Defunctland: The History of Beverly Park Kiddieland
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In this episode of Defunctland, Kevin follows Walt Disney to a small Kiddieland in Los Angeles named Beverly Park, run by the savvy and multi-talented David Bradley.
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@Defunctland
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed the episode. If you are not aware of my experimental channel, Themed Alternative, I would highly recommend checking it out. We just started a new theme park-inspired RPG/audio drama that I think a lot of you will really enjoy! Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO8mavdSkA
@thisboydoing1156
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
That divorce part hit like a train. No warning or anything.
@seantyler342
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Lololol. This closing song!
@Kingcricket-g2l
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Corp. greed killed daddy land
@DeinonychusCowboy
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Wild to take your lady to get a hot dog as "the best lunch"
@JTVLive0
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
“King of Divorceland” is diabolical lmfao
@katetoolate234
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
9:51 Is that Alan Alda!? 😍🔥
@shina899
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
16:13 why does he say this like it's a good thing?
@kersync
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
WAGONS
@nornqueen5958
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
I need that song at the end on Spotify or something
@krichicha
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
"If you like hot dogs, miss, you're in the very heart of the wiener belt."
Men in the 1950s had a way with flirting, huh
@dreemfinder
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Kevin – Had many a party at Beverly Park, and weekends with my own divorced Dad! Thanks for another swell show… Ron Schneider
@relrel310
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
damn so they had all those kids and divorced dads breathing in the joyful oil-ridden air back then too?
@SugarFreeSerial
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Can you do Cyprus Gardens in Florida that turned into Lego land
@mantidream8179
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Disney was probably walking around thinking "yeah this is great…but what about….BIGGER"
@Jonathanquasar
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
So this was the shit Ellis thought was fun.
@someguitardude8462
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
2:30 slight correction, at the time it was just Lockheed Corporation. It merged with Martin Marietta in 1995
@Friedtwizzler
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
15:07 Fun fact, there is also an Old 99 Train ride at the La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Canada, called "Tchou Tchou' (French dialect for choo-choo) and, interesting enough, La Ronde is sponsored by Six Flags, apparently!
@panatypical
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
I don't know how I ended up here, but it turns out this is a pretty good channel. This is the video from it that was thrown my way. You know, I haven't been to Disneyland since 1969, except to move things around at night because I worked for the moving company that had the contract with Disney to do that sort of work. I've been living in Anaheim for the past 10 years now, and doing the Uber driving gig for two years. Just about every day I'm in and out of the drop off pick up loop to the park, as well as downtown Disney, the Disneyland hotel and the others on Disneyland Drive. I wonder about the place. I'm old now and I think rides would scare me. I see a lot of people coming in from all over the world and usually having a remarkably good time. This has been a win-win for quite a few of us.
@ExtremeGearLabs
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
lockheed back then… LM came about in 1997 ;). otherwise, enjoy your series considerably
@Diced92
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
I was oddly nervous of Bradley getting screwed over, but maybe not, he probably did alright for himself. Why am I always worrying for people not me
@sorryitskylie
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
not the wiener belt
@JonatasAdoM
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
It seems only I was a little bummed at the divorced park part.
I suppose it has become the norm, so it doesn't stick out. The irony.
@RatTailSoup4
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Love the divorced dad anthem
@Pablo-t6q7h
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
Hey Kevin I gotta recognize your hard work and say thank you for putting such good content for so long your videos had inspired me multiple times and they fill me with hope every time love the content !
@kengreenberg
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 am
My family grew up there. We’ve got the 8mm reels to relive it…
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