In the third season of Defunctland, Kevin and company return with 22 more stories of defunct rides, parks, and themed entertainment experiences. The season will explore the revisionism of the past, the industrial tomorrow, dystopian futures, and the reality of today. Whether it’s Disney, Universal, Six Flags, or a hastily […]
Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: https://patreon.com/defunctland In the Season 3 Premiere, Kevin and company go all the way back to the 19th century to explore the origins of World’s Fairs, the Ferris Wheel, and much much more. Selected or Major Sources: America at the Great Exhibition of 1851 […]
Start your Squarespace free trial today at http://www.squarespace.com/defunctland and use code DEFUNCTLAND to get 10% off your first purchase. In this episode, Kevin looks at the beginning of the Disney Channel and one of their original series, Welcome to Pooh Corner, a live-action full-body character iteration of A.A. Milne’s classic […]
Check out The Bigger Picture from @PBS https://youtu.be/Wnr4RJxDifw Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani American teenager named Kamala Khan, is the latest superhero to join the Marvel Universe. Her superpower? Family bangles that carry the strength and power of intergenerational knowledge passed down by her grandmother from Pakistan. But a lot of […]
Start your Squarespace free trial today at http://www.squarespace.com/defunctland and use code DEFUNCTLAND to get 10% off your first purchase. In this extra spooky Halloween episode of DefunctTV, Kevin takes a look at the original Ghost Busters sitcom created by Filmation, predating the popular 1984 comedy. Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate […]
Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: https://patreon.com/defunctland Check Out Historian Diane Euston’s Work Here: https://newsantafetrailer.blogspot.com/2018/08/ In this episode, Kevin discusses the history of Walt Disney’s childhood amusement park, Kansas City’s Electric Park and all of its attractions, including Hale’s Tours of the World, the Loop the Loop Coaster, and […]
Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: https://patreon.com/defunctland In this episode, Kevin travels back to the tail end of the Roaring Twenties to look at the development of the Century of Progress fair in Chicago and how the World’s Exposition changed the United States and its view of progress Facebook […]
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One of the single most important stories in theme park history has nothing to do with a theme park. This is Walt’s Field Day, the Craziest Party Walt Disney Ever Threw. An Editorial Note on This Production: This video features many quotes from Walt Disney and his staff, read in […]
This is a remaster and extension of the original Season 1 video. To watch the original, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqgJ0N99eGg Buy Defunctland T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/defunctland Donate on Patreon: https://patreon.com/defunctland 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 […]
