Bankrupt - Planet Hollywood
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2020
- In the mid 1990's, two entertainment moguls along with plenty of huge celebrities like Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger came together to create a restaurant business unlike any other. One which took the spirit of Hollywood and brought it to cities around the world like Chicago, Nashville, New York, Las Vegas and Walt Disney World. But as quick as this idea grew, the sooner everything came crashing down. This is the story of Planet Hollywood.
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Hard to believe that no one wants to have Applebees quality food at twice the price just for the privilege of sitting next to the pants that Wesley Snipes wore in Demolition Man.
Chad Patrick so accurate... it’s like Hard Rock Cafe but less interesting XD
Can't think of a more perfect comment that represents this flimsy business model
Lol!!!
Perfect
Heck, I still do.
I think the main problem was the sheer amount of locations they had, that’s why people lost interest. It wasn’t “unique” anymore, just another chain.
I agree, they had one in cities that weren't cities people love to flock to, example Indianapolis
Another problem was how quickly they grew, which for a cash intensive business as a hollywood themed restaurant was never a good idea. Especially since they should have spend some money on improving food and service quality.
They expanded on the assumption that demand would scale with their expansion. It's a classic business mistake. As you mentioned, the brand was diluted with so many restaurants, and the other critical factor in deciding their fate was the quality of food and service. It just wasn't good enough to support the demand they needed once they underwent mass expansion. They should have limited themselves to maybe 5 locations across the country, and perhaps 5 more internationally. It's a solid concept that I think would still be thriving today if public opinion would not have soured on it. Once your brand becomes tarnished it's nearly impossible to come back from that.
You're not wrong about that......
More locations also meant diluting the quality of the memorabilia that was on display. Some places it was stuff from movies nobody cared about. Also, the food sucked. When the novelty wears off, it is a restaurant. And restaurants need menus and quality food people want to return for.
I remember being a kid and seeing everyone in school having Planet Hollywood shirts in the 90s. It was practically a status symbol at the time...like, you’ve been places.
Haha, I remember that also.
Right! They were the first places I looked for on vacation. My parents expected it lol
I never had one. Always felt like i was missing out.
I feel like one themed restaurant is unique but a whole chain is just kitschy
Status symbols are for people who are of no substance
Gordon Ramsay going to Planet Hollywood and tasting the food: *BLOODY HELL*
Your mom
‘It’s bland’
It's raw.
@@bradencondon2522 uh what
"Well fook me."
You’re right. The food was poor, the prices were high, and the service was terrible.
I remember when economic adviser, Clark Howard said, “Planet Hollywood is an excellent example of what happens when a company doesn’t respect its customers”
Rick or it’s employees !!! Worst job I ever had !!!!
Rick so true!!
I remember going there 20 years ago. The food and service were so bad. I was already furious that I had to go there and look at the Hollywood shit memorabilia. I went into a dark corner and pissed on an Elvis clock. On the way out I punched a picture of Stallone as hard as I could
MONGO LOID how civilized of you
Yes, I felt it I had to after being subjected to Hollywood elite shit
Never stepped in one. If it was like Hard Rock Cafe, I can imagine how the novelty wears off very quickly. Plus, they expanded way too much in a short amount of time
been in a couple and there still around not just as many as there used to be.
Been to the one in Disney World it’s nice if you’ve never been to one, however it’s been 15 years since then and I heard they’ve remodeled it so I have no idea what it’s like now
It was Overpriced, in this day of age people want value. It was good for a treat once every few years, but thats not how to run a business. Alot has changed alot since 2008, and even more so now, BIG TIME
i used to go to them all the time in dallas texas, it's basically a restaurant inside a wax museum, the food is good, but what food isn't good anywhere, i wasn't impressed with it after a while, it was too large for one thing, and 2nd, it was a pain to even go to because of it's hard to get to location
Never set foot in one. Went to Hard Rock once though.
The theme was great. Everyone had favorite movie stars and the film memorabilia inside was a treat. IMO the biggest reason why so many people were willing to go was for _that random chance of running into an actual movie star_
After a while people became wise to the whole gimmick and quit showing up.
i go to restaurants for a nice dining experience. not for famous people i don't really care about.
Lol . 😂. People are so dumb
I don't go to restaurants at all. I like to sit and enjoy my food with a TH-cam video to watch and to be by myself in my room and eat in peace.@@robertryan1881
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They bankrupt my childhood?. , it was chuck e cheese
lol
Stock market crash: Happens
Jake: Its free real estate
@MAGI CLAW! i have no idea what the fuck you have just said means but ok
Real estate crash happens.
Hate to say this, but I think you'll have more material in the next year or two with all that's going on in the world today...
Next year's Bankrupt episode will be about the actual Hollywood.
Kleavers and all the sports teams. Heck, look how the price of taxi medallions plummeted when Uber any Lyft started. People took out mortgages against their house to buy a medallion and it dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars over night. Many owners of taxi medallions committed suicide. It was very sad. Catastrophic loss can happen to the best of us. The Government and tax payers can not bail everyone out. Risk is part of the game, and a reason not all of us want to play the game, so I should not be required to bail out everyone by higher taxes.
Jimmy De'Souza a medallion cost one million dollars in 2014. up from two hundred thousand in 2002. it has tanked several times over the years. drivers can barely make enough to pay these off from a loan
I have to disagree because apparently everyone gets bailed out now. Private profits but public pays your losses. Hope your right though because we get more videos.
@@@davidjames666 - Same with Student Loans, we can't bail everyone out on their student loans. I'm tired that the Democrats think they we should forgive those who made poor choices of getting into high debts. I sacrificed, I paid off my student loans...I didn't ask the government to bail me out.
This was one of the last restaurants we went too before my dad died. Good memories.
Just came to rewatch this video, and the question arises in my mind: how is Hard Rock Café still in business?
Hard Rock Cafe has generally decent prices and the food is good for the price imo.
Because the food is decent and it isn't insanely overpriced
Hard rock is connected to casinos right? Yeah that’s how
@@robbennett332 rock hasn't been relevant in a decade. It's mostly old people who still follow it.
@@robbennett332 a lot of people still care about movies. Ever heard of a movie buff? Just because you don't like it doesn't mean other people can't.
I'm so happy people are beginning to realize celebrities are nobody of importance.
Celebrities distract you from your problems and make 💲💵💰💵💲. The people that help you with your problems make 💩💩💩💩💩
I don’t care about celebrities I love films
Yup
@@tattie.b8594 Cinema celebrities and computer generated fantasies. They palling around with attention seeking and easily corrupted politicians. Combined with a pathetic, gullible public ripe for their flavor. We have been our very own fools.
You say that but you were also probably someone that loved Endgame.
The fact that they opened so many locations in basically every large market removed the uniqueness and novelty of the experience. It went from a unique concept to something basic.
Gerd Wiesler which people would tolerate if it was just an after premiere venue/ celebrities visiting it to market new movies and regular hours busy with the idea you might catch a celebrity there. But too many locations made that impossible
Mister Mackey for the company to have that much of a huge dip less than five yrs pretty much makes me believe it was a huge hype factor in the beginning and once everyone experienced it the hype just fizzled.
Malta is a hugely popular holiday destination with British tourists. That's why they have a planet Hollywood. Its like the second most popular holiday resort for British tourists.
Didn’t expect to cry at the end of this video. I was born in ‘87; I really do miss the potential that era brought. Sad what we have done with it.
I was born in 88. Those days are long gone
Never been to a "planet hollywood". I actually always thought it was some sort of movie store instead of a burger joint. Looks like I didn't miss much.
Right? Makes me think of Hollywood video.
I love movies and the old school of special effects, before all the computer graphics stuff, so it was a treat to see props used in those movies. And the couple of times I went with friends we had a nice time. The concept was similar to, but I had more issues with, the Hard Rock café (more overpriced, and some lack of attention) .
Likewise, though I tried once to reserve a table with Salma Hayek joining, but there was no reaction by the staff. So I just dropped it and never went.
Same here. I remember seeing them as a kid, never once stepped foot in one.
Same. I always thought it was a popular video rental store that while not as big as Blockbuster was just as important.
Early 90's: Celebrities had their own talk shows and sitcoms
Late 90's: Celebrities had their own restaurants.
ABC7 2000’s. Celebrities are a thing of the past. ❤️❤️❤️
Nobody's louder than Lesley 2010s - social media influencers are all the rage
@@jgallardo7344 they are compromised.
exactly
_P A S T A M A N I A_
I think your correct in saying " maybe it was a product of the 90s " I think the 90s was a last stab at the 80s, materialistic and people still had hope of ' making it '
Go live in the woods then without indoor plumbing, electricity, TV, internet, etc if you dont like materialism!
@@jameskeefe1761 have, its fine. in some ways its better, less stress less work, more free time. materialism aparently is making you angry. i suggest minimalism. try marie kondo. also plumbing isnt what i would call materialism. materialism means buying things to show off. who the hell is buying plumbing to show off?
@@hepthegreat4005 Dude calm down, of course we need material things. A glass to drink water from or at least shoes to walk to the river! You know what he meant. Corporatized ruthless bottomless consumption based society. That sort of materialism can't last forever.
You’re right. You only have to listen to Tom Cruise’s rant coupled with Covid-19 to see that celebrities are starting to see their own insignificance. With people waking up to the fakeness of showbusiness and materialism.
@@OnderHassan wait what? I think I missed that lol
I went to a planet Hollywood back in 2015, and this video drove me to find out that they demolished it literally TWO MONTHS after I went. For some reason, that’s absolutely insane to me.
I’ve only ever seen Planet Hollywood in tourist spots like Disney, I never thought much of it and had never been but this is super interesting! I’d love to see a deep dive into the downfall of Rainforest Cafe and their only remaining locations being at big tourist spots.
Rainforest may have dropped off, but the guy that creates those restaurants, Steven Schussler, hasn't. He's upped his game over the past decade, creating themed restaurants that focus more on food than just ambiance.
Novelty wore off quickly. In Columbus, lasted 2 yrs max.
Planet Hollywood at Disney was awesome! I loved going there as a kid, I remember it was always crowded and the food was good. My family and I went back in maybe 2010 or so at lunch time on a weekend and it was dead, and the food was not good. It was disappointing.
@@Stardew_0 It's been renovated since then. It reopened a few years ago.
i think Rainforest Cafe is awesome!! even as an adult. the food isnt to bad either. i never been to Planet Hollywood before though.
For me, the issue was planet Hollywood was rarely updated. They felt old.
that's WHY they failed.......it became dated.
Yeah you’d go and it would be all 80s-90s props
I find it weird when people view nostalgic videos of restaurants/businesses and always complain that things were "outdated". The Modern day era look is ugly and the "outdated" look added to their appeal
@@melissaann1401 Things that are intentionally designed to have a clean antique look adds to appeal, an old dingy dirty 90s styled restaurant doesn't
@@jimmyrustler2282 exactly. it just looks cheap
Enjoy the memories of those days. Looks like it will never be like that again.
I went to planet Hollywood last year at Disneyland Paris without knowing it.
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Thank you so much for that!
Agreed. Very well done. Thx jake
Bright Sun Films Love The Video Amazing Quality. An Idea I have for a Bankrupt Episode is Arrow Development/Arrow Dynamics
Same with Defunctland
Yeah thank you! The entertainment we need right now
Jake: Mentions Whoopi Goldberg
Me: (Superstar Limo PTSD)
You watch Defunctland too?
Cameron Hoglan yes
*pats back* i feel you their man, i feel ya
Havent been to disneyland since the 80s cuz my family always went to disney world so ive never experienced california adventure and it makes me sad i never got to see the train wreck that was superstar limo. Also wasnt there a film in DCA that featured whoopi too?
Don’t forget Whoopi Goldberg’s own dedicated DCA attraction, Golden Dreams.
The vandalized car outside of the Niagara location makes me wince in pain.
I deadass thought it was supposed to look like that at first.
Both cars were put up for sale on Kijiji Canada and then disappeared, and have not been seen again.
I'd like to see an updated take on a movie themed restaurant, but focused on classic movie trivia instead of celebrity nonsense. The food has to be really good to justify going back more than once. Recently my mom wanted to go to that Bubba Gump restaurant for her birthday, she enjoyed that the waiter played trivia guessing games with us a bit before the food arrived, but most importantly the food was good.
Bubba Gump is thumbs up
Went to Bubba Gump once, been wanting to go back every since! Food was so good!
We've got one of those down in the New Orleans French Quarter. I haven't been to it in years, but I remember the food being pretty damn good, and that's very high praise considering where it is.
10:17: Yes; this was the same era when gimmicky, overblown burger places--Hard Rock Cafe, Rainforest Cafe, ESPN Zone and other, even crummier chains (i.e. Hooters)--were hugehugeHUGE. I have no idea what had come over people in that era. Why were so many people convinced that a medium-quality burger was worth $26?
Hooters were huge? lol
The age of excess baybay!🤑
How did you write this comment 1 week ago? Or at least that's what it tells me
I mean they’re a thing in japan
They had money to burn?
My agent used to call PH, “Denny’s with Props”. I liked to check them out for the cools props and costumes
Rick Drew No one has ever bought souvenir Denny’s memorabilia.
Your agent worked at Denny’s?.
it really was! denny's with props 😂
Sounds about right. Denny's is just an overpriced greasy spoon joint. Sounds almost like the description of ph.
When the dream was suppose to be you check it out because you might actually be eating in the same place as a celebrity.
Agent J I'm not sure what you meant by valued skill as I never mentioned any skill. But as a long distance truck driver for almost 29 years ( the last 23 delivering food all over 48 states) I've eaten in many restaurants. Some but not all in truck stops. Denny's moved into that arena several years ago when they replaced the Country Market chain in Flying J Travel Centers. I've eaten in 3 in truck stops & 3 not in truck stops. Had the same hungry feeling when I left all 6 having spent more money than I wanted to. Also, the service was lousy all 6 times. I think the same experience in 6 different restaurants qualifies me to say what I did.
Love your videos, Jake. I only visited a Planet Hollywood once - during a school trip to Honolulu in the summer of 2009. (The adults chose this stop - it was NOT my choice.) I remember thinking how sh*tty it was and wondering why, in the middle of a gorgeous and unique island, we went to a chain restaurant. We had a shortened menu since we were a large group and I ordered the only meatless option on it, basic pasta with Mariana sauce. It’s pretty hard to mess up, but it came out cold and was of similar quality to frozen dinners I ate a lot of.
That’s my only Planet Hollywood memory. So, yeah ... the fact that my experience occurred weeelllll past their heyday checks out.
Mostly on a expected and predictable basis, as a restraunt chain starts to flounder and go into its death spiral, the quality of the food, the service, and the experience will match the ferocity of the freefall. Steak and Shake in my city that had been here 30 years, suddenly started racking up health code violations left and right, having shit workers, and was closed 3-4 months out of every year. Everything from poor hygiene to rats to roaches to broken cooking equipment, you name it. As a result the chances of getting a poorly cooked food or some horrible horror show of a burger increased exponentially. I stopped going there because every single time I went the burger looked like someone mopped the floor with it, and they raised the prices while serving shit food to boot. Eventually it closed down again, and it stayed closed for good. It was then demolished after the building rotted for 5 years and they built a Panera Bread over it. Steak and Shakes all over the country seem to be collapsing in on themselves with the same stories going around.
Anytime I see the word "Bankrupt" and "Hollywood" in the same sentence...I give it a thumbs up...
Ah, so I'm guessing you've never liked one film ever, huh?
Anytime I see someone celebrating others misfortune I give them a thumbs down, and hope their parents never see how embarrassing and self absorbed their children are!
Pantslizard goes bankrupt as Hollywood cheers. I'll be expecting a thumbs up from you.
@@PsychGirlRaven Why should parents be ashamed? In recent years, outside far-left and celebrity fans, Hollywood is rather considered as place where overpaid people produce a remake of prequel just with extra special effects and shoved minorities. It's decline is being simply seen as karma in action and reasonable expectation that something more reasonable would take its market place.
@@useodyseeorbitchute9450 "It's decline is being simply seen as karma" Seven of the ten most successful films ever have been released in the the last five years, Hollywood is hardly in decline. The people that work there aren't overpaid if they products they are producing are generating profit, remake prequel or otherwise, it's a perfect example of capitalism
Every one I have been to had the visual effect of the Hard Rock Cafe with the Food & Atmosphere of a Red Robin.
The only reason I vaguly remember this is because it was referenced on the Simpsons. Where they had the cane from Citzen Kane, oh and Hans Moleman crashed into the globe.
Do not forget the most hated (according to Homer) pages of text i.e. the script for the Cable Guy starring Jim Carrey.
I only remember it because it was parodied in the worst Monkey Island game.
What season and episode?
Is that the cane from citizen Kane??? Wait a minute, there’s no cane in citizen Kane!
@@dietcheese2546 S11E3 Homer becomes a food critic.
The restaurant outside design screams tacky.
I actually went to Planet Hollywood in NYC when I was about 12. My middle school had a big end of the year field trip for each grade, and that year it was to go see the Blue Man Group. When the show was over, we were suppored to have lunch somewhere else but plans fell through, so we had it there as a last resort. They had a really bizarre way of dealing w/ a big group of ppl. They would make your food, then they would shout it out and you would have to respond. So if someone ordered the same thing as you, they might've gotten first even if you ordered it before them. Really strange, and the food wasn't great either tbh.
I had no idea that "Planet Hollywood" was a restaurant.
I think that was kind of the problem with why it didnt work as a chain. Had they kept to a few locations at tourist attractions it would have been okay but restaurants that do well tend to focus on food type. From what I hear the food was poor for a restaurant with high expectations which makes things worse and harder to keep up to the expectations.
James Keefe it’s fun
@jwboll - You must have been born yesterday.
As a product of the American public school system, neither did I. Cheers.
@@VazzVegas i always thought it was a gym
I went to a Planet Hollywood when I was on vacation at Niagara Falls as a kid. I had these chicken tenders that were breaded with Captain Crunch and were fucking amazing. Then I got tired and passed out at the table
Edit: crazy to think it's just been left there to rot all this time. That's super depressing
I had a really tasty burger at that location, only went there one time and I'm in Niagara falls several times a year.
bruh i can still taste those chicken tenders today they were so good
The Chicken Crunch is still my favorite single item from when I worked there. I ate so many of those, It's silly.
What if, you're still passed out there till this day, and everything up until now has just been a dream?
I've never been to Planet Hollywood, but my mom has a shirt from there that she uses for cleaning so I heard about it as a kid. I remember her telling me about the Captain Crunch chicken fingers and I always wanted to go just to try those since I LOVED captain crunch. Now I'm a celiac and Planet Hollywood is dead, so I guess some dreams are just destined to die
I been to the NY one a couple times in the late 90's early 2000's with my family. What I could remember, it was a fun experience. Food was decent and the atmosphere was cool. I enjoyed looking around at the memorabilia as I walked to the restroom.
The planet Hollywood in Disney springs was once packed full of memorabilia and it was fun to walk around a look at it all. Now, after the refurbishment, they appeared to have taken out 3/4s of the cool memorabilia leaving it as just another restaurant with unremarkable food. It was once a staple of every one of my Disney visits, but now I don't think I will be going back.
It makes me wonder if the same thing is happening with Hard Rock Cafe. It seemed like everyone had a Hard Rock T-shirt in the 90s. I never hear about it these days
Jenna Ferguson yeah, I agree. there’s an interesting story surrounding their theme Park, Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach SC, that last only ONE year before it went under... mismanagement and money probs.
It was the hot spot you wanna see back in the day, but now seems ever since Seminole Indian tribe members bought out Hard Rock corporation several years back sadly it's been going down hill. You can tell from how the merchandise looks boring as hell, & trading pins No unique styles! & changed menu up so bad & take out all the good stuff (RIP quesadillas with Joe perry sauce 😢) to where you don't want to waste any money at that dump
@@PaKLeAdR The Hard Rock cafe by my house became a giant TeePee
Jenna Ferguson I go to the foods good but it’s ok
They don't even have the jackets. My parents would love a pair of Hard Rock Cafe jackets, that was the coolest shit back in their day. I walk into their shop at Universal's CityWalk and all they have are these lousy hoodies and faux leather jackets that go for the price of real leather. What the hell happened here?
Jake, for your next episode of Bankrupt, you should do an episode on the once-major movie studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A.K.A. MGM. All I gotta say is it's the Sears of Hollywood.
@Dusk Raccoon Your guess is as good as mine my boy. You could say owning James Bond, Rocky, Robocop and a few other franchises helped MGM survive.
@darrell holland I mean, the similarities between MGM and Sears are uncanny.
@@trevonpernell0814 So one could say those are the DieHard/Craftsman/Kenmore of MGM
@@darkwarrior7356 Either that or
United Artists/Orion = MGM
DieHard/Craftsman/Kenmore = Sears
@@trevonpernell0814 True
They tore down the Planet Hollywood near us in Myrtle Beach about 2 or 3 years ago. I always enjoyed going in there.
I worked at the Chicago location. At 6:10 my friends Adam & Malaika are featured from a video shot by Bob Olson (he deserves credit here, Bright Sun Films). The short clip is from one of many videos Bob shot for our all-staff meetings we would have at least twice a year. The staff at Planet Hollywood were the most wonderfully colorful group of people I've ever worked with. I miss you all dearly!
Coming Soon to Bankrupt: JCPenney, Neiman Marcus, JCrew, Victoria's Secret, GNC, Express, Gap, and more!
@Nigel Cam Yup, buckle up here we go.
I' gonna miss those Secret girls.
corporate trash regulated to the dust-bin... good riddance
@Nigel Cam Nigel! C'mon, the busy and hard working upper middle class orders what ever it is online. Admit it. It's true.
Chris Curren so am I 🥺😫
When to the planet Hollywood in New York during a school trip. Food was awful and undercooked. I assume because it was a big school group, but we were the only customers in the building. 1/10 terrible
Me too, I went to the one in Disney Springs on marching band field trip. The food was mediocre and we were the only ones there. The whole inside was kind of uninspired especially by Disney standards.
Tbf, most restaurants like that have a special “school trip” menu that sucks ass. I’ve been to the one in NYC twice, once on a school trip and another time with family. The school trip stuff was garbage but the regular menu was decent.
I live in Las Vegas and they had one In the Caesars palace a few years ago went in there one time with a big group of people just to show them around we ordered 3 appetizers and it came up to around 90 dollars the food was horrible and was cold that was the first and last time I went in there good riddance
I went to the one in Disney just last year and it was packed and the food was great in my opinion
@@gruntpocalypsenow I went to the spaghetti factory during a school trip to SeaWorld and the meals they gave us were pretty good
I feel like i remember literally being 3 years old being pushed around in a stroller and being inside this restauarnt. Its one of the few memoreis i remember as a child.
I remember when I was kid in 90's, people with a Planet Hollywood T-Shirt or Cap in Indonesia are rich... 😬
I feel like one themed restaurant is unique but a whole chain is just kitschy
Human shaped animals suck.
KishaScape What does this have to do with anything he was talking about?
TGI Fridays went from "that restaurant with all the quirky junk all over the walls" to... just a restaurant.
But at least the food is still amazing. The theme needed updating anyway. People seem to be into cleaner, modern-looking joints and TGIF risked looking dated if they stuck to their old decor
@@way8781 Yes.
Yeah, and it seems like themed restaurants really only make sense at huge amusement parks or tourist destinations, especially if the theme isn't food-focused
“The one big thing they had going for them was beginning to wear off” RAID SHADOW LEGENDS
obraundawg the fuck are you on about?
My heart SHATTERED when I realized I’ll never be able to eat at a Marvel Mania
I went to a Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. I didn't think anything of it and I never realized it used to be that big
Went to the disney one as a kid and all I remember is some of the props freaking me out lol
aria. Same
@Brix Broox I went to the exact one......it was in the shape of the earth. I had Captain Crunch Chicken Fingers........sounded good on paper, but horrible to eat.
I never understood why people liked eating in obnoxiously loud and crowded restaurants.
Only a poor, or friendless person would make such a comment.
@@craigcallaghan571 I am neither. Ask your daddy about our special friendship🤔
Lady Cheyne i agree, its really annoying and id rather eat in a less crowded and calm area.
@@a1ewyx The waiters and waitresses are most likely underpaid and extremely overworked.
@@bootypebble It reminds me a little of Cracker Barrel. That place has sh*t all tacked up on the walls and I always feel like it's going to fall down on me🤣
worked at Planet Hollywood in San Francisco in 1999-2000 just for a year when I was in college. As someone who hadn't grown up in the states, I had a notoriety for accidentally sending celebrities to the waitlist often not having any idea who they were. But look back at my time there with fond memories now. Met George Lucas, Kate Moss, Denver Broncos, Debbie Gibson, TLC, Savage Garden would come in all the time.... no one really a fan of other than Lucas. I remember the bankruptcy was starting back then while I was there and it closed shortly after I left.
watching this after getting back from a disney world trip with my mom. we ate at the planet hollywood in disney springs and it was honestly a great experience. i had no idea about any of the stuff from this video but i don’t know why the people behind the company thought that expanding so much would be a good idea. themed restaurants are niche and the novelty wears off if they’re not located in only a few places and touristy locations. that being said, i fully recommend checking out planet hollywood in disney springs, it was a lot of fun even in covid times.
I went to that Planet Hollywood a few years back before Covid, and all I really remember was them playing the same 3 songs over and over for the entire meal.
i would imagine "all star bar and grill" would do much better then a cafe.
I feel like it would only survive in theme park or New York. Places where you travel.
Future Recession: ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF
Jake: **rubs hands in delight**
Jake's got job security even though the rest of us don't
It's quite crazy how luck can run out with time even with well known celebrities involved. The quality of the product and service matter more I guess.
There are a huge number of items sitting in storage in Orlando that were from closing locations.
I remember going to the one in Toronto once with some high school friends in the late 90s. I remember it being lots of fun and the servers were super nice. I don't remember anything about the food. They took a Polaroid picture of us and gave it to us in a branded cardstock frame (which I think was part of the "experience"). I might still have the picture kicking around somewhere in a storage box.
And are you still friends with those high schoolers?
@@fana406 no unfortunately not. I'm still close friends with a few childhood/high school friends but I drifted apart from that particular group when we all left for various universities.
fana406 I am!
@Jack Arnsick probably why I don't remember the food at all! Either I blocked it out because it was so awful or just not worth taking up space in my brain 😂
I remember dining at one in singapore when I was a kid... yes I cant believe they even had one here in Singapore. I was really traumatised though because of the life size chucky doll right behind my table where I was seated.
Let me guess. It was holding a big chef's knife and talking in scary evil voice, 'Chucky's Back!' That kind of material is bad imprint and indoctrination of mistrust and hate imposed on kids while they're minds are developing. The only thing that prevents most Americans from killing one another most of the time is fear of the police, courts, and prison. Otherwise, this really is Planet Hollywood and the world is a stage being fully recorded at all times with movement and activities tracked profiling each individual by the stupid phones. It's funny how millions of Americans refuse to take a new high tech vaccine mark to be activated by 5G when they already took the mark living privately online. I was lucky to grow up in the age of regular box TV and Nintendo for 21st century is far worst than any dark science fiction story ever written. I used to think it would be cool to become cyborgs, fly fast, and live in a dystopian one world order, but you have to be asleep to be in the dream for it's a nightmare in reality. I could imagine myself on a spaceship with high speed internet only observing Earth never to even visit again. Anytime you feel, you just watch an episode of Earth paired with some nice cognac knowing your comply safe from both criminals and police. I guess Singapore a find and dandy city as long as being fined is OK for your financial situation.. I don't guess I'd fare well there being a long time nicotine gum chewing machine for gum is illegal
@@TUBESPECIFIC1 😳
OMG!! I HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE AT THE ONE IN FLORIDA! it rlly put me off my food 🥺🥺🥺
WHY WOULD ANYONE EVER ADD SOMETHING AS HORRENDOUS AS THAT
@@TUBESPECIFIC1 damn bro
that's truly a shame but
i don't remember asking
nor do i really care about back in your day.
Used to love visiting here whenever I went on a Disney Holiday. That Arnie statue is so nostalgic
It seems that overexpansion cheapen out the brand, few, more exclusive locations becoming inconic places would have been better.
It’s been a long time since he did another bankrupt video.
The themed restaurants were one of my favorite parts of going to Downtown Disney as kid.
@Cyber Explorer Yeah I wasn't born in time to experience it (2000's kid) but from what I've heard and watched it seems like it really was something special.
@Cyber Explorer yeah I've been to some that are still around like Old Town and Fun Spot
Idk why but I had an obsession with Rainforest cafe and the T-Rex restaurants
@Cyber ExplorerI didn't even know there was a hotel lol
@Cyber Explorer I would have killed to experience Orlando in the 90s. I moved there simply because although it's not as hopping as it probably was, it still has a vintage charm and I love to see all the former shells of what once was.
"around the world" > goes on to list like 5 US cities
Toronto is not in the US
Cap’n Crunch Chicken. I remember it well. Lol. I think a lot of younger millennials and Gen Z have no idea how big Planet Hollywood was in the 90s. It was a legitimately big deal.
I still love going to the Disney Springs location. You should talk about Rainforest Cafe next!
both of those restaurants are great when going to Disney for sure
@Tyler Haraf they have one thats a dinosaur version and to my knowledge the room was super fuckin high and it was so cool but mind you i was 7 so many things seemed tall
They have one in Vegas - unless it has closed. I saw when I was there four years ago. The food was nasty as hell, but the scenery and aesthetics made it worth it.
Rainforest Cafe is still around strangely
Austin Audio I thought Rainforest Cafe was a Disney-only restaurant. They’re around the world?
The only one that I knew about was the one in Downtown Disney/Disney Springs.
Zakary Palacios Same. I honestly thought it was only a Disney Springs restaurant, didn’t know it was a franchise.
@@vireo2543 Yeah I thought the same thing with The Rainforest Cafe until I saw one in a mall (I believe the mall is called Sawgrass Mills just in case you would like to look it up) here in south Florida a few years back.
That's the only one I've ever been to.
We had one in DC.
Zakary Palacios I thought the same thing about it being a Disney exclusive when I was a kid haha
I ate there as a kid, once.
Even then I remember the good being really tasteless.
I loved planet Hollywood, it was such a fun experience for me and my siblings
Awesome episode Jake thank you for the video.
wtf are you doing around here hehe
What, lol
PhlyDaily watches Bright Sun Films?
Stallone-“You just want to peruse the place and you don’t really think about eating so much”. Well Stallone I think I just figured out the problem! 😂😂😂😂
That's the major problem...have great food and service and the people will keep on coming.
Agree it looked cool but the food sucked.
Yeah... I'm glad I haven't eaten there. In fact, I don't remember hearing anyone talk about eating there. Sure, I and others walked around but always ate somewhere else.
Random Person -That’s probably why they went bankrupt just like I said. Thanks for the confirmation.
I went to the Planet Hollywood in Walt Disney world in 2014. Loved it there. I still have a cup from PH that could light up in different ways. Sad to see they went bankrupt. It was a really good chain. Loved the food.
The grand opening event thing reminds me of the opening of Mondo Burger on the movie Good Burger.
😂😂
I ate in the Planet Hollywood in Beverly Hills the night of my high school graduation. The one prop I remember was the refit USS Enterprise D from the series finale Star Trek The Next Generation episode "All Good Things...." back in 1998 with fellow graduates and family.
My Family and I ate at the Phoenix Location in July of 1997 when I was 14. It had Terminator and Ghostbusters props. The Food was a Step ahead of Applebees. Yeah it was wasn't very good. It was VERY pricey too. My Bacon Cheeseburger was like $15. In '97 Dollars that's Pretty ridiculous. $15 in 1997 is almost $30 today.
Please do more episodes of "Bankrupt", it's my favorite and it's quarentine time
This was so fun and nostalgic! I remember eating at the Downtown Disney location in 2004 and absolutely loved it. Places like Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Café really encouraged my love of museums when I was younger and helped me realize that museums didn't have to be white rooms full of marble statues or whatever. It may not be the best execution of such a concept, and the food wasn't great, but it at least introduced the idea of alternative museum concepts.
I remember when collecting hardrock shirts and pins was all the rage. If you had pieces from more than three locations you were a teenage rock god. 😂 Planet Hollywood always struck me as riding the coat tails of Hardrock's success.
I was a teenager through the mid and late 90's, and REALLY into movies. So much so that it became my career as an adult, even if I'm not rich and famous doing it. My family took 3-4 vacations to Orlando, Florida during that era, and went to the Planet location there every time. It always was a chain that fit my interests like a glove, and I sought other locations out if I was ever near a city with one. In 1998 I moved to Orlando, and the Planet there became a semi-regular place for me to visit. And if not visit, simply pass by a lot visiting Downtown Disney. Even as the chain faded between 1999 and 2003, I still loved going into my local Planet to relive all of the great 90's memories that I had. To this day, I have pins from a handful of Planet locations that don't exist anymore, such as Indianapolis, Phoenix, Key West, Mall of America, Dublin, San Diego, Toronto, Amsterdam, London and Dublin. I also still have an embroidered leather and denim jacket that was worn by one of the celebrity attendees at the grand opening of the Orlando location around 1994. Even though it's much too big for me now. But Planet was something that I still wish was around in the same ways that it was in the 90's. Was the food spectacular? No, but it was decent. Was ever prop amazing? No, and in fact I'm almost 100% sure that certain "props" were manufactured reproductions. A few that come to mind are the naked Sylvester Stallone frozen in a cylinder of ice from the movie "Demolition Man" and the life-size Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Terminator" getup that greeted most guests at entrances. My favorite prop that I still wonder where it ended up, was the full-size queen alien, from the movie "Aliens" that was perched over the main open area in Orlando. Man was that cool! I also remember attending the premiere of the Indianapolis location, where I had some family, and seeing Chris Farley doing cartwheels on the red carpet, and chugging bottles of milk like the Indy drivers do after a win. Chris died just weeks after that premiere too. The remaining Planet locations now? Well...they confuse me. They're just not like the Planet from the 90's. Which probably had to happen somewhat. Although I'm surprised that they haven't had a resurgence with all of the 80's/90's retro cool craze in recent years. For those years though, I really loved Planet Hollywood.
Michael Prince Myrtle Beach had one as well. Ever check that one out? It’s now demolished...
@@falkortechnologies8039 I drove by the Myrtle Beach Planet while there for work in 2003 and again in 2004, but didn't get a chance to go in. Sad to see so many places like that that I remember now gone. I can think of a handful of other franchises that I miss too, such as the Virgin Megastores. Those were fun places Again I was partial to the one here in Orlando right near our Planet. I'd see many a movie next door at the AMC theaters, and either be looking around in there for a quite a while beforehand, or after. That store was enormous, with its own DJ, cafe, and any edition, format, or box set of anything you could think of. I'm told the outdoor cantilevered seating area for the cafe acutally originally could be raised and lowered, and Aerosmith performed on it during the store's opening. But as Planet goes, I randomly was at several locations when events were going on, and saw celebrities at them. Good times I'll always miss.
The Stallone prop from Demolition Man was in EVERY PH location.I worked for them back in the day.
"Massive Celebrities" apparently applies to Zachary Ty Brian from home Improvement & one of the other Baldwin Brothers... lol
Great Video!! Looking forward to more!!
For the time not now
@AfroNinja Solid Point!!
Zach Ty and that other Home Improvement kid were on every cover of every teen magazine in the early 90's. He was probably a cheap way to make the place cool with the younger crowd.
"one of the lesser baldwins" is how I describe all baldwins who are not alec
At that time period - yes they were.
Visited the one near times square a couple of years ago and I enjoyed my experience. I'm not from the U.S, so it seemed to fit the spectacle of times square. You're going for the spectacle, not for fine dining. Prices were also much lower than other restaurants in the area, and the service was outstanding with their staff. Stumbled on this video after the fact, never knew they had issues. My experience summed up, food was excellent even the dessert, service was outstanding, the environment of the restaurant was also quite nice. Walked in with no expectations, and now I plan on returning someday if NYC sorts out its political situation. Bubba Gump was awful never go there.
Yes I think that kind of restaurant model does well with a few locations at Times Square, Disney, Hollywood and not much elsewhere.
@A. Meowzki jesus for real
The bubba Gump in Disney world and the one in Gatlinburg TN was really good. Maybe it's because they don't know how to cook it right lol but both times I went was great and I hate seafood.
I remember the Niagara location. As a kid growing up at this time, the theme was so different. I didn't go for the food, in fact I don't remember it but it was worth it to be inside. We loved it and the memories are priceless
The San Antonio location closed in 2001 and it still has the Celebrity hand-prints on the building today.
Amazing video! The "Bankrupt" series is my favorite!
Jake,
Your commentary was great job! 👍🏾
I love this kind of content as it seems to always confirm either my gut feeling or the sheer business gossip I hear!
Truth about Earl of Sandwich. Best sandwich I've ever had. The Full Montague is my favorite.
I remember going to a Planet Hollywood as a kid for one of my birthdays. It sucked!
Mainly because all my parents could afford was the cheapest hamburger that was 18 dollars. Remember this was the 90's so that was super expensive.
No cheese or french fries either. And only water for drinks. Dessert was out of the question too. Though I was lucky I got a small complimentary birthday cookie.
The only saving grace was the fact that my table had the Judge Dredd helmet and gun display right next to it. Which I thought was awesome!
Shoot 18 bucks for just a hamburger is that not expensive in 2020? Lol
Sir Arnie 18 dollar for a hamburger? 😱😱😱
You’re blaming the restaurant because your parents were broke?
Michy Nature bruh 18 dollars for a fucking burger
Pol78 and?
I didn’t even realize Planet Hollywood folded
Me too!
I had forgot about it
Judson Moore I figured they didn’t exist anymore because I started seeing less and less locations towards the end of 90s lol.
I found out about planet hollywood through a pin my mom gave me. I didn't know what Planet Hollywood was, and now I just so happen to stumble across this video?! Awesome 👍
I'm only 22 but I remember seeing that logo somewhere.
Faded away like Bruce Willis’ head of hair.
Looks like Chucke e Cheese for grownups. That star burned hot and fast. Never went to one. Still enjoyed the video. Always interesting and well done.
In way, I guess you are right. It also was huge into merchandise, probably more than any other restaurant at the time, and had a store included with various stuff with that locations name on it.
@@TheMixxMaster My Family and I went while we were migrating from Houston to Seattle in July 1997. We went to the Phoenix Arizona Location. The Food was pretty lousy. An Expensive too.
I thought I would correct one bit of information. The original Planet Hollywood New York restaurant was located at 140 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10019. On the same street just down a few stores you would also find the now closed Motown Café. PH would move to time square years later to a massive location and then size down to its current spot in the same area.
Came here to correct this also. Planet Hollywood and the Hard Rock were both on the same stretch of 57th Street. The Hard Rock moved to the site that was left vacant by the closing of the WWF restaurant in Times Square, and around the same time Planet Hollywood moved to the former site of the All Star Cafe, practically across the street.
I was going to say the same thing, because I ate lunch there soon after it opened. A friend and I were walking past the line to get in, he saw some people he knew, we stopped to talk to them and ended up just staying in line to go inside. Once you got in the door, however, there was an open lobby where people broke out of the line and rushed forward, pushing others aside.
Definitely was a once and done restaurant. The only times I went back to one was because the group I was with had never been and wanted to go.
I went to one on Picadilly Circus in London not sure if it was the same brand but they had lots of film memorabilia
Thats now an underground club
Growing up in Orlando we have one at disney springs and I have never been so repulsed by a restaurant in my life. It was a busy Saturday in the middle of summer and you can hear the headache inducing music from a half mile away and while walking by there was no one inside the massive building besides staff
I only remember Planet Hollywood from that one episode from the Simpsons.
I lived (and still do) in Fabulous Las Vegas ( Bay-BAY!) during the themed restaurant boom...we had Planet Hollywood at Ceasar's Place, The Rainforest Cafe at The MGM Grand, All-Star Cafe at the Showcase Mall, Motown Cafe at New York New York Casino (replaced by an ESPN Sportzone), WCW Cafe at the Excalibur hotel and Casino (plus we ALMOST got a WWF themed Hotel and Casino), Teh Hard Rock Cafe (moved from it's original location), Margaritaville at The Flamingo Hotel and Casino (still open), Harley Davidson Cafe down the block from the MGM Grand, Race Rock (Downtown LV), The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel and Casino, The Fashion Cafe at the Showcase Mall, and Dive at the Fashion Show Mall.
watching these videos really helps give me an idea of the values folks put on things that I otherwise would have never discovered myself