Ken-L Land: Disneyland's Pet Motel (1958)

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4 жыл бұрын

What self-respecting Disneyland historian could POSSIBLY forget about Ken-L Land? Perhaps the park's most obscure lost "land" (if you can even call it that). This episode of "Opening Days" is all about Disneyland's original pet motel, presented by a now-defunct dog food called Ken-L Ration.
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Music Used:
All of the music I used in this video isn't on KZfaq, but you can find it on the website listed below. Just look for track 49 called "Kennel Club - Area Background Music"
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Videos Used:
(If you need help figuring out what video is playing at a specific time, just ask, I can give you the source)
• 1950's Commercial for Rally Dog Food: • 1950's Commercial for ...
• 1984 Kal Kan Commercial: • 1984 Kal Kan Commercial
• Bewitched, sponsored by Ken-L-Ration Dog Food: • Bewitched, sponsored b...
• Disneyland | The Park 1957 | Vintage Film: • Disneyland | The Park ...
• Ken-L-Ration Dog Food Commercial (1978): • Ken-L-Ration Dog Food ...
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955) Intro: • Sergeant Preston of th...
• The Milk-Bone Story: • The Milk-Bone® Story
• VINTAGE & ADORABLE EARLY 1960's KEN L RATION COMMERCIAL - PUPPY BEAGLE: • VINTAGE & ADORABLE EAR...
• VINTAGE 1950s RALLY DOG FOOD COMMERCIAL #2 - DISCONTINUED DOG FOOD: • VINTAGE 1950s RALLY DO...
• VINTAGE 1954 KEN L MEAL DOG FOOD COMMERCIAL: • VINTAGE 1954 KEN L MEA...
• VINTAGE 1959 OZZIE & HARRIET KEN L RATION COMMERCIAL - DOG SITTING & TEACHING DOG TRICKS: • Video
• VINTAGE 1963 FRISKIES DOG FOOD COMMERCIAL: • VINTAGE 1963 FRISKIES ...
• Vintage Ken L Ration Commercial - Dog Contest: • Vintage Ken L Ration C...
• Vintage Ken L Ration Dog Food commercial with cute kids singing "My Dog's Better Than Your Dog": • Vintage Ken L Ration D...
• VINTAGE LATE 50's ANIMATED GAINES DOG BISCUIT COMMERCIAL: • VINTAGE LATE 50's ANIM...
• Vintage TV Ads: Ken-L Meal dog food - 1959: • Video
Websites/Article Sources:
• www.yesterland.com/kenlland.html
• d23.com/a-to-z/ken-l-land/
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• matterhorn1959.blogspot.com/20...
• gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/...
• d23.com/disneyland-dog-show/
• davelandblog.blogspot.com/200...
• gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/...
• www.davelandweb.com/adventure...
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@TMMS-13 4 жыл бұрын

I worked at Disneyland in the late 80's while I was in high school. I started in the parking lot and moved to the trains. But part of the training was to work the kennel. I worked it for 2 days. Loved the Parking Lot team and the Trains were a blast to work, but I really wanted to work the Haunted Mansion. Disney was the best and worst place I ever worked.

@Jakepearl13 4 жыл бұрын

“Kal-Kan Kennel Club” Oh no

@nickyoung630 4 жыл бұрын

Oops I just realized that

@Jorvard 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, not a native speaker, what is the terrifying and or ominous second meaning?

@SevenGears 4 жыл бұрын

i had to check the comments for this lmao

@Jakepearl13 4 жыл бұрын

Should I really have to explain it? I’m not trying to be rude,I just don’t know if I wanna risk saying it...

@memethyst 4 жыл бұрын

well that's an unfortunate abbreviation

@spindleclown 4 жыл бұрын

"Every nutrient a dog is known to need!" That's a pretty bold statement to live up to.

@Dive-Bar-Casanova 3 жыл бұрын

There was a kids cereal back then that claimed it was shot from cannons. It's all balderdash.

@detectivewiggles Ай бұрын

Especially since, even to this day, all pet food is lacking in magnesium, which is essential to process calcium--something that IS added to pet foods. This same catastrophic mineral imbalance is also in human food. For any creature that has bones, the less magnesium you consume, the more toxic calcium is. Our food fortification practices have destroyed countless lives. 75% of the healthcare industry's profits come from things that are literally just magnesium deficiency. With the pet food industry, though, it's most likely more about ignorance than outright corruption, unlike the human food industry. The FDA, food manufacturers, and the pharmaceutical industry are all conspiring to destroy every inch of our bodies to maximize healthcare profits (and make ordinary people easier for the ruling class to control--longterm calcium/magnesium imbalance slowly destroys your brain and is as harmful as, say, lead poisoning)

@brentparker7359 4 жыл бұрын

The Walt Disney World kennel was the setting for a musical number in the 1990 TV special "The Muppets at Walt Disney World," when Rowlf the piano-playing dog was taken there. (At least in-universe. The kennel interior was probably a set.)

@kirnpu Жыл бұрын

I lived in SoCal from 55-90. I can't count the number of times I went to Disneyland and I had NO idea there was a kennel on the premises. Definitely grew up singing my dog's bigger than yours...

@92JazzQueen 4 жыл бұрын

Man, little tidbits like this makes me love finding out more about Disney.

@fsg773 3 жыл бұрын

Love the pics of the Ken-L-Land Pet Motel at Disneyland. People like myself, that grew up in the 50s and 60s and had dogs as our companions take umbrage at you calling Ken-L-Ration an "obscure" pet food product. There were not a lot of options until the mid-60s. My Wire Hair Terrier ate Ken-L-Ration wet and dry and he lived almost 17 years. He actually survived three consecutive days' stay at the Pet Motel, but turned his back on us when we picked him up. He wanted to go to Disneyland and was pissed off.

@hotaru8309 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. That's a testament to quality. "I'm staying here now."

@watershed44 2 жыл бұрын

@Bill Trotten Just proves that dogs like people can hold a grudge. lol I'm sure he was annoyed you guys left him there and went without him. Just curious, how long did it take him to get over his anger at you? LOL a few hours or days, some pups have a long memory...

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

My dad raised pugs back in the 60s, and my own dog was a dachshund/Basset Hound mix. We fed all of them Ken-L-Ration. Everyone who had dogs fed them that brand, or Friskies. There wasn't the plethora of pet foods back then that we have today. All of our dogs did fine, and we even had a couple of cats that ate the Ken-L-Ration food too. (Jan Griffiths).

@McNabbot 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I think I know all there is to know about disney parks, I learn something new.

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

This is the happiest place on Earth for all the good bois

@musicsfan1 4 жыл бұрын

I thought I knew everything about Disneyland and World. But I had never heard of these. This is why I love channels like this

@belagracie 4 жыл бұрын

The breeder I bought my dog from worked at the WDW Kennel on opening day, and was the kennel manager for many years. Their reputation for excellence in care was legendary, and they had a full-time veterinarian on- site.

@_b_u_l_l_s_h_a_r_k_ Жыл бұрын

You should adopt not shop. Dogs die in shelters everyday.

@belagracie Жыл бұрын

@@_b_u_l_l_s_h_a_r_k_ You should mind your own business. I choose purebred dogs for a reason. You obviously don’t know what’s going on at shelters in the US. Populations are lower than they have been in decades. Yes, dogs die daily. Cats, too. PETA kills far more adoptable animals than most shelters. Go check yourself before calling out total strangers.

@Gobble_de_Goop Жыл бұрын

@@_b_u_l_l_s_h_a_r_k_ - Don't tell people how to live their lives, please. Mind your own business.

@bbkangs 4 жыл бұрын

Ok since I don’t see any comments about it yet... *HORSE MEAT????*

@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын

It's not so bad if you cook it properly.

@ScarletGinger 4 жыл бұрын

In Japan you can even get it as sashimi, although it's hard to find and pretty expensive

@kellyweingart3692 4 жыл бұрын

🤮

@LowellMorgan 4 жыл бұрын

Of course.

@kutter_ttl6786 3 жыл бұрын

In Europe, like in France and Germany for example, their are butcher shops that offer horse meat. Even up in Canada it's available, although most local consumption is in Quebec.

@Fizbin32111 4 жыл бұрын

The original sign was much nicer than the replacement.

@watershed44 2 жыл бұрын

@BalZak 100% agreed, I love the original reminds me of the whimsical aspect of the original Walt styles. I wouldn't be surprised if Walt designed that himself! Love it.

@coyoteartist 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Ken-L Dog Food, I realize you've been out of business since the mid 1990s. However that still doesn't stop me wanting to ask, why did you think ration is pronounced ray-shun?

@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. A surprising number of people pronounce it that way.

@coyoteartist 4 жыл бұрын

@@Archangelm127 Yeah my brother pointed that out. Just sounds so weird though.

@coyoteartist 4 жыл бұрын

@MrTheoLater For some reason I did wonder for a moment if the word generation was involved and there a joke I was missing. Guess I shouldn't have dismissed that thought so quick then.

@SirBlackReeds 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's like the '50s equivalent of "rulez."

@davidjames666 3 жыл бұрын

hello, I think the persons who could answer this question are all in the grave yard.

@wherefancytakesme 3 жыл бұрын

"Look how long it took me to train you!" "h a h a h a . . ." *ZOOMS IN*

@edvaira6891 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly remember this product, and their dopey commercial, from the movie DEMOLITION MAN, because it’s one of the “mini-tunes” (Otherwise known as “old commercials”) used to brainwash the futuristic citizens into complacency

@PencilStash 4 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC VIDEO! I've always wondered what the story was with the kennel. Thanks so much!

@fifthrider 4 жыл бұрын

I remember housing our dog there back in the early 70's when it was Kal-Kan's. It was still very visible from the parking lot and easy to get to. The weird thing about this video is the part about Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. This kennel is on Disney property and yet their celebrity sponsor wasn't a Disney one at all. Sgt. Preston had more to do with Jack Wrather, the owner of the Disneyland Hotel across the street. Wrather's wife was one of the stars of Lassie, Clayton "The Lone Ranger" Moore was on hand for the grand opening of the Disneyland Hotel in costume, and at one point the hotel had a dinner show/bar called Sgt. Preston's of the Yukon. I can't think of one place or time where any of Wrather's licensed properties was seen on Disneyland property, and yet there's Sgt. Preston promoting the Kennel. Why? Wrather didn't own Ken-L-Ration. I can't think of any way he was tied to it, and if he was you'd think he would have capitalized on Lassie not the guy riding the thing Ken-L-Ration is made out of.

@watershed44 2 жыл бұрын

@Fifthrider That is an interesting mystery, anyone else know about the reasons behind this? I'm curious !

@deeguenveur9987 4 жыл бұрын

We used to board our dog there while enjoying a day in the park, lol....oh have times changed!!!!

@steveng-my6zk Жыл бұрын

As a boy my parents had a travel trailer and we took many trips in the 1960’s. We often went to Disneyland and parked our RV in their trailer park. We boarded our poodle at the kennel. It looked exactly like these pictures. My parents said it was expensive.

@wvugirl2007 4 жыл бұрын

This series is fantastic!

@katherinealvarez9216 4 жыл бұрын

7:41 So cute! The puppy is watching 101 Dalmatians!

@jetsons101 3 жыл бұрын

Boy learn something new everyday..... Never knew it was there but then I / we never took a dog to Disneyland...... Thanks for your time and work.................

@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын

Not "Kal Klan Kennel Klub"? For shame!

@Billys65 3 жыл бұрын

8:58 Lol!!! That was awesome! Wasn't expecting that.

@humanwolf1984 5 ай бұрын

Yay Disneyland is fur baby friendly. 😍🐕‍🦺🐶🐕❤️

@calumwolfgang7315 4 жыл бұрын

Another exceptional video! Keep up the great work!

@misslora3896 Жыл бұрын

Grew up in San Diego. I remember the kennels well. There were several times in the 70's that we brought our dog (Mikey) along on the family trip and left him there for the day just because we could.

@stevenorsinelli4029 3 жыл бұрын

Wow ,so cool! just when i thought i knew everything and everything about Disneyland! Love the dog shows idea, what fun for a child at this time. Thank you!

@censusgary 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the commercials for Ken-L-Ration. I don’t remember if we ever fed it to our dog or not.

@Astinsan 3 жыл бұрын

Disney also had picnic areas were setup to the left of the entrance was available. This was to prevent trash from eating by the entrance. I remember doing picnic a Disney a lot..

@shoebillsrcool Жыл бұрын

Oh wow!! I remember this 🐶🤣

@markdraper3469 Жыл бұрын

Living in Los Alamitos when the park opened, we weren't so far away that our dog was alone longer than a normal work/school day. So I never paid that much attention to the kennel. Thanks for the info. However my Grandma managed a pet shop in Long Beach in '58 that sold frozen horsemeat. My Grandpa (step, thankfully) would occasionally nip some from the store when he made spaghetti. He could spend less time shopping and more time drinking.

@JeffreyPiatt 5 ай бұрын

the original Ken-L Land sign is based on the famous Disneyland Hotel sign the later sponsors removed that theming for somthing that fit with Main Street a more generic building.

@SirBlackReeds 4 жыл бұрын

Kids: My dog is better than your dog. Me: So you have chosen death.

@jdsb-3707 3 жыл бұрын

We went as a family in the family truckster way back in 1972 to visit Disney World. I was very young and I think in First grade. We drove for 2 days and as kids we slept in the back of the wagon. We had a great time. I have 8mm of this trip. Wow. I think it opened that year. 🇺🇸😎👍

@MulToyVerse Жыл бұрын

"My dog's smellier than your dog! My dog takes bigger dumps!"

@john-paulnagel2732 3 жыл бұрын

I Remember the Kennels, we kept our cat 🐈 there.

@Dive-Bar-Casanova 3 жыл бұрын

At Disneylands White Water Grill (since changed it's name I forget to what) they serve a horse meat sandwich. It has a different name but if you ask the employee/cast member it's horsemeat.

@lazyrrr2411 3 жыл бұрын

🐴🔪🍞 Mmmm - YUM !

@spaceactivistarchive4180 3 жыл бұрын

Always listen for barking dogs when going past on the train.

@silviaconrad8585 4 ай бұрын

My dog stayed there at kennel land it was a great idea.

@katherinealvarez9216 4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure bb!me would have lost their mind over the kid dog show

@BLasherman 4 жыл бұрын

Saw a Madmen episode about horse meat dog food industry dying because of the movie "The Misfits"

@robertbeermanjr.2158 4 жыл бұрын

As , Well , As "Corny" , IDK , as the competitions et al may have been. I think that there was nothing but positive about these events , contests, Whatever. I will probably be eaten alive here but. Whatever. These little competitions kept the youth engaged in something positive. However ridiculous or trivial.

@frankhooper7871 3 жыл бұрын

LOL - I started watching this as I do remember the Ken-L-Land pet motel being at Disneyland, although I didn't remember the dog food brand (maybe because I'd never owned a dog) --- but the instant I heard "my dog's bigger than your dog", I definitely remembered the advert!

@roachtoasties Жыл бұрын

The kennel never had attractions for the dogs. In the 1950's they should have showed the canine guests "dog of the future" videos, where they saw what future dogs eat. No more horsemeat. That, along with canine rides and activities. It's only fair. Their owners are having fun at Disneyland, with no Doggieland for them. The current kennel should feature "dog days of the past" films, learning how their ancestors dined on cheap horsemeat at the 25 cents per day kennel, as they're dining on the $20 per day gourmet stuff. Generation Z dogs just don't know how good they now have it.

@energizerbunnn 4 жыл бұрын

interesting... i always wondered about the kennel but i guess it makes sense for locals to use :)

@valeriegoode9762 Ай бұрын

Wow ! Who knew.

@ladykay1068 3 жыл бұрын

They ate horses !

@thomastrout9997 3 жыл бұрын

At one time Bank Of America, whose presence on Main St. spans decades, used to reward employees of various branches for 'services above and beyond'. At a branch where I worked in the 1970s there was an employee who had discovered a major 'kiting crew' and had been thusly rewarded. She did not feel spending an hour each way on the Santa Ana Freeway (now I - 5) for 2 weeks was much of a reward. And she gained 3 pounds from the available food. Not a happy lady.

@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 4 жыл бұрын

Hey when are you ever going to get around to histories on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain?

@ThemeParksShouldntExist 4 жыл бұрын

I am actually working on an "Evolution of" style video for BTM. But I'd like to do an Opening Days video on it's precursor; "Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland" first. Given where I'm at with all the other videos I'm making, I think the BTM vid might be out by this summer. And if not then, than definitely sometime this year.

@GenaTrius Ай бұрын

Ken-L Ration sounds like damn good dog food compared to what you get on store shelves these days. Why, it's made out of primarily a specific type of animal! You can hardly get that in human food these days.

@manp1039 Жыл бұрын

interesting video. I wonder how people with service animals can visit the park. How can they go on rides? do they have to leave their service animal where they board? and then pick up when they get back?

@christinadupont-demaison3184 5 ай бұрын

Some rides they can come with you like pirates 😊

@CS-hu5be 3 ай бұрын

When a kennel is named to sound like kkkc

@noth1ng5id Жыл бұрын

3:00 is that Kennywood?

@mushieslushie 3 жыл бұрын

How would you even get your dog to the kennel these days? Can they ride the tram?

@ThemeParksShouldntExist 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. As long as they're allowed in the kennel, they can ride the tram there.

@Dive-Bar-Casanova 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone name any of the cats that live on Disneyland Resort Property? Theirs well over 30 of them.

@crazygamerakarunnerboivlog8773 4 жыл бұрын

Can you talk about Communicore and Innoventions.

@felicitytoad 2 ай бұрын

🐕🐩🐶

@SkipperDan1138 4 жыл бұрын

1 question with this video. Why are you using a song from a non Disney movie (Chitty Chitty Bang bang) instead of a regular Disney song?

@PixelatedH2O 4 жыл бұрын

It may as well be a Disney movie with the Sherman brothers composing the music and Dick Van Dyke starring. It was actually based on an Ian Fleming story though, the same author of the original James Bond stories.

@aliciamack9323 3 жыл бұрын

I miss out on this too and i don't have no pets

@DimJongUn 2 ай бұрын

2:27 chlorophyllin AND horse meat? Lucky dogs

@gaywizard2000 3 жыл бұрын

Why is there a mountie???

@user-cv2vv2oz6n 5 ай бұрын

Looks like Lloyd Bridges judging the Chihuahua. Wouldn't be that far-fetched.

@McNabbot 4 жыл бұрын

6:40 Ah yes! Let's drop our dog off at the KKK Club!

@poggi747 4 жыл бұрын

I would never feed my dogs that crap!

@janebaker4912 Жыл бұрын

Kal Kan kennel... Kkk. 😬

@ogjk 4 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video! I would hurt small children to go to Disneyland with you sir.

@JayWilkins-zh7fx Ай бұрын

Lmao i kenl rations was sapposed to be pronounced ken l ration like food rations but everyone kept mispronouncing it and they just let that be its new name lol

@SeanMauer 3 жыл бұрын

Now your dog has to wear a mask to get into the kennel.

@cromulentcommodore5896 4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather eat the best meat on a horse, than the worst meat on a cow.

@justimagine2403 Жыл бұрын

Ration ... like food rations. Horse meat. Nasty

@timf2279 Жыл бұрын

It's just a shame they drove Disneyland into the ground. The original values have been destroyed.

@velvetjones1856 Жыл бұрын

Disney before they became Woke.

@mela5821 4 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry, I know dog food companies used/use horse meat.....but the idea of this really turns my stomach. I’m not a vegan or vegetarian, but the smell/sight of meat makes me nauseous.

@Vondracar 4 жыл бұрын

Well horse meat is pretty god actually. Should try it once.

@myshadowstalksme 3 жыл бұрын

@@Vondracar morbid.