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Defunctland: The American Idol Theme Park Experience
In this episode, Kevin deep dives into the history of the elaborate American Idol theme park experience that used to operate at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
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00:00 - The Birth of American Idol
08:24 - The Birth of Disney-MGM
13:19 - American Idol's Golden Age
20:36 - Disney-MGM's Dark Age
25:14 - The American Idol Experience
42:54 - Problems and Decline
57:03 - The Curtain Closes
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A Symphonic History
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On December 15, 1966, Walt Disney died. Sixteen years later, on October 1, 1982, EPCOT Center opened. This documentary covers the journey that took place in between. Historical Companion: bit.ly/3QEaaWs Sensory Guide: bit.ly/3G4L0eT Soundtrack: defunctland.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-calls Limited Run Vinyl Campaign: www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-dream-calls-on-vinyl Donate on Patreon: patreon.co...
Defunctland: The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride
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In this minisode, Kevin explores the Wiggly history of the defunct Wiggles dark ride, The Big Red Car Ride, at Dreamworld in Australia. Special Thanks to ReviewTyme for consulting on the episode! www.youtube.com/@ReviewTyme Sources: Ben Roach, ourworlds.au Richard Wilson, parkz.com Dreamworld's Golden Years, dwgoldenyears Theme Park Ogre, youtube.com/@themeparkogre Altzone, www.you...
Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery
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In this DefunctTV special, Kevin investigates the origin of the four-note theme that has been used on Disney Channel for the past two decades. Special Thanks to Dallas Taylor. For more deep dives into sonic branding check out: youtube.com/@twentythousandhertz Support Television Archivists: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BP-PJxqUK_qtA2Oav4t8IMLn13tWnXGigP-goOiv6v8/edit?usp=sharing Donate on Pat...
Defunctland: The Bizarre Garfield Dark Ride
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In this minisode, Kevin dives deep into the history of Kennywood's Old Mill and the infamous Garfield overlay, Garfield's Nightmare. History Sources: David Hahner Jr. - www.amazon.com/Kennywood-Images-America-David-Hahner/dp/073853563X/ Brian Butko - groups/Kennywood/ Boaz Frankel - www.verylocal.com/garfield-nightmare-kennywood/3820/ Video Sources: Historic Pittsburgh - historicpi...
DefunctTV: The History of Under the Umbrella Tree
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Go to privacy.com/defunctland to get $5 off your first purchase and protect your financial identity! Kevin explores the history of the Canadian classic puppet show, Under the Umbrella Tree. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Defunctland Twitter: defunctland D...
Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History
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Kevin deep dives into Disney's now defunct expedited queue service, FastPass and FastPass Plus. Listen to the soundtrack: open.spotify.com/album/2xtaO3beDUQ5NZ7l6ihizF?si=B2jPHYNpS4GwkWoiNxBEDw Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: defunctland.com/store Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland FastPass Tip Montage: TheKingsJourney “Disney World FastPass Plus Tips You Need to Know” - czcams.com/video/g2MD...
DefunctTV: The History of The Puzzle Place
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Thank you to CDCB2 for archiving The Puzzle Works pilot: czcams.com/channels/egSM4eTvXqXylcPQ2SDezw.html In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin explores the history of the 90's PBS puppet show, The Puzzle Place. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: defunctland.com/store Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Defunctland Twitter: defun...
The Handwich: Disney's Failed Sandwich of the Future
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Go to BuyRaycon.com/defunctland for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. This one got a bit out of hand. In this video, Kevin explore the history of and makes his own Handwich, Disney's Failed Sandwich of the Future! Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: defunctland.com/store Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Defunctland Twitter: ...
DefunctTV: The History of Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
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Go to privacy.com/defunctland to get $5 free money! In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin explores the history of the PBS Kids Go! reality game show, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: defunctland.com/store Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Kevin's Twitter: kevinperjurer Defunctland Subreddit: reddit....
Defunctland: The History of the Worst SeaWorld Ride, Submarine Quest
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In this episode, Kevin explores the history of SeaWorld San Diego's short-lived ~dark~ ride, the failed Submarine Quest. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Defunctland Twitter: defunctland Defunctland Subreddit: reddit.com/r/defunctland For more great content...
DefunctTV: The History of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
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Go to defunctland.com/store and use coupon code "DefunctTV" to get 15% off your order! In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin explores the history of the Carmen Sandiego franchise, specifically the hit PBS game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Group: Defunctland-1142494142561537/ Defunctland Twitter: defunctlan...
Defunctland: The History of Disneyland's Adventure Thru Inner Space
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Special Thanks to Steve Wesson (TheMightyMicroscope.com) and David Oneal for letting me use their photos/videos. In this episode, Kevin discusses the history of Disneyland's Adventure Thru Inner Space, a ride that shrank guests to the size of an atom and was sponsored by an infamous company. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: defunctland.com/store Donate on Patreon: patreon.com/defunctland Facebook Grou...
DefunctTV: The History of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
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DefunctTV: The History of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Defunctland VR: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Defunctland VR: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Defunctland: The History of Toys "R" Us Times Square
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Defunctland: The History of Toys "R" Us Times Square
DefunctTV: The History of the Big Comfy Couch
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DefunctTV: The History of the Big Comfy Couch
Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.
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Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.
Disneyland's Forgotten Sci-Fi Rock Band - Live From the Space Stage (Full Documentary)
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Disneyland's Forgotten Sci-Fi Rock Band - Live From the Space Stage (Full Documentary)
Defunctland: The History of the 1964 New York World's Fair
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Defunctland: The History of the 1964 New York World's Fair
DefunctTV: The History of Mousercise
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DefunctTV: The History of Mousercise
Defunctland: The History of Freedomland U.S.A.
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Defunctland: The History of Freedomland U.S.A.
Defunctland: The History of Coney Island
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Defunctland: The History of Coney Island
DefunctTV: The History of Adventures in Wonderland
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DefunctTV: The History of Adventures in Wonderland
Defunctland: The History of the Worst Six Flags Coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight
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Defunctland: The History of the Worst Six Flags Coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight
Defunctland: The History of Tomorrowland 1955
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Defunctland: The History of Tomorrowland 1955
DefunctTV: The History of Dumbo's Circus
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DefunctTV: The History of Dumbo's Circus
Defunctland: The History of Mickey Mouse Park
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Defunctland: The History of Mickey Mouse Park
Defunctland: The History of Beverly Park Kiddieland
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Defunctland: The History of Beverly Park Kiddieland
Defunctland: The History of Disneyland's Teen Nightclub, Videopolis
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Defunctland: The History of Disneyland's Teen Nightclub, Videopolis

Komentáře

  • @kennynelson3189
    @kennynelson3189 Před 7 hodinami

    If she fine i’d like to get inner space

  • @thiscommentor
    @thiscommentor Před 7 hodinami

    Damn that was a good video. I thought about being a CZcamsr but no way I could make it this good.

  • @Joshua-pw8mz
    @Joshua-pw8mz Před 7 hodinami

    On March 12, 2003, the show received four Daytime Emmy nominations

  • @cashmoney865
    @cashmoney865 Před 7 hodinami

    i watch these even when i never consumed any of the related media because i think it helps a lot to add context to references people make and how shows can affect an entire generation of kids. and your voice is so relaxing lol

  • @SauerTwins
    @SauerTwins Před 11 hodinami

    i came for mickey yelling "OVER THE TOP" to his troops but stayed for simulated slavery

  • @claycollins8973
    @claycollins8973 Před 11 hodinami

    LOL I'm so glad I stuck it out until the 10:00 minute mark, that ride through made me laugh more than i ever could have imagined

  • @breezywolf14
    @breezywolf14 Před 11 hodinami

    i loveed this show

  • @userunknownx
    @userunknownx Před 12 hodinami

    There was also a lot of chatter of moving the Garfield park closer to his hometown and integrating it with the James Dean tourism. People were buying homes and farms in the areas for hotels and B&B's. Hendricks County didn't want a theme park, but sleepy Fairmount IN did. Davis even put in a Garfield trail with themed statues in the area just north of there. People took it as a positive sign that there was a done deal. I do appreciate this, not being from Pennsylvania I always thought KennyWood was Kenny Rogers version of DollyWood.

  • @rocketpsyence
    @rocketpsyence Před 20 hodinami

    I can't even get through this video because being reminded of simon cowel being allowed to exist at all makes me want to break the earth in half with my fist

  • @patrickmaximus10
    @patrickmaximus10 Před 22 hodinami

    I don't know why, but I really appreciated the early 2000s war documentary voice over quotes. 😄

  • @hayleyhellbound9513
    @hayleyhellbound9513 Před 23 hodinami

    How would someone go about verifying if photos are of this place? I obtained personally taken slides mixed into a box of commercial ones I bought at a yard sale and a bulk of photos appear to be an america themed parade in a theme park setting, they are marked 1965 and were with a Viewmaster set from this park

  • @ihatemyname6
    @ihatemyname6 Před 23 hodinami

    THATS WHY ITS 6 FLAGS? I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT.

  • @leebeeqoo
    @leebeeqoo Před dnem

    Wow, this documentary was so well done and captivating. As a Marketing Creative Director, it also pulled at my heartstrings in all the right places. Honestly, after this and the Lines doc, I’m convinced you can make any topic into a full, engaging story - you are so talented! 🔥👏

  • @k.anderson5039
    @k.anderson5039 Před dnem

    I have been Barbie fan & collector since 80s. I lived in NYC when they opened in Times Square. I remember being disappointed in Barbies display. It should have been top of the top in this location

  • @kysheni1996
    @kysheni1996 Před dnem

    I’ll never understand some of the comments saying “kids these days don’t understand” why do we have to destroy our bodies to have fun? Why should a neglect for paying customers be ok? I understand previous generations don’t have much self respect and are used to being spit and stepped on but come on

  • @joshkeres-cc7xs
    @joshkeres-cc7xs Před dnem

    ngl who watchesm this other then school stuff

  • @shitsnotjakepaul6490

    This video was amazing. I just wish it told us more about the denim than the stardom.

  • @Irishflyboy255
    @Irishflyboy255 Před dnem

    I honestly don't get the joke about Life With Derek, is there a story or just a copyright strike joke?

  • @TheVASgamer
    @TheVASgamer Před dnem

    I have a tropical frog plushie made by FAO Schwartz.

  • @Alykat0
    @Alykat0 Před dnem

    i cant believe this is how i find out that my dad did not coin the song "pants on the ground" that i heard all the time growing up

  • @Mincero1999
    @Mincero1999 Před dnem

    1:23:24 absolute legends for befriending the monster

  • @nuneke0
    @nuneke0 Před dnem

    Is it just me or does this sound all very much like what the elite has in store for us today (surveillance, 15-minutes cities, no democracy...)?

  • @piglin_gold64
    @piglin_gold64 Před dnem

    This video makes me so happy. I grew up watching the wiggles (from the US) and their history was interesting to learn

  • @NicotheFett
    @NicotheFett Před dnem

    Still under construction today was such a great remark for so casual a delivery

  • @lordsams
    @lordsams Před dnem

    A coney island America's worst amusement park

  • @Ubersnuber
    @Ubersnuber Před dnem

    29:15 It's nice to see Chucky still getting work.

  • @b-zoneonroku2020
    @b-zoneonroku2020 Před dnem

    32:50 what's the piece of music played in this sequence?

  • @bellemorelock4924
    @bellemorelock4924 Před dnem

    53:58 OMFG! People go through this now? Old system - take a vacation to Kiddie Land with the kiddos. New system - get a degree in logistics and start work-from-home at 6AM, for no pay, to please the ticketslaver, err fastpass machinelord. Pay $1000 & Fly 1000 Miles to pretend kiddie land is and always was a thing that adults take seriously, marching in lockstep around a theme park according to machinelord itenerary. *I lived in Orlando in the mid-2000s and learned what days to visit an empty park* Yes I rode everything to death, and learned that about 6-7 times in one hour was my human limit for the most aggressive roller-coasters. I had annual passes for multiple years to every park except the new LEGO land. FWIW my favorite ride in Orlando, overall, if it still exists, is the Popeye and Bluto River rafting (forgot exact name) ride at Universal. I have never seen a better water ride anywhere and could go on, but its basically like a log plummet except with all manner of splashing and sloshing, and multiple drops. It looks like a lazy river on the map but oh no.. Those rings hold (iirc) 10 people and freely rotate the whole time. You never know who will go under a random waterfall backward. You might get barely a squirt, or drowned from head to toe like a dunk tank riding this. No roller coaster parallels this experience that I know of. Also, this ride had a modest line most of the time. Loved seeing drenched & excited kids running the line to ride it again. 1:10:10 Hmm.. I don't remember Shapeland very well. Its all kinda hazy from Thirteenth Triangle on. I tossed my Octoroons with Squircle sauce. If I had known you were counting, I would have rode 42 instead of 39! (FWIW having rode more than anyone not an addicted trust fund baby, I quit parks after leaving Orlando. I was sickened by what happened to SeaWorld and Busch Gardens after divestiture, and Universal had eliminated their bargain AP deals shortly after Disney did anyway.) Back "in the day" you were just-a-body in a line and no one knew that some hax were bringing their GFs and riding 20x a day, just that the rides were busy. Although these numbers (Shapeland: Fastpass+) seem to suggest the most modern system is equally game-able, its not so much by choosing the right day to visit, as outsmarting the average paying customer. I don't like that. No, not at all. 1:24:05 Are you, or your "industrial engineer" a ramblin-wreck? because I spy The Varsity. 🤗"What'll ya have?" 💯

  • @Sheri7029
    @Sheri7029 Před dnem

    Why did you stop developing videos? Enthusiastic keeps going. Many people love your videos.

  • @HereticalKitsune
    @HereticalKitsune Před dnem

    Rick-Rolling everyone near the end!

  • @connorwilcox146
    @connorwilcox146 Před dnem

    How is nobody talking about “a Grambush, if you will”, goddamn that was a fire line

  • @RenoReborn
    @RenoReborn Před dnem

    52:22 🤣

  • @alwkw3783
    @alwkw3783 Před dnem

    Off topic but I appreciate that you took the time to highlight what a creep Steven Tyler is.

  • @sirericbrown
    @sirericbrown Před dnem

    I’d love to see an episode on Star Wars Weekends at Studios. I miss those.

  • @user-ur8dm3fn4c
    @user-ur8dm3fn4c Před dnem

    This deserves an episode about Curse of DarKastle.

  • @ExplorerDS6789
    @ExplorerDS6789 Před dnem

    American Idol was one of the most overrated "reality" shows of the 2000s, humiliating gullible people just for the sake of ratings. Show the world they have no talent, let three people berate and deride them until their soul is the size of a wart of an ant's toe, and somehow, that became a worldwide phenomenon. Then Disney had to throw together this pathetic excuse for an attraction?? If they HAD to do something American Idol related, have guests record a few lines of a song, then have an animatronic Simon lambast them for it, then walk out.

  • @ad6417
    @ad6417 Před 2 dny

    Why do all these elderly white dudes think they know what children want?

  • @tommyworles5344
    @tommyworles5344 Před 2 dny

    As a kid i was so excited when fraggle rock would come on and then they would do a rerun a few days later i watched both what a great time to be a kid also the Dark Crystal was just as amazing to watch as a kid you were like wow at the characters

  • @dejomatic
    @dejomatic Před 2 dny

    This ride is perfect for a nice rest. The park is small enough that you're constantly on the move. This ride let you relax for a few.

  • @harrisonswyter4601
    @harrisonswyter4601 Před 2 dny

    Colin Mochrie is in this Disney ad?!

  • @Ki_Thi
    @Ki_Thi Před 2 dny

    Such dom and sub energy these three emanate

  • @Opal_jen_X
    @Opal_jen_X Před 2 dny

    Nothing beats a glass of milk on a hot summer day 😅😅😅

  • @rosecoloredtimes
    @rosecoloredtimes Před 2 dny

    Watching this really shows me how much these characters were such a giant part of my childhood… not just big bird, Kermit and Miss Piggy but the Swedish Chef, Animal and the two older guys who sit off to the side making cynical comments (I didn’t know their names were Waldorf and Statler) as well as countless others (I loved Rizzo the Rat, too) I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know these guys.

  • @bringbackpbskidsgo4562

    Another Disney Channel wand ID from late 2002 that I found: m.czcams.com/video/nANPxGEDZ9o/video.html

  • @dharmallars
    @dharmallars Před 2 dny

    I’m seeing a lot of people here saying either they or someone they know went on the AI experience and had a lot of fun and don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it was. But to me that sounds like such a nightmare. Youre already paying an insane amount to go to a subpar crowded theme park and instead of spending your time at least riding fun rides, you’re spending hours waiting for a chance to be in another round of a fake reality show, where the prize is another round of the fake reality show, and the prize of that round is the *chance* to be on a real reality show. I wonder how the shows existence would have impacted the real show if it had been around earlier.

  • @undertheumbrellatree

    We welcome you to come join us at the official “Under the Umbrella Tree” channel, new fresh content will be uploaded with the gang!!! @undertheumbrellatree

  • @kylojax6498
    @kylojax6498 Před 2 dny

    Just let it sink in: 10:28

  • @bringbackrodney1
    @bringbackrodney1 Před 2 dny

    Who wrote this shitty dialogue? CRINGE. Sounds like a terrible CW show.

  • @Heretic_yt
    @Heretic_yt Před 2 dny

    Forgot this was about an American Idol themed park and thought you were shoe horning in Disney at 8:34 😂