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As part of a major focus on in-park entertainment, a
puppet stage was added for the 1977 season next to the Traffic Jam
bumper cars. Originally the venue was used to present puppets
ranging in size from hand puppets to full size characters in body suits.
Under a new owner for the 1978 season, Six Flags
Great Adventure changed the stage to the Perthy
P. Pelican puppet show. Perthy P.
Pelican would play to laughing audiences six days a week - every day
except Wednesday when Perthy supposedly was "Gone Fishin'".
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The small puppet
theater was nautically themed to match the nearby Aqua Stadium and the
surrounding Neptune's Kingdom area of the park. The cedar
plank-clad theater offered seating on rustic log benches under the
canopy of trees.
Guests exiting the Grand Prix raceway and later the Buccaneer swing ship
that replaced it were deposited right next to the audience of the Perthy
P. Pelican Puppet Show stage.
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Shows at the
Perthy P. Pelican's Puppet Show Stage |
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Perthy P. Pelican
Puppet Show |
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Gadzooks |
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Salty Dog |
| 1990 |
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Dastardly Dragon |
| 1991 |
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Rappunzel |
| 1992 |
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Dr. Samuel Gladstone's
Medicine Show |
| 1993 |
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Boy O'Buoy |
| 1994 |
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Reel Time |
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After several seasons the show
was updated to Gadzooks for the 1985 season, then in 1986 becoming
the Salty Dog. The shows all shared the same basic theme with a
wisecracking puppet voiced by a talented performer who would interact
with the audience as well as passersbys. Occasionally the jokes
made at the expense of the audience resulted in somewhat disgruntled guests
who would lay in wait outside the door to the theater looking to
confront the performer. In cases like this, a security escort was
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As the seasons passed, the show
was toned down with the introduction of Dastardly Dragon and Rap-punzel,
and changed completely with the introduction of Dr. Samuel Gladstone's
Medicine Show in 1992. As the show was toned down it lost its
popularity, with Boy O'Buoy in 1993 and finally Reel Time for the 94
season.
In 1995, the Cinema 180 Adventure Theater was converted to the Looney
Tunes Lakeside Theater. With the addition of this new show venue,
the once popular puppet stage was removed from the park.
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The puppet stage area was left vacant until
1999 when the Spinnaker ride was introduced as part of the "War on
Lines".
The site has most recently been used for the Fantasy Fling ride.
Similar shows have run at many other Six Flags parks, with character's names like Buford Buzzard. The Perthy P. Pelican show was even
exported to another park, running as part of the entertainment lineup at
the short lived Six Flags Atlantis Waterpark in Hollywood, FL.
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