I know I’m going to end up watching this many more times. So much information to process!!! But right now of this first watch thru, I am totally shocked by the emotional reaction I just had to the passing of Cordelia. I seriously went from barely being aware that Knott’s Berry Farm existed to this genuine emotion for the sadness and mourning they must have felt when she passed. I know I’ve said it before but what a great series. Thank you :)
A very interesting and informative video. Your throwback to 1968 reminded me of how restless this country was. I had forgotten how much had taken place in one year. As for the Knotts family, they were “pioneers “ of many different endeavors that I never knew about. Thanks for all your hard work to inform us of a truly remarkable story!
Yeah, 1968 was crazy. And there's a bunch of things like the Manson killings, Woodstock, John Lennon marrying Yoko Ono + the release of Abbey Road, the majority of the Zodiac murders, the launch of ARPANET (the precursor to the internet), and the moon landing that all happened the next year - many of which get associated with the chaos of '68 some of the time.
This was fantastic. I was a manager at Knott’s during the last days of the Knott family ownership in the early 90s. This series of videos is fantastic! It really brought back memories. One key point in the video.. where you discussed competition…. You missed the fact that Busch Gardens in Van Nuys opened in the sixties during this period… and was indeed a competitor (Busch actually expanded in the early seventies…. Building more theme park rides and attractions).
Thanks for pointing that out! That's definitely an oversight on my part, and Busch Gardens in Van Nuys should've been mentioned. Since it was such a relatively short -lived park (13 years), and was closed by the '80s, I left it out. But it definitely was a competitor in the local market when it was around.
Wonderfully researched and produced, educational and entertaining. The best of its type on youtube. Brings back lots of forgotten memories. Thanks
Thanks again! Glad you're enjoying these.
I am loving this knott’s series, thank you for an incredible job
Glad you enjoy it!
I know I’m going to end up watching this many more times. So much information to process!!! But right now of this first watch thru, I am totally shocked by the emotional reaction I just had to the passing of Cordelia. I seriously went from barely being aware that Knott’s Berry Farm existed to this genuine emotion for the sadness and mourning they must have felt when she passed. I know I’ve said it before but what a great series. Thank you :)
A very interesting and informative video. Your throwback to 1968 reminded me of how restless this country was. I had forgotten how much had taken place in one year. As for the Knotts family, they were “pioneers “ of many different endeavors that I never knew about. Thanks for all your hard work to inform us of a truly remarkable story!
Yeah, 1968 was crazy. And there's a bunch of things like the Manson killings, Woodstock, John Lennon marrying Yoko Ono + the release of Abbey Road, the majority of the Zodiac murders, the launch of ARPANET (the precursor to the internet), and the moon landing that all happened the next year - many of which get associated with the chaos of '68 some of the time.
Thank you so much for your videos. I love Knotts so so much.
This was fantastic. I was a manager at Knott’s during the last days of the Knott family ownership in the early 90s. This series of videos is fantastic! It really brought back memories. One key point in the video.. where you discussed competition…. You missed the fact that Busch Gardens in Van Nuys opened in the sixties during this period… and was indeed a competitor (Busch actually expanded in the early seventies…. Building more theme park rides and attractions).
Thanks for pointing that out! That's definitely an oversight on my part, and Busch Gardens in Van Nuys should've been mentioned. Since it was such a relatively short -lived park (13 years), and was closed by the '80s, I left it out. But it definitely was a competitor in the local market when it was around.
I was born in '92... So I'm no boomer etc lol... But it does seem when women go to work, the whole world suffers more exponentially