30 Years of EPCOT: Concept and Opening - SOME JERK WITH A CAMERA Season Two
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- Some Jerk With A Camera is back once again, with part one of a three-part retrospective on the history of one of the most frustrating experimental prototype communities of tomorrow Disney has ever tried to not really build, EPCOT! In this episode, how the idea came into being, and how death mutated the idea into something completely different.
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First uploaded to Blip on October 24, 2012 and to Channel Awesome on January 2, 2015.
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5:32 for those coming from EGStudios
I don't get it
You fool that’ll never work
kevin willems you fool that’ll never work
This really deserves more likes and views. In my view, Some Jerk with a Camera was one of the best shows of the angry review boom of the late 2000s and early 2010s, in large part because its unpredictable, surreal comedic nature, along with its more in-depth research really pushed the format to its height in both directions. I may have disagreements with you, especially about Nat Geo, but your work, especially the early stuff, has been an inspiration to me.
That Walt/business man bit never gets old.
"Hi, I'm Walt Disney."
"You fool, that'll NEVER work!"
In Roy's defense though, he wanted to continue on with Epcot but the other high up guys in the company felt that it wouldn't succeed without Walt's guidance
The Germany section could have a ride dedicated to the inspiration behind fairytales and how they influenced culture (Disney capitalism), Japan could have rides centered on Kingdom Hearts and Gheibli (Totoro ride announced), and Italy could have a Vesivius sky launch ride (complete with pasta shields to stop incoming lunches)
You had me at fairytales.
Seriously, Germany is like THE place for a fairytale ride. Brothers Grimm, Alderking, (or Erlkonig, the Elven King), and countless others.
But I don't know if Disney will go with these ideas, even though they're adding in a Ratatouille ride in the French pavilion. They probably didn't add anything to those three pavilions due to err....complications in the 40s.
...shouldn’t Germany be the place that has Nazi inspired rides?
Screw money I WANT AN ANIME RIDE!!!!!!!!!
Become an Imaginer!
To STOP lunch? Even just a sandwich costs $15 dollars in Disney World I'll happily lower my stale macaroni shield for free food, thank you.
"My name is Walt Disney. And I ask you. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the man In the white house, it belongs to the poor! No says the man in the Kremlin, it belongs to everybody! No says the man in the church, it belongs to God! I rejected those answers. I chose something better. I chose, EPCOT!"
So basically Disney came up with the basic concept of Rapture before Bioshock was a thing.
And I'm pretty sure it would have ended the same
And this retrospective of it features almost as much Ayn Rand!
That may or may not have been the point, but I admit it’s only speculation since the developers only mentioned Ayn Rand and Howard Hughes as inspirations. But I mean seriously, in Bioshock 2 there’s even a theme park for propaganda purposes
@@SiRenfield
Not to mention they also used Main Street as inspiration for Bioshock Infinite's Columbia.
There’s a podcast called prototype world of tomorrow that shows something like that.
*Locations of Non-Scene Specific Filming*
_AK = Animal Kingdom, DCA = Disney's California Adventure, DHS = Disney's Hollywood Studios, DL = Disneyland, MK = Magic Kingdom, USF = Universal Studios Florida_
4:42 Festival of the Lion King (AK)
5:16 Tomorrowland Transit Authority / WEDWay PeopleMover (MK)
5:35 Atwater Ink and Paint Supply at Buena Vista Street (DCA)
5:36 Elias and Co. at Buena Vista Street (DCA)
6:28 Liberty Square walkway (MK)
7:12 Center of Magic Kingdom (Dream Along with Mickey is playing in the background)
7:51 Peevy's Polar Pipeline, near Echo Lake (DHS) (the Maroon Studios billboard is in focus for the shot)
8:30 Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (DHS)
9:06 Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (DHS)
9:20 Center of Magic Kingdom (Setting up or closing up the Dream Along With Mickey show in the background)
9:30 Main Street, U.S.A. near the base (MK)
10:32 Rock 'n Roller Coaster Queue immediately prior boarding (DHS)
10:55 Project Tomorrow at Spaceship Earth (Epcot)
13:20 Pirate's Bazaar, the post-shop of Pirates of the Caribbean (MK)
14:38 American Heritage exhibit at the United States pavilion (Epcot)
15:37 Walt Disney Railroad: Toontown/Storyland Circus stop (MK)
17:45 Dino-Sue at Dinoland USA (AK)
17:58 Hollywood Brown Derby on Hollywood Boulevard (DHS)
18:25 Display window in Hollywoodland (DCA)
19:33 E.T. Adventure (USF)
For the final segment
"Geekvision" Jerk is in front of the Mexico pavillion
"Channel Awesome" Jerk is in front of the Canada pavillion (That must be a long whip)
Doggans is at the front of the lagoon in the center of the park
+RhythmGameAddict
5:36 - Elias & Co. (DCA)
9:30 - Roy bench (MK)
13:20 - Pirate's Bazaar (MK)
18:25 - Display window, Hollywoodland (DCA)
+Tony Goldmark Wow, thanks for that! I initially assumed Elias and Bazaar were the locations, but I couldn't find corroborating photos so I erred on the side of caution. This is one of my favorite of the multiparters!
You, sir, have entirely too much time on your hands. ;)
Thanks for that!
Im nine years late, but seeing Mr. Goldmark respond to with missed locations/timestamps to a comment that timestamped an noted locations is the most wonderful thing I've seen and it's why I love the Some Jerk fandom/community/Insane Asylum.
Say, have y'all heard of those mouse-shaped brain eater-
*TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES*
Im suddenly writing a mental fan fic that runs with the "Disney State" idea. Walt doesnt die of cancer (for a few decades), but Epcot becomes successful and he becomes governor of Florida (he does leave the company, and MAYBE a smother transition makes the post Disney pre 90s years less rough for them). "When You Wish Upon A Star" becomes the state song.
I honestly think that a biopic about the history of the Florida Project would be awesome. After all, they made Saving Mr. Banks.
***** Oh totally, and I recommend David Strathairn for the part of Disney.
But now who could play Eisner? Steve Guttenberg?
johnhamilton08 NO NO WAIT! Albert Brooks! That's WAY BETTER!
You fool, that'll never work!
Defunctland kind of did that
Laughed way harder than I should have at 22:13 ... Doggans is just too cheerful!
17:06 The dream of the future
the dream of today
is the dream of the past
when the day was today
and everyone loves place
or everyone will
and (uh) look over there
there's a big giant ball
and look there some gum
on the ground over there
and looks like Big Red
and the rockets red glare
I once was in movies
and now I do this
uh da da da dum
Merry Christmas to me
(Edit) I still enjoy this part and find myself singing this every so often.
From 17:06-17:31
I was IN TEARS I laughed so hard, holy cow!! LMFAO!!
Best Danny Kay impression EVER. I'm so glad I discovered your videos, you're awesome!
16:26 Uh, do whatever you want, I'm SUPER DEAD.
Josh Freilich should we build a new park, Walt Disney’s head?
Or should we rearrange the cosmos, Pope Greg’s Head?
19:55 - I remember when you used to be able to see the pavilions on the other side of World Showcase Lagoon, before they installed the Disney Stargate surrounded by giant metal tacos.
Can we have a return to one of the best moments in jerk history?
YOU FOOL THAT’ll NEVER WORK
Now all of your videos with Epcot are a nifty time capsule Tony.
I cannot articulate exactly why but the talk with chris hanson, where it's constantly cutting back to Tony's face barely peeking up over the table, is god damn hilarious
14:45
It's kind of telling, how they put up a quote from Ayn "Governments should serve businesses, not the masses" Rand, on the wall there.
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
CRANIAL RELOCATION IN PROGRESS
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES:
CRANIAL REMODULOCATION IN PROGRESS
+Mixey Boy TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES:
CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES:
MIND ALTERATION IN PROGRESS
Best three parter of the series. I still wanna know why he never did that little mermaid ride though.
+the999mann Honestly, my plans were interrupted by the opportunity to go to Florida to do this and the ABC retrospective, which led me down a rabbit hole of "this episode will be followed by THIS episode, which will be followed by THIS episode..." which I still haven't fully recovered from.
Tony Goldmark thanks for replying, it feels so weird 'cause other TH-camrs never do. A great comedian with time for his fans, very rare.
***** Luckily I'm still obscure enough to have TIME to answer comments.
+Tony Goldmark so do you think you'll ever get around to reviewing it in the future?
Mmmm, COULD beeee...
You fool, that'll never work!
+Jenifer Joseph I am going to make a DisneyLand in Shanghai China
Tsuki Condor You fool, that'll never work!
Jenifer Joseph I am going to make a movie "claiming" that disney is evil
Tsuki Condor You fool, that'll... wait, I see potential here. Can you make it black and white and pseudo-artsy?
+Jenifer Joseph You Bet and I going make a creepypasta about discovery island at walt disney world with a negative Mickey with yellow blood
14:42 IS THAT AN AYN RAND QUOTE AT DISNEYLAND HOLY CRAP WHY HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT BEFORE?!?
Disney World. On the walls of the lobby of The American Adventure at EPCOT, to be specific. And to be fair, those walls are littered with famous quotes from dozens of famous Americans of almost every conceivable political stripe. But, the Ayn Rand quote seemed most appropriate for a shot of me kissing money.
Disneys vision of Epcot sounds like Ryan's vision for rapture from bioshock.
and then Walt was like, "then I'll buy out some of the most successful properties of all time like Marvel, Muppets and Star Wars!"
You fool that'll never work
@@monhunterz5430
Then I'll remake our classic movies into Live Action
@@dylanbeebehive2024 You fool that'll, wait that's not a bad idea, I like it
17:50 Well the Indominus Rex from Verizon was released...It didn't end well.
20:55 this would actually work perfectly now! Disney could do it without sponsorship. There are still no African nations in world showcase and there are still several unused expansion slots (at least one or two with very mild African theming last I checked) Why don’t they use one of the expansion lots to highlight the nation of Wakanda? The Black Panther can do meet and greets. There could be a Wakandan embassy built to look exactly like the one in the PS4 Spider-Man’s NYC and light it up with purple lights every night. It could have an education center for children, like what King T’Challa said he wanted to build in Compton at the end of Black Panther.
I know what you’re saying, this is impossible due to the universal theme park rights holding marvel characters back from Disney. I don’t think the theme park rights to Black Panther were taken up by Universal Orlando because they haven’t shown him before in the park. They have the rights to the avengers, xmen fantastic four and spider man characters but I’ve never seen the Panther get mentioned at the park.
Unfortunately, the Universal contracts also included the rights to The Avengers, and at the time, Black Panther was considered one of the Avengers.
Tony Goldmark darnit
Watching this in our hotel at the resort. Thank you for making this - keeping us entertained in between visiting parks!
1:45 Hilarious and creative opening
Tony's 3 parter on EPCOT is so spot on, it's better than anyone's potential biopic will be. I can't believe that Danny Kaye special aired. Just awful. Tony's comedy is just "gallows" and "borderline" enough to make me cackle and at the same moment squirm with shame, and I am multi ethnic. Tony's ancestors suffered horrifically, as did many of mine. But my sense of humour makes me laugh and pee in my pants at Tony's videos all the same, and laughter is my medication. Walt Disney was a genius, visionary, and probably a really fun person. But the visuals about a Disney planet and galaxy/universe are hilariously horrific LOL. Disney came from "The Greatest Generation" and he was simply a product of his time. There were whispers about "American Imperialism", "racism" and "Anti-Semitism" made against him. Whether they are true or just jealous gossip will never really be known, but the man's closest friends always insisted he wasn't a racist. The worst he could be was "insensitive" due to the times he was raised in. Still, he lobbied hard for actor James Baskett to get an Oscar for that very controversial film, Song of the South. Every person has flaws. I'm sure that if Disney ever hurt the feelings of a black or Jewish person, he didn't truly mean to. I think Walter Elias Disney was a dreamer, a hard worker who talked about things he wanted to see come to fruition, and was told, "You fool! That'll never work!"
this has to be my favortie some jerk with a camera episode
And the little mermaid raide was never heard from again..😂
The catch a predator bit was freaking hilarious.
I love Doggins' smile it feels like a funny cartoon from both Disney and French animators.
I think you have the funniest To Catch a Predator parody I'll ever seen!
19:37 Robot:Happy Birthday Paulie!
Danny Kaye:Who?
I don't know, I've seen footage of Ariel's undersea adventure and well I kind of wonder if the Frozen Ride is anything like that
iHeart Gaming and Whose Line absolutely not
how so? I mean it feels like they're re-enacting the film in either one of those rides
You deserve so many more subs man
May you please do a review of Disney's Hollywood Studios. I love the Tower of Terror and bet you have great ideas to do one.
Good ol' EPCOT. I remember going there in '98 when I went to Orlando with my folks for Spring Break (along with Universal Studios). The funny thing is, I actually ASKED to go to EPCOT instead of Magic Kingdom or even MGM Grand. Don't regret it, got to see Cranial Command, The Living Sea, a polka band at the Germany Pavilion, a fireworks show and... Honey I Shrunk The Audience. Hey, I was a big fan of the movies, alright? Would have liked to see Captain EO had it still been there.
19:11-19:16 I love that joke :D
May I suggest adding an annotation button to skip the "thing you can't un-see" at 9:03?
+Robo I find it's easier to just turn your head away from the screen.
You fool! That will never work!
And here I am 5 years later still wondering why Tony never ended up reviewing Ariel's Undersea Adventure??
20:35 Was he about to say "The Living Seas"?
+Josh Freilich I hadn't written anything specific, the idea was that I cut him off. And anyway, The Living Seas didn't open 'til '86 so it couldn't have been that.
My headcanon is that he was about to say "El Rio Del Tiempo", but misenunciated the "the" because he's a dumb American. The reason I say this is because the Jerk that answers this question is in front of the Mexico pavillion, therefore tying it all together.
7:11 8:06 13:03 mind controling mice lol
Hilarious and bitting social commentary. Love it!
I don't understand while there are people who complain when Epcot changes. It was supposed to change with our vision of the future
+AJSSPACEPLACE Honestly, my complaints aren't that it changes, it's that it seldom changes for the better.
i would LOVE a japan ride
The Masked Reviewer No we need a Chinese ride about cutting out organs from unwilling prisoners of conscious.
The Masked Reviewer There was originally supposed to be a Mt Fuji roller coaster in the Japan pavilion, but it never got built
Ryan Dooley or a German train ride and Italian fail ride
I feel exhausted watching this. Entertained but exhausted.
14:40 An Ayn Rand quote? Dear lord, EPCOT really is *Rapture.*
I wish epcot was a city, but then again, it's an expirimental prototype.
Oh, it wasn't the cameraman, it was the cancer that killed the Walt.
Doggins is so freakin' funny. The Sun City stuff is gut splitting! I remember the whole SA apartheid thing and Mandela being set free after over 2 decades in prison. Wow.
basically, EPCOT is Disney World's sandbox of ideas
I see that Phil Buni has a figure of Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken
Epcot is the comfiest Disney Park imo
The Chris Hansen bit is still hilarious
Happy 35th to Walt's crazed future dreams!
I LOVE going to the world showcase for one reason only. FOOD!!!!!!!!
Anyone know the name of the song that plays in the background around 5:00?
That's "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell.
Wow! Its you! Thanks! Love your stuff!
I noticed that this park opened up THE SAME DAY that the ACTUAL Worlds Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee closed (and seriously, how the HELL Knoxville got a Worlds Fair is kinda fascinating!) so, it kind of makes sense why we haven't really had any since (outside of the horribly failed one in New Orleans in 1984)...People LOVED Worlds Fairs, at least for a while...having a permanent one must have made sense to the old farts who ran Disney before Darth Eisner arrived..
19:52 is it still there? ep 2
The only complaint I have: during the is it still there segment, there’s no way there were 14 million or even more than 12 questions for the jerks to answer correctly.
Hey Jerk in 2022 will we get a 40 years of EPCOT with a updated Part 1-3 and a part 4 which covers the 2010’s and 2020-2022
My guess would be no
Tony Goldmark you fool that’ll never work
3:26 At least its better than Epcot's actual opening speech!
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10:06 - Roy Disney World???
Upon this video's initial premiere I was not old enough to get the joke of kissing a dollar bill in front of an Ayn Rand quote.
I also didn't realize the full extent of the gag behind an outspoken Jew boarding a train after demanding a Germany ride, but that one's basically all-ages and I'm ashamed it took a rewatch to realize.
I never get tried of this video
Love the content man, I recognize you man were you on a episode of nostalgia critic?
Yep. I co-reviewed the Nicolas Cage Sorcerer's Apprentice movie with him a few years ago.
Damn you Jerk, now I can't unseen the beheaded chicken! Xd
He at least warned you
I read the Japan pavilion ride was going to be a Godzilla ride
+PrimusVsUnicron Yes, but not originally. Originally they were planning to clone "Meet The World," a Carousel Of Progress-esque attraction on the history of Japan, designed and built for Tokyo Disneyland (where it lasted until about 2002). They even built a show building for it, which to this day lies empty, and a waiting area for it, which today is just a small art gallery that, bizarrely enough, looks EXACTLY like the waiting area for an attraction that doesn't exist. It was years later, during the Eisner era, that they hatched up the plan for the Godzilla ride, to give World Showcase a much-needed thrill ride and compete with Universal's Kongfrontation, but it never came to pass.
+Tony Goldmark Say WHAAAATTT that would have been AMAZING
+Tony Goldmark I heard they planned something related to mt. Fuji but Kodak wasn't too keen on something that could promote their rival Fujifilm
this is entertaining af
What music is this? 6:30-6:47
It's from Joby Talbot's score of the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy movie, specifically the track "Earth Mark II."
@@TonyGoldmark Oooooooohhhhh. (Gets myself drunk).
4:43 where is tony in this shot I don't reconize it
Festival of the Lion King
@@TonyGoldmarkOh thank you tony I love your content
The cameraman killed the Walt.
“I swear to every possible god...” hahah
@17:48 - Hi Jane! :p
You deserve more views Tony, so about that Little mermaid review...........nah just kidding, Instead make a review of Super Star Limo!!!
“Merry Christmas to me!”
I remember that thing with Drew Barrymorre.
19:15 You mean THREE Times...
+Josh Freilich Kaye could only predict the future up to October 24, 2012 for some reason.
+Tony Goldmark He must have been following the first Mayan calendar...
Josh Freilich WE HAVE A WINNER!
Were you ok? It looked like you had a fever, or it was really hot out.
It was really hot out. Florida tends to do that.
oh, kk. did you ever get to review that Little Mermaid ride?
Nope. Maybe someday.
I didn't know that telltale games sold T-shirts of Tales of Monkey Island.
You'd have to ask Dave about that.
+Tony Goldmark where can I find him?
His channel is th-cam.com/users/doggans
What about a Hollywood Studios 30tj anniversary video?
bit late for that, eh?
Tony Goldmark yeah.. but it’d be a great tribute
Maybe a video on the unnecessary Jimmy Fallon ride in Orlando?
@@TheVloggerDude2018 Maybe someday.
Tony Goldmark fake enough. Keep it up btw. You’re really funny and the complicated jokes are FANTASTIC
Heheh headless chicken
That sick freak!
+Armando Lucio Kyle showed something worst in his and Jerk's Beauty and the Beast crossover, when it was shown slicing an eye
Haha King Missile
Am I the only person who thinks il neige does not age
He and Paul Rudd go to the same guy.
Ever consider riffing the original Epcot promo by itself?
I once had a dream that I was at Epcot and for some reason they were selling cigarettes
+iheartryanstyles The UK pavilion used to sell cigarettes, according to some parkgoers.
RhythmGameAddict well that's weird, and I also remember some very outdated vending machines
Maybe you were dreaming of the past lol
disneydork100 I wouldn't know, I wasn't around during the old days of Epcot, I wasn't born til 89
Sometimes I think that with the America based rides is just patriotism blowing its self.
14:08
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15. Your Mom (
There's booze *MY FEET HURT* 🤣
It must've been extremely hot Tony. That last shot of you kissing money you're sweating like crazy! How long did you film for this three parter? And I'm in florida right now! I love this vid
+sazoomer4 It WAS extremely hot, but the crazy thing is, that was shot indoors, in an air-conditioned building, and the sweat picked THAT moment to be noticeable on camera.
IIRC, we shot the EPCOT three-parter over a grand total of thirteen non-consecutive days. Before I left for Florida, we spent a day at the Disneyland Resort shooting (among other things) the "You fool that'll never work" stuff and the clip of Eisner in Beast's Library in part two. I also spent a day at my friend Morgan's house in Riverside shooting all the Chris Hansen stuff with Garrett. Then I spent about twelve days in Florida, and shot footage for this three-parter (as well as all the Florida footage in the ABC retrospective, but that's another story) on eight of those days - a day at Universal (where we got the bit at 19:30), a day at Magic Kingdom, a day at EPCOT with Dave, a day at EPCOT without Dave (on that day I just rode rides and got lots of B-roll, including the timeline that shows up in parts two and three a lot), a day at Disney's Hollywood Studios with Dave, a day at DHS without Dave (in which I got the opening shot at 1:11 by "selfie"-ing myself), a day at Animal Kingdom when it started raining and we had to stop, and another day resuming at Animal Kingdom, then going to Downtown Disney to get the "zombie" stuff in part three. And AFTER I got back from Florida, I shot my uncle Paul's cameo in part three in San Francisco one day, Mikey Insanity's cameo in part two at DCA another day, and Charlie's cameo in part three at DCA still ANOTHER day. So, thirteen days altogether, though on most of those days we only spent an hour or less actually shooting. And that's not counting the cameos from Phil Buni, Stephan Krosecz and Kyle Kallgren, who all shot their bits on their own. Or all the narration I recorded after the fact, while editing all this. Or the new intros for all three parts, which I shot in one day at Disneyland two years later. Or Mike J's cameo at 0:22, which he was kind enough to shoot while on his honeymoon.
This long time post made me kind of tear out
@@TonyGoldmark So how were you able to film over several days, do they sell an extended ticket ?
@@jacobbennett4736 Yup. Up to a ten-day pass, at least while I was there.
Wow, Jerk, you've had bad luck with Disney Land. First, finding out your favorite characters are really people in costumes, now running from the law and Chris Hanson. Or... is that the other way around? Well, both those things happened, anyway. Sucks, bro.
He got better at least.
I love your videos so much! You're so hilarious. I was going to leave it at that after I finished watching but I had to comment on the chicken. Animal cruelty is commonplace in the US but that really wasn't funny to me. I think playing it for comedy can further harden people's sympathies for animals.
agreed.
Hey, this guy's actually pretty darn funny! My only complaint is that it's a channel awesome thing, so it's got that "trying too hard" feel that the nostalgia critic established.
Incidentally, this episode was first released before he was picked up on Channel Awesome, but Doug Walker's work was still a large influence on the show.
Such a cavalcade of awkwardly dated references. Good history though.
Could you do theme park not Disney it could be six flags if you want to
i could but i won't
This era of video production is hard to watch due to the preposterous amount of cut-aways that halt the flow
Meh, I still like the cutaways.