 and still have the pre-opening IOA shirt that I bought there. However, I didn't remember how large and elaborate it was compared to today's rather skimpy Epic Universe preview center, which I visited recently. The IOA preview center tried to create the experience of actually walking through the finished park, and Citywalk too. The Epic center is more like a simple map room with merchandise. There's also much less lead time before the park opening. I suppose the greater availability of public information today accounts for a lot of the downscaling. You can find an endless supply of Epic construction photos and preview videos online if desired. A physical place to hold introductory info to help market the park just isn't as important in 2024.
Watching in 2024 and how cool is this video!? Came here b/c now the Epic Universe preview center is open. P.S.- Loving the '90s jeans ha
Here from Rat Castle❤ what's this Survivor hat?? Love it!
that was from SURVIVOR THE RIDE, which I designed for Paramount's Great America -- it's not there anymore tho
@@DaveCobbIdeaguy holy shit. Survivor and theme parks are my two favorite things on the face of the planet. Thank you for your work 🫡
@@dumpling_prince there’s a video about it here on my channel under the “Paramount Parks” playlist
They went all out! It looks incredible!
This is a far better preview center than Epic’s.
I hope they turn Lost Contents into a Zelda land
Unfortunately this version of the ride crippled the people mover track.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Dave! Amazing to see the birth of IOA.
It's too bad that nighttime spectacular never came to pass. The commentary from everyone is also fascinating, knowing that Islands of Adventure was not only a huge step up from the Studios but also for the industry.
Something like this has to be done with Epic Universe!!!
38:20 they use to spin the hell out that car on this part 😂😂😂
21:22 man I almost cried they really erased a good ass ride 😢
Thank you for sharing Dave - this is AMAZING!
This footage is incredible! Congrats on finding this rare piece of theme park history!
Oh Wowsers!!!!!!
Six months from opening, IOA did seem quite far off from opening. And look how they pulled it through. Epic now looks pretty much where IOA was when this was filmed. What a fascinating piece! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, quite awhile ago, eh?
This is amazing footage! Was there on the 25th anniversary a few days ago, it’s pretty cool to see ripsaw falls under construction, and a full walkthrough of the cat in the hat. Wish they would take more care of that ride, especially the animatronics, some of them have stains on them, just about all of the Cat animatronics do not move as good as they used to, got some pics too. The fish animatronics seem to be working fine. As for Ripsaw and Popeyes, seems they have been fixing a lot of the effects and animatronics back into decent working order, some of the ones that weren’t working last time I went back in March are now working very good. Other than that much of the park looks the same as it did on opening day. Thanks so much for sharing this!
This is amazing!!!
_this is insane!_
*_that old IOA logo goes hard_*
Wow this is incredible! Thank you for posting this!!
LOVE this footage - thanks so much for sharing. IoA is on the short list of my favorite places on planet Earth.
This is incredible! What an honor to work on MIB and to get a tour of Islands!!!
being someone that currently works in this park this is amazing
Wow, this is so awesome. Amazing footage to share on IOA's 25th anniversary - thank you!
Wow, what a gift this is! Thank you so so much for digging out and uploading such a treat for us all to enjoy! I was there the year after it opened, cant believe its been 25 years. Happy bday IOA!
Thank you so much for this! Amazing!
2:22 probably one of the first times the word “confiscos” has been said on camera 🤣🤣
YOOOOOO THIS IS GOLD.
how convenient that this was uploaded the day the park opened. now i can see what islands of adventure looked like way before i existed.
WOW. Seriously incredible stuff!
I was an attendant at Doctor Doom's Fearfall from 2010 to 2012 so I could immediately recognize the sounds that ride makes all throughout the video. That ride is really loud.
Incredible
Thank you so much for this, it's sick. And to know this is what people are experiencing at Epic gives me chills.