Aunt Jemima's Pancake House at Disneyland (1955)

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Aunt Jemima's Pancake House at Disneyland (1955)

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With this episode of 'Opening Days' we'll be exploring the history of Aunt Jemima's Kitchen (aka Aunt Jemima's Pancake House), an obscure restaurant from the park’s early days that eventually led to the creation of a larger chain outside of the park.
In addition, we’ll also be going over the origins of the character too, dating all the way back to its creation in the late-1800’s.
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• 60-90 AUNT JEMIMA'S Old South KITCHEN: • 60-90 AUNT JEMIMA'S Ol...
• 1952 Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix Commercial: • 1952 Aunt Jemima Panca...
• 1955 Disneyland Opening Day [Complete ABC Broadcast]: • 1955 Disneyland Openin...
• VINTAGE 1956 QUAKER OATS COMMERCIAL - SPECIAL PANCAKES AVAILABLE AT DISNEYLAND: • VINTAGE 1956 QUAKER OA...
• Aunt Jemima Pancakes Without the Syrup Jingle 1967: • Aunt Jemima Pancakes W...
• Every Aunt Jemima's TV Commercials: • Video
• Ozzie Harriet David Ricky Nelson Aunt Jemima Commercial 1961: • Ozzie Harriet David Ri...
• VINTAGE 1960 AUNT JEMIMA PANCAKES COMMERCIAL - CROSS PROMOTION WITH GREEN GIANT CORN: • Video
• Vintage old 1950's Aunt Jemima Pancakes Commercial 2: • Vintage old 1950's Aun...
• Vintage TV Ads Aunt Jemima - 1955: • Video
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@geezerguy6410 10 ай бұрын

I'm 72 and grew up in Southern California. I remember my grandparents taking me to Disneyland at about age 5 ( I have pictures showing me there before that age but no memory of it). My grandfather knew some people, and arranged some neat things there. We ate at Aunt Jemimas kitchen. The woman playing the character told us the true story of Aunt Jemima, slavery included. I remember it has a learning experience 67 years later.

@KasumiKenshirou 5 ай бұрын

😲

@BANTHAxFODDER 5 ай бұрын

Got a short version of that story?

@JoeSims1776 5 ай бұрын

@@BANTHAxFODDER shes got spanked by the white man

@InspiredByEbonyLove 4 ай бұрын

@@BANTHAxFODDERI can imagine she told the story of the background of White people’s obsessions ( American) with the Mammy figure. A racist depiction of Black women as happy, jolly and nurturing servants to White people that they were comfortable with. I imagine this because there is a history of entire restaurants they created around the Mammy figure. Can you believe there were diners or restaurants shaped in the figure of a mammy and painted like one? Look up “ mammy restaurants” and see if you can find a photo of one.

@ryandoughty4773 4 ай бұрын

True story? The Aunt Jemima character was completely made up. She didn't even exist until 25 years after the Civil War.

@pamelamays4186 3 жыл бұрын

When shopping with my Mom when I was little, I told her that I wanted, "the pancake mix with the Black lady on the box." It was one of the few products on the store shelves that looked like me.

@kellyballard8399 3 жыл бұрын

And now they want to take that all away! Sad day! They should keep her face on the boxes and bottles! This nation is so messed up now! People are going to forget all about her 😞

@uhill74 3 жыл бұрын

Now the rich white spoiled college do nothing brats somehow twisted it as being racist to have black people on food packaging. And companies cancel them out as if it is virtuous. Sad times.

@daniellegarcia8299 3 жыл бұрын

Wow so I wasn’t wrong being sad to see AJ’s original branding go, I never thought it was racist but then many of my younger friends told me why it was wrong to have a black woman as the branding for the mix. I said I would miss her friendly face on store shelves and kitchens around the US and I was called a racist for doing so.

@beachlvr2465 3 жыл бұрын

@@uhill74 They have nothing better to do other than complain on twitter all day.

@jayyyzeee6409 3 жыл бұрын

Mom: "If you don't behave, I'll make sure your picture's on a milk carton!"

@Sliverbane Жыл бұрын

As kid growing up in the 80's she was a pleasant face to see. I didn't know the historical significance. All I knew is she looked like one of my aunties...wearing her head scarf and night gown while making breakfast for me and my cousins. End of an era.

@tiahnarodriguez3809 Жыл бұрын

The main reason why I liked Aunt Jemimah is because her actress became a millionaire for portraying her. To me that’s amazing cuz we didn’t have many opportunities to make that kind of money back then, and the syrup and pancakes weren’t bad either.

@UkraineJames2000 6 ай бұрын

Grew up in the 90s, same story.

@angelicsoulz 5 ай бұрын

As a kid, she made me uncomfortable. Idk somehow Before I even learned about what racist caricatures were something about her and Mammy Two Shoes on Tom & Jerry just didn't sit well with me.

@aaftiyoDkcdicurak 5 ай бұрын

Good old fashioned family racism.

@nelia039 5 ай бұрын

Sadly much of the institutionalized racism is like this. We so busy surviving we don’t think beyond living but they do and unfortunately have made millions on it.

@marvar9420 11 ай бұрын

I worked at Aunt Jemima Kitchen in 1963-1964. It was my first job other than babysitting. It was a fun job, getting into Disneyland free everyday! The Swiss Family Robinson treehouse was next to it and the music drove me crazy😱

@Milaniaofficiall 4 ай бұрын

@@OrangeArdmore🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Omg my side

@trollmastermike52845 4 ай бұрын

@OrangeArdmore you get to go to Disney land every day sounds fun to me

@laobok 4 ай бұрын

@@OrangeArdmore Stay jealous, hater.

@heppifactory 4 ай бұрын

@@OrangeArdmoreyou can see she isn’t even white. You’re making a big reach ngl, you could’ve worded it differently saying how Aunt Jemima was a stereotype or something else, with an actual point :/

@ThatEmoGirl 4 ай бұрын

@@OrangeArdmore You need to go back to 1940s and 50s. You sound as racist as they did back then.

@fazergazer 3 жыл бұрын

I actually had a childhood friend who was raised by a nanny named Jemima. She was a true hero. She was near a pond and a kid fell through the ice. She knew what to do and instantly acted and saved the boy’s life. I’ll always remember her as a role model.

@radishfox308 3 жыл бұрын

Sure.

@tjtennisicmroll2k Жыл бұрын

but you need to tell us about how horribly everyone treated her or it is misrepresenting history or something, we all know that leaving out the horrible parts of someone's life is bad somehow.

@MichaelHemotoxin Жыл бұрын

A hero to the children and an asset to the parents.

@annother3350 Жыл бұрын

@@scottym6680 Swimming on ice?!?

@brandenlikesbeer Жыл бұрын

@@tjtennisicmroll2k edgy take

@PaxxMontana 3 жыл бұрын

I really respect the way you covered this. It was very respectful and realizing of America’s past and not sugar coating while at the same time giving the reason to show it as education because it deserves to be remembered. Thank you

@MICHGO1 3 жыл бұрын

@Ro Mo BUT WE CONTINUE TO BEHAVE THE WAY OUR ANCESTORS DID BY NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HURT.

@ritaholden4591 3 жыл бұрын

@@MICHGO1 omw sad that you want pity?????? Cause pity helps oh my goodness!! Is that what you are going to tell Jesus? Wowza

@TruthSayer2007 3 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting that things like this are covered yet people like Ota Benga are ignored.

@BlackStorm555 3 жыл бұрын

@@ritaholden4591 exodus 34:7

@eunicerofsky2089 3 жыл бұрын

To me the word Aunt is a very endearing title. I truly love it with much pride when friends and love ones will honor and call me “Aunt Eunice”. Cordially, Aunt Eunice

@victorparker308 5 ай бұрын

Black man born & raised in SoCal. First went to Disneyland on opening week at age 6 months! Recently took our grands. As kids Disneyland was a local cheap local attraction for the family to hang out . Don't know anyone who had a negative thought about Aunt Jemimas. Loved the pancakes!

@ocsugar 5 ай бұрын

The costs have outpaced inflation so much that it is a ripoff, same with professional sports tickets.

@ZeranZeran 4 ай бұрын

I'm white and I was born and raised eating Aunt Jemima syrup. I thought of her like an aunt and I loved her! She made pancakes great

@smooveboyc403 4 ай бұрын

It doesn't matter if ppl thought it wasn't racist cus this video clearly proves it was based off of slaves and black ppl being servants for the white folk I'm glad they changed the logo its erasing racist stereotypes

@melaniemacdonald2314 3 ай бұрын

Right??!! I don't even know her and I ❤her!!

@mindlessmonk3322 3 ай бұрын

@@ZeranZeranlol of course you did

@OuidaEvans-xs5pg 5 ай бұрын

Growing up in the 60’s & living in Southern California, our family visited Disneyland a lot. We always ate breakfast in Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen. Loved the pancakes!

@JackieWohlenhaus 3 жыл бұрын

It’s been a long time since somebody has done a Disney history video I was completely unaware of. It was also very tactfully done.

@privateemail9755 3 жыл бұрын

defunctland

@jacklynh96 3 жыл бұрын

Bro me too. Got me for sure

@alitlweird 3 жыл бұрын

Well, it has to be tactfully done...otherwise: CANCELLED! DEMONITIZED! Even still, as tactful as this is, it will till trigger a snowflake avalanche because the cancel culture population of Toon Town are too dense to consider context.

@sabrinan4792 3 жыл бұрын

The narrator says it, toward the end, and if you've ever researched, dug deep on any subject, when you present the facts, lay out the truth, people will learn the proper context and understand that there is no undoing of what came before, just an understanding that to move forward things change and that makes you part of history, too. I might miss the pancakes but the syrup is nothing but high fructose corn syrup and nothing that has to do with maple.

@thelastminmom5251 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr!? I had no idea.

@eileenfrank3686 Жыл бұрын

I first visited Disneyland in 1958 at age 8. My siblings and I, with our Mother, were guests of my Godmother who lived in Anaheim. We had been told we were going to an amusement park; at the time there were no words in our vocabulary to describe Disneyland to young kids growing up in central California raised with black-n-white television, a heavy black rotary telephone in a special cove in the hallway, real hardwood floors and authentic saddle shoes! It remains one of my most magical memories of childhood. The thing I couldn't help but notice is the fact that the Aunt Jemima Restaurant actually had a 45-cent item on the menu!

@Howrider65 Жыл бұрын

I was 5 years old and went there in 1958 lol.

@eileenfrank3686 Жыл бұрын

@@Howrider65 ...it was a magical time in our lives. 🙂

@velvetice100 Жыл бұрын

@Howard 1959 whoa❤🤣🤣🤣

@mikusoxlongius Жыл бұрын

Alligator got a kid recently...

@Karl.Jayce-DE 3 ай бұрын

You OG 🔥❤️

@bobdroidsky225 6 ай бұрын

Much like the Uncle Ben's (rice) character was created to remind of the appeal of home-cooked meals. I actually used to think that Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima were real people who started the companies! :D

@payableondeath9091 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@antnana215 3 ай бұрын

and Mrs Butterworth and the Quaker Oats guy.

@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669 2 ай бұрын

Aunt Jemima actually was a real woman. She was put on the pancake box as an honor until Democrats recently removed her.

@anglomik 2 ай бұрын

@@antnana215 Nobody does oats like the Quakers, and nobody does butter-cookies like the Danes!

@huener 2 ай бұрын

I really wish it were true

@leishawharfield9310 Жыл бұрын

I remember the glass bottles shaped like Aunt Jemima. And we loved those bottles.

@LWolf12 5 ай бұрын

Those bottles were the coolest thing when I was a kid. Plus, it was a status symbol when you had sleep overs if you could get your mom to make pancakes, or waffles.

@MrWrightNowTV 5 ай бұрын

That wasn’t Aunt Jemima that was Mrs Buttersworth.

@LWolf12 5 ай бұрын

@@MrWrightNowTV Damn, your right. I completely blanked on Mrs Buttersworth. I think I mixed them up because we got Aunt Jemima syrup most of the time, but the commercials with the talking Mrs Buttersworth was prevalent back then.

@MrWrightNowTV 5 ай бұрын

@@LWolf12 Mrs Butterworths was a white lady tho even tho her color was brown like the bottle which come to think about is weird as shit lol

@LWolf12 5 ай бұрын

@@MrWrightNowTV I never thought about it, but that is weird. I like the Aunt Jemima bottles, had the handle making it easier to pour.

@lauriesmith4575 3 жыл бұрын

"As long as you can remember the history of something, it never really goes away." Beautiful way to put it, and a very beautiful and respectful video.

@josiaevans 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was her actual name or something

@armcollector6660 3 жыл бұрын

To me she will always be the face & brand of the company & pancakes period... They can't just wipe away her legacy & what she stood for bc she is the face always for pancakes & no one could ever take her place in that department... Anyways have a wonderful weekend & stay safe out there!!

@bkynbiker19 3 жыл бұрын

Tell that to those who are trying to, and in many cases are managing to, ban teaching history ...

@energyasylum997 Жыл бұрын

@Laurie Smith Yeah, kind of like some old saying I've heard before..... "They say a person dies twice, first is when the soul/spirit leaves the body and the second is when their name is said by a living person for the last time." So as long as we are still speaking of it, it is here to stay. lol .

@theregenedmoogles741 Жыл бұрын

I remember having actual fond memories of the Aunt Jemima commercials and also my nanny (A second mother to me who was african american) loved to use that specific syrup for the pancakes she'd make me back in the 90s. Not sure why I guess It just reminded her of the olden days? Idk..

@Rockierambo1 3 жыл бұрын

Hattie McDaniel (mammy on GWTW movie) told the leader of the NAACP that was protesting her role as a maid -Hattie was quoted as saying I would rather be making $700 a week playing a maid than $7 a week being one

@cheriehawthorne9246 3 жыл бұрын

Smart woman. There weren't a lot of options back then.

@glorygracek.1841 Жыл бұрын

She had always been one of my favorites! And Bojangles!

@miketwomey4923 Жыл бұрын

Great quote...

@miketwomey4923 Жыл бұрын

@@glorygracek.1841 You are so right, times were just different and some people were intelligent enough to be a smiling symbol of a product in a positive way that the average American can identify with in a good way. Money, honeys and everything else was the times...

@flygod0177 Жыл бұрын

So Hattie sold out to be a maid .. ok great

@warmlantern0000 Жыл бұрын

I love you Jemima. Pancakes as a kid to me was so yummy. My mom let me play with the empty glass bottle I begged her to let me have. She rinsed it and let me play with it like a doll at the table. ❤

@rickyf8308 4 ай бұрын

I always thought that she had the look of someone who loved you and wanted you to eat well like the older ladies in my family. It made me feel good seeing her face on the syrup bottle.

@kidcarlomagno7094 3 ай бұрын

Indeed she looked so maternal

@js67jwio51 2 ай бұрын

uh yeah.. that’s the point of the mammy caricature

@twatts1523 Ай бұрын

Me too it’s very disrespectful that she was canceled. Sad.

@MatthewChenault Ай бұрын

@@twatts1523, so, it’s disrespectful to be a kind, older lady who simply enjoys making food for others? I don’t see how that’s remotely harmful. If I was a black woman, I would want to be viewed like that.

@twatts1523 Ай бұрын

@@MatthewChenault I said it was disrespectful to cancel,her.

@RAZRMOTOV2 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a middle aged black male here on east coast.... I loved this objective, yet educational mini-documentary. Kudos.

@trekhistorian3896 3 жыл бұрын

I’m an inner city high school teacher. I teach four AP US History classes. I LOVE what you’re doing for public history. I have my students experiment with public history projects as their course final. I started my channel to attempt to model how someone could do public history online. I’d love to exchange notes with you. Your channel is exactly what I can see my students doing. Keep it up!

@Thatguyjack758 3 жыл бұрын

Off topic, but can you believe there are people out there who believe hitler was a left-wing socialist? Blows my mind

@amazingabby25 3 жыл бұрын

Jack McKeague I can, it’s nutty though

@richardgray8593 3 жыл бұрын

@@Thatguyjack758 I bet you have no trouble calling Donald Trump, Hitler, amirite?

@bkynbiker19 3 жыл бұрын

Lets hope the DeSantises of this world don't succeed in their quest to ban this kind of thing (the channel. this video, etc..) - but we seem to be moving in that direction .. sigh

@dr.winstonsmith 3 ай бұрын

@@Thatguyjack758He called himself a socialist so I’ll take him at his word.

@4Mr.Crowley2 5 ай бұрын

I grew up in SoCal too - our family always went to the chicken dinner restaurant at Knott’s Berry Farm (Mrs. Knott’s famous fried chicken recipe plus the always wonderful…ummmmm…boysenberry pies…were just wonderful and helped make Knott’s a success).

@christopherjohn8521 4 ай бұрын

I never thought there was anything improper with Aunt Jemima's image on a pancake box. All I knew is that she made great pancakes.

@SARISS80 4 ай бұрын

Well you probably don't look like that or thought to look like that. That's why you don't have a problem with it. That image displays black women as slave girls.

@KyloG-G1228 3 ай бұрын

Great observation of what a true natural beauty is aunts mama

@hanskloss1331 3 ай бұрын

I liked Uncle Remus songs and stories as a boy in fact my dad would sing me Zippa Dee Doo Dah when I was very little 😊

@bigdaddy3621 3 ай бұрын

@@hanskloss1331what a wonderful day

@bigdaddy3621 3 ай бұрын

It's the Black mammy imagery because of racism and 2nd class citizenship in America.

@stashmerkin9576 3 жыл бұрын

I knew nothing of this! Thank you. I think you handled the topic in a very objective way and covered the history.

@Wolfson47 Жыл бұрын

Aunt Jemima was my first celebrity crush. As a kid I loved pancakes, so when the local volunteer fire department had a pancake breakfast fund raiser featuring Aunt Jemima serving them, I was ecstatic. It took some serious begging to get the $1.50 to attend, but my parents finally relented. I was somewhat perplexed that the live Aunt Jemima was so much thinner than her depiction on the box. She explained that her doctor put her on a diet. To me she was a hero, making my breakfast such a treat with her delicious pancakes.

@jokerswildio Жыл бұрын

Nice childhood memory

@f.frederickskitty2910 Жыл бұрын

That is the sweetest story ❤

@AnonymousBlackGirl Жыл бұрын

Wait did somebody ask her why she was so thin? Lol

@rr7firefly Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! Pancake breakfasts with our youth club in high school. Yummer memories.

@freddyfurrah3789 Жыл бұрын

You had a lonely childhood. 😅😅😅😅😅😅

@princesskristan 2 ай бұрын

Chocolate pancakes are so good! I remember being so happy seeing someone that looks like me in the grocery store when I was little

@IAMJUDAH144 11 күн бұрын

But now unfortunately you resemble a whyte woman lol

@BrianaMichelle95 Жыл бұрын

Never knew she had a lil pancake spot!! This is awesome

@nukemanmd 3 жыл бұрын

I love seeing old menus. I only wish the prices were the same. I'm 70 now and remember a time when candy bars were a nickel as was a bottle of Coke. Of course, although those prices seem low now, one has to consider the average weekly wage in the mid-50s.

@Tekirai 3 жыл бұрын

Ugh!! I can’t buy a can of w/o hitting the dollar zone lol

@stephenlangsl67 3 жыл бұрын

That pancake house is racist. Just take a look at Black history.

@jeffbecker8716 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when a can of soda was 25-cents and I got upset when it was raised to 35-cents because you now needed another coin to put into the machine.

@paulk9985 3 жыл бұрын

I bet life was, overall, much better in the 50s than today.

@nukemanmd 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulk9985 I can only view it from a child's perspective. I was fortunate enough to have two loving parents who provided us with a safe and stable home. I was sheltered from many of the hardships that others were experiencing. You also have to remember that we had three television networks. The networks took pride on their news divisions.

@yeetusdeleetus650 3 жыл бұрын

Man I remember when I was a kid whenever I went to my grandparents house my uncle who lived with them would always make us his “ world famous pancakes” for breakfast. I remember they were better than any other pancake in the world I had ate and I would beg him for the recipe. So imagine seven year old me’s shock when I found out they we’re just Aunt Jemima pancake mix. Even then my happiest memories come from sitting at the table, eating some amazing pancakes, and telling my grandparents all about school or summer stuff. I miss those days. I’m a sophomore now, my grandparents are dead, my uncle is struggling with everything, life just seems boring and dark now. What would I give to go back for one day to sit at that table one more time and eat my uncles world famous pancakes. Edit: Hey all, I wrote this when I was going through a really dark place in my life. I'm doing better and I appreciate learning more about this subject! Thanks.

@vicaroo001 Жыл бұрын

Hang in there, man. Make yourself some pancakes.

@xAlexZifko Жыл бұрын

Hows this year been?

@yeetusdeleetus650 Жыл бұрын

@@xAlexZifko Pretty good actually

@Melinda_LL Жыл бұрын

@@yeetusdeleetus650 I'm so glad things have been good! Hang in there.

@scvcebc Жыл бұрын

Well, there is a technique to making them! It takes practice and patience to make thick pancakes that are cooked on the inside but not burnt on the outside. Flipping is also an art, knowing when to flip and getting it to land correctly.

@blinkicb546 6 ай бұрын

You did a GREAT job on this video. Thank you for keeping history alive. I love Disneyland, and I loved Aunt Jemima's Pancakes growing up. I noticed the syrup at the store a while back, and I was like "WTH happened to Aunt Jemima?" Again, loved the video. As a black man now in my 60's, I do not take offense to Aunt Jemima's Pancake or syrup at all.

@Jbeanz2023 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate the sensitivity and historical accuracy for which this well done doc was presented.

@albertalves3693 3 жыл бұрын

I never understood how we could cook your food but couldn't drink out of the same water fountain...

@AmirTori 3 жыл бұрын

🗣👏🏾

@MomMotivatingMoms 3 жыл бұрын

That part!!

@PIlotrcm 3 жыл бұрын

Subordination. It was about creating a two class system. The only thing that would have made any logic to slavery or the fact that a group could be kept as servants to another was to make them as an inferior group. Not just separate bathrooms but a “worse” one for example. Once that is done, it’s easy to justify the awful things done.

@altarush 3 жыл бұрын

Stupidly

@marticalavienda7199 3 жыл бұрын

Yess. No logic at all. Learned that they even had white women who would have the black women breast feed their babies for them so they didn’t “ruin” their bodies.

@StrawberryQwik 3 жыл бұрын

This also reminds me of Sambo's Restaurant chain. Although its name was created based on the owners' names, the connection of the chain's name with the children's book "The Story of Little Black Sambo" was quickly captialized upon. This led to the design of an interior motif that was based on the book.

@zuzuspetals9281 3 жыл бұрын

And they had great pancakes too.

@princessunicorn669 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Sambos restaurants!

@JG-mp5nb 3 жыл бұрын

Talk about cringe worthy.

@ursamagickmt672 3 жыл бұрын

A small memory is trying to break forth...🐯

@SteveCarras 2 жыл бұрын

@@princessunicorn669 I did,too.... and there mayy have been a copyright issue with the author..

@evocati1st Жыл бұрын

This type of history is important to learn about. Certain segments in society that yearn for the "Old days" when (they assume) no one cared or complained about racial stereotypes, coloreds knew their place and actually benefited from those depictions of the happy Mammy "feed'n those Honey Chil'ren". The irony today is that when those nostalgic days of yesteryear (For some people) are shown in an accurate but unflattering light, some scream "here they go being all woke"! History is often ugly, beautiful and divisive, but it's always educational! Thank you for the video! I learned something today!

@ralphralpherson9441 6 ай бұрын

It wasn't until the War on Poverty that the US government destroyed the black family, instituted welfare (the governments most powerful oppression ever) and started funnelling crack into the inner city. When people talk about the "good old days" they just mean simpler times when there were values and morals everyone agreed upon. We can evolve past the racial stereotypes without throwing everything else in the fire as well. Dont lose the baby with the bathwater so to speak. But instead, we have a nation in moral decay, marriage is a failed institution, broken families everywhere, kids rapidly becoming criminals in a culture that glorifies drug dealers and pimps, and no one has any pride for education or community development. So yeah "here they go being all woke" is a complaint because the first time the "culture" (i.e. corporations and government) went all "woke" it nearly destroyed our society. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben aren't the reason most inner city schools don't have kids that can read past 3rd grade level.

@chrishiggins8614 2 ай бұрын

Nobody's saying anything about history being "woke". You're misinterpreting the word.

@evocati1st 2 ай бұрын

@@chrishiggins8614 Shut up. You don't know me. I'm sure I'm more well rounded and educated than you. Don't ever rudely reply to a comment like you did. Clearly you weren't raised right. 🙄

@Public-Citizen 6 ай бұрын

Growing up in Southern California in the 50s and 60s trips to Disneyland were an Annual Day Trip Treat. Breakfast at Aunt Jemima's Kitchen became one of our regular routines. You could hear both the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad and the Mark Twain Steamboat from the restaurant, located near the waterfront in Frontier Land.

@butterfree93148lifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when they brought the ready made pancake mix of aunt jemima here in the middle east, everyone aware of western culture back in the early 2000's bought it. And I swear when we made it, it made the whole house smell amazing.

@MrWolfSnack 6 ай бұрын

Wow that must have been quite a shock to your country to try something like that.

@3eatle 3 жыл бұрын

A fun addition to the story of Quaker Oats is that their name (as in 'Quaker' Oats) was itself trying to pass itself off as something they were / are not in order to sell more / have a better image. Quaker Oats has never been associated with the religious group known as the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends).

@BELCAN57 3 жыл бұрын

When will there be an effort to have the company change their name?

@happyfacefries 3 жыл бұрын

Umm, I think every company has that

@happyfacefries 3 жыл бұрын

@@BELCAN57 I doubt they ever will. People don't care about what white people think. Also, as someone's who ancestors were Quakers, I couldn't care less and I'm sure many feel the same.

@BlkRamGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@BELCAN57 I don't think they have to

@widescreennavel 3 жыл бұрын

drop that mic ^8-)

@joelpineda2042 5 ай бұрын

It was 1977. I was 6 yrs old and we had just got here from Mexico. I remember like if it was yesterday. Waking up in the morning and my Mom making those delicious Aunt Jemima's pancakes. It was the first thing I had ever eaten in America. Till they took it off the shelves every time I went by that isle in the supermarket and looked at Aunt Jemima products it brought back such special memories. I'm really really going to miss that

@davidprice7224 Жыл бұрын

This was my favorite restaurant at Disneyland in the fifties and early sixties. Next favorite was just across the street at the Frito Lay restaurant. My cousin and I would play for hours on the Davey crockett island, then meet our parents for dinner. Great food, great memories.

@PlasmaCoolantLeak 5 ай бұрын

I wanted to eat there, not so much for the food, but for the idea of eating breakfast at Disneyland.

@franzlove 3 ай бұрын

im intrigued that frito lay was a restaurant, what did they serve??? i tried looking it up all i see are frito chips with chili poured on top

@yumann 3 жыл бұрын

This is a tasteful, respectful documentary. You did not tried to rewrite history. Congratulations!

@marcycat Жыл бұрын

It's the people in the 2000's up to now, are the ones trying to rewrite history by removing things like statues, books, movies, and food brands because they're offended by wonderful historical beauty.

@StuffedBearSus 2 ай бұрын

Glad you approve ya fuggin dork

@rlhjr4545 3 жыл бұрын

My parents used to take us to the local Aunt Jemima's Kitchen in suburban Chicago on Sunday mornings after church. Loved that place - the food, the staff, everything. The aroma when you first walked inside was fantastic!

@johncarney482 Жыл бұрын

We had one in Bethpage NY loved it!!

@mikusoxlongius Жыл бұрын

Communism will destroy your traditions. Doing a bang-up job so far...

@tomkashimura3183 Жыл бұрын

I've always remembered this brand as it was always in our fridge growing up. It highlights American history that made its way onto many tables. Almost everyone knows Aunt Jemima's happy face that made EVERYONE happy at breakfast. I've never seen her as anything other than a happy lady on a label.

@jefflewis4 Жыл бұрын

That's pretty much what they wanted for you to think of. The white washed image, the happy black mammy servant etc. We were comfortable with that image even if it probably wasn't historically true.

@lcam9241 Жыл бұрын

@@jefflewis4 however, taking her face away totally is nonsense too. The more recent version of Aunt Jemima was a very tasteful, pretty picture. No need to "help" by removing all images of blacks from commonly loved products. Updating the picture was a better choice.

@kevinwhite4079 Жыл бұрын

@@lcam9241 In a choice between a happy Mammy Slave Stereotype or nothing? Hmmmmm? I pick the nothing. Why use a pancake mix as a happy reminder of slavery? Remember, Walt Disney was on Hitler's side just like Margery Taylor Greene is on Putin's.

@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын

@@jefflewis4 Karen

@KB8Killa Жыл бұрын

@@jefflewis4damn whitey

@my2cents945 5 ай бұрын

"Pearl milling company" just doesn't have the same ring to it. I'm just glad they didn't cancel Famous Amos, I really like those chocolate chip cookies.

@I_like_turtles_67 5 ай бұрын

Nope. I've walked away from all the products/companies that bent the knee to lunatics. Upset over artwork.

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 5 ай бұрын

I don’t buy from those brands anymore I’ll just buy generic. Aunt Jemima was like that sweet southern black lady that always calls you “honey” or “sugar” and it makes you feel good. Pearl Milling Company just sounds like a dirty milling factory. Granted I work at a dirty mill so yeah I’m not willingly spending money on PMC

@ZeranZeran 4 ай бұрын

It seriously sounds weird and makes me not want to buy it anymore, which I know is probably childish But so is just erasing history! Bring back Aunt Jemima

@BearingMySeoul 4 ай бұрын

@@deeanna3335 Yup. You're right. He was on the box until he sold the company and they took him off. That ways way before Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben were removed.

@Dr_KW 3 ай бұрын

Wow yall really would rather see a hurtful cartoon on your box of pancakes than anything else? I hope you never have to be reduced to a dumb stereotype in your sheltered life

@Jeromeromesheltonrecords 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew Disney had this kind of restaurant that’s interesting and thank you for talking about the topic respectfully

@redxsage 3 жыл бұрын

There's also a really nice New Orleans restaurant that borders *Pirates of the Caribbean.* *Blue Bayou Restaurant* is a full-service Cajun/Creole restaurant located in *New Orleans Square.* The restaurant was built into *Pirates of the Caribbean,* so the diners seem to be eating at night in the Blue Bayou. Only *Disneyland, Disneyland Paris,* and *Tokyo Disneyland* have *Blue Bayou restaurants.* The food is pretty good!

@oliviab4079 3 жыл бұрын

Why have I never considered cooking pancakes with chocolate milk before.......

@katerinakiaha6925 3 жыл бұрын

You can also use Kool aid.

@kryptism 3 жыл бұрын

Rum pancakes is good!

@greyeaglem 3 жыл бұрын

I've used egg nog for French toast, but not for pancakes. I don't know where they had strawberry milk back when milk bottles were still glass, but it sure wasn't anywhere near me.

@Longbeachliner 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve done this! Chocolate pancakes are absolutely delicious! Top with dream whip and a little bit of syrup!

@darthXreven 3 жыл бұрын

i used to make a mean chocolate pancake..... mix up the mix like normal but add to it the smallest measuring spoon size of baking powder, just a small bit of vanilla the bottom of a spoon is perfect, a little goes a long way and you don't want that overpowering it.... add Hershey's cocoa about 2 tablespoons full mix and enjoy..... those things will be thicker and fluffier than normal and the combo of vanilla and choco is actually really good then top off with maple syrup....OMFG pure heaven..... this has been cooking with red lantern, remember burn your kitchen! 🔥 *disclaimer, don't burn your kitchen, it was a joke, this is not a product of DC Comics or WB or AT&T

@pazzariatv 5 ай бұрын

Okay, okay... The kid in the very end... "Ridiculous!" made me crack up! @Theme Parks Should't Exist... This is my first video that I have ever seen of yours. Well done! I loved it! I can't wait to see more! 😃

@billpotts976 5 күн бұрын

I worked at Disneyland from 1969 -1971. I first worked at the Plaza Pavillion restaurant at the end of Main St. and the entrance to Adventureland. Then I worked at the River Belle Terrace which was Aunt Jemima's Kitchen. We had the same menu, and it was fun. I bussed tables. I left after one year there in 1971. I enjoyed it, a lot of employees like me were in College, so it was fun.

@DLJohnsonHonourofKings 3 жыл бұрын

Never even thought of using flavored milk. Egg Nog pancakes sound really good.

@williamscheer1481 3 жыл бұрын

With a little brandy/cognac in that eggnog?

@hydrolito 3 жыл бұрын

I sometimes add peanut butter and chocolate chips to pancakes.

@DLJohnsonHonourofKings 3 жыл бұрын

@@hydrolito Funny you should comment today when I was looking at the Shatto flavored milks today. They have Root beer and Cotton Candy flavored milk. 🤣

@armcollector6660 3 жыл бұрын

Somebody said they used egg nog to make French toast & it's so delicious... To be honest it sounds amazing but so does chocolate milk to make pancakes lol... Anyways have a wonderful weekend & stay safe out there!!

@jdisdetermined 3 жыл бұрын

We came up with it ourselves actually before knowing it was a thing. We used to add chocolate protein powder to wheat pancakes to add protein. Then we tried it on cheat day with chocolate milk. It's awesome with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.

@chrischeshire6528 3 жыл бұрын

This always was the first stop for me and my folks at Disneyland. And Aunt Jemima always waved back to me.

@Mutiny960 Жыл бұрын

Must have been nice to be rich and white back in the day....

@Heypockeyway Жыл бұрын

@@Mutiny960 what about your pandemic check, though?

@Mutiny960 Жыл бұрын

@@Heypockeyway What about your autism?

@chrischeshire6528 Жыл бұрын

@@Heypockeyway ...and your welfare check, child support, food stamps that you sell for 50 cents on the dollar so you can buy lotto.

@shaunsteele6926 Жыл бұрын

@@Mutiny960 yes, it was. Jealous?

@donnavaughn9409 Жыл бұрын

I love the brand of Jemima because I grew up with it, and I loved her on the box.

@Jonathan.D Жыл бұрын

In the early 80s our neighbor took their grandkids to Disney. When they got back they gave me the Disney book Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. My mom gracious as ever thanked them and saw them out. Before they made it to the end of our driveway she snatched it out of my hands and tossed it straight in the trash. I was told to not tell them about where the book ended up. It wasn't until I was much old that I read it and finally understood why she tossed it.

@optimusprinceps3526 Жыл бұрын

Why ?

@Jonathan.D Жыл бұрын

@@optimusprinceps3526 Why what?

@IndependentVettedNews Жыл бұрын

@@optimusprinceps3526You KNOW WHY STOP PLAYING DUMB

@iowndvc 3 жыл бұрын

Im old, I remember the Aunt Jemima Pancake House. They did have really good pancakes.

@daniellegarcia8299 3 жыл бұрын

Yum! I wish I could have tried them, her pancake mix is one of the best!

@artgamechanger3841 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@Campo_ 3 жыл бұрын

You don't say!

@treadlightlyorelse849 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm , I wonder how black many people could sit at the lunch counter during that time sir ?

@blakejames9743 3 жыл бұрын

@@treadlightlyorelse849 Hmm I wonder why you brought up something that was completely irrelevant to the conversation ? 🤔

@jamesb821 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know any of this, I think it’s so important not to rewrite history.

@ianweissman7849 3 жыл бұрын

@Nomen Clature right?? So sick of thin-skinned folks who are anti-gay marriage! And hate minorities! They’re offended by everything. I’m with you Nomen!

@MICHGO1 3 жыл бұрын

FLESHING OUT THE TRUTH IS A GOOD WAY TO LEARN AND MOVE FORWARD.

@jimfritz9503 3 жыл бұрын

You can t change the past. Only learn from it .

@headsNshoulders 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimfritz9503 unless you're a liberal In which case, don't learn just tear it down

@norman6694 3 жыл бұрын

@Nomen Clature how about a nat turner experience where revolting slaves could chase you down....the winner makes it out alive

@thetruthbetold961 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. I have such great respect for the entire black cooking industry. I've been to the South and think there is no better food then that which is prepared by talented black chefs or the nice lady who runs the local cafe. I don't care about the colour of anyone's skin in any occupation. If someone has the talent to do what she/he does best, I applaud them!

@ethanjordan4377 Жыл бұрын

Pancakes aren't from the American south. They are from Europe so take black people off pancakes.

@dianemitchell5142 5 ай бұрын

They should have given her and her family royalties also.

@ronstarkronstark500 3 жыл бұрын

Just excellent. My family looked forward to arriving at Disneyland early and having breakfast at the Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen restaurant. The live character was never, as we could see, a server or waiter. Just a greeter and good will person.

@ronstarkronstark500 3 жыл бұрын

In addition this is where I learned to cook pancakes. As a kid I would stand as long as I could watching the pancake cook make and re-make pancake setup after pancake setup. One cook asked me if I was enjoying watching him make pancakes. I said YES and asked how he’s knew when to turn them over. The cook launched in to a step-by-step instruction spiel on how their pancake batter is made and how to cook perfect pancakes every time. To this day I make them the same way. And YES they always come out perfectly right....the Disnyland way!

@kennethwayne6857 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronstarkronstark500 Great story of what I'm sure was a fun experience. Thanks!

@stanfordite 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the late great Aylene Lewis. When Walt stayed in his apartment, he would sometimes have an early breakfast at Aunt Jemima's to chat with her. She had nothing but positive things to say about Walt and loved her job.

@cannibalisticrequiem 3 жыл бұрын

@@stanfordite Calm down there stan.

@letmusiclivee 3 жыл бұрын

@@stanfordite chill bro. It’s literally your username lmaooo

@Sisco61 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else start singing along with the ad at the end? Amazing how something you haven't heard in years is still in your brain!

@ladiemmanuel5773 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much you did a wonderful job♥ Aunt Jemima was the ultimate go to brand for pancake mix and syrup! Even to this day I look for it. So sad and unfortunate that some people are so stupid and fearful whilst there is strong demand for the product as is. I'm a black female and the picture or advertising never bother me because I was smart enough as a kid to know the difference between promotion and history. Absolute shame to remove such a wonderful product image and name...Pearl who?...no thanks.

@ericsparks6276 Жыл бұрын

Yeah just the Land O' Lakes Butter now they took of the Native American woman and that's probably the reason I was attracted to it in the first place because I wanted something Natural! Hello I don't want I can't believe it not butter! I want all natural real butter! Shame!

@ladiemmanuel5773 Жыл бұрын

@@ericsparks6276 Yep, "woke" is shit and Santa needs to start delivering dictionaries instead of coal! 🤨🤣😂

@matthewgandy9774 10 ай бұрын

@ladiemmanuel5773 yeh what does woke mean when did it start? I mean when did being woke begin

@ladiemmanuel5773 10 ай бұрын

@@matthewgandy9774 Probably when a real man became President and proved he can actually put Humpty Dumpty back together again...aka, Trumpatiitis or whatever they call it started and their "god" could not sit it out so the twisting of legit words got started...white is black, black is being erased and the strong getting dumb down. But, for all of us who know who is truly in charge are not going to be living fear. God is in command♥ Keep the faith and believe for the turnaround.

@MHBARRYJONES4106 Ай бұрын

I LOVE theme parks, and it was a starting point for an attraction of that time, also for adults!! 🇦🇶🇲🇵

@zanetaylor5639 3 жыл бұрын

Whether you think that the depiction of Aunt Jemima is raciest or not it still is history and needs to not be forgotten. People nowadays get to offended over history. Just because something offensive happened years ago does not mean we should not remember it and teach it. If we do not remember the bad parts of history than we are bound to repeat them. Thank you for sharing this fascinating piece of Disney's and America's history.

@valjackson6205 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! And I thought Quaker Oats was revealing that they are "Q" (Q'anon)!

@juliorosenberg2222 Жыл бұрын

SCREW the liberal lefty's with Thier division of Americans using RACISM as their tool or should I say weapon. Aunt Jemima is a American hero

@tjtennisicmroll2k Жыл бұрын

this is why it is important to remember pirates are kind singing gentlemen who just are chased around by women for the food that they are holding

@davemustaki134 Жыл бұрын

Racism was always racism it's disgusting

@eastbaykidd8574 Жыл бұрын

@@davemustaki134 And making everything into a racial issue is just as bad.

@RemnantCult 3 жыл бұрын

Lord, I could go for some pancakes right now...

@mooilife2497 3 жыл бұрын

Try Aunt Jemima brand pancake mix. I heard it's goood good.

@priscillafuentes8663 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah,with coffee, sausages or bacon on the side. Yum.

@tonynegron1927 3 жыл бұрын

😂 Me too! 🥞 Mmmm...

@michael9000 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are making me want pancakes. lol

@michael9000 3 жыл бұрын

@@mooilife2497 I heard Aunt Jemima was proud to have her face on the box of pancake mix. Yes, it is good.

@robertgreen3170 Жыл бұрын

I was born in the 50s and loved Aunt Jemima's Pancakes and syrup! I also loved the women who played Aunt Jemima! There was a woman who played Aunt Jemima at the Sandwich Fair in IL when I was a boy who gave me a hug. People's color meant little to me growing up because from my point of view, people were just people. ...no matter their shape size or color. There were mean people and nice people. I gravitated toward nice people no matter who they were and kept my distance from those that were mean. It's a shame that children's innocence must be destroyed in the name of politics these days. If children were allowed to learn about people by their qualities instead of their politics, we'd have a much better society!

@jaws392 Жыл бұрын

@ robertgreen3170: Your 100% correct.

@skyavalanche Жыл бұрын

AMEN!

@d.b.4201 Жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@marcycat Жыл бұрын

I always loved Aunt Jemima. She reminded me of my wonderful grandma, who was a great cook and person. I also grew up with Quacker oats and Aunt Jemima pancakes . It's a loss that people today are offended by historical beauty such as Aunt Jemima.

@anglomik 2 ай бұрын

Amen. My White grandma was literally named "Mamie." Grew up on a farm. She could cook, Lord that woman could cook!!!

@carzak 2 ай бұрын

These sorts of positive associations are exactly what Quaker was going for in using this character to represent a product. In the past it reminded white people of their mammy, and black people of their aunt or grandma. It's just unfortunate that this example of black representation on a product was a made-up stereotype. The reason for that is no black woman could have ever successfully created a product like that due to racism. The only reason I ever thought it was okay is because as a kid I assumed she was a real person who created the product. But she was actually being used in the same way the Trix rabbit is, as a cartoon mascot. This deception is part of what offended me about it.

@djjamison6548 Жыл бұрын

I as a child loved Aunt Jemima! I always wanted her pancakes no one else would do. Even though our area had no one of color living here or anywhere close. My parents allowed us to embrace our live for others. So thank you for letting us to share in the aunt jemima history.

@reinhardt5405 3 жыл бұрын

The highlight of my childhood in the mornings was when mom would make pancakes for us with Aunt Jemima syrup. It tasted supremely delicious. Everytime mom would buy that bottle, I knew my life was gonna be filled with joy lol

@anthonytaylor7928 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer ms Butterworth

@ARedMagicMarker 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonytaylor7928 Same. But Aunt Jemima Pancake mix is great.

@splshmntaine Жыл бұрын

Great report with amazing collection of photos and video. Thank you, and look forward to more like this.

@manueacevedo3179 4 ай бұрын

When I first came to America and I was four years old aunt Jemima pancakes were the very first thing that I felt in love with. I remember asking my mom for the pancakes with the lady on the box. Never referred to her by color rather than by the lady.

@Spadestr81 3 жыл бұрын

The Aunt Jemima logo *was* Nancy Green’s portrait... It wasn’t a made up cartoon. Her smile was big, warm and memorable. They kept the portrait in memory of her, not as a mockery. That’s literally what she looked like.

@Enigmatism415 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing when human beings look like racial caricatures in real life.

@ursamagickmt672 3 жыл бұрын

@@Enigmatism415 Think about what you just wrote. 🙄

@Enigmatism415 3 жыл бұрын

@@ursamagickmt672 I did, that's why I wrote it...

@ShogunHull 3 жыл бұрын

YUP... THAT'S A FACT!!! I STILL LOVVVE AUNT JEMIMA!!!

@astheworldturns1096 3 жыл бұрын

Stop telling BOLD FACE lies....that is not the way she looks in real life.

@melanienichols842 3 жыл бұрын

"Aunt Jemima" is someone we identify; Pearl Milling Company is cold and unfamiliar.

@celo7carvalho 3 жыл бұрын

here, have a tissue Melanie. I'm very sorry for your loss

@king-icarus 3 жыл бұрын

That's the thing with branding, though. Something has been around for so long, and people get used to it. But if the brand started out as Pearl Milling Company, and it was changing now, you would probably feel the same about that name as you do with Aunt Jemima. In the future, everyone will just identify it as Pearl Milling Company and it won't seem cold or unfamiliar anymore.

@dave4708 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like an off brand, not buying anything with pearl milling company name.....sounds racist!!!😫😫

@just83542 3 жыл бұрын

@@king-icarus how exactly do you expect Pour Milling Company to establish itself as a household name to be remembered for future generations? The compelling iconography or the catchy jingles?

@king-icarus 3 жыл бұрын

@@just83542 As a graphic designer myself, I'm partial to iconography. But as it is right now, I don't think Pearl Milling Company's branding will be as memorable as the old Aunt Jemima, and I believe it's because it's too similar. In my opinion, because of the name change and wanting to completely dismiss Aunt Jemima, they should just rebrand the whole thing. Make it entirely different rather than keeping the aspects of the old brand name. I do think its possible for this brand to become a household name, but I don't think keeping Aunt Jemima's look is going to help them.

@rronaldd 20 күн бұрын

Aunt Jemima was like a member of our family. We loved her

@BenjaminGessel Жыл бұрын

Mmmmm, mmmmm! Lawdy, lawdy, I do declare! Aunt Jemima’s pancakes are gettin’ pretty rare! 😁😁😁

@lpc61 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. As a former Southern Calif resident did not know this about A. J nor the restaurant in Disneyland. History is important and chages will come but knowing our history hopefully will not repeat itself.

@eduardoramirezjr4403 3 жыл бұрын

Never been to an Aunt Jemima’s Kitchen, but I remember stopping at the Maryland Road House every time my family headed down to DC for our annual vacation. My mother loved the Howard Johnson’s shrimp cocktail as we kids would devour their world famous clam fries. And til to this day, get excited eating breakfast at IHOP or Denny’s. The simple pleasures of life.

@AlcyoneSong 3 жыл бұрын

Yaaas Howard Johnson’s clams were the beeest

@michaelpryor78 Ай бұрын

Yea, but you know the pancakes in there must have been absolute fire.

@blacknapalm2131 Ай бұрын

1955 : In the future we will have flying cars *2024 : This syrup is racist*

@Game_Hero Ай бұрын

well, the branding on it kinda is?

@Waldopolo69 19 күн бұрын

Yeah, black face on syrup is pretty racist.

@alexisrobinson9180 3 күн бұрын

Oh brother you people are willfully slow

@seanbexton 3 жыл бұрын

What an impressive lesson on a sensitive subject. Beautifully done with no glossing things over

@70s80sVidz 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating and very tactfully explained. A real youtube gem.

@Mewvision Жыл бұрын

In Australia, back in the 1970’s, there was an Aunt Jemima’s Pancake Bar at one of Melbourne’s earliest shopping centres Northland. In Preston. The bar was part of the Downyflake Doughnut shop, where doughnuts made on site could be watched in process, through a glass window, on the automatic machininery. As a teen I used to often wait there with mum, begging to have pancakes at the bar. It was such a novelty as back then we had pikelets, but not pancakes. (Pikelets are a smaller, fit in your hand, eat with your hand almost savoury pancake. Like a large blini) The lure of an exotic US styled pancake was strong. Years later Australia had a chain of pancake stores in, The Pancake Parlour (lovely) which had it’s day but well before that, it was a novelty to eat pancakes as a meal. I still remember the Aunt Jemima’s Pancake Bar and the depiction of Aunt Jemima in character and the, Doughnut themed, Optimist’s Creed as depicted in a tiled wall outside the store. “As you ramble on through life brother. Whatever be your goal. Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.”

@ethanjordan4377 Жыл бұрын

Is that Aussie humor? Because it isn't funny.

@ethanjordan4377 Жыл бұрын

Stop lying! You're so out there it's funny. What do you know about Aunt Jemimama in Australia? Unless you studied in the US You're A LIAR!

@corinfletcher Ай бұрын

The scent of the place is burnt into my synapses.

@chriswade8949 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of the best “ The history of “ shows I’ve seen. I appreciate The tactful discussion of the past! Well done

@TaaxiCaab 3 жыл бұрын

I showed this to my young daughter, who has been to Disneyland twice, and explained to her that when Disneyland opened, her deceased grandmother was her age. Kinda blew her mind.

@dododostenfiftyseven4096 Жыл бұрын

Did you explain how corrupt and fake Disney is? Or that you were wasting money on a mouse?

@TaaxiCaab Жыл бұрын

@@dododostenfiftyseven4096 Oh, I have not been there in years.. I don't support woke ass Disney. I will not give them another PENNY

@chubbbubb6870 3 күн бұрын

I used to buy Aunt Jemima pancake mix. Then one day i went to the store and it was gone. Didn't even realize it was changed to Pearl Milling co for a few months. Was just so much easier to grab the box with the black grandma on it.

@lynettedundon1410 Жыл бұрын

All I know is Iloved Aunt Jemimah growing up. She reminded me of the best Grandma ever and evoked warm and fuzzy emotions. I guess that was what Disney was banking on. I never thought of the marketing aspect as racist at all.( I never went to Disneys restaurant either). I still dont view her in a racist way, rather as a loving, warm Grandma.

@pacz8114 3 жыл бұрын

It's refreshing -- particularly out here on KZfaq -- to find an informative, entertaining and tastefully (no pun intended) produced work of significance. Nice job.

@MamaMonkey2008 3 жыл бұрын

My dad just mentioned that he remembered the ticket system they used for each ride. Some rides cost more and you would have specific tickets for those rides. He said his parents would buy each of the kids a book and said when the tickets were gone, they wouldn't buy more and it was time to go home.

@TarotMage 3 жыл бұрын

And that's where the phrase "E-ticket Ride" (meaning something exciting or spectacular) came from. I went to Disney World in 1972 and the rides were based on the ticket system. The more popular rides (The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and after it was built, Space Mountain) were honored with "E" ticket status. Those were the first to go from the ticket book, of course. :D

@didsomebodysaydmt8193 3 жыл бұрын

@@TarotMage lol remember the ticket books always had an even number of tickets and the rides were always odd numbers? My dad bitched the whole time. These crooks get you one way or the other,lol.

@heru-deshet359 3 жыл бұрын

We would take our time getting to the rides because of that reason, lol.

@joek8259 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember the ticket system! Holy moly.

@CajunPride777 3 жыл бұрын

Same ticket system as todays fair rides.

@boathousejoed1126 Жыл бұрын

I remember the one on the Berlin Turnpike here in Connecticut.Aunt Jemima was always a warm and caring image.I never thought that image could be hurtful to anyone.

@user-ne3yw2cu6c 4 ай бұрын

Aunt Jemima made Great Pancakes... I miss her smiling and cheerful face.

@hellking36 3 жыл бұрын

That chrous during the party pancake ad is just *chef's kiss*

@AdmiralPreparedness Жыл бұрын

I have a vague memory of eating pancakes with my family near Disneyland before we went inside the park for the day in the early 60's. Old 8 mm movies made by my dad and uncle are still kept lovingly by me to prove we were there in the early days of Disneyland.

@jazzyflorida3757 Жыл бұрын

I’ll be making pancakes with chocolate milk this weekend, thanks for the history and recipe

@jeffgulla1399 Жыл бұрын

They made the best Buckwheat Pancake mix, and we always sang the Theme song when eating them Pancakes, use to go to the location in Bethpage NY

@GeneSavage 3 жыл бұрын

I foolishly bought into the Facebook meme that "Aunt Jemima" was a really person whose business successes following the civil war were being erased by the rebranding. Your video educated me, and I now completely understand the change.

@frangipanivine 3 жыл бұрын

Nope, this is still dumb. Wow god forbid a black person was depicted on a popular grocery item, and god forbid Disney gave a job to the black women who portrayed her! (probably a pretty good job too since characters have always been important for Disney to attract guests). They are total monsters, wow quaker oats is so evil.

@williamschlenger1518 Жыл бұрын

I always loved Aunt Jemima & the picture.♥️

@dougharlow6037 5 ай бұрын

Walt Disney was a genius!!!! Every time I asked my mother for pancakes, I never thought of them as Quaker Oats always Aunt Jemima's pancake’s same with the syrup. And when my mother would take me to Disneyland, I always thought my pancakes were made by Aunt Jemima, she was and still is an icon to me. She was a great advertiser for Black woman. Even though she was never a black women to me just a wonderful sweet grandma.

@psiga Жыл бұрын

Learned a lot in this one! Thank you!

@notpurple 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for your sensible comments on history

@brittneydirenzo2418 3 жыл бұрын

The pancakes and syrup will always always be my favorite

@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын

Britney, you can concoct it yourself

@jogmas12 Жыл бұрын

Gotta add butter 🧈 too

@billblass5961 Жыл бұрын

I loved Aunt Jamima, still do. Good job.

@blueagle-di6is Жыл бұрын

I like the aunt Jemima character and consider her a happy part of our history

@nancymcmonarch Жыл бұрын

She never seemed undignified to me. A hell of a lot less insulting than "Lisa from Temecula." (－‸ლ)

@undergroundwarrior70 3 жыл бұрын

I can remember as far back as 1959 when I was 3, my mom would make Aunt Jemima Pancakes for breakfast (on Sunday mornings) all the way into the 80's. For syrup, it was always Log Cabin.

@metalmacabre9991 3 жыл бұрын

Log cabin? That's like a spring without the fall. Just kidding. Sunday breakfast was always my favorite part of growing up in the 80s.

@anglomik 2 ай бұрын

That offends the Cabin Builders Association of America. Best change the name...

@PyrotechNick77 3 жыл бұрын

I knew about the pancake race event from a Disneyland history book I bought from the park, as it was one of thr early year gimmicks of the park. I didn't know it was connected to the Aunt Jemima brand.

@merlinsteele6840 Ай бұрын

Those pancakes look delicious!

@ronanprince5163 Ай бұрын

Pretending that something never happened is not a good way to improve a brand the way I see it it's better for a company to egnolage that they were wrong but they still keep the branding because it's a part of history aunt Jeremiah's warm smiles brought great memories to people for almost 100 years