The AnaComical Players — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Aug 2000operated 11 years · 1989–2000

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2007

Area UpdateJan 1, 2007#

The Wonders of Life pavilion, on seasonal-only operation since January 2004, closed permanently on January 1, 2007, retiring the building that had housed the AnaComical Players Theater.

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2000

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RefurbishmentAug 2000#

The AnaComical Players gave their last show in August 2000, while the rest of the Wonders of Life pavilion continued to operate.

AllEars: 'No longer playing at Wonders of Life. Their last show was in August 2000.' Yesterland corroborates at year level: 'AnaComical Players Theater shows had already been eliminated in 2000.' The pavilion's other attractions - Body Wars, Cranium Command and The Making of Me - kept running for years afterward, so this closure is the show's alone.

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1989

New1989#

The AnaComical Players began performing improvised health-and-nutrition comedy sketches, staged with three performers and one volunteer pulled from the audience, at the AnaComical Players Theater inside EPCOT Center's Wonders of Life pavilion.

The 1989 start rests on a single source - Dee Bradley Baker's Wikipedia biography: 'In 1989, Baker moved to Orlando, Florida, where he worked on an improv sketch comedy show titled The Anacomical Players at EPCOT Center's Wonders of Life pavilion.' No source confirms the show debuted alongside the pavilion on its October 19, 1989 opening day, so the date is held to year-only. Yesterland supplies the format: skits 'usually feature three performers and one audience member' and 'are never exactly the same because the performers improvise based on answers from the audience member.' Documented sketch titles, undated within the run, include 'Flossed in Space,' 'Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Sugar' and 'Cooking with Mr. Bob' (Yesterland) and 'Body Court' (AllEars). Sources spell the name both 'AnaComical' and 'Anacomical'.

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Questions & answers

When did The AnaComical Players open?

Per the documented record, The AnaComical Players at EPCOT opened in 1989.

When did The AnaComical Players last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for The AnaComical Players is dated Aug 2000: The AnaComical Players gave their last show in August 2000, while the rest of the Wonders of Life pavilion continued to operate.

What changed recently on The AnaComical Players?

The latest documented change (documented Jan 1, 2007): The Wonders of Life pavilion, on seasonal-only operation since January 2004, closed permanently on January 1, 2007, retiring the building that had housed the AnaComical Players Theater.

How many changes are on record for The AnaComical Players?

3 documented changes, dating back to 1989 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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