Disneyland After Dark - 1962 (HQ)

[@scrambledegg81]

That Louie Armstrong bit is absolute gold.

[@jamesklatt]

Jazz legend

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

That bit with the popcorn and autographs has got to be one of the best Walt clips ever.

[@hannahmasters1536]

Ugh why am I only ten minutes in and crying 😭 Walt Disney left us with such a gem and he loved DL as much as we do.

[@Disneyfan1955]

I been a Disneyland fan and collector for over fifty years so I understand! By the way I am David

[@iDontShareMyData]

You made it 10 minutes?!? I lost it at 4:00 when Uncle Walt appeard

[@cherylb2008]

What a wonderful time

[@dewb888]

the cars at the beginning are so cool. I like these classic videos,

[@bunnymomjulie6719]

I was little in the early '70s and I remember the Carnation stage. The later Mickey Mouse Club (after Annette, before Britney) used to shoot parts of their show performing there. I also miss riding the monorail around the giant parking lot. It was always a game to look for your car! Lifetime or one of the cable channels made a movie about the Osmonds' careers called "Side By Side" because the older boys (as shown here) got their break singing that song for Walt Disney, becoming regular performers at the park. :) Thanks for showing this wonderful piece of history, Matt!

[@michaeltaylor9977]

One of my favorites! The 1964-5 World's Fair is another. People and Places (I think 1958) in color also has wonderful park highlights. Walt enjoying popcorn + interacting with guests (totally a priceless visit) And, what about those cars in the parking lot! Back when chrome was king, including the Disneyland Alweg & Santa Fe MonoRail. LOL

[@Trader_span]

Reminds me of my childhood. Thank you Matt!!!

[@fandarzelig]

We taped this off the Disney Channel in the 80s. I must have watched it a dozen times. Night time is still my favorite time in the park, especially in the late evening and you can get 3 or 4 quick rides on an attraction like Splash Mountain.

[@sonicplys64]

Disneyland just looks amazing at night.

[@imaginationstation3735]

By far the best way to spend a sick day... Thanks again, Matt!

[@McCraeTheMediaLover]

I loved the part with Walt Disney eating popcorn and getting a autograph for a fan was cute. Walt was a true entrepreneur in the entertainment world and I really miss him so much,he really changed the world with his innovations and he loved Disneyland as much as we do now. 😂😢

[@jamesklatt]

This was used to popularized the date nights which was started in 1957 as a way to get teens and young adults inside the park.

[@andrewring378]

I came around to Disneyland decades later so it's cool that Main Street Cinema at one time actually played movies like Buster Keaton and Lillian Gish being a fan of classic cinema that is so neat! Man to have been alive during that time

[@April.December]

I love when you post stuff like this 🧡

[@Pantheragem]

What a beautiful place it was.

[@fawnwhitecloudjett5594]

Absolutely The Very Best Of Times For Our Lives, God bless Mr. Disney for All He Did For The Whole World.

[@Moonintuitive]

This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

[@kelly3014]

What a treat! Thank you for sharing!

[@cancelled148]

The main attraction of Disneyland After Dark is honestly the fireworks and the main street electrical Parade

[@jonathanfindlay5356]

15:16 My Favourite Part About The Tahitian Terrace Luau Is The Hula Dance.

[@candy-vintageghoul13]

I have seen the program before so I already know I'm going to like this video.

[@TL_oS]

What a great treat!

[@mannyistheman2221]

The entertainers of today are not fit to wipe the asses of the people you see in this video. This is real entertainment! Real talent! Annette funicello was a real lady. She was very classy and respectable. It broke my heart that she suffered in the end from multiple sclerosis 😭. Annette funicello did not deserve that

[@lydnut]

I was born in 1987 but I feel nostalgic for this time before I was even born. Such wholesome performances and sentiment ❤️❤️

[@imaginationstation3735]

Cool! Thanks!

[@jasobres]

Seeing Pops play with two members of his original Hot Five and Hot Seven brings a smile to my face.

[@v_zach]

8:53 I saw a clip of this song in Defunctland's Halyx documentary and had no idea the cute singer was none other than Annette!

[@audacious6312]

We had Disney in the 80s with our illegal satellite dish. I loved when they would put on Disney After Dark and play all of the classic cartoons and films and the original and new Mickey Mouse Club. Disney programming in the 80s was great. Dumbo’s Big Top and Pooh’s Corner!

[@Thomas_H._Smith]

4:16 Uh Walt that lady just stole your popcorn.

[@The.pa.patric]

OMG how did you get this? you are amazing thank you for sharing!

[@Johnnycdrums]

The Elliot Brothers swing hard. Wish we had more tape on those guys.

[@jackbuckley7816]

I've seen this program numerous-times & always enjoy. Although I've seen in its entirety, I now only watch it for the intro & end-credits. That "Carousel of Color" tune does something to me I can't explain. There's something so inherently-magical or special-sounding about it. This particular-entry of the program doesn't include the original-intro to the weekly-show but it's included on other YT-selections of "Dis. After Dark". Unfortunately, these aren't the original-intros either but rather the one created for the show in the 70's, with the semi-psychedelic-effects. Still-good, though, with a magical-touch but not the one from '62 that went-with "Dark". A treat to see WD himself in these weekly-programs, wherein he acted as host, often as much an anticipated-highlight as the entries-themselves. I can only marvel now at the realization that this one-man created more happiness for the human-race than almost-anyone who's ever-lived. Of course, this includes all the artists & creative-people his studio fostered & supervised, under WD's guiding-principles & approved-auspices. It's fun to hear W referring to his bedtime at the end of this program, how morning comes-early, and which is one of his favorite-times at the park, too! I can only imagine that millions of apprehensive schoolchildren & wage-earning adults trapped in boring, mundane jobs across the country, could-only sigh with envy at the pioneering-filmmaker's fabulous-life, come-Monday-morning! I'm sure many a harried, pressured, stressed-out businessman, too, could only dream of running an organization such as WD's, an enterprise engaged strictly in providing laughter & happiness for the human-race!

[@Ransomhandsome]

The Tahitian dude is not a professional stunt "person;" he's a professional stunt "man."

[@DanielGomez-gw4kt]

Just to let everyone know including you Matterhorn Matt, I believe that at the time during the 1960's whenever people go to Disneyland during the night. Is something like people will watch from this old school TV special. Now I'm not a historian for Disneyland, but I am a Disneyland historian within my heart and for everyone else that I try to tell them of what used to be at Disneyland. Anyway at the time during the 1960's at Disneyland, several people have told Walt Disney that there should be grad nights at Disneyland and night time events. So thus with Grant Knights, well known celebrities at the time singing and performing at Disneyland and along with Disneyland fantasy in the sky fireworks show that happens during the summer at the time only and maybe until the 1970s, when the fireworks where change to weekend schedules at that time. Anyway fantasy in the sky fireworks show, that will perform in the summer seasons only at Disneyland during the 1960's at that time. That was the beginning and the original Disneyland after Dark. I've seen this documentary on KZbin, that premiered on the Disney Channel back in the 1980s. It's called backstage Disney the Main Street Electrical Parade, the parades original Creator Bob Yanni, had said that before the Main Street Electrical Parade made its existence at Disneyland. He said before that there was not that many nighttime businesses at Disneyland. So that means that Disneyland after Dark from the beginning or from the start, was nothing but Grant Knights, celebrities singing and performing at Disneyland during the night and the fantasy in the and the fantasy in the sky fireworks show that they do during the summer only at the time. We're the only nighttime businesses and the best they can do for Disneyland after Dark at that time. So until 1972 when the Main Street Electrical Parade made its debut at Disneyland, everything changed for Disneyland after dark during the 1970s. I also believe they had some budget cuts of a few grat nights and celebrities singing and performing at Disneyland at that time. So in the 1970s when the Main Street Electrical Parade came along at Disneyland, they had the parade itself to be a summer seasonal performance. And they had Disneyland's fantasy in the sky fireworks to perform during the weekends, as a new change of dates and schedules for the fireworks performance. So thanks for the Main Street Electrical Parade, Disneyland entertainment had caught on. With their own nighttime productions and performances in Disney style, for Disneyland entertainment and still to this day. But the original Disneyland after Dark, really began with grad nights, celebrities singing and performing and the summer seasonal performance of fantasy in the sky fireworks back in the 1960s. And that was the original form and struggles for Disneyland after dark entertainment and for regular Disneyland entertainment and performances.

[@Ransomhandsome]

Ol' Roger Axworthy singing with The Barbershop Quartet.

[@SG-mc2kk]

John Borneman was the Quartet comedian. I worked with him, and he was the sweetest!!

[@PeteR-dn3jd]

The closing credits, "Annette": Everybody knew who she was. ❤

[@austinwainscott5990]

Hey....she took his popcorn...

[@KoubuPilot]

I have the same DVD. Also Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic

[@sharondurham2840]

At his happiest place on earth Mr Disney sure does a lot of frowning. Of course we would frown too if someone ate our popcorn.

[@Matthewsmollen4]

Where is Richard Dreyfuss. He’s allegedly seen somewhere but it’s unconfirmed that it’s him.

[@kylelindsey100]

6:15 - The Dapper Dans

[@jimjohnstonreviewstheworld]

Oh hey the stolen popcorn had a payoff in the end. lol. I wish we had performers the caliber of Louis Armstrong these days. 🤔

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

"Let in the cat, let out the squares!"

[@frackstonwilson685]

Amazing how then affordable Disneyland has now become Greedyland.

[@davaotripsters]

1:00

[@gavinadkins9765]

It's minecraft time

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

*SATCHMO!!*

[@spkanava]

Kalifornia

[@Kanjanapisan]

40:35 deep In the heart of Texas! Pee wee Herman

[@jonathanfindlay5356]

15:02

[@josevelez7246]

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