Defunctland: The Fair That Changed America

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4 жыл бұрын

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In this episode, Kevin travels back to the tail end of the Roaring Twenties to look at the development of the Century of Progress fair in Chicago and how the World's Exposition changed the United States and its view of progress
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@mollywoodbury5482 4 жыл бұрын

"Cutting edge materials such as plywood and asbestos" god I love this dry humor

@fallingpetunias9046 4 жыл бұрын

He had me at the "ocean liner nearly identical" back and forth. Always love Kevin's writing

@Beefaroni_Bert 4 жыл бұрын

its asbestos can be!

@christopheralthouse6378 4 жыл бұрын

@@fallingpetunias9046 Yeah, at first I'm like "ahhh, okay, all good then...Olympic served a full career so he's in safe hands..." THENNNN he does the whole "the ship identical to the Olympic in every way" and I go "crap..." 😑😣 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

@nate567987 4 жыл бұрын

@@christopheralthouse6378 "in 1929" oh boy

@CB3ROB-CyberBunker 4 жыл бұрын

think they forgot bakelite

@AlternateHistoryHub 4 жыл бұрын

17:20. Ah yes, just fuel leaking out of the car. Everyone gather round, haha so silly.

@LilDroidBlue 4 жыл бұрын

Say, does anyone have a smoke? No? What about that dame over there going to fetch some? I don't see her in the kitchen, so she must be free. (in old timey newsreel voice)

@kennytheamazing 4 жыл бұрын

I actually assumed it would be water leaking from the radiator, as it was coming from the front, and those old-timey cars having a cap for the radiator around the nose area easily accesible.

@Tadfafty 2 жыл бұрын

Water coming from the radiator

@waterbed12 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like robots that can smoke cigarettes is about as roaring 20s as you can get

@chadbusch8541 4 жыл бұрын

It could only be more 20s if it had a Tommy gun and went "Nyeah ,see?"

@MattMcIrvin 4 жыл бұрын

There was a weird fascination with humans being replaced by robots in newspaper-article futurism of the 1920s and 30s. The articles always described "mechanical men" as an imminent thing even though there wasn't even really such a thing as an electronic computer in use. The Paleo-Future blog kept coming up with more and more examples of these articles. I'm guessing it was really a response to industrialization and the assembly line.

@prismstudios001 4 жыл бұрын

But they’ll get it iron lung!

@prismstudios001 4 жыл бұрын

I never trusted them Androids......

@jokerzwild00 4 жыл бұрын

@@MattMcIrvin people have a way of overestimating technological progress in certain areas. The same thing happened with VR in the 90s. We thought that everyone would be living in a virtual world by now. See: Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity, Johnny Pneumonic, Ghost in the Shell, Thirteenth Floor, eXistenZ etc. etc. etc. And we did it with the internet to a certain degree, when you look back you see people looked at "cyberspace" in an almost mystical way. The internet did take off like a rocket, but it didn't play out like the cyber fantasies of the 90s. Is there anything we look at right now in that way? Something everyone thinks is on the verge of taking over our lives in some crazy way? I can't think of anything off the top of my head. Maybe some people think VR has a second chance to make our cyber dreams come true lol? I have a Vive, it's cool but not quite there. Maybe if they can make it profitable enough to keep making for a few more generations it'll get there though. Hey, we got Half Life: Alyx coming!

@cookingmama_ 4 жыл бұрын

The statement that the smoking robot only lacked a heart and a brain implies that it DID have bones, muscles, intestines, lungs, etc. and was, in fact, a disgusting meat puppet encased in a shiny metal shell. In this essay, I will

@TheParadoxGamer1 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an IB essay.

@FIREBRAND38 4 жыл бұрын

No, you're reading way too much into it. There's a whole backstory. The clip is from a 1939 film called The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair and may be watched or even downloaded from here archive.org/details/middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939 Running time is under an hour.

@prismstudios001 4 жыл бұрын

Bite his shiny metal ass....

@harrylane4 4 жыл бұрын

@@FIREBRAND38 that's a video of a meatboy with metal skin

@leepicgamerbazinga5155 2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a certain antagonist from a certain 3rd instalment of a certain indie horror game series

@charliepetty9161 4 жыл бұрын

When your event fails after only 7 million people attend

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

*sad businessman nosies*

@Shenaldrac 4 жыл бұрын

When your audience is ~ 2 BILLION people (world fair, remember), yes only managing to attract seven million is a failure.

@melskunk 4 жыл бұрын

Business...business never changes

@LaikaLycanthrope 4 жыл бұрын

@@Shenaldrac Yes, but back then, global travel wasn't as easy and cheap as it is now (despite all the modern security procedures that started in the 1970s, as air travel became more widespread and available to those not of the upper-class "jet set".) Cripes, some people were barely out of the middle ages when airports came to their towns - they weren't about to have either the money nor the inclination to go to some exotic, far-off land to see some "county fair" (or whatever the local equivalent might be.) And travel by ship was expensive and slow, more for one-way immigration than for tourism. And I suspect that the concept of car rental wasn't a thing until credit cards were.

@dude99121 4 жыл бұрын

@@Shenaldrac If you think the audience was literally every living human on the planet, I don't know what to say. Even if it were to be done today that still wouldn't be true. You'd struggle to claim even a quarter of the people on Earth today could make it to an arbitrary location, let alone almost a century ago in the middle of the worst financial crisis ever.

@DarkArceus20 4 жыл бұрын

I love how Defunctland went from "Hey, let's build a virtual amusement park filled with old rides from the 80s" to "Hey, let's make an entire comprehensive history of amusement parks in general through the form of a beautifully made docuseries!" For real, huge fan, keep up the excellent research ^_^

@austinreed7343 4 жыл бұрын

The Spinach Inquisition Hopefully one day the VR Park is made, with rides from across time.

@Ken15643 3 жыл бұрын

That was unexpected.

@satsubatsu347 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ken15643 No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.

@Jishere232 3 жыл бұрын

@@EricDMMiller I don't think it was dumb.. I'm only 20, but like I grew up with The Jaws ride, and Disney Quest and some of the earlier stuff he covered, it was cool to see them get some attention.

@brandonporter8509 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jishere232 I liked the early idea as well but I’m glad for the broad examination of amusement park history too. Also that full length documentary on Halyx was freaking beautiful. I’d love to see some more spotlights on individual “defunctland virtual park attractions too though. That individual Spotlight on rides that are now gone really gives insight on said amusement park and it’s direction at that snapshot in time

@cooperzilkenat3220 4 жыл бұрын

"Hey we need an attraction" "you know thermometers" "yeah" "lets do a real big one" "dope" "also, a robot that smokes"

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

“we also need a sky ride” “thing that files right?” “yes”

@jenniferstine8567 4 жыл бұрын

How many lives could have been saved if that robot also demonstrated the effects of smoking?

@coolethan2772 4 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferstine8567 that robot looked cool as hell so it definitely demonstrated the effects of smoking.

@cooperzilkenat3220 4 жыл бұрын

@@coolethan2772 but in the 1920s smoking was good for you

@explodinglamps2021 4 жыл бұрын

“You know those goblin creatures?” “Smidgens, right?” “Somethin’ like that. Anyways let’s make a “to-scale” village full of em’” “Brilliant”

@BackTheNerd 4 жыл бұрын

"It is possible that he died from pure grief, but it is possible that he died from either the colidus, the foot infection, diabetes, or the food poisoning, or speculative a combination of any of those four things." More of this type of humor and writing please, it's hilarious.

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

put your bets down below

@metallipwn 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin seems to use this humor p frequently

@megrichardson561 4 жыл бұрын

This was so unexpected and funny I loved it

@gladitsnotme 4 жыл бұрын

*colitis

@sominboy2757 4 жыл бұрын

In the early 60's and mid forever

@MattMcIrvin 4 жыл бұрын

My grandfather visited this fair and wrote later that it was the only good thing about living in Chicago in the 1930s.

@MattMcIrvin 4 жыл бұрын

...The exhibit he singled out in particular was the demo of television at the Hall of Science, which was pretty much the first time many people ever saw an operating TV (there were experimental broadcasts before World War II, but it wasn't really a mass consumer product until the war was over).

@sominboy2757 4 жыл бұрын

@@MattMcIrvin tvwas at the 1933 expo? I know that it was in new york in 1939 but i never knew it was in chicago. Ps, my grandma, grandpa 2 aunts and my uncle attended the 1964 worlds fair

@MattMcIrvin 4 жыл бұрын

@@sominboy2757 Yes, the Century of Progress exhibition, 1933-34.

@MattMcIrvin 4 жыл бұрын

@@sominboy2757 ...the system exhibited in 1939 was much more advanced, an electronic system from RCA: www.earlytelevision.org/worlds_fair.html

@kingkoopa5997 4 жыл бұрын

My grandpa was there too, lived in Chicago his whole life! We have some cool trinkets and later in his life he became friends with sally rand (she was much older than him)

@SirSethery 4 жыл бұрын

“Over 350,000 visitors showed up for the fair’s closing” *Well that’s nice..* “..and then proceeded to ransack it.” *oh.*

@innosam123 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I mean, it was meant to be temporary anyways...

@aroberts3213 Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't have let in a certain demographic

@freakfoxvevo7915 4 жыл бұрын

The more Kevin talks about how crazy the 20s-30s were ("...she was arrested 4 times in one day") the more i get the feeling that that era was just a real life Looney Tunes short

@calebm9000 4 жыл бұрын

Pre-1950s Puritanized America was wild. You should hear some music from the '30s. Some of the lyrics are more wild than any Rap artist could come up with today.

@manospondylus4896 4 жыл бұрын

Lugubriously It‘s a song from the Boondocks

@RedShocktrooperRST 4 жыл бұрын

Wrong way around. Looney Tunes was the 20s and 30s distilled into animated form.

@LetsGoGetThem 4 жыл бұрын

Look up the guy who walked naked in Britain who did it as a sort of social commentary, he was arrested multiple times trying to walk from the south to the north of Canada completely naked.

@UnprofessionalProfessor 4 жыл бұрын

@Lugubriously He isn't...but I am, NIGGA!

@christinedemarco8996 4 жыл бұрын

Sally Rand: gets arrested for public indecency 3 times in one day Sally Rand: watch me do it again

@mikotoh 3 жыл бұрын

not only that, but im fairly certain her first performance was supposed to be her as lady godiva lmao

@ZGryphon 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it was the same cop each time. If so, I might tend to suspect that he was just lonely.

@therogueadmiral 2 жыл бұрын

Her fans: shut up and take my money!

@LavendelleColorpoint 2 жыл бұрын

Legend

@alwayz_smile4079 2 жыл бұрын

BWHAHAHA 🤣🤣

@Sam_on_YouTube 4 жыл бұрын

I love how the description of the "midget village" has no hint of judgement in the script, but clear condemnation in your voice.

@chuckleshelicopterwigwamjo7315 3 жыл бұрын

I should not have laughed as hard as I did at "to scale"

@AbsolXGuardian Жыл бұрын

I saw a modern version of one in a documentary clip year back, but the difference is that this was built by little people for little people. It was a community for little people who wanted to live somewhere where everything was accessible and they could exist in public without being any kind of an oddity. The world's fair version was obviously nothing like that.

@Pfromm007 8 ай бұрын

@@AbsolXGuardian So basically The Shire

@SqualidsargeStudios 7 ай бұрын

But condemning is still a judgment of sorts

@Sam_on_YouTube 7 ай бұрын

@@SqualidsargeStudios Yes. In his voice but not in the script. I liked the way he did that.

@MayorOfEarth79 4 жыл бұрын

"We built this robot to smoke cigarettes!" Gotta love the time period.

@vickfrankenstein 3 жыл бұрын

@edwinsalisbury83 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that just bender?

@MrEvers Жыл бұрын

a *voice controlled* robot no less...

@fo-ef8qo 4 жыл бұрын

Bender showing up about 1,070 years earlier than expected

@l.gcallahan2840 4 жыл бұрын

Actually it was his ancestor Jebediah Ulysses Bender the Third.

@octogonSmuggler 4 жыл бұрын

There's an episode where bender is able to travel back in time.

@willjones6234 4 жыл бұрын

Bite my roaring 20 s stock investing ass

@benderbendingrodriguez420 3 жыл бұрын

Damn Professor built another time machine!

@masterskrain2630 2 жыл бұрын

You got it, Meatbag!!

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 жыл бұрын

The RMS Titanic... *emotional Titanic flute intensifies*

@DoswarePictures 4 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong-un you should’ve been a passenger. You’d be famous!

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

Dosware Pictures r/rareinsults

@DoswarePictures 4 жыл бұрын

Alcoon Slambag you failed at getting jokes. Did you think I would not know that KZfaq is banned in North Korea?

@johnboy4025 4 жыл бұрын

Kim Jong-un your grandfather was born the day the ship sank!

@DoswarePictures 4 жыл бұрын

Alcoon Slambag yep. I’m sold. You’re the iceberg.

@stevethepocket 4 жыл бұрын

"Science finds, industry complies, man conforms." Well, so much for making science sound less dystopian.

@Maswartz226 4 жыл бұрын

Two minutes in and already laughing! "It was either all these reasons or the grief. But probably all those reasons"

@hyenacub 4 жыл бұрын

The grief probably didn't make it any easaier for him to *fight* those things, but yeah they way he put it had me laughing too. Still, the poor SOB got hammered!

@hockeyking30 4 жыл бұрын

this reminded me of the line from MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. IT WASNT THE DYM MAK THAT WAS KILLING LYN, AND IT WASNT THE CANCER, HE WAS DYING OF A BROKEN HEART.... AND MAYBE THE CANCER AS WELL

@ericainspace 4 жыл бұрын

"Built with cutting edge materials, such as plywood. And asbestos." Note to self. Don't try to eat or drink while watching an episode of Defunctland.

@ChristopherSobieniak 4 жыл бұрын

Not me, already eating!

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

*Eating Hägen Daas ice cream*

@arklados3596 4 жыл бұрын

Never woulda thought I’d hear the term “cutting edge” be used to describe fecking PLYWOOD

@otaking3582 4 жыл бұрын

And especially don't eat plywood and asbestos

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 4 жыл бұрын

That was cutting edge at the time tbh

@Lameashellcosplay 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin expects me to hear him say "Charles" and not hear "Charles entertainment cheese"

@michaelpacinus242 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t get me started

@noytelinu3409 4 жыл бұрын

The longest and most in depth Disney backstory ever.

@totesmygoats-bq8mk 4 жыл бұрын

Noy Telinú Disney plus should ask him for help on one of their specials 🥰🤩🥳

@RicksTravelogue 4 жыл бұрын

@barnacledreams747 A look at Season 2's Disney offerings would quickly be against the image Disney would want out of it.

@KMcNally117 4 жыл бұрын

I see what they're up to.

@disneyboy3030 4 жыл бұрын

I really love this. You really should get Bob Iger for an interview about Walt Disney and if the rumors of corruption is true.

@freddyrichards878 3 жыл бұрын

Just wait, man

@themonkeyjungle871 4 жыл бұрын

I like the bold direction towards very historic attractions this season, and not just sticking with gaudy 90's relics

@pattyofurniture694 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!!

@souvlaki9951 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love these very early ones. Really telling of their era's cultures!

@chadbusch8541 4 жыл бұрын

A true look at Americana

@YokiDokiPanic 4 жыл бұрын

Same. These are MUCH more interesting if you ask me.

@rondajones7526 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I honestly like these better. I still love the previous seasons so much but these feel like a fun documentary, unlike the ones on TV that tend to be a little dry and boring. The Perj is really the man for the job on these

@neptune6852 4 жыл бұрын

“I guess all he lacks is a heart” “Well he’s not the only one” Someone call the goddamn hospital! This woman just got 4th degree burns!

@FIREBRAND38 4 жыл бұрын

There's a whole backstory. The clip is from a 1939 film called The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair and may be watched or even downloaded from here archive.org/details/middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939 Running time is under an hour.

@Dong_Harvey 4 жыл бұрын

@@FIREBRAND38 thanks for the treasure

@Game_Hero 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it the stone cold man who got burned?

@theskullraider5058 11 ай бұрын

Bro was a certifed S Class Hater!

@Mokujo 4 жыл бұрын

"The bankrupt, crime-ridden, city was facing racial tension" It makes me feel safe knowing that Chicago can stay the same for 100 years.

@0nlytati.2x 2 жыл бұрын

@uNnHkP8mza bruh it’s not tht dam bad😭we don’t get shot at as soon as we walk out the house man 💀

@trentvalentine9 4 жыл бұрын

This video was probably really interesting but I got completely clotheslined and sidetracked when you told me Westinghouse built a robot in the 30s whose primary function was to... smoke cigarettes.

@ToomanyFrancis 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people at that point felt they should have been spending more money on cigarettes, but you can only smoke so many packs a day. With the help of the robot you can double the pace at which you go through packs of cigarettes.

@Robocopnik 4 жыл бұрын

"Science finds the way, industry applies, and man conforms." Actually having this as a slogan is piping-hot insanity,

@Oceanatornowk 4 жыл бұрын

Now that’s a thumbnail if I’ve ever seen one

@answer1607 4 жыл бұрын

“In 1929” Me: What a twist !!!!

@AlexanderBlues1228 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Might Very twisty!

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

Roaring 20s into Dirty 30s

@colinstu 4 жыл бұрын

Pepsi twist!

@QDude24 4 жыл бұрын

"Wait where is the Disney shoe-in?" "Ah there it is"

@spam7149 4 жыл бұрын

*THEY GAVE A CIGARETTE TO A TWO YEAR OLD?!*

@DoswarePictures 4 жыл бұрын

Diego Mandujano *YOU’VE BEEN GIVING PEPSI TO CHILDREN?!?*

@jenniferstine8567 4 жыл бұрын

@@DoswarePictures 🤦🏻‍♀️Things go better with Coca-Cola

@robertfolkner9253 4 жыл бұрын

In those days many people thought that smoking was good for you.

@rho-starmkl4483 4 жыл бұрын

Bender Rodriguez: Precocious little scamp, wasn't I?

@brianwestberry9117 4 жыл бұрын

it's fine, it comes already with an iron lung.

@missybarbour6885 4 жыл бұрын

Other KZfaq: Drama, controversies, all out war. ThemeparkTube: Doing voice over and script supervising for each other's videos. (I see you in the credits, Rob!)

@lapizanders5937 4 жыл бұрын

"A real marvel, the world's largest thermometer. Sponsored by Havoline, the oil for all seasons." So less about making actual sense, more about making people go "WTF is that?"...ok. Advertising has barely changed in almost a century. Got it.

@wolphintv 4 жыл бұрын

Lapiz Anders - The fact that he never assures us that the gigantic thermometer was NOT filled with mercury... 😰

@HaydenX 4 жыл бұрын

@@wolphintv The fact that it was red means that it was most-assuredly a variety of alcohol or aldehyde.

@dylanhodgson7605 Жыл бұрын

Did it work though

@TheInker Жыл бұрын

A thermometer makes perfect sense for a producer of fossil fuels.

@cuttlefish3011 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder the fair went over well. They had the world's largest thermometer! I mean, it's no world's largest fork and knife, but y'know.

@michaelpacinus242 2 жыл бұрын

You’re going to trigger nightmares about being slain by the big thermo

@thankspete2013 4 ай бұрын

Just a spoonful

@sambradley9091 4 жыл бұрын

Man you're the best person I've ever seen when it comes to segues. "After all, it was the United States *in 1929.* What could possibly go wrong?" That had me on the edge of my seat even though I knew what happened. Actually it had me on the edge BECAUSE I did know. That transition made me connect everything but it still kept me captivated. Please keep doing what you're doing.

@__ahughjass 4 жыл бұрын

kanaya best troll

@lisledre 4 жыл бұрын

I’m learning so much from this season. This history is both enlightening and eerie, especially as someone who grew up in the shadow of Disney World via family employed there. It puts my own life history into some interesting perspectives.

@thesubmatrix 4 жыл бұрын

I don't remember how I found this channel, but once I found it, i couldn't stop watching. This channel is fantastic!

@gwenc1371 4 жыл бұрын

"Science finds the way, industry applies, and man conforms." Wow that motto takes a real Orwellian turn towards the end there, lol.

@michaelpacinus242 2 жыл бұрын

Science hurts people

@Game_Hero 2 жыл бұрын

*Technocracy Inc intensify*

@armchairrocketscientist4934 4 жыл бұрын

The humor in this show is a very subtle, clever lampoon of historical events. It is the kind made for people like me.

@michaelpacinus242 2 жыл бұрын

Because you’re SOOoOOoO special

@nickthedreamer4434 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently enjoying the theme of the history of theme parks involving the Disney family this season. It was also fun to basically listen to a description/history of Epcot while listening to the different pavilions this World's Fair showcased

@yeemcgee8149 4 жыл бұрын

I knew it was inspired by worlds fairs but it’s insane to see just how much carried over. Too bad the smoking robots never caught on at EPCOT

@laurabowles 4 жыл бұрын

YES! I was stunned at how much this sounded like EPCOT Center. I think this fair in particular must have been a huge influence on the imagineers, even if subconsciously so.

@coach_pete 4 жыл бұрын

I kept waiting for Kevin to make the EPCOT references. Absolutely BRILLIANT for him to silently let us make the connections.

@newtpollution 4 жыл бұрын

"Dawes sought to combine industry and science--" Me, a Chicagoan: Science AND Industry you say? Perhaps a whole museum's worth?

@adrienneczerni6516 Жыл бұрын

Portlanders: (nodding approvingly)

@gimlis_beard1771 Жыл бұрын

By far my favorite museum in the city.

@benceszabo666 4 жыл бұрын

17:06 - I love how both the guy in the car and the commentator are having an amazing time while there's something pouring out of the engine and smoking.

@aaronbasham6554 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, that might actually be from the water radiator. Not entirely sure, but the gas doesn't normally come from there

@Brandonvilches0721 4 жыл бұрын

This channel better not die. This is one of the best documentary channels on KZfaq! (Edit also this should be in Disney plus! If COPPA/FTC takes this channel down) OH MY WAFFLE THANKS FOR THE LIKES!!

@Maswartz226 4 жыл бұрын

I swear all the big social sites are doing everything they can to make people hate using them

@Brandonvilches0721 4 жыл бұрын

Maswartz226 probably

@sominboy2757 4 жыл бұрын

@@Maswartz226 what we need to really do is not point the guns at youtube but at nbc,abc,cbs,fox,viacom,turner ect. They found out we ran away from them and they think we owe them back payment for cable and broadcast tv's falling viewership over the past decade so theyre ruining the ACTUAL entertainment the people want.

@Maswartz226 4 жыл бұрын

@@sominboy2757 I'm not just talking about youtube, I'm also referring to tumblr driving everyone away last year by banning adult content.

@weasel7491 4 жыл бұрын

@@Maswartz226 I can answer you on why that happened. Legislature hit. I'll need to cycle through my media law class documents, but a bill was passed and Tumblr clearly didn't want a lawsuit concerning nudity/sexual content. All in all, blame some parts of the government, mainly FTC, Ajit Pai, and FCC

@hokyman 4 жыл бұрын

I'm noticing a theme with this season. We seem to be following around some guy named "Walt". ;)

@Ddub1083 4 жыл бұрын

You must be new....

@toyamwarr 4 жыл бұрын

Ddub1083 You missed the sarcasm??

@prismstudios001 4 жыл бұрын

Josh Green Whitman

@emmarose4234 4 жыл бұрын

Walt Lantz! DUHHHHHHHHHHH!

@alyssasmith2838 4 жыл бұрын

As opposed to last season where we followed a dude named Mike Eisner and his many failings.

@demondton96 4 жыл бұрын

Misread that title as "the fear that changed America" and thought this channel was gonna get super dark for a minute

@FatherTime89 4 жыл бұрын

“The fear that changed America” sounds like a great title for a Cold War documentary.

@melskunk 4 жыл бұрын

That's saved for the Eisner chapter

@dumdumsthelabel 4 жыл бұрын

You know it’s bout to go down when Your notification bell goes off. A future with 2 year old smoking robots and a giant thermometers are a future I want to live in.

@plinkitee 4 жыл бұрын

"Science finds Industry applies Man conforms" Sounds very Orwellian

@Clay3613 4 жыл бұрын

Man Revolts.

@joshuarichardson6529 4 жыл бұрын

"A man chooses, a slave obeys." I guess Bioshock had to get it from somewhere.

@DaveBob96 4 жыл бұрын

The entire fair was an exercise in manufacturing consent so in many respects despite all of the glitz and glamour, it was *very* Orwellian.

@Inzaynmembrain97 4 жыл бұрын

The 1933 worlds fair in Chicago trying to be successful: The Great Depression: I’m about to end this mans whole career

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody Australian Emus: THATS some nice farmland would be a *shame* if something ruins it

@lukasd.4389 4 жыл бұрын

The World before 1929, just trying to exist The Great Depression : Im about to end everybodys whole carrer

@5roundsrapid263 Жыл бұрын

They finally had a big comeback with the 1939 World’s Fair. The future was really bright; nothing bad could happen in the next few years… 😂

@michaeleisner4758 4 жыл бұрын

My Superstar Limo and Rocket Rods changed America

@DoswarePictures 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Eisner the only thing from you that would possibly change America would be Glen Marten DDS Season 2.

@timmyandtommynook9763 4 жыл бұрын

How was Indiana jones

@IAmMisterTterevel 4 жыл бұрын

Plywood? Asbestos? Those are sure some "Cutting Edge" materials...

@Clay3613 4 жыл бұрын

Cuts your hands and your lungs!

@lilykat. 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. I didn't even realize most of this technology was available in the 1920s. I thought it was all more recent than that. Thank you for enlightening me :)

@jenniferstine8567 4 жыл бұрын

1930's: Wow imagine asbestos in buildings! 1990's: Wow the cost of removing asbestos is incredible! 1930's: Innovative plywood Now: "Damn cheap plywood! What happened to quality!"

@jillhopkins4842 4 жыл бұрын

Seasons 1 + 2: Eisner saga Seasons 3: Pre-1953 periodical.

@jordynstief3225 3 ай бұрын

Accurate.

@SaltpeterTaffy 4 жыл бұрын

"Pabst Blue Ribbon casino" To picture what that would look like if it existed today.

@TheAtoll 4 жыл бұрын

Has Ken Burns taped your shoulder about creating a mini series with him? I interned for Ken Burns up in New Hampshire.

@alb5338 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Kevin should definitely intern with Ken! The mannerisms in documentary film making are similar between the two men.

@rattrap1009 3 жыл бұрын

Electro (the smoking robot) also had a dog named Sparko and I have seen them in person, as they are both currently displayed at a museum in Mansfield Ohio.

@adrienneczerni6516 Жыл бұрын

Does the dog smoke

@mrWendybird 4 жыл бұрын

My gosh, the newsreel opening with Disney Dan was perfect XD Really loving the narrative of these videos this season!

@Robocopnik 4 жыл бұрын

"Federated women hear talk on uses of clothing" I love old-timey headlines.

@djsugarc1075 4 жыл бұрын

the worst thing about worlds fairs is they were so temporary should’ve been longer

@Stoney3K 4 жыл бұрын

Roy Disney in 1982: *hold my beer*

@prismstudios001 4 жыл бұрын

Stoney3K The 1082 World’s Fair sucked serious ass.....

@sidney351612 4 жыл бұрын

I swear this video has taught me more Chicago history than I have ever learned in grade school. It’s weird because the world fair is rarely mentioned unless the murders are brought up. Anyways, great video!!

@Sam_on_YouTube 4 жыл бұрын

My grandparents spent their honeymoon at the 1939 World's Fair in NYC. My Grandmother had grown up in Chicago and my grandfather not far away, so it was a familiar concept. I never asked, but I'll bet they probably had been to one in Chicago.

@Ara_Arasaka 2 жыл бұрын

The tie in for Disney at the end is so cool to see the impact the event had on him. The Disney now isn’t the same as then. It’s cool to see that even with all of his shortcomings Walt really did make magic. Reminds me of the Japanese storytellers who were inspired by Disney movies to make light boxes and street performances during the recovery period and led to the creation of modern Anime

@brycevo 4 жыл бұрын

Good golly, that newsreel is right entertaining! Bang up job, Kevin, ole pal!

@EchoSaefir 4 жыл бұрын

I love how all these episodes focus on not only very interesting aspects of American history, but also how those aspects inspired Walt Disney into making the Theme Parks we know and love today. I definitely felt heavy EPCOT vibes from this episode.

@mistersympa15 4 жыл бұрын

"All he lacks is a heart." "He's not the only one." WHOA. Can this dude not enjoy the chainsmoking robot for one second tho?

@jasoncline6519 4 жыл бұрын

You can definitely see the fair's influence on Tomorrow Land!! Clear as day!

@michelleneal6860 4 жыл бұрын

I remember my grandmother showing me some tickets and leaflets she had kept from the Century of Progress. I wonder what ever happened to those relics.

@joefrew1614 4 жыл бұрын

“not as a villain nor as a bystander...” “...but as its hero” Oh the irony

@coppertopolo 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin, I would love if you would consider giving this same kind of 'treatment' to Expo 67 held in Montreal. There were certainly many unique things about this World's Fair including: Habitat and La Ronde. Thanks

@yeetleslaw8529 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to be living the future. I can't imagine being excited over a smoking robot.

@PossiblyNic 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be real here, this is probably the best channel on this whole site. And this might be the best documentary series ever produced.

@anone.mousse674 4 жыл бұрын

I love the newsreel opening

@nicolethorson8186 Жыл бұрын

Kevin gets so sassy and I love it

@ryancarless7921 4 жыл бұрын

This should be on Disney+. A perfect set of documentaries on Disney rides and beyond😃

@AGPSoundsystem 4 жыл бұрын

nothing should be on disney plus because disney plus should not exist

@TheGunboat 4 жыл бұрын

Just have to edit out anything that says anything negative about the Disney empire. Season 2 would be edited to about 5 minutes long.

@zomboss9242 4 жыл бұрын

Squidbuddy99 mainly because of EISNER

@benabramowitz18 4 жыл бұрын

Btw, has anyone checked out The Imagineering Story?

@Cargo_Bay 4 жыл бұрын

@@benabramowitz18 it's great!

@ThomasTHEONEANDONLY 4 жыл бұрын

Your voice will go down as a legend.

@conniekucani2772 4 жыл бұрын

THIS SEASON OF DEFUNCTLAND IS SO GOOD, WELL DONE KEVIN!

@lazycomicgamer2313 4 жыл бұрын

ahh yes who can forget those smoking robots who lack a heart and brain! always something interesting on this channel.

@wolphintv 4 жыл бұрын

LazyComicGamer231 - All I could think of... Electro: "What is my purpose?" Electro's Inventor: "You smoke cigarettes for people's amusement." Electro: "... ... ... Oh no..." Electro's Inventor: "Welcome to the club."

@jenniferstine8567 4 жыл бұрын

Of course it doesn't have a brain! It's only goal in creation was smoking. The lack of heart just was a representation of Big Tobacco.

@derekdeboer2866 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was a night watchman for Pullman at the 33-34 worlds fair and I haven’t seen such good coverage of it until now. Thank you very much!

@marwapranata5698 4 жыл бұрын

This new episode of Walt Disney: The Origins looks awesome as always

@adamburns9185 4 жыл бұрын

I still thoroughly believe this is the most well researched and entertaining educational channels on KZfaq and each episode usually has me tear up at some point for no particular reason other than the fact that I've been along for the ride this whole time. Kevin, you really don't understand how amazing your videos are and how deeply they touch many of your viewers. Thank you for doing this. I can't express that enough.

@kooljazzeleven 4 жыл бұрын

Between the Jim Henson series and this new season, I never thought that a channel I started watching because "Action Park is morbid and hilarious" would be my most anticipated updates. Love what you guys are doing and, if I had to guess, it was probably the grief, not the other four things.

@halogirl916 4 жыл бұрын

The amount of sass in this episode was fantastic!!

@schwagz124 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Episode intro this time round, can't wait to watch the whole thing. Great as always Kevin!

@Duffster115 4 жыл бұрын

I love how season 3 of defunct Land in in crongoogicl order and how everything fits together

@superkeegan9100 4 жыл бұрын

Just looking at this whole "robot smoking" thing reminds me of those Hamlet Cigars ads...

@sarahlogan8630 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact for everyone perusing through the comments: There is one exhibit hall still standing from the 1933 World's Fair, the Museum of Science and Industry. It sits in one of the few remaining buildings from the 1893 World's Fair. And it is the only building still standing in its original spot. All other have either been moved to another part of Chicago or to another state entirely!

@octorok7412 Жыл бұрын

I know it's not much, but I got super excited seeing the sculpture around the 10 minute mark simply because that was my high school mascot. The original sculpture and those plaques all ended up in a school I went to and it makes me happy.

@Spwookie 4 жыл бұрын

"Well then all he lacks is a heart" "He's not the only one" What a mood.

@SRW_ 3 жыл бұрын

I burst out laughing at that. How bleak....

@haydenkegg339 4 жыл бұрын

Keep up such the great production value. Time and time again I am reminded on why this is one of my favorite youtube channels. Bravo

@Radi0inactivity 4 жыл бұрын

"they wanted to represent everyone and so there was little-to-no representation for women or black americans" lmao god almighty nothing ever changes

@harmonicky3313 4 жыл бұрын

I hate that you're 100% correct.

@tadpolegaming4510 4 жыл бұрын

Go back to Tumblr

@Radi0inactivity 4 жыл бұрын

My dude you’re probably on the wrong channel if you respond with stuff like that lmao

@UnprofessionalProfessor 4 жыл бұрын

@@Radi0inactivity If this is the wrong channel for calling out someone for being incorrect, then that calls its entire credibility into question.

@majikhu5171 3 жыл бұрын

@@UnprofessionalProfessor lmao "incorrect"

@thatdamnpunk4936 4 жыл бұрын

So I'm in Ypsilanti Michigan at a laundromat. And a guy just walked in with your defunctland hoodie. Fucking awesome!

@3TravelBloggers 4 жыл бұрын

If you can take look at the "Jimmy Corrigan" graphic novel, it features one of the most beautiful -and sad - renditions of the Chicago World Fair.

@christianpatriot7439 3 жыл бұрын

Several fairs going back to 1878 used a plaster-based building material called staff that was essentially stucco that was applied over a wooden frame. It looked like stone, but was meant to be temporary. At one of the fairs (I can't remember which) it was so temporary that some of the buildings had holes in them even before the fair closed.

@coyoteartist 4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually glad you included Sally Rand. She made a significant contribution in increasing attendance of the fair. The Lady Godiva part of her act actually was only an illusion involving a body stocking. I believe the 4 arrests in one day included, the actually fan dance, the Lady Godiva ride and being body painted by Max Factor Sr. who was demonstrating his new makeup. She also invented the Bubble dance which allowed her to perform outdoors were wind was a difficultly. In the mid-2000s there was a museum located in the Barnard Tour Home in St. Joseph, MO dedicated to Rand.

@andriypredmyrskyy7791 4 жыл бұрын

I love this series' ability to tie history and entertainment in such an interesting way.

@Monosheep13 4 жыл бұрын

I think I appreciated that Defunctland took his time and effort on researching and providing something that we weren't taught in school. He deserved a metal for putting out a video like this.