Benson Animal Farm 1975

[dennisou812]

this was my favorite place in the world when i was a kid. My family and i were working class people and if i may thank the owner of the park for keeping prices low so me and my family could enjoy it and we did every chance my momma could bring us. i used to get lost in the park and while my family looked for me all day long i spent the day lost in adventure. We speak of those times still today. Thank goodness for such a place

[GoRetroGirl]

I have fond memories of this place as a kid, too; however, those facilities for some of those animals were HORRENDOUS compared to most zoos now. Look at how pathetically small the polar bear's space is and the ridiculously tiny pool he had. I can also remember the poor gorilla sitting on concrete with his back to the visitors, as if he couldn't stand them.

[mxartist8]

you could pat a llama and feed it nuts

[Ziplok1]

been there done that!!!! 1984 , 1983 etc!!!! i LOVE BENSONS!!!! I MISS THIS FUCKIN PLACE BAD...... haunts my nightmares....... jeez.

[SuperBostonMan1]

i wish i could have been there

[7blueblood]

Bensons aint goin' anywhere!

[Sausahga]

Wasn't there a maze there?

[Filmaker25]

THIS PLACE IS WAS AWSOME. GLAD THEY REONAVATED IT , NO ANIMALS BUT SOME STRUCTURES ARE STILL THERE.

[GAmeFr3aK97]

i feel bad for dane cook LMAO!!

[tml4life21]

@GAmeFr3aK97 ahaha i just finished watchin his clip on that lmfao

[bertcookieandelmo]

the song choice for this vid scares me, but anyway im so bummed this place closed even before i was born =[ the place it used to be is only a 0 minute drive from my house... I have been there.. the cages are all still there but its kind of like walking through a ghost town...i wish i could have gone while it was open..it looks like it was so much fun =[

[bertcookieandelmo]

@bertcookieandelmo **10 minute drive

[mrpanta1]

poor animals! they all must have died because of the food that people through to the bars of the cages. popcorns to the turtles!!! oh my god. scary video.

[MrHaterforyou]

haha, Dane Cook was here once

[pagoogly]

@MrHaterforyou actually he didnt get a chance to go because his dad got drunk every saturday and had a hangover the next morning.

[Sorvea]

@MrHaterforyou he would have been if his dad took him..... benson's went somewhere....

[caseylm100]

i went there several times. it was half zoo and half amusement park. good place for small kids. the gorilla cage was very sad and the howler monkeys scared me

[qrashandburn]

My advice: Don't watch this while high.

[PrettyCrappyUsername]

lmao,

dane cook

xD

[sugrrkisses]

LMAO!! PrettyCrappyUsername, I totally agree. I couldn't stop laughing, it reminded me of Dane Cook's story about Benson's Animal Farm. I now understand why he was bummed about it. This must have been so cool.

[odog65]

(cont.) Deserves an oscar great footage choice of music

I forgot to include the train entering the park after the news footage clip then going to the 63 video

[odog65]

awesome video this should be clipped together with 2 other awesome bensons videos but 1 additional one for the beginning called going wild for bensons one from 1963 this one then the 1986 then cutting to dane cook's piece about Bensons after that cutting to credits using these songs and the one from the 63 video

it might sound like a lame idea to some but I came up with it being I didn't want to choose and say the whole thing put together

and entitle it the Benson's Animal farm special

[odog65]

to see a shot of Colossus look at the 1986 Bensons Animal Park video

[odog65]

it's ok CCwithbigjim has a shot of him on youtube

[odog65]

should have got a shot of Colossus the gorilla

[odog65]

monkeys look like they are dancing @ 1:14

[1BlAz3D]

I REBER THIS PLACE BOY I MISS IT

[Ruta930]

oh...that poor polar bear! I remember seeing him for years!