Sejez No, Germans by and large have had to come to terms with their past, whereas nearly half of Americans live in a culture of permanent amnesia, constantly whitewashing the past, while the other half never stop pointing to the continued relevance of past uglinesses. It’s why now we have not just a cultural divide, but a reality divide.

Lord love a duck, it's just a song.

@Sejez No one was asking for your forgiveness.

@Sejez I don't see where he was saying that. He was simply saying that we in the US tend to have a divide of extremes when it comes to the past. Yeah our ancestors did some things that aren't nice to think about. But every country is guilty of that. Ideally we'd be more in the middle about it, learning from the past and learning why people did things as they did. That's not easy in a country based on individualism. I might not like a lot of what happened in the past, but I've learned the history and I know there were positives too.

Hopefully this is a continuing story you are doing.

For me it was he was broken and depressed 1:10

Same.

I truly hope you find and get mental health help. It sounds like you need it. :(

It's probably the only thing he's said that's particularly relatable.

He just like me, for real

Just like playing "What a Wonderful World" in Bowling for Columbine.

He was playing Dixie, “Song of the South Flashbacks Intensity”

@@thecrimsonarrow1705 I didn't know what he was playing, but hey, it works the same exact way (that's what I was getting at, I should've phrased it better).

@I am maybe a bro? 45 I know what you were saying and I know what you mean but the song that was playing at the beginning is called “Dixie” and it’s an old Southern song that has many implications towards the old South and civil war.

I was more making a statement then replying to what you said I’m sorry mate!

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I like trains......

Ride the dlrr

Walt said TRAINS RIGHTS

His favorite show would have been Ressha Sentai ToQger... it has MANY train things!

You sound just like the enemies of Sea Biscuit. 😑

Sadly, this is far beyond Disney’s “mid life” - this is like 1950 and he died in 1966

@@poletooke4691 midlife doesnt mean mid of your life. You can have one and die in the same year.

@@poletooke4691 end of life crisis about his legacy

@@clyne8835 nah, that's epcot 😭

That's my mood. Like everyday. I love trains, not the depressed part.

Same

@@ChevyCamaroIsBetter Old Bethpage Village Restoration has trains display sometimes

@@oooh19 awesome! I gotta check that out next time they have it.

Catarina Lopes Same... I take a train do different parts of New Jersey and to New York City with my CFI advanced travel training classes! A train ride to the city isn’t so bad! 🧳🚞🌃

10 years later Walt: "Whose depressed now!" Points to a giant theme park specifically made to house his trains.

@@theotherjared9824 Years later... "I'm totally not depressed!!!" *Planning to build a city*

Serious answer, maybe, but I'd sure be a lot less depressed if I had a large train track in my backyard.

Is there a reference?

@@AusSP I have a friend with a train track in her back yard and she is most certainly not happy with it. Probably because she does not own it, and the trains run at all hours of the day.

Rich people today buy stupid shit like garbage abstract art and politicians

Rich people now buy a whole island just to escape the Coronavirus

Rich people now still do that.

A ton of people do that today still. Not all are rich though.

@@mrwalkway4740 I know what you meant by "buying politicians", but now I can't help but imagine a stereotypical rich person carrying around some famous politician like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Mike Haggard in their purse like a dog (it's one of those magic purses that's bigger on the inside)

But its like coming to Broadway

There truly is nothing in the world like action park

Get wwwwet Get Wwwwild Get kkkkilled

@@missybarbour6885 too soon

Traction Park!

Indeed.

It makes him human. I love it.

Honestly, relatable. I too revert to an excited kid when I’m at conventions. They’re anime conventions though and *that’s* a strange thing to imagine Walt Disney attending.

One of the joys of fatherhood is the excuse to act like a kid yourself I guess. I know my dad took advantage of that haha.

Better thing is when you find out zwalt Disney is the engineer driving the train around Disney Land you are riding.

@@ShootingStarNeo Now I'm imagining him bishonen and going all Goku with a Kamehameha

Half of Walt's success is because of his older brother who is the only person that can talk to the bankers and investors...

Nice Code Lyoko profile pic!🤘

He was such a supportive big brother. I envy Walt

Shout out to Roy for putting up with all of Walt’s shit 😂

Roy was an amazing brother I am glad that Roy was his brother I love them and Disney land and world

Yep!

_It's a wonderful kind of feeling_ _It's a feeling I can't explain_ _It's a wonderful kind of feeling_ _That's the reason I Love Toy Trains_

I like train too! - Me, 2020

Toyota Supra 🚊

@@otaking3582 I get this refrence.

Walt:" Hey, friend. I see you like trains. *eye train set* I also like trains. My name is Walt Disney and I make movies in America. *inches closer to train set* Say, would you like to work for this new park I'm thinking about opening? It's..uh...*inches closer* gonna have trains in it. Okay, well, I'll...see ya later. Call me." *snatches train set and runs like hell*

The guy turning up later back in America like “give me my goddamn train, Walt.”

And then that guy went on to do design work for Disney's 20,000 leagues under the sea adaption

Funniest part is, that engine was never even run on the Carolwood in the end. When it was being shipped over sea water leaked into the hold and got to it. It was fixable but by the time it got back to Walt, he was busy with Disneyland and well, we know what happened from there. It’s on display in his barn now

@@Mrtrainlover679 like, the one at live steamers? I’ve been to that barn before lol.

As someone who lives right near Coney Island, it almost makes me feel a little patriotic. XD

Ohio...pfft.

"by being so terrible, dirty, and run down"

Many moons ago I attended a charity polo match to which my boss had bought a table of 10 seats and instructed his staff to go. We were a medical office and none of us had really aspired to the polo match life. But it was that first weekend in May where spring is giving way to the promise of summer, with a woodwind quintet, free-flowing champagne and impossibly tasty steak sandwiches on demand.; a glorious afternoon with well-appointed men urging their ponies up and down the pitch. Then the unthinkable - a pony staggered and fell, got back up, and then dropped dead. There isn't really a rule in the etiquette books as to what is appropriate when this happens, but we all sobered up as best we could, made our excuses, and left as graciously as possible. Doc later said the pony's heart basically exploded. I have continued not aspiring to the polo match life.

@@emilybennett6567 I had a feeling I knew where you were going and Still kept reading.....lol Well done with the descriptions there!

@@mementoargentum7733 Thanks I forgot to add that we were all invited to dress as if we were guests of the characters in The Great Gatsby. It was truly surreal. And I have never had a steak sandwich that measured up to that memory.

@@emilybennett6567 That makes it even crazier.... Wow

I like to think Walt was aware of the "Rule of Three," and didn't want to push his luck.

A compromise: 👏train👏garden👏

Haha choo choo go woooooo

@@benedictdwyer2608 Train garden became pretty iconic, so I'd say it worked out.

@@thedevilgoose2482 indeed

@@benedictdwyer2608 I'm imagining a bunch of train cars filled with soil and herbs/vegetables. Pretty fucking neat idea.

All because Ward Kimball had one in his backyard. Wait, how fucking huge was Ward Kimball's backyard? Walt just had one of those mini trains you have straddle to ride. Kimball's were the size of the Disneyland Railroad itself!

@@andyjay729 guy, they were buying TRAINS out of boredom. safe to say they probably had backyards.

Yeah Ward had quite some stuff. About 1000ft of 3ft wide track (same as Disneyland and Disney World uses) and a full size engine and coach, similar in size to that found at Walt Disney world today. Along with that, a smaller train more equivalent in size to that of the Disneyland railroad today, converted out of an old plantation train from Hawaii. I mean heck, Ward's small engine "Chloe" actually went on the Disneyland railroad a few years ago when they rebuilt it to make room for Galaxy's Edge.

@@andyjay729 Yeah, I had always wondered that. I mean, Walt was one of Hollywood's top dogs, but you have to wonder what the hell Ward Kimball did on the side in order to not only afford a house with a backyard that was bigger than Walt's, but to also afford a whole damn TRAIN that was bigger than Walt's.

Let the record show though, Lilian still got her garden though, that was the only way Walt was going to get that railroad in his backyard.

Same, I never expected to be so into the story of a theme park of all things, but I suppose that's just the effects of good writing

Xorn Was Wrong speaking of Michael Eisner, I’m shocked he wasn’t mentioned in this video

I am significantly late to the party, but yes I agree. When I realized this was unpacking the psyche and trauma of Walt himself...deconstructing his anxiety and flaws...ooooo boy I was ready to binge the heck out of this. Sheer brilliance in storytelling all the way through.

I see that Nick Robinson pfp Ok bye I'm going to Japan

@@user-cm4dm3pt8c no joke, I just got back from a japan trip, and I was debating on checking to see if the sticker was still in the SEGA office

@@KazuTree I'm actually going to Japan later this year (if curona dosen't affect flights too much) and I'm contemplating on making a calling card. I mean, Sega does own Persona 5.

I BLAME MICHAEL EISNER!

しᑌᗰᏆ ᗷᖇᝪᝪᏦ Something something... Pappy Van Poodle

My depressive episodes play out just like that.

Never thought I’d see someone who had no idea what Dixie was or why it’s so important, but here we are.

LittleZbot Y’know, could be the objectively better Union version but that chance is slim

@@LittleZbot Everybody has to learn the things that "everybody knows" at some point.

Hey the modern mood, or had it always just been the mood for most of history

that sounds so cheap

Micky Mouse world? Pretty obvious

@@letsroamaround2189 That's too fancy lol

Minnie Mouse Park

Melissa Marquette Mickey Mouse Planet?

Accurate views of history don't really exist though. Everyone looks at history through the perspective of their present lives. Modern historians didn't live in the times they studied and can only give you interpretations gathered through writings and other media along with their own opinions. Once the people who actually lived during those times die off, then we lose the abiltiy to really understand the times they lived in.

I think people criticizing the romanticized version of history that Walt wanted to present totally miss the point. It's not supposed to be reality. It is a nostalgic fantasy of history, but that is the entire purpose, to tap into nostalgia and good feelings and make it a place of fun and joy. A real representation of history wouldn't be fun, and wouldn't make people happy to visit. He was making an amusement park, not a history textbook come to life. I love the idealized fictional version of history that Disney presents, and wish the parks today still had more of it, seeing as a lot of it has been replaced by other things these days. As someone with an actual degree in history, I love that nostalgia for a long lost time that never truly existed. That was always one of my favorite things about the Disney parks and Walt's vision for what he wanted them to be.

@@supermonkey321 There is a problem with most old interpretations of American history, whether accurate or inaccurate. Even when they had a moral behind them that we accept nowadays - that colonialism is bad, that racism is wrong, etc - they were written for white people, mostly out of ignorance that they may ever have any other audience, and as a result are automatically racist in an old-timey way that you can't really blame, but can phase out. They take the perspective of a white person visiting a non-white culture, and the culture is good because this white person can learn to love it. Or, it provides first-time theoretical experiences with other races to the sheltered white reader. Or, when it's about representing the past as happy times, it crafts guiltless happiness for the white viewer. It is still glaringly obvious to the black or native viewer that they are the 'other' and that their ancestors were abused and oppressed, except now it's not even being acknowledged as bad by the white people who make wishes for that past to return.

It's funny that the people who accuse others of historical revisionism are the ones trying to revise history.

@@TiberianFiend Both Native Americans and African slaves had writing systems, they just weren't widely used- similar to the Celts, their purposes were symbolism and art, not communication. And as an archaologist I can tell you that there is a lot of history that is not written but can still be recorded with a high level of accuracy. For example, we know that slaves with origins in Nigeria, even while working on plantation practiced a ritual where they gave offerings to water gods just like they had in their home country, and passed it on for several generations. With their limited possessions, all they had to give was pottery, and these offerings had an African symbol of eternal life carved into them. Shipwrecks carrying slaves that never made it to the US, also give a glimpse into a frozen moment of time- how movement was restricted, what food was available, what illnesses may have affected them etc. We can also trace back African American families to maternal and paternal tribes in Africa using genetics. Oral tradition is also remarkably accurate, with stories of migration and natural disasters often holding up against the archaeological evidence. And many slaves could write, as they were scribes for their masters and misses. They would even send letters to each other. Plus, if European records say that this Native American settlement was ambushed and attacked here and so many died, why would omitting it be more accurate to history, than admitting that it was a tragic massacre? By no means is the history of Africans and Natives in the USA, a fabricated history. In fact, history is more complete when we include them in the whole story.

That explains quite a lot.

@@jennyg9131 Perhaps that's WHY he adapted them.

Walt using the "dead mother" trope as a coping mechanism sounds more like a rumor IMO, for a couple of reasons: one, I know I've seen at least one interview where one of the Nine Old Men flat-out said that they did it purely for dramatic effect and there was no symbolism to it at all (ie, the curtains are blue because the author said they are). Don't ask me who it was or which interview, I just know I saw it lol. two (and I'm sorry, I'm about to be an absolute nerd here), despite it's reputation as a cliche, there aren't actually that many Disney movies, much less ones made during Walt's lifetime, where the mother and ONLY the mother is dead. More often than not, they're straight up orphans (Snow White, Cinderella, Mowgli, Peter Pan, etc.). Aurora has both parents, Alice has both parents, the 101 Dalmatians have both parents, Pinocchio technically has no parents, Dumbo has ONLY his mother and no father, the dogs in Lady & The Tramp don't have or even really need parents... not even Bambi's mom fits that cliche, since she dies DURING the movie rather than before. Even in the movies made after Walt died, including the few he still had some hand in the development of like Aristocats and Robin Hood, more often than not (Simba, Cody, Tiana, Dutches's kittens), it's the FATHER who's missing or dies. Otherwise, they're just orphans or their parents aren't relevant to the story. I think only Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and Pocahontas are the only character to explicitly have dead mothers, and those were all from one particular span of time. So while I'm sure Walt losing his mother like that had SOME effect on his creativity, I don't think it was that autobiographical. Then again, I never met the guy, so who's to say?

@@gabe_s_videos I mean, the timing certainly adds up, doesn't it? I have no doubt that it had some lasting effect on him, even if not to quite the extent that the story says.

@@ElFreakinCid I'm sure it would've had an effect on him no matter what.

Relatable tbh

@@dcbandnerd I have no idea what that word means.

@@disneyboy3030 colloquial texting speak for "to be honest." I feel ya.

Zombie Hunter ZOOOOOM

Caroline Holtz cringe

We've all had moments like that. Super excited about a project, see one bad example, and nearly decide "screw it!"

@Mani4c94 I'm more surprised it's lasted this long. Pioneering things like this tends to produce an unstable product, especially when you spend every red cent on it. Once the problems become apparent, someone else will copy your idea with said problems in mind while you divert all your profits trying to fix them.

What I like the most about this series is how it shows the devevlopment of amusement parks. While it has a sense of hagiography to it it's interesting to see all the concepts and earlier parks (successful and failed) which influenced the designs of Disneyland and Disney World.

Ryan Harding She pushed for GardenLand as one of the themed lands in DisneyLand also.

Oh if Lillian had only lived to see EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival.

A lot of the modern opinion of Walt is either "He was a perfect being" or "He was entertainments greatest monster." Stuff like this is a nice antidote that shows he was more complex than we want him to be.

What newer generation? Are you 80? I'm 27, and when I was growing up, if you said something positive about American history you got sent to the guidance counselor with a Post-it note saying "High F scale. Possible right-wing authoritarianism case. Requires intervention."

@@Hesperell I'm 21. I'm talking about people at my age and those younger than me. Edit: and I'm not talking about American history. I'm talking about Walt as a human being versus the infallible god figure pop culture has immortalized him as.

@@EngineerLume Yes. I agree. It's very fascinating

Walt Disney was a human. He smoked a lot, he made bad decisions, he learned from his mistakes. He wasn't perfect, but he isn't the monster we make him out to be. Michael Eisner and Bob Iger, on the other hand...

AlexFilms1000 Oh man that’s so cool. I live by WDW and are there any there that you know of?

I feel that's progress.

No.

lol

I read this is Jenny Nicholson’s voice.

@@konnerdent4835 Trains are big and they look awesome. And they go fast!

Bryan Sutton “Choo choo, I’m 4!”

naw, my dad would do the same

You can't help but wonder how he'd feel about the way they do things now... It's something that wouldn't just apply to disney, but life in general...

@@nightspawnson-of-luna4936 Walt isn't just rolling in his grave, he's doing fucking back flips in there

And you know how much Walt loved his trains

If you go to Disney Land. One of the locomotives in the park is named the Ward Kimball for a reason

The long version still makes him out to be a visionary, talented, and gifted. It takes a special person to create what he did, bring together the team of artists and engineers, and then lead them through a project of the magnitude that was Disneyland. He, it are an inspiration of what a human and humanity can accomplish.

He was a human. But also a visionary who was talented and gifted.

He was a dolphin. A talented, visionary dolphin who dreamed of being human, just like the rest of us dolphins.

I agree. This is something I love about deeper dives into history. You realize that the people of the past were just as stressed as we are of the difficulties of life, and that we all have good and bad traits. A nice lesson I also see here, is that not just the execution, but the inspiration of the idea of Disneyland took many people and places influencing Walt. He deserves a lot of credit, but everyone involved should be remembered alongside him.

It *has* gotten better. Nowadays there's a street gang modeling themselves after a cult-classic 70's movie that goes around helping people in need.

I don't know. The Coney Island of late 1940's is not the Coney Island of its heyday pre WW1. Had the original Steeplechase, Luna, and Dreamland parks remain, it would have been a massive influence to Walt Disney given how these places used to have exitic attractions and rides...

And now Taylor Swift has a depressing song named after it

For real?!

Dude... that is sick of your telling the truth

big if true

@@Larry-qh2kp Oh hello Leonard

I thought of Rev. Lovejoy too.

I wouldn’t be surprised.

With Ned Flanders constantly calling on him asking Christian advice for trivial matters, who wouldn't lose that passion? I mean he spent all that time learning the way of the Lord only to spend a good chunk of his time being a pastor listening to a fanatic finding biblical answers to common sense questions...

I think that's more directly a Wilbert Awdry reference.

Did you get into trains

me loved all it at missing disneyland this is good to watch

If you were playing with Walt, apparently.

Walt lost the game.... People lost their lives...💀😈

It doesn't take much to fall off a horse and get stepped on.

@@behindthescenesphotos5133 Yup, or get kicked straight through the chest.🐴

Walt fell off his horse and broke his neck. His injury was so bad that he didn’t notice the pain from the lung cancer that killed him.

Thomas didn't come to the U.S. until the 90's. I'm not sure what Walt would've thought of that little tank engine brought over from the U.K.

@@JCBro-yg8vd he'd probably think it weird & wonderful

Disney might have bought the company outright.

@@spyrothehuman no. I highly doubt. I mean, Thomas was for a time owned by HIT Entertainment. Then it shut down then Mattel came in & was given all its properties. Unless I didn't see it online, I don't think it was bought by Disney

@@marcusblackwell2372 I'm saying Disney as in Walt. Given this scenairo

Another one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" animators, Ollie Johnston, also had a backyard railroad. You can see his trains at the Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park.

@@andyjay729 Nice!

*"You fool, that will never work!"*

Otaking Mikohani look they built “me land” and it worked

I have a grandad who's obsessed with trains, and if my family ever go to a proper big-boy theme park we have all agreed to take photos and videos just for him.

My father have the basement filled with the local trainline anno 1991 in the basement. I went over to build Lego models, but still enjoy building trains with him from time to time.

My parents had this friend with a rideable train layout in their yard. I remember having a lot of fun riding it as a kid. Sadly he passed away and his widow had to downsize, which involved selling the train.

@@otaking3582 Ah, that's sad to hear. Live steam railroading is such a fascinating hobby though. I recommend taking a look at The Steam Channel, a channel see dedicated to the topic. Some people have built some crazy stuff.

@@armchairrocketscientist4934 Thanks, I'll check 'em out

Welcome!

Same here

@@Defunctland Thank you! Stay safe!

This comment is a time capsule of its own

And it's full of non-Disney crap

Except Eisner!

Me too

That's amazing!

You’re like Gretchen Weiner but real: “my father, the inventor of gogurt...”

Love these videos!

Re-opening you mean

I meant in Kevin’s story.

JDude 93 it’s sad that u had to clarify

@@jdude9365 oh ok

Why do I get the feeling that the DefunctTV episode coming this week is gonna cover the original Disneyland TV show from the 50’s?

Just find a game of Polo on youtube and you'll see why it's dangerous having loads of people charging about on horses swinging mallets around

I was reminded that she was going to do a sequel that deals with Galaxy's Edge and trains. However, I'm respecting that she's still recovering from an illness.

I just want you know I just die laughing at this, so thank you for that! 🤣🤣🤣

JMRG GRMJ Hon I’m sorry but the opening cost was $26 adjusted for inflation (WDW)

Disneyland has been open for 70 years. As the rides were re-engineered and more was added to the park over the course of this time, it was clear that the price would need to be raised to accommodate how expensive it was and is to run an amusement park in such a fashion. Especially in modern day, Disney may not seem like it’s holding back on price increases, but you have to remember that they are focusing on how much the economic market can handle.

Casey Johnson People like ELECTR0 and Defunctland here.