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Critters on the Castle: Kaa

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In 2005, all Disney theme parks across the globe participated in “The Happiest Celebration On Earth” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the original Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. At the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, Cinderella’s Castle was covered with golden effigies of beloved Disney characters – many of them critters! For the next few weeks, I’ll feature some of these each Saturday as my contribution to the Camera Critters photo meme.

Kaa

IMG_0857-Disney-Castle-Critter-Jungle-Book-KaaaDisney’s 1967 film The Jungle Book is based upon a novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The Jungle Book makes several contributions to Disney’s burgeoning collection of villains, not the least of which is the ssssoft-sssspoken python, Kaa. In Kipling’s novel, Kaa was actually Mowgli’s very close friend, and his gift of hypnotism worked on everyone except Mowgli. In the Disney film, Kaa has a bit of a competitive streak, making not one but two attempts to capture and eat Mowgli before the man-eating tiger Shere Kahn does.

Kaa was portrayed by the hypnotically soft-spoken Sterling Holloway, whose resume is peppered with Disney projects. I’ll have more about Holloway in a subsequent edition of Camera Critters.

Walt Disney died during production of The Jungle Book, so he never got to see it. However, the film still bears Disney’s imprint; the original script was a bit dark for Walt’s taste, and it underwent revisions by a different writer at his insistence.

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26 thoughts on “Critters on the Castle: Kaa”

  2. Kaa has always been among my favorites, and I love Sterling Holloway’s voice in all of his Disney roles (though not as much as Phil Harris).

  8. I loved when the castle had all the “bling” so many photo opportunities, but I do love it without as well!

  15. What a wonderful photo and great information on this movie, which happens to be one of my all time favorite Disney pics. Thanks for sharing.

  17. We are planning a trip with the kids to Disney for next year, the excitement is driving them crazy. They all have their bank accounts and are saving every penny they get to be sure they have a great time. Great Picture, hope you have a great Easter

  20. Im so glad I found your blog, I can see already Im gonna like it here 🙂

    I love The Jungle Book, my fav. character from this movie is Baloo. Id like to be as laid back & relaxed as him ALL the time.

    Hoppy Easter!

  22. I suppose I should read the book…I had no idea about Disney’s transformation of Kaa’s character. His lisp is quite entertaining. I really enjoy the Jungle Book.

  26. You’re just having a ball torturing me with these fun pictures, aren’t ya? 😉 You just wait til I come knocking on your door saying “You promised!” ahahahaha

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