Disneyland Showtime 1970

This is one of my favorite old Disneyland specials with Kurt Russell, The Osmond Brothers and E.J. Peaker. Donny and Jay run off to go explore the park while the rest search endlessly for them, fearful that the two might miss their time to perform. The program ends with a "making of" the Haunted Mansion (which, at the time, was the "new" attraction).

[@michaelforthriller]

This is why Walt had genius in him. He created something that is just as entertaining today 50 years later as it was when it first opened back in the early 70's.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Sorry but the Haunted Mansion looks nothing like Walt intended. The last ride he had a hand in designing was Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@carycomic1954]

@@FIREBRAND38 You're half-right. It looks _twice as good_ as Walt initially intended it.

[@carycomic1954]

@@FIREBRAND38 This would've been a whole lot better, though, _without_ the chronically misspelled captions.

[@carycomic1954]

@@derekllewellyn6663 Huh????😕

[@HAISPAM]

That ending shot with the ghosts flying into the mansion stands as one of the creepiest things I've seen in a while.

[@arinco6944]

This is how I remember Disneyland!!

[@DavidinSLO]

I remember watching this as a kid ... Walt Disney Word hadn't opened yet - Disneyland was still "it" ... I love how these shows were just extended infomercial for Disneyland.

[@peterambrose9003]

Bring Back Disney Classics!

[@schemer1991]

Peter Ambrose that would be nice if they did the new Disney channel shows are awful they should bring back the old Disney channel shows I agree

[@elvisfan_beatlesfan14]

remember watching this on the Disney channel back in the 90s :)

[@karencanzoneri8880]

We watched the wonderful world of Disney every Sunday night and I remember watching this in 1970. It was the first time my sisters and I had heard of the Osmonds right before they became *superstars* and we had such a crush on them, especially Donny and Jay. This made us want to go visit Disneyland so much, and we did so a year or so later.

[@scottfrye7027]

Road trip to California from North Carolina in the summer of 1975 with my folks to visit family. I was 14 years old, and the trip resulted in an amazing summer. Saw family I hadn't seen since I was 5, got to visit Disneyland, and met my first California girl, a girl named Peggy. A friend of my cousins, she was adorable, blue eyes and long black hair, we hit it off instantly. What a Summer!!

[@kshinokevin]

Even though that I was born in the 1970's, I still remember the People Mover transit system, Space Mountain, the Matterhorn ride, a Haunted House, the spinning Cups, Mr. Frog's Wild Ride (?) and Bear (Frontier Jamboree) Country. This was so cool to see again: I remember going on the Small World ride, Jungle Boat cruise and the Space Mountain ride. What a Fun Time to be a Child.....

[@hekidanjo]

More of these please. I watched Wonderful World of Disney as a boy and these segments left me so excited about visiting Walt Disney World.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@chrisg9196]

At 28:47 on this stage, I remember watching, with my family, *Gladys Knight and the Pips* perform. My parents were fans and were so exited to see such a group live for the price of a Disneyland ticket.

[@pamelathompson3426]

I was there brings back so many memories!!

[@ameraljabr405]

Electricity was recently introduced where I lived at that time. Few years later my older brother got a scholarship to study in the U.S mid 70s. He was sending us his photos by the mail (that takes weeks and weeks to arrive) when he was in Disney land. I can't describe how we were blown away by what we saw. This brings back sweet memories

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

Oh how I miss the young Osmonds! I miss everything about the 1970s youth paradise! Later, in 1978, I would actually get to go to Disney World,and it's still probably the best thing that ever happened to me! We had very little money, but Dad had sold a large equipment system to some office somewhere, and got a huge bonus. I was never EVER spoiled. I still thank him almost 50 years later! Just Dad and I, together in Orlando for a week. Paradise

[@christinec.2372]

I wish Disney would release all these Wonderful World Of Disney episodes. These are great. Thanks for posting.

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

This is the Disneyland I remember.

[@neonfox6419]

This was shot after they removed the hatbox ghost

[@soulofadancer25]

So cute! My daughter watches this at bed time...adorable!

[@kdm71291]

Just 6 years later Donny was hosting his own show with his sister Marie.....hard to believe how much maturing and/or growing can happen in 6 years!

[@obscurelyvague]

Kids of today take it for granted.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@obscurelyvague That's a rather idiotic and generalizing thing to say. The Disneyland of today is magical for the children of today, and that's what matters. It can still be magical for adults (it is for me), if they stopped acting entitled, being a stick in the mud!

[@lorlorjb]

This show was my first introduction to the Osmonds and Donny Osmond. I was 6 years old and completely hooked on Donny Osmond from that day forward. Oh the Memories!

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

Listen to Donnys song My Love Is A Fire video.

[@chrisradstorgoff7715]

I would record this on vhs tape in the late 80s and watch it over and over as a young teen. Grew up on WDW but couldn't wait to visit Disneyland.

[@rockyxbautista]

That ending shot was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!

[@jimmycrackkorn1596]

Born in 71, but I remember when there were only 3 channels: NBC, ABC, and CBS. "Wonderful world of Disney" was on NBC and would come on Sundays after "Wild Kingdom". I never saw this Episode, though. Wow. Who knew, that 11 years later we'd have "Snake Pliskin".

[@sandracortez2628]

California had 13+ channels in 1972. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 ,9, 11, 13...28. UHS and VHS.

[@ericdunn7352]

Yeah, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom with Marlon Perkins at 6:00pm, and then The Wonderful World of Disney at 7:00pm, And before Sunday evenings, Saturday Morning cartoons between school Mondays through Fridays.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

42:10 Haunted Mansion. I went there as a kid in 1972; it was pretty much just as is seen here. They had a few upgrades by then; holograms and the room of mirrors where the ghosts seemed to be in the cart with you.

[@FIREBRAND38]

No holograms whatsoever.

[@tmm226]

This is incredible video, should be preserved.

[@obscurelyvague]

"tmm226" It is and has been,

[@evilqueen90s00s]

Whoaa beautiful to see disneyland in vintage version 😍😍❤❤

[@claudiaslavin9660]

wonderful, wish there could be oldies on cable TV like this

[@carycomic1954]

That was what Disney Channel was _originally_ intended for. But, they sold out to the trans-Millenials!

[@elizabethkennedy5597]

I never saw this before REALLY special

[@schemer1991]

It would be nice if put this episode On Disney plus

[@Luke17d]

I love watching things like this and see the differences from back then to now. It looks so much simpler but fun back then. What a difference! Technology has its perks, but it also has a negative side effect.

[@carycomic1954]

I know. For one thing, during the Michael Eisner regime, the lead singer of Sound Castle (@ 23:55) would've been _fired_ for having facial hair!

[@marysuetiedtke5102]

My very favorite episode! We watch it so much the kids have it completely memorized....

[@jambott65]

I remember watching this when I was 5 years old when it was first broadcast on NBC. First time I had heard of the Osmond Brothers. Thanks for posting this!

[@mr.disney4740]

Wonderful!👍👍

[@AClockWorkBear]

OMG Thanks for posting this. I tore my house up looking for my vhs copy that I got of the disney channel when i was young(er)! I was so totally excited to see it again! Never thought I would in it's entirety!

[@lindastonebraker2512]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@galiffrey1]

Ahh the days before cell phones when you could lose someone in a theme park.

[@cornjobb]

ha! i got lost there at closing one night right about this time. boy did i get shit for it, too. it still gets brought up.

[@kellyweingart3692]

my nephew got lost in Epcot when he was 9

[@kellyweingart3692]

he had wandered over to Spaceship Earth when was found

[@wackymanstudios9514]

I still get lost even with my phone on me,and I’m 18😅🤣😅🤣

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@Dolores5000]

When I was little I saw this as it originally aired :) Love this

[@elleramirez1373]

I want time travel to be a real thing so I can go on all of the Disney attractions that aren’t there anymore

[@toysvilltvstudios7576]

WOW! Disneyland was so different back then. I wish some of those events and rides were still around today. now I know what made The Haunted Mansion tick! ^^

[@obscurelyvague]

A lot of the technology that was developed to animate the many mannequins in "The Haunted Mansion" can now be bought by the average person during Halloween at Halloween stores and put on one's back yard, the mechanical creepy dummies and all.

[@obscurelyvague]

The woman at 13:43 looks like Elizabeth Montgomery, or like the actress who played in the sitcom "Bewitched."

[@TheMouseDiva]

She sounded like her when she said "just awful". I thought EJ Peaker looked like Barbara Eden.

[@amorfati4559]

@@obscurelyvague I beg to differ. Even the old Disney animatronics were pneumatic and had a lot of work put into them. The stuff you get for Halloween is generally driven by cheap electric motors, maybe servos if they're more expensive. I think what they were able to accomplish with all those old analog parts was really cool, coming from an electronics hobbyist.

[@obscurelyvague]

@@TheMouseDiva Yes they could be identical twins.

[@jetohu8559]

I enjoyed reading the comments as much as watching the video! Good times!

[@eryllflynn4856]

Me too

[@eryllflynn4856]

Me three

[@eryllflynn4856]

Me Tarzan!

[@thunderdragon1782]

Eryll Flynn No Me Tarzan, You Jane

[@paultaurone5634]

Saw this show the night it was first aired.

[@juliamcdermott9872]

Saw this show when I was a kid...sure glad it's still around!

[@lae21]

Haven't seen this since it debuted on TV in the late '60s! This is great!

[@FoxieRoxie365]

Wtf?! How did I not notice Donny Osmond was THE Donny Osmond who sang as Li Shang in Mulan 😳😳 God I feel so stupid

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Wait, what!? LOL I always thought an Asian guy voiced him xD

[@jade_ottsel]

His *SPEAKING* voice in the movie is B.D. Wong. But yes, Donny Osmond is Li Shang's singing voice on "Make A Man Out of You".

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

How old are you?

[@incu043]

Very cool to take a trip down memory lane......THANKS!!

[@brandune96]

My mom had this on VHS and we haven't watched this in about 4 years, it's bringing back a lot of memoreies. Thank you! :3

[@enriqueramirez0615]

Just looking at "The endless hallway" give me the Goosebumps, but I wonder what's down the hall on the other side.

[@matthewsoares9880]

Me too.

[@dinoboytheunstoppable356]

maybe the one eye black cat?@@matthewsoares9880

[@KristoferGarza]

This was awesome!!!! I loved every second! What a great trip down memory lane! I want to go now! Hahaha!!!

[@ambersalcove]

the Disney channel indication looked just like the one i saw at the end of the 80's and early 90's my goodness if we could only go back in time

[@obscurelyvague]

It would not be as pleasant as you think. I was a kid back then and though there were some really good things about it, there were things that no one should ever go back to.

[@UnkleHeavy]

I've been looking for this for years!!! Thanks for posting it!!!!

[@teddysaginaw9101]

LOVE THIS

[@riddlr6358]

I KNOW!! glad it was posted! brought back some great memories!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

This is my favorite one

[@MrDisneyfanman]

This is a great Disneyland Classic show! I have this on videotape somewhere! Thanks for showing it!

[@carycomic1954]

My sentiments, exactly! 🙂 I've often wondered, though, if the stage show might have been recorded the night before with _all five_ songs. But, with "Down On The Corner" and "A Kind Of Walk You Walk" carefully edited out so the audio portions could be used for the bus ride and steamboat sequences, respectively, the next day.

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

thank you so much for uploading!!! One of my first memories as a kid was watching this with my sisters!! Thank You!!!

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

The Osmonds do a great cover of The Fifth Dimension

[@erick2525black]

Love the 70s 👍👍👍👍

[@lilyannatravaglia8261]

I never knew how Donny Osmond was so young like my little brother

[@ralphyetmore]

Kurt Russell hosted this whole episode. Dood did a buttload of Disney features and featurettes in the 70's.

[@Anynom]

I can't believe Kurt Russell was ever this young.

[@obscurelyvague]

He was younger than that once

[@dangmasey5756]

Nostalgic as heck

[@MyJustin316]

i remember when me and my sister stayed up late night while our brothers were sleep to watch this on Disney Channel its was on the weekends i was around like 9 going on 10 in 1998 and she was around 7 going on 8

[@worldofjerrytravis393]

fascinated by the film montage during "It's a Small World" interesting social document of the faces of urban USA, anno 1970

[@kdm71291]

+Jerry Travis Come to think of it, I went to Disneyland that year.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Yeah, it was kinda funny in a way lol xD

[@obscurelyvague]

Aww comon. The 60's and 70's?

[@NostalgiCrazy]

L Martinez Huh?

[@ConcreteSurfer420]

this is very nostagic for me thank you for posting!! I remember watching this on the Disney Channel when I was 4-5

[@Vixen743]

+ConcreteSurfer420 me as well this makes me very nostagic

[@kdm71291]

+ConcreteSurfer420 You guys make me feel old. I was 6 or 7 when it first aired on "The Wonderful World Of Disney" on ABC, haha!

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

Back when Disney use to be young and innocent..

[@lorlorjb]

I was 7 years old when this movie aired . . . introduction to the Osmonds . . . was hooked on Donny from that moment on. Still a FAN!

[@Rowi73]

Should be on DVD!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Really is would so buy and please follow me on KZbin #DisneyDiva thanks.

[@AClockWorkBear]

THANK YOU! I have been looking for this in a complete form for about twenty years now!

[@danz_by1393]

“This land was made for u and me” wow the way they fought for equality in those times even through the music the lyrics u can hear what they were singing about

[@josephmarzullo4416]

Thank you for posting this. EJ singing It Must Be Him is everything.

[@obscurelyvague]

"Joseph Marzuilo" some person posted here that it is a strange and "creepy" song.

[@josephmarzullo4416]

@@obscurelyvague They were probably never in love.

[@halfunkbass2966]

The 70s at Disneyland was the best... it still had the Disney magic.

[@dougharlow6037]

60"s - 70"s were the best years for Disneyland and Disney Hotel. Best cast members, respectful guest, etc. Magical place back then. What memories.

[@JulianneHannes]

My mom was only 10 and drooling over Donny in 1970 and would have sold her baby sister to be there

[@Keliimaoli]

Wow I remember watching this in the late 80s on Disney Channel. That channel used to be the shit!, they also had great movies and classic cartoons.

[@obscurelyvague]

If you think it had great movies and classic cartoons why do you say it is "The s - - t" "

[@Keliimaoli]

.......You tell me.

[@obscurelyvague]

I think it has been mentioned before here on these posts, but E.J. Peaker (if her name is spelled that way) looks like Barbara Eden. She does not sound like her when she first calls out to Kurt Russell and The Osmonds but she begins to sound more like her as the episode goes along. But it seems that in the very first scene in which she appears, she is presented as a typical dumb blond in that she did not know that she was a year late to bring her car to a parade. Another odd thing is when Kurt Russell yells from the double-deckerr bus to Mr Gridley (who appears to be some kind of stage-acts manager) , Kurt then introduces E.J. Peaker and The Osmond Brothers to Mr Gridley. Then Mr Gridley says to the Osmond Brothers "Boys, it is wonderful to have you back at Disneyland" which indicates that he had met them before already . Sure it is possible that some other person was the stage-acts manager before him and told him that The Osmonds were coming back to perform but he had not met them yet, but there is no mention of that in the show. Also as the Osmonds sang "Down By The Corner," the bus drove away from Mr Gridley and it went far enough from where he was so that he could not have continued to hear them singing but he is depicted as knowing when the Osmonds finished the song and he mentions that the song took 2 minutes for them to sing it when they are nowhere near him by that time...

[@Keliimaoli]

Did you know Walt Disney's last written words were "Kurt Russell"....

[@cesarmorales9138]

Kanaka Powa Moana yeah but they don't make show and cartoon Like they use to back in the day

[@chrisg9196]

*And to think, just 9 years later after this aired, Kurt Russel gives birth to Chris Pratt.* I remember watching this the first time it aired on NBC on Sunday night at 7pm. Right after *Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins.* Here’s the show’s introduction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGW4c5t6raxmr8U&feature=related Soo much has changed since 1970. The most noticeable was the lack of crowds. Notice the park is not crammed full of people. Back then, you could walk around without wall-to-wall people every where. You could go on rides multiple times a visit and still make all the other rides without Fast Passes. Disney’s The Rivers of America used to have four different boats you could ride: the *Paddle Wheel boat;* the *Columbia long mast boat;* the *canoes;* and the *wooden Keel boats* seen in the video (The ones that look like little houses with long, narrow windows. Historically, the keel boats ran on the Mississippi River.) There was the *People Mover* in Tomorrow Land that runs down the middle of the corridor entering Tomorrow Land. It weaved its way through Autopia and *Mission to Mars* rides as it snaked through Tomorrow Land. There were *Skyway to Fantasy Land* cable cars that took you from the end of Fantasy Land to the end of Tomorrow Land that cut right through The Matterhorn. (see this video from 1993: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWelpZujpK92hrM) *The Haunted Mansion* debuted to the general public in *August of 1969,* followed by this episode of *The Wonderful World of Disney* that first aired on NBC in *March of 1970.* My family went to Disneyland soon after and rode the Haunted Mansion for the first time. FYI: at 40:55 the man who owned the talking face that appears and sings on the Haunted Mansion ride to this day is named *Thurl Ravenscroft.* He was the voice of *Tony the Tiger from Frosted Flakes Cereal.* AND Thurl sings the title song for the Christmas cartoon classic *The Grinch that Stole Christmas* just to name a few. (Watch *Many Voices of Thurl Ravenscroft* kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIbPaZevlrp8p9E)

[@aeropilot4419]

🎶Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize🎶

[@andywerner838]

so miss this ... make s me sad and Happy

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

This was shot later in the life of the Mansion: there are glass panels between the cars and the room with the organ. When I saw it, they weren't there.

[@jasonregan365]

it's amazing Kurt Russel was in a band and then a movie star and a disney star

[@jaderuri3356]

Amazing video

[@fanboy2015]

Man, Creedence Clearwater Revival looked so young here.

[@fathertime1331]

+George Almeyda LOL

[@Dolores5000]

George Alexander hahahaha!

[@tmm226]

Kurt Russell, beautiful boy turn to a beautiful man.

[@cornjobb]

yeah, even when he was a little kid on gilligan's island.

[@hoagie1978]

The woman with the little boy wanting to see the indian dance is actress Lynn Borden. She was on the sitcom Hazel and several other series and films.

[@nene3857]

Great show. thanks for posting!

[@KnoxxBlack]

Love it! I think I was 6 when this was made! Love Donny! Love young Kurt!

[@KareBear0310]

I used to stay up past 11 pm just to watch the old Disney shows like this one, The Mickey Mouse Club, and Zorro-- this was in the 90s... =D

[@bacuss2112]

cool.. good memories.

[@obscurelyvague]

Anyone think that what happens at 9:11 is really a blooper but it was left in the take to make it seem as if it was a planned part of the scene?

[@andrewcalcagno8272]

I wanna go back to 1970 and ride the haunted mansion

[@jessicagreen101]

I have a huge crush on young Alan Osmond and an enormous love for Disney and this just makes me love them both even more.

[@FoxieRoxie365]

Oh wow.

[@jessicagreen101]

+FoxieRoxie365 what?😅

[@FoxieRoxie365]

+Jessica Green you have a crush on him too I thought I was the only one who did 😅 and I'm so used to have long crushes on celebrities when they were younger, like Paul McCartney and stuff

[@jessicagreen101]

+FoxieRoxie365 oh yes I completely feel your pain! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who likes him as well!! Him and Jay have always been my favorite!

[@obscurelyvague]

Paul McCartney was in his 20s when he became famous

[@user-qw2sk2il4p]

Beautiful.

[@GOODTAGO]

I miss this America...

[@carycomic1954]

I love the Vincent Price animatron @ 41:14. 😎👍 And the voice of the Ghost Host, @ 42:31, belonged to that versatile (though frequently underrated) character actor Paul Frees.

[@rebecca.n.holmes.1958]

I love this movie I hope no ones take it off

[@toshibavoodoo]

Old days rule!!

[@Popp1092]

41:12 Hatbox Ghost prototype bottom right corner :D

[@glennh1976]

great

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Missed disneyland I hope I am able to get in once it reopen

[@peter-mickey-chu198]

Next Month On June 27, 2022; Me And My Asian Soulmate (Maya) Are Getting Married At Disneyland Resort In Anaheim, California; Where She Grew Up At.

[@alfredgiovetti]

Old Disneyland is the best Disneyland

[@cornjobb]

it was revealed recently that walt's last words were "kurt russell". nobody, not even kurt, knows what he meant. anybody else notice that kurt calls them "illusioneers" when announcing the attraction behind the scenes film?

[@kellyweingart3692]

illusioneers 😂😂😂😂🤦🏼‍♀️🙄

[@carycomic1954]

@@kellyweingart3692 Their Disney World counterparts are "Imagineers." Or so I was told!

[@llib90630]

those hepcats are groovey

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Dave Grohl Really far out man!

[@danielbspinola]

I miss Disney a lot. Today it is another company, not Disney (imho). Great video! Thanks for sharing