Burger Invasion: The History of McDonald's and Disney

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  • Опубліковано 28 тра 2019
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    In this Defunctland minisode, Kevin explores the history of McDonald's and Disney's relationship, from Dinoland to Happy Meals.
    Make sure you check out Rob Plays video that covers Disney's partnership with Burger King.
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  • @Defunctland
    @Defunctland  5 років тому +1086

    Hey everyone! Hope you liked the minisode!
    Make sure to check out RobPlays video on Disney’s partnership with Burger King today! ua-cam.com/video/HvrenscuS2s/v-deo.html
    We’ll be back with Part 4 of the Jim Henson series next. Have a great day!

    • @randomlocal7857
      @randomlocal7857 5 років тому +5

      Defunctlandtell kevin that i love him and hope he is having a great day

    • @waltdreamworksanimationstu1177
      @waltdreamworksanimationstu1177 5 років тому +1

      When exactly will part 4 be out

    • @daveybentley9059
      @daveybentley9059 5 років тому +7

      Just went to the McDonald’s at Disney world last week. It was the saddest place on the whole property.

    • @witchfingergeneral
      @witchfingergeneral 5 років тому +3

      Your Jim Henson series is so good! Thank you!

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 5 років тому +1

      Kevin, one day, please do either that Cedar Point or Barney idea after the series. Please?

  • @MrPatters
    @MrPatters 5 років тому +6231

    Title about McDonald's and Disney.
    Intro: "In 1918, the world was at war"

    • @asdfghjklemmaa
      @asdfghjklemmaa 5 років тому +27

      😂

    • @aturchomicz821
      @aturchomicz821 5 років тому +26

      Not in december though

    • @GoldenfoxxPrime
      @GoldenfoxxPrime 5 років тому +51

      It's practically a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point.

    • @NoahDKitts
      @NoahDKitts 5 років тому +32

      The war was actually the backstory of the McDonald's franchise.

    • @GoldenfoxxPrime
      @GoldenfoxxPrime 5 років тому +57

      @IHHOS: They know. It's just a running gag that Perjurer would go back to the dawn of man if he felt it was needed for the proper context.

  • @DankGank
    @DankGank 5 років тому +6455

    No Disney Defunctland episode is complete without Michael Eisner doing or saying something stupid

    • @cesarvictoriano8072
      @cesarvictoriano8072 5 років тому +537

      He's the Dio of Defunctland.
      "You thought this was a mistake Catsenburg made, but it was I, Micheal Eisner."

    • @cierabaldwin8314
      @cierabaldwin8314 5 років тому +330

      me: where did they go wrong
      Eisner *is mentioned*
      me: ahhhhh okay

    • @lamptrent
      @lamptrent 5 років тому +213

      At this point, I'm starting to think he chooses his topics based on if Eisner is involved. Maybe it's a crush?

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 5 років тому +108

      He is Defucntland's Hydra. Just when you think he finally been cut off, two more of him takes its place.

    • @chrisallot66
      @chrisallot66 5 років тому +33

      Mike is a fucking legend and that's just fax

  • @TrashmeisterGarbage
    @TrashmeisterGarbage 5 років тому +1995

    Unironic thanks for repeating "Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's™". I would have glazed right over that without truly appreciating it.

    • @jackpumpoen
      @jackpumpoen 2 роки тому +29

      go look at the art featured during that it’s so good too

    • @LoveMyUnusual
      @LoveMyUnusual 2 роки тому +18

      Futurama: This dream brought to you by Light Speed Briefs!

  • @blazingblight2706
    @blazingblight2706 5 років тому +2126

    "You really are Ronald!"
    *_And thus, the little boy was never seen or heard from again._*

  • @Nintendotron64
    @Nintendotron64 5 років тому +1982

    "Countdown to Extinction Sponsored By McDonalds"
    If there was ever a more on-the-nose title, I have yet to hear it.

    • @bluedragon9925
      @bluedragon9925 5 років тому +63

      I almost passed out from laughter when I realized the pure irony of that title...
      They had to have known... If not, then LMAO!

    • @CrossfacePanda
      @CrossfacePanda 5 років тому +68

      Feels like the title of a newscast scene you’d see in a satirical cyberpunk disaster movie.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 5 років тому +31

      sounds like skit on the daily show.

    • @endlessnoise9173
      @endlessnoise9173 5 років тому +31

      Also the name of a really good Megadeth album.

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 5 років тому +14

      I wish Mcdonald's would really go extinct.

  • @re0294
    @re0294 5 років тому +1759

    I have to say I was really not expecting the whole them knowing eachother during war times thing to go literally no where

    • @Vokabre
      @Vokabre 5 років тому +205

      Makes sense if they both did not keep in touch much after the war, which sounds likely. The letter to Disney thus would have a "hi remember me from school long time ago" feel to it.

    • @mrWendybird
      @mrWendybird 5 років тому +132

      The fact that Ray and Walt actually met was brand new to me, funnily enough

    • @ThatLaloBoy
      @ThatLaloBoy 5 років тому +58

      @scottbaino with the lonely life I have, I'll take what I can get

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 5 років тому +26

      @scottbaino This is Walt Disney we're talking about, the guy who NEVER forgets a single name and face.

    • @nightflyer3242
      @nightflyer3242 5 років тому +58

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 The letter never made it to Walt's desk though, if it did then Walt would've probably reached out to Ray who was still just starting his franchise. Also why would Walt want to partner up with a then-small restaurant from 40 miles away in bumfuck San Bernardino when he was trying to attract the biggest corporations of the time for sponsorships to help open the world's biggest theme park at the time.

  • @TheHightower92
    @TheHightower92 5 років тому +1798

    I always like how Kevin is always so focused with the narration, but whenever Michael Eisner's dumb sense of humor shows up, he always cracks a little

  • @nekotj_
    @nekotj_ 5 років тому +1282

    "Szechuan Sauce"
    *Aw shit, here we go again.*

    • @slipwaykitsune
      @slipwaykitsune 5 років тому +64

      Those were dark times

    • @bconroy328
      @bconroy328 5 років тому +86

      A distant ree could be heard echoing across horizon.

    • @jandersontolentinogandra4173
      @jandersontolentinogandra4173 5 років тому +46

      *WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB*

    • @abrahamalvarez8692
      @abrahamalvarez8692 5 років тому +40

      I still have a Szechuan Sauce packet sitting in my closet. I'm planning to sell it on an ebay auction someday.

    • @warlock1186
      @warlock1186 4 роки тому +36

      Guys, mulan is getting remade, there might be a chance of this BS coming back.

  • @danieljones361
    @danieljones361 5 років тому +1146

    “Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald’s”
    Please put that on a shirt!

    • @ratuse
      @ratuse 5 років тому +13

      McDonald's promise to you! LOL

    • @emelianemone777
      @emelianemone777 5 років тому +3

      yeah, this definitely has promise.

    • @spacetypo
      @spacetypo 5 років тому +14

      10/10 would buy it, and I never buy merch!

    • @kellyweingart3692
      @kellyweingart3692 5 років тому +4

      The McDisney burger 😂

    • @sovietonion4020
      @sovietonion4020 4 роки тому +13

      I'm pretty sure that's a lawsuit just waiting to happen

  • @fuzzy7644
    @fuzzy7644 5 років тому +288

    Remember kids, don't talk to stranger unless they give you free burgers then they're your friend.

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch 5 років тому +13

      You're throwing money away otherwise

    • @arootube
      @arootube 4 роки тому +40

      Look if a stranger has the power to effectively duplicate matter through time manipulation, I ain't about to piss him off.

  • @arksrapid4582
    @arksrapid4582 4 роки тому +820

    When you started naming the all the McDonald’s toys I could see my life flashing back before my eyes lol

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 роки тому +12

      Wish i could see the ones for atlantis the lost empire

    • @athena8794
      @athena8794 3 роки тому +11

      @@travisboutilier2220 I had some of them. I was *big* into Atlantis. Kida is still my fave Disney Princess

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 роки тому +1

      @@athena8794 What kind are their? i have watched it many times.

    • @athena8794
      @athena8794 3 роки тому +10

      @@travisboutilier2220 most of them were pull-back-and-release vehicles. I remember there being the submarine, the chow wagon, the big drill, and a few others. The two toys I had were Kida on one of the fish shaped atlantian fighter plane things and a keyring shaped like one of the power crystals.

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 роки тому +5

      @@athena8794 Those sound quite cool. i was only four when it came out.

  • @guytorie
    @guytorie 5 років тому +349

    That stranger danger McDonald's commercial was probably dangerous in and of itself, since it clearly attempts to demonstrate a hypothetical scenario in which it WOULD BE somehow okay for small child to accept food from a strange man who claims to be the real Ronald McDonald. And hey, even if it WAS the real Ronald McDonald, he can't take that kid to McDonald's. In fact, he EXTRA can't take that kid to McDonald's if he's the actual Ronald McDonald.

  • @Spalfos
    @Spalfos 5 років тому +793

    The key to making a Defunctland video is always to start the video at least four decades prior to the topic at hand

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 5 років тому +50

      The Key to Making a Defunctland Video! "In 1834, William George Horner invented the zoetrope..."

    • @KendrickHarrisKenfinity
      @KendrickHarrisKenfinity 4 роки тому +10

      There's always background information in our awesome videos!

    • @9206156175
      @9206156175 4 роки тому +32

      Key no. 2: Michael Eisner screwing something up

    • @FroJSimpson
      @FroJSimpson 2 роки тому +6

      Now the Dillon Family joke in the FastPass episode of Defunctland makes perfect sense to me.

  • @ismaellovera4767
    @ismaellovera4767 5 років тому +888

    Me: wow I should probably do some chores around the house
    Defunctland: H a m b u r g e r
    Me: fair point

    • @ismaelsyed6449
      @ismaelsyed6449 4 роки тому +4

      Ismael Lovera fair enough

    • @kvltizt
      @kvltizt 4 роки тому +2

      I am cleaning kitchen/cooking while watching this on my tablet. :p

  • @MuppleUK
    @MuppleUK 3 роки тому +190

    The amount of contempt in his voice when he says "dougs 1st movie" is palpable.

  • @elainejsta
    @elainejsta 5 років тому +361

    Hey, I know a little bit about this
    “In 1918-“
    Lol never mind

  • @JPTQJR
    @JPTQJR 5 років тому +490

    Countdown to Extinction
    Sponsored by McDonalds
    Whoever pitched that must've really hated McDonalds

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 років тому +13

      Funny now, but back then it was huge. Like Avatar, it wasn't about the recycled stolen story, it was about the graphics. Disney's first real attempt at a CGI film without the help of Pixar. And when Animal Kingdom opened in 1998, there really wasn't that many attractions. Kilimanjaro Safari, and Countdown to Extinction were the major E ticket rides. Of course, it was more extreme, and more of the ride worked, but it was still a major hit, even after the film flopped. Guests couldn't just UA-cam ride through of DL's Indiana Jones to compare which was better. This was Star Tours/Body Wars on crack! Now it's just a shakey journey through darkness. Then again, people are still big fans for Space Mountain. Perhaps this was why Disney did what they could with the rest of Dinoland USA. They needed something other than the boneyard. And what better way to make Dinosaur the ride appear great again, than to put it next to some mediocre carnival rides?

  • @JennyNicholson
    @JennyNicholson 5 років тому +1333

    This episode is well-timed to coincide with my disappointment that they did not wheel the old conestoga fry wagon into Star Wars Land

    • @hornedcrusader9485
      @hornedcrusader9485 2 роки тому +26

      Who's the scamp that nearly bankrupt Disney
      It's Michael! Michael! Michael Eisner!

    • @dougmartin7129
      @dougmartin7129 2 роки тому +2

      HornedCrusader
      Actually it’s Iger with his 70 billion dollar purchase of fox.

    • @dizzylilthing
      @dizzylilthing Рік тому +6

      ​@@hornedcrusader9485 Who poked out his brothers eye? It's Micheal, it's Michael!

  • @ukbigman91
    @ukbigman91 5 років тому +194

    That marimba opening music transitioning from the Disney theme to the McD theme was genius.

  • @AdamYJ
    @AdamYJ 4 роки тому +194

    "The promotional would annoy librarians of all people as players would call up their local information centers with Disney trivia questions."
    Honestly, as a librarian, I can say a number of us have issues with Disney already.

    • @alexandriaacord9895
      @alexandriaacord9895 4 роки тому +16

      Adam Hoffman As a fellow librarian, I can’t help but wonder what would win out: annoyance towards Disney or our desperation to feel needed for reference questions.

    • @starsparkle78
      @starsparkle78 4 роки тому +2

      why do librarians have problems with Disney?

    • @ryanahr2267
      @ryanahr2267 3 роки тому +41

      @@starsparkle78 Probably because of the way Disney has altered both fiction and actual history to add some drama and make their movies more family friendly

    • @wyattsteel411
      @wyattsteel411 Рік тому +6

      @@ryanahr2267 *cough cough* The Fox and the Hound.
      I'm unironically mad about the Disney adaptation, as a fan of the original novel.

    • @saynotocupcakes
      @saynotocupcakes Рік тому +3

      @@wyattsteel411I feel the same way about Bambi.

  • @simonsaidsleep
    @simonsaidsleep 5 років тому +1523

    I’m just gonna say it...
    McDisney sounds like an absolutely horrible ship name

    • @crocketlawnchair259
      @crocketlawnchair259 5 років тому +130

      And you are now not allowed to give the internet any more ideas

    • @oldmanmammoth5364
      @oldmanmammoth5364 5 років тому +69

      Kevin Hanson that’s not your decision to make.
      *THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE HIS FATE*

    • @candicoated2001
      @candicoated2001 5 років тому +46

      No, its WaltKroc..

    • @avocado4799
      @avocado4799 4 роки тому +2

      I’m dead

    • @alexschneider1667
      @alexschneider1667 4 роки тому +23

      Why did my brain think that was a ship between Paul McCartney and Walt Disney

  • @CoolEric258
    @CoolEric258 5 років тому +552

    That old Ronald McDonald design is going to be in my nightmares forever

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 5 років тому +26

      Ronald McDonald in general is serious nightmare material. Seriously, he alone is enough to keep me away from McDonald's most of the time.

    • @paquio100
      @paquio100 5 років тому +49

      The creepy clown that pulls burgers out of his dick? You can trust him don’t worry

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 5 років тому +46

      @@lanceturley7745 Pennywise wishes he could kill as many people as Ronald McDonald

    • @andrewduong2740
      @andrewduong2740 5 років тому +26

      @@EssexAggiegrad2011 he's the clown that haunts Pennywise's nightmares

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 5 років тому +4

      @@andrewduong2740 Yup

  • @jacobmanning7983
    @jacobmanning7983 4 роки тому +61

    From the thumbnail, I thought it was going to be about how Eisner got miffed at some McDonald's employee and started his own chain of mouse shaped burgers and nuggets

  • @steelemimbs877
    @steelemimbs877 5 років тому +69

    My dad worked at McDonalds in the late 90s and early 00s. We went to Disneyland in that same time range, and because he was a McDonalds employee we were able to enter a special room at the Countdown to Extinction area set aside for said employees. It was wonderfully air conditioned, they had soda machines you could drink from as much as you want, and when you were done relaxing you were taken directly to the front of the line for the ride itself. It was pretty nice, and basically the only thing I actually remember from that day at the park.

  • @MadBunny1010
    @MadBunny1010 5 років тому +721

    Me: oh yay a new Defunctland!
    Kevin: war.....war never changes....

  • @Relic827
    @Relic827 5 років тому +1220

    :video about anything:
    Kevin: “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth...”

    • @Lensman864
      @Lensman864 5 років тому +18

      I thought he only does non-fictitious subjects?

    • @WombatLoveAffair
      @WombatLoveAffair 5 років тому +36

      Typical asshole atheist

    • @Natlanivstheworld
      @Natlanivstheworld 4 роки тому +10

      @@WombatLoveAffair People can have their own beliefs, Lmao.

    • @liamryan7239
      @liamryan7239 4 роки тому +28

      Confuseicorn He knows. People are just tired of ultra atheists and ultra religious people being dicks to anyone who disagrees with them.

    • @berwynsigns4115
      @berwynsigns4115 4 роки тому +6

      @@Natlanivstheworld Tell that to Lensman, not to Slam.

  • @Rick586
    @Rick586 Рік тому +53

    I will never be able to forget that McDonald's and Disney had a partnership.
    It was evening in Frontierland, the sky had turned orange with the sunset and the pathway lights began humming as they came to illuminating life. My family was on our way to ride Big Thunder Mountain one last time for the day when I heard a voice.
    "Is that a ********* Micky D's?"
    A middle-age man was standing by a covered-wagon-shaped food cart with boards over its windows and the iconic golden arches emblazoned above the vacant counter.
    "It's a ********* Micky D's," he stated as he walked away, shaking his head.

    • @emmylightner3688
      @emmylightner3688 10 місяців тому +2

      I cant decide if he was excited about the f****** McDonalds or upset 😂

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 10 місяців тому +2

      @@emmylightner3688 He seemed upset and confused XD

  • @ripleyandweeds1288
    @ripleyandweeds1288 5 років тому +392

    'they promoted a special seczchuan sauce"
    *gets war flashbacks* dude, you gotta warn a brother before you say stuff like that.

  • @stevethepocket
    @stevethepocket 5 років тому +712

    Ack! You left out the most interesting artifact left over from the partnership: In the queue for Dinosaur, there are a number of pipes running along the ceiling. Three of them-red, yellow, and white-are labeled with a series of chemical compounds and Linnaean scientific names.
    They refer to the ingredients of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise, respectively.

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 роки тому +31

      That's actually really good.

    • @travisboutilier2220
      @travisboutilier2220 3 роки тому +11

      I always wondered why those pipes looked that way.

    • @sofcarolq
      @sofcarolq 2 роки тому +7

      I work at wdw and it makes me chuckle every time

    • @fuzzlegs
      @fuzzlegs 2 роки тому +3

      Aye Homestar Runner!

    • @whofuckingcares420
      @whofuckingcares420 2 роки тому +10

      Someone was really proud to have gotten that one approved

  • @DistoryDan
    @DistoryDan 5 років тому +1208

    Whoa! This episode was a real WHOPPER! I can't believe Croc & Disney met all those years ago. Thats insane to me. One of those strange bits of coincidence that proves how strange life is.

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 5 років тому +29

      Kroc, not Croc. Although if you read about his business practices, he turned out to be quite a crock as well.

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 5 років тому +31

      There's some debate on whether it's true that they met all those years ago. However it's one of those things where you can kind of get away with "printing the myth" because Disney/McDonald's connection gives you nice sort of poetic symmetry in having those two major architects of American capitalism in the 20th Century meet each other years before they would make their mark on the commerce of the country.
      It's insane if it is true thoufg.

    • @E_Unik
      @E_Unik 5 років тому +1

      Were you in the video? 10:37?

    • @Sirenhound
      @Sirenhound 5 років тому +3

      Whopper is from Hungry Jack's not McDonalds.

    • @gator9339
      @gator9339 5 років тому +2

      @@Sirenhound You clearly aren't American

  • @theend1555
    @theend1555 Рік тому +74

    Insane how Michael Eisner was able to save Disney from the brink, bring in large revenue streams like this partnership with McDonald's, open entire parks and iconic rides BUT also make some of the worst more boneheaded decisions possible.

    • @jimmyboy7817
      @jimmyboy7817 Рік тому

      Did you see it turn pink as he was unzipping it?😅

    • @sebastiann.8088
      @sebastiann.8088 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@jimmyboy7817ayo what 🤨

  • @terla2971
    @terla2971 5 років тому +91

    I knew you’d start by mentioning their meeting in the war. It’s so crazy to me that two boys went to fight for their countries and then became gigantic business men.
    History can be fascinating like that.

    • @izaacreatherishere
      @izaacreatherishere Рік тому

      What if World War 1 didn't happen?

    • @Awimpyman69
      @Awimpyman69 Рік тому +2

      @@izaacreatherishere wrong channel bud, I think you’re looking for @alternatehistoryhub

  • @sandmaneyes
    @sandmaneyes 5 років тому +379

    The Mouse and The Clown, two powerful entities combined to conquer the hearts and stomachs of men.

    • @lilrhia
      @lilrhia 5 років тому +26

      ...with both originally having horrifying costumes for mascots in their mission to do so...

    • @benabramowitz18
      @benabramowitz18 5 років тому +22

      "A powerful clown, named Donald Ronald McDonald."

    • @JoseAlberto-dh8pf
      @JoseAlberto-dh8pf 5 років тому

      @@benabramowitz18 ONALD

    • @asch7906
      @asch7906 5 років тому

      And poison them.

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 5 років тому

      Unlike Disney which dipped in quality as of recently McDonald's was never good.

  • @hamishm9594
    @hamishm9594 5 років тому +169

    *EVERYONE*: Endgame is the most ambitious crossover in history!
    *ME*: Idk, A water ride at Disney land and McDonalds collabbed one time.

    • @warlock1186
      @warlock1186 4 роки тому +3

      Well, eisner did say that the partnership was, the most ambitious crossover of family brands.

  • @TheAjCalvillo
    @TheAjCalvillo 5 років тому +183

    "Change from Jabba The Hutt to Pizza the Hutt"
    **Mel Brooks has entered the chat**

    • @Ragan31687
      @Ragan31687 4 роки тому +5

      TheAjCalvillo Okay I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that!

    • @theangryholmesian4556
      @theangryholmesian4556 4 роки тому +16

      Merchandising! Merchandising!

    • @amphioxusanniversary
      @amphioxusanniversary 4 роки тому +16

      @@theangryholmesian4556 *ahem * MOICHANDIZING! MOICHANDIZING!

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 3 роки тому +7

      @@amphioxusanniversary Where the *real* money from the picture is made!

  • @divinityd662
    @divinityd662 5 років тому +160

    No one:
    Old Ronald McDonald: HEY KID WANNA HAMBURGER MMMM?

  • @rspud
    @rspud 5 років тому +834

    That szechuan sauce bit just about gave me a heart attack until you said Mulan

    • @allisonwilhelm1308
      @allisonwilhelm1308 5 років тому +109

      I WANT THAT MULAN MCNUGGETS SAUCE, MORTY!

    • @missybarbour6885
      @missybarbour6885 5 років тому +153

      As someone who was living in a college dorm full of white boy STEM majors at the time, the phrase "szechuan sauce" gives me oddly specific war flashback

    • @nintendogirl1016
      @nintendogirl1016 5 років тому +23

      Oh no not again!

    • @WavePrism
      @WavePrism 5 років тому +17

      ... wubba lubba dub dub

    • @jurgenvingerhoets9689
      @jurgenvingerhoets9689 5 років тому +22

      We're gonna get schwifty in medieval China.

  • @BlueHero112
    @BlueHero112 5 років тому +112

    Jeez what was with The Red Cross volunteers in Italy. Walt Disney served alongside both writer Ernest Hemingway and Ray Kroch? That's three of the most influential men in modern American culture all in the same place right before they would start their careers

    • @Ryan-0413
      @Ryan-0413 5 років тому +2

      Well Hemingway was the Spanish Civil War in the 30s

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому +8

      That’s not even the most coincidental meetings in history.

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 років тому +5

      And to think, my 13yo grandfather was stationed on a boat in the Pacific. We could've been rich and famous, but he had to fight the Japanese instead!

    • @Demiglitch
      @Demiglitch 5 років тому +11

      @@UmmYeahOk McDonald's Splash Mountain, brought to you by Hemingway

    • @candicoated2001
      @candicoated2001 5 років тому +3

      I would pay for someone to create a story of those three hanging put together.

  • @dharmallars
    @dharmallars Рік тому +29

    Nostalgia is such a strange thing, man. Watching this video made me sad for the days when happy meals and other competing brands offered COOL toys with their meals, instead of just like a sticker like they do now. Some of my favorite childhood toys came from McDonald’s or Burger King. But then I feel weird, because I’m feeling sad and nostalgic for a marketing ploy designed specifically to get screaming rowdy kids to demand their parents take them to McDonald’s and feed them garbage. I remember always asking my mom for McDonald’s whenever we drove anywhere! So I guess what I’m missing isn’t the era, because it sucked, or the marketing tactic, because it sucked. I’m really just missing being a kid and not KNOWING that I was being manipulated. So in a sense I’m realizing that most of my nostalgia was corporately manufactured, and all I’m really missing is the time when I couldn’t understand what that- HOLY SHIT 8:32 I HAD THAT BAMBI I STILL HAVE IT SOMEWHERE

    • @giselletorres4156
      @giselletorres4156 8 місяців тому +3

      It's why so much of nostalgia nowadays like "omg the old school pizza hut/taco bell/ etc" or nostalgia for toys and products like Transformers and Power Rangers,
      it's all materialistic when you grow up and take a step back. You're all nostalgic for PRODUCTS and CORPORATIONS. Adults back then had so much disdain for 90s product placement as today's adults do with popular youtube and netflix figures like cocomelon and ryan's world garnering so much money with their merchandise.
      It's also why I feel fatigued with the oversaturation of collectible funko pops. Times weren't simple back then and it certainly isn't any better now.

  • @antteeter7646
    @antteeter7646 5 років тому +33

    I was half expecting Ronald to offer that kid a paper boat!

  • @ogjk
    @ogjk 5 років тому +409

    Subtle jabs at ruthless commercialism, I'm lovin it.

    • @brutallyhonest123
      @brutallyhonest123 5 років тому +8

      Complaining about ruthless commercialism on youtube is akin to protesting police brutality
      in blackface.

    • @BenoHourglass
      @BenoHourglass 5 років тому +16

      DOWN WITH COMMERCIALISM
      -Sponsored by SkillShare.

    • @ezakustam
      @ezakustam 5 років тому +7

      @@brutallyhonest123
      Nice comment, but the better video creators aren't the problem. The people managing the algorithms are the problem.

    • @jroberts3412
      @jroberts3412 5 років тому +11

      @@brutallyhonest123 by that logic you can never criticise capitalism if you've bought food

    • @brutallyhonest123
      @brutallyhonest123 5 років тому +2

      @@jroberts3412 that's the point.

  • @gwentheboyfriendkisserandn9476
    @gwentheboyfriendkisserandn9476 5 років тому +189

    countdown to extinction sponsored by McDonald's
    say that 5 times in a row

    • @Radman1889
      @Radman1889 5 років тому +7

      I tried, but I couldn't stop laughing

    • @KlynerKaiOffical
      @KlynerKaiOffical 5 років тому +3

      Radman The Lucario I barley did it XD

  • @joshjames582
    @joshjames582 5 років тому +21

    "I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, mister."
    Oh no. I no, no nooo. Run, Georgie. Run.

    • @50percentGrey
      @50percentGrey 5 років тому +3

      I think it's fairly obvious where Stephen King got the inspiration for that scene from.

  • @niknaython1979
    @niknaython1979 4 роки тому +27

    seeing those "Incredibles" toys really brings me back to my childhood

  • @simonkawasaki4229
    @simonkawasaki4229 5 років тому +106

    Love the slight voice inflection on “Doug’s First Movie”

    • @aceshighdueceslow
      @aceshighdueceslow 5 років тому +13

      "Doug had a movie, remember when that happened? just reminding you that that was a thing that happened"

    • @simonkawasaki4229
      @simonkawasaki4229 5 років тому +3

      aceshighdueceslow also love Nostalgia Critic’s review on it. You should check it out.

    • @Gravydog316
      @Gravydog316 4 роки тому +3

      hardly 'slight' ....that was an epic burial if there ever was one!

  • @openingband
    @openingband 5 років тому +188

    I was waiting for the Michael Eisner does something stupid and I was not let down.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 роки тому +4

      It's not like there was a better pun available.

    • @SammEater
      @SammEater 4 роки тому +5

      I was like "this is a Michael Eisner does something stupid episode".

    • @nervousgreg
      @nervousgreg 4 роки тому +2

      @kristian rikardsen That reminds me that Burger King used to have Shrek toys. We need a part 2 to this minisode about the rivalry between McDisney and BurgerWorks!

  • @techguypaul
    @techguypaul 5 років тому +43

    I remember the Westward Ho fries. Somehow, they tasted better than regular McDonald's fries and it was what I always wanted when my parents asked if I wanted a snack while at Disneyland! I wish they'd bring them back, though I'd prefer a cheaper pass so I could actually go to Disneyland in the first place lol

  • @CthulhuianBunny
    @CthulhuianBunny 4 роки тому +19

    "Disney was looking for a way to advertise their new attraction."
    What? You mean that totally radical hip-hop version of Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah that featured in your Okefenokee video didn't have everyone buying out tickets faster than they could print them? I'm shocked!

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 роки тому

      Funnily enough, he actually downplayed how weird the advertising was.

  • @pablog74
    @pablog74 5 років тому +222

    You should do more food videos and call the series somthing like DefunctBrand
    Still loved this minisode

  • @alb5338
    @alb5338 5 років тому +42

    3:40
    Son: "Stranger Danger! Stranger Danger!"
    Father: "Don't worry son, they were different times (immediately stares into the void while repressed memories of Ronald come flooding back)."
    Bada-ba-ba-ba.

    • @e2daron
      @e2daron 5 років тому +3

      Plot twist: The father was the kid in the commercial

  • @DailyDoseOfMigue
    @DailyDoseOfMigue 5 років тому +155

    Defunctland is literally my history class 😌

  • @2kdegenerate708
    @2kdegenerate708 5 років тому +14

    Kevin is simply the best. I miss the days of less than 10k subs so that you could actually see my comments lol.

  • @ezraparish1138
    @ezraparish1138 5 років тому +33

    Former Disney employee, but during my orientation, they mentioned this in some good detail, and told us that there were fry carts on MainStreet USA at one point. (They also unofficially told us the partnership ended because of public perception.)

  • @samrosenthal8481
    @samrosenthal8481 5 років тому +27

    It took me far longer than I would like to admit to figure out this had nothing to do with Jim Henson

  • @SuperDevolution
    @SuperDevolution 4 роки тому +9

    It's so weird knowing that these companies were together for a relatively short amount of time when that time encompassed basically your entire childhood and provided so many memories.

  • @sleeksheepfox
    @sleeksheepfox 5 років тому +21

    3:49 Sounds oddly similar to Pennywise's first encounter with Georgie

    • @darkmatterburger
      @darkmatterburger Рік тому

      Stephen King based that interaction from that ad, actually!

  • @rfrolicarts
    @rfrolicarts 5 років тому +90

    This episode was interesting as always :)
    * Thank you for sharing that bit of trivia about these two giants crossing paths early. Life works in mysterious ways.
    * That musical segue into the McDonald's jingle was clever. Props for that :)
    * I never imagined Ronald McDonald could look even creepier than his regular iconic image... but him in that early commercial plying a child with burgers is amazing/awful.
    * I have strong memories of using that puppet from the movie Dinosaur to bite my brother.
    * Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's is unintentional surrealist alt-lit.
    * 14:09 all of these park attractions feel so much more organic (and appetizing) without the branding.

  • @someguy7601
    @someguy7601 5 років тому +77

    A new Defunctland video? And one involving Disney and McDonald’s?
    Now this is an awesome birthday present!

  • @MikeKobela
    @MikeKobela 5 років тому +14

    Your tone of voice when you said McDisney Production says everything.

  • @ginablackmon5460
    @ginablackmon5460 3 роки тому +9

    3:54
    Encourages kids to talk to strangers as long as they’re dressed as Ronald McDonald.
    🙄 That seems well thought out.

  • @Davanthall
    @Davanthall 5 років тому +9

    Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald’s.
    You know, sometimes there’s false advertising, and then sometimes there’s....the exact polar opposite.

  • @redfive1300
    @redfive1300 5 років тому +70

    Defunctland:
    McDonalds started its collab with Disney with Splash Mountain in 1989.
    Roger Rabbit’s McDonalds campaign, a year earlier:
    *Am I a joke to you?!*

    • @bananafanafoferry6970
      @bananafanafoferry6970 5 років тому +11

      There were Happy meals for Bambi and Oliver & Company. There was also a Who Framed Roger Rabbit tie-in. Then there was a Cinderella Jaq and Gus ornament set that was available for Christmas in the mid to late 1980’s. This was all before Splash Mountain and The Little Mermaid.

    • @SirBlackReeds
      @SirBlackReeds 4 роки тому

      Or alternatively: *How dare you!*

  • @canadianfurrytrash906
    @canadianfurrytrash906 5 років тому +15

    Nobody:
    Disney's Animal Kingdom: "Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonald's"

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel 3 роки тому +4

    I love that McDonalds ad, literally a scene in IT.

  • @alphabulblax1649
    @alphabulblax1649 5 років тому +6

    There's not enough red flags in the world for that old McDonald's commercial.

    • @PrydeWater901
      @PrydeWater901 5 років тому +2

      Red flags adorned with Golden Arches

  • @krx50
    @krx50 5 років тому +118

    Really? You mention "Pizza the Hutt" but don't use a clip from Spaceballs? Opportunity majorly missed there

    • @Dragonborn-dc4uj
      @Dragonborn-dc4uj 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah especially the scene when he ate himself

  • @CorporalPig22
    @CorporalPig22 5 років тому +18

    "McDonald's even went as far as selling a special edition Szechuan sauce...."
    *INCOMING RICK AND MORTY COMMENTS*

  • @carterd5364
    @carterd5364 4 роки тому +8

    4:57 R.I.P the yellow hat

  • @originalname28
    @originalname28 5 років тому +78

    “Countdown to Extinction: Sponsored by McDonalds”
    This really says a lot about our society 🤔

  • @AmandaSmith
    @AmandaSmith 5 років тому +64

    I LOST IT at 11:53 at “from the McDon of time”

    • @tankart150
      @tankart150 5 років тому +1

      Amanda Smith me too

  • @ninjaboyjoel9183
    @ninjaboyjoel9183 Рік тому +5

    This is like the start of metal gear solid 3 but for mcdonalds and disney

  • @marlafranca5910
    @marlafranca5910 5 років тому +59

    Wait, Steve jobs was a shareholder in disney? He was the largest shareholder of disney after disney bought pixar? Why is this my first time hearing about this?
    Edit: apparently he created pixar, and just about nothing i had ever seen covering Steve jobs seemed to believe that was notable information. Well then.

    • @wrdz3748
      @wrdz3748 2 роки тому +5

      He only made Pixar Studios, but he didn't create the technology. George Lucas, ILM, and Lucasfilm were the creators of the original Pixar technology.

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 5 років тому +78

    Ah yes, Countdown to _Extinction._
    _SPONSORED BY_ *_MCDONALDS._*

    • @KMcNally117
      @KMcNally117 4 роки тому

      Me: ua-cam.com/video/iimTHhCRjG8/v-deo.html

  • @JCstock
    @JCstock 5 років тому +148

    What? Szechuan sauce? Man that's crazy I had NO IDEA that McDonalds sold that. I bet it tasted really good. Wish they'd bring it back. I bet that wouldn't cause mass chaos or anything.

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 5 років тому +34

      I know you are joking, but I was at a store that day not knowing what was going on.
      It was not pretty!

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 років тому +13

      I still have my rerelease container of it. Like all those McDonalds Beanie Babies I have, they're gonna make me RICH!!!

    • @zacharytomes5202
      @zacharytomes5202 5 років тому +2

      @@KidSnivy69 It was hell

    • @JCstock
      @JCstock 5 років тому +3

      @@tigerclaw34 bad day?

    • @astoldby
      @astoldby 4 роки тому

      @@tigerclaw34 I'm a month behind but I love your statement. Hahaha

  • @toygertiger5504
    @toygertiger5504 3 роки тому +23

    Can I just say supersize me was a hack of a “documentary”, the guy who did it was vegan for a long time and the reason the food made him so ill was because his body was going into shock from taking on so much meat after years without it

    • @jenneacubero1036
      @jenneacubero1036 3 роки тому +3

      Toyger Tiger Not to mention that NOT eating McDonalds everyday should be common sense. Still, when I was in high school, our home-ed teacher showed us "Portion Size Me" where a man and woman got the healthier options of fast-food menus and were fine in the end.

    • @monstersociety3360
      @monstersociety3360 3 роки тому +1

      McDonald's definitely deserves the hate it gets, what with having little if any nutritional value & spreading the obesity crisis everywhere it goes, but... purposefully spreading lies and misinformation the way Morgan Spurlock did is unacceptable. The only right way to fight BS is with FACTS. Fighting BS with more BS only fills the world up with more BS. (He does that in ALL of his "documentaries" too. Dude's a tool.)

    • @metademetra
      @metademetra 3 роки тому +5

      I recall a university doing his experiment the exact same way he did (eating McDonald's for every meal for a month and trying to eat every item at least once), and they couldn't replicate how sick he got.

    • @teddy-1965
      @teddy-1965 3 роки тому +3

      I remember being so confused when I watched it as a kid as to why just eating a burger made him throw up. I thought he was just being dramatic and had forced himself to get sick.
      Now I can confirm that eating meat after being vegan/vegetarian for a long period of time can make you hella sick. 3 years into my vegetarian diet I decided to eat some grilled chicken to see if it tasted as good as I remembered since my taste buds had changed so much by that point (it didn’t) and I ended up getting really nauseous.
      Still annoyed that he didn’t disclose his veganism though.

  • @therobotdevil2284
    @therobotdevil2284 3 роки тому +1

    It's 3:30 AM and that 90s promo video for Animal Kingdom almost made me cry... I think I should go to bed.

  • @squidyy2k
    @squidyy2k 5 років тому +90

    I can't believe the origin Szechuan sauce dates back to the First World War

    • @JunitaThiessen
      @JunitaThiessen 5 років тому +3

      Squidy Y2k :o he noticed you

    • @GenkiGanbare
      @GenkiGanbare 5 років тому +7

      Tiny beginning domino: The Red Cross stages humanitarian aid in WWI Italy
      Gigantic last domino: A teenager quotes Rick and Morty while jumping up and down on a McDonalds counter

    • @raphythemighty2613
      @raphythemighty2613 4 роки тому +1

      @@GenkiGanbare We come real far as a society. Evolution at its finest.

  • @bryonweikle587
    @bryonweikle587 5 років тому +28

    I knew that my joke that McDonald's was just the Disney of fast food was right.

  • @netrimos
    @netrimos 2 роки тому +6

    Kevin, truly love your work. You are an under appreciated next-gen Ken Burns.

  • @Andr0meda_
    @Andr0meda_ 5 років тому +10

    "I'm not a stranger! I'm Ronald McDonald!"
    nooooooooooo

  • @Why_It
    @Why_It 5 років тому +22

    New game I play every time Defunctland uploads is "how long until Eisner is mentioned?"

    • @vincelamb4063
      @vincelamb4063 5 років тому +1

      Start a pool. Whoever wins, drink.

  • @samuelsteingart6726
    @samuelsteingart6726 5 років тому +63

    Kevin, you just opened a forbidden Pandora’s Box by mentioning the Szechuan Sauce

  • @skivvy3565
    @skivvy3565 Рік тому +2

    3:54 *the kid shakes his left hand with Ronald’s right hand* , causing that incredibly awkward *failed hesitating handshake* where one person just grabs to other person’s wrist and flings it around to try and salvage the hen situation. Dear god it’s painful to see and experience

  • @NikateeN
    @NikateeN 4 роки тому +7

    I remember the McDonalds fry stand in Disneyland back around 2005. I was young and couldn’t understand why they just had fries.

  • @mothersbasement
    @mothersbasement 5 років тому +180

    4:08 that kid's gonna end up face down in a ditch before long
    Enjoyed the episode, but I'm waiting on fraggle rock!

  • @notkaywhy
    @notkaywhy 5 років тому +59

    "McDonalds could revolutionize the way Americans eat"
    *Is also infamous for the obesity problems and for Super Size Me*

    • @raphaelmarquez9650
      @raphaelmarquez9650 5 років тому +17

      Nowadays, Super Size Me is called into question after failed attempts on duplicating the same results the documentary shared.

    • @UmmYeahOk
      @UmmYeahOk 5 років тому +17

      Not to mention that he ate multiple meals there every day and super sized them all. No one does this. You can take your kid to McDonalds once a week, and let them play out the calories from the meal at their playplace, and they won't become overweight. It may not be healthy, but it won't make your overweight.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 5 років тому +5

      @@UmmYeahOk Hence my favorite rebuttal to the movie: "No shit, Spurlock."

    • @202cardline
      @202cardline 5 років тому +1

      @@raphaelmarquez9650 Right, besides fast, cheap hot food is something I wouldn't get for that price without mcdonalds. Kinda need it for my overworked broke ass :/

    • @Badsy_the_Edgecat
      @Badsy_the_Edgecat 5 років тому +7

      @@UmmYeahOk AND DONT FORGET HE WAS ON A VEGETARIAN DIET PREVIOUSLY

  • @JohnTaylor-fh4et
    @JohnTaylor-fh4et 5 років тому +2

    These corporations are not family friendly, they just want to get em as young as possible to have life long customers. It's gross.

  • @sydneygibson6158
    @sydneygibson6158 Рік тому

    I love love love all of your documentaries! I hope you do this always

  • @ratinyourcloset8901
    @ratinyourcloset8901 5 років тому +49

    The original Ronald McDonald was horrifying

    • @xaviersaavedra7442
      @xaviersaavedra7442 5 років тому +1

      Assigned Snufkin
      Well in The 60s defense this was the norm for clowns.

    • @lanceturley7745
      @lanceturley7745 5 років тому +13

      I don't know what you mean. There's nothing suspicious about a hobo clown standing outside of a restaurant, wearing clothes that appear to be made out of garbage, offering free burgers to unsupervised children.

    • @ratinyourcloset8901
      @ratinyourcloset8901 5 років тому

      @@xaviersaavedra7442 I feel so sorry for all the children of the 60s that had a clown for their birthday.....

    • @ratinyourcloset8901
      @ratinyourcloset8901 5 років тому

      @Frizzurd I now wanna watch hella McDonald's commercials

    • @Lightspeeds
      @Lightspeeds 5 років тому

      agreed. Also, now I have context to Pennywise's first scene in it thanks to this commercial.

  • @evanredacted7977
    @evanredacted7977 5 років тому +27

    >Video about Disney and McDonald's
    >Starts with World War 1
    Hoo boy

  • @chaoflaka8132
    @chaoflaka8132 4 роки тому +7

    I believe I remember that Mcdonald stall in epcot. Me and my family one time ordered fries in the stall. Then when we ate them, we realized how extremely salty it was.

  • @ashleyhall7090
    @ashleyhall7090 5 років тому +5

    i’ve always found this partnership so interesting! so glad you made and episode about it!! great job!

  • @lilrhia
    @lilrhia 5 років тому +48

    This is definitely one of my favourite channels as it marries my love of Disney and pop culture with my love of history and learning new things. I always marvel at how much history and amazing content is in each of these videos! Better, more entertaining, and more informative than most commercial documentaries. Keep it up!

  • @Pezmage1
    @Pezmage1 5 років тому +60

    Not sure I appreciate your tone of voice when referring to the true masterpiece that is Doug's First Movie.

  • @tc8387
    @tc8387 3 роки тому

    I love this channel so much. Thank you for all of your hard work.

  • @SirBlackReeds
    @SirBlackReeds 4 роки тому +1

    Disney: Friendship ended with Burger King. Now McDonald's is my best friend.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +27

    Who else here as a kid loved getting Disney related McDonald's toys in their happy meals ?

    • @evamiller4886
      @evamiller4886 5 років тому +2

      I still remember getting one of the Atlantis crystal necklaces!

    • @Showsni
      @Showsni 5 років тому +2

      The 1989 "Eric holding Sebastian in a bright yellow boat" toy was one of our favourite bath time toys for years.

    • @alb5338
      @alb5338 5 років тому

      I did! I remember getting the roaring Mufasa in my Kid's Meal for the 2003 Lion King Special Edition, then his roar suddenly changed into Simba's growl when I pulled the lever to make Mufasa roar inside of a Yahtzee cup. It could never roar again after that.

    • @aceshighdueceslow
      @aceshighdueceslow 5 років тому

      the only fond McDonald's-Disney memory I have was the limited time wildberry McFlurry that promoted Tarzan, that was a good flavour

  • @mrman643
    @mrman643 5 років тому +35

    40 seconds into the video and I'm reminded why I love this channel so much

  • @beachgirl_bev
    @beachgirl_bev 5 років тому +3

    Man, didn’t expect to get Nostalgic over this one! I remember going to McDonalds with my Grandpa before seeing Treasure Planet, and getting a toy of the little goo guy. I also have really fond memories of the Downtown Disney McDonalds, I grew up in Tampa and my family would take us to D.D. or the lobbies of the hotels because they where free.