Defunctland: The History of Disney's Worst Attraction Ever, Superstar Limo

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @Defunctland
    @Defunctland  6 лет назад +9741

    Hello everyone. To answer the main question, yes I have already done an episode on Superstar Limo. I will be going back and redoing some of my old videos every now and then to give them the same research and production value as the new ones. This video is over twice as long as the original, because I was able to find so much more information and footage.

    • @Zombiekilleryamato
      @Zombiekilleryamato 6 лет назад +141

      Defunctland a nice new flow more info this is a great idea hope to see more I have comment on the one I want to see

    • @Conji
      @Conji 6 лет назад +21

      Defunctland Great video and I love the new intro!!

    • @JCOdrjones
      @JCOdrjones 6 лет назад +3

      Defunctland Oh thank goodness.

    • @MattyewMashew
      @MattyewMashew 6 лет назад +14

      Good idea, good to know we can get expanded updates!

    • @greendaygyrl91
      @greendaygyrl91 6 лет назад +4

      Love the new update! Great work man

  • @kristinolinger2183
    @kristinolinger2183 4 года назад +13294

    “a california-themed theme park located in the already california-themed california.”
    man, this channel is GOLD

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 3 года назад +62

      X to the Z: yo dawg, we heard you like commiefornia

    • @robthagod4870
      @robthagod4870 3 года назад +37

      Worst park at Disneyland!

    • @cheezbunni3530
      @cheezbunni3530 3 года назад +40

      @@robthagod4870
      That’s not saying much considering there’s only 2 parks in disneyland
      But yeah, yeah its pretty bad

    • @ConnMC
      @ConnMC 3 года назад +1

      @@cheezbunni3530 yo 34 minutes ago, ig we all here now lol

    • @matthewg.305
      @matthewg.305 3 года назад +2

      🤣🤣

  • @nerdteacher
    @nerdteacher 6 лет назад +18597

    I'm pretty certain that the phrase "California Adventure, a California-themed theme park to be located in the already California-themed California" is my absolute most favourite of any in Disney-related criticism history.

    • @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth
      @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth 6 лет назад +1219

      Yo dawg, I heard you like California.
      So I put a California in your California so you can visit California while you visit California

    • @Dragon-Believer
      @Dragon-Believer 5 лет назад +262

      The rides are fine. It's standing in line for 90 minutes before you get on that isn't fun. They just sell a ticket to anybody will buy one and nevermind that they don't actually have enough rides for all the people.
      It's more of a live-action line simulator occasionally interrupted by rides.

    • @AtrocityEquine01
      @AtrocityEquine01 5 лет назад +141

      @@Dragon-Believer I would say that Tower of Terror is a saving grace...but they took that down because "Disney owns Marvel!".

    • @astro-animation
      @astro-animation 5 лет назад +60

      And people say Texas has a big ego 😂

    • @elijahpadilla5083
      @elijahpadilla5083 5 лет назад +94

      @@AtrocityEquine01 The Guardians skin over the ride is actually loads of fun. Even if I miss the Twilight Zone aesthetic, the random elements (one of twenty different '70s-'80s songs can play during the ride, the ending cinematic has several different tiny alterations) make it better for revisiting.

  • @talljoke
    @talljoke 2 года назад +2033

    "The technique was known as jealousy"
    You have no mercy and I love it.

    • @BigJDawg4523
      @BigJDawg4523 Год назад +5

      Why would he be jealous at Chuck E. Cheese's?

    • @lyndonwesthaven6623
      @lyndonwesthaven6623 Год назад +10

      I really regret he didn't follow his heart and leave in the phenomenally low blow 'dreamjerks'

    • @garcalej
      @garcalej 9 дней назад +1

      Eisner operated by Vegas rules: if they ain't spending their money here, that's money we're losing. If there were golf courses outside the park, the park would have golf (and mini-golf). If there were zoos, the park would have zoos. If there were movie theaters, nightclubs, and shopping malls, than, dammit the park had to have those as well! It seemed the only things Eisner couldn't or wouldn't copy were the strip-clubs and some of the more Bible-theme tourist traps, which goes to show there were levels of exploitation that not even Disney would sink to.

  • @AINGELPROJECT667
    @AINGELPROJECT667 3 года назад +5851

    As soon as he mentioned Paparazzi chase I was like "oh....oh no" and realized *exactly* what killed this ride.

  • @ErisDeepSeaCocoon
    @ErisDeepSeaCocoon 4 года назад +8217

    The muppets renovating the ride as time went on was a cute concept, if I rode Superstar Limo and saw a muppet in a bulldozer running over a sign while exclaiming that the ride is horrible, it’d make me giggle

    • @nickkilmer7371
      @nickkilmer7371 4 года назад +161

      rkskrcVEVO muppet with a jackhammer is leviating towards you

    • @lukasuhlenkamp9850
      @lukasuhlenkamp9850 4 года назад +621

      an ironically bad disney ride would be kinda fun

    • @ExplorerDS6789
      @ExplorerDS6789 4 года назад +397

      Like hearing Fozzie Bear say, "and I thought my jokes were bad."

    • @ДаниилФирсов-о6н
      @ДаниилФирсов-о6н 4 года назад +171

      “And this time, it wouldn’t be Eisner’s fault”
      Not Eisner’s fault?
      I don’t think I’ve ever heard Kevin say those words before.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 4 года назад +330

      Waldorf: "So I hear they're turning this into a Monsters Inc ride"
      Statler: "Well, that's an improvement. It won't be as scary!"
      Both: "DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"

  • @michaelaeschbacher4648
    @michaelaeschbacher4648 4 года назад +7609

    "Have the muppets tear the ride down and take the piss out of it"
    That's actually genius

    • @josepho3366
      @josepho3366 3 года назад +86

      And this is coming from the muppets.

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 3 года назад +198

      The idea for Goofy’s Superstar Limo was also fairly good.

    • @crystalgemgirl731
      @crystalgemgirl731 3 года назад +15

      I would have loved to see that.^^

    • @Viking_Luchador
      @Viking_Luchador 3 года назад +128

      how many times have we been denied the Muppets at Disney?

    • @kneau
      @kneau 3 года назад +36

      @@Viking_Luchador a Marvel ride replaced the Muppet Theatre... 🤕

  • @quanhittersupreme6738
    @quanhittersupreme6738 5 лет назад +4621

    I feel like removing paparazzi would’ve been enough to keep people from thinking of Diana. Just say you’re running late and need to get there fast and have the post ride picture be y’all arriving or maybe have a gag where you get a ticket because of a red light camera.

    • @skibot9974
      @skibot9974 4 года назад +261

      That’s a great idea

    • @IMbirdieful
      @IMbirdieful 4 года назад +525

      that's basically the concept of Rockin' Rollercoaster, which they should have adopted

    • @FrostFire425
      @FrostFire425 3 года назад +25

      Yeah, that sounds cool

    • @missZoey5387
      @missZoey5387 3 года назад +35

      That could have worked well.

    • @pokespicie1699
      @pokespicie1699 3 года назад +62

      Bout 20 years too late

  • @talljoke
    @talljoke 2 года назад +4005

    I love how painful the Drew Carrey segment was. 7 actors trying hard to look excited and trying even harder to stay awake.

    • @octobertheeighth
      @octobertheeighth 2 года назад +201

      I know this is from three months ago, but I am literally in the comments right now because that segment is happening and it is too painful for me to watch. 🤣

    • @danielvandersall6756
      @danielvandersall6756 2 года назад +211

      The desperately hidden expressions of pain and disappointment; these guys can act.

    • @Christhreeonesix
      @Christhreeonesix 2 года назад +123

      The awkwardness and cringe were almost literally unbearable watching that lol

    • @danielvandersall6756
      @danielvandersall6756 2 года назад +10

      @@Christhreeonesix Yeah... Almost looks like something Chapek would have approved..... too soon? :)

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars 2 года назад +158

      Drew was so excited before and so visibly let down afterwards that if I were a slightly more cruel person it might be the funniest thing on earth to me. The underwhelmed “wow”s at seeing all the figures really sent me. And then Ryan saying Drew’s looked like Robert Zemeckis. Priceless

  • @Smogget
    @Smogget 4 года назад +5570

    Watching the cast of The Drew Carey Show attempt to look excited and then slowly give up was the highlight of this video.

    • @Kaanfight
      @Kaanfight 3 года назад +437

      Seeing Colin Mochrie at the beginning was so weird. I was half expecting him to start shouting at Eisner about how the scene was crap and that they needed to change something.

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 3 года назад +16

      @Kaanfight I only just saw some clips from that show & realized it was him!

    • @Nocturne22
      @Nocturne22 3 года назад +309

      I can't believe they aired it - the way their energy just drops like an avalanche during the ride was amazing.

    • @sirprintalot
      @sirprintalot 3 года назад +178

      Rosie pretends to fall asleep and then has a look of someone who's been wrongfully imprisoned.

    • @edwardphilibin3151
      @edwardphilibin3151 3 года назад +151

      Drew couldn't even muster any genuine interest in the ride he APPEARED in.
      Admittedly, by that point he'd heard Ryan make the "Drew's got a lot of money" joke on "Whose Line" about a gajillion times, so it would take a better actor than Drew to fake any excitement.

  • @dragontatoes
    @dragontatoes 6 лет назад +4685

    Drew Carey and Rosie O'Donnell boarding a ride while "All Star" plays and an NSYNC add scrolls across the bottom is the peak new millennium aesthetic

    • @socloseno
      @socloseno 6 лет назад +215

      dragontatoes 90s to early 2000s were a magical time

    • @Cryo-15
      @Cryo-15 6 лет назад +51

      dragontatoes 2001 was the start of a new era

    • @celiasmith7434
      @celiasmith7434 6 лет назад +38

      Also they played beautiful stranger by Madonna at the beginning my heart 💔💔💔

    • @missmelodies52
      @missmelodies52 6 лет назад +2

      My heart 💔

    • @vinesauceobscurities
      @vinesauceobscurities 6 лет назад +32

      Big Boned Carey will always be close to my heart.
      Also, Drew Carey-era Kathy Kinney without the Mimi aesthetics is a rare gem.

  • @ProjectSNT
    @ProjectSNT 6 лет назад +6328

    "Eisner had a technique he would use when deciding on new projects. The technique was called /jealousy/."
    I spat out my soup when I heard that line.

    • @CommanderWiggins
      @CommanderWiggins 6 лет назад +265

      Courtney (ProjectSNT) I love all the low-key Eisner roasts on Defunctland.

    • @NodDisciple1
      @NodDisciple1 6 лет назад +224

      Courtney (ProjectSNT) Well, Farquaad from Shrek was based on him.

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +54

      @Brother Malachai
      For real?

    • @NodDisciple1
      @NodDisciple1 6 лет назад +52

      @DarkOmegaMK2 Yep!

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +35

      @Brother Malachai
      Wow, that some crazy shit.

  • @megafan1137
    @megafan1137 3 года назад +7094

    It is literally unfathomable to me that the same company who now monopolizes the entertainment industry was at one point ok with making a 4 minute long theme park attraction where all you do is point at goofy looking puppets and go "wow that looks like the guy from Home Improvement"

    • @joaquindonoso5481
      @joaquindonoso5481 3 года назад +337

      Have you seen Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser?

    • @thomaslong4909
      @thomaslong4909 3 года назад +34

      @@joaquindonoso5481 lmao!!!!! 🤣

    • @battlesheep2552
      @battlesheep2552 2 года назад +148

      @@joaquindonoso5481 it's funny because it looks like they made it without the rights to Star Wars when they actually did

    • @strakhovandrri
      @strakhovandrri 2 года назад +118

      Having something in your possession doesn't mean you understand what is it or what to do with it - that's why we've overthrown monarchies.

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth 2 года назад +22

      I would have been like "hey I think that's the guy from Rush Hour"

  • @WerehogFan18
    @WerehogFan18 5 лет назад +2174

    I imagine Drew Carey felt embarrassed when he saw a cheap and horrible animatronic version of himself while riding Superstar Limo.

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 4 года назад +213

      You can see him dying inside in the clip

    • @hollywoodgogo
      @hollywoodgogo 4 года назад +66

      That's why he claimed it was Robert Zemeckis lol!

    • @KendrickHarrisKenfinity
      @KendrickHarrisKenfinity 4 года назад +14

      Probably the same feeling after seeing Geppetto!

    • @Daplin1
      @Daplin1 4 года назад +13

      He was drunk in that clip

    • @Jangobadass
      @Jangobadass 4 года назад +14

      Not even an animatronic...a regular figurine...

  • @ThatOneGuy0006
    @ThatOneGuy0006 5 лет назад +5078

    Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Eisner wanted to buy a haunted boat and turn it into a resort?

    • @colleenschwab
      @colleenschwab 5 лет назад +453

      I wish it was haunted, the only haunting thing was that you could hear your neighbors through the air ports. If Disney had bought the Queen Mary, the boat would be in better shape than it is, I wanted to feel like it was 1930's, not that the boats interior hadn't been fixed since then.

    • @FrankDufek
      @FrankDufek 5 лет назад +30

      @@colleenschwab LOL accurate. I stayed overnight on that boat ten years ago it was....yeah

    • @DinsRune
      @DinsRune 4 года назад +11

      Nicholas Cage bought a haunted house just cuz.

    • @ExplorerDS6789
      @ExplorerDS6789 4 года назад +11

      You make it sound like he wanted to buy the Titanic.

    • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices
      @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 4 года назад +43

      I mean R.M.S. Queen Mary is a pretty cool ship. It's one of the only Cunard ships that is still around and not a wreck. (I'm looking at you, Lusitania) the ship is really pretty, and personally I don't care of it's Haunted, I really want to see it one day.

  • @adamshows1142
    @adamshows1142 3 года назад +2853

    With all these concepts thrown around to replace Superstar, I was thinking, “Why couldn’t it just be centering around “A Goofy Movie?” A car run to the Powerline concert in LA.

    • @kartoonfanatic
      @kartoonfanatic 3 года назад +102

      I just. Yess.

    • @jessicarivera8891
      @jessicarivera8891 3 года назад +72

      This is genius

    • @raidenriot
      @raidenriot 3 года назад +21

      HECK YES!!! That would honestly be so fun

    • @autism-overlord
      @autism-overlord 3 года назад +76

      The movie is already a masterpiece, so why not re-theme it to that movie?

    • @M1GarandMan3005
      @M1GarandMan3005 3 года назад +55

      For some reason, Lester's Possum Party would be the perfect satire to the original ride.

  • @michaelchikos4551
    @michaelchikos4551 2 года назад +1637

    They should add a mini Disney land within California Adventure, since that’s also a classic part of visiting California. Of course, this would necessitate a miniature California Adventure within California Adventure, and a micro California Adventure within the mini California Adventure within the real California Adventure within California.

    • @brucesewing6183
      @brucesewing6183 2 года назад +124

      Californiaception

    • @dachel683
      @dachel683 2 года назад +9

      @@brucesewing6183 i was gonna say that, but whatever take my like

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +29

      That actually sounds like something that would make me interested in California Adventure.

    • @williamlasl
      @williamlasl 2 года назад +21

      That the idea of amusement park theme based on a kitsch vision of the locality is funny and maybe even a mind-blowing concept to some people seems much stranger to me than “California Adventure.” I mean, Disneyland has had a “Main Street USA” since it was built and has had a lot of Americana like “Rivers of America” for decades.
      “An America-themed attraction in an already America-themed America.”

    • @treehousegames7903
      @treehousegames7903 2 года назад +7

      Love me some recursive fractals.

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 5 лет назад +3244

    The problem with something like this is it ages terribly once the celebrities involved stop being famous. You need people who are world-famous and unlikely to stop being so. Like how many people outside America know who Regis Filbin is? I certainly don't.

    • @anthonyaccurate
      @anthonyaccurate 4 года назад +456

      And even then, what's the extent of interest in him other than 'hey, there's regis philbin' and forget just as quickly you saw him?

    • @alexandramcginnis8872
      @alexandramcginnis8872 4 года назад +137

      So basically have historical figures as celebrities

    • @EspaALSC
      @EspaALSC 4 года назад +88

      The only knowledge i have of this guy is that, I THINK, he did a cameo on Wizards of Waverly Place

    • @Stettafire
      @Stettafire 4 года назад +92

      I only recognised two of the celebrities in this video.

    • @reeebvc
      @reeebvc 4 года назад +55

      I have heard of him as a British youth, he’s the Who Wants to be a Millionaire Guy, but I honestly thought it was David Hasselhoff.

  • @teddyf.6974
    @teddyf.6974 4 года назад +5333

    I just love the celebs just sort of saying "oh hi cher" "oh, whoopi" at the names of all the animatronics

    • @chimpwimp9407
      @chimpwimp9407 4 года назад +197

      To be fair, we don't know if she's saying, "Oh Whoopi" or "Oh Woopy."

    • @madamefeast4824
      @madamefeast4824 4 года назад +18

      @@chimpwimp9407 haha I just saw that part

    • @joebove4
      @joebove4 4 года назад +123

      Chimp Wimp probably both. It’s both a commentary on “hey, it’s Whoopi”, and a sarcastic “oh, whoopie”.

    • @zackcolbourne6921
      @zackcolbourne6921 4 года назад +73

      I mean, two of the stars were people they could run into at the Comedy Store any time, and one was actually one of them. Probably not the most star-studded experience.

    • @SuperBlargle
      @SuperBlargle 4 года назад +40

      Lol yes their trip through the ride was probably more entertaining than the ride itself

  • @darnchacha1632
    @darnchacha1632 3 года назад +4508

    This whole Defunctland Series up to this point feels the "What did Michael Eisner fuck up this time." show

    • @MrStGeorgeIllawarra
      @MrStGeorgeIllawarra 3 года назад +265

      Honestly at much as I disliked him during those years at least he took chances and had his team under him have original ideas, until this current team.

    • @kelil1750
      @kelil1750 2 года назад +37

      If I had such bad ideas...I wonder what could possibly be the difference between him and I..
      ..?

    • @romulas-cushmanproject3273
      @romulas-cushmanproject3273 2 года назад +137

      This one you really can’t put the blame squarely on him, if the unfortunate accident of Princess Diana didn’t occur this ride probably would’ve been really good for a simple dark room ride

    • @imnolongerasking5933
      @imnolongerasking5933 2 года назад +21

      @@MrStGeorgeIllawarra He was bad, but he was bold

    • @silvertamagachi
      @silvertamagachi 2 года назад +68

      @@MrStGeorgeIllawarra Super late to the game, but I'm rewatching Defunctland from the beginning and it's fascinating how much the (not-remade) S1 videos make jabs at Eisner that you wouldn't see in the newer ones. It definitely gives the impression of Perjurer gaining respect for Eisner despite -- and perhaps because of? -- his bad, risky, yet creative decisions, even if he did lose his guts there near the end of his tenure at Disney. It's been really cool, and shaped my own feelings about Eisner as the show's gone on. (edited for readability/clarity)

  • @katherinesmallbean3594
    @katherinesmallbean3594 Год назад +1134

    I am devastated that the muppets renovating the ride didn't happen. That sounds absolutely hilarious.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean Год назад +55

      They should have done that, even if they weren't renovating it into a Muppets ride.

  • @MJubecki1984
    @MJubecki1984 6 лет назад +813

    "...A California themed theme park located in the already California themed California." My favorite sentence ever.

    • @poley23
      @poley23 5 лет назад +27

      Mine is still "A powerful rat... named Charles Entertainment Cheese."

    • @DuckandMikeyfan49
      @DuckandMikeyfan49 5 лет назад +4

      Poley23 Ah, one of the bait-and-switch comments Kevin has made.

  • @alexhauptmann298
    @alexhauptmann298 5 лет назад +1183

    "Open Your Sides, Everyone, It's Funnyman Tim Allen!"
    *forced laughter*

  • @jdpragmatic8644
    @jdpragmatic8644 4 года назад +3009

    I’m just going to use a Homer Simpson quote:
    “Don’t worry Ma, I’m gonna take you to the one place where there’s no people for miles around...Disney’s California Adventure!!”

    • @TachyonKing
      @TachyonKing 4 года назад +259

      I hope someone has come up with a list of every single Simpson’s episode you can find on Disney+ which takes the absolute piss out of Disney.

    • @switchplayer1016
      @switchplayer1016 4 года назад +63

      @@TachyonKing you have to wonder if they'll still be allowed to make those jokes now.

    • @leviblevins513
      @leviblevins513 4 года назад +209

      @@TachyonKing The Itchy and Scratchy Land episode ends with a french guy opening Euro Itchy and Scratchy Land and nobody shows up.
      "Helloooo! Itchy and Scratchyland is open for business! Please people! My children need wine!"
      Hahaha....

    • @HOTD108_
      @HOTD108_ 3 года назад +71

      @@switchplayer1016 Well, The Simpsons used to criticize FOX all the time before Disney bought them, so I imagine it's fine.

    • @AnimatedTerror
      @AnimatedTerror 3 года назад +52

      @@HOTD108_ look ma! I’m the head of an evil corporation! Hu-ha!

  • @dr.quackenbacker5247
    @dr.quackenbacker5247 3 года назад +803

    The cast of the Drew Carey show touring California Adventure, while Smash Mouth plays in the background, and a rolling TV scroll to win tickets to an NSYNC concert. The most 2000's segment ever.

    • @Fay7666
      @Fay7666 Год назад +46

      They also chose what shortly after ended up becoming probably the most ubiquitous anti-Disney song ever. It's so ironic that it really did set the tone for what the ride was.

    • @AslanKyoya1776
      @AslanKyoya1776 Год назад +1

      Seriously my nostalgia level was just bursting at the seams

    • @chioj36
      @chioj36 Год назад +3

      It was immediately nostalgic

  • @dcflake5645
    @dcflake5645 6 лет назад +5245

    I like Disney's idea to have a California themed area... In California. Wow, It's like being in California.

    • @CoderatheGreat
      @CoderatheGreat 6 лет назад +255

      Californiaception? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @KanariRaspberry
      @KanariRaspberry 6 лет назад +227

      Well, in Disneyland Paris, we have a French Area for the Ratatouille's ride so... Why not ? :)

    • @swanpride
      @swanpride 6 лет назад +86

      Yeah, I was all "whut"???? Because why go to the knock off if the real thing is just around the corner.

    • @namingisdifficult408
      @namingisdifficult408 6 лет назад +9

      CoderatheGreat exactly

    • @ValkyrieTiara
      @ValkyrieTiara 6 лет назад +232

      I feel like a lot of people commenting about this aren't actually from California and don't quite understand exactly how big it is. Case in point: Driving from Anaheim to San Francisco is over 400 miles and takes about seven hours. Not exactly a day trip, and that only covers about half the length of the state with no time for stops. You'd need at LEAST two weeks (and a lot of money) to really get the full "California Adventure" the old-fashioned way.

  • @AlbinoAxolotl1993
    @AlbinoAxolotl1993 6 лет назад +3086

    Yo, I heard you like California, so we put a California in your California.
    -Eisner.

    • @avalynpoe4441
      @avalynpoe4441 5 лет назад +80

      It's like one giant California-themed circlejerk that does nothing but alienate Californians.

    • @taintedlife2618
      @taintedlife2618 5 лет назад +9

      My thought when
      It opened.

    • @CliffordtheOrangeCat
      @CliffordtheOrangeCat 5 лет назад +26

      Who put pineapple juice in my pineapple juice?

    • @TechiAuto
      @TechiAuto 5 лет назад +16

      Is that California times California or California squared?

    • @mitchepaulin601
      @mitchepaulin601 5 лет назад +8

      No! NOOOO! (from joshua and the promised land)

  • @paulbrozyna3006
    @paulbrozyna3006 4 года назад +933

    The moment you hear the words “high speed” , “chase” and “paparazzi” you know where this is going...

    • @Dabednego
      @Dabednego 4 года назад +95

      As soon as it cut to black at 8:17 I thought, “It’s going to fade in on Princess Diana.”

    • @SkyVocal06
      @SkyVocal06 3 года назад +38

      you know its a dangerous path when it could easily be either the tragic death of british royalty, or the infamous screwup of the most tubular CEO ever

    • @sulsulii810
      @sulsulii810 3 года назад +33

      I watched this with my cousin, who didn’t know the story of Diana, and as soon as her picture appeared I just went “Oh NO-“

    • @cquiroz7874
      @cquiroz7874 3 года назад +1

      Caitlin Jenner?

    • @ladysilverwynde
      @ladysilverwynde 3 года назад +9

      @@cquiroz7874 Caitlin Jenner's Wild Ride might be fun....
      I'm going to hell for that one, I just know it.

  • @IvyLeather13
    @IvyLeather13 2 года назад +988

    Michael Eisner was shockingly competent in those commercials. He's not an actor but has this strange charisma. I perceive it as earnestness and that's why it kind of works.

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars 2 года назад +111

      True but he also has those dead eyes in some of these promos. Thousand yard stare.

    • @PasserEminibey
      @PasserEminibey 2 года назад +17

      he seems weird and cloying to me

    • @PasserEminibey
      @PasserEminibey 2 года назад +3

      @@ThePondermatic where did i mention like, anything you’re talking about. i literally just stated my personal opinion of him

    • @ThePondermatic
      @ThePondermatic 2 года назад +21

      @@PasserEminibey That's fair, I really did jump in with some weird opinions there. Sorry about that.

    • @654jimbob654
      @654jimbob654 2 года назад +46

      Eisner (somewhat reluctantly) also hosted the Wonderful World of Disney TV show and had to take acting classes to prepare for it. Apparently he was very awkward on camera during early screen tests but he got much better since then.

  • @shuichisaihara1946
    @shuichisaihara1946 3 года назад +936

    as if that news report playing all star by smash mouth couldnt possibly become more early 2000's, the news tagline hitting 'call to win n'sync concert tickets' at the bottom was the nail in the coffin for me

    • @MountainMemelord
      @MountainMemelord 3 года назад +4

      NGL, Tsumugi sus.

    • @Divine__.
      @Divine__. 3 года назад +5

      Look it’s the best boy

    • @dr.anderson1847
      @dr.anderson1847 2 года назад +17

      It's almost like a modern Greek tradgedy, the decay of a once great company making way for a juggernaut that could keep up with the times

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 2 года назад

      Hi.

    • @4everbuffylover
      @4everbuffylover Год назад

      @@dr.anderson1847 they seem to have fallen back into decay. This is not disneys decade

  • @jakeb4569
    @jakeb4569 5 лет назад +923

    So they had Colin Mochrie in the initial promo, and Ryan Stiles and Drew Carrey in the ride video.
    Wayne Brady knew to get out when he could.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 года назад +96

      Guess it really wasn't Wayne's line anyway,

    • @Tareltonlives
      @Tareltonlives 4 года назад +76

      I want to see them do improv jokes about how bad this was

    • @hopperowner3832
      @hopperowner3832 4 года назад +6

      Krispy JB I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING LOL

    • @talosheeg
      @talosheeg 4 года назад +12

      I know!!! Wayne knew when to leave!

    • @Gummy_Pop.
      @Gummy_Pop. 4 года назад +4

      eyyy is that a whose line ref I see 8D

  • @mochacino6198
    @mochacino6198 4 года назад +722

    "Keep your hands feet and *egos* inside the cart at all times. *Haaa* "
    You can just HEAR Kevin dying inside at that moment

    • @FisherBros
      @FisherBros 3 года назад +6

      Lol, that was gold

    • @randomguy7891
      @randomguy7891 2 года назад

      Dude I can hear everything dying from where I am

    • @MovieFan1912
      @MovieFan1912 2 года назад +1

      It’s amazing how much emotion he can get across without showing his face.

  • @WanderlustWonderscape
    @WanderlustWonderscape 2 года назад +797

    I had the misfortune to ride this attraction during a cast & crew event days before the park opened. My wife and I were dumbfounded when we exited the ride. I could not believe how bad it was.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +13

      Please tell me it wasn't a _paid_ cast & crew event.

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Год назад +1

      That’s why I wouldn’t even go to DCA until after the renovation. I just couldn’t do that to Walt.

    • @motliestcrew
      @motliestcrew Год назад +6

      I also went on this ride when it first opened. We had no idea that there would be a photo taken of us while on the ride. (I remember vaguely the flash from the ride’s camera being masked within the multiple flashes of the cut out fans and paparazzi supposedly taking photos of you.) The unexpected photo they got of me and my boyfriend was hilarious as we both had our hands covering our mouths with a look of absolute shock on how bad the ride was. At that moment I wondered if corporate would see these pictures because it said everything. I really wish I would have bought that photo.

    • @WanderlustWonderscape
      @WanderlustWonderscape Год назад +2

      @@timothymclean Well, I was paid, but I did not pay to get into the park. I did not know that was a thing. Every cast & crew event I have ever attended was a "thank you" to the cast & crew. Not a grift.

  • @qq1933
    @qq1933 3 года назад +1800

    As a Californian the part where Kevin says “The California themed theme park, in the already California themed California.” Might be the most California themed thing to ever be said about California.

  • @Hb1290Logos
    @Hb1290Logos 3 года назад +4276

    That Muppets concept would have been hillarious!
    - Animal tearing through a wall with his bare hands
    - Kermit expressing dismay at the animatronics "Good grief! I've seen monsters less scary than this!"
    - Gonzo unironically liking the ride
    - Piggy trying to take over as the superstar at the end
    - Rizzo making snide jokes the whole time
    - Sweetums hauling in a big setpiece or sign and humming before greeting the audience "Oh! Hey, you guys! Just wait 'till you see what we're making!"
    - Statler and Waldorf as you get off:
    W: You might hate this ride now, but just you wait!
    S: Yeah, when those weirdos are done it'll be even worse!
    Both: DOH hohohohohohohohohoho

    • @crystalgemgirl731
      @crystalgemgirl731 3 года назад +156

      That sounds hilarious!^^

    • @unicornbarfingrainbows7599
      @unicornbarfingrainbows7599 3 года назад +247

      If they did that they wouldn’t even have to bother trying to make the full ride, just keep it like that as a meta joke against disney

    • @shinymainespoon
      @shinymainespoon 3 года назад +102

      What about Pepe the king prawn? He wants to earn oscars in Hollywood so he's a perfect fit. Maybe he's trying to ask one of the celebs how they got theirs

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch 3 года назад +90

      I read "Statler and Waldorf get you off."
      That'd be... different.

    • @shinymainespoon
      @shinymainespoon 3 года назад +36

      @@theothertonydutch A surprise to be sure...

  • @pixelpudding3914
    @pixelpudding3914 5 лет назад +864

    This is like when you procrastinate on your science fair project and do it the week before. Then you tell your friends to act impressed so your teacher doesn’t fail you.

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 4 года назад +58

      But you also have to pay your friends a million dollars to pretend to be interested.

    • @charlie.justcharlie.8373
      @charlie.justcharlie.8373 4 года назад +45

      @@Sashazur and even then they can't bring themselves to do it, because your project is just that bad

  • @EmmanuelEytan
    @EmmanuelEytan 3 года назад +702

    This is the second video from this channel that I've seen. I'm blown away by the quality of the production. What really surprised me was one detail. Perjurer mentions the death of "Diana, Princess of Wales." That may seem small, but he actually called her by her real title. Almost no one does. The newspaper headlines he shows mention "Princess Diana." She was never "Princess Diana." She would always correct people who called her that. She was either "Lady Diana" or "Diana, Princess of Wales": it was only an honorary title. While this is a detail, it shows an attention to detail that I've rarely seen anywhere. Again, I'm truly impressed.

  • @DreamwalkerFilms
    @DreamwalkerFilms 5 лет назад +629

    Cast of Drew Carey show, Rosie O'Donnell, Beautiful Stranger and Smashmouth playing in the background? Doesn't get much more 2001 than that

    • @puffnisse
      @puffnisse 5 лет назад +40

      Don't forget N-Sync.

    • @RodBender
      @RodBender 4 года назад +46

      And they're all trying desperately to act impressed.

    • @mayzcorn27
      @mayzcorn27 4 года назад +1

      Beautiful stranger looks like that lady from Scrubs

  • @whatisbestinlife8112
    @whatisbestinlife8112 5 лет назад +1475

    Just the whole impetus of California Adventure is so cynical and uninspired:
    "Build fake, miniature versions of real things to to keep people from going to enjoy those real things".
    It takes corporate douchebaggery at it worst to come up with that.

    • @MsNooneinparticular
      @MsNooneinparticular 5 лет назад +33

      It's kinda what our world has become though, hasn't it? Amusement parks in themselves are sad approximations of things that can (and should) be experienced in nature without so much effort. Or expense.

    • @icdisney1964
      @icdisney1964 5 лет назад +128

      People dont go to theme parks for real stuff, they go for the fun things you cant experience irl.

    • @christiankneupper7011
      @christiankneupper7011 4 года назад +45

      @@icdisney1964 yeah I don't own a rollercoaster I'm not richie rich

    • @corncake4677
      @corncake4677 4 года назад +9

      MsNooneinparticular no???

    • @anonymousoff-brand7538
      @anonymousoff-brand7538 4 года назад +44

      honestly, the concept is sorta quaintly charming in a way. but, say, as a local place just in california, not, well, a disney park.

  • @mattwolf7698
    @mattwolf7698 4 года назад +747

    15:12 Pretty ironic to hear All Star playing in a Disney park even if that song does pre-date Shrek.

    • @devanhinskey9001
      @devanhinskey9001 3 года назад +56

      How more early 2000’s can you get?

    • @magicwindow6682
      @magicwindow6682 3 года назад +63

      the park opened just a few months before Shrek came out - and they even based Lord Farquaad's design on Eisner

    • @amso7169
      @amso7169 3 года назад +3

      @@magicwindow6682
      underrated comment

    • @scoopishere7881
      @scoopishere7881 3 года назад

      Not ironic as it is just weird sounding.

    • @thefisherking2268
      @thefisherking2268 3 года назад +21

      Imagine an alternate timeline where all star was associated with superstar limo rather than Shrek

  • @Jaxymann
    @Jaxymann Год назад +600

    The fact that Michael Eisner expected guests to be blown away by lifeless animatronics of a depressed Cher and other fading 90s celebrities has convinced me that the entire Disney executive board were either secret sadomasochists or hopped up on industrial levels of bath salts to greenlight such an abortion of an attraction.

    • @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment
      @TheGreyTurtleEntertainment Год назад +9

      Why not both?

    • @Attmay
      @Attmay Год назад +1

      He should’ve known that the prospects for success were anything but sunny.

    • @spost1986
      @spost1986 10 месяцев назад +4

      Cocaine is a hell of a drug

    • @HopePapernacky
      @HopePapernacky 8 месяцев назад

      I like your funny words, magic man

  • @ColetheAero
    @ColetheAero 6 лет назад +2177

    Whenever Hollywood decides to parody itself, it is always one of the cringiest things to have to experience.

    • @Spameggssausage
      @Spameggssausage 5 лет назад +48

      watch Sunset Blvd instead

    • @creativeusername7951
      @creativeusername7951 5 лет назад +79

      Unless it's Scream. If that counts. I think it kinda does, right?

    • @josephrowe849
      @josephrowe849 5 лет назад +25

      It's one of the worst piece of s**t rides ever made. Even the Chamber of Farts are more fun than that!

    • @kingofthings7929
      @kingofthings7929 5 лет назад +56

      Only exception to that rule is when it’s a really good film maker doing it. “Hail, Caesar!” by the Coen brothers is a great example, as (I expect) will be Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

    • @ripleyandweeds1288
      @ripleyandweeds1288 5 лет назад +117

      they never parody the rampant pedophillia and sexual assault thats in their business

  • @latrodectusmactans7592
    @latrodectusmactans7592 4 года назад +1451

    “If Disney could provide all the sights and attractions in the state of California in the Disneyland Resort, then guests would have no reason to leave and spend their money elsewhere.”
    This might be the single worst idea I have ever heard.

    • @TuesdaysArt
      @TuesdaysArt 3 года назад +217

      Maybe this would make sense in Florida, a state that is not California and tens of thousands of miles away from everything in California...but a California themed amusement park in California seems redundant.

    • @luma4902
      @luma4902 3 года назад +45

      @@TuesdaysArt by the excutives logic if they wanted to do the same in florida it would be disney's florida adventure

    • @Ugly_German_Truths
      @Ugly_German_Truths 3 года назад +72

      @@luma4902 What would be the Attractions? Stinking Swamp-Morass Gator Adventure? "Authentic Methlab House of Horrors"? "Leave Florida quick ride Coaster"? :P
      (and of course after 2020 the "get Covid and stay forever" attraction... )

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher 3 года назад +16

      Agreed! Like just why would you see the mock/fake thing when you can see the REAL thing for free!

    • @the.abhiram.r
      @the.abhiram.r 2 года назад +36

      yeah cause people would definitely want to see a miniature version of hollywood instead of the actual hollywood that's less than an hour away

  • @samdinnan3351
    @samdinnan3351 4 года назад +614

    "We were told to meet the big cheese at the Disneyland resort!"
    So much emotion in that one line. Richard deserves an Oscar for that.

    • @Splitter4416
      @Splitter4416 3 года назад +49

      Richard deserves an EGOT for the facial expression he made when Mickey shows up

    • @Durwood71
      @Durwood71 3 года назад +36

      Michael Eisner deserves an Oscar for being able to act like a genuinely nice and humble guy in front of the camera when in reality, he's a vicious and uncaring businessman with an ego the size of Jupiter.

    • @crystalgemgirl731
      @crystalgemgirl731 2 года назад +5

      Still can't believe that's Tom Cat's official voice.

  • @CryptP
    @CryptP 2 года назад +385

    As soon as you started talking about that limo chase concept I was like "oh god no"
    Not too dissimilar imo from when Lilo and Stitch was in production and there was a scene where they hijacked a plane and flew it through a city, narrowly dodging skyscrapers. Then 9/11 happened and they changed it

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +59

      At least the movies was about an alien monster learning the value of friendship and not the plane hijacking. The change didn't require _that_ much effort, just a bunch of animators working overtime to animate an entire new scene.

  • @westcoastlego5602
    @westcoastlego5602 5 лет назад +570

    I love how one of the promotional clips has "All-star" playing in the background.....
    IRONIC

    • @ethanc8460
      @ethanc8460 4 года назад +11

      METAPHOR

    • @GatorRay
      @GatorRay 4 года назад +20

      I think anyone working at Disney who thought that California Adventure was a good idea can get Shrekt.

    • @VWDAWGXP
      @VWDAWGXP 3 года назад +1

      Nice try Disney.. Smash Mouth only fits in with Shrek and DreamWorks You can't rule everything..

  • @SavageGreywolf
    @SavageGreywolf 6 лет назад +752

    >Colin Mochrie
    >Drew Carey
    >Ryan Stiles
    >with special guest star Rosie O'Donnell
    "Scenes from a Hat: Celebrities ride the worst Disney ride ever"

    • @sour_peckanmix
      @sour_peckanmix 6 лет назад +45

      SavageGreywolf And pretend to act like it’s hilarious and enjoyable

    • @AdaWongFanofc
      @AdaWongFanofc 6 лет назад +2

      SavageGreywolf terrible celebs

    • @chronovac
      @chronovac 6 лет назад +11

      Nemegan how dare you

    • @GoTE_DocShock
      @GoTE_DocShock 6 лет назад +32

      Drew be like, "I said celebrities..."

    • @mirrynmcwilliams937
      @mirrynmcwilliams937 6 лет назад +1

      *quietly screaming*

  • @UnbornHeretic
    @UnbornHeretic 3 года назад +856

    "Hey Eisner, can we go see Hollywood?"
    -"We have Hollywood at home."
    -Hollywood at home

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 2 года назад +12

      The funny thing is, they had the _actual_ Hollywood at home, in the already Hollywood-themed Hollywood.

    • @williamlasl
      @williamlasl 2 года назад +1

      @@timothymclean The actual Hollywood has very few Towers of Terror and most elevators don’t take you into another dimension.

    • @zakunick1
      @zakunick1 2 года назад +6

      @@williamlasl Most, but not none. Probably,

  • @monhi64
    @monhi64 2 года назад +262

    I haven’t seen many things more awkward than watching the celebs attempt to act like the ride isn’t as miserable as it is lol

  • @bowenorcutt78
    @bowenorcutt78 6 лет назад +858

    I literally started uncontrollably cackling for a few moments at the prospect of Disney being at a point where THEY had to worry about someone buying THEM out. What kind of world would we be in if they HAD gone out of business, though?

    • @n0kt0h45
      @n0kt0h45 5 лет назад +41

      Maybe we would see more of Po than Mickey?

    • @m.aquilinocicerelli6684
      @m.aquilinocicerelli6684 5 лет назад +173

      I am now imagining an alternate universe where DreamWorks (both live-action and animation studios) owns Marvel, Star Wars, and the entirety of 20th Century Fox, whereas Disney is a modestly successful but consistently struggling company owned by Comcast.

    • @ochiofbestoon
      @ochiofbestoon 5 лет назад +52

      Bowen Orcutt a better one

    • @thespanishinquisition4078
      @thespanishinquisition4078 5 лет назад +25

      Utopia

    • @thisguyrocks6131
      @thisguyrocks6131 5 лет назад +4

      Comcast was trying to buy them

  • @QuintonReviews
    @QuintonReviews 6 лет назад +5282

    Jesus that intro skit is surreal

    • @Cim
      @Cim 6 лет назад +186

      Damn Quinton, you watch this too??? I love when other youtubers I watch, watch the same stuff

    • @QuintonReviews
      @QuintonReviews 6 лет назад +329

      Big fan of Defunctland!

    • @JCOdrjones
      @JCOdrjones 6 лет назад +58

      Quinton Reviews Truly you do have the best taste for RUclipsrs.

    • @yeemcgee8149
      @yeemcgee8149 6 лет назад +209

      _I wish I was the big cheese_

    • @FunsizeFelicia13
      @FunsizeFelicia13 6 лет назад +12

      They’re just riding it and waiting for the check to clear the bank

  • @thes7274473
    @thes7274473 3 года назад +988

    Narrator: describes how the ride was going to be a high-speed limo chase with paparazzi
    Me: "oh no"

    • @katla_phc
      @katla_phc 3 года назад +49

      Yup, that felt like a horror movie

    • @NathanTAK
      @NathanTAK 3 года назад +43

      I stopped the video there so I could go show it to someone else just to watch it dawn on them, too.

    • @artdonovandesign
      @artdonovandesign 2 года назад +6

      Why did this get 350 likes???

    • @gagecole4913
      @gagecole4913 2 года назад +2

      @@artdonovandesign because it's funny

    • @tonypringles2285
      @tonypringles2285 Год назад

      No one really cared about Diana outside of England tho. Just some dumb brit who didn't deserve what she had

  • @BIGhappyG33
    @BIGhappyG33 3 года назад +163

    The original ride sounds like a lot of fun, but the moment he said “high speed paparazzi chase” we all knew what it’s fate would be

  • @Whatlander
    @Whatlander 5 лет назад +1396

    Just so we're clear: Eisner wanted to make the famously haunted Queen Mary, the ship where a bunch of people died during the wartimes, into a family theme park?

    • @talosheeg
      @talosheeg 4 года назад +100

      Yup! Good ole Eisner

    • @GarretTheGator
      @GarretTheGator 4 года назад +48

      I mean There is the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor but that’s a horror attraction, not a family thing

    • @punishedbarca761
      @punishedbarca761 4 года назад +97

      Give it 20 years, they'll be buying the World Trade Center to turn it into a Tower of Terror

    • @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices
      @KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices 4 года назад +73

      I mean other than those on that one ship that the Queen Mary collided with who were then cut up by her propellers, there's not much haunted about her. I personally don't care about the haunted stuff I'm just interested in her a ship. She's the last surviving Cunard Ship before the modern Cunard Queens and the last surviving connection to the White Star Line other than the S.S. Nomadic. The Queen Mary was only completed because the British Government gave Cunard funds to finish her on the terms that the WSL and Cunard merge. The Queen Mary's sister ship, the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth burned down in the 70s, so the Queen Mary really is the last remnant of the old Cunard. The art-deco style of her interiors is super cool and very interesting for an ocean liner of the QM's size.

    • @darken2417
      @darken2417 4 года назад +3

      Send over a Catholic priest and problem solved.

  • @xingcat
    @xingcat 6 лет назад +2329

    The fact that the most obvious thing was how immediately dated the whole ride would be didn't occur to any of them is so sad.

    • @Gee-xb7rt
      @Gee-xb7rt 6 лет назад +230

      Eisner was all about maximizing profits, spending as little as possible and still getting people through the gates, its a horrible business model but quintessentially 90s. Reality tv shows are the same concept, they cost nothing to make so as long as someone is watching its profitable. The idea of pulling displays from Disney stores to stick in a ride is so Eisner, he was that cheap. Most construction in the Eisner era was exactly what this was -- painted on plywood.
      My dad did some construction in MK, he did the original shopping village, which was kind of dated and not Disney branded, so Eisner's solution, put up plywood facades and paint Disney characters on it. Just recently it got a complete renovation, a little overdue, but at least Eisner's plywood is gone.

    • @maxbrandt6
      @maxbrandt6 6 лет назад +142

      They should have called it the 1996 Hollywood Limo Experience, the fact it was still running in 2001 is beyond sad.

    • @cornjobb
      @cornjobb 6 лет назад +44

      they did it in other areas - all of the attractions in the wonders of life pavilion either starred or were voiced by then-popular SNL cast members, like hans and franz, who were dated within a few years.

    • @CODMarioWarfare
      @CODMarioWarfare 6 лет назад +166

      The ticker about *NSYNC live while All Star played in the background of this monstrosity was just too good

    • @Mick_92
      @Mick_92 6 лет назад +58

      They must have known it would get dated, but they probably expected that they would have to replace some of the figures and references over time as those people became more irrelevant. But instead of that, the entire thing was a flop from the very beginning.

  • @pineappleshavepeelings
    @pineappleshavepeelings 6 лет назад +643

    “the technique was called jealously” I DIED

  • @segafan1316
    @segafan1316 2 года назад +103

    "And this time, It wasn't Eisner's fault" is absolutely hilarious

  • @spinningninja2
    @spinningninja2 6 лет назад +1471

    "I don't get it, what could go wrong with this ride? It seems like a fine concept I don''t see ho-"
    8:18
    *violently sucks in air*
    *"ooooooooooooooo"*

    • @torvus249
      @torvus249 6 лет назад +73

      spinningninja2
      My thoughts exactly.

    • @KongtheGentlemen
      @KongtheGentlemen 6 лет назад +28

      Literally me!!!

    • @June28July
      @June28July 5 лет назад +7

      A simple "...oh..." would have been enough.

    • @lordlandcandlestick3010
      @lordlandcandlestick3010 5 лет назад +41

      @@June28July ok?

    • @ThatGirlJD
      @ThatGirlJD 5 лет назад +17

      @@June28July I think that was more of a shocked gasped "oh".

  • @flame_warp
    @flame_warp 6 лет назад +372

    Having all star in the background while the ticker talks about an nsync concert in that clip is...MAN that's a product of the times.

    • @w0rldw1dew3b
      @w0rldw1dew3b 6 лет назад +6

      seemed like it was a time machine.

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 6 лет назад +13

      The irony is that it would become synonymous with Shrek, Dreamworks’ biggest franchise!

    • @svhwdwnut
      @svhwdwnut 6 лет назад +1

      Flame Warp lol

    • @jvgreendarmok
      @jvgreendarmok 4 месяца назад

      Like a "Mr Sandman sequence".

  • @spacewitch9987
    @spacewitch9987 4 года назад +630

    "a california themed theme park, to be located in the already california themed california" killed me for some reason

    • @trolledfrog678
      @trolledfrog678 3 года назад +13

      As a Californian, the only things in there are:
      Liberals
      Beachs
      and desert

    • @thetheatreorgan168
      @thetheatreorgan168 3 года назад +6

      And endless highways
      Source: went there for a vacation

    • @trolledfrog678
      @trolledfrog678 3 года назад

      @@thetheatreorgan168 true to that

    • @katatat2030
      @katatat2030 3 года назад +2

      @@trolledfrog678 actually, most of California is "country" and believe me they aren't all liberals

    • @MartianCandies
      @MartianCandies 2 года назад

      Lmfaooo read this right before it was said in the video

  • @koeniging
    @koeniging 3 года назад +265

    The Arrested Development homage was pleasantly unexpected and hilarious. I’m just getting into your videos so I hope to see more gems like this!

    • @mafer-pw4ef
      @mafer-pw4ef 2 года назад +9

      I was just looking for a comment talking about this. I loved it

    • @Freddisred
      @Freddisred 2 года назад +6

      The Queen Mary!

    • @liimlsan3
      @liimlsan3 Год назад +1

      And the When You Wish Upon A Star with the Arrested Development theme. Amazing.

    • @terribleterribleterrible
      @terribleterribleterrible 4 месяца назад

      It's just so fitting and perfect for this vid and subject matter in a way I can't explain

  • @mrselfdestruct7605
    @mrselfdestruct7605 6 лет назад +820

    "A California themed theme-park in the already California themed California"

    • @amesavis
      @amesavis 6 лет назад

      extreme egotism

    • @joshsmithson7955
      @joshsmithson7955 6 лет назад +10

      It’s supposed to be a celebration of California and the rides today are better than the original park in my opinion

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 6 лет назад +2

      That’s like building an American theme park in an already American themed America.
      ....Wait a minute?

    • @SuperDevolution
      @SuperDevolution 6 лет назад +7

      @@xaviersaavedra7442 Eh, that makes a little more sense, since you can't find all of the US in one place. The problem with California Adventure as it was originally designed was that they had imitations of attractions that were less than a day's drive away.

    • @donaldwatts9201
      @donaldwatts9201 6 лет назад +2

      It would be great, along with a attraction called Homeless Land...........

  • @komitadjie
    @komitadjie 4 года назад +626

    Honestly, slightly creepy as some of them are, it seems like they did a pretty darn good job of a low-budget renovation. The theme fits *much* better with just taking it all the way to comic, and the renovated ride is at least passable, instead of an absolute disaster. It's not amazing, but it's not awful any more either, which considering how it opened? That's 1000% better. Really, kudos to the imagineers that came up with the quick-and-dirty rebuild, that was darn near as well done as I think it could have been given their budget and starting material.

    • @autism-overlord
      @autism-overlord 3 года назад +29

      Better an at best ok ride than a ride that is almost making fun of a famous person's death.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 19 часов назад

      Also, props to the Imagineers who had to figure out a way to make Superstar Limo work after current events made the entire concept radioactive, without the budget to make anything substantial to fill the gaping holes in the ride concept. They didn't make a good ride, but under those circumstances, it's impressive that they made a ride that could open.

  • @1andonlyzara
    @1andonlyzara 5 лет назад +320

    “...And this time, it wasn’t Eisner’s fault.”
    Boy, you don’t hear that sentence often!

  • @omgcandy16Kimicari0
    @omgcandy16Kimicari0 2 года назад +228

    watching drew carey desperately try to put on a bright face for the ride-along was excruciating.

    • @ob2kenobi388
      @ob2kenobi388 Год назад +10

      Yeah def one of the (many) problems with that is how much the big-name actors work together and know each other. For them, it was like if you went on the ride and one of the statues was of Chris, the accountant at your office. They can't laugh or be impressed or anything because (among other reasons) they've probably met a lot of the people they're being shown.
      The funniest part is the sudden cut to them leaving the building and immediately deciding to go somewhere else lol.

  • @LadyWhiteRabbit
    @LadyWhiteRabbit 6 лет назад +294

    Even the celebrities there to promote the ride had a meh reaction.

    • @jackvandeputte5691
      @jackvandeputte5691 6 лет назад +34

      Lady White Rabbit yeah literally the first thing they said after geting off the "ride" was "lets go to soarin over california" lol that part killed me.

    • @PanickedPixel
      @PanickedPixel 6 лет назад +18

      Can't pay anyone enough to produce an excited reaction to such a crappy ride.

    • @Tomartyr
      @Tomartyr 6 лет назад +15

      "How do I enjoy this without mocking it?"

    • @dustwarewolf5532
      @dustwarewolf5532 6 лет назад +18

      One of them even made a "wake me up when it's done" joke in the promotion itself towards the end of it.

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 6 лет назад +16

      That clip with all of them could not be anymore 2001 if it tried. Its crazy.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 6 лет назад +832

    Its amazing how Dark Rides always have the most interesting stories behind them!

    • @nobodys_winds6580
      @nobodys_winds6580 6 лет назад +13

      hey man, didn't know you watched Defunctland

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +6

      You could say they have the most... DARK stories, eh?

    • @ryanbarker5217
      @ryanbarker5217 6 лет назад +7

      hello you....

    • @Jupiter__001_
      @Jupiter__001_ 6 лет назад +3

      Hey Larry.

    • @Rodrigo_Vega
      @Rodrigo_Vega 6 лет назад +14

      Larry watches everything.
      I swear, I come across his comments on just about any kind of random crap I watch.
      Also I read all of his comments with his voice in my mind.

  • @danic_c
    @danic_c 6 лет назад +1680

    Eisner: This is the big cheese.
    Mickey: So, you're using a racial slur AND calling me fat?!

    • @blazerocker1734
      @blazerocker1734 5 лет назад +79

      I'm not sure which would have been worse: Mickey Mouse or a giant cheese wheel character.

    • @Shenaldrac
      @Shenaldrac 5 лет назад +42

      @@blazerocker1734
      You misspelled "better" there.

    • @Whatlander
      @Whatlander 5 лет назад +111

      I'm still processing the part where Eisner apparently receives two real human people in the mail.

    • @Angie2343
      @Angie2343 5 лет назад +6

      I just read that in Wayne Allwine's Mickey voice.

    • @boleslawpetroski9681
      @boleslawpetroski9681 5 лет назад +2

      @HerooftheNexus 1992 Mickey is the perfect bourgeois feminist ally to write for the atlantic

  • @paulmahoney7619
    @paulmahoney7619 2 года назад +124

    Imagine having the hubris to think you could provide the full California experience in only a few dozen acres of rides and theme buildings.

  • @blapis-blazuli
    @blapis-blazuli 6 лет назад +846

    Ah yes, Michael Eisner and Mickey Mouse reenacting the ending shot of that well-known family film... Casablanca. Oh boy, do kids love them some Casablanca references.

    • @Virolaxion
      @Virolaxion 5 лет назад +12

      Ah come on. I knew that line well before I ever saw it

    • @emototheextremo5571
      @emototheextremo5571 5 лет назад +18

      Who says the ad is aimed for kids? In fact I don't think anything about this ride was intended for children

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 5 лет назад +12

      Kids don't book cruises either.

    • @EhDewd
      @EhDewd 5 лет назад +17

      Blapis-Blazuli I think their way of thinking was; “The adults will get the reference, and the kids will nostalgically reflect on this when they see the film!”. At least, it worked that way for me.

    • @aguynamelex3146
      @aguynamelex3146 5 лет назад +5

      They love them as much as Silence of the Lamb References

  • @spaceyote7174
    @spaceyote7174 3 года назад +141

    I love how at the start Eisner says 'I wish I was the big cheese' as if he wants to usurp Mickey

    • @pastelcatnip
      @pastelcatnip 5 месяцев назад

      A COUP AGAINST THE MOUSE! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

  • @flanderfiend2759
    @flanderfiend2759 6 лет назад +126

    I remember riding this attraction. I was only five or six at the time, so most of the references must have flew over my head.
    But what I will NEVER forget is the yelling bald man. He gave me anxiety.

  • @TrevorNWhite
    @TrevorNWhite 2 года назад +142

    I remember riding this with my family not long after launch. The snapshot of us was the whole group just staring ahead with bewildered expressions; I’d like to imagine that was at least one factor in this getting canned.

    • @karicewillis
      @karicewillis 9 месяцев назад +1

      I believe you. A Poster said something like,"My boyfriend and I went on this ride shortly after launch and we saw a flash, but we just assumed it was one of the "Fans," in the ride taking a picture of you. After the ride, we realized our picture was ACTUALLY taken and we had our mouths covered in absolute shock in our photos on how bad that ride really was. I wish I had bought that photo!" 🤣

  • @AnvilPro100
    @AnvilPro100 6 лет назад +1181

    Ugh, as if the Princess Diana stuff wasn't bad enough that thing about the railroad crash felt like God pointing down and saying "Fuck this park"

    • @NodDisciple1
      @NodDisciple1 6 лет назад +23

      AnvilPro100 Well, Disney is evil. 😈

    • @whitestguyuknow
      @whitestguyuknow 6 лет назад +136

      AnvilPro100 right? I thought it was crazy how these rides are multi million dollar projects that take an extended time to make, they had to have funnelled a couple or more already, and in the midst of this *Princess Diana dies in the exact same story line as the ride*
      Its like they spend all this time and money, these people applied a lot of their hard work and creativity
      some stray thing could happen out there in the world and completely ruin the ride... Like for nearly a year people working hard and then all that money and work is gone

    • @abbycollins
      @abbycollins 6 лет назад +4

      Well micheal isner is the devil...

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 6 лет назад +6

      Well, a park with rides designed for people waiting in line half an hour or more... Yeah, fuck that, there is no saving such a horrible place.

    • @bigred8432
      @bigred8432 6 лет назад +22

      Carewolf, that's hysterical - you think they need saving? Nope. The Disney company have billions. People who enjoy theme parks at peak times of year are the type of people who go at the times of year when there will be long lines and it's the same in any theme park anywhere.
      People that don't want to wait in line for half an hour will go out of season, not during school holidays etc.
      People don't like theme parks at all, won't go at all.
      That isn't rocket science. And Disney don't need saving, they are richer than god.

  • @aware5358
    @aware5358 5 лет назад +482

    “And this time, it wouldn’t be Eisner’s fault”
    Not Eisner’s fault?
    I don’t think I’ve ever heard Kevin say those words before.

  • @johnqsample5119
    @johnqsample5119 6 лет назад +613

    the people on that ride looked so dead inside, even as they were working to look excited about it...........

    • @birdie8006
      @birdie8006 5 лет назад +5

      @Sean Wilkinson ok nerd

    • @admechskitarii6967
      @admechskitarii6967 5 лет назад

      Sean Wilkinson would’ve been easier to say they were embraced by papa nurgle

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 5 лет назад +6

      Sean Wilkinson
      The only attraction worse I can think of was Habit Heroes, an exhibit so bad that it killed the prospects of original characters being created for the parks for the foreseeable future.

  • @Oecobius33
    @Oecobius33 3 года назад +78

    16:20 Her laugh is so sincere and great. After seeing the footage of disappointed guests, it's kinda heartwarming to see that couple having a good laugh at the ride's expense.

  • @alexandermitchell9070
    @alexandermitchell9070 5 лет назад +204

    I love how they’re forcing the Drew Carey Show cast to ride this shitshow of an attraction while All Star is played and there’s an ad for an ‘Nsync concert scrolling across the bottom of the screen.

    • @PeruvianPotato
      @PeruvianPotato 4 года назад +41

      That's literally 2001 in a nutshell

    • @TheSlipperyNUwUdle
      @TheSlipperyNUwUdle 4 года назад +10

      @@PeruvianPotato the onyl thing that could make it more 2001 is a reference to 9/11.

  • @rocketsummer
    @rocketsummer 3 года назад +340

    that clip of rosie o’donnell and drew carey has to be the most quintessential early 00’s thing i’ve ever seen. small aspect ratio, smash mouth, ‘nsync in concert, it’s all there.

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars Год назад +2

      I went to Disney with my family in 1998 and is wear to god, my aunt had the exact same haircut AND almost the same outfit on as Rosie in that clip. That’s seriously how everyone looked back then.

  • @SonofMrPeanut
    @SonofMrPeanut 5 лет назад +203

    15:35 "Cindy Crawford?!"
    I like Rosie's deadpan enthusiasm here.

  • @queengames8421
    @queengames8421 2 года назад +81

    6:52 until he said it out loud, I somehow had been reading the attraction as "superstar elmo" this entire time, and was wondering what the hell sesame street had to do with california.

  • @PopitTart_
    @PopitTart_ 6 лет назад +672

    "A California themed theme park to be located in the already California themed California."

    • @Klonoahedgehog
      @Klonoahedgehog 6 лет назад +41

      The Golden Ninja How ANYONE at Disney thpught this was good idea is something that still baffles me

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 6 лет назад +27

      A fake SF and LA in the middle of real California! It’s like putting a fake Miami Beach and Kennedy Space Center in Orlando!

    • @TheRealCaptainFreedom
      @TheRealCaptainFreedom 6 лет назад +4

      Klonoahedgehog Everybody but Eisner knew it was dumb but he was the boss.

    • @InceRumul
      @InceRumul 6 лет назад +9

      Speaking from the High Desert, I think the budget actually ran out before the entire state could be California-themed.

    • @pixelpudding3914
      @pixelpudding3914 6 лет назад +5

      So it’s a California themed theme park in California in California themed California in California?In California :/

  • @blastofo
    @blastofo 5 лет назад +321

    Unbelievable that they could go from the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, to this.

    • @talosheeg
      @talosheeg 4 года назад +23

      It is believable. Walt was what made Disneyland a magical place, but after he died, it was hard to figure out what walt would have wanted

    • @rhodopisdenile8977
      @rhodopisdenile8977 4 года назад +23

      Walt Disney was a creative genius who knew how to please the public, and micheal Eisner didn’t seem like he had a single creative bone in his body.
      Disney wouldn’t of been the same if micheal created it instead, Eisnerland doesn’t sound very fun does it?

    • @majesticsunset8184
      @majesticsunset8184 4 года назад +9

      @@talosheeg 100% agree. Walt knew what he wanted, to make families happy, and after he died, Disney was ALL about money

    • @keithwellerlounge74
      @keithwellerlounge74 4 года назад +8

      @@talosheeg That's a bit too simplistic, but yes, Walt being in charge meant the driving force was passion and great ideas, after he died it was money. What they should have done is made sure that someone with a similar background was always right at the top of the board, someone who believed in originality and story telling just as much. Prominent imagineers should be running Disney, not businessmen. I think people knew what Walt wanted, they just didn't care. There were some amazing things built long after Walt died, but slowly the dream has faded as well.

    • @keithwellerlounge74
      @keithwellerlounge74 4 года назад +13

      @@rhodopisdenile8977 I think Eisner is an unpredictable man of contradictions. Forget The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean for a moment - the 90s had plenty of great additions to Disney. How could they go from Animal Kingdom, The Tower of Terror and Alien Encounter, to this?!

  • @FrontRowCentral
    @FrontRowCentral 5 лет назад +306

    I would’ve been interested in The Muppets version because that’s The Muppets sense of humor

  • @daisybryar2737
    @daisybryar2737 2 года назад +55

    I really like the idea, but also the whole time you were describing it I was thinking “hmmm was this pre or post Diana??” So I see why they didn’t go with it

  • @sambeaney233
    @sambeaney233 4 года назад +539

    “The Idea is called Jealousy”
    Spat out my drink

    • @cheerfuloptimistic
      @cheerfuloptimistic 3 года назад +7

      I hit the like button immediately when he said that.

  • @TehSkullKid
    @TehSkullKid 6 лет назад +462

    Why not just take the original concept and retool it a little? Make it a taxi instead of a limo and have the story involve the guests trying to make it to a movie premiere at Grauman's on time, avoiding the perils of the California roadways along the way. The taxi driver could replace Eisner as the "host" of the ride, and it would save face by allowing the company to keep most of the original ideas, the celebrity appearances, theater ending area, and high-speed chase, while removing connotation to Princess Diana's death by taking out the limo and paparazzi.

    • @tante_kringe
      @tante_kringe 6 лет назад +77

      TheSkullKid see, you could have been born just in time to sell them this idea

    • @melainebullock
      @melainebullock 6 лет назад +7

      Genius

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 6 лет назад +46

      In the words of world-renown video game developer and murder Kayaba Akihiko:
      "Haha.. yeah, okay. See, [TheSkullKid], the problem with that...
      ...is that it's an _excellent_ idea I wish I had thought of two [decades] ago."
      ruclips.net/video/CIj49_mqcMs/видео.html (comes in at 28:10)

    • @entropy156
      @entropy156 6 лет назад +27

      ....except nobody in LA really takes taxis. A *much* better idea would be burn the attraction to the ground, plow the earth with salt, execute the designers, and flay Eisner alive.

    • @svhwdwnut
      @svhwdwnut 6 лет назад

      TheSkullKid yes

  • @user-kw7mr6xt9n
    @user-kw7mr6xt9n 6 лет назад +295

    The sleazy agent looks like one of the puppets from lazy town. A scarier version of the mayor, perhaps.

    • @Reposessor
      @Reposessor 5 лет назад +1

      THATS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT

    • @DuchessGummybuns
      @DuchessGummybuns 5 лет назад +2

      tbh it gives me less lazytown vibes and more of a knockoff "spitting image" lmao

    • @MsNooneinparticular
      @MsNooneinparticular 5 лет назад

      It was Lou Pearlman. :D

    • @parkersackewitz6266
      @parkersackewitz6266 4 года назад

      Surprising how well that predicted the future, especially since no one knew or cared about Weinstein

  • @SobiTheRobot
    @SobiTheRobot 2 года назад +61

    After you finished describing the whole experience of the ride, all I could think was..."THAT'S IT??"

  • @CWRoederer
    @CWRoederer 6 лет назад +1433

    Honestly I think if done right the Muppets' verison could have been awesome.

    • @BMoney8600
      @BMoney8600 6 лет назад +6

      Yes!

    • @bennettbruner734
      @bennettbruner734 6 лет назад +19

      It's a monsters Inc ride now it's not bad

    • @spencerpetunia8268
      @spencerpetunia8268 6 лет назад +36

      Sign me the fuck up for a well-done Muppets ride!

    • @issacdrd
      @issacdrd 6 лет назад +15

      hell yeah, it sucks that the ride is just stationary though, it would be cool if there was like a few dips. The Muppets would be great with you entering the show at the very end and hearing the theme song.

    • @Bawgle
      @Bawgle 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah but normal-sized muppets that are animatronics would look weird

  • @Tokkimaybe
    @Tokkimaybe 6 лет назад +470

    "the technique is known as jealousy" jesus christ no brakes

    • @leow3696
      @leow3696 6 лет назад +18

      You could say exactly the same about Diana

    • @Tokkimaybe
      @Tokkimaybe 6 лет назад +8

      a princess Diana joke in 2018? do my eyes deceive me?

    • @leow3696
      @leow3696 6 лет назад +2

      SimplyiDol Uh. She was mentioned in the video.

  • @Dracomut
    @Dracomut 6 лет назад +772

    Here we have an extreme example of what can go wrong when a ride isn’t themed: a total devoid of charm or character. The Monsters Inc ride that replaced it isn’t perfect, but it has tons more personality

    • @CoderatheGreat
      @CoderatheGreat 6 лет назад +33

      Oh the ride was themed all right, just very badly.

    • @Dracomut
      @Dracomut 6 лет назад +24

      I more meant "themed after a property", but you are still very correct.

    • @Kosmology3
      @Kosmology3 6 лет назад +3

      I think I'm missing something, but why was this ride so horrible again? Was it just boring? or uninspired? The original version looks like a kind of slow, but inoffensive, gimmick ride making fun of hollywood.

    • @Dracomut
      @Dracomut 6 лет назад +41

      A mixture of boring, uninspired, slowness, as well as being quite ugly, not fitting at all with a Disney park, and being horribly unfunny.

    • @DjVortex-w
      @DjVortex-w 6 лет назад +36

      Not really "not themed", but more like "here we have an idea, but due to circumstances we can't actually implement it as originally intended, but rather than scratch that idea completely, let's create a simplified, bastardized and extremely cut version of it anyway". It didn't exactly help that even the original idea doesn't sound like such a good one in the first place.

  • @dharmallars
    @dharmallars Год назад +40

    This is a comfort episode for me. I watch it so often. And every single time the choice to make the flowerbed look like a pool becomes more and more deranged to me.

  • @daschwah
    @daschwah 6 лет назад +202

    This makes me so incredibly grateful for the fact that I got to ride this horror show on two separate occasions during its short lifespan.
    My favorite part was, admittedly, the poor ride attendants’ spiel at the end... this dead-eyed, lifeless send-off about how “congratulations, you’re a superstar” or something similarly cringey.

  • @MegCazalet
    @MegCazalet 3 года назад +176

    The idea that Disney could ever NOT afford something is crazy to me.

  • @rocistone6570
    @rocistone6570 5 лет назад +108

    ~1:06: Considering how most of the Employees felt about Eisner, my heart goes out to whoever it was in Mickey at that time, for having to be so close for so long to a complete *putz*

  • @resipsaloquitur5562
    @resipsaloquitur5562 2 года назад +29

    I had an early preview ticket to California Adventure in 2000 (soft opening, I think) and went on this ride. The on-ride videos of everyone's faces at the end of the ride was priceless and said everything. Everyone had either a sour look or a disgusted look on their faces. In 2000-2001, CA Adventure was really disappointing and one could see every attraction within 3 hours even with heavy crowded days. It was truly horrible.

  • @novelsolvings8024
    @novelsolvings8024 3 года назад +376

    You know it's bad when the only selling point the Drew Carey Show cast has for California Adventure is "It's right next to Disneyland".

  • @NoFunNoHope
    @NoFunNoHope 6 лет назад +350

    The cast of the Drew Carey Show and (for some reason) Rosie o donald talking up this ride while smashmouth plays in the backround hurts so much.

    • @Flutterbutt225
      @Flutterbutt225 6 лет назад +34

      Rosie O'Donnell had a talk show in the late 90s-early 2000s (you can actually see the logo for her show in the lower-left corner of the screen when the segment starts). The cast of _The Drew Carey Show_ were likely her guests.

    • @userman44
      @userman44 6 лет назад +30

      The Drew Carey Show aired on ABC, which has been owned by Disney since the mid-nineties. So the Drew Carey cast probably had to pretend to like their employer's lame ride.

    • @DiscoMatty79
      @DiscoMatty79 6 лет назад +31

      Nsync in the strolling banner was the icing on this dated, expired cake.

    • @expendableindigo9639
      @expendableindigo9639 5 лет назад +3

      Also that guy just reaching his hand out of the ride like a maniac.

    • @doryna_sira
      @doryna_sira 5 лет назад +2

      Drew and Rosie were also old standup buddies. They worked on a few projects together. And yes, ABC loved to drag their TV stars into Disney projects. Hence not only Drew in the video (and ride), but Colin Mochrie (the delivery man at the beginning) from Whose Line is it Anyway and Richard Kind and Barry Bostwick, who were on Spin City.

  • @aa.mirezZ
    @aa.mirezZ 2 года назад +9

    I am a few years too late but I gotta say I love the arrested development intro you did haha. Your channel is definitely among the best out on RUclips. The level of detail and work you put in shows.