José

**José** is a character from *Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room*. He is an audio-animatronic character voiced by Wally Boag and Bill Lee. Of the Enchanted Tiki Room's masters of ceremony, he is the most prominently connected to the Jungle Cruise.

## History

### Biography

#### Origins

José was an enchanted, talking parrot who lives in the Enchanted Tiki Room of Polynesia in the 20th century. He had a hispanic accent and serves as one of the four masters of ceremony for the Tiki Room's musical revues, being accompanied in this position by three other parrots named Michael, Fritz and Pierre. José was flirtatious with the Tiki Room's, "Showgirl birds" and had some relation with the showgirl cockatoo Rosita before she up-and-left the Tiki Room.

By the 1930s, the Enchanted Tiki Room boomed in popularity as a musical-revue show, partly thanks to business from the Jungle Navigation Company. The company's founding-family the Falls would seemingly hang a chandelier in their mansion's parlour depicting the four masters of ceremony. The show also had a connection to Walt Disney who became the namesake of the Tiki Room's revue, "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room". Around 1936, José was interviewed for the Daily Gnus newspaper by journalist Tallahassee Glover on the subject of juju petroglyphs found at the base of a treehouse in the Congo basin. José did not comment much in the paper due to being rushed for time as a result of his occupation.

#### Later history

According to José and Fritz, the Tiki Room would establish a routine in 1963 that went unchanged for decades. At some point, José became an operative of the Disneyland Casting Agency, a casting agency based in Marceline, Missouri which was run by Walt Disney. José would use this position to recruit human hula-dancers for the Tiki Room's dining-expansion of the, "Tahitian Terrace".

At some point around the 1990s (implied to be after the June of 1994), the Tiki Room was purchased by Hollywood executives and sold by the agent birds William and Morris to the birds Iago and Zazu. Iago intended on transforming the Tiki Room into a revue centred around himself, only to anger the goddess of disaster, Uh-Oa. Uh-Oa maimed Iago as punishment and it is likely that following this, the two birds revoked or reduced their management of the Tiki Room. Following these events, the four masters-of-ceremony seemingly left their positions for new birds such as Danno, Scats, Buddy, and Lava around the 2000s.

## Jungle Cruise appearances

### Adventure Trading Company

In the Daily Gnus newspaper, Tallahassee Glover interviewed José along with Shrunken Ned on the petroglyphs found at the base of Tarzan's Treehouse.

### Club 33

During the Tiki Takeover event, a wooden carving of José decorated the entrance to Club 33 along with one of a Showgirl Bird and Club 33's vulture.

### Skipper Canteen

In the Falls family parlour of the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* is a chandelier modelled after the four masters of ceremony of the Tiki room. His voice-actor is referenced in the library with a book titled, "*Songs of the Tiki Bird"* by Prof. Boag.

### Trader Sam's

These bars released a limited-run, "Tiki" mug modelled after José.

### Tropical Hideaway

A parcel addressed to José is on the docks facing the Jungle Cruise, having been delivered by the Jungle Navigation Company.

### Other connections

#### Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

José is one of the Tiki Room's masters of ceremonies.

#### Magic of Disney Animation

In Minnie Mouse's Hollywood dressing room is the poster for a film titled Mouse Pacific filmed outside the Enchanted Tiki Room. The producer of said film is listed as one **José Boag**.

## Other appearances

### Disney's Hollywood Hotel

The poster for Mouse Pacific is in this hotel.

### Main Street Cinema

José is mentioned as running auditions for dancers needed for the Tahitian Terrace.

## Trivia

* José refers to all human employees of the Enchanted Tiki Room as, "Señorita" regardless of their gender.
* Walt Disney, José, Prof. Tom Morrow and Trader Sam are referenced as agents of the Disneyland Casting Agency.
* While José is most famous for being the predominately orange Tiki Room Bird, he was originally green.
* During, "lets all sing like the birdies sing", José imitates Bing Crosby.

## Gallery

José and Walt DisneyA chandelier depicting the birds in the Skipper Canteen
## References

1. ↑ https://jungleskipper.com/news/s.e.a.has-made-its-way-to-club-33-at-disneyland
2. ↑ https://www.endorexpress.net/parks/disneyparks/2018/12/seek-out-disneylands-new-tropical-hideaway/
3. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/Fun-Find-Friday-Minnie-Mouse-Posters-2.aspx
4. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/now-casting.html