The Disneyland Story - Part 3

[CaramelHoteI]

Walt Disney could've built an underwater city if he really wanted. And he could' ve changed his name into Andrew Ryan.

[aetas4500]

Walt Disney was a story teller. Disney was more interested in the stories that the old black folks use to tell rather than stereotypes that weren't even considered negative in those days.

[BabyMamma54]

poor poor bobby driscoll, he was so young in song of the south

[maune98]

It all started witha mouse

[Mad1Cow]

Mickey was a starved actor? My oh my, that's an interesting image...

"As he started to eat regularly he began to change" Then, how did his eyes change? I love how Disney tries to make Mickey seem so real...

[DrumlineOnTheRun]

Underwear Parachute?!

[Cooltomorrowkid]

I can see they added a laugh to Brer Bear at 2:26 that wasn't in the original film. Awkward...

[vnisanianisback]

@Cooltomorrowkid I watched the Japanese laserdisc copy, and that laugh was also part of that vversion as well.

[Cooltomorrowkid]

@vnisanianisback - Hm. I stand corrected, then. *Shrugs*

[savage642]

wait wait wait wait song of the south was by walt disney i thought it was micheal eisner

[Cooltomorrowkid]

Oh, goodness, no. "Song of the South" was produced in 1946 by Walt Disney, long before Michael Eisner was CEO of the Company.

[holbrooke7]

Ironically, on Disneyland's opening day, Tomorrowland was only halfway done. They had construction tarps over most of Tomorrowland's attractions and put up lots of soft drink stands to try to disguise the mess.

[holbrooke7]

'Tis a shame that "Song of the South" will probably NEVER get released on DVD. And this black and white footage of it practically makes Br'er Fox looks like he's wearing blackface.

[AzumiCoyote]

@holbrooke7 Brer Fox's isn't black! He's only a predator... Look at colour version of this movie.

I think the CEO calls this great cartoon racist, 'cause they have only watched black - and - white version... :( Stupiid humans... >:(

[ZoloLover]

@AzumiCoyote All the characters in the story are black. These stories were originated from slaves. They wouldn't have white characters. That doesn't make it racist though.

[AzumiCoyote]

@ZoloLover THNX for the additional explanation... :)

[AdrenalineAddict610]

OMG I LOVED SONG OF THE SOUTH! :D

[PDS1990]

The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was really Steamboat Willie, not Plane Crazy.

[goreesha]

Actually, Plane Crazy was animated first, but Steamboat Willie was released first.

[mizzfreakster96]

It is true but Plane Crazy was the first cartoon to be released but Steamboat Willie is the first SOUND cartoon. :)

[goreesha]

That's true. When they first made Plane Crazy, it had no sound. When they finally released it after Steamboat Willie, they added in sound.

[savage642]

oh yea well this was made with walt himself and i think he knows wat episode or movie with mickey was first

[ZoloLover]

@savage642 Plane Crazy was the first mickey cartoon ever made, but he didn't want it released until he could put sound on it, which was Steam Boat Willie. It came out like second or third.

[Simbaholic]

@PDS1990 Plane Crazy was the first made, but Steamboat Willie was the first released.

[AutumnsSun]

October 27, 1954? That's 55 years ago tomorrow!

[SicardStudios]

Look! It's Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Brer Rabbit at 0:54!

[WWEChampion16]

R.I.P. James Baskett AKA Uncle Remus

[supercolton]

I GOT Song of the South ON DVD ;)

[IdolMaster123]

Ah! were"s?

[bebobaby1996]

I thot brier rabbit was in critter country

o well

&& wasnt that tomarrowland vid in part 2 intrigueing

we still havent gone to mars

they sure had high expectations back then

(srry 4 my spelling LOL)

[disneyfan85]

Well, Walt doesn't talk about Fantasyland too much. He discusses Disneyland and the hopes of it and compares it to what Uncle Remus calls a Laughing Place (hence, the scene in the movie, which was also shown on an episode on villains, called "Our Unsung Villains").

[bebobaby1996]

oooooooooooooooooh! Thanx 4 the info :)

[canadianjew250]

that and Critter Country and Splash Mountain did come to Disneyland until 1989, 45 years after this video was made

[AdrenalineAddict610]

Little did Disney know that 30 years after this, those characters would headline a new thriller: Splash Mountain.

[charlyiio]

splash mountain characters

[mktmajor2003]

There is nothing in Song of the South that you wouldnt find in Gone with the Wind or Roots.

[freedogshampoo]

I agree.

[hemanshera777]

@freedogshampoo here, here

[KiCreativeStudios]

@mktmajor2003 I second in full agreement.

the only mistake that Disney made was not driving the fact that Song of the South was set in POST-Civil War.

If anyone has problems with Song of the South, they are being bound by attempting to be overly politically correct. If Song of the South was made by a African-American animation studio, it would have been hailed and celebrated culturally.

You have to respect Ralph Bakshi for trying to break down barriers with his version in Coonskin.

[QuesoGr7]

@KiCreativeStudios

Ignore the butthurt people who cry racist at almost anything like this. -_-

[Msdisneyprincess100]

@mktmajor2003 You're completely right! great song. great movie.



[PaulR22]

This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. A few years go I was lucky enough to meet Nick Stewart who played the voice of Br'er Bear. He was one of the nicest people I met in Lost Angeles. I just wish I had asked him more about this film and the other actors.

I know some of the film might be considered stereotyping, but Disney should rerelease this one again. James Basket and Bobby Driscoll alone are worth seeing it again. And let's not forget the great Hattie McDaniel.

[disneyfan85]

Say, did you know that Nick Stewart also voiced Br'er Bear in both stateside versions of Splash Mountain?

[disneygeek1961]

Does any one remember ,the old shows about animals and their adventures. I remember there was one about a little dog that gets lost and he comes accross all diferant kinds of people. Does any one remember the name?

[cyanidemaiden]

lol how cute!

[JasnoGT]

Walt Disney was a genius.

[JasnoGT]

Walt Disney was a genius

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I used to have a copy of that first Disneyland episode when it was taped off of Disney Channel years ago when it was part of "Vault Disney". They showed a clip from "Song of the South". Too bad, it's not released on VHS and DVD at all.

[DallasDiatorei]

It is... just not in the U.S. I ordered one online about a month ago from the UK.

IT ROCKS!!

[mermaidamp]

Song Of The South was righteous.

[cartoonzof2007]

That it was, my friend. That it was.

[hemanshera777]

@mermaidamp yeah.

Why not have Song Of The South as part of KINGDOM HEARTS?

[GrassrootsSunGiant]

@hemanshera777 that would be amazing!!

[zperra]

I love the old Walt Disney cartoons.

Some of the most recent ones are crap.

[krusher1977]

Walt Disney is such an icon! That dude could do no wrong, imagine what he would dream up today with all the new technology existing. Not to take away from the imagineers of today, but Walt was the original innovator!

[MurielLovesCake]

"When he [Mickey] started to eat regularly, his appearance began to change." xD Yeah, food'll do that to ya.

I wish I could have seen Song of the South before it was banned. My mom's seem it, and I'm sure my dad, too, but I never have. :(

[smackddd3339]

I love the stories of Ber Rabbit

[Dragonrider1227]

being born in 1983 myself, it's odd to see Disneyland as a new concept just getting off the drawing table and having to prove itself to be a good idea.

[CoryTheRaven]

It's weird, but Mickey never really resonated with me as a character until I saw this show on DVD a while ago. Something about the wistful way Walt describes him in the second half sorta' softened my heart to the lil' guy.

[ronnyrizat]

nice dude