Defunctland: The Bizarre Garfield Dark Ride
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. – https://www.amazon.com/Kennywood-Images-America-David-Hahner/dp/073853563X/
Brian Butko – https://www.facebook.com/groups/Kennywood/
Boaz Frankel – https://www.verylocal.com/garfield-nightmare-kennywood/3820/
Video Sources:
Historic Pittsburgh – https://historicpittsburgh.org/
David Hahner – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmxF9MJgdeVAq6cVrPve9A
Blacklight Attractions – https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacklightAttractions
XscreamThrills – https://www.youtube.com/c/XscreamThrills
RampagingRex Productions – https://www.youtube.com/c/RampagingRex
TheCoasterMan – https://www.youtube.com/user/thecoasterman100
WackyWeazle – https://www.youtube.com/c/WackyWeazle
Leonard Kinsey / The Dark Side of Disney – https://www.youtube.com/c/DarkSideOfDisney
TomWasHere – https://www.youtube.com/c/TomWasHerePGH
Dark Ride Archive – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLnNvWKIIWndAHyAg9RcCg
The Coaster Spot – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCoasterSpot
Television Archives – https://www.youtube.com/c/TELEVISIONARCHIVES
Amusement Now – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOi3P861W5KzZdCdFONC8yw
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@LazarusStr
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
Poor Roo didn't couldn't join the fun on day one 😂😂😂😂😂
I grew up on Garfield. But this ride was SOOOO bad….😅
I really wonder if the darkride developer was able to fully implement his vision without restrictions, what would have actually been. 🤔 I would have loved to see his vision come to fruition.
@TemetNosce1
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
The fact that at 27:37 garfields eyes are normal in the frame between the two in which his eyes are blacked out insinuates he can control them and can make them black or white on command and is showing us to let us know he should be feared and respected
@falsegod.969
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
I was on that ride as a child, truly insane
@May-eb7oz
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
My fav vids of yours are when I forget what I’m watching, just sucked into learning niche history.. also upset we never got the full Garfield universe.
@jonarbucklehastakenovermylife
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
20:12 this shot actually goes hard ngl
@foiledagain1914
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
Love the "airal dump" story not even fitting the prompt very well aside from, of course, being awful
@mr.bigmeaty7577
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
garfed
@KobBeat5
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
Including entirely blurred submission was a chefs kiss 😂😂😂😂
@LegoDudeGuyPerson
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
I've had a pair of plastic chroma depth glasses for years with no idea what they were. The effect is extremely cool even on a phone screen!
@nickharkins7628
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
25:56 the amount of times I laughed while reading that was insane
@Keenanleg
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
There’s gotta be a connection between this and the mbmbam topic “Pam HEAd garf body or garf HEAs Pam body”
@R3nHoëk
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
6:48 Some people might like that and keep going instead of stopping. 😈
@Coralsys
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
3 years late but I kind of love the garfield ride
@misskittyrawr7232
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
I forgot this video was about a garfield ride
@Max-nia
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
that one email at 25:58 being FULLY CENSORED is so funyy
@BadgerOfTheSea
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
16:50 they ask you how you are, and you just have to say you're fine when you're not really fine, but you just can't get into it, because they would never understand
@NR_2007-eu6qd
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
"Garfield knows all of our sins" This quote will never leave my head again, it is far too good.
@rowanshaffer2559
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
As a Pennsylvanian, I am both fascinated and horrified by the events that took place on the Kennywood Garfield dark ride… Also as a Pennsylvania, I want some dirt on Knoebels in Elysburg. Largest free-admission park in the USA, located in the middle of nowhere with two dark rides. I know some funny business happened there. Please enlighten me, I will beg.
@kylemcmullan2831
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
At the 20 min mark, is that a Lyman easter egg? Lyman is John's roommate who appeared in early Garfield comics before just basically being written out.
@wait-im-boated
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
YOU CAN MEET THE SIGN
@carseat2271
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
This is random but at 4:33 when you show the monkey I got excited because that's the same machine they have at the Salem Willows Park in MA, USA. I loved that machine as a kid and it still there and running last I saw it (sometime last summer).
@GeneralG28
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
Hell yeah.
@nicoconut-98
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
I don't get it though. HOW do people have sex in these rides? A little bit of hand or mouth action, I understand… but full-on sex? While on the boat? With other people around? In the time frame of the ride??
@ellepalmer
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
33:32 im glad you consulted with experts in the field for this one. the garfield.
@ophiuchustwo
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
When you choose G 13
@Argonaut717
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
I’m a Pittsburgh transplant I’ve been to kennywood a few times but was unaware of a lot of its history to the point I didn’t even know this would be about Kennywood at first so this video took me off guard I was belly laughing and it felt very human especially everyone being gay in the Garfield dark ride. I’ll be showing this to every new in person friend I make to introduce them to your channel lmao
@RyanBaier6385
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
“…103 years of bad aim.”😂😂😂
@MrHughJassEsq
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
To clarify, that giant hot dog was directly responsible for the splatter on the walls
@EM-Radio
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
The idea that someone could be openly gay for the first time on a Garfield tunnel of love is so sweet and beautiful
@Canyon_gtag
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
i hate that they removed the garfield ride i loved it as a kid
@patricorno
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
spontaneously started sobbing at the end when you discussed the special environment of theme parks and the guy who felt safe kissing his boyfriend on the ride lol 🤍 love this channel!!!!
@forgotmcmyaccount9588
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
"Garfield knows our sins"
@cutesietoon3236
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 am
Gay is gross
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