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Big Al Free Trial FREE BIG AL PDF Andrew Clements,"Yoshi" | 32 pages | 01 Nov 1997 | SIMON & SCHUSTER | 9780689817229 | English | New York, United States Big Al's Silicon Valley | Bowling, Arcade, Sports Bar, and Events He loves to sit in front of his cave and sing. He was resident bard and balladeer in the swamp before Walt Disney World was built and three badgers and an alligator have expressed great joy that he is now singing for people. Big Al appears during the ending of the show, singing "Blood on the Saddle" and threatening the Big Al of the show in the process. The other bears start bringing their singing together to counter Al's off-key crooning and eventually drive him off stage. In these versions of the show, the other bears don't seem to have much of a problem with him performing, since they actually let him take part in the finale and sing. Responding to a letter from Goofy asking if they can make some cheap fuel out of moonshine, Al has offered him a few batches while warning him that it Big Al been tested for machines and can pack a wallop. Big Al's is an outdoor gift-shop found in the Frontierland of the Magic Kingdom. Big Al appears on the shop's sign as the spokesperson for the shop which predominately sells plushies and Davy Crockett -style coonskin caps. He also appears in the parks as a walk-around character along with fellow Country Bears WendellShakerand Liver Lips. When performing all the way through autumn and missing an opportunity to find a place to hibernate, Big Al travels south and performs to earn money for food, but ends up frightening the locals and jumps aboard a truck. Riding the truck, he ends up at Walt Disney World, where nobody bats an eye at him for being a talking bear. 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Now the Pats check in having scored a pitiful 22 points over their last two games - both losses against the Chiefs and Broncos.
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