DefunctTV: The History of Dumbo's Circus

[@Defunctland]

Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed this episode. The topic was actually picked by this year’s Charityland auction winner Craig Jessup! Hope everyone is well and have a great day!

[@tommclaughlin5360]

Great pick Craig! I didn't win a charity auction but I'm really hoping for a Eureka's Castle or Today's Special episode someday!

[@asmknight2]

Hey Defunctland can you do a episode of where in the world is carmen sandiego next

[@ronalddufour2757]

Hey defunct land can you do the History of Barney and friends?

[@lilxamryn]

Can you do the history of Arthur? That show used to scare me when I was a kid lmao but now I actually love it because going back and watching it, it’s actually pretty funny

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Hey Defunctland! Please do a DefunctTV episode about Playhouse Disney’s Jojo’s Circus next!

[@megboles228]

Turns out Sebastian has the feather because HE IS A LIAR

[@samuelmeasa9283]

I remember that episode. I saw it before the movie and it later bugged me. Not to the point I'd lie in bed wondering how come he had the feather in the show. But why it changed colors.

[@SuperWolsey]

He Tifa'd before Tifa even existed

[@SuperWolsey]

@@samuelmeasa9283 Someone at the costume dept didn't see the movie

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

@@SuperWolsey FF7 reference?

[@ImpossibleCakePro]

Second-best utterance next to "Homosexual fast-dancing"

[@jackboles7442]

Kevin....you're sponsored by Topps? Topps is 50% owned by The Tornante Company, owned by Michael Eisner. Defunctland confirmed approved by Eisner.

[@missybarbour6885]

That's hilarious

[@michaeleisner4758]

Yes

[@NightAtTheOpera3]

NOOOOOOO

[@Awesomesufff]

I wonder if he’s seen these videos

[@Undrave]

@@Awesomesufff an interview with the man himself would be amazing!

[@emilyrose2175]

"it is revealed that sebastian has the feather because he is a liar" I don't know why but your tone is what really makes these videos I couldn't imagine them being narrated by anyone else

[@Defunctland]

Thank you :)

[@evanthesquirrel]

Of course he'd know liars. He is a Perjurer.

[@Clifford2000Fan]

@@evanthesquirrel B'dum-TISS!

[@missybarbour6885]

Old puppets could really just look like anything and no one got nightmares I guess

[@marcusblackwell2372]

That isn't always true... Pinwheel, Pinwheel where have you been?

[@shinyagumon7015]

The Muppets spoiled us all!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@shinyagumon7015 well, just know that in the 1st season of Sesame Street, Big Bird's head looked more like s traffic cone...

[@boxhead8514]

@@marcusblackwell2372 Hello! How are you? and May I come in?

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@boxhead8514 I actually don't know that reference. I only know of Pinwheel via KZbin

[@MrCzechTexan]

10:03 "The episode ends with the group punishing Sebastian by exploiting his acrophobia." - cut to wide shot of Sebastian flailing around and being hoisted up by a forklift as everyone points and laughs - LMAO that deadpan with that visual was amazing. My sides hurt

[@Shenaldrac]

I like it, instead of forgiving him for doing wrong without any regret or signs of repentance, they actually do make him face punishment for his deeds. It's refreshing when it seems like so much media these days focuses on forgiveness, even when unearned.

[@cagedcreature439]

Frizzurd 🎵He tried to kill me with a forklift Olé🎵 Mystery theater science 3000 reference, FYI

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

First off, it's amazing that THIS is where Jim Cummings started his voice acting career. Second, this series seems like a prime candidate for a Disney+ release.

[@LikaLaruku]

Personally, I'd rather have it on DVD. Too bad most episodes are lost though.

[@CouchSpud91]

Yeah, that was the big mind blow of this episode for me. Jim freaking Cummings started off in Dumbo's Circus of all things.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Well, that's only if people manage to salvage all episodes. Well, they might. Why? Michael Eisner! 😂😂😂😅 Joking but still, it probably will be hard to find them all

[@JeskidoYT]

if Disney aint got the original sources for the show, then it aint being put on

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@JeskidoYT that's kinda what meant

[@DelphineDofain]

Thing I remembered from this video: "What's a zzub zzub?" "A bee that flies backwards"

[@Twohomst]

Phillip almost, it’s Zug Zug

[@NunofYerbizness]

So, like Gus from Cinderella?

[@ErickC]

I just had a Banjo-Kazooie flashback, really.

[@BlackLightMedia]

"Dumbo's Circus huh? Never heard of it before" (Proceeds to sing the theme song word for word) It's amazing what memories these unlock.

[@devlinburgess2463]

I still find the actual puppets to be a little offputting, but the concept art is really cool. Has that classic Disney feel to it.

[@leolunchbox4543]

Yes exactly

[@TuesdaysArt]

The way Dumbo's nose moves is unsettling and I can't really explain why.

[@devlinfan]

The eyes, and the movement of the characters is visually uncanny. Avoided the show as a kid. Like Chuck E. Cheese creepy. Btw cool first name.

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

Off-putting is being overly polite. This could be released as horror without changing anything.

[@beauwalker9820]

I'll take puppet suits over CGI any day.

[@missybarbour6885]

QT: Hey, can I copy your homework? King Louis: Sure, just don't make it obvious

[@spamitupdude]

did you come up with this comment yourself? Whats your favorite Rick and Morty episode dude?

[@Attmay]

I'll never say a word against *Robin Hood* again.

[@KaminoKatie]

QT is King Louis at home

[@mattwolf7698]

I find it interesting that Disney doesn't just dump all of these old shows onto Disney+, I could understand them not wanting to spend money converting it to HD but I don't see why they just don't put it on as is.

[@vylbird8014]

Some of these old shows are just not very good by modern standards. A bit embarrassing. Not all shows age well.

[@thetechconspiracy2]

@@Attmay I'd be surprised (with my admittedly lacking knowledge in video production from the 80s) if they weren't recording the show onto film as opposed to tape, which is much easier and cheaper to digitize and release in an HD format.

[@daredrogers3884]

@@vylbird8014 Last I checked the plan for Disney+ is to have ALL flims/tv shows owned by Disney to be under one streaming service.

[@vylbird8014]

@@daredrogers3884 All the ones they are willing to publicly admit to, anyway. Disney have a brand to maintain, and sometimes they need to maintain that brand by quietly pretending certain things do not exist - either because they are out of step with modern culture, or because they are just very poorly made.

[@Mantis47]

They might've lost the original videos, sadly. There's so much lost media out there, it's kind of depressing to think about it.

[@paulrawsonjr.2423]

Me at the start of the video: “Dumbo’s Circus? I’ve never heard of it.” Halfway through the video: “Holy crap, I did see this as a kid! How could I have forgotten this?”

[@NerdsmithTV]

Yeah, I was getting wracked by waves of forgotten childhood memories this WHOLE episode! Thanks for this one, Kevin!

[@LikaLaruku]

I was thinking that this was the first TV series I ever saw, as it came out when I was 2, but then I remembered that we couldn't afford to pay for Premium channels like Disney, & I most likely watched the reruns in the early 90s when the channel switched to a basic model with commercials in a few states.

[@melissacooper4482]

I haven't forgotten this show! I watched this as a kid as much as I watched Welcome to Pooh Corner!

[@wolphintv]

For me, the "Oh dang, I do remember this!" came somewhere between the theme song (which promises "Lots of good adventures" and I remember kid-me always thinking, "Just 'good'? Not 'great'?"), the cat lady's greenscreen tightrope act, and Dumbo's whirly eyes, twirly little trunk, and stuffy-nosed voice (still less terrifying than live-action Night King eyes Dumbo).

[@terryaltherr2481]

There's so much shit I forgot seeing as a kid that it's amazing that I do remember it after watching reviews and episodes from TV shows

[@Ward1706]

As an Aussie, I can confirm "Fair Dinkum" is a cultural phrase. It just means it's the truth.

[@dragonkyng]

Disney just paid Kevin to make content. Let that sink in everyone

[@verminjerky]

Topps. Topps paid Kevin to make content. Topps is the maker of the app and they license Disney for this product, and then would have sponsored Kevin to do the promotion.

[@justinberns8470]

More fascinating is that Topps is 50% owned by The Tournate Company, owned by Michael Eisner - a frequent Defunctland target.

[@ShinoSarna]

@@verminjerky Topps is owned by Tornante Company, whose board member is Michael Eisner. So you could say Eisner paid for this episode.

[@mightyfilm]

Yep. Sebastian the Cat is TOTALLY not Oscar the Grouch. Not at all. Totally an original character singing about how he loves trash.

[@Attmay]

I have a theory about Oscar the Grouch: he loves trash because he has no nose and thus no sense of smell.

[@mightyfilm]

Eh, you probably wouldn't be wrong. There's like one or two grouches that actually have a nose.

[@LikaLaruku]

Just put them in a room together with Templeton from Charlotte's Web.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@Frizzurd Or _Eureeka's Castle_ co-created & head written by kid's horror guru R.L. Stine (of _Goosebumps_ fame).

[@nitrosherbert888]

They say that if Oscar wasn't already an established character they wouldn't be able to have him and neuer Sesame Street because He's too aggressive for modern children now Actual producers have said that

[@patepeluri]

Defunctland gives you your daily dose of defunct Disney during quarantine.

[@ExtremeWreck]

These Disney shows were abandoned because they knew the coronavirus would come in 2020. They PREDICTED it!!!

[@patepeluri]

What?

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@patepeluri That's a joke XD.

[@SoldierMan1557]

Perfectly executed as all things should be

[@Moonbeam143]

It's too bad that a lot of the episodes are lost. This is TV history! And it has it's charm.

[@sonjayechavarria]

There usually be tap dancing in these kind of movies. Oh Lord

[@dillonfisher7615]

Can we just take a second to appreciate how God damn great this entire channel is? This is one of the most professionally made shows on KZbin. It just feels like something that you would see on actual TV. 90% of the time, I have absolutely zero interest in any of the shows or attractions that are talked about on this channel, like "Dumbo's Circus" for instance, but I still always become invested in every episode of Defunct. Thank you for such a great channel and series. Keep up the amazing job. And please stat safe and healthy during these hard times.

[@MeganKoumori]

I never watched "Dumbo's Circus" but when you showed the hand puppets I nearly fell off my bed in shock. Many of those same puppets were used in "The Mother Goose Video Treasury", which I did have on VHS as a child, and a quick IMDb check confirms they had the same producer.

[@Claubuza]

Whoa, this gave me a flashback. I have a memory of a puppet saying "rain rain go away, come again another day, like Thursday or Saturday" (or maybe he said other days of the week.) Pray, kind stranger, do you know if it's from Mother Goose Video Treasury?

[@MeganKoumori]

@@Claubuza I don't remember that one but looking on KZbin there were a couple different episodes besides the volume we owned so it may have been on one of those.

[@daredrogers3884]

I think I saw that one years ago is that the one show with mother goose has those three goslings and she tells them the "true stories behind popular nursery rhymes" and they are all puppets?

[@MeganKoumori]

@@daredrogers3884 No that was Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. The Mother Goose Treasury volumes featured a combination of hand puppets and human actors, plus Bertram, a giant goose puppet large enough for Mother Goose to ride on.

[@daredrogers3884]

@@MeganKoumori Thanks for giving the right name for TMGS I've been kinda looking for it for a while.

[@tommclaughlin5360]

THIS is the one I've been waiting for ever since DefunctTV started! I to this day (I'm 36) can sing every single line to this opening theme song. Few shows stuck with me like this one did. The visuals are just too bizarre to ever forget.

[@chiefrief2940]

Every time I brought up this show in conversations about kids TV from my youth people looked at me like I was crazy. But it stuck with me for thirty plus years. Glad I’m not the only one.

[@LikaLaruku]

This was one of a small handful of series he's reviewed we actually grew up on. We'd have been in highschool when the rest came out.

[@tlozwarlock]

Same. I went to elementary school every day after a morning of Dumbo's Circus, Welcome to Pooh Corner, and Alice in Wonderland.

[@alanmarhic6813]

This channel deserves to be 1000 times more recognized. This is tv quality stuff.

[@Antifearn]

Lilli’s character design reminds me of the white, sexy burlesque mice from _that_ one scene from The Great Mouse Detective...

[@mementoargentum7733]

THAT'S what it was! The entire episode I kept looking at her going, "Man, I feel like I've seen her animated before" and you are So right! I love Great Mouse Detective

[@meb4224]

I actually remember there being an episode with a love triangle between Lilly, Sebastian, and the dog dude whose name I forget. Seriously.

[@LikaLaruku]

Makes me think of Cleo from Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats, but bald. & then Cleo makes me think of Callie from Swat Katz.

[@tahvohck]

Lilli probably awakened things in some kids.

[@mkaplan1383]

@@tahvohck For me, it awakened the infatuation to female felines......

[@PatrickHogan]

Imagine the Star Wars Holiday Special being your main notable credit.

[@vest816]

I loved this show! I know my dad made us a VHS tape full of episodes for us to watch when we were little. But then he recorded over it with his stupid wedding. What a travesty.

[@Attmay]

Was the marriage at least a happy one?

[@MacKennaTheGoddessofRadiation]

@@AttmayProbably not if he recorded over dumbo

[@IirlyAccesss]

This was my most favorite show ever from my childhood. SO happy you did this episode. It means so much. If you get the chance, would you please do an episode on Rollie Pollie Ollie?

[@mjrleaguesweetie]

I was born in 1981. There was a period of time when I was in elementary school when the closing credit music of “Dumbo’s Circus” meant that it was time to go to school. What an awesome episode, great job Kevin, and thanks Craig!

[@Attmay]

I also have memories of watching *Dumbo* and *Pooh* before school when I was little. Also reruns of *The Mary Tyler Moore Show.*

[@tokenbricks3355]

This show would be perfect for a Disney+ release

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

W.I.T.C.H. is a more bingeable show, in my opinion

[@carminecdinoproductions]

TokenBricks Exactly! I also wanna see Dumbo get an animated sequel/spin-off series on Disney+ called “Dumbo’s Circus Adventures” that takes place after the events of the first movie!

[@auraguardianred4771]

@@carminecdinoproductions I just want this lost media to be found. Their disney, not Nick, lol

[@SFSVHS]

I regularly request this show on the app. It is the perfect place to finally unveil the dozens and dozens of lost episodes.

[@kareesingh4428]

OMG Yes. Disney If You're Watching This, Pull A Adventures In Wonderland And Make This No Longer Lost Media, Just F---ing Release The Episodes Of Dumbo's Circus On Disney+!

[@AgentOracle]

FORK YOU this show put a song in my head when I was 4 that didn't leave until I was 14! AND YOU REMINDED ME. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[@RoKKr023i]

Ah Nostalgia. Truly the modern prison.

[@KougajiCalling]

And now it's stuck in mine too... I hadn't heard it or thought about this show since the 80's...

[@jamie1602]

Hand up if you used to hum Dumbo's Circus theme for years after seeing it.

[@TheUraharasensei]

Put your feeeeet up and step 2 3 4 you're in the big parade....

[@nebuchadnezzar8683]

Man I truly miss this show as a kid and even my Introduction to Jim Cummings himself! ^^

[@SgtxAnus]

“Pooh’s Corner will not show reruns on Chinese TV:

[@SuperWolsey]

Fuck em!

[@kellyweingart3692]

*Dumbo breaks the 4th wall*

[@anavarrette83]

@@SuperWolsey hey no cuss words on defunctland

[@ToneeRhianRose]

Yeah China is weird when it comes to American cartoon characters. If they're naked or have no pants (like Pooh & Donald Duck) they're considered "porn"...even though they're animal characters. Like for example Garfield (who is a cat) is banned there. But that's only 1 example of why some cartoons get banned in certain places...even here in the US.

[@SgtxAnus]

@@ToneeRhianRose well also hong kong made fun of mainland china saying the leader looked like pooh n ye

[@AlexCarson]

Pooh's Corner flew so Dumbo's Circus could SOAR!

[@katiec7949]

(not without the feather though)

[@annaadams9706]

Dumbo sounds like Rudolph. I half expected him to say “I’m independent!” Actually both characters had a physical feature they were bullied for that later gave them magic powers lmao.

[@alanashy3514]

Dumbo Didn't Sounds Nothing Like Rudolf He Sounds More Cute

[@TalpaTulpa]

@@alanashy3514HOW DARE YOU-

[@TalpaTulpa]

@@alanashy3514oh wait you mean rudolph was cuter

[@alanashy3514]

@@TalpaTulpa i mean dumbo's voice is very beautiful too bad they didn't dub this show in other languages

[@KaminoKatie]

Dumbo is voiced by Fizzy in My Little Pony G1

[@bloomfromthewinxclub]

Defunctland uploads are just what i need this quarantine season

[@JoseTwitterFan]

FACT: The actor who played QT the Orangutan went on to invent the Furby.

[@SuperWolsey]

Oh god!!!

[@marisad5138]

that’s rlly interesting! lol

[@anavarrette83]

Holy moly

[@ProjectSparkTM]

OOP-

[@ghost-husband]

I- thank you for that info

[@wheeledjustice7381]

This show was my first introduction to Dumbo. It's likely why I remember him always being able to talk, even in the movie. I'm so excited you covered it!

[@LikaLaruku]

I definitely saw this before the movie too.

[@ghostofhinawa]

I’m so glad you covered this! Ever since the video on Welcome to Pooh Corner I kept saying “they gotta talk about Dumbo’s Circus”. I hope more episodes are recovered over time. Great video as always. :)

[@Attmay]

*Adventures in Wonderland* should be next. That did get video releases and unlike the others had actual humans in it.

[@rondajones7526]

Thank you for covering this show❤️, I am getting close to turning 39 and have very fond memories of watching this show. It's cool to see it covered and introduced to younger Disney and lost media fans who may not have know about this beloved children's show. Awesome work guys😘

[@kaylagrimm826]

“If we don’t sell those tickets, we can’t pay the rent.” Since I am a performer, this quote resonates with me so much haha.

[@GeekExtremist]

I grew up having to have a lot of surgeries due to spina bifida, I think I was 5 or 6 (1990-1991) and really nervous about getting a surgery that I was in the hospital waiting to be taken back for. This came on the TV in the hospital room, it was the first time I had ever heard of it, but it really helped calm me down. For some reason that memory has stuck with me my entire life and this show holds a special place in my heart due to that.

[@rhett8-u1n]

It's great to finally hear more about this show. This is the kind of experimental stuff I like to see from Disney. I appreciate this a lot more than their more modern approach of buying out and coasting off other properties. I said it on the Pooh Corner video, and I'll say it here too; that show, this show and Mousercise would actually get me to consider Disney Prime.

[@Nova7o9]

It’s crazy how familiar every character’s voice is to me. 😱 I remember loving this show when I was little but I couldn’t have told you any of the character’s names, this was a lovely, nostalgic reminder. Thank you!

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Y'know, it is interesting how Disney tried to keep their franchises alive even before the Live-action remakes: between video-games, edu-tainment CD-Roms, Spin-offs, TV shows and the Direct-to-video sequels (to which Dumbo was supposed to get one, but it was cancelled). Only the properties that didn't have any sort of cultural impact are ignored in these experiments like Oliver and Company, Great Mouse Detective, their pre-Tangled CGI movies.

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

101 Dalmatians did get a resurgence from the public in the 1990s thanks to the two Live-Actions films. The series gained an animated show in 1997, and recently "101 Dalmatians Street" which has a new set of dalmatian hinted to be the offspring of the originals dalmatians.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

That's really interesting, almost as interesting as the Disney Junior Lion King Spin-off Lion Guard being directly linked to LK's direct-to-video sequel Simba's Pride.

[@loganmiller7827]

Wow! I'm shocked! Another video you've made about a lost media wiki article that I made! Like I started this search for this show and I'm so happy people are actually getting some attention to this and maybe it will be found someday

[@LikaLaruku]

Yeah, Defunctland can be to lost puppet shows what Kenny Lauderdale is to lost anime.

[@loganmiller7827]

@@LikaLaruku I just meant that he also made a video on my lost media wiki article on Welcome to Pooh Corner (did he make one on bear and the big blue house? I don't remember but I made that article too) and just seeing these lost media cases getting a lot of attention is really special to me because it feels like my efforts did actually matter to people out there and I played a part in helping find what's lost

[@Fuzon-S]

"100 episodes were remain lost." Someone, get Blameitonjorge on the phone!

[@SuperWolsey]

And start a The Disney Channel (pre-1996) Appreciation Society

[@Emma-zj1pz]

Exactly what I was thinking!!!

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

or get Disney to release the series on Disney+ I know, that'd be crazy talk to Disney. Disney? having Disney content? on its Disney branded streaming service??!!

[@trystan7533]

1:59 You telling me they'll add this disclaimer to Dumbo but won't do that for Song of the South?

[@bluekewne]

With Song Of The South their solution is to pretend it never exists. (Except with Splash Mountain)

[@trystan7533]

At least Song of the South still has a Disney Attraction. As far as I know, Black Cauldron hasn't had one since the Mystery Tour in Tokyo.

[@Attmay]

@@bluekewne That obviously hasn't worked and it didn't make racism go away.

[@Strongbah43]

A whole generation taught to hoard by Sebastian.

[@isestrex]

3:00 Timothy's running the circus? No, Timothy became Dumbo's agent and signed a Hollywood contract for Dumbo.

[@NightAtTheOpera3]

Oh my god, this is totally one of those "did that actually happen" vague childhood memories deep in the back of my mind for decades.

[@gabe_s_videos]

I actually remember this show QUITE vividly and for a while it was one of those "Was this a real show or was it a dream I had?" shows. In particular, i remember one of the songs was "Every Lion Ought To Have A Mane" (which I later found out was a parody of "Everybody Ought To Have A Maid" from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) from an episode when Lionel's hair was falling out. And not to wax nostalgic here, but the subject of this video, plus that recreation of the old Disney Channel logo really brought me back to sitting on my parents' bedroom floor watching Disney Channel on that crappy TV they used to have (which always had a stain on the speaker because I put silly putty on it once).

[@patchschannel4059]

a lion needs a mane?

[@patchschannel4059]

Someone on Reddit saw the episode of that one you were talking about and he never got to see the end of the question about if he was losing his fur or something else. He wanted to know how that episode of dumbo's circus ended and he's looked everywhere for an answer as it seems dumbo's circus is lost.

[@quizzicalsphinx]

I have the opposite problem from most people, apparently: I remember this show from when it first aired, but I just assumed people never mentioned it because it had maybe a dozen episodes and never really caught on, not because it had fallen off the face of the earth.

[@SFSVHS]

I was honored to see my footage of “Sebastian’s Treasure” used here - thank you!

[@SuperWolsey]

As a toddler when this was repeated, I had a crush on Lilly..... GODDAMN IT, RON MILLER!!! You made me a Furry!!!

[@styx84]

I feel ya, same thing happened too me.

[@katraylor]

ME, TOO. Between her and Robin Hood...

[@Attmay]

Did they greenlight this before or after he left? He turned in his resignation in September 1984, and even (and especially) with multiple episodes a week it sounds like they'd need more than six months to get from conception to airing.

[@ovinophile]

Seeing her do her tightrope act here, special feelings definitely came flooding back.

[@SuperWolsey]

@Simple Weirdo 🥺

[@maxordman4100]

It’s truly fantastic going through your classic videos. I love all the special wonderful details and memories you find out about old Disney projects, tv shows and rides. Terrific job! This looks like a fantastic series! I hope that Disney rereleases it someday!

[@landonwayne5729]

I really hope you eventually get to the Alice in Wonderland show, just to confirm I didn't make the show up in the middle of a 2 year long fever dream when i was a kid.

[@ghoulhugs]

I vaguely remember that show! I have a very specific memory of watching it while sitting in bed on a Saturday morning during one of the "Disney Channel Free Weeks" that they would have every so often to advertise why you should sign up for the channel.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Adventures in Wonderland.

[@jamie1602]

The rapping Tweedles? Best. Ever.

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

"Come one, come all" to find out how this interesting take on our fly elephant started one of my favorite channels growing up. Another informative and entertaining video. Keep it up!

[@EChacon]

Hope you do one on the history of Sagwa and especially Out of the Box.

[@citizencalmar]

Thank you for this video. I was among the original audience for both this show and "Welcome to Pooh Corner", and while I have very fond memories of both, I haven't heard either of them talked about since, even by my fellow early-'80s children in full nostalgia mode. Getting to watch your episodes on them has been a very nice stroll down memory lane. Cheers!

[@megnerd8954]

I was hoping for this as soon as Pooh Corner came out!!

[@rubenpineda1716]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. They really need to put this on plus, I was actually hoping it would be included when I purchased it, as well as the alladin animated series. Thanks for making this! Well done.

[@BruggleStar]

8:09 that exact freaking spider puppet is used in an old direct to VCR show called Mother Goose Treasury. What the heck 😂

[@LikaLaruku]

Yup, Wikipedia says that a lot of background puppets from Dumbo went to that show.

[@BruggleStar]

@@LikaLaruku Well hey, that's pretty cool.

[@Ne0nLobster]

Thank you for posting this! This is one of those shows I watched at an age where I couldn't even describe a single episode. But seeing the setting and characters, vague memories of it come flooding back! Even as a kid, I think I was flabbergasted as to why Timothy the Mouse wasn't in the show...

[@jennzifur]

I remember this show! Thanks for the nostalgia! 👍🏾

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

0:33 The Defunctland Channel wishes you a wonderful tomorrow, and remember you always have a place to turn to. Your family place, the Defunctland Channel. And now, good night.

[@traviskemp5408]

Very interesting! I remember watching "Dumbo's Circus" growing up, as well as The Disney Channel in general. Also, if possible, how about doing an episode on another classic Disney Channel show, "DTV"?

[@jasoncline6519]

Wow! I completely forgot about this show! But man once I heard that intro the memories started flooding back! Another great job Kevin!

[@BroderickGoodnight]

Would be great to see one on Adventures in Wonderland. That show was a trip.

[@SuperWolsey]

The bloopers are golden

[@Amanda-kw1vi]

He just did one! In going to watch that next

[@JennWanderer]

Oh man, have I ever been waiting for this! I watched it all the time when I was a kid, then forgot about it for like 20 years aside from occasionally humming the theme to myself and wondering what show it came from. Then it just suddenly sprang back to memory a couple years ago. Same with Pooh Corner.

[@Tonberry2k]

I think he only other show I can really remember from this era is Under the Umbrella Tree. It’d be cool to see an episode on that some day!

[@Attmay]

I remember that show. I remember specifically an episode where Holly spoofed *My Fair Lady* with a musical number in a costume similar to Eliza Doolittle's and a fake Cockney accent.

[@AminahMosley]

Quarantine video...MUUUUUUUUCH appreciated. I look forward to your content!!

[@kendalcuster1010]

Such a great episode!!! You should do an episode on Adventures in Wonderland, that weird live action Alice in Wonderland show I thought was a fever dream for the longest time

[@nodesire9291]

I LOVED THAT SHOW. it makes me sad that hardly anyone seems to remember it. I wanted to be Alice SO BAD. I *loved* her room and her outfits

[@kendalcuster1010]

Melissa Marquette it’s funny because I had this VHS tape my parents had recorded with Dumbo and Alice and I only remembered because of this episode. But looking up that show man it is so 90’s

[@nodesire9291]

@@kendalcuster1010 And it was glorious lol

[@LikaLaruku]

I loved that show.

[@mtfan]

The next episode on Disney Channel shows just has to be “The Secret Life of Toys,” right? I’ve got probably at least 10-15 episodes of Dumbo’s Circus myself. We recorded a lot of Disney Channel free previews from 1992-1996.

[@Starshyne9]

We were lucky to have basic cable when I was a kid. I lived for Disney Channel Free Preview weekends.

[@kweenk5072]

Omg I wish I would have recorded them as a kid I’d love it if they would release all their episodes I loved this show when I was little. Your lucky to have those 😊

[@ophiolatrix]

Disney's always been real bad about releasing their tv shows on home media, but I'm also hoping disney plus will fix this.

[@RubberChickenFilms]

I loved this and Pooh's corner when I was little. Probably some of my earliest TV memories, in fact. I saw the reruns about 10 years after their original airings. So, thanks for taking me back :)

[@MisterHearn]

I remember this show as a child and I honestly hated it. Everything looked cheap and creepy to me even as a kid. That said, thanks for the video, Kevin. Excellent work as always.

[@DragonSneeze]

What a blast from the past, I wasn't even sure I had seen this show when I started watching the vid but I started remembering all sorts of things as it played on. Especially that opening and closing song!

[@brycevo]

I really love watching the Defunctland Channel and all of its shows.

[@Viledove]

Just saw this today, amazing work documenting all this. Had NO idea this show is classified as lost media, which breaks my heart considering I grew up with it. For years now, I've had this one line from a random song in the show baked into my brain ("I like to play...my concertiiina, so I can sing, my happy song....", possibly sung by Sebastian) and part of me hopes its in one of the still-preserved eps. Because the alternative would be...well, how would YOU feel remembering part of a song that no longer exists?

[@Ashrudel]

Another staple of my childhood. I never realized how many eps there was of this series, or that it was lost media.

[@violaillyria1]

Yessss!!! I was wondering how long it was gonna take you guys to get to this! 🤗🤗🤗 THANK YOU!!! Childhood memory!

[@elizabethrickardes2639]

I was watching the Themed Alternative Mouseketeers special when you posted this!

[@KathyzOfficial]

Thank you for talking about Disney shows of my childhood. These episodes were pure nostalgia.

[@dimethedude]

Haven’t watched the dumbo movie since I was a kid Still the greatest ending of any Disney movie Tugs at the hearts strings every time I remember it

[@LawrenceGSD]

This show meant a lot to me when I was a little kid. I had forgotten a lot of it, which makes me sad but seeing it all again was such a nice feeling. Thanks for such a great video.

[@ClassicDisneyChannel]

I am currently uploading 6-7 of these lost media episodes of Dumbo's Circus if you are interested in seeing them. All are pretty clean audio and video and in HD.

[@NelvanaFan1971]

Lost media is slowly becoming found

[@courtneyjohnston6586]

I used to love this show as a kid and would’ve never been reminded of it without this video! Thank you!

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

I've never seen this show, but it makes me irrationally annoyed that even though Timothy was such a good friend to Dumbo they apparently left him out of this show entirely.

[@aniassantiago6445]

This was one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. I'm so glad u did an episode on this. Lol looking at it now, it looks creepy as shit but the nostalgia hits so good

[@OliverIsanzi]

Well this is a strange one.

[@lillyrose1873]

Vary

[@theblackqueen525]

Aw, this was one of my favorites growing up. I remember one episode where the lion was going on about how much he hated the color red because it made him "jumpin' mad". It's weird the things that stick with you 30 years later.

[@TheSonOfTheDragon]

Jeez, feels like I just got hit over the head with the nostalgia stick. I was less than ten years old and remember enjoying it and thinking that Lilli was really pretty.

[@alb5338]

Thanks for bringing some light in this dark time of quarantine, Kevin. We really need it.

[@ao9688]

Ahh just what I needed during these uncertain times: nightmare elephants.

[@JamesQPurcell]

Dang, I totally remember this show (and Pooh Corner and the Raccoons, if ever there was a show that could use a DefunctTV episode, its The Raccoons). It's another one of those shows I watched for about only about 6 months in the early early 90s when my family happened to have the Disney Channel for a very brief window. I really remember the closing theme and its visuals specificity.

[@michaeleisner4758]

I have four ideas for future episodes: Out of the Box, Stanley, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, and Crashbox. The latter has a bit of a cult following, an educational, unique, and interesting show that used to be on HBO Family. Happily Ever After showcases classic stories in different cultures. Like Goldilocks set in Jamaica. Famous stars like Raven have done the show

[@thedude3445]

I remember that Happily Ever After show. HBO'S cartoons were really neat, but also I don't know a single one that is still talked about today.

[@ultimaidyt]

I LOVED Crashbox as a kiddo! I'd love to see an episode on it!

[@Ozymondias99]

Eisner has Spoken!!

[@cwas0nt400]

Yessss Crashbox! That fat guy with the beans used to terrify me as a child

[@LikaLaruku]

Lambchop was a popular puppet show that played reruns for decades. That'd be another good one.

[@c.w.r.794]

What really gets me- is the park did a retheme of Fantasyland (10 years ago) and they put the Dumbo in a circus area with games and so on. Not a once did they think to include characters from the TV show- despite it being the perfect opportunity for those characters to be included.

[@juliagoodwin3461]

I remember seeing a few episodes off some VHS tapes my grandma had... ah memories... (wish I knew what happened to them...)

[@hannahrose4266]

I have been waiting for this forever! Thanks Defunct & thanks Craig!!

[@jdude9314]

Ah yes! Jim Cummings’ voice-acting debut! Great video, Kevin! Would you guys be up for covering Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears cartoon in the future?

[@Attmay]

Hopefully, they'll cover how and why they kept bouncing from a new network to the Disney Afternoon in its last two seasons.

[@jdude9314]

More than likely, this would be part of a marathon dedicated to the shows of the Disney Afternoon block. Also, nice pun!

[@johncoxmastercartoonist9390]

The episode about Sebastian stealing the feather was actually the very first Dumbo's Circus episode I ever watched! BTW, the company that produced this show and Pooh Corner, Left-Coast Productions, also produced the video series The Mother Goose Video Treasury. Several of the puppet characters on that show were very similar to the ones featured on this show. Hal Smith even had an on-camera part on that show, as Old King Cole. I only saw two episodes when I was a kid, it was a pretty weird but cool show back in the day.