Disneyland After Dark (1962)
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This episode is called "Disneyland After Dark".
From the time Disneyland opened in 1955 until Walt Disney World opened in 1971, many of the top musicians appeared at Disneyland at one time or another. That, plus the fact that Disneyland always seemed to come alive after sunset made Disneyland the place to be at night during the summer. So, in 1962, Disney decided to dedicate an entire episode of it's series to Disneyland after dark. And boy did they get a list of performers for this one.
After we catch up with Walt Disney, who's tied up signing autographs throughout the program, we see the Dapper Dans perform their "gay 90s" number on Main Street, then we see Annette Funicello and Bobby Rydell sing songs on the Tomorrowland stage.
Then, after the usual fireworks spectacular in Fantasyland, it's the Royal Tahitians doing their thing in Adventureland, from dances to firewalking, and other ancient Tahitian customs. Later, we see the Osmonds (there were only four in 1962) and Tony Paris sing more songs, while the band leader also has the assembled dance to a number of tunes.
But the big headliner for this occasion was on the Mark Twain in Frontierland, as "The Young Men From New Orleans", who are anything but, and Monette Moore, who sang for the group on the Mark Twain on this occasion. But the big headliner was the appearance of the legendary Louis Armstrong, Satchmo himself, horn, trumpet and all, and Armstrong delights those on the Mark Twain, and probably everyone who has ever watched this episode of the Disney series, by performing as only he could.
All rights and credits go to the Walt Disney Company and those that created the video and the audio, including the music used in the program. That includes the Disney Channel, as I recorded this program on their Vault Disney block more than a decade ago.
Extra credit for the songs used in the program go to the estates of the singers and the original and current rights holders.
If there are any others who I'm forgetting, please let me know so I can add them to the list of those to credit.
There's a chance that this video will be taken down, not allowed up, or I'll be asked to take it down. If I'm asked to, I will take it down.
I work at Walt Disney World. Let me say that we need this type of entertainment back. It's tradition, and Walt would be proud
I agree
Well, Honey, I Peed My Pants isn't open at Disneyland yet (joke) Convert that area into a new performance area (restore to), or have it at the area between Fantasyland and Toontown used also for performances.
George Kalogridis killed the magic at Disneyland, then idiot Iger made sure he killed it at DisneyWorld
My wife and I used to work there ... the current executives have nothing in common with Walt Disney ... in fact they are anti-Walt-Disney. They despise everything he stood for and believed in.
No offense but Armstrong is so dark you can only see his eyes.
This looks so much more fun than what Disneyland is today.
Make Disneyland Great Again
This is one of my most favorite Disney films. I am a collector of 35mm and 70mm films. One of my most valuable films is a almost mint 35mm Technicolor print of Disneyland After Dark. It is mounted on three 2000 foot reels and it looks great when projected onto a large theater screen. My 35mm print is a original 1962 release print that has been very carefully stored and taken care of.
I have always been a huge Annette Funicello fan and now I can watch her in superb 35mm and glorious Technicolor. She was sure young and pretty in 1962.
Annette Funicello was a very classy young lady. She dressed to show her beauty but didn't dress like young kids today. If one needs to see what a respectable young lady is supposed to be like, Annette Funicello is all one needs to see. She will always be young and pretty to me. It broke my heart she died from MS though. :(.
mannyistheman2221 Not only that, but it can be legitimately said that Annette was the first lady of Disney entertainment, because of all that she accomplished with Disney, from the original Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s (which many think she's actually the unofficial face of) through to at least the 80s. She was in this episode, acted as a host through most of "A Backstage Party", which was filmed on the set of "Babes in Toyland". She also had a spot in "Disneyland's 25th Anniversary" from 1980.
And MS is something nobody would wish on anyone. For anyone that remember what she accomplished, seeing what she had to go through in the latter part of her life is a real heartbreaking thing to see. My grandmother had MS for 33 years (half her life), and it was gut-wrenching to see her for the last time (which was in 1981), because she only weighed about 65 lbs. at that time. So to see it affect someone in your own family is not a good thing to experience.
I am so sorry your grandmother went through that. You really know your collections very well. Collecting original studio films is not an easy hobby but one that is very rewarding. Keep up the fine work! I know she was a mouseketeer and in the Mickey Mouse Club! She is indeed famous!! She has been with disney almost from the beginning. The old disney was something special! It will never be the same again!
Actually, I don't have the film. Actually, I'm not a big fan of movies. but I did get the episode "A Backstage Party" (which is also on my channel) when it aired on Vault Disney, which is how I got virtually all of these classic episodes I have on my channel (and the ones I had on there but had to delete because they had become blocked).
Back when I caught the airings of these episodes up on my channel, the Vault Disney block, which was usually 6 hours long (12 midnight-6 AM), opened with the 50s MMC, and then the full episodes you see on this and a couple other channels (such a Disneytv4Me) aired later in the block. That's how I got almost all of the classic Disney material you see on my channel.
Great I have a condensed version on 2 x 35mm reels, in french and english for Osmond brothers and Armstrong parts. For sale on ebay soon
Great to see Louis Armstrong and the band. Thanks!
This was two years before “Hello Dolly” became a #1 hit in 1964.
What a wonderful video!
She took his popcorn!
And Walt took some of the other guy's popcorn, too.
Man, I would die to see Satchmo and the Young Men of New Orleans play on the Mark Twain Riverboat. Yeah, I realize this was a set, but just... wow... another time...
Louis Armstrong was on this show just two years before “Hello Dolly” became a #1 song in 1964.
I like how magical it looks like
man i loved retro disney
during the Tahitian dances watch the men's reactions...then watch the ladies...too funny!
KristyLee D. i notice that too lol
it reminds me of Polynesian Cultural Center - the Tahitian drums; dancers; tropical non-"tiki bar culture"
14:26 the little girl so scared cuz of the fireworks XD
That’s because when I was a kid, I was a bit scared of fireworks where they set them off in the neighborhood. It happened a long time ago, but it happened years later. Thanks to NYC, and the illegal fireworks.
This episode was aired in 1962 as part of WWOC. Annette was on stage in that episode singing her title song from her album "Danceannette". In addition to that, the Osmonds made their TV appearance before they joined "The Andy Williams Show" later that same year. Jay Williams, Andy's dad saw it on TV and Andy Williams discovered them to invite the Osmonds for their TV debut. RIP: Annette :)
this is lovely, why isn't it like this anymore?
This current entertainment is going in a different direction
don't get me wrong i love the disney parks today and always will, but wow was it was so lit back in the 60's!
I like Louis Armstrong. Plus, they took the ending clip of this video for the end of the show: World of Color - Celebrate! The Wonderful World of Walt Disney after the song "Forever Young" by Christina Perri and before Disneyland song.
i cant get over that lady taking his pop corn n now that pop corn is like 3 or 5 smh
In this world People like Walt Disney are missing !!
My god I love the 1960's
Up until 68
This episode was aired back in 1962 as part of WWOC when it was shown on WNBC-TV (channel 4) in New York City. It was Sunday nights at 7:30 PM while Ed Sullivan was on WCBS-TV (channel 2) was at 7:00 PM which was a half hour prior to this. This was one of the episodes where they put out an evening performances at Disneyland with music and fireworks. The best part of the segment was a fireworks show, and of course, the best part of the bunch was the Osmonds took the stage singing "Side By Side". This was also used in the 1982 bio film "Side By Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family". This episode took place months before they made their debut on Andy Williams' TV show after his father Jay Williams saw it on TV and finally discovered it. Other guests were the late Annette Funicello, Bobby Rydell and Louis Armstrong. He also did an album of Disney songs called "Disney Songs the Sacthmo Way".
Well, WNBC is an NBC affiliate, and this series was an NBC series for most of it's run, starting in 1961. Walt Disney gives that away in his second host shot in the episode "Color"/"Mathmagicland" when he says "NBC Color TV". This series moved to NBC in 1961 because Walt wanted to present his series in color, and NBC was the only one of the major networks capable of showing it in color at that time.
And there were quite a number of famous stars at Disneyland in this episode, as noted in the end credits, mainly because in the late 50s and early-to-mid 60s, Disneyland was THE place to be for entertainers in the years before Walt Disney World was built and opened in 1971.
+Musicradio77 Television Network Actually, "The Ed Sullivan Show" aired at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, one half-hour AFTER "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" began its broadcast on NBC at 7:30 p.m. The "Sullivan Show" aired one hour, until 9:00 p.m., the same time the Disney show (which aired for 90 minutes) concluded. The fact the Disney show didn't air a full two hours (as well that the program included sponsor commercials) is why feature films had to be edited in two or three parts.
Of course the Disney program was followed Sunday evenings on NBC by the immensely popular Western drama series "Bonanza," which lasted from 1959-73 and aired Sundays from 1961-72.
The program that aired at 7:00 p.m. on CBS for 17 years (1954-71) was "Lassie.," followed at 7:30 p.m. (in the year this Disney episode, uploaded here, aired) by "Dennis the Menace" starring Jay North and Joseph Kearns (replaced by Gale Gordon after Kearns' death February 17, 1962). In the fall of 1963, "Dennis" was replaced by the three-years' run of 'My Favorite Martian" starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby.
On the evening (April 15, 1962) this "Disneyland After Dark" episode first aired, even though Joe Kearns had already died, the third-from-last episode (titled "The Treasure Chest") of "Dennis" with Kearns aired on CBS.
The program that aired just prior to "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" on NBC, at 7:00 p.m. that 1961-62 TV season was "The Bullwinkle Show." What a terrible conundrum for children in those pre-VCR days, to have to choose between watching the beloved collie (with his master "Timmy Martin," portrayed by Jon Provost) in "Lassie" and an animated moose (with his flying squirrel sidekick, "Rocky") from Jay Ward Productions. The long-running "Lassie," however, trounced the competition, forcing NBC to relegate "Rocky & Bullwinkle" to weekend afternoons its final two seasons of 1962-63 and '63-'64.
For that matter, what a horrible situation for children to have to choose between "Dennis the Menace" and the first half-hour of the Disney program, or even later the choice between the Disney and Sullivan programs. This was a constant dilemma for me in those years, with the Sullivan show usually prevailing since it showcased popular music groups such as The Beatles, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, and The Supremes. But I reasoned I could watch the Disney show in summer reruns, and usually opted to catch the rock & roll acts on Sullivan's show live.
P.S.: Disney totally needs to release the uncut broadcast version or the theatrical version of this to DVD, maybe as a Disney Movie Club exclusive.
Originally telecast on "WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR" on April 15, 1962.
Rest In Peace Walt Disney
Cool thanks for putting this on loved it ❤
is that an old disney channel icon on the side?? what year??
they were so cute.
I have been looking for this for Years. :D Love it. Disneyland 1962 was the start of everything.
38:16 Is this man James MacArthur??
Walt Disney had good taste in music - I love that sweet ole New Orleans jazz. It's great to see some of Satchmo's original _Hot Five_ band members like Kid Ory sliding the trombone and Johnny St. Cyr strumming the banjo! The Osmonds were terrific at harmonizing at such young ages.
The song sung by Monette Moore at the beginning of the "Mark Twain" segment, "Kansas City," was also a hit rock and roll tune for Wilbert Harrison.
At one point in the tune "Muskrat Ramble" (played by Louis Armstrong and the band), the melody of the chorus sounds almost like that of an Anti-Vietnam War song from the late 1960s called "The Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag:"
"And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
The next stop is Vietnam,
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the Pearly Gates,
Well, there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopie, why I'm gonna die."
The song was originally sung by a novelty group called Country Joe And The Fish.
Too bad Disney has gone completely down hill. I was there for the first time as a 4 yr old in 1975.
is that luis armstrong
♡chanteh♡ yes king of jazz
Yes! It was Louis Armstrong, the man who did “Hello Dolly”. This episode was from 1962, and “Hello Dolly” didn’t come out until 1964.
34:50 is the performance from the Carnation Plaza Gardens doing their swing music. That area is not there anymore. It is now the home for the Disney Princess called the Princess Fantasy Faire.
You can't make the early 1960s come back again . Or the man, the genius, the icon of Walt D. Live again ,but through the thoughtful meditation of that extent and joy you can prove that dreams of genius' never die. Disney was an honest storyteller who tried to reflect the times in which he lived....partly,...for the record. I remember some precious people who were like, innocent during all life stages. Disney was a strapping lad, who grew to be the Jupiter of California....let's face it,...he was, a God. Like alot of grown ups were back then. And before then out here in the west especially, but inevitably , the franchise ballooned and smushed alot of other beauty. But it was all in good fun. And personally I wouldn't feel at home in a theme park that did not have a strong F.B.I. presence, everywhere, that still had dance clubs for goth tweaker as long as they could get away with it. And the snow white I saw in these films at my age of51 is the same one who hugged me when I was 3 yrs. Old. But yeah. It could've been alot worse out here, Without Mr. W.D.
I noticed in the first scene where the Monorail pulls into the Disneyland Hotel station, then they show all the people boarding. Then it takes out of the station headed into Disneyland, yet the boarding scene is actually at the Tomorrowland station. You can see the sky buckets going past.
Playing Dixieland at Disney people would complain it was racist today lol...
Disney Channel needs to re-run this show!
I actually saw this program on the Disney Channel many years ago. That explains the Disney Channel logo at the bottom right-hand side of the CZcams screen.
That was a time when the magic kingdom had a sense of magic it was a kool time i wish i could have been there wow
Yep, this is the uncut version, but it would be nice to have a hard copy with better picture quality. I have the Walt Disney Treasures DVD with this episode, but they abridged it (despite saying that all the episodes on it were uncut).
It isn't quite uncut. There's a shorter version of this show on CZcams where it shows a close-up of the two black guys dancing while the "Mark Twain" riverboat pulls into the dock. But here, even though it's a longer version, there's just an extreme long shot of the guys dancing in front of the people gathered on the dock, but the close-up of the dancing pair is left out.
In the segment at the Plaza Garden show, one of the songs that Tony Perez sings is "The September Song" (which is from the 1934 movie "Knickerbocker Holiday"; it won the Academy Award for Best Movie Song), but in the other version of this program (as well as another one also on CZcams, with French subtitles and an introduction by movie critic Leonard Maltin), that part is missing, although, like this video, it did show him singing "Twilight Time" (which was also a hit song for the doo-wop group, The Platters) and a bit of "Yakety-Yak" (originally sung by The Coasters).
A couple of the songs being played while the audience was dancing the "La Rosca" might be considered "politically incorrect" today. First there was the Mexican sounding tune played between the other songs (it's the one where everyone shouts "Ole!"). Some people might find that an example of "cultural appropriation," whereby a piece of the culture and music of one particular ethnic group is used as a form of crass entertainment for mostly white people who don't know anything about the culture they're exploiting, and/or probably don't care if it offends anybody.
Then, there was the song "Dixie," which some consider "racist" because it was the official tune of the Confederate army during the Civil War, which many see as a war waged by the Southern states to defend and preserve the unpopular institution of slavery, although the Southerners, as well as their modern day defenders, claimed that there were other reasons for the Secession and the war, like "Southern Self-Determination," the issue of States Rights, or the belief that the Northern states were trying to ruin the South economically.
Incidentally, why did the band also play "Jingle Bells"? There was nothing in this video to suggest that the show was filmed at Christmas time.
Speaking of music, I noticed that in the opening credits, there was a clip from "Mary Poppins," accompanied by a snippet of one of the songs from that film, "Chim Chimney." But this episode of "The Wonderful World Of Disney" was from 1962, which was two years before "Mary Poppins" was made.
Am I missing something?
Richard Dreyfuss is in this.
It’s unconfirmed that it’s Richard Dreyfuss.
follow the person in the pink feather hat they are in almost all the scenes
Is it just me or does their off beat clapping bother you?
Jade Blueheart it seem off
When & where?
If you're referring to when the band is playing that vamp before Annette takes the stage, yes, the clapping seems odd, out of sync.
Where is Richard Dreyfuss?
I'm here because of offhand Disney :)
My copy of it was also taped (by a friend) off Vault Disney, though he left the commercials in >_<
The abridged version on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD is weird, because they just cut a little bit here and there. For example, it goes straight from the Dapper Dans loading the Mark Twain to Satchmo, cutting the first song by Monette Moore. And they put a warning over the fire dancers not to try it at home. Like, seriously guys?
My favorite part of the video starts at 41:41
Wow this way before they have Disney princess faire theatre the part where dancing
wow some of da best names in dis episode da great Satchmo himself good ol Louie Armstrong and Annette Funicello. Sad how she passed on dis year but as always she's remembered forever as one of Disney's best stars ever. Hard 2 believe Louie Armstrong was a great comedian as well.
I have an original poster from this episode, which leads me to believe that it was more than just a television special. Was it released in theaters?
I think it was. At least, that's what I heard.
I guess if they made a clone of Walt Disney in the future, They would just have him host a new incarnation of The Wonderful World of Disney TV show.
Shame The Yachtsmen Quartet didn't make the film. Would have loved to have seen them...
I'm afraid that Disneyland Park today has lost some of the charm and appeal that it had in this video and in 1962. Today's overcrowding and long security check lines make me want to board a time machine and go back to 1962.
Not to mention the big traffic tie-ups just getting there that didn't exist, even when I first went there in 1980. The major projects on I-5, CA-22, and CA-91 over the last 25 years or so have helped somewhat. After all, I-5 until around 2000 and CA-22 until a few years ago used to be just three lanes per side (when I went there for Grad Night in 1991, they were in the first stages of the I-5 reconstruction in OC), making just getting to Disneyland a big hassle. And once you get there, it's very confusing and sometimes problematic just getting into the park, because the parking lots are a $5 cab ride from the actual entrance to Disneyland itself.
W4RJ we visited Disneyland every summer, and that's the way I remember it. Such great memories!
Back in 1962, New York City was full of traffic all around the city and people did not get to Disneyland to watch this episode on TV where they did the evening live performances at Disneyland. Comparing to Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the rest, Disneyland was great back in 1962.
I love it how they play dixie for abit
the way the hula dancers move their hips make me think of a fish swimming and darting around and taking off
like dory.. just keep swimming...
5:36 - Even back in the 60s, Disney was all about sponsorship. Upjohn Pharmacy. The Carnation Company. Swift.
Greg Palmer They had to. They weren’t the corporate juggernaut they are today.
The show was sponsored by RCA and Kodak back in 1962.
Jfk was prez
Guy at 30:27 best part easily
Louis Armstrong, the best!
Can somebody tell me what they ate doing at 40:00? Bunny hop? Sorry to ask, I'm from the 90s.
they were so lil. then when they did haunted mansion show time at disney they were older. so donnie was a baby or not born yet.
In the video is Walt really at the park?
Considering this entire episode was shot at Disneyland, I think the answer to that question is obvious.
All the way through he's filmed (along with actors pretending to be guests) in front of a rear projection screen with previously shot Disneyland footage so I would guess his scenes were actually shot at the studio in Burbank and sometime after the park footage was shot.
Well, then what about everyone else he bumps into during the episode? I do suspect that whoever was pestering him throughout the episode was an actress, but he bumped into literally dozens of other people throughout the entirety of the episode. That's why I think the episode was shot at Disneyland.
Well the "episode" was certainly shot at Disneyland, but his linking scenes were obviously shot in front of a rear projection screen. In addition to having the unmistakable look of rear-projection, it would make sense to shoot him in a controlled studio environment and script the scenes to dictate the flow of the edited vignettes as I'm fairly sure they weren't all shot in the same night.
I don't think there's any question they weren't all shot on the same night. But if you're right, the question then becomes, how did Walt come into contact with those dozens of people in those shots of him throughout the episode? The only other thing I can think of is that they had a life-size mock-up of Disneyland where Walt came into contact with those "people" in those life-size mock-up shots. To me, that's the real brain-twister here.
20:37 I can't believe Walt being a litter bug in his own park. lol
Well to be fair he did get his kettle corn stolen...
Or popcorn, haha
I meant to say are instead of ate
15:28 You start to notice all the men's thoughts wandering and the female audience. becomes uncomfortable (for the most part)
I love it.
The men were smiling...the women not so much.
dont they do that dance on may 5th. lol..
dose any body know when the sub re opening
Karina I'm your biggest fan and I love your baby sister she is so cute and whenever I see your videos they make me want to giggle
know who was bobby rawdell.
Bobby Rydell was in "Bye Bye Birdie" after scoring big hits with "Wild One" and his cover of "Volare." Apparently he still does tours.
Oh ok thank u
@@gpwerner
The fictitious Rydell High School in the Broadway and movie musical "Grease" was named after him.
Kalifornia
i guess he was a singer lol
Walt Disney did NOT sign autographs ;) his signature didn't match what his "Walt Disney" from all the publications and merchandise etc...
You left before your time Walt I wasn't born to protect you from the greed of men
Brings back Memories of a time when Americans had Class. Today People go there and look like Slobs. It was wonderful to see women in Dresses ,and to see the parking lot filled with American Cars.
Speaking of cars, the light blue one shown at 1:53 was rather long. It must have been a limo.
This is how I know Ghost aren't real. If they were Walt Disney would arise from his grave, storm down San Bernadine Freeway and rebuild Disneyland to be like this!
no it was just a one hour maybe hour and a half TV special hard 2 believe dis was released in 1962, da year my aunt was born and one of da best World Series took place between da Giants and Yankees. Willie McCovey came so close 2 being a series hero but fell short.
strange how during da dance scenes at around 39 minutes how they play an Xmas song and a theme usually heard during an at-bat in a baseball park.
Which song is the one that's "usually heard during an at-bat in a baseball park"?
@@michaelpalmieri7335 from 39:11-39:24, 39:40-39:54, 40:09-40:24, 40:38-40:45 and 41:00-41:07. overall it's so sad how these dances don't really come around anymore at Disneyland, kids of today so caught up in technology should really take a time machine and see what these times were like, no smart phones, no phone apps, none of them hundreds of whatever phone games are available and not 2 mention no cell phones nor digital screens anywhere, just a down home good ol dance like what American settlers did.
@@bizzy24100
That's odd. It doesn't sound like a song associated with baseball. It doesn't even sound American; it sounds Mexican. In fact, I think it might be a part of the "Mexican Hat Dance" song.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 true but during an at-bat, it's slowed down, u probably just haven't been 2 many ballparks like me is all but no worries.
@@bizzy24100
Well, I was never really into sports anyway, so I wouldn't know. Thanks for the info anyhow.
Reality check:
All these "kids" are now over 70 years old..
..you are welcome.
compare 6:19 with the Osmond brothers singing I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad and doing the same thing with their hats lol even though jay messed up
This was before the young Osmonds appeared on the “Andy Williams Show” for the first time. Jay Williams who was the father of Andy Williams saw this episode and he was discovered and brought the boys over and made their guest on Andy Williams’ TV show.
@39:02 . Insert Dave Chappelle joke.
I don't know what you mean by that.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 there was a skit on Chappelle's Show called "white people can't dance" featuring John Mayer on guitar 😆
This is the past not the present.