7 Months to Opening: Disneyland’s Struggle to Survive

[@edstrong597]

I enjoy this series, it’s like Brickey is opening a Disney time capsule.

[@abbyq176]

Respect ❤ the research it takes to organize this is worthy of all the respect. So fun!

[@joshtodd6054]

the barn at 15:28 looks wildly like the new gift shop at haunted mansion

[@ronaldeaton652]

Isn't it the Carrollton barn in Griffith Park

[@joshtodd6054]

@ not sure, but maybe wanted to re create that as a building in Disneyland?

[@HeyBrickey]

It’s a lazy accident. There’s no reason for a California barn to be in New Orleans

[@joshtodd6054]

@@HeyBrickey fair enough, I was giving them benefit of the doubt 😂

[@Angel-11Amor]

Fun fact: The Rose Parade float features the Dumbo ride which is actually the "Pink elephants on parade" ! They later changed them to Dumbos for the Park opening. I guess having kids ride drunk pink elephants just didn't ... fly. Love the old footage Brickey!

[@jennytaber71]

I love this format.

[@yvonnecake5600]

Love hearing about the history of Disneyland. Thank you for sharing

[@Eddunaway-fl3rk]

Hey brickey if you're doing 1955 news of the Rose bowl who won the Rose bowl game

[@Eddunaway-fl3rk]

Ohio State being USC 20 to7

[@MikhaelJames]

I'm glad you didn't give up on this channel, thanks

[@HouseOfAmarna]

This was a fun vid, Brickey. I love that you filmed it in B&W and spoke from a personal perspective as if you were there with Walt.

[@nzjonty]

Oh how the times have changed! What a fun and informative approach…. Love the originality!

[@brianstone6463]

This is a fun format. I love it!

[@KatherineMarr-jo9qz]

I absolutely love and appreciate all of your Disneyland history videos. Thank you for digging deep, deep down into Disneyland history and creating this content. I seriously look forward to your videos and await new ones almost daily. Know that you have a weirdo 36 year old Disneyland fan girl who eagerly awaits your videos to help ease my Disneyland fomo. Thank you for this new series. Disneyland history and oddities has been my absolute favorite of your content. Thank you for sharing your passion and work with a fellow Disney park nerd!

[@terrygander7997]

Love it! One of your best videos yet! We live in the Midwest and have only been to WDW, but none of that magical place would have been possible without Disneyland. Thanks for the lesson Professor Brickey!

[@craigtorso]

Most of those newspaper photographs were likely very clear when first printed; however, what you’re showing are digital copies of microfilm copies of decades-old versions of the original. The microfilm process was designed for maximum contrast (for text legibility) in minimal space (for library shelf space storage).

[@miked6947]

Thanks Brickey looking forward to more in this series really appreciate ya doing this

[@winterliy103-7]

Enjoyed this,I think you are on the right track with this series.

[@djdminh]

I love this series so far. There are so many stories and facts that I have never heard. Keep going!

[@jeffstoeger2974]

Love the black and white episode. Thanks for sharing the very informative things about Walt. Brickey, you're becoming a classic just like this episode. Thank you for your in-depth research.👏👏👏

[@joysjourney3212]

This is a great new addition to your channel!

[@johnjosephnigro]

Very slick video. I think “ Old News Tonight ” could become one of your best genre’s. I think I could start to like it as much as I like your Disneyland Forward videos and I love your Disneyland Forward videos. with your new Magic Brickies you’re really developing a fantastic brand…… just like Walt did lol.

[@jetsons101]

Very enjoyable watch, tones of information and great vintage images.

[@JaneMachado-nz3ob]

LOVE this! What a fun dive into the times. Please keep these coming....

[@k00lt1nt]

Another banger! Great video and well put together. I like the black and white aspect also

[@shashona3084]

Taking it back to the beginning

[@ChicagoPaul76]

Amazing concept. First time seeing the Rose Parade float. Very cool. Can't wait for the next episode.

[@voiceoverguyharris]

Really enjoyed this Bricky. Nicely researched... again. Never cease to amaze with the info you are able to source. Congratulations!

[@Oddernod]

I used to work next to Helm's Bakery - I had no idea of the Disneyland connection! Keep these blasts from the past coming Brickey!

[@lcruz2783]

Great video, and nice touch with the black and white video. As always this is the best info we can get now about Disneyland, stuff we never new

[@Pab-B]

Old-timey Brickey lookin Sharp!

[@ScanFan_Ed]

Thanks for another great video, Brickey!

[@ejcTAB]

Clever. Fun addition. My wife remembered seeing the Helms Bakery trucks in her Woodland Hills neighborhood when she was a kid.

[@Magical_Maddy]

Love this, thanks for sharing!

[@HeyBrickey]

Glad you enjoyed it ❤️

[@Royal245]

Great Intro to the beginning of Disney's empire!! I remember (vividly) my first trip to Disneyland in 1955 with my Father who HAD to be #1 for everything...LOL

[@nefasventures]

Great new series and love the old history:)

[@kyleheinze522]

This is great. Thank you!

[@JBX302]

I love this so much! So impressive. And I’m not just talking about that suit. :-) I hope this history encourages you as you continue to build your own dream.

[@SuperKazmierski]

Looks like you're having a lot of fun. Keep it up. You'll be at 100K followers by May.

[@bethkelly9206]

Helm's bakery trucks were the best! I even fell off the bumper of one!

[@derradune6722]

Interesting to see that article was by Louella Parsons. She was a big deal back in those days and has 2 stars on the Hollywood walk of fame, one for movies, and one for radio.

[@scruffskunk]

Good eye. I totally missed that. She, along with Walter Winchell, provided most of the gossip style stories at that time.

[@LupoDePace]

I'm so used to seeing Brickey in his hoodie with his cap and glasses that I almost didn't recognize him in his suit and tie.

[@davids6898]

Walt was a huge baseball fan. In fact he is responsible for the Angels playing in Anaheim. In his book, In Service to the Mouse, Jack Lindquist states that he and Gene Autry were good friends. He invited Walt Disney to be a partial owner of the team. Walt turned down his offer, wanting to avoid ruining their friendship due to differences in running the team or agreeing on trades. But when the Angels found themselves looking for a new ballpark after three uncomfortable years having to share Dodger Stadium, Walt suggested Anaheim to his friend and that is where they play (poorly) to this day.

[@quinnhouk5369]

Cool

[@maimoneattia]

Loved this! Looking forward to more. Have you ever visited the Disney Museum in San Francisco? Only Disney type place we have in the bay area. It's great.

[@TheSquirrelMafia]

I like this! 😁

[@seminolefantodd4736]

Brickey, in 2019, my wife & I had a chance to attended a Bob Gurr book signing that was held at Walt's home on Woking Way,. If you get the opportunity to visit it, the views of the city are amazing. I'm writing to say It has a screening room as well. In fact, the famous photo of Walt standing in a doorway with a silhouetted Mickey was taken in that house and the doorway is to the screening room. There is another photo of Walt standing at a handrail, taken from below, where you can see the intricate pattern painted on the ceiling of the home's entryway. The home is well preserved and as an example, Diane and Sharon's playhouse is still standing by the pool. Highly recommend!

[@alancranford3398]

Brickey made a time machine!

[@GlenHallstrom]

My home town! Long Beach FTW!

[@HeyBrickey]

Mine too!

[@GlenHallstrom]

@@HeyBrickey Oh yeah! High five! (slap) Not only that, when I was growing up there my mom used to buy her bread and such from the Helm's Bakery truck. Good times.

[@jetsons101]

The Black & White is a nice touch, but to be more 1955 put in a tad more "Blur" like a 1955 T.V. would have. Great watch.

[@carolynhunt7333]

Was that Kirk Douglas driving Walt’s train?

[@Captrotc]

One reason why Walt would have been a fan of the Stars versus the Dodgers, the Dodgers were a Brooklyn team until 1958!

[@Lil_Homie.]

The Brickey and Friends show 👍🏼

[@SimplyBrandy23]

Hello Friends. Hope all are well 🙏🏽 and staying safe

[@kingtigertank]

There’s a Helms Bakery Truck at the Lyon Air Museum at John Wayne Airport

[@scruffskunk]

Such a wealth of amazing historical information. It brought up a question that I'll have to look up. I thought the major studios controlled the theatres and it was next to impossible for any other distribution company like newly formed Buena Vista to show movies. Even independent theatre owners had exclusive contracts with the major studios and films not from the major studios were at best shown at the five cent theatre on the bad side of town. Maybe things started to change by then. Yep, ya got me thinking, Brickey.

[@sky0kast0]

I can't be a member because I'm trying to go out and make memories and right now I need self control! Near my birthday I'm hoping to go to universal Hollywood.

[@mikeb.7183]

Whatever became of Walts house and private railroad ?

[@jamesl1130]

The house was sold, torn down and a new home built. The tunnel under Lillian's flowers is now a wine cellar. The barn was moved to Griffith Park, open to the public on the 3rd Sunday of the month

[@crazybird199]

Really love the look into Disneyland history. I do think the black and white filter you have on yourself gets old a bit fast. I'd personally prefer you and your background to be in color, except maybe for the intro. Just a minor gripe, though, the rest is great.

[@JesseAdventure]

Are they driving in the middle of the bakery truck? I need to find more information about this.

[@avebeno]

I hope you'll come to understand that the quality of newspaper archiving techniques aren't the same as a halftone newspaper photo prints.

[@brianstone6463]

17:12 Anyone see what I see? (Wait... does everyone know but me? I'm feeling a little dumb now.)

[@HeyBrickey]

People keep saying that the Haunted Mansion barn looks like Walt's barn, but I think that's just a lazy accident. Walt's barn has ZERO to do with Louisiana. Walt, as a person, and his barn have no connection to the storyline of the Haunted Mansion.

[@ainsleyperry5192]

RKO Radio Pictures upto 1954 released all of Disney's films. But Roy Disney started to wonder why RKO were becoming slower and slower in paying back to Disney their film rental share. RKO took a distribution fee on Disney films. RKO was going broke and was using Disney's money to stay afloat and drip feed Disney their share. This arrangement had been getting worse for Disney over the years. Right back to the first Mickey Mouse shorts any distribution company Disney used all tried to short change Disney. So Roy set up Buena Vista Disney's own distribution division. The first film to be released by this new division was "The Living Desert." As well as RKO being slow with Disney's Box Office returns, RKO saw no money in a animal film. It was a huge hit for Disney. Roy setting up Buena Vista was looked on as being more important to Disney Investers and the Company than Disneyland upto 1960. There was some talk of nominating Walt Disney for an "Emmy" in 1955 as personality of the year. He was'nt nominated because how could you give an Emmy to someone who was on screen for about a minute each week? Cheers, Chris Perry.

[@BruceBergman]

Why do we get the countdown after the piece is already posted? silliness.