Defunctland: The History of Cedar Fair's Berenstain Bear Country

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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    In this Defunctland minisode, Kevin explores the history of Cedar Fair's Berenstain Bear Country, as well as providing a few bear facts.
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  • @Defunctland
    @Defunctland  5 лет назад +2733

    CORRECTION: I misspoke, Valleyfair is in Minnesota, not Michigan. Apologies.

    • @licoricepencil
      @licoricepencil 5 лет назад +82

      >:( - Minnesota

    • @craigjanssen371
      @craigjanssen371 5 лет назад +174

      It's okay, Cedar Fair seems to have forgotten about Valleyfair as well.

    • @CommanderRealwar
      @CommanderRealwar 5 лет назад +70

      @@craigjanssen371 and they've also forgotten about their actual park in Michigan. ;)

    • @AlexPerrine
      @AlexPerrine 5 лет назад +10

      That’s ok. Everyone makes mistakes

    • @sominboy2757
      @sominboy2757 5 лет назад +34

      The reason for my masklophobia(fear of mascots). I grew up in Minnesota and grew up going to amusement parks year round. Valleyfair in the summer, camp snoopy/nickelodon universe in the winter. My first ever time at valleyfair in june of 2000 at 3 years old, i got seperated from my cousins while going through Bernstein bear country and while "talking" to brother bear on some faux phone they had and the guy in the papa bear costume enclosed me in the phone booth knocking on the glass wanting me to come out. I screamed like a banshee because his face was pure nightmare fuel, ran out and ended up bumping into valleyfair's resident mascot colonel ohmpapa, same trauma. Have been scared of mascots ever since and im 22

  • @andrewbuback7862
    @andrewbuback7862 5 лет назад +883

    I like how you called them out for sticking it to the single-purpose attractions for children in that age group to open in the past decade at a major theme park in the Northeast.

  • @rosebyanyname
    @rosebyanyname 5 лет назад +2476

    Kevin’s narration is getting more sarcastic.
    And I am HERE FOR IT.

    • @reillymcwriting
      @reillymcwriting 5 лет назад +9

      Rose Weldon revenge of the sarcasm!

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +45

      Oh. Old videos feature "Sassy Caption Kevin" which is my favorite Kevin.

    • @adisonlandon9883
      @adisonlandon9883 5 лет назад +1

      I too am here for the sarcasm

    • @KaijaSchmauss
      @KaijaSchmauss 5 лет назад +52

      Same. "Mid-forever" might be my new favorite one-liner from Kevin. That or "These books were either gripping, satirical takes on the problematic environment of the corporate workplace, or they weren't. In which case, WOW."

    • @dunkinnatalie
      @dunkinnatalie 5 лет назад

      Love it.

  • @BeantownMrs
    @BeantownMrs 5 лет назад +1248

    "rampant workplace harassment of the 1960s to the mid-forever" damn, I live for Kevin's narration.

    • @lanceturley7745
      @lanceturley7745 5 лет назад +42

      That really was a damn good line.

    • @shoddyworkmanship4934
      @shoddyworkmanship4934 5 лет назад

      I don't know. Is making a pass at a secretary sexual harassment?

    • @TheTrueBatBrain
      @TheTrueBatBrain 5 лет назад +43

      Shoddy Workmanship There seemed to be a little bit more than just that covered in the book

    • @shoddyworkmanship4934
      @shoddyworkmanship4934 5 лет назад

      @@TheTrueBatBrain Perhaps! But that was chosen as an example of its anachronistic sexism.

    • @russellbrown6888
      @russellbrown6888 5 лет назад +39

      @@shoddyworkmanship4934 It depends on how you do it. Simply expressing interest or flirting wouldn't be sexual harassment. Going up to someone and saying "Nice ass!" would be.

  • @CWRoederer
    @CWRoederer 5 лет назад +1869

    Dr. Seuss: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
    Also Dr. Seuss: “We’re sellin’ the hell outta the bear book.”

    • @furbymations1159
      @furbymations1159 4 года назад +130

      I think the quote "maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas means a little bit more" would have worked better.

    • @catsthepope1037
      @catsthepope1037 4 года назад +13

      furby mations they both work but yours definitely might make this even better

    • @thunderblood6603
      @thunderblood6603 3 года назад +16

      Nothing wrong with making cash. It's what you do with the cash.

    • @ArthropodJay
      @ArthropodJay 3 года назад +36

      also dr seuss: cheats on his wife who had cancer and makes her kill herself

    • @sc885
      @sc885 3 года назад +17

      @@ArthropodJay Dr Seuss knows no infidelity no sir-ee, why Teddy Geisler is rated G

  • @dcbandnerd
    @dcbandnerd 5 лет назад +258

    After the beautiful, heartfelt tribute to Jim Henson, I gotta say: I feel like I needed a video like this where you've turned the sass up to 11.

  • @nicoleealexa
    @nicoleealexa 5 лет назад +806

    kevin i am BEGGING u to continue putting random defunctland bear facts in every video from here on out

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +19

      Nicole Johnson He should’ve had facts in other videos, like...
      Wolf facts in the Big Bad Wolf video.
      Dragon “facts” in the Drachen Fire video.
      Food facts in the McDonalds video.
      Rabbit facts in the okefenoke video.
      Biology facts in the Body Wars video.
      Airplane facts in the Eastern Airlines video.
      US History facts in the Disney’s America video.
      Just sayin.

    • @Connor.Kelly_
      @Connor.Kelly_ 3 года назад +11

      Even when it has nothing to do with bears

    • @ladambell
      @ladambell 2 года назад +3

      Some viewers might find them unbearable

    • @thatemogirlfromthegym
      @thatemogirlfromthegym 2 года назад +2

      @@ladambell YEAHHHHHHHH 🕶 *csi Miami theme song starts playing*

  • @endlessnoise9173
    @endlessnoise9173 5 лет назад +987

    Now, if someone yells, “Run, it’s a sloth.” I’m running for my life.

    • @DoomedMarine666
      @DoomedMarine666 5 лет назад +3

      Based on some experience with The House of the Dead I don't think twice before running away drom a sloth.

    • @Meepswonder
      @Meepswonder 5 лет назад

      You would be dead regardless, since sleuth easily out run you :)

    • @endlessnoise9173
      @endlessnoise9173 5 лет назад

      N30R3M I just have to outrun the guy who shouted that.

    • @abraveastronaut
      @abraveastronaut 4 года назад +3

      Still better than running from a wrath or a gluttony.

  • @moviesrobert
    @moviesrobert 5 лет назад +721

    I could have sworn your name was always "Dafunctland"...

  • @clockworkdeity
    @clockworkdeity 5 лет назад +3016

    Shout out to all the folk from the "Berestein" dimension stranded in this reality!

    • @julianhudson7811
      @julianhudson7811 5 лет назад +77

      I'm from the Berestain dimension.

    • @ariatwist
      @ariatwist 5 лет назад +54

      Checking in!

    • @reynaldipangestu259
      @reynaldipangestu259 5 лет назад +96

      I'm from Bloodstainverse.. I didn't expect myself to survive but here I am.

    • @Brashnir
      @Brashnir 5 лет назад +47

      it was always Berenstain, you illiterate bastards.

    • @CorporalPig22
      @CorporalPig22 5 лет назад +11

      reynaldi Pangestu Anyone getting the reference here?

  • @GacMan47
    @GacMan47 5 лет назад +257

    I forgot it started as Dr. Seuss books. Blew my mind as a kid.

  • @pohatunuva3771
    @pohatunuva3771 5 лет назад +413

    As amazing as the Jim Henson documentary is, it's nice to get back to less depressing content. And that classic Defunctland snark is back in full force

    • @robertsalgado5995
      @robertsalgado5995 5 лет назад +1

      The Jim Henson series makes this one feel bland

    • @arootube
      @arootube 5 лет назад +2

      @@robertsalgado5995 "Jim told me never to follow the Bird.."

    • @cbennett7480
      @cbennett7480 4 года назад

      Which Jim Henson documentary?

    • @kc_9970
      @kc_9970 4 года назад

      POHATU! What are you doing here?!

    • @avosmash2121
      @avosmash2121 4 года назад

      Oh god. Thinking of that Henson documentary alone as I saw it in my reccommends made Homestarrunner's voice ring out in my head "Oh no. DON'T DO IT. YOU KNOW THE STORM THAT WILL UNLEASH!"

  • @missybarbour6885
    @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +489

    You... you did not make Old Town Road but the bear hunt song I sang at summer camp. You did not. Kevin. No.

  • @ZekeStaright
    @ZekeStaright 5 лет назад +325

    "We're selling the Hell out of the bear book."
    ~Dr. Seuss

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 5 лет назад +9

      An thus, a series began!

    • @SeenAGreatLight
      @SeenAGreatLight Год назад +3

      Little did Dr. Seuss know that in just a few decades, a service called the Internet would immortalize every word he said (no matter what the context) forever. XD

  • @mothersbasement
    @mothersbasement 5 лет назад +607

    Man, the sarcasm in this episode is on point.

  • @robofistsrevenge3288
    @robofistsrevenge3288 5 лет назад +792

    Holy shit. I've been there.
    No, you guys don't get it. I was so young, and this was so long ago, that I legitimately thought that I had dreamed it. I asked my siblings and parents about it, and they all said "You sure you're not thinking about Disney?"
    This is absolutely incredible. I remember walking up Spook Hill. This is blowing my mind.

    • @goldcherries
      @goldcherries 5 лет назад +21

      How do your own parents not remember taking you?

    • @w4ffel
      @w4ffel 5 лет назад +21

      Same. I grew up in SE Michigan with family in Chicago, so couldn't remember if I was thinking of Cedar Point or Six Flags Great America. I knew Cedar Point had Peanuts mascots and Six Flags had a Looney Tunes themed play area. So why did I have vivid memories of the Berenstain bear tree house and the dinosaur bone sandbox? Finally proof!

    • @kenmc555
      @kenmc555 5 лет назад +8

      Yes, same experience here. I remember crying because the upper level of the treehouse was closed off.

    • @ciprig90
      @ciprig90 5 лет назад +5

      HashCigarette I remember being so disappointed by this too! I wanted to go up there so badly but there weren’t any stairs to it and I realized we were never supposed to be able to get up there!

    • @coneskid2
      @coneskid2 4 года назад

      marianne mccrank berenstain

  • @craftynekoLM
    @craftynekoLM 4 года назад +192

    As a fan of Peanuts, it breaks my heart that these corporate decisions often result in the expansion of one beloved character at the expense of another cherished franchise. I adored these books and watching this brought it all back to me. Thank you for giving me that moment to remember when we could visit Camp Snoopy and Bear Country.

  • @horrocks65
    @horrocks65 5 лет назад +139

    "Here's the entire history of Berenstain Bear's relationship with Ceder Fair"
    Me: Wait Bears are smart enough to build bridges? That's both amazing and terrifying

    • @dankinmcspankin3123
      @dankinmcspankin3123 2 года назад

      *Bernstein

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 2 года назад +1

      What do you mean if "bears are smart enough to build bridges"!?!?
      Do you wanna get your face thorn apart!?!?

  • @Arrowdodger
    @Arrowdodger 5 лет назад +148

    I love the dry humor of this channel, especially the "we're selling the hell out of the bear book" bit.

  • @heartbeat4atinman
    @heartbeat4atinman 5 лет назад +550

    can't believe Snoopy literally murdered the Berenstain Bears

    • @BigEOT3
      @BigEOT3 5 лет назад +46

      Tinman The Real origins of how Snoopy became Snoop Dogg

    • @mildredpierce4506
      @mildredpierce4506 5 лет назад +6

      Tinman, it looks like the beagle won this fight.

    • @valkyrasonara1797
      @valkyrasonara1797 5 лет назад +4

      Snoopy is a way cuter than the bears

    • @BalooDumptruck
      @BalooDumptruck 4 года назад +5

      @@valkyrasonara1797 no

    • @Dracorex13
      @Dracorex13 4 года назад +5

      If you're from Virginia, he murdered all the Hanna-Barbera characters (yes, even Shaggy) too.
      RIP the King's Dominion from my childhood.

  • @Kingmationproductionz
    @Kingmationproductionz 5 лет назад +767

    0:49 nice I didn't know Lil Nas X release the new song for you Kevin

    • @malcolmconnors4502
      @malcolmconnors4502 5 лет назад +20

      What Lil Nas X aint git nothin on that song

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +10

      Malcolm Connors But Michael Rosen does.

    • @spongebob03
      @spongebob03 5 лет назад +4

      I see I wasn't the only one who thought of him. LOL!

    • @meowtherainbowx4163
      @meowtherainbowx4163 5 лет назад +1

      +Dosware Pictures Wait, what are you referencing? I know who the guy is from all the old YTPs and stuff.

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +5

      MeowTheRainbowX Before YTP (RUclips Poop) Micheal Rosen was known for writing Children’s books. One of them was “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”, which was referenced in the lyrics of the song written for this video.

  • @livelovesparkle01
    @livelovesparkle01 5 лет назад +149

    I live somewhat near Cedar Point, and I always wondered if I had just imagined Bear Country since I was only six when Camp Snoopy came along. Thanks for proving to me that my memories are actually real, and keep up the amazing work! :)

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 5 лет назад +1

      I never went to Cedar Point at all in my youth, but recall the Bear Country attraction seeing ads for it on TV all the time in the 80's.

    • @laurenherda2415
      @laurenherda2415 29 дней назад

      I grew up going to Cedar Point and I was obsessed with Berenstain Bears, loved it at Cedar Point, sadly everything always changes hardly foe the better anymore 😔

  • @Vok250
    @Vok250 5 лет назад +325

    "early 60s and mid-forever"
    oof

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony 5 лет назад +172

    I remember the Bears cartoon from the 1980s.
    I also remember that stranger danger episode that while it was quite controversial for it's time, it really honed into the fact that the series never were shy about the hard issues that kids really needed to know as they grew up.
    I think at the end of the episode that while there are bad people out there, there are also many good people who would never want to harm you and you should not think of the worst of everyone as a stranger can sometimes be a friend you have not meet yet. But still be wary of people who may want to take advantage of your innocence.

    • @oooh19
      @oooh19 3 года назад +5

      A lot of people it’s people they know not strangers actually

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars Год назад +7

      @@oooh19 yeah I’m glad in the past few years the dialogue has shifted from “stranger danger” to “kids tell your parents when you’re hurt or uncomfortable and parents watch your kids and communicate with them” in fact I think “stranger danger” is what lead to many cases of abuse by family members or close friends not being believed or reported back in the day. It’s also sort of weird, blaming the kids in a sense when they’re entirely too young to have any concept of why someone might want to hurt them. It’s the parents job to protect them not the kids to be on high alert constantly.

  • @abbyfrie7558
    @abbyfrie7558 5 лет назад +601

    Regular defunct content right after the Jim Henson finale?
    *Puts tissues away*

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 5 лет назад +4

      YOU BETTER!

    • @InnawoodsAnon
      @InnawoodsAnon 5 лет назад +8

      Finally. It was becoming TVland

    • @stormcloudsabound
      @stormcloudsabound 5 лет назад +10

      AltTab Stay mad.

    • @mattfahringer148
      @mattfahringer148 5 лет назад +5

      @@InnawoodsAnon let's see how mad and salty you can become. come on bitch i dare you

    • @train4292
      @train4292 5 лет назад +1

      I’m all for it. We need to recover after all of that sadness

  • @thatblindgamer726
    @thatblindgamer726 5 лет назад +475

    "Cedar Fair is more like Cedar BEAR"
    Get out

    • @Defunctland
      @Defunctland  5 лет назад +81

      Bear enough

    • @mightyfilm
      @mightyfilm 5 лет назад +9

      @@Defunctland And Bear-bie Stickers.
      No seriously. That's about the level of bear puns that were all over both cartoon series.

    • @hellsson1996
      @hellsson1996 5 лет назад +7

      These puns are unbearable.

    • @CrimsonNineTail
      @CrimsonNineTail 5 лет назад

      Stroker and Hoop anyone?

    • @emmarose4234
      @emmarose4234 5 лет назад +1

      You catch more puns with honey than with vinegar.

  • @CosmicEternityCD
    @CosmicEternityCD 5 лет назад +265

    I snorted at the bear facts. Loving the increase in humor in the narration, Kevin! I grew up on the Berenstain Bears, so this was another nostalgic one for me!

  • @MessatsuGoshoryu02
    @MessatsuGoshoryu02 5 лет назад +176

    "A collection of comics depicting the rampant workplace harassment of the early 60s and mid forever"
    Best line of the year

  • @bobbycharleston
    @bobbycharleston 2 года назад +32

    I grew up in northern Ohio and would go to Cedar point quite a bit. As a kid, this was one of my favorite things to do! Im so excited that you covered this! It was pure magic! This was always kind of the break time for our parents, so they would eat and relax and my cousins and I would have a blast running around in here. It was absolutely incredible as a kid and was really ahead of its time as far as feeling so immersive. The colors, the detail, the overall feeling.....especially now being older, feels completely made up in my mind. Those memories are as fresh in my mind as they were the day I made them, and think that says a lot about how impactful it was on my mind and imagination. Man... Cedar Point. One of my favorite places on the planet. From my earliest memories of the bears and the pirate ride, choosing what color Gemini we were going to ride, to building up the guts to finally ride The Magnum when I was tall enough, getting on The Raptor for the first time and kicking the sky as many times as I could in a day.........to a cool break above the water on the Iron Dragon, feeling the uncomfortableness of The Mantis, having The Mean Streak beat you up, even though The Corkscrew already did. Cedar point is a truly magical place, I even met a girl on the beach at Hotel Breakers when I was 14.... a whole summer love that lasted a lifetime which all wrapped up into two days. Im so fortunate to have all these memories at this one place. All my memories there feel like a Wonder Years episode...........Look at me.....a regular Kevin Arnold.
    PS
    You should cover The Skeloton Train Ride from Cedar Point, it was always really fun

  • @verminjerky
    @verminjerky 5 лет назад +590

    "Or they weren't, in which case, WOW."
    70 years later and the book finally resulted in something really funny.

  • @Hordaki
    @Hordaki 5 лет назад +196

    11:20 I'm not comfortable with the fact that SWAT canonically exists in the Berenstain universe

    • @caseyjarmes
      @caseyjarmes 5 лет назад +91

      Matt H how else are they supposed to stop bearerists

    • @landonvincent7974
      @landonvincent7974 5 лет назад +8

      @@caseyjarmes good one

    • @e-mananimates2274
      @e-mananimates2274 5 лет назад +13

      @Matt H That makes two of us then. I haven't followed the series in ages, but I remembered it was a bit more wholesome. The Bearstain version of the SWAT team is something I'd expect from a parody of the series.

    • @terryaltherr2481
      @terryaltherr2481 5 лет назад +7

      I swear to god there will be a Berenstain Bears about the criminal justice system with this opening:
      "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime, and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."

    • @Grandma419
      @Grandma419 4 года назад +3

      FBI
      Federal
      Bear
      Investigation

  • @HeilKromdor
    @HeilKromdor 5 лет назад +40

    I remember climbing all over the bones each summer when we went to Cedar Point! The spooky slide was by far my favorite! Thanks for the trip down memory lane Kevin!

    • @BigDickMcFlick
      @BigDickMcFlick 5 лет назад

      I thought of this when i saw the video in the RUclips suggestion when i logged in :D

  • @DisneyDude1928
    @DisneyDude1928 5 лет назад +455

    Kevin: “Can you milk a bear”
    Defunctland Fun Fact: “Yes you can”
    I wonder if bear milk will be sold in stores now

    • @Viking_Luchador
      @Viking_Luchador 3 года назад +14

      "You can milk anything with nipples."

    • @beautifulnightmare7551
      @beautifulnightmare7551 3 года назад

      @@Viking_Luchador but not men

    • @Viking_Luchador
      @Viking_Luchador 3 года назад +14

      @@beautifulnightmare7551 I was setting up a joke from Meet the Parents
      "I have nipples, Greg. You wanna milk me?"
      but actually, for guys that pump their bodies full of artificial testosterone, their bodies begin to naturally produce estrogen to counter balance it. In some extreme cases, the men do begin lactating.

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 2 года назад +3

      I just wanna say that, if you absolutely need to milk a bear, please make sure the bear consents before hand and be respectful of their choice if they don't want to.

    • @Multi-Waves_Music
      @Multi-Waves_Music 2 года назад

      Dog cheese is getting bigger, I'd give it just a few more years and bear milk will be the bees knees

  • @KeenanSophieLarafan
    @KeenanSophieLarafan 5 лет назад +15

    I'm always so fascinated by the 1980s theme park renaissance and how everything always comes to an end in the 2000s.

  • @bamfnicholas
    @bamfnicholas 4 года назад +292

    Did anyone wonder why the bears had those names when the rest of the bears in the show had normal names. Because I did.

    • @mitchfletcher2386
      @mitchfletcher2386 3 года назад +9

      Nicknames.

    • @DeCostaPictures8526
      @DeCostaPictures8526 3 года назад +42

      Normal names? One of them was called “Cousin Fred.”

    • @hotaru8309
      @hotaru8309 3 года назад +36

      "Too Tall"

    • @hahasamian8010
      @hahasamian8010 3 года назад +27

      @@hotaru8309 "Actual Factual"

    • @darreylhenderson702
      @darreylhenderson702 3 года назад +34

      According to the berenstain bears website: The names, "Papa," "Mama," "Brother," and "Sister," were chosen for ease of reading and to emphasize their archetypical roles in the family.
      Also Jan berenstain said in an interview that those names started also because in the beginner books, It was written in basically all dialogue, so it just made sense that they would communicate by calling each other by their family names

  • @shellsnbees
    @shellsnbees 5 лет назад +118

    Yay! My favorite thank you again for the Jim Henson doc! I have been sharing with my friends and family even if they don’t understand!

    • @LilDroidBlue
      @LilDroidBlue 5 лет назад +5

      I shared every single one on Facebook and told everyone how much they *needed* to watch it, even if they didn't know it.

  • @SociallyAwkMustache
    @SociallyAwkMustache 5 лет назад +200

    I'm loving all of these bear facts.

  • @bananaberry91
    @bananaberry91 5 лет назад +142

    Despite growing up loving the Berenstain Bears, I never knew about the theme parks. This was pretty cool to learn about.

    • @dankinmcspankin3123
      @dankinmcspankin3123 2 года назад +2

      *Bernstein

    • @bananaberry91
      @bananaberry91 2 года назад +2

      @@dankinmcspankin3123 bruh you really waited 2 years for this huh? 😂 Sadly it isn't Bernstein though.

  • @mightybk
    @mightybk 3 года назад +17

    Nicely done -- as someone from Northern Ohio who has visited Cedar Point regularly for almost 50 years, I must say, I miss the simpler days from the park. Too many family rides have been removed to make space for their many awesome coasters. Cedar Point needs to move parking to the other side of the causeway and use the current parking to actually expand the park. Not just for more coasters, but for more areas like this. Camp Snoopy is fine but it does lack the more gentle nature of the Berenstein Bear country. I wish it had still been around by the time my kids were old enough to experience it.

    • @chickypooh73
      @chickypooh73 Год назад

      I remember it and the 80s cartoon

  • @gustavosequera8572
    @gustavosequera8572 5 лет назад +24

    Another amazing episode. Really loved the "Defunctland Bear Facts"!

  • @MaxEverywhereSystem
    @MaxEverywhereSystem 5 лет назад +136

    >i go to disney
    >i head back to my hotel
    >see this
    >👀

    • @kekameme
      @kekameme 5 лет назад +4

      Random Fandom Trash I’m supposed to be at Disney tomorrow, and I’m currently at the hotel rn. And I see this too.

    • @kandigloss6438
      @kandigloss6438 5 лет назад +5

      Send me back a mouse ear mind control helmet plz.

    • @DisneyDude1928
      @DisneyDude1928 5 лет назад +1

      Random Fandom Trash the perfect day

  • @ColinHuth
    @ColinHuth 5 лет назад +67

    Kevin getting sassy is giving me huge oldschool Defunctland vibes, and I’m loving it.

  • @Xer0sama
    @Xer0sama 5 лет назад +51

    Twelve minutes, several decades, and no Eisner. It's either a record or he's hiding in my closet.
    Where's my baseball bat full of nails?

  • @jemofthe80s18
    @jemofthe80s18 4 года назад +11

    Hey, this is the first I'm hearing about this! How cute! As a kid I LOVED the Berenstain Bears books we still have (and I always remembered Berenstain because I would sound it out and they were the STAIN Bears--my kindergarten teacher read it as Bernstein!) and my absolute favorite is the No More Junk Food. The pictures of the brightly colored candy, chips, popcorn, and soda, and then their trip to the grocery store to buy fruit and grains and Mama introduced Papa to the drink "called water". That one and the Too Much TV, that was a good one too:)

  • @UrSammich
    @UrSammich 5 лет назад +136

    Where are my parallel dimension hoppers who remember it was Berenstein Bears?
    (seriously, I don't remember it at Berenstain Bears)

    • @Beardodoomus
      @Beardodoomus 5 лет назад +9

      Berenstein. Without question.

    • @CorporalPig22
      @CorporalPig22 5 лет назад +1

      Berenstein.

    • @getthegoons
      @getthegoons 5 лет назад +11

      Dude I definitely remember it being Berenstein.
      It freaked me out a bit when that shit came up because I was like 'i remember the show saying Berenstein for sure.'

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 5 лет назад +2

      I blame a purple haired time traveler with a sword, he ruined our timeline!

    • @AnonymOus-ss9jj
      @AnonymOus-ss9jj 4 года назад +4

      @pomeygranates
      Well it was always pronounced Bernst-E-n so I think people just assumed it had an e. However, for anyone still wondering about the phenomena, I suggest looking up confabulation online.

  • @BeeBuzzly
    @BeeBuzzly 5 лет назад +95

    Great bear facts Kevin, now I know that I can start my bear milk company

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +8

      Bee Buzzly Also start a Bear Butter company. Just don’t call it ButterBear, because J.K. Rowling will sue you for being a BoneAppleTea.

    • @BeeBuzzly
      @BeeBuzzly 5 лет назад +1

      Dosware Pictures thanks, I’ll keep that in mind

  • @IxisTyler
    @IxisTyler 5 лет назад +86

    Who’s ready to see mandala effect jokes in the comment section ?

    • @anonpony1693
      @anonpony1693 5 лет назад +2

      I wanna go back to my native timeline. This one sucks

    • @ajarofnutella
      @ajarofnutella 5 лет назад

      booooo

    • @2445elijah
      @2445elijah 5 лет назад +2

      Wait, isn’t it Meldele affect?

    • @redrix1787
      @redrix1787 4 года назад

      Mandela

    • @esp371
      @esp371 4 года назад

      @@redrix1787 Nah, I could've sworn it was always Mandala...

  • @QJDWG
    @QJDWG 5 лет назад +86

    “...Avalanche Run.”
    *OH YEAH*
    Me: I’M GONNA GET THE TO POINT, MY NAME’S DISASTER DAVE...

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +6

      I was already boppin' before the music started!

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +1

      Remember season one?

    • @maddinpictures3102
      @maddinpictures3102 5 лет назад +8

      Welcome to Alaska

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +1

      Maddin Pictures Not the best quote surrounding or in Alaska.
      “A dog cannot make this journey alone. But maybe a wolf can.”
      - Bob Hoskins, 1995.

  • @NateCummings
    @NateCummings 5 лет назад +9

    I really enjoy the mix of predominantly documentation and education and what I consider to be a lovely amount of sentimentality many of these videos have. thanks for making these

  • @arc187
    @arc187 5 лет назад +2

    i miss the hanna barbera land at kings island. i loved that smurf ride! the memories as a child, now i'm 40!

  • @Mercgo
    @Mercgo 5 лет назад +222

    My brain still hears “STEIN” damn this parallel universe

    • @waterandafter
      @waterandafter 5 лет назад +22

      Because you remember the truth.

    • @IsaacMillerRocks
      @IsaacMillerRocks 5 лет назад +4

      Keep speaking the truth brother

    • @wonderguardstalker
      @wonderguardstalker 5 лет назад +10

      Imagine being so narcissistic and full of yerself you imagine the entire world is wrong and you’re right

    • @IsaacMillerRocks
      @IsaacMillerRocks 5 лет назад +5

      @@wonderguardstalker It's in another world that we're right.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 5 лет назад +12

      Someone found out the reason people remember -stein instead of -stain. There were a number of releases on home video that misspelled the name. So you probably saw the cartoon, where it was spelled wrong.

  • @PaddletailPhilly
    @PaddletailPhilly 5 лет назад +64

    This was a _beary_ enjoyable episode, Kevin. Love the little bear fact annotations, and overall more comical tone of this video
    Looking forward to more Defunctland, like always! :D

  • @TheHeroOfTomorrow
    @TheHeroOfTomorrow 5 лет назад +308

    "Cedar Fair was more like...Cedar BEAR."
    Get out.

    • @jeremyriley1238
      @jeremyriley1238 5 лет назад +6

      Meh, still waiting for the fan wars about whether it was Berenstain or Berenstein.

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +1

      It’s Boarenstuien Burrs.

    • @RobsRides
      @RobsRides 5 лет назад

      please 😭😭🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @FuriousGorge
      @FuriousGorge 5 лет назад

      Fuck you.

    • @t.a.d.k.d6580
      @t.a.d.k.d6580 5 лет назад

      I don’t think I could *BEAR* another pun.

  • @jovishark
    @jovishark 4 года назад +4

    I really love the amount of detail in the narration. You even knew what happened during the opening ceremony of Bear Country! I will always appreciate the level of attention in Defunctland (also, I'm glad the trend of earthquake-themed darkrides hasn't died out yet).

  • @n0stalgiac
    @n0stalgiac 5 лет назад +16

    I remember back when this was the Cedar Point BerenSTEIN Bear Country.
    Good times.

  • @fluzzard7578
    @fluzzard7578 5 лет назад +42

    "A bobsled attraction named Avalanche Run"
    Me:*Remembers disaster transport episode* Hey wait a minute.

    • @BM-mw4nv
      @BM-mw4nv 4 года назад +6

      Ryan Harding OH YEAH

  • @shaina9675
    @shaina9675 5 лет назад +99

    whenever i hear your voice i automatically think of charles entertainment cheese i'm sorry

    • @RelicCipher
      @RelicCipher 5 лет назад +12

      You have cursed me with the reminder of his full name

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 лет назад +1

      You're not wrong

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +3

      Wyvernagon CHUNKY CHEESE

    • @ginaginagina.
      @ginaginagina. 5 лет назад +2

      _a powerful rat named charles entertainment cheese_

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +1

      zora vs. the world A powerful rat who was once intended to be a Coyote.

  • @katkrywolt7
    @katkrywolt7 5 лет назад +29

    "The rampant workplace harassment of the early '60s and mid-forever..." Sad commentary, brilliant writing! Well done Kevin and Kristin!

  • @ThirdSpectrum
    @ThirdSpectrum 5 лет назад +29

    Hunter S. Thompson: "We can't stop here...this is bear country!"

  • @brandonpadier
    @brandonpadier 5 лет назад +73

    Legit lost it at, “can you milk a bear?” 🤣

  • @bradbrinkley2995
    @bradbrinkley2995 5 лет назад +81

    Hey you should research the defunct theme park “The Land of Oz” in North Carolina

    • @ajzeg01
      @ajzeg01 4 года назад +2

      Isn’t it still open seasonally?

    • @sonzillamariocraft
      @sonzillamariocraft 3 года назад +2

      @@ajzeg01 RARELY. It depends on the weather, how safe it is to go there at all, etc.
      It's like the tours at Chernobyl and the city of Pripyat...just replace the radiation with dangerous mountain scapes.

  • @theveeker6483
    @theveeker6483 5 лет назад +104

    No Michael Eisner reference??? Who are you and what have you done with the real Kevin!

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +6

      TheVeeker there are several episodes of Defunctland without an Eisner reference. And all of DefunctTV except for two of the Henson episodes didn’t mention him at all.

    • @aidanswiftofficial
      @aidanswiftofficial 5 лет назад +2

      @@DoswarePictures you have been woooshed

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +2

      Aidan Swift don’t you mean
      r/wooooshed?

    • @sominboy2757
      @sominboy2757 5 лет назад +7

      Its gotta fit in the story. Unfortunately eisner had nothing to do with this(although it IS kind of surprising how much stuff he is connected with in terms of animation and amusement parks)

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 4 года назад

      Michelle D What do you know about Windjammer Surf Racers? Because Theme Park Crazy just uploaded a video about it.

  • @shark180
    @shark180 5 лет назад +30

    Mama Bear: Go get Honey
    Papa Bear: *Goes to Moe's*

    • @DuckandMikeyfan49
      @DuckandMikeyfan49 4 года назад

      marianne mccrank All we need is a bear version of the Simpsons...

    • @rosebud6116
      @rosebud6116 4 года назад

      Father bear: BROTHER BEAR!!!
      Mama Bear: Not again.
      Father bear: YOU CANT SAY THAT IN THE HOUSE!!!
      Father Bear: Strangles Son

  • @kjhunt-espino4724
    @kjhunt-espino4724 5 лет назад +11

    As someone in Kansas City, it's very surreal hearing you talk about WOF. The place is sort of run down, its dirty in all the buildings and most of the food sucks, but hey, at least the rides are still working. I love WOF but it feels like Cedar Fair doesn't care about it.

  • @danniedanger9353
    @danniedanger9353 5 лет назад +6

    I live in the Cedar Point Area and I 100% remember this part of the park! The indoor play area was the best! Thanks for this video!! Totally just brought back such awesome childhood memories! I used to be so afraid of the Spooky Tree Slide 😂😂

  • @BunnyBoyMcGill
    @BunnyBoyMcGill 5 лет назад +94

    Get all of the food
    Throw it in the pot
    They are right out in the open
    Jimmy take the shot

    • @alyssafunches9645
      @alyssafunches9645 5 лет назад +7

      KingClod game grumps? Game Grumps? GaMe GrUmPs?

    • @KryshaSyrin
      @KryshaSyrin 5 лет назад +6

      Oh no, I accidentally used the list as toilet paper!

    • @paulleow8017
      @paulleow8017 5 лет назад +3

      "Wait a second, whos jimm-"
      *gets shot*

    • @TDM1138
      @TDM1138 5 лет назад +1

      They’re right out there, pickin’ a hunters corpse clean!

  • @AllisonMertzman
    @AllisonMertzman 5 лет назад +18

    I grew up with Cedar point. It was my home park. This just brought back a flood of memories. I remember Bear country and remember when snoopy came. Awesome video!

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 5 лет назад +6

    I'm loving all of these amazing Bear Facts

  • @itssarahpeden
    @itssarahpeden 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this trip down memory lane! The Berenstain Bears slide at WOF is one of my favorite childhood memories!

  • @quiana1458
    @quiana1458 5 лет назад +29

    Kevin, is it possible to combine all the Jim Henson episodes into one? If someone already asked, my apologies. I love this quality content! Thank you very much for it! 😊

    • @outsidercain3038
      @outsidercain3038 5 лет назад +1

      why tho ?

    • @quiana1458
      @quiana1458 5 лет назад +5

      @@outsidercain3038
      I just love the individual video's so much I know it would make one awesome full length documentary. Could you imagine the fluidity of it being combined. It would be like watching a beautiful full length feature film.

  • @rfrolicarts
    @rfrolicarts 5 лет назад +4

    The Berestain couple is awfully cute. I didn't know about their backstory until now. Thanks for the informative episode.

    • @emmarose4234
      @emmarose4234 5 лет назад

      Rebecca Froehlich, have you read any of the Berenstain Bears books that their son Mike has written? They’re...okay.

  • @RossStern
    @RossStern 5 лет назад +26

    Wow I had no idea Dr. Seuss was involved in publishing the Berenstain Bears

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 3 года назад +4

      The company also published a Thomas The Tank Engine book, too

  • @jasonl203
    @jasonl203 5 лет назад +1

    I have only ever subscribed to three maybe four RUclips channels. And I have never up until now commented on any RUclips video. Your videos and your narration through the story in my opinion are the most interesting videos on RUclips to date.

  • @Shannon_Moore
    @Shannon_Moore 3 года назад +1

    Such nostalgia..thank u so much. .the photos i had of myself as a child posing w the berenstain bears at cedar point were burned up in a house fire (& those were the days of being lucky if u had a double copy) . .so this means alot..❤

  • @jstorm7922
    @jstorm7922 5 лет назад +123

    Start of season 3? I’m excited!

    • @otakunthevegan4206
      @otakunthevegan4206 5 лет назад +9

      THIS IS NOT OVER! BEARS!

    • @HerpDerpTheTank
      @HerpDerpTheTank 5 лет назад +16

      It says this is a minisode. He's probably got bigger plans for Season 3. I cannot wait!

  • @bloodybob123
    @bloodybob123 5 лет назад +10

    I've knew that I had a memory of the tree house just never could remember where it was I was like 5 or 6 when I went to cedar point.
    Great job love your vids want more on the ohio parks lots of history

  • @Crazy56U
    @Crazy56U 5 лет назад +23

    "In this Defunctland minisode,"
    Damnit, I thought this was the start of Season 3.

  • @Joshua-pw8mz
    @Joshua-pw8mz 8 месяцев назад +1

    The episodes that I most remember watching are Attic Treasure, Moving Day, Draw It, The Week at Grandma’s, The Talent Show, Grow It and Bears For All Seasons

  • @spongebob03
    @spongebob03 5 лет назад +2

    I had no idea this existed! I LOVED the books growing up! I recently sold fifty books (probably more!) from my childhood. If I had known that Knott's Berry Farm was going to get Berenstain Bear Country, and the powers that be changed their minds, I probably would have cried! LOL!

  • @henryglennon3864
    @henryglennon3864 5 лет назад +30

    "We can't stop here... this is Bear Country!"

    • @Tadicuslegion78
      @Tadicuslegion78 5 лет назад +1

      “We were somewhere around Bearstow on the edge of the forest when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bears, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to
      Los Osos”

  • @christheleavittman7080
    @christheleavittman7080 5 лет назад +82

    5:10
    No one:
    Not a single soul:
    Not even Michael Eisner:
    Kevin Perjurer: Avalanche Run.
    Me: YOU'RE ON DISASTER TRANSPORT oH yEaH!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 5 лет назад +2

      You only wish Demon Drop still existed there.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Drop

    • @a.d.peterson1981
      @a.d.peterson1981 5 лет назад +3

      Disaster Transport stole so many hours of my childhood.

    • @Maalach
      @Maalach 4 года назад +1

      I loved disaster transport. I still have a DT baseball hat and I remember trying to "storyboard it" to explain to a friend how awesome it was.

  • @omgomgitsALEE
    @omgomgitsALEE 5 лет назад +30

    Is no one going to bring up the ‘Berenstain vs Berenstein’ conversation?? BECAUSE IT TOTALLY IS NOT BERENSTAIN

    • @CuteAnimeGirl
      @CuteAnimeGirl 5 лет назад +3

      I've been saying it for years but nobody wants to listen

  • @xoxopuppies12xoxo
    @xoxopuppies12xoxo 5 лет назад +2

    So much nostalgia, I read all these as a kid.

  • @Monaster01
    @Monaster01 4 года назад +2

    I remember the bears! I was super little, but I really loved that part of the park. I was sad when they replaced the bears with Peanuts characters.

  • @kirstenschult327
    @kirstenschult327 5 лет назад +21

    I love the Defunctland Bear Facts. So good.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak
    @ChristopherSobieniak 5 лет назад +45

    I'm sure nobody laughed at this but I liked this quote...
    "Late addition: Sister Bear"
    Thanks!

  • @andysorensen1737
    @andysorensen1737 5 лет назад +31

    Also, Valleyfair’s in Minnesota.

    • @DoswarePictures
      @DoswarePictures 5 лет назад +1

      Andy Sorensen I can’t wait to go to Minnesota’s Adventure! And also see the Biggest Ball of Twine in Michigan.

  • @rooditooti4388
    @rooditooti4388 5 лет назад +14

    "worlds of fun in Kansas City Missouri" OH? MY CITY? RELEVANT???

  • @rustyshackleford4370
    @rustyshackleford4370 5 лет назад +60

    I swear it was Berenstein. I don't entirely buy into the alternate reality idea but I'm pretty sure things were changed when the matrix was updated.

    • @oldkid820
      @oldkid820 4 года назад +6

      Rusty Shackleford if you remember watching the cartoon and singing along to the theme song I think you would have noticed the emphasis they put on the ‘stain’. At least for me it’s always been ‘stain’.

    • @molls127
      @molls127 4 года назад +7

      @@oldkid820 same i think people just attribute the -stein to their parents' mispronunciation of the title while reading to them lol

    • @MsTinkerbelle87
      @MsTinkerbelle87 4 года назад +1

      Yeah and it was even pronounced “Steen”

    • @rosebud6116
      @rosebud6116 4 года назад +1

      moll.
      I read it by myself, it had an E

    • @AnonymOus-ss9jj
      @AnonymOus-ss9jj 4 года назад +1

      It's called confabulation.

  • @coastergeist
    @coastergeist 5 лет назад +14

    "Can you milk a bear?" along with other weird shiz that Kevin says for an episode

  • @Michael-pu1bs
    @Michael-pu1bs 5 лет назад +31

    I thought this was season 3 and almost had a heart attack.

  • @SoulSociety5
    @SoulSociety5 5 лет назад +15

    This made me remember things from my childhood that I had forgotten about. I knew I'd been to Cedar Point as a kid but had zero recollection of it until now. I remember the bear phones that told stories!

  • @brittanylaine_
    @brittanylaine_ Год назад

    I know I'm super late to this party, but as someone whose "home amusement park is Cedar Point," I LOVED growing up with Bear Country. My parents have videos of me sitting with Mama Bear because just a short meet and greet wasn't enough lol -- I had to sit with her for like 45 minutes haha. Bear Country holds dear memories, so I loved watching this.

  • @dududubopdubop
    @dududubopdubop 5 лет назад +10

    The Bears were awesome. Camp Snoopy and theming they have compared to that time is zero to none. The real shame is when Cedar Fairs bought Kings Island.

  • @kanniekosplayyes2799
    @kanniekosplayyes2799 5 лет назад +14

    can we take a moment on Papa Bear in the clip where he was backing up to show the walkway was like a seesaw? I thought that was adorable x3

  • @kyleallen8591
    @kyleallen8591 5 лет назад +10

    Cedar Point's Camp Snoopy is in a whole different part of the park.
    When they brought the Peanuts over to the park, they renamed the Bernstein Bear country to Peanuts Playground till that area was transformed into planet snoopy for the 2008 season.
    The indoor section was turned into part gift shop Snoopy's Boutique and part playground as well till about 2012 when they walled off the playground due to ADA compliance. Then it was completely taken out when the added Sweet Spot a huge confectionery gift shop; opened in the mid 2010s.

    • @laurastedman2771
      @laurastedman2771 5 лет назад

      Oh no. I haven't been to Cedar Point since 2010 and that indoor part is the only thing I remember of the Berenstain Bears being there. It's a shame that's not open anymore.

  • @KzintiCV
    @KzintiCV 5 лет назад +49

    I read all the books there were when I was a kid. I loved them.
    I swear to the heavens above that it's Berenstein though.

  • @rivetsquid8887
    @rivetsquid8887 5 лет назад

    Yesss thank you!
    I was so hype when you had the poll for this one. For two decades I had been curious about a hazy childhood memory of Berenstain Bears attractions, but couldn't figure out where if experienced then until then. I didn't realize the franchise was so huge at the time, so I was sure it had to be a smaller park, Idlewild or something.

  • @ctuero
    @ctuero 5 лет назад

    i LOVED the jim henson series, but i missed these little digestible WONDERFUL gems of videos! THANK YOU KEVIN!

  • @dakota7394
    @dakota7394 5 лет назад +14

    i screamed in excitement when he finally mentioned avalanche run and the OH YEAHHHH played omfg still the best episode of defunctland ever