Defunctland: The History of Beverly Park Kiddieland

25 thoughts on “Defunctland: The History of Beverly Park Kiddieland”

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2. may I just say that the term “kiddie” creeps me out lol

3. catch me crying about a theme park that was replaced by a fucking shopping center. the consumerism of the 80s has taken so much from us

4. So I know this video is 2 years old but is there any connection to Kiddieland in Melrose Park Illinois? Or is that just a weird coincidence because apparently the Illinois one opened in 1929.

5. "Divorceland" fucking killed me

6. Reminds me of a park in Burlington Iowa that closed in 1980

7. 10:51 He gets so much joy when the bird eats out of his hand 🙂
   Feed the birds

8. "Shopping center would open there"
   Me a Tennessee native "that seems oddly familiar and depressing"

9. Man what a depressing ending. Nothing more American than destroying something beautiful to drill for oil and build malls.

10. “By please know you’ll always be my first on Saturdays and some Sundays” lolol wasn’t ready for this banger

11. Love the ending song! Very funny and well done!

12. Yeah, ol' Walt visiting this guy's amusement park is just about right for a greedy union busting FBI informant who threw employees under the bus for wanting better wages….

13. I’ve always disliked the Beverly Center, now I know why! Bring back Beverly Park.

14. Alan Alda and Doug McClure???

15. So his business plan was… to be a nice guy and a friend to children and charities and then let karma advertise for him.
    I'd love to live in a world where that was standard operating procedure for everything.

16. A wanna cry

17. 8:03 Oh man that reminds me of the Big Dipper at Camden Park. Lots of memories on that bad boy…mostly bad ones, lol that thing is terrifying

    I would love for you to make a video about Camden Park, only problem is it’s still open so it doesn’t fit the “defunct” theme lol, but your documentaries are so well-made and thorough that I really think you could do it justice. It’s over 100 years old and I just feel like it needs more love

18. The king of divorce land 🤣🤣 had me rolling. 👍

19. This ended up being more positive than I thought it would be.

20. I liked this video simply because Alan Alda loml was in it for several seconds.

21. I know the main reason "[easy access to] divorce is good for children" is because if there's a reason for the parents to divorce, their separation will be better for the child. But also, I feel like for the dads who brought their kids to Kiddieland, they got a special fun experience with a variable amount of bonding with their dad (depending if it was more of a 'I don't want to put in the effort' vs 'I don't know what to do' situation), where otherwise it would be dad: I don't have work today. Kid: okay, I'm going to play with my toys/hang out with my friends/other era apporiate entertainment.

    In my personal experience, the semi-divorce situation I've had, the partial regimentation of Hanging Out With Dad has led to us putting in the effort to make time to hang out together the way we wouldn't really do if we lived in the same house. Also the kids certainly had a better time a kiddieland with their dad than if they went with both their should-get-a-divorce parents.

22. firestone and compton are not in palo alto, and Im not sure why he said "palo alto". they're in los angeles, 400 mi (600km) south

23. Did this have anything to do with the "Rideland / Kiddieland" in Torrance? When I was a kid, we went to the Torrance one many times. Thanks for posting…..

24. I grew up going to this park and my parents always mentioned how they met Charleton Heston there. I remember asking why he was there and they said "Everyone went there! It was the only place around for families to have fun!" And fun we did have! And at Ponyland you went in a small circle with ponies that went at different speeds…we have so many old family movies of this place which holds a very sweet place in my heart.

25. Walt Disney in these videos is like a jumpscare where you get immersed into the story of people living their lives and growing businesses and bam here's Walt again

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