Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jason Segel shine as Phineas, Ezra and Gus, better known to millions of Disney fans as the Hitchhiking Ghosts in the Haunted Mansion attraction.
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Three hitchhiking ghosts—Ezra Beane, Professor Phineas Plump and Gus—are always looking for a way out of the Mansion. Ezra is the tallest of the hitchhiking trio and lived his life as a vagabond. Some would consider him the leader of the three.
According to Imagineer Chris Merritt in an interview with DoomBuggies.com, the effect was never completely successful due to the illusion's close proximity to the ride vehicles: The gag was based purely on lighting. The ghost's head was illuminated by black lighting.
Haunted Mansion (Disneyland)This Haunted Mansion is sometimes given the address of, 1313 Esplanade due to Disneyland's address being 1313 Disneyland Drive, 1313 being numerical conversion code for Mickey Mouse's initials, MM.
On one particular ride through the Haunted Mansion, in the summer of 1974, while riding through the ballroom scene, a guest had a gun that (accidentally, we hope) went off. Thankfully the . 22 caliber round didn't hit anyone. However, it did puncture the glass of the ballroom scene.