The History of Knott's Berry Farm - "Town"

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[@jimt9245]

Excellent produced videos ... I find myself discovering more overseen artifacts when I go on return visits. The organic development of this park is fascinated. Ghost town is still my favorite park of the park.

[@toastnjam7384]

I like how KBF grew organically.

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It really is what gives the park such a different feel compared to all others, and makes its story so much more interesting. Most people set out to build a theme park, but not Walter Knott. He just *did*.

[@beverlulucero4673]

Very well done. My mom worked in the music hall for a time during the 80's.

[@rosaspanjol673]

Great true story 👍!….I love 💕 Knotts.

[@RedProg]

Those were good times.

[@josephgalvan3045]

Amazing documentary! Thank you!

[@thomastrout9997]

At 16:50 the gentleman pictured is 'Sheriff' John Rovick who hosted children's programming for KTTV (Channel 11) in Los Angeles. His noontime show was called the Lunch Brigade and featured the song "Laugh and Be Happy". The show ran from the early 1950s until 1970, I believe. When not playing Sheriff, John Rovick was a Staff Announcer for the TV station.

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I was aware of the character and kid's show, but didn't know he was also a staff announcer for the station. Thanks for adding this info! Unfortunately, these kinds of things are what gets cut in editing when making scripts for these videos, so we kinda had to brush over who he was and what connection he had to the park.

[@barronrugge]

I was probably 6yrs old and shook hands with sheriff John at a theater in Hollywood.

[@kurtchristensen3016]

I was going to make my own post regarding Sheriff John, but I scrolled down to see if anyone had beet me to it. He was such a prominent Southern California icon I think he deserved an honorable mention. Thanks “Thomas” for pointing him out.

[@thomastrout9997]

@@kurtchristensen3016 Oddly enough I attended a gathering last weekend where someone began singing "Laugh and Be Happy",, the 2nd song from Lunch Brigade, but what was truly amazing is how many people joined in and k-n-e-w all the words.

[@hermanprez]

Top quality videos, both educational and entertaining. Can't wait for the next episode.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Cool how both Walts were friends ❤

[@hollywilliams1957]

Great video!!

[@jimt9245]

Where did you find the elevation sketches fo Paul Von Kleiben? I had been under the assumption that Ghost town was a collection of buildings that had been relocated from their original locations to Ghost Town.

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Robin Hall, Vice President of Design and Architecture at Knott’s Berry Farm for 17 years, had scans of them on his website from his personal collection, and he was gracious enough to let me use them. They're credited to Von Klieben at his request.

[@memecats5698]

The last time I was at Knotts Berry Farm it was the 1960s and we went there because it was cheaper than Disneyland. Of course like Disneyland Knotts Berry farm is changed a lot but the one thing I remember the most in the 1960s was the vintage cars you could ride along the track so you didn’t go off the road and it was more on the outside of Knotts Berry Farm.

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One of the best things about making this series is hearing about people's memories of those times. The ride you're thinking about is the old "Henry's Livery" ride. There's some pictures of it in one of the later episodes of this series, "Independence".

[@natomblin]

Aside from the mispronunciation of "Nevada," an excellent overview of Knott's history. As a child, Walter Knott himself sold me a ticket near the replica of the newly constructed Independence Hall.

[@Gu3stish3r3]

0:28 that didn’t last forever, I guess (because KBF has Passes, which you now need to go into the park)

[@barronrugge]

The alligator park was across the street from knott's

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love stuff like this #DisneyDiva

[@MsDisneylandlover]

#DisneyDiva

[@fatalynn7]

13:16 here I am watching, listening, day dreaming about time travel being possible so we could experience the evolution of the park in person. Wanting to see sad eye joe in his prime compared to now and how cool it wou…wth? Ummm. I guess there’s such thing as trying to be too realistic in a theme park setting. 😮🪦