This is possibly the worst stock photo ever taken.

Today, I finished writing and recording the next video. Here is the final word count.

Years ago, I wrote Tom Lehrer a letter asking if he would be open to an interview, knowing full well that he would likely reject me. I assumed I would never hear from him, but to my surprise, he responded and rejected me. I am honored to have been rejected by such a legend. RIP Tom Lehrer.

@jefflipack.bsky.social Hi Jeff! I am currently making a history video on Disney's roaming characters, and I found this picture of GYRO at Epcot that I think you might have scanned. Would it be ok to use this in my video with on-screen credit to you? Thanks!

I have way too many DefunctTV t-shirts. I am selling them for $15. Pretty good deal. Free shipping to the United States. defunctland.com/store/

Can someone explain to me how Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom and Mission: Space at Epcot both cost the same amount of money to build? How is that even possible?

For my Patreon, I ranked all of the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. Fun time. Join us if that's your kind of thing. buff.ly/T2Pdqnb

We are looking for media! Do you have video of Talking Mickey at Magic Kingdom or any other Living Character (Lucky the Dinosaur, Muppet Mobile Lab, Wall-E, etc) that we could use in one of our projects? If so, please send them to [email protected]. Thank you for your help!

Just heard of the passing of Under the Umbrella Tree creator Noreen Young. We did a DefunctTV on the show and her puppetry a few years ago, and afterwards, she sent me a long and kind message about how well we did and how much she enjoyed reading the comments of people remembering her show.

Here, use this when some lazy op-ed writer does the biannual "Disney Adults are freaks for enjoying a children's theme park" rage bait post.

Your grandfather read this, understood it, and then began his shift at work.

Many say that we live in the "age of anxiety" and I have recently learned that, not only are many of us struggling, but we are also, apparently, deeply unspecial.

If you like hating on bad commercials, my newest Patreon-exclusive video is TWO HOURS long, and it is just me ranting about my top ten hated commercials of 2024. If that's your kind of thing, consider joining our Patreon for this and other exclusive content. https://bit.ly/4hUcS66

If you enjoy reading, I highly recommend this factual book on Pixar, which you can buy on Amazon dot com.

*nodding my head in agreement*

In the early 1960s, Walt Disney carried the torch of one of humanity's oldest pursuits, the search for mechanical life. The result was Audio-Animatronics, a new breed of robots that would soon populate the world. Watch Disney's Animatronics: A Living History now.

New video in 30 minutes

Today's video is nearly 2 hours long, and it is technically Part 1 of 2, but I think it really stands on its own and feels complete.

Animatronics video tomorrow

Video out hopefully Wednesday. Run time is around an hour and forty minutes.

Are there any mechanical, electrical, or sound engineers that would be willing to review a video for me?

New video in one week.

My brain assumed Thomas Edison was always old. Never knew that he had an era like this.

Whether you’re ready to accept it or not, this is PizzeRizzo’s fault.

Does anyone have the book Disneyland: The Nickel Tour that would be willing to send me a few pictures/scans?

On this week's episode of Where We Parked, we explore why exactly the pop-rock band OneRepublic was at Walt Disney World so much in the early 2010s, and we learn that we are bigger fans of the band than we could have possibly predicted.

I have always wondered about how ambient music and ride sound effects worked in early Disneyland, and this article has more information than I would have asked for.

Does anyone have any information on this unique animatronic programming system that was used for Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion? I can't find any information about it besides that it used "scalloped edge disks" to program the movements.

I know our modern age of misinformation is bleak, but if it is any consolation newspapers were also constantly wrong and printed things like this.

Crisis call volume has increased 700% at The Trevor Project. Trans Lifeline has seen a 300% increase. Consider donating to either or both of these organizations to help save LGBTQ youth. Trevor: give.thetrevorproject.org/give/63307/#... Trans Lifeline: give.translifeline.org/give/461718/...

Hey amateur detectives, do we think Walt is actually controlling the bird in this interview? I always assumed he was until I tried to look into how these joysticks worked, and now I'm convinced that it's faked. youtu.be/YmDqViy2HrE?...

Trying so hard to incorporate this absolutely wild 1963 article in which a gossip columnist wants to have sex with animatronics.

My interests (for Bluesky algorithm): Lines and queue theory Commercial bumpers EPCOT Center history Cities run by children Love tunnels themed to Garfield Roller coasters that are so bad they hurt Walt Disney deathbed municipal concepts Nickelodeon hotel pool slime bucket Sandwich technology

This is Kevin from Defunctland. I'm on Bluesky now. I have a YouTube channel about themed stuff that doesn't exist anymore. I recommend it if you haven't checked it out. It's called Defunctland.