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"For the last 100 years, Disney has been a source of comfort and entertainment for millions, but they've also been the site of many grizzly deaths and suspicious incidents that we couldn't even scratch the surface of in this video."
"South Park fans have it so good these days, but those of us who are a bit older remember the dark times."
"But even if you know what the Chippendales are or if you've been to a show before, there's a good chance you may not know the full story behind the Chippendales, about how it got started and all the chaos that happened along the way and the murders that were committed."
"It was here the phrase 'Wagon Train to the stars' was coined."
"Defunctland is a YouTube series that goes over a wide variety of history on extinct theme park and entertainment attractions from all over the world."
"The legendary comedy series Chappelle Show premiered 20 years ago."
"A reminder that not all inactive series become lost forever."
"Fox Kids was a milestone of kids' entertainment, introducing series that are to this day still cornerstones of pop culture."
"While it never quite reached the heights of franchises like Mario Zelda or even something like Final Fantasy Castlevania is still remembered as an absolutely classic series."
"For a brief fleeting moment in time the Dreamcast was the biggest thing in entertainment."
"The las vegas strip became the glitzy arena for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, and the Rat Pack."
"MJ's Super Bowl 27 halftime show in 1993 was game-changing."
"We can all thank Scott Hall for bringing the attitude back into wrestling when it was most sorely needed..."
"Half a century's worth of super spy adventure."
"X-Men the animated series was instrumental in spawning a huge superhero boom that's still continuing to this day."
"For decades, Spider-Man has stood apart from the pack as one of the most timeless and beloved crime fighters in entertainment history."
"Blockbuster is pretty much a punchline these days, it's often considered to be a relic of an archaic..."
"If it weren't for Hulk Hogan, there would be no WWE as we recognize it today."
"It wasn't always the case that singing shows were permeating the airwaves like this and for a while American Idol was so huge that it's kind of hard to fathom."
"The girl has so many firsts, I mean, she's going to go down in history as one of the greatest women in entertainers."
"The film was the first original Popeye production in 15 years."
"Comedians were a popular feature of British Music Hall."
"For this list, we're looking at guest hosts who have left the most significant marks on Saturday Night Live since the year 2000."
"Halo 2 became the biggest entertainment launch ever."
"GTA 5 didn't just become the best-selling video game ever, but the biggest launch in entertainment history."
"Star Trek has blessed us with these very human hiccups and hijinks for decades."
"They weren't released professionally until 1997."
"Before we talk about the way things are with Deadpool today, we first got to turn the clock back and explore how things were."
"Walt Disney has the most Oscars ever won by an individual person."
"When was the first time that you ever saw somebody get speared through one of those black barricades on a WWE program?"
"It was in 1985 that Nakahata released 'Michael TV,' a LaserDisc featuring 45 minutes of various music videos."
"The best thing that it will hopefully come out of this is that more people go back and watch Rudy ray Moore movies."
"Did you know that king kong first appeared in the movies in 1933 that means he's around 85 years old that is super cool."
"The grand poo bar of these stunners was the one he gave to still Babyface announcer Vince on a September 1997 raw."
"It's wonderful to see the Looney Tunes, two masters of mischief and mayhem, continuing to thrive in this modern world."
"I don't think we could have a 50th celebration without talking about the Haunted Mansion."
"We hope you all can enjoy this reanimated piece of Nintendo history."
"It's very fair to suggest that the Rat Pack helped make Vegas what it was."
"Gax was really hyped to watch back in the day."
"Life Force was released in June 1985, competing against 'Cocoon.'"
"Here at the theme park's own animation studio you can relive the history of cartooning and you can look over the shoulders of Disney's master artists."
"This attraction has been in development all the way back to when the new Mickey Mouse shorts first began."
"Fortunately, that changes next month when the WWF presents Canadian Stampede, one of the best pay-per-views of the era."
"Given just how vast the franchise of Star Trek has become over the decades since Captain Kirk first sat in the captain's chair, there's a lot that was left on the cutting room floor."
"Randy Savage taunted opponents with some of the greatest promos of the 1980s."
"You would not see these kind of shows nowadays at a theme park and for good reason."
"The first time watching the VHS back then, it was the time when Shawn had that ladder match with Razor and Shawn against Jeff Jarrett at Rumble '95, for example."
"If we never get a dedicated handheld console from Nintendo again then we can confidently say that the portable Mario Party games is one a hell of a five game long roller coaster of a sub series."
"Remember DX for what it was across its various incarnations."
"Dumbo became much less creepy in 1959 when the giant head was removed."
"Before and after it was a movie, the Star Trek revival was planned as a TV series."
"There's a direct link between Lizzo opening the BET Awards and Monique's groundbreaking moment."
"The werewolf holds a prominent place in our past and continues to live on primarily for our entertainment."
"He's created comedy since the dawn of television."
"Universe of Energy was peak Epcot entertainment when it opened."
"Nickelodeon walked so Lizzie, the Cheetah Girls, Miley, Selena, Demi, and all of them could run."
"April 1st: The consensus peak of American pro wrestling is achieved at Houston's Astrodome as WrestleMania X7 sets new standards in show quality and in wrestling box office."
"Game shows have impacted audiences for decades."
"That record was like a trip to the circus in the 1920s."
"The Rock is moving on. 2003 heel Hollywood Rock will always have such a deep spot in my heart."
"Evans probably appeared in all the big ones that you would think of from the time."
"The meteoric rise of the WWF in this period as well as the goodness of WCW before its sharp decline ushered in the first major wrestling boom since the mid-80s."
"Just like with Snow White, Walt Disney took a major gamble on a fairy tale animated feature to save his studio and legacy."
"White folk always on a Saturday night would call all their slaves around the mansion just to entertain."
"The Texas Cyclone dazzled guests and critics."
"Blue's Clues walked so Film Theory could run."
"Giving John Cena arguably his best match ever at the time as the two squared off at WrestleMania 23."
"Werewolves of London: pop culture since its release in '78."
"Small screen animation doesn't just belong to Hanna-Barbera anymore. Welcome to WatchMojo.com of the century so far."
"Every fan who grew up watching in the '80s got to feel the same magic."
"Five million people watched a TV show about a guy who used to be a wrestler."
"I always wish there was something that captured 70s or early 80s wrestling."
"The original Pokemon anime series deserves respect for what it started and respect for the impact it's had on every series that followed."
"The story of filthy Frank is the story of what one man, George Miller, was able to do for the online entertainment scene."
"That my friends, is the mystery of the man behind Morshu."
"Seinfeld took you to a different place than most sitcoms had before that."
"The sagas captivated audiences 10 centuries ago and they're still entertaining millions of people today."
"Josephine Baker moved to France and became the absolute smash hit of Paris."
"Jackie Gleason will always be remembered as one of America's greatest comedy talents."
"This morning literally ignited a revolution in daytime television."
"Going into the 70s, few were expecting the name Star Trek to come back into the popular consciousness. Against all the odds, however, it did just that."
"Hello and welcome to the channel! Today's deep dive: Elvis Presley."
"The legacy of Mr. Bean has cemented it in British pop culture history."
"Pirates of the Caribbean didn't actually open till 1973 but it is as quintessential a Disney classic has any and probably my favorite on the list that I'm sharing today."
"The debut of arguably the greatest character of all time in The Undertaker."
"WWE versus WCW, even if it was not in its best form, was still one of the coolest crossovers in wrestling history."
"It's very hard to comprehend how much Adult Swim has evolved over the last couple of decades."
"A listener's survey conducted by Radio Mirror magazine placed Eve number one top-ranking comedienne between 1948 and 1949."
"It was just what America needed at the time and it's now rightly regarded as one of the most iconic Super Bowl halftime shows."
"Nate Robinson is the new Sticky Fingers! Stinky got his [ __ ] rocked back in the MTV days!"
"Genuine gave us one of the best side chick anthems of all time."
"The 80s became the first major decade of comic book entertainment on the big and small screen."
"That's like the biggest opening in the history of cinema."
"I walked up to the president of Disney and I said I want to make history and that's what this is."
"Battle of Galactica: the first themed attraction to feature audio animatronic characters outside of a Disney park."
"I love Charlie Chaplin, Abbott & Costello, the Three Stooges."
"HBK and the Deadman did this ending first and did it so well that nobody else was bold enough to try it for nearly two decades."
"The Attitude Era was objectively very good, some amazing Mega stars that came from it, some amazing matches stipulations, there's so much to gush about when it comes to the Attitude Era."
"WCW gave fans something different for so long."
"Her warmth, talent, and pioneering spirit in an era of burgeoning Television remain a beacon for aspiring performers."
"Lucille Ball created a whole new audience for watching television."
"Look, before he started putting out black sitcoms, there was only one black show on TV."
"Here we go for our 6,000 subscribers special, we're gonna discuss the dark age of Looney Tunes."
"Kane and Jericho to me are still the two best debuts for a star in WWE history."
"The year is 1967 and Century 21 Productions is at the height of their success. Thunderbirds has become a global phenomenon."
"Politics and wrestling have gone hand in hand since almost wrestling pro wrestling was a thing."
"The world of the freak show was changing. Acts were becoming a grotesque sideshow."
"Paramount parks didn't have a long run in America, but their legacy remains and will be present for decades to come."
"Vaudevillians were the entertainers our ancestors chose first and most at a time of revolutionary change in America."
"The touching thing about vaudeville is it's like first-generation America getting a foothold in the world of America."
"Carousel of Progress really is a show, in fact, it's actually the longest running stage show in American Theater history."
"Super Sentai has been a thing since the '70s in Japan."
"It's a whole different scene happening at Disneyland, kind of like the old days, really."
"This show would go on to become the second longest running Sentai series thus far."
"One of my guitar idols was Roy Clark, watching Hee Haw in the late 1960s."
"With his trademark cane, derby hat, baggy clothes, and large shoes, Charlie became one of the most famous men in the world."
"The Universal Studios Backlot saw regular tours... for just a nickel you could watch the movies get made."
"During her time in the Carol Burnett show, Lawrence fulfilled another childhood Dream by scoring a top 40 pop hit with the story song 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' in 1973."
"Elvis performed 837 consecutive shows at the International Theater over seven years."
"Disney's acquisition of Marvel in 2009 for four billion dollars was one of the most advantageous in entertainment history."
"We are the first black group to have a show in Vegas."
"Disney 100, of course, the Disney corporation next year is going to be celebrating their 100th anniversary."
"If you wanted to watch a movie, you either had to wait till it was on TV at a certain time or you went to a movie rental store."
"We had to recreate the impact our shows had on people at a time when nobody else did what we did."
"I love that the Budokai announcer returns; he's been around the block, he's seen things."
"IMDb... was started in England by this guy named Col Needham as really more of a project for fun."
"She was one of the first stunt women to jump from a horse to a moving train or a stagecoach and then back again."
"For over 30 years, Monster Jam has remained one of the most successful monster truck leagues in history."
"Netflix can also mail you DVDs; that's what they did before streaming."
"This is your life represents a golden age of light entertainment."
"It meant that the names Moe, Larry, and Curly would live forever."
"Next week on Time Suck we go back in time to 19th century New York and meet a man who will change the entertainment industry forever."
"Puppetry is the oldest form of entertainment."
"The Undertaker bringing back the original look of the Deadman was a highlight of Mania 13."
"It's incredible to look back on what was considered entertaining back then."
"The dance halls were the big thing."
"His talent and resilience shone through, earning him a cherished place in entertainment history."
"Without the ultimate line, it's possible that we might not have the Marvel stories, animated series, films, or comics of today."
"I just want to go back to an Era where there were just so many popular black girls."
"WrestleMania 3 at the Pontiac Silverdome changed the perception of the business forever."
"Without Mad Magazine, there wouldn't have been a Saturday Night Live."
"These are your lives, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy."
"The Enchanted Tiki Room... is the very first example of audio-animatronics in the park ever."