Burger Invasion: The History of McDonald's and Disney

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  • Опубликовано: 28 май 2019
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    In this Defunctland minisode, Kevin explores the history of McDonald's and Disney's relationship, from Dinoland to Happy Meals.
    Make sure you check out Rob Plays video that covers Disney's partnership with Burger King.
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  • @Defunctland
    @Defunctland  5 лет назад +1095

    Hey everyone! Hope you liked the minisode!
    Make sure to check out RobPlays video on Disney’s partnership with Burger King today! ruclips.net/video/HvrenscuS2s/видео.html
    We’ll be back with Part 4 of the Jim Henson series next. Have a great day!

    • @randomlocal7857
      @randomlocal7857 5 лет назад +5

      Defunctlandtell kevin that i love him and hope he is having a great day

    • @waltdreamworksanimationstu1177
      @waltdreamworksanimationstu1177 5 лет назад +1

      When exactly will part 4 be out

    • @daveybentley9059
      @daveybentley9059 5 лет назад +7

      Just went to the McDonald’s at Disney world last week. It was the saddest place on the whole property.

    • @witchfingergeneral
      @witchfingergeneral 5 лет назад +3

      Your Jim Henson series is so good! Thank you!

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 5 лет назад +1

      Kevin, one day, please do either that Cedar Point or Barney idea after the series. Please?

  • @MrPatters
    @MrPatters 5 лет назад +6357

    Title about McDonald's and Disney.
    Intro: "In 1918, the world was at war"

    • @asdfghjklemmaa
      @asdfghjklemmaa 5 лет назад +27

      😂

    • @aturchomicz821
      @aturchomicz821 5 лет назад +26

      Not in december though

    • @GoldenfoxxPrime
      @GoldenfoxxPrime 5 лет назад +53

      It's practically a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point.

    • @IantoAndIvory
      @IantoAndIvory 5 лет назад +32

      The war was actually the backstory of the McDonald's franchise.

    • @GoldenfoxxPrime
      @GoldenfoxxPrime 5 лет назад +59

      @IHHOS: They know. It's just a running gag that Perjurer would go back to the dawn of man if he felt it was needed for the proper context.

  • @DankGank
    @DankGank 5 лет назад +6558

    No Disney Defunctland episode is complete without Michael Eisner doing or saying something stupid

    • @cesarvictoriano8072
      @cesarvictoriano8072 5 лет назад +546

      He's the Dio of Defunctland.
      "You thought this was a mistake Catsenburg made, but it was I, Micheal Eisner."

    • @cierabaldwin8314
      @cierabaldwin8314 5 лет назад +335

      me: where did they go wrong
      Eisner *is mentioned*
      me: ahhhhh okay

    • @lamptrent
      @lamptrent 5 лет назад +217

      At this point, I'm starting to think he chooses his topics based on if Eisner is involved. Maybe it's a crush?

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 5 лет назад +108

      He is Defucntland's Hydra. Just when you think he finally been cut off, two more of him takes its place.

    • @chrisallot66
      @chrisallot66 5 лет назад +34

      Mike is a fucking legend and that's just fax

  • @blazingblight2706
    @blazingblight2706 5 лет назад +2172

    "You really are Ronald!"
    *_And thus, the little boy was never seen or heard from again._*

  • @TrashmeisterGarbage
    @TrashmeisterGarbage 5 лет назад +2054

    Unironic thanks for repeating "Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's™". I would have glazed right over that without truly appreciating it.

    • @jackpumpoen
      @jackpumpoen 2 года назад +29

      go look at the art featured during that it’s so good too

    • @LoveMyUnusual
      @LoveMyUnusual 2 года назад +18

      Futurama: This dream brought to you by Light Speed Briefs!

  • @Nintendotron64
    @Nintendotron64 5 лет назад +2033

    "Countdown to Extinction Sponsored By McDonalds"
    If there was ever a more on-the-nose title, I have yet to hear it.

    • @bluedragon9925
      @bluedragon9925 5 лет назад +64

      I almost passed out from laughter when I realized the pure irony of that title...
      They had to have known... If not, then LMAO!

    • @CrossfacePanda
      @CrossfacePanda 5 лет назад +69

      Feels like the title of a newscast scene you’d see in a satirical cyberpunk disaster movie.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 5 лет назад +31

      sounds like skit on the daily show.

    • @endlessnoise9173
      @endlessnoise9173 5 лет назад +32

      Also the name of a really good Megadeth album.

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 5 лет назад +14

      I wish Mcdonald's would really go extinct.

  • @re0294
    @re0294 5 лет назад +1819

    I have to say I was really not expecting the whole them knowing eachother during war times thing to go literally no where

    • @Vokabre
      @Vokabre 5 лет назад +206

      Makes sense if they both did not keep in touch much after the war, which sounds likely. The letter to Disney thus would have a "hi remember me from school long time ago" feel to it.

    • @mrWendybird
      @mrWendybird 5 лет назад +133

      The fact that Ray and Walt actually met was brand new to me, funnily enough

    • @ThatLaloBoy
      @ThatLaloBoy 5 лет назад +58

      @scottbaino with the lonely life I have, I'll take what I can get

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 5 лет назад +26

      @scottbaino This is Walt Disney we're talking about, the guy who NEVER forgets a single name and face.

    • @nightflyer3242
      @nightflyer3242 5 лет назад +58

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 The letter never made it to Walt's desk though, if it did then Walt would've probably reached out to Ray who was still just starting his franchise. Also why would Walt want to partner up with a then-small restaurant from 40 miles away in bumfuck San Bernardino when he was trying to attract the biggest corporations of the time for sponsorships to help open the world's biggest theme park at the time.

  • @TheHightower92
    @TheHightower92 5 лет назад +1842

    I always like how Kevin is always so focused with the narration, but whenever Michael Eisner's dumb sense of humor shows up, he always cracks a little

  • @nekotj_
    @nekotj_ 5 лет назад +1315

    "Szechuan Sauce"
    *Aw shit, here we go again.*

    • @slipwaykitsune
      @slipwaykitsune 5 лет назад +65

      Those were dark times

    • @bconroy328
      @bconroy328 5 лет назад +86

      A distant ree could be heard echoing across horizon.

    • @jandersontolentinogandra4173
      @jandersontolentinogandra4173 5 лет назад +47

      *WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB*

    • @abrahamalvarez8692
      @abrahamalvarez8692 5 лет назад +40

      I still have a Szechuan Sauce packet sitting in my closet. I'm planning to sell it on an ebay auction someday.

    • @warlock1186
      @warlock1186 5 лет назад +36

      Guys, mulan is getting remade, there might be a chance of this BS coming back.

  • @JennyNicholson
    @JennyNicholson 5 лет назад +1348

    This episode is well-timed to coincide with my disappointment that they did not wheel the old conestoga fry wagon into Star Wars Land

    • @hornedcrusader9485
      @hornedcrusader9485 2 года назад +26

      Who's the scamp that nearly bankrupt Disney
      It's Michael! Michael! Michael Eisner!

    • @dougmartin7129
      @dougmartin7129 2 года назад +2

      HornedCrusader
      Actually it’s Iger with his 70 billion dollar purchase of fox.

    • @dizzylilthing
      @dizzylilthing Год назад +6

      ​@@hornedcrusader9485 Who poked out his brothers eye? It's Micheal, it's Michael!

  • @danieljones361
    @danieljones361 5 лет назад +1171

    “Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald’s”
    Please put that on a shirt!

    • @ratuse
      @ratuse 5 лет назад +13

      McDonald's promise to you! LOL

    • @emelianemone777
      @emelianemone777 5 лет назад +3

      yeah, this definitely has promise.

    • @spacetypo
      @spacetypo 5 лет назад +14

      10/10 would buy it, and I never buy merch!

    • @kellyweingart3692
      @kellyweingart3692 5 лет назад +4

      The McDisney burger 😂

    • @sovietonion4020
      @sovietonion4020 4 года назад +13

      I'm pretty sure that's a lawsuit just waiting to happen

  • @arksrapid4582
    @arksrapid4582 4 года назад +830

    When you started naming the all the McDonald’s toys I could see my life flashing back before my eyes lol

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 года назад +12

      Wish i could see the ones for atlantis the lost empire

    • @athena8794
      @athena8794 3 года назад +11

      @@travisboutilier2220 I had some of them. I was *big* into Atlantis. Kida is still my fave Disney Princess

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 года назад +1

      @@athena8794 What kind are their? i have watched it many times.

    • @athena8794
      @athena8794 3 года назад +10

      @@travisboutilier2220 most of them were pull-back-and-release vehicles. I remember there being the submarine, the chow wagon, the big drill, and a few others. The two toys I had were Kida on one of the fish shaped atlantian fighter plane things and a keyring shaped like one of the power crystals.

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 года назад +5

      @@athena8794 Those sound quite cool. i was only four when it came out.

  • @guytorie
    @guytorie 5 лет назад +360

    That stranger danger McDonald's commercial was probably dangerous in and of itself, since it clearly attempts to demonstrate a hypothetical scenario in which it WOULD BE somehow okay for small child to accept food from a strange man who claims to be the real Ronald McDonald. And hey, even if it WAS the real Ronald McDonald, he can't take that kid to McDonald's. In fact, he EXTRA can't take that kid to McDonald's if he's the actual Ronald McDonald.

  • @fuzzy7644
    @fuzzy7644 5 лет назад +315

    Remember kids, don't talk to stranger unless they give you free burgers then they're your friend.

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch 5 лет назад +13

      You're throwing money away otherwise

    • @arootube
      @arootube 4 года назад +45

      Look if a stranger has the power to effectively duplicate matter through time manipulation, I ain't about to piss him off.

  • @Spalfos
    @Spalfos 5 лет назад +802

    The key to making a Defunctland video is always to start the video at least four decades prior to the topic at hand

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 5 лет назад +50

      The Key to Making a Defunctland Video! "In 1834, William George Horner invented the zoetrope..."

    • @KendrickHarrisKenfinity
      @KendrickHarrisKenfinity 4 года назад +10

      There's always background information in our awesome videos!

    • @9206156175
      @9206156175 4 года назад +33

      Key no. 2: Michael Eisner screwing something up

    • @FroJSimpson
      @FroJSimpson 2 года назад +6

      Now the Dillon Family joke in the FastPass episode of Defunctland makes perfect sense to me.

  • @MuppleUK
    @MuppleUK 3 года назад +208

    The amount of contempt in his voice when he says "dougs 1st movie" is palpable.

  • @ukbigman91
    @ukbigman91 5 лет назад +199

    That marimba opening music transitioning from the Disney theme to the McD theme was genius.

  • @DistoryDan
    @DistoryDan 5 лет назад +1215

    Whoa! This episode was a real WHOPPER! I can't believe Croc & Disney met all those years ago. Thats insane to me. One of those strange bits of coincidence that proves how strange life is.

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 5 лет назад +29

      Kroc, not Croc. Although if you read about his business practices, he turned out to be quite a crock as well.

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 5 лет назад +31

      There's some debate on whether it's true that they met all those years ago. However it's one of those things where you can kind of get away with "printing the myth" because Disney/McDonald's connection gives you nice sort of poetic symmetry in having those two major architects of American capitalism in the 20th Century meet each other years before they would make their mark on the commerce of the country.
      It's insane if it is true thoufg.

    • @E_Unik
      @E_Unik 5 лет назад +1

      Were you in the video? 10:37?

    • @Sirenhound
      @Sirenhound 5 лет назад +3

      Whopper is from Hungry Jack's not McDonalds.

    • @gator9339
      @gator9339 5 лет назад +2

      @@Sirenhound You clearly aren't American

  • @JPTQJR
    @JPTQJR 5 лет назад +497

    Countdown to Extinction
    Sponsored by McDonalds
    Whoever pitched that must've really hated McDonalds

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 лет назад +14

      Funny now, but back then it was huge. Like Avatar, it wasn't about the recycled stolen story, it was about the graphics. Disney's first real attempt at a CGI film without the help of Pixar. And when Animal Kingdom opened in 1998, there really wasn't that many attractions. Kilimanjaro Safari, and Countdown to Extinction were the major E ticket rides. Of course, it was more extreme, and more of the ride worked, but it was still a major hit, even after the film flopped. Guests couldn't just RUclips ride through of DL's Indiana Jones to compare which was better. This was Star Tours/Body Wars on crack! Now it's just a shakey journey through darkness. Then again, people are still big fans for Space Mountain. Perhaps this was why Disney did what they could with the rest of Dinoland USA. They needed something other than the boneyard. And what better way to make Dinosaur the ride appear great again, than to put it next to some mediocre carnival rides?

  • @steelemimbs877
    @steelemimbs877 5 лет назад +73

    My dad worked at McDonalds in the late 90s and early 00s. We went to Disneyland in that same time range, and because he was a McDonalds employee we were able to enter a special room at the Countdown to Extinction area set aside for said employees. It was wonderfully air conditioned, they had soda machines you could drink from as much as you want, and when you were done relaxing you were taken directly to the front of the line for the ride itself. It was pretty nice, and basically the only thing I actually remember from that day at the park.

  • @jacobmanning7983
    @jacobmanning7983 4 года назад +64

    From the thumbnail, I thought it was going to be about how Eisner got miffed at some McDonald's employee and started his own chain of mouse shaped burgers and nuggets

  • @MadBunny1010
    @MadBunny1010 5 лет назад +725

    Me: oh yay a new Defunctland!
    Kevin: war.....war never changes....

  • @CoolEric258
    @CoolEric258 5 лет назад +559

    That old Ronald McDonald design is going to be in my nightmares forever

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 5 лет назад +26

      Ronald McDonald in general is serious nightmare material. Seriously, he alone is enough to keep me away from McDonald's most of the time.

    • @paquio100
      @paquio100 5 лет назад +49

      The creepy clown that pulls burgers out of his dick? You can trust him don’t worry

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 5 лет назад +46

      @@lanceturley7745 Pennywise wishes he could kill as many people as Ronald McDonald

    • @andrewduong2740
      @andrewduong2740 5 лет назад +26

      @@EssexAggiegrad2011 he's the clown that haunts Pennywise's nightmares

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 5 лет назад +4

      @@andrewduong2740 Yup

  • @elainejsta
    @elainejsta 5 лет назад +368

    Hey, I know a little bit about this
    “In 1918-“
    Lol never mind

  • @AdamYJ
    @AdamYJ 4 года назад +202

    "The promotional would annoy librarians of all people as players would call up their local information centers with Disney trivia questions."
    Honestly, as a librarian, I can say a number of us have issues with Disney already.

    • @alexandriaacord9895
      @alexandriaacord9895 4 года назад +16

      Adam Hoffman As a fellow librarian, I can’t help but wonder what would win out: annoyance towards Disney or our desperation to feel needed for reference questions.

    • @starsparkle78
      @starsparkle78 4 года назад +2

      why do librarians have problems with Disney?

    • @ryanahr2267
      @ryanahr2267 3 года назад +44

      @@starsparkle78 Probably because of the way Disney has altered both fiction and actual history to add some drama and make their movies more family friendly

    • @wyattsteel411
      @wyattsteel411 Год назад +6

      @@ryanahr2267 *cough cough* The Fox and the Hound.
      I'm unironically mad about the Disney adaptation, as a fan of the original novel.

    • @saynotocupcakes
      @saynotocupcakes Год назад +3

      @@wyattsteel411I feel the same way about Bambi.

  • @ismaellovera4767
    @ismaellovera4767 5 лет назад +897

    Me: wow I should probably do some chores around the house
    Defunctland: H a m b u r g e r
    Me: fair point

    • @ismaelsyed6449
      @ismaelsyed6449 4 года назад +4

      Ismael Lovera fair enough

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 4 года назад +2

      I am cleaning kitchen/cooking while watching this on my tablet. :p

  • @simonsaidsleep
    @simonsaidsleep 5 лет назад +1541

    I’m just gonna say it...
    McDisney sounds like an absolutely horrible ship name

    • @crocketlawnchair259
      @crocketlawnchair259 5 лет назад +131

      And you are now not allowed to give the internet any more ideas

    • @oldmanmammoth5364
      @oldmanmammoth5364 5 лет назад +69

      Kevin Hanson that’s not your decision to make.
      *THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE HIS FATE*

    • @candicoated2001
      @candicoated2001 5 лет назад +46

      No, its WaltKroc..

    • @avocado4799
      @avocado4799 4 года назад +2

      I’m dead

    • @alexschneider1667
      @alexschneider1667 4 года назад +23

      Why did my brain think that was a ship between Paul McCartney and Walt Disney

  • @theend1555
    @theend1555 Год назад +79

    Insane how Michael Eisner was able to save Disney from the brink, bring in large revenue streams like this partnership with McDonald's, open entire parks and iconic rides BUT also make some of the worst more boneheaded decisions possible.

    • @jimmyboy7817
      @jimmyboy7817 Год назад

      Did you see it turn pink as he was unzipping it?😅

    • @sebastiann.8088
      @sebastiann.8088 Год назад +3

      ​@@jimmyboy7817ayo what 🤨

  • @Rick586
    @Rick586 Год назад +57

    I will never be able to forget that McDonald's and Disney had a partnership.
    It was evening in Frontierland, the sky had turned orange with the sunset and the pathway lights began humming as they came to illuminating life. My family was on our way to ride Big Thunder Mountain one last time for the day when I heard a voice.
    "Is that a ********* Micky D's?"
    A middle-age man was standing by a covered-wagon-shaped food cart with boards over its windows and the iconic golden arches emblazoned above the vacant counter.
    "It's a ********* Micky D's," he stated as he walked away, shaking his head.

    • @emmylightner3688
      @emmylightner3688 Год назад +2

      I cant decide if he was excited about the f****** McDonalds or upset 😂

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 Год назад +2

      @@emmylightner3688 He seemed upset and confused XD

  • @stevethepocket
    @stevethepocket 5 лет назад +718

    Ack! You left out the most interesting artifact left over from the partnership: In the queue for Dinosaur, there are a number of pipes running along the ceiling. Three of them-red, yellow, and white-are labeled with a series of chemical compounds and Linnaean scientific names.
    They refer to the ingredients of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise, respectively.

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 года назад +31

      That's actually really good.

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 года назад +11

      I always wondered why those pipes looked that way.

    • @sofcarolq
      @sofcarolq 3 года назад +7

      I work at wdw and it makes me chuckle every time

    • @fuzzlegs
      @fuzzlegs 2 года назад +3

      Aye Homestar Runner!

    • @whofuckingcares420
      @whofuckingcares420 2 года назад +10

      Someone was really proud to have gotten that one approved

  • @Relic827
    @Relic827 5 лет назад +1230

    :video about anything:
    Kevin: “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth...”

    • @Lensman864
      @Lensman864 5 лет назад +18

      I thought he only does non-fictitious subjects?

    • @WombatLoveAffair
      @WombatLoveAffair 5 лет назад +36

      Typical asshole atheist

    • @Natlanivstheworld
      @Natlanivstheworld 5 лет назад +11

      @@WombatLoveAffair People can have their own beliefs, Lmao.

    • @liamryan7239
      @liamryan7239 5 лет назад +28

      Confuseicorn He knows. People are just tired of ultra atheists and ultra religious people being dicks to anyone who disagrees with them.

    • @berwynsigns4115
      @berwynsigns4115 5 лет назад +6

      @@Natlanivstheworld Tell that to Lensman, not to Slam.

  • @terla2971
    @terla2971 5 лет назад +91

    I knew you’d start by mentioning their meeting in the war. It’s so crazy to me that two boys went to fight for their countries and then became gigantic business men.
    History can be fascinating like that.

    • @izaacreatherishere
      @izaacreatherishere Год назад

      What if World War 1 didn't happen?

    • @Awimpyman69
      @Awimpyman69 Год назад +2

      @@izaacreatherishere wrong channel bud, I think you’re looking for @alternatehistoryhub

  • @ripleyandweeds1288
    @ripleyandweeds1288 5 лет назад +398

    'they promoted a special seczchuan sauce"
    *gets war flashbacks* dude, you gotta warn a brother before you say stuff like that.

  • @sandmaneyes
    @sandmaneyes 5 лет назад +382

    The Mouse and The Clown, two powerful entities combined to conquer the hearts and stomachs of men.

    • @lilrhia
      @lilrhia 5 лет назад +26

      ...with both originally having horrifying costumes for mascots in their mission to do so...

    • @benabramowitz18
      @benabramowitz18 5 лет назад +22

      "A powerful clown, named Donald Ronald McDonald."

    • @JoseAlberto-dh8pf
      @JoseAlberto-dh8pf 5 лет назад

      @@benabramowitz18 ONALD

    • @asch7906
      @asch7906 5 лет назад

      And poison them.

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 5 лет назад

      Unlike Disney which dipped in quality as of recently McDonald's was never good.

  • @rspud
    @rspud 5 лет назад +834

    That szechuan sauce bit just about gave me a heart attack until you said Mulan

    • @allisonwilhelm1308
      @allisonwilhelm1308 5 лет назад +109

      I WANT THAT MULAN MCNUGGETS SAUCE, MORTY!

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +153

      As someone who was living in a college dorm full of white boy STEM majors at the time, the phrase "szechuan sauce" gives me oddly specific war flashback

    • @nintendogirl1016
      @nintendogirl1016 5 лет назад +23

      Oh no not again!

    • @WavePrism
      @WavePrism 5 лет назад +17

      ... wubba lubba dub dub

    • @jurgenvingerhoets9689
      @jurgenvingerhoets9689 5 лет назад +22

      We're gonna get schwifty in medieval China.

  • @TheAjCalvillo
    @TheAjCalvillo 5 лет назад +186

    "Change from Jabba The Hutt to Pizza the Hutt"
    **Mel Brooks has entered the chat**

    • @Ragan31687
      @Ragan31687 4 года назад +5

      TheAjCalvillo Okay I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that!

    • @theangryholmesian4556
      @theangryholmesian4556 4 года назад +16

      Merchandising! Merchandising!

    • @amphioxusanniversary
      @amphioxusanniversary 4 года назад +16

      @@theangryholmesian4556 *ahem * MOICHANDIZING! MOICHANDIZING!

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 года назад +7

      @@amphioxusanniversary Where the *real* money from the picture is made!

  • @antteeter7646
    @antteeter7646 5 лет назад +33

    I was half expecting Ronald to offer that kid a paper boat!

  • @hamishm9594
    @hamishm9594 5 лет назад +169

    *EVERYONE*: Endgame is the most ambitious crossover in history!
    *ME*: Idk, A water ride at Disney land and McDonalds collabbed one time.

    • @warlock1186
      @warlock1186 5 лет назад +3

      Well, eisner did say that the partnership was, the most ambitious crossover of family brands.

  • @ogjk
    @ogjk 5 лет назад +411

    Subtle jabs at ruthless commercialism, I'm lovin it.

    • @brutallyhonest123
      @brutallyhonest123 5 лет назад +8

      Complaining about ruthless commercialism on youtube is akin to protesting police brutality
      in blackface.

    • @BenoHourglass
      @BenoHourglass 5 лет назад +16

      DOWN WITH COMMERCIALISM
      -Sponsored by SkillShare.

    • @ezakustam
      @ezakustam 5 лет назад +7

      @@brutallyhonest123
      Nice comment, but the better video creators aren't the problem. The people managing the algorithms are the problem.

    • @jroberts3412
      @jroberts3412 5 лет назад +11

      @@brutallyhonest123 by that logic you can never criticise capitalism if you've bought food

    • @brutallyhonest123
      @brutallyhonest123 5 лет назад +2

      @@jroberts3412 that's the point.

  • @DailyDoseOfMigue
    @DailyDoseOfMigue 5 лет назад +155

    Defunctland is literally my history class 😌

  • @divinityd662
    @divinityd662 5 лет назад +160

    No one:
    Old Ronald McDonald: HEY KID WANNA HAMBURGER MMMM?

    • @mdf3530
      @mdf3530 4 года назад +2

      Willard Scott! MY GUY!

    • @familianegrongarcia1422
      @familianegrongarcia1422 4 года назад

      oooOOokey i’ll like a little bit of h-
      (E a t)
      Jendhajnsgzjjqhduckwn

    • @crappymappy4790
      @crappymappy4790 4 года назад

      Why didn't you eat your Big Mac?

  • @mothersbasement
    @mothersbasement 5 лет назад +180

    4:08 that kid's gonna end up face down in a ditch before long
    Enjoyed the episode, but I'm waiting on fraggle rock!

  • @BlueHero112
    @BlueHero112 5 лет назад +112

    Jeez what was with The Red Cross volunteers in Italy. Walt Disney served alongside both writer Ernest Hemingway and Ray Kroch? That's three of the most influential men in modern American culture all in the same place right before they would start their careers

    • @Ryan-0413
      @Ryan-0413 5 лет назад +2

      Well Hemingway was the Spanish Civil War in the 30s

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 лет назад +8

      That’s not even the most coincidental meetings in history.

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 лет назад +5

      And to think, my 13yo grandfather was stationed on a boat in the Pacific. We could've been rich and famous, but he had to fight the Japanese instead!

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch 5 лет назад +11

      @@UmmYeahOk McDonald's Splash Mountain, brought to you by Hemingway

    • @candicoated2001
      @candicoated2001 5 лет назад +3

      I would pay for someone to create a story of those three hanging put together.

  • @joshjames582
    @joshjames582 5 лет назад +23

    "I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, mister."
    Oh no. I no, no nooo. Run, Georgie. Run.

    • @50percentGrey
      @50percentGrey 5 лет назад +3

      I think it's fairly obvious where Stephen King got the inspiration for that scene from.

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel 3 года назад +5

    I love that McDonalds ad, literally a scene in IT.

  • @pablog74
    @pablog74 5 лет назад +222

    You should do more food videos and call the series somthing like DefunctBrand
    Still loved this minisode

  • @simonkawasaki4229
    @simonkawasaki4229 5 лет назад +108

    Love the slight voice inflection on “Doug’s First Movie”

    • @aceshighdueceslow
      @aceshighdueceslow 5 лет назад +13

      "Doug had a movie, remember when that happened? just reminding you that that was a thing that happened"

    • @simonkawasaki4229
      @simonkawasaki4229 5 лет назад +3

      aceshighdueceslow also love Nostalgia Critic’s review on it. You should check it out.

    • @Gravydog316
      @Gravydog316 5 лет назад +3

      hardly 'slight' ....that was an epic burial if there ever was one!

  • @dharmallars
    @dharmallars Год назад +30

    Nostalgia is such a strange thing, man. Watching this video made me sad for the days when happy meals and other competing brands offered COOL toys with their meals, instead of just like a sticker like they do now. Some of my favorite childhood toys came from McDonald’s or Burger King. But then I feel weird, because I’m feeling sad and nostalgic for a marketing ploy designed specifically to get screaming rowdy kids to demand their parents take them to McDonald’s and feed them garbage. I remember always asking my mom for McDonald’s whenever we drove anywhere! So I guess what I’m missing isn’t the era, because it sucked, or the marketing tactic, because it sucked. I’m really just missing being a kid and not KNOWING that I was being manipulated. So in a sense I’m realizing that most of my nostalgia was corporately manufactured, and all I’m really missing is the time when I couldn’t understand what that- HOLY SHIT 8:32 I HAD THAT BAMBI I STILL HAVE IT SOMEWHERE

    • @giselletorres4156
      @giselletorres4156 10 месяцев назад +4

      It's why so much of nostalgia nowadays like "omg the old school pizza hut/taco bell/ etc" or nostalgia for toys and products like Transformers and Power Rangers,
      it's all materialistic when you grow up and take a step back. You're all nostalgic for PRODUCTS and CORPORATIONS. Adults back then had so much disdain for 90s product placement as today's adults do with popular youtube and netflix figures like cocomelon and ryan's world garnering so much money with their merchandise.
      It's also why I feel fatigued with the oversaturation of collectible funko pops. Times weren't simple back then and it certainly isn't any better now.

  • @niknaython1979
    @niknaython1979 4 года назад +27

    seeing those "Incredibles" toys really brings me back to my childhood

  • @gwentheboyfriendkisserandn9476
    @gwentheboyfriendkisserandn9476 5 лет назад +190

    countdown to extinction sponsored by McDonald's
    say that 5 times in a row

    • @Radman1889
      @Radman1889 5 лет назад +7

      I tried, but I couldn't stop laughing

    • @KlynerKaiOffical
      @KlynerKaiOffical 5 лет назад +3

      Radman The Lucario I barley did it XD

  • @ezraparish1138
    @ezraparish1138 5 лет назад +34

    Former Disney employee, but during my orientation, they mentioned this in some good detail, and told us that there were fry carts on MainStreet USA at one point. (They also unofficially told us the partnership ended because of public perception.)

  • @techguypaul
    @techguypaul 5 лет назад +43

    I remember the Westward Ho fries. Somehow, they tasted better than regular McDonald's fries and it was what I always wanted when my parents asked if I wanted a snack while at Disneyland! I wish they'd bring them back, though I'd prefer a cheaper pass so I could actually go to Disneyland in the first place lol

  • @2kdegenerate708
    @2kdegenerate708 5 лет назад +14

    Kevin is simply the best. I miss the days of less than 10k subs so that you could actually see my comments lol.

  • @alphabulblax1649
    @alphabulblax1649 5 лет назад +8

    There's not enough red flags in the world for that old McDonald's commercial.

    • @PrydeWater901
      @PrydeWater901 5 лет назад +2

      Red flags adorned with Golden Arches

  • @openingband
    @openingband 5 лет назад +189

    I was waiting for the Michael Eisner does something stupid and I was not let down.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 года назад +4

      It's not like there was a better pun available.

    • @SammEater
      @SammEater 4 года назад +5

      I was like "this is a Michael Eisner does something stupid episode".

    • @nervousgreg
      @nervousgreg 4 года назад +2

      @kristian rikardsen That reminds me that Burger King used to have Shrek toys. We need a part 2 to this minisode about the rivalry between McDisney and BurgerWorks!

  • @CthulhuianBunny
    @CthulhuianBunny 4 года назад +19

    "Disney was looking for a way to advertise their new attraction."
    What? You mean that totally radical hip-hop version of Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah that featured in your Okefenokee video didn't have everyone buying out tickets faster than they could print them? I'm shocked!

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 года назад

      Funnily enough, he actually downplayed how weird the advertising was.

  • @SuperDevolution
    @SuperDevolution 5 лет назад +9

    It's so weird knowing that these companies were together for a relatively short amount of time when that time encompassed basically your entire childhood and provided so many memories.

  • @Davanthall
    @Davanthall 5 лет назад +11

    Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald’s.
    You know, sometimes there’s false advertising, and then sometimes there’s....the exact polar opposite.

  • @rfrolicarts
    @rfrolicarts 5 лет назад +92

    This episode was interesting as always :)
    * Thank you for sharing that bit of trivia about these two giants crossing paths early. Life works in mysterious ways.
    * That musical segue into the McDonald's jingle was clever. Props for that :)
    * I never imagined Ronald McDonald could look even creepier than his regular iconic image... but him in that early commercial plying a child with burgers is amazing/awful.
    * I have strong memories of using that puppet from the movie Dinosaur to bite my brother.
    * Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's is unintentional surrealist alt-lit.
    * 14:09 all of these park attractions feel so much more organic (and appetizing) without the branding.

  • @Ragan31687
    @Ragan31687 Год назад +3

    14:26 Hey! It’s Disney Dan! Love his channel.

  • @MikeKobela
    @MikeKobela 5 лет назад +14

    Your tone of voice when you said McDisney Production says everything.

  • @alb5338
    @alb5338 5 лет назад +42

    3:40
    Son: "Stranger Danger! Stranger Danger!"
    Father: "Don't worry son, they were different times (immediately stares into the void while repressed memories of Ronald come flooding back)."
    Bada-ba-ba-ba.

    • @e2daron
      @e2daron 5 лет назад +3

      Plot twist: The father was the kid in the commercial

  • @samrosenthal8481
    @samrosenthal8481 5 лет назад +27

    It took me far longer than I would like to admit to figure out this had nothing to do with Jim Henson

  • @ginablackmon5460
    @ginablackmon5460 4 года назад +10

    3:54
    Encourages kids to talk to strangers as long as they’re dressed as Ronald McDonald.
    🙄 That seems well thought out.

  • @canadianfurrytrash906
    @canadianfurrytrash906 5 лет назад +16

    Nobody:
    Disney's Animal Kingdom: "Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's"

  • @someguy7601
    @someguy7601 5 лет назад +77

    A new Defunctland video? And one involving Disney and McDonald’s?
    Now this is an awesome birthday present!

  • @redfive1300
    @redfive1300 5 лет назад +70

    Defunctland:
    McDonalds started its collab with Disney with Splash Mountain in 1989.
    Roger Rabbit’s McDonalds campaign, a year earlier:
    *Am I a joke to you?!*

    • @bananafanafoferry6970
      @bananafanafoferry6970 5 лет назад +11

      There were Happy meals for Bambi and Oliver & Company. There was also a Who Framed Roger Rabbit tie-in. Then there was a Cinderella Jaq and Gus ornament set that was available for Christmas in the mid to late 1980’s. This was all before Splash Mountain and The Little Mermaid.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 года назад

      Or alternatively: *How dare you!*

  • @carterd5364
    @carterd5364 4 года назад +9

    4:57 R.I.P the yellow hat

  • @sleeksheepfox
    @sleeksheepfox 5 лет назад +22

    3:49 Sounds oddly similar to Pennywise's first encounter with Georgie

    • @darkmatterburger
      @darkmatterburger Год назад

      Stephen King based that interaction from that ad, actually!

  • @originalname28
    @originalname28 5 лет назад +79

    “Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonalds”
    This really says a lot about our society 🤔

  • @AmandaSmith
    @AmandaSmith 5 лет назад +65

    I LOST IT at 11:53 at “from the McDon of time”

  • @ninjaboyjoel9183
    @ninjaboyjoel9183 Год назад +5

    This is like the start of metal gear solid 3 but for mcdonalds and disney

  • @therobotdevil2284
    @therobotdevil2284 3 года назад +1

    It's 3:30 AM and that 90s promo video for Animal Kingdom almost made me cry... I think I should go to bed.

  • @samuelsteingart6726
    @samuelsteingart6726 5 лет назад +63

    Kevin, you just opened a forbidden Pandora’s Box by mentioning the Szechuan Sauce

  • @Why_It
    @Why_It 5 лет назад +23

    New game I play every time Defunctland uploads is "how long until Eisner is mentioned?"

    • @vincelamb4063
      @vincelamb4063 5 лет назад +1

      Start a pool. Whoever wins, drink.

  • @Phantomsangel
    @Phantomsangel 5 лет назад +4

    That way you said 'Doug's first movie' lol
    12:46 oh! I remember that one!
    I remember seeing an article of Disney and McDonalds splitting up but 'staying friends' which I thought was nice.

  • @ashleyhall7090
    @ashleyhall7090 5 лет назад +5

    i’ve always found this partnership so interesting! so glad you made and episode about it!! great job!

  • @krx50
    @krx50 5 лет назад +118

    Really? You mention "Pizza the Hutt" but don't use a clip from Spaceballs? Opportunity majorly missed there

    • @Dragonborn-dc4uj
      @Dragonborn-dc4uj 3 года назад +4

      Yeah especially the scene when he ate himself

  • @bryonweikle587
    @bryonweikle587 5 лет назад +28

    I knew that my joke that McDonald's was just the Disney of fast food was right.

  • @skibbidiscoobidi
    @skibbidiscoobidi Год назад

    I love love love all of your documentaries! I hope you do this always

  • @netrimos
    @netrimos 2 года назад +6

    Kevin, truly love your work. You are an under appreciated next-gen Ken Burns.

  • @lilrhia
    @lilrhia 5 лет назад +48

    This is definitely one of my favourite channels as it marries my love of Disney and pop culture with my love of history and learning new things. I always marvel at how much history and amazing content is in each of these videos! Better, more entertaining, and more informative than most commercial documentaries. Keep it up!

  • @valbecerra9744
    @valbecerra9744 5 лет назад

    I have binged your videos all day and I stand in awe of your production and script. I stan. Also, this Eisner dude maybe watching this at home crying... :) keep the good content coming

  • @tc8387
    @tc8387 3 года назад

    I love this channel so much. Thank you for all of your hard work.

  • @squidyy2k
    @squidyy2k 5 лет назад +90

    I can't believe the origin Szechuan sauce dates back to the First World War

    • @JunitaThiessen
      @JunitaThiessen 5 лет назад +3

      Squidy Y2k :o he noticed you

    • @GenkiGanbare
      @GenkiGanbare 5 лет назад +7

      Tiny beginning domino: The Red Cross stages humanitarian aid in WWI Italy
      Gigantic last domino: A teenager quotes Rick and Morty while jumping up and down on a McDonalds counter

    • @raphythemighty2613
      @raphythemighty2613 4 года назад +1

      @@GenkiGanbare We come real far as a society. Evolution at its finest.

  • @mrman643
    @mrman643 5 лет назад +35

    40 seconds into the video and I'm reminded why I love this channel so much

  • @JordanCaseyEntrepreneur
    @JordanCaseyEntrepreneur 3 года назад

    This is my favourite defunctland for some reason, I keep coming back and back

  • @gmoney1413
    @gmoney1413 Год назад

    Probably the Defunct I've been waiting for 😭

  • @JCstock
    @JCstock 5 лет назад +148

    What? Szechuan sauce? Man that's crazy I had NO IDEA that McDonalds sold that. I bet it tasted really good. Wish they'd bring it back. I bet that wouldn't cause mass chaos or anything.

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 5 лет назад +34

      I know you are joking, but I was at a store that day not knowing what was going on.
      It was not pretty!

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 лет назад +13

      I still have my rerelease container of it. Like all those McDonalds Beanie Babies I have, they're gonna make me RICH!!!

    • @zacharytomes5202
      @zacharytomes5202 5 лет назад +2

      @@KidSnivy69 It was hell

    • @JCstock
      @JCstock 5 лет назад +3

      @@tigerclaw34 bad day?

    • @astoldby
      @astoldby 5 лет назад

      @@tigerclaw34 I'm a month behind but I love your statement. Hahaha

  • @notkaywhy
    @notkaywhy 5 лет назад +60

    "McDonalds could revolutionize the way Americans eat"
    *Is also infamous for the obesity problems and for Super Size Me*

    • @raphaelmarquez9650
      @raphaelmarquez9650 5 лет назад +17

      Nowadays, Super Size Me is called into question after failed attempts on duplicating the same results the documentary shared.

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 лет назад +17

      Not to mention that he ate multiple meals there every day and super sized them all. No one does this. You can take your kid to McDonalds once a week, and let them play out the calories from the meal at their playplace, and they won't become overweight. It may not be healthy, but it won't make your overweight.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 5 лет назад +5

      @@UmmYeahOk Hence my favorite rebuttal to the movie: "No shit, Spurlock."

    • @202cardline
      @202cardline 5 лет назад +1

      @@raphaelmarquez9650 Right, besides fast, cheap hot food is something I wouldn't get for that price without mcdonalds. Kinda need it for my overworked broke ass :/

    • @Badsy_the_Edgecat
      @Badsy_the_Edgecat 5 лет назад +7

      @@UmmYeahOk AND DONT FORGET HE WAS ON A VEGETARIAN DIET PREVIOUSLY

  • @CorporalPig22
    @CorporalPig22 5 лет назад +18

    "McDonald's even went as far as selling a special edition Szechuan sauce...."
    *INCOMING RICK AND MORTY COMMENTS*

  • @MediumDSpeaks
    @MediumDSpeaks 5 лет назад +2

    DUDE I had those Animal Kingdom McDonald's toys! I loved that dragon and rhino. You've just hit me with the hardest wave of nostalgia I think I've ever felt

  • @ratinyourcloset8901
    @ratinyourcloset8901 5 лет назад +50

    The original Ronald McDonald was horrifying

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 лет назад +1

      Assigned Snufkin
      Well in The 60s defense this was the norm for clowns.

    • @lanceturley7745
      @lanceturley7745 5 лет назад +13

      I don't know what you mean. There's nothing suspicious about a hobo clown standing outside of a restaurant, wearing clothes that appear to be made out of garbage, offering free burgers to unsupervised children.

    • @ratinyourcloset8901
      @ratinyourcloset8901 5 лет назад

      @@xaviersaavedra7442 I feel so sorry for all the children of the 60s that had a clown for their birthday.....

    • @ratinyourcloset8901
      @ratinyourcloset8901 5 лет назад

      @Frizzurd I now wanna watch hella McDonald's commercials

    • @Lightspeeds
      @Lightspeeds 5 лет назад

      agreed. Also, now I have context to Pennywise's first scene in it thanks to this commercial.

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 5 лет назад +79

    Ah yes, Countdown to _Extinction._
    _SPONSORED BY_ *_MCDONALDS._*

    • @KMcNally117
      @KMcNally117 4 года назад

      Me: ruclips.net/video/iimTHhCRjG8/видео.html

  • @beachgirl_bev
    @beachgirl_bev 5 лет назад +3

    Man, didn’t expect to get Nostalgic over this one! I remember going to McDonalds with my Grandpa before seeing Treasure Planet, and getting a toy of the little goo guy. I also have really fond memories of the Downtown Disney McDonalds, I grew up in Tampa and my family would take us to D.D. or the lobbies of the hotels because they where free.

  • @marlafranca5910
    @marlafranca5910 5 лет назад +59

    Wait, Steve jobs was a shareholder in disney? He was the largest shareholder of disney after disney bought pixar? Why is this my first time hearing about this?
    Edit: apparently he created pixar, and just about nothing i had ever seen covering Steve jobs seemed to believe that was notable information. Well then.

    • @wrdz3748
      @wrdz3748 3 года назад +5

      He only made Pixar Studios, but he didn't create the technology. George Lucas, ILM, and Lucasfilm were the creators of the original Pixar technology.

  • @evanredacted7977
    @evanredacted7977 5 лет назад +27

    >Video about Disney and McDonald's
    >Starts with World War 1
    Hoo boy

  • @melochi17
    @melochi17 5 лет назад +6

    That smooth transition from When You Wish Upon a Star to the Mcdonalds theme

  • @ryanbmx5
    @ryanbmx5 5 лет назад

    Another great episode as always! Thanks Defunctland :-)

  • @MediumDSpeaks
    @MediumDSpeaks 5 лет назад +2

    Gotta mention that Szechuan sauce