Country Bear Jamboree Character 'Liverlips McGrowl' Renamed

DISNEY'S ANIMATRONIC 'COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE' BAND MEMBER 'LIVERLIPS MCGROWL' CANCELED, RENAMED

If you’ve ever been to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL—or until 2001, Disneyland in Anaheim, CA—then there’s a chance you’ve experienced the rootin’-tootin’, quasi-baudy robot concert known as the Country Bear Jamboree.

Well, the Jamboree just had a major refurbishment for the first time in its fifty-plus year run. The new show opened this month under the new title, The Country Bear Musical Jamboree.

One of its characters also got a new name and persona.

Yes, Liverlips McGrowl has been re-christened Romeo McGrowl. Why? Turns out, apparently “liverlips” isn’t a great term, originating in the 1840s as offensive African American slang.

Either way, the more Elvis-like McGrowl now appears in the show to sing “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid: