Evolution of Jack Skellington - DIStory Ep. 55

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That life-size Jack puppet from the fireworks show further convinces me that Nightmare Before Christmas could work as a Broadway show, with puppets instead of awkwardly-costumed actors, Lion King-style. What a cool puppet. Great video Dan!

My family spent 3 hours in the frigid cold at Disney Paris to meet Jack because my mom really wanted to. It was well worth it

Jack & Sally are definitely two of the characters I'd love to meet the most at the parks, he always seems so eccentric and fun and Sally seems so sweet and timid, at least in the videos I've seen.

every time dan makes himself laugh, a year is added onto my life

The first time I met Jack, as well as Sally, was on the inaugural Bermuda cruise of on the Disney Magic, I met him after their first Nightmare Before Christmas sing along and was surprised by Jack and Sally popping out of the stage at the end and outside the theater they held a little meet and greet. So I met them and he asked what I was gonna dress up as, now I brought a shark onesie from the year before and my mom made a little sign that said fish are friends not food, but I just said I was gonna be a shark. And then the night afterwards which was the costume night they did the sing along again, which I didn’t attend again, and got in line to meet him and Sally again. As I walked up to him he said this, “You’re a shark, just like you said!” That one sentence made my entire cruise, true Disney and Halloween magic.

Fun Fact: Japan LOOOOOOVES Nightmare Before Christmas, that's why it was featured in Kingdom Hearts. Disney didn't mandate they put that property in the game, it was all Nomura who wanted it.

Dan’s puppeteering of Jack was actually REALLY good!

0:45 "Jack Skellington is the Mickey Mouse to Tim's Burton's Walt Disney" And Henry Selick is the Ub Iwerks.

Starting to feel like Dan might be having TOO much fun making these, but that's not a bad thing. So many yters try to be calm and composed and Dan's over here like "I GOT A JACK PUPPET"

fun fact, Jack actually debuted as a costumed character in 2001 at the premiere event for the opening of Haunted mansion Holiday, along with Sally and even characters exclusive to the event that have yet to be seen again like Behemoth, the witches and even the clown (who could ACTUALLY TAKE HIS FACE OFF). I think Dan would get a kick out of watching the 2003 Haunted Mansion Holiday event where all the characters from the movie sing broadway songs...

A Jack Skellington deep dive is perfect to kick off Halloween weekend! I would love a deep dive of the Glow in the Dark parade. I’m always amazed at how next level the Asian parks get with the characters we know and love.

I love how the red ariel wig is still on the country bear

After seeing that Jack puppet in the background of Foolish Mortals, I thought it was a doll. I finally found out that it was (in fact) a puppet.

Making Jack a face character I think was the best route to take. While it’s very tough to make his appearance believable, his personality and charisma really makes you forget about his weird head. If he was just an silent, unmoving face with overly dramatic arm and leg movements, that would have been freaky af.

Just recently the Jack Puppet from 2019 was used in the Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas concert on October 29th and 30th 2021. There’s also a full walkthrough ride in Disney China. Jack can also be briefly seen in Burton’s first short, Vincent (near the end when Vincent’s creations are falling on him).

Danny Elfmans voice and music style from Boingo is what truly made all of it work. If you love this movie, but not Oingo Boingo then somethins wrong.

Jack also made a “cameo” in Coraline! He is the egg yolk from the egg the mom breaks! I guess it’s more of a “hidden Mickey” in a way.

I really wish the Mayor of Halloweentown would be made into a meet and greet character, I mean imagine what could be used to do the two faces.

I love Jack interactions at the parks. He and sally were at the mansion just about to head back for break, and Sally and I had the same color hair then, Jack asked where I got mine and it must have been from the same graveyard 🤣