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Escape Boredom - Creature From the Black Lagoon Universal Studios Hollywood TV commercial (2009)

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Television commercial for Universal Studios Hollywood promoting the Escape Boredom campaign, featuring a $15 discount on admission with the purchase of a Coke product.

Jessica Demasi - Daughter
Maritza Brikisak
Richard Schimmelpfenneg

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"Creature From the Black Lagoon: The Musical" was a live show at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Los Angeles, California. It premiered on July 1, 2009, replaced "Fear Factor Live" but closed on March 9, 2010. The musical was loosely based on the 1954 Universal film.

The show opened with a clip from The Today Show featuring Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira discussing the Creature. The premise was that the film was inspired by a real creature, and a new team of explorers—Kay, Mark, and David (characters from the original movie)—were on a second expedition.

Aboard the boat, Rita, the Captain, portrayed as an Amazonian woman and reminiscent of Shirley Bassey, led the cast in the opening number, "Black Lagoon." Kay expresses her romantic frustrations with her fiancé in the song "Slay Me," recreating the famous swimming sequence from the original movie, where the Creature observes her from below.

In the next song, "Prime Evil," the cast sang about the Creature, who climbed onto the boat and joined them. The Creature kidnapped Kay and took her to his lair resembling an underwater grotto bachelor pad. There, they bonded during their duet, "Strange New Hunger." Mark and David attempted to rescue Kay, and the Creature, named Gill, was shot with a tainted speargun.

The scientists heard massive footsteps aboard the Rita as the Creature, now 25 feet tall due to exposure to human growth hormone, appeared. Kay sang an encore of "Strange New Hunger," rising to Gill's face on a vine. The Creature then ate her, and the Captain summed up the unpredictability of love with an encore of "Black Lagoon."

Demolition of the previous attraction, "Fear Factor Live," began in August 2008, with construction and set design starting shortly after. Construction walls were erected in December 2008, and the grand opening took place on July 1, 2009, with Julie Adams, the leading lady from the original 1954 film, in attendance.

The attraction operated until September 2009, when the theater temporarily hosted "Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure" for the Halloween Horror Nights event. Although it was planned to return, a fire during a performance led to the theater's closure until January 2010. On March 9, 2010, Universal announced the permanent closure of "Creature From the Black Lagoon: The Musical," which was replaced by the Special Effects Stage, relocated due to the introduction of "Transformers: The Ride 3D."

"Jurassic Park: The Ride," now known as "Jurassic World: The Ride," is a water-based amusement ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. The ride initially opened on June 21, 1996, themed around the 1993 film "Jurassic Park" directed by Steven Spielberg. In 2019, it was reimagined and rethemed to align with the "Jurassic World" film series.

Fred Barton - Composer and Co-Lyricist
Gerard Alessandrini - Co-Lyricist and Co-Director
Peter Fish - Additional Music 
Lynne Taylor-Corbett - Choreographer and Director. 
Jonathan Tolins - Scriptwriter
Marc Routh / Broadway Attractions International - Co-Producer
Chip Largman - Executive Producer, Universal Creative - Universal Studios Hollywood

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