Creepy Old Disney Commercial

[ceburto2]

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

For comparison, The Amityville Horror

Enjoy.

-ceburto2

 

[Cricket2]

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]

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

For comparison, The Amityville Horror

Enjoy.

-ceburto2

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

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.

 

[phorsenuf]

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]

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.

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]

check out this 1971 commercial for the Contemporary:

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

 

[DancingBear]

Whoa! US Steel OWNED the Contemporary?

 

[Cricket2]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

The 1971 commercial seems like it was conceived and directed by someone who took 1 too many hits of acid.

 

[Amity 3]

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]

What a trip. Thanks for posting it.

Funny, I was at Disney World during Easter 1972.

 

[DancingBear]

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]

Great clip! It does border on creepy though.

 

[patsal]

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!