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ceburto2
10-12-2006, 03:52 PM
Wandered across this video of an old Walt Disney World commericial, from the early 70's and just creepy enough to scare any kids that might have wanted to go there. Doesn't help that they used the same narrator used in old horror movie trailers like the Amityville Horror. Check it out.

Old Disney Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTcH49N-8A&eurl=)

For comparison, The Amityville Horror (http://www.movie-list.com/a/amityville-horror.html)

Enjoy.

-ceburto2
WebmasterCricket
10-12-2006, 04:11 PM
That is freeky! I'm going to have Dumbo nightmares now, thanks! ;)

Even the plane at the end coming at you is sort of scarry :)
vonpluto
10-12-2006, 06:04 PM
Wandered across this video of an old Walt Disney World commericial, from the early 70's and just creepy enough to scare any kids that might have wanted to go there. Doesn't help that they used the same narrator used in old horror movie trailers like the Amityville Horror. Check it out.

Old Disney Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTcH49N-8A&eurl=)

For comparison, The Amityville Horror (http://www.movie-list.com/a/amityville-horror.html)

Enjoy.

-ceburto2


That was a great commercial, better than the touchy-feely junk they come up with these days. :sad2:

BTW, the narrators of the two links are not the same person. The Disney clip was done by Orson Welles, the other clip I can't quite place, but it sounds a lot like Andrew Duggan. :confused3

popcorn::
phorsenuf
10-12-2006, 06:10 PM
I sent the link to my DS-16 and he just IM'd me that he noticed it showed characters that don't even walk around anymore. Such an observant boy!
ceburto2
10-12-2006, 07:34 PM
BTW, the narrators of the two links are not the same person. The Disney clip was done by Orson Welles, the other clip I can't quite place, but it sounds a lot like Andrew Duggan. :confused3

popcorn::

Good ear. I hadn't hear Mr. Welles in many years, since "No wine before it's time..."


I sent the link to my DS-16 and he just IM'd me that he noticed it showed characters that don't even walk around anymore. Such an observant boy!

Yeah, you never see the walrus any more. Come to mention it, I never have. lol.

-ceburto2
Amity 3
10-13-2006, 03:15 PM
check out this 1971 commercial for the Contemporary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtk-Wdk52J4
DancingBear
10-13-2006, 04:23 PM
Whoa! US Steel OWNED the Contemporary?
WebmasterCricket
10-13-2006, 04:50 PM
I thought that sounded weird too. What other hotel did they build the Poly? Apparently, US Steel doesn't make trees because the landscaping looks like a parking lot.
DancingBear
10-13-2006, 05:17 PM
Yeah, the Poly was the other one built in this manner.

From Mouseplanet:

U.S. Steel had leased the land under the hotels and would own the hotels themselves, while Disney would operate them. Roy O. Disney, who was now overseeing the whole project following his brother Walt's death, informed Donn Tatum (then president and vice chairman of the board of Walt Disney Productions) and Mike Bagnall (from the company treasurer's office, later Chief Financial Officer) that he wanted to buy out U.S. Steel. Tatum, who had conducted the earlier negotiation with U.S. Steel, was not happy about going back to the bargaining table.

Dick Nunis, who was heading up the operational aspect of the park, complained to Roy that the money would be better spent on more capacity for the park. Roy responded, “I'm doing you a favor. We're not going to be very good partners with them.” And so Disney gained control of their hotels, much in a similar fashion to the way that they bought out the leassees at Disneyland over a decade earlier.
http://www.mouseplanet.com/mark/mg040721.htm
mitros
10-13-2006, 06:28 PM
check out this 1971 commercial for the Contemporary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtk-Wdk52J4


Problem was, they were not able to "slide" the units back out when it was time for renovations, because of the warping of both the slide in unit, and the framing that the newly redone units were supposed to fit into. So maybe US Steel did not want to be associated with a concept that did not pan out the way it was planned.
mattsdragon
10-13-2006, 09:33 PM
I'm glad US Steel doesn't do commercials anymore, I remember when those industrial giants advertised (stock options?). . .anyone remember the old AlCoa commercials (we can't wait, till tomorrow. . .ALCOA CAN'T WAIT).

It's interesting that the Mad Hatter used to be masked, he's been a face character for years now.
Keyser
10-13-2006, 09:55 PM
anyone remember the old AlCoa commercials (we can't wait, till tomorrow. . .ALCOA CAN'T WAIT).


I sure do. For the longest time, I thought they were saying "Our cola can't wait." and was trying to figure out which soft drink they made...
dwaters
10-13-2006, 10:34 PM
Thanks.
Very Interesting.
I wonder how this stuff makes it to YouTube.
VCRs certainly weren't around in 1971. Did some former ad exec. have a film reel sitting around his house and converted the film to video to put on the net?
Nascar48
10-13-2006, 10:42 PM
What was the first video for anyway? Since I get scared on the smallest things could someone please tell me? Thanks.

EDIT: Never mind I just watched it.
rie'smom
10-13-2006, 10:49 PM
The 1971 commercial seems like it was conceived and directed by someone who took 1 too many hits of acid.
Amity 3
10-13-2006, 11:16 PM
The 1971 commercial seems like it was conceived and directed by someone who took 1 too many hits of acid.

that...is funny. :) maybe that's why Eastern Airlines is long out of biz. the character costumes are so sweet to see, though.
Olaf
10-14-2006, 10:31 AM
What a trip. :rolleyes: Thanks for posting it.

Funny, I was at Disney World during Easter 1972.
DancingBear
10-15-2006, 08:05 AM
The 1971 commercial seems like it was conceived and directed by someone who took 1 too many hits of acid.
Maybe it was the same guy that did Magic Journeys.
LodgeMan
10-16-2006, 09:06 AM
Great clip! It does border on creepy though.
patsal
10-16-2006, 02:19 PM
Good ear. I hadn't hear Mr. Welles in many years, since "No wine before it's time..."



Yeah, you never see the walrus any more. Come to mention it, I never have. lol.

-ceburto2
We were all excited at the MNSSHP on 10/10, we wandered down a treat trail and there was Mr. Walrus--that was a treat!
mitros
10-16-2006, 04:02 PM
Anyone know what the walrus' name is? I do not recall a Disney character that was a walrus. But I'm old, so I can be wrong. ;) Senior moment, ya' know!
OnceUponAStar*
10-16-2006, 05:20 PM
That..was..very scary..
rlovew
10-16-2006, 06:02 PM
It is the walrus from Alice in Wonderland. I don't know that he had a name.
junkmail
10-16-2006, 06:49 PM
fun commercials. thanks for the links.
mitros
10-17-2006, 10:25 PM
Well, I searched several Alice in wonderland character sights, and apparentley, it had no name, as each site just called it "walrus".........
Drizzo67
10-18-2006, 01:21 PM
Okay....semi-creeped and semi-reminiscent. We used to fly Eastern to Florida for our trips. I do remember that commercial (slightly) but I don't remember being so creeped out by it as I do now. Oh Well....thanks for posting it.

Dina Marie
WebmasterCricket
10-18-2006, 02:36 PM
Anyone know what the walrus' name is? I do not recall a Disney character that was a walrus. But I'm old, so I can be wrong. ;) Senior moment, ya' know!

If I remember correctly, The Walrus and The Carpenter was a parody poem based on some other poem that played the character of "The Walrus" as a political leaders inability or unwillingness to feel guilt or something like that. He was never actualy a character, but a story within a story told by the Tweedles to Alice. His name is never revealed other than "The Walrus".

Of course that was almost 20 years ago and I can barely remember my phone # nowadays so who knows.
jcl
10-18-2006, 02:57 PM
that commercial explains why eastern airline went out of business
Razor Roman
10-18-2006, 07:35 PM
If I remember correctly, The Walrus and The Carpenter was a parody poem based on some other poem that played the character of "The Walrus" as a political leaders inability or unwillingness to feel guilt or something like that. He was never actualy a character, but a story within a story told by the Tweedles to Alice. His name is never revealed other than "The Walrus".

Of course that was almost 20 years ago and I can barely remember my phone # nowadays so who knows.

Yup. He's just "The Walrus"
mitros
10-18-2006, 07:56 PM
that commercial explains why eastern airline went out of business


Just wondering, why do you say that? :confused3 :)
Nienor
10-19-2006, 08:15 AM
Wandered across this video of an old Walt Disney World commericial, from the early 70's and just creepy enough to scare any kids that might have wanted to go there. Doesn't help that they used the same narrator used in old horror movie trailers like the Amityville Horror. Check it out.

Old Disney Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTcH49N-8A&eurl=)

That commercial explains why most kids are afraid of characters... :earseek:
DancingBear
10-19-2006, 09:15 AM
Yup. He's just "The Walrus"coo-coo-ca-choo
sPaRkLeSpAz
10-19-2006, 10:39 AM
whoaaa buddy [=. That was prettttty creepy!!
Razor Roman
10-19-2006, 04:49 PM
coo-coo-ca-choo

I'd say more Goo goo ga joob. After all, he's a Walrus, not Mrs. Robinson :goodvibes
scanne
10-19-2006, 06:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ep68eyjlg&mode=related&search=

This one - well there are no words. LOL! But the song is pretty catchy! And it gives you a great look at the MK before the "new" Tomorrowland, before Aladdin, before the SkyWay was taken down. A snapshot of WDW history.
LoraJ
10-19-2006, 06:40 PM
What year did they cover the teacups?
DancingBear
10-20-2006, 07:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ep68eyjlg&mode=related&search=

This one - well there are no words. LOL! But the song is pretty catchy! And it gives you a great look at the MK before the "new" Tomorrowland, before Aladdin, before the SkyWay was taken down. A snapshot of WDW history.You know, when you think about it, life IS a kumquat.
NotUrsula
10-20-2006, 01:43 PM
Technically, not a Disney World commercial, but an Eastern Airlines commercial, just like the one re: the Contemporary is a US Steel commercial. In those days, Disney wasn't such a hardliner about allowing other companies to use their images/characters in commercials.

The US steel clip looks less like an ad and more like the sort of film that might be shown at a shareholder's meeting.

PS: Perhaps the poster who mentioned Eastern's demise meant that their advertising was more off-putting than inviting. Anyone remember the "Wings of Man" campaign? Snore.
corinnak
11-04-2006, 10:28 PM
Wow - these are incredible. That first one really is disturbing in a very basic way. Advertising history!

It kind of cracks me up at random times through the day that they were singing about how much MORE! there is and they are in what appears to be a barren -post-apocalyptic, empty Magic Kingdom. Also, gotta love the red jacket, white pants look!
vonpluto
11-05-2006, 12:16 AM
What year did they cover the teacups?

I think it was pretty early on, 1972 or '73. :)