Defunctland: The History of Disneyland's Teen Nightclub, Videopolis
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In this episode of Defunctland, Kevin dives deep into the 80's and discusses perhaps the most decade-defining phenomenon: teen nightclubs. Specifically, Knott's Berry Farm's Studio K and Cloud 9 and Disneyland's infamous Videopolis.
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“I like the females. There are a lot of females here.”
- Guy trying not to get busted for homosexual fast dancing
THIS 💀
🤣
I naturally scrolled to the comment section while the before-video ads were playing, and man oh man was I confused at this comment out of context lmao.
@@Toolace same here
Lol😆
"My friends are here. The lights are really weird" 😂 14 and high as a kite
there's no way a 14 year old said that shit sober
Dude was gone cocaine was rampant in the eighties
absolutely insane to think about a kid gang member possibly saying, "videopolis is our turf, go back to knott's berry farm where you belong" and being dead serious about it
“Bro they think they can just show up at Disneyland without having to answer to us? Man once I save up enough money for a pass ima see them”
California Gangs of the 80s-90s were pretty hardcore... they even claimed public restrooms at parks
This is how Disney land clubs acted like. Every club had different patches, example sons of Anakin. There was a lot of beef between different clubs. Shit was cringe and toxic
I just got to the part where he mentioned a rise in gang violence, and I couldn’t have imagined that leading to the quote in your comment.
@@RanivusCh dont even THINK about shitting on our turf
I love how they were so concerned about "homosexual fast dancing" while kids were literally screwing in the bathroom lol
Think about the children
lol 😂 not surprised. same company that signed "dont say gay" bill and censored all lgbtq+ references in all movies and tv until Andi Mack and Owl House. Seriously homophobic history of Disney.
And now look at them; gay and trans crap everywhere you look.
Not to mention how DIRTY they did owl house
21 year old guys in the same nightclub as 14 year old teenagers? Totally kosher.
2 people of the same gender boogeying it out on the dancefloor together? *JAIL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.*
"You can't dance on Space Mountain" says local coward.
*dances to the cha cha slide while on the drop*
You can still do the hand jive or the Tony Manero disco finger. Even Michael Eisner would agree with that.
*homosexual slow dances on Space Mountain*
i am ric flair and you can dance on space mountain alllll night long woooooooooooooo!!!
This has the same energy as "You can't sit there." States cowardly non-believer.
The line “Homosexual Fast Dancing” should be hung at a museum somewhere, the same for “Charles Entertainment Cheese”.
The Charles Entertainment Cheese Museum of Homosexual Fast Dancing
It should be hung in a gay club somewhere.
I want to start a band and name it this. Whose in? 🤗
BJA Anderson I’m in.
*Mom, I’m Just Homosexually Fast Dancing With Charles Entertainment Cheese*
Imagine having such a lame gang that you get in a turf war over Knott's Berry Farm.
like you wouldn't flex on the street knowing you lorded over a theme park as a 14 year old
imagine having a turf war over "america's first theme park" which has intense rides now
gay rights, but only for those two homosexual fast dancers
@@fuckwit107 just start fast dancing, the cops will never catch up
Because they were the fastest and gayest dancers in all the land!
i read this and laughed and had to reread it lmao
@@NonsenseWithGlasses but do it EXTRA homosexually to really rub it in their face
@@scottpeltier3977 EXTRA HOMOSEXUALITY love that
Of COURSE the 80s had a period of time where there were only two dudes in the entire world who were allowed to gay dance at Disneyland.
Correction "homosexual fast dancing"
@@mehsmeh1308 true, if it was just gay dancing as a whole, they would have been allowed to homosexually slow dance as well.
This needs to be made into a drama
@@jgallardo7344 hell yeah i'd watch that
Makes you wonder how that'd be enforced
Guard: "You can't do that here"
Guy: "We're the lawsuit dudes"
Guard: "Ok then. Carry on"
"I LIKE HUMAN FEMALES
THERE ARE LOTS OF HUMAN FEMALES AT THIS PLACE"
-Testimonial Bot 8000
Cypto from Destroy All Human's then goes into the park to dance.
Now playing: Lonely island ft. Nicki minaj | The creep
Ferengi!
this comment is cursed, 666 likes
Robot: Greetings fellow male humans. I also like female humans, as male humans do.
Two guys: Homosexual fast dance by.
Robot: Visible confusion.
My parents met at videopolis. if it wasn't for that place, I wouldn't be here.
really?
The prophesy has been fulfilled 🙌
Did they-
Did they uh-
Did th-
Did they fast dance in the bathrooms???
@@a.a.g.h.1679 Awsome
Were you conceived at videopolis??
"My friends are here.. the lights are weird."
"There are lots of females here, I like the females."
Friendly reminder, kids. Teenagers in the 80's didn't have any better a grasp on their composure than you do, take pride in your triumphs and relish in your awkwardness, you aren't terrible for minor mistakes.
damn thanks homie :')
Facts
welp, guess i’ll just become even more shy now lol
Regardless of any generation, teens are awkward ducks
Luckily for them, Gen X and earlier teens didn't have to worry about some kind of network storing all their cringeworthy mistakes forever.
“i like the females here. there are lots of females”
-robert
That boy was very perceptive.
"Also, I'm *totally* not an alien masquerading as a human being."
Robert knows what's up.
Somedays a Ferengi wants to dance.
@@Modern_Robot even if its with Hu-Mons
Same-Sex Couples: "So, can we dance together at Videopolis or not?"
Disney: "Well, yes, but actually no, but actually yes"
The thread weaving through this of "how the Disney parks became gay-friendly, mostly under duress" is really interesting.
@@MattMcIrvin It's pretty informative about how they reached their current, almost suspiciously LBG positive positions. I'm curious who exactly it was who figured out that being anti-gay would destroy them in the modern cultural sphere, but clearly someone realized that they had to switch gears and _hard_ if they wanted to avoid controversy with serious consequences.
ItsMamaLuigi well, that’s confusing
@@raymondthrone7197 Yeah, and to this day they continue to put on the pretense of progressiveness while at the same time editing out homosexual characters in the Chinese release of films, and in general making only very minor concessions to the LGBT community such as having two background male characters dancing together. Ah yes. Very progress. Much ive. Wow.
I don't even really care that much about LGBT stuff, but if you say you're pro-thing, then have the balls to back it up with your actions. Otherwise get over here and sit on the fence with the rest of us.
Shenaldrac The great irony of this is that the film division had no trouble hiring a transsexual - and not just any, but one whose birth name was Walter - to compose the musical score for *Tron.*
Whenever people complain about the newer generations being too sensitive, I’m gonna remind them that “homosexual fast dancing” was once seen as a ban-able offense. Edit: homosexual fast AND slow dancing
And we were so sensitive back then, that we closed down a night club. Thanks for being an idiot.
@@PinkGoldAbby why u so mad lol
Every generation is overly sensitive
@@dylan9382 yeah, just in different ways and levels of extremity
Exactly
I'm legit saddened by the fact that Teenage Nightclubs came and went so quickly. Wish we had something like that while I was going through adolescence in the 2010s. Teens have nowhere to go and party together, play loud music, and just be out of the house until midnight.
I’m part of a DnD group at this local tabletop game store. Like a year ago, when I was sixteen, the guy who had been the DM for about a year was leaving the state. Due to a bunch of convoluted circumstances, my ride picked me up halfway through my final session with him. This was despite the fact that they told me to text them when it was over. I was upset. I realized that I couldn’t go somewhere at six, pretend to be gnome wizard named Dweebdum, and return home at ten.
Here in Mexico most of those places/parties are underground and basically a point of entry towards crime
Given how commonly such hangouts become centers of crime and violence, there's a reason teenagers have nowhere to hang out.
Blame US urban planning for that lol.
Of course you had somewhere to go, Dunkin Donuts parking lot??
"You can't dance on Space Mountain!"
Well, not with *that* attitude.
That Giaccino score SLAPS
I'm getting a very similar vibe to a certain cyborg and a red planet.
Though I think we know the answer to that as well.
funny thing is one time I had to get off space mountain, I literally sat in the vehicle was ready to go, but a few minutes later i saw the cast members speaking, security running. A guy got out of his ride vehicle and started running around inside of space mountain. Pretty sure he could've danced in there if he wanted to
Josh Avitia yes! Cinemawins ftw!
@@audrey.c1 I heard about that! Wasn’t that kinda recent
Opening on a picture of Eisner is the most Defunctland thing I can think of
Lol yeah, I was thinking "oh, another Defunctland video! Let's see what brilliant idea Eisner comes up with and then how he manages to completely screw it up!"
nothing is more defunctland than opening on a still image of Eisner and a guitar riff
It's truly Kevin at his most Kevin.
Pie-rxmancer specifically that one guitar riff from undertale
And it’s Eisner with hair too no doubt. Idk if that makes it funnier or not
Just watched The Owl House episode where Luz and Amity, a semi-confirmed (EDIT: confirmed) same-sex couple, dance-battle the monster of the week. After 35 year, Disney finally allowed homosexual fast dancing.
its third season got canceled so not exactly
@@slithra227 They still allowed it, though.
@@slithra227
It's third season didn't get cancelled, it's going to be the finale, three 44ish minute episodes. Can't find any reports stating it has been cancelled at this time.
@@Larper64 They cut it down from 14 episodes to three specials, cutting 6 hours worth of content from the shows planned third season
@@slithra227 I miss when shows were allowed to have episodes :
I can’t be the only one who finds the age range on 14-21 very weird. You mean whole adults are in the same club with 14 year olds???
it's an age range used for all of the teens who can't legally drink, so yes. when i was 18-20 i never went to stuff like that because i was horrified at the chance of being around a bunch of 14yr olds. 16-20 is a better range imo but i guess the 14 and 15yr olds are too left out that way, fuck if i know. i don't like it either lol
The "hangout" stuff made me really worried when I put this together, specially with the 40 year old man scene. I seriously doubt nothing illegal was going on there, the gangs were probably the only public part.
When I was fourteen, I would have said that I should totally be allowed to go on the teen dance floor.
Now at twenty, I'm thinking "why did they let high school freshmen near college students?"
Yeah, gee, there wasn't any paedophilia going on there at all... /sarcasm
This is the sort of venue that would make much more sense in europe with 18-21 year olds or with 14-17 year olds. Not both.
disney: No gay dancing!
boy and girl: heading to the "hang out spot" bathrooms
Disney: wait-
Boy and girl: No.
Two girls:*homosexual fast dancing*
Disney: no
Two girls: ok *go to the bathrooms together*
Disney: WAIT A MINUTE
I WANT THIS ON A T-SHIRT
Lol imagine losing your virginity at Videopolis!
That reminds me of the Robot Chicken skit where teens could get 'handjob passports', and would get stamps based on where they gave each other handjobs.
It’s 1985. I’m a 16 year old high school girl from California. I won a softball tournament and to celebrate I’m going to Disney for the first time with my best friend. I’m a bit shy, but she encourages me to dance with her. It’s fun, but I’m still sore from the tournament, so I start to slow down. Big mistake. Mickey mouse emerges from the shadows and beats me with a churro because my dancing has transitioned from “homosexual fast dancing” to “homosexual slow dancing”. I get a lawyer, four months later, I am one of only two women allowed to engage in homosexual slow dancing at a Disney park in the state of California
Mabel Pines I imagined this all in a mabel pines voice 10/10
I thought you were for real
Sh*t just went from zero to one-hundred real f**king quick.
@@doseofmilquetoast5383 so did I, lol.
@@doseofmilquetoast5383 Same here. Especially after eating a whole bunch of candy.
I love how the Videopolis theme actually slaps for the first 7 seconds, then starts to slap significantly less after they stop coming up with lyrics and just say "Videopolis" three times
Wait, hold up, you just glossed over the fact that there was a BMX group called the "Wizards of Rad."
What? What’s the time stamp?
@@thejman5683 17:48
What i want to know is how Goofy is able to ride a bike in the costume
@@TuesdaysArt yeah I wonder about that too, how does one do it in a costume like that???
@@LotusStar48 the cast member is just built different
I just need a Footloose style movie about an uptight theme park transformed through the power of homosexual fast dancing.
That would be legit! All we need now is to find the perfect guys to play the Andrew Exler and Shawn Elliot characters.
A Broadway version of that would slap too
I feel like it would play out like a gender bent version of the prom.
YES
Girl its happening NOW
Videopolis' theme song straight up sounds like something you would have made for this series.
Right? You'd think it was in the company of "Disaster Transport"
It should be the theme song for this channel
Gotta admit it's pretty catchy.
@@missybarbour6885 OOOHHH YEAAAHHH!
The lyrics are pretty hard to remember though.
why did i tear up at the “I like Disneyland, it’s a nice place to go” quote from one of the guys who were thrown out just for dancing like damn let them be
Said one viewer, “I love it in Defunctland. There are so many great videos here. I especially like the fact that there are slow and fast videos.”
Honestly this is wholesome because Eisner just wanted his son to think he was cool but, like a classic Disney villain, he just went too hard and ended up with nothing. You can almost see him sitting in the faint neon lights of YUMZ hoping that maybe *tonight* will be the night that his son decides to stop by for a churro with the old man. The homosexual fast dancers spin around him, lost in their own revelry, and his son parties the night away at Knott's Berry Farm, oblivious to his father's despair.
"Euro Disney," mutters Eisner as he picks at his soggy churro. "That will make things right."
im dead lmao
I need a really dramatic netflix series centered around this idea
damn 😔
I love you
Best defunctland comment of l time
My uncle asked me what I was watching. I mentioned this as a “Documentary on Videopolis” and he went “OOH I REMEBER THAT. That’s where I sold drugs over high school summer breaks”
I know you mentioned the drug problem last time but listening to his account (we’re socal locals) of being a teenager during this time was hilarious.
Is there more to this story or did he just go "God I love DRUGS!" and walk off?
Engineer Lume is here! Yeah, but its a bunch of collective stories from what he does remember over the course of 4 summers. Because it wasn’t just weed being sold, lsd and coke were popular among the scene too. Because. 80’s. Though Figment is at Walt Disney World, my uncle compares a group of 5-6 teen boys getting high on mushrooms and sitting in the people mover just tripping balls. Back then they could hop carts all they wanted especially with (friends) older siblings working at the parks
@@catharinrin my god I miss the 80's
Everyone did cocaine in the 80’s ... even Mickey
Everyone did coke and lived fast lives because they all thought they were going to be vaporized by the big one
As a female homosexual, I too “like this place, there’s lots of females”
Just make sure you don't fast dance in there 👀
My mom always tells us stories of Videopolis and ‘homosexual fast dancing’. Basically, she admits that her friends would all go and have fun as heterosexual fun-loving teens but as soon as they got on the floor, they’d dance next to each other so they could hug and express PDA as anyone wanted.
It is absolutely hilarious.
Can you rephrase that? I can't quite figure out what you are trying to say.
The weirdest part of this by far was learning that Michael Eisner has a son named "Breck".
What kind of name is that?
@@elijahblechman8633 It's of Scottish origin meaning "speckled".
Your profile picture looks like it was made for this comment
@@samtinkle9076 I'm sure the ancient Aztecs who made it 500 years ago intended it for this exact purpose.
Gveskojeno wait so he essentially named his son Spot?
As a gay man, I prefer homosexual medium dancing
Homo-perfered bisexual slow motion dancing in three alternate universes simultaneously
My asexual fast dancing is essentially standing stone cold in the middle while people attempt and fail to interact with me.
As I bisexual man, I prefer a frenetic mix of fast and slow dancing
@@HaydenX as a bisexual girl I agree with you
@@HaydenX same
14:54 "Disneyland after dark becomes cuddleville."
That sounds like the title of a PSA about keeping pedophiles out of the park.
@Steamed Hams Something something joke about adventuring in each other's inner spaces
I actually paused the video and read the entire article. It was definitely about adult married couples being "romantic" on a disney vacation, and not about kids hooking up at videopolis.
@@planaritytheory Yeah I paused it too, I think defunct just wanted the headline
@@planaritytheory well they do say that Disney is the most sexually repressed place on Earth…
When they mentioned the old lady dancing with kids, and then said "everyone's worst fear happened" I was very shocked to hear it was a shooting and not a k1d napp1ng or p3do bathroom assau1t.
Never in a million years did I expect to see a still image of Michael Eisner with a crushing heavy metal guitar riff over top of it, but here we are.
What I expected: poor management
.....
What I got: Gang violence and homophobia
I mean, unless you've somehow literally never heard of Disney before, the homophobia should be completely expected. It's literally almost the entirety of their history.
@@ShroudedWolf51 Grow up
Peruvian Potato grow up
@@Poydra Everclear is better
@@ShroudedWolf51 homophobia is just something to be expected in a functional society. Get over it
Imagine finding out your parents hooked up at Disneyland and you were the product.
“Son you were conceived at the happiest place on earth”
Danielle Felice imagine finding out your mother thought she broke her water but it was actually Matterhorn’s splashdown. Also, you’re George Lopez.
I'd be fine.
Imagine those parents named you Mickey. 🤣
I imagine quite a few people were conceived at Disney. All the hot3ls and resorts oof
"son, you are the product of Michael Eisners fantasy"
I will say, being responsible for the proliferation of churros throughout the Disney empire is a pretty great legacy. There are few things better than a Disneyland churro.
“This was a huge win for the two men... and no one else.” This was a great video, quite the insightful watch!
I love that you include various news articles from the time, it’s super fascinating reading the public perceptions of the events you’re covering.
I think the argument of “Its not a discriminatory rule, we had it since the 50s” is legitimately one of the stupidest things I heard in my entire life
What's more interesting is the failure to mention that this was when HIV was spreading across the nation.
@@necroflounder if HIV spread like the coronavirus I would understand..but unless they were bum fucking on the dance floor HIV wasnt an issue.
@@vianjelos now see, that may be *logical and correct* but I think we all know human beings have never let little things like "logic" and "facts" get in the way of buying into fear-mongering and mass hysteria.
@@Cipher71 I don't think I've ever seen a quote that so neatly summarizes how I feel about people at large. Thank you for this gem.
Sodomy leada to suffering
I’m not sure it’s possible to have a more 80s sounding name than “Videopolis”
All hail the new fresh!
Perturbator?
Is that what inspired Studiopolis Zone's name?
Or a more 80s theme song
Sounds like a Sonic level
Shoutout to the review from 14yr old kid at 11:02, he's a little confused but he's got the spirit
when they say "be gay do crimes" they mean "homosexual fast dancing"
"I like the females here, there are lots of females"
Did one of the animatronics gain life and give an interview?
No... The animatronic was not alive while saying this 😂😂
Typical 80s 16 year old boy.
I know this is an old comment but I legit laughed X'D
is that how Mark Zuckerberg was born?
Idk, sounds to me like a guy trying to not get busted for Homosexual Fast Dancing.
I’d pay real money for a shirt that says homosexual fast dancing
I would too. Hey Kevin, if you’re reading this-the gays want it.
FUCK it I’m making the shirt in my graphic design class
Check the merch link, it exists
Sickling FUCK YES IM BUYING IT FRIDAY
And it said the proceeds go to the Trevor Project! Even better
I love the fact that they needed to hold separate trials for fast and slow dancing. That's fantastic.
14:53 dude can you imagine if your parents conceived you in a disneyland bathroom? you've gotten be born with some sorta magic powers then, right?
That sounds like a premise of a movie that could be either great or terrible.
People conceived in the Disneyland bathroom and People conceived on the Garfield dark ride are 2 sides of the same coin
all of those quotes from "real teens" sound like dril tweets
IF DISNEYLAND BANS ME FOR DANCING ON SPACE MOUNTAIN I WILL FACE MICKEY AND MOONWALK INTO MR. TOAD'S WILD RIDE.
I worship the feet of goddess george-W.bush and I am a littol PIGGY who must be sent to Iraq." - went dril tweets
Holy cats
“Homosexual fast dancing” that’s just me doing the just dance 2 dance to Britney Spears’s toxic with no music for no reason
Same
doing it with no music bc the cover in that game was so horrible.
I do that all the time fr haha
TOO HIGH, CANT COME DOWNNNN
Lmao bro that’s so hilarious
Somehow, the 61 year old woman showing up every week to hang out with the younger crowd is oddly sweet in a "young at heart" sort of way. I wonder what eventually happened to her. I mean, it's been over 30 years, so she's likely long passed, but it makes you wonder what she did after Videopolis shut down. Did she find a new place to go to hang out and dance, or did she quietly retire to dance in her home?
8:26 "We didn't want to have two women dancing and have some guy go out and hassle them"
Ah yes, because that'll stop guys from hassling women. "Man I really want to be a jerk, but there's only one woman over there! Damn it! I guess my plan is foiled!"
I think they didn't want to offend either side so they used the excuse of a nothing issue...
@@mykaruest3620just as Kevin said. Disney Shifting blame to teen’s heterosexual fears to cover up their homosexual fears
You, a simpleton: Panic! At the Disco
Me, an intellectual:
H O M O S E X U A L
F A S T
D A N C I N G
Panic on the streets of Carlisle.
Isn't Brendon Urie a total _dreamboat_ ??
Oh boy, I can't wait to learn about a Disney dance club!
Kevin: "This created a class divide"
I love the phrase “homosexual fast dancing.” Thanks for such a well-researched and well produced episode. So glad I stumbled on this channel!
17:50 So that's what inspired An Extreme Goofy Movie lol
Disney: *Opens an area for adolescence teens and young adults, expecting them to be civil and act like adults.*
The Teens and Young adults: *Act like young adults*
Disney: Wait, that's illegal!
What they meant by Young Adults probably stuck to the 1950's view.
Yeah, there was no way this idea was gonna last long.
They kind of forgot that real teenagers don't act like the teenage characters that are the stars of their animated movies.
@@AdamYJ Disney Channel teens: I love respecting my parents and doing my homework on time.
Real teens: f*ck your parents, f*ck your school, I want cocaine and homosexual fast dancing
@@josephruiz5148 Teenager myself, there is no truer statement than yours
This whole Videopolis is basically a 80s version of a “Hello Fellow Kids” corporate fad.
But that kind of thing worked in the 80s. It started in the 80s. It’s really unique to that era.
Back then it actually worked XD
Albeit, a successful one
Mate it’s the origin story of “Hello Fellow Kids”, no other company did it like Disney in this era
This "fad" has always existed. Every single cartoon, movie, theme park, the entirety of disney as a corporation has been an attempt to resonate with kids. Kids don't tend to run huge businesses or make media of their own, every trend kids have ever had has been started by middle aged businessmen.
"from 1955 to 1957 it can be assumed dancing was banned" xD imagine getting kicked out because you tapped your foot
Master Shake traveled back in time.
"You can't dance on Space Mountain." Spoken like someone who's tried.
I lost my mind laughing at the homosexual dancing ban fiasco...
Gay couple: "Can we dance here?"
Disney: "No."
Gay couple: *sue Disney*
Disney: "Okay, you can dance together, but no other gay couples can."
Other gays: "Wait wha--"
Disney: "Okay, gays can dance together, but they aren't actually gay because kids can't be gay."
The gays: "Um... thanks? We'll just ignore that last part, we see this as an absolute win."
Part 2:
3 gays: *Get told they can't slow dance together*
Disney: "H O M O S E X U A L F A S T D A N C I N G O N L Y"
3 gays: *sue Disney again*
Disney: "Okay, gays can dance together."
Basically Sarah 35 years later Disney okays brief same sex kiss in celebration scene of a Star Wars movie
Robert J Kral PROGRESS!
@@rjkral "But only if it's two random lesbians, and absolutely none of the marketable characters!" - some Disney exec, probably
@@lanceturley7745 *cries in upset gay because Finn and Poe weren't allowed to get together*
"Homosexual Fast Dancing" sounds like a great band name.
I know everyone loves Kevin’s delivery of “Homosexual Fast Dancing”, but can we just talk about him saying, “I like the females here. There are a lot of females”?
That’s just like a person who doesn’t want to call themselves gay even tho they are but still want to deflect from it, so they claim they’re the opposite sex or something other than human. Obvious.
Any dude who uses "females" instead of girls or women is a huge 🚩.
I love females
I feel sorry of the teens who loved Videopolis. I'd be crushed too if my favorite hangout spot was closed forever. It was a product of its time, but it was fun for genuine fans.
21:37
Agent: Hey! I got you a part in a play for Disney!
Actor: Sweet! What part did I get?
Agent: The propeller.
Actor: Uhhh, what?
"Lucky for him, it was the 80s."
This is both the most amazing and most terrifying sentence ever. 🤣
4:07 No one gonna mention how sick Brer Bear’s moves are
I think that's actually the Big Bad Wolf. lol
Bear breaks it right the fuck down
He’s a B boy that taught the good folks at Disney the 5 elements of hip hop.✊🏽👌✌🏽
Love the 80's aesthetics of this episode. Great job!
Watch out Imma serve ya'll with a club classic:
*HOMOSEXUAL FAST DANCING*
Remember kids, no Homosexual Fast Dancing allowed.
Homosexual Slow Dancing is fine, just don't go above 100bpm.
If the Homosexual Dancing drops below 50 mph, Videopolis is rigged to explode.
@@Kirbyfan87827 "We've got to dance faster! And gayer!!"
As someone who once worked for Disney, I can tell you that Disney had a lot of stupid nonsensical rules like this.
I'm now imagining having to do some 80's dance at half-speed while the song rages at 180 bpm or getting someone to control a strobe light so that you can be like "you can only see every other beat of the dance, so really it is only homosexual 90bpm dancing"
@@Kirbyfan87827 mph is a measurement of miles, you mean 50BPM?
"Homosexual Fast Dancing" will be the name of my new album.
lol
Followed by "Homosexual Slow Dancing"
Add the Soundcloud link here
15:14 I can't! The evil witch, I can't stop rewatching her dance!!
Michael Eisner: has an idea
*It's always sunny theme plays*
"Michael shits the bed again"
The “Dancing Mama” is one of the most hilarious thing in the entire attraction. Good for her for having fun at being over 60!
I don't like that at all. She was sponging off the kids.
If it was a 60 year old guy out there I don't think people would have thought it was so "cute". 🤷
@@HollyG1903 ... Why not? I mean unless he was creeping on people. But if she really was just dancing and having a good time then it's fine.
@@BE-fw1lr I agree. I was saying it's unfair that a man couldn't have the same fun.
@@HollyG1903 If he wasn't being fucking creepy towards the children, I think it'd be alright. I mean, who doesn't like to see an older person just vibing somewhere?
He's not there to pick up on or otherwise try to relate with the children, he's just there to have fun!
Let's take a moment to appreciate the real hero's, those who fought Disney so all homosexuals can dance at whichever speed they desire
@Seth Hultkrantz yessir that's me
@@ansel569 Ok, that's actually cringe
@@PeruvianPotato what? People appreciating a couple gays trying to get equal rights to dance?
@@benedictdwyer2608 no it’s a bunch of people dancing in a Disney park…kinda cringe
As a homosexual i very much enjoy being able to dance as speedy as i want
"After they decided to legalize and regulate dancing in the park" is underrated
"I'm just homosexual fast dancing" is something I will always say from now on.
"'...I like the females here. There are lots of females' - Robert, 16" They need to put that on a giant golden engraved plaque
I hope the grown up version of that kid sees this video. Nothing better than thinking back to cringey moments from your youth ... once you've had some time to insulate yourself from them, lol
It sound alike something you'd say to hide that you're gay
Alongside “homosexual fast dancing”
We all thought it and he just said it. He’s got guts
@@scottpeltier3977 ummmmmm no, he’d had guts if he said he was looking at the boys while being a boy not changing after they throw him out.
"6 are stabbed, 21 arrested in gang violence at Magic Mountain" is one sureal headline
Amazing mini doc! I always appreciate the historical context that goes into these videos, from teen gangs to the crack epidemic and the rise of MTV. It’s so important. Thanks for putting so much effort into cataloguing these unique moments in time.
I attended Videopolis many many times in between 1985 and 1987. I would go hang out before it opened while they always played Andreas Vollenweider's White Winds album. During the fireworks, they would always play Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes, one of the 80s-est songs to ever 80s in the 80s. Going back there is definitely on my time travel bucket-list.
Hey everyone! This is not a reupload! This is a remastered Videopolis history triple the length of the original video. There’s a lot of new info and story and I hope you enjoy it! Also here’s your Homosexual Fast Dancing shirt, all proceeds go to The Trevor Project. teespring.com/shop/homosexual-fast-dancing
Hey I would be cool if you could respond to me bc I love you content and u spoke at my school remember Mr Wright ? That’s one of my teachers
That is cool
Yup it was cool
Thank you
Only thing I didn't like more than the old version, is the pic of 80z All Stars at Tomorrowland Terrace that I could actually see myself in is gone. Though the one from the actual time mentioned is cool as well. Rip to the old shows and the rising stage.
"I like the females here. There are lots of females."
Well he was 16, at that age, you didn't think with your brain most of the time.
Sounds like he has a bright future as a tech executive or in the entertainment industry.
They protected his dignity by not including his picture.
The legend Robert
It's nice that they let young Ferengi into Videopolis.
What I love about the trends of the 80's are the ones that stood out the most to me. (I am a gen z human) Such examples are:
Neon colors and the colors being used in fashion and art
Unique hairstyles such as the big hair trends or the permed hair
New Wave pop music
imagine being a teen in the 80s and seeing that disney has a cool new area especially for teens and paying for tickets to go there with your significant other, just to get thrown out because your love is apparently "unsafe" and "offensive to others"
on paper this kinda sounds like the sort of place 5 teenagers with attitude would hang out to practice kung fu and talk to their watches
Berke Ah, yes. But that would come later, in the year of 1993.
If only we got Super Sentai in the 80's, so that could happen.
*Against the Ninja...*
@@Davethe3rd A much less child-friendly IP right there.
@@92JazzQueen we almost did. Haim Saban tried his hardest to bring Super Sentai to America since 1986, but it took him until 93, after he had gained some serious clout from X-Men The Animated Series the year prior.
"gays cant dance here"
"you're violating their rights! let them dance"
"ok. these two specifically can dance...we dont need to respect anyone else's rights tho"
Sjw
Disney said "thats enough tolerance 4 today
@@PinkGoldAbby shut up❤️
@@benedictdwyer2608 love this
@@Moka-kc6op thx hunty!
This went in a direction I was REALLY not expecting...
“In case you missed it, Janet, Patrick wants to dance with you.” “Yeah, Yeah... That’s dope...” felt that.
Imagine being the two guys who were allowed to dance with each other in Videopolis while everyone else had to dance with some woman. I'd feel like king among peasants.
Legit I was thinking if I were those guys I'd be there every night I could, making sure to be as gay as possible to make up for the lack of other gay couples. One gay couple with the combined force of a full Pride parade
@@jprofio This is why hate crimes need a boost
@@zippymufo9765what the hell is wrong with you
@@zippymufo9765 - 🤓
@@zippymufo9765oh, be nice
Homosexual fast dancing is now someone's JoJo stand name.
Part 9 is gonna be *really* weird.
You have one heck of a great channel! Fantastic and deeply accurate research. Perfectly edited with a crystal clear story line. Exciting and Crisp Presentation! Historic film clips never before seen. What a show!
I love how your videos start with a catchy theme and always end up talking about important matters
As an afficionado of both fast and slow homosexual dancing, I appreciate your attention to these issues and I absolutely love your deadpan sarcasm when talking about it!
Wtf?
Imagine a Disney themed nightclub nowadays, kids dancing to "Let it go" eating Dole Whips and churros lmao.
I mean that was basically mad t party...except it was a dubstep remix of let it go and a $25 margarita 😂😂
I bet Goofy Movie fans wouldn't mind this
@@maxwasson2000 I would fuckin rock out to Eye 2 Eye, for sure
if it makes em happy, more power to them
The aesthetic of Videopolis was so violently 80s, I want to consume it and make it a part of me.
Great remaster of this one. Would love to see more remasters of the old videos, those which got me into the channel from the beginning.
Kevin i remember when the original version of this premiered, and I remember thinking how much you had improved in just the few episodes you had out at the time. This version is friggin amazing and makes my heart so happy to see what a talent documentary director you've grown into.
Also I need a ring tone of you saying "homosexual fast dancing" I always thought Charles Entertainment Cheese would be the best defunctland line, but boy I was wrong.
homosex
Charles Entertainment Cheese was way better though
I was there back in the brad Pitt days lol
I love that there was a point where it was likely/possible that Disney could be bought out. That's just laughable today.
I'm old enough to remember the quality of the park in those days. It was looking pretty bad in parts. You had paint peeling of off structures, ride queues weren't getting cleaned regularly so the grime of people touching things built up, and the food was awful. It was the cheapest ingredients you could find for quick service restaurants. The quality was lower than public school cafeteria food.
ohdogwow2 Now they have blue soy milk at a half-finished Star Wars park.
@@Attmay sweet
And it was saved by The Muppets. Mickey came first but KERMIT OWNS HIM:)
Hedvig Yeah, if you don’t mind swollen nipples.
"this was a huge win, for the two men...and no one else" LMAOOOOO
I really enjoy your videos sir. Thank you for these.