Defunctland: The History of Mickey Mouse Park
Before Disneyland, Walt Disney envisioned a smaller theme park, called Mickey Mouse Park, to be placed at his Burbank Studio. In this episode, Kevin discusses the events that led to its creation and the influences it would have on Disneyland.
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@Defunctland
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Hey everyone! Hope you like the video. I see many people commenting on the use of "Dixie" in the intro, and I want to be clear that this was done purposefully with knowledge of its historical context. If you look at the context it is placed, both with the images of the intro and within the video's theme as a whole, I hope it makes sense as to why I included it.
I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. If you need something else to past the time, as always, I recommend my experimental channel Themed Alternative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lp9sObiJNk
@selenagomezjaz
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
People were just putting shit in their yard in the 40s and 50s, yet today if i want to have a swing on porch of if a family wants native planets on thier property they are drug out and shot
@anb9999
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I'm Walt I'm so depwessed my animatows went on stwike cause I don't want to pay them 😢
@hankkingsley9183
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
It's best that Burbank shunned the project, that place was too small for what Disneyland would become
@LilEuphie
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I knew that the mention of trains was eventually gonna lead to this name getting brought up, so at 8:07 I literally leapt out of my seat and went "YEAH!!" When I was a kid and lived in Southern California, my dad was best friends with Roger E Broggie's grandson, Steve Broggie. Great guy who also had a miniature train track set in his backyard. Because my dad was great friends with him, me and my family even got to visit Club 33 once!
@toddjones1480
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Little Dipper from Beverly Park is about to get scrapped. It has been operating at Six Flags Magic Mountain since 1971 and they're getting rid of it.
@adrenalineunlimited
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I'm damn near ashamed it took me this long to realize how deeply neurodivergent Walt Disney was.
@ellepalmer
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
this man had autism
@Jerrathemage
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I have never heard something that made more sense than Walt Disney liking Trains.
@Lobotomyrisk
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I’m like Walt in a way, I’m depressed and hyperfixated, only on dragon ball rather than trains.
@KGrooveBlanka
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
*squints* So…Mr. Toad was a lot like Walt? Both obsessed.
@amb163
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Walt would start something, "lose control" of it because of the existence of other people, then get depressed and move onto something else he could control. All the way up to his original EPCOT plans, where he styled himself as the "benevolent" dictator of an entire city of people. He was a Paternalist, like Ford, Pullman, or Level. They all think they know best.
@mackpines
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Oh, to go back in time to 1948 and visit the Chicago Railroad Fair.
I'd be in heaven.
@Weak_Flight8318UltrapoolJavey
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
They couldn’t even get Markaplier a better wig
@TinyTurtleDuck
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
I know this is a million years after upload but it’s CRAZY to me that Walt went to the Netherlands for park inspiration but didn’t go to Efteling
@kidragakas
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
6:12 “much to the dismay of his wife Lilian, who had plans for a garden”
Walt: excited train noises
Lillian: standing there holding pots of begonias
@buddyzilla4557
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
14:04 -I mean..this is also true about a lot of popular entertainment today too. Media set in the middle ages be it magical or non sword and sorcery style tends to create a glorified and historically inaccurate representation with certain groups often villainized and others heroized. The insane amount of Ninja and Samurai related media does the same. It grossly romanticizes the situations that these groups were a part of and disregards the actual ones they played in fuedal Japan/ their purpose. No. Ninja were NOT some political secret agents dedicated to ancient arts of stealth ..they were presents resorting to ambush assassination tactics using whatever objects they could as weapons against the oppressive samurai enforcers under the local land owning warlords. Think Robin Hood except without Robbin Hood, add several Sheriffs per prince John and duplicate him across the land as well. They weren't allowed to keep weapons or practice any self defence/battle techniques so being disquized and taking their rulers by surprise with any means they could do damage in opportunistic situations was all they had to fight back. The Shinobi schools of wizarding and witchcraft (it's a joke guys..) and secret agency mission style coordinated drama is kind of insulting to the hardships and desperate risks the actual ninja were facing. Especially to conflate them with the kinds of governing structures they opposed and have each different faction fighting amongst each other for control feels extremely disrespectful in hindsight. It merges the people who would be ninjas with their oppressors/their governing structures. It would be like having the native Americans and white colonists/frontier poineres as one collective group but each tribe is fighting each other tooth and nail for dominance of north America. It's funny how through time, everyone has one of these somewhat problematic media representations but only ever sees flaw with the ones before their current time.
@sydneyhamilton2575
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Walt Disney Is A Gordon Fan If Thomas Existed In Those Days
@georgelloydgonzalez
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
17:27 God bless Roy O. Disney
@SpectrumAnalysis
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Walt Disney loved trains, was very stubborn, had a habit of overspending, was easily taken over by new obsessions, trusted easily and was betrayed by minor slights, was obsessed with detail, knew how to play a different persona like a mask that he ended up hating, despised change, hid his insecurities with bravado and humour, and had unrealistic ideas about time management.
Oh boy. Walter Elias Disney was definitely an extroverted neurodivergent mind wasn't he? Definitely AuDHD coded.
@Shadowkiller-dq2ju
March 17, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Shout out to Knotts Berry Farm
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