Defunctland: The Craziest Party Walt Disney Ever Threw
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Published 2020-01-21
An Editorial Note on This Production:
This video features many quotes from Walt Disney and his staff, read in the video by actors. Some of these quotes, said decades later, are placed in the story as if they are being said in the moment. This was done in such a way as to not change the meaning or intention of the original quote, but it does alter the context. On a few occasions, a dialogue scene is constructed out of past quotes said at different times. Specifically, Walt most likely did not yell "You commie sons of b----" immediately after Babbitt's mocking of him with the megaphone, but Walt did say those words in reference to Babbitt and the protestors.
These quotes, and this video as a whole, would not be possible without the work of hundreds of researchers, journalists, and writers. Below are a few and where you can find more of their work:
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Neal Gabler: www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagin…
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In this episode of Defunctland's third season, Kevin takes a deep look into Disney Studios as they prepare to release the feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the wild after-party that followed. The closeness of the group of animators is tested when the studio grows too fast, and a difficult strike ensues.
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All Comments (21)
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7:44 "There was one non secretarial girl consistently with the boys in animation." Me: Oh no. "Fourteen year old Marge Belcher." Me: Oh NO! "Due to her age, many of the boys saw her as a little sister." Me: Oh, thank God. "But not Art Babbitt." ME: NOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Hilarious how often you hear "Oh no, I wasn't there. I left at sundown..." Sure you did...
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"There was one non secretarial girl consistently with the boys in animation. Fourteen year old Marge Belcher." that phrase felt like falling in front of a moving truck
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I never knew about the Disney departments being segregated by gender. I'm now realizing that Who Framed Roger Rabbit was being particularly tongue-in-cheek when they named the nightclub where Jessica Rabbit performs the Ink and Paint Club.
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I love how their plan to discredit Babbitt was planting a gun on him and not anything to do with his relationship with a 14 year old
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"Everybody's drunk, Riley Thompson is riding a horse into the pool" That is the best line
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Walt Disney: "No dating any coworkers!" Walt Disney: (Marries a coworker)
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“Horny people have no rights” -Walt Disney
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“Three white teenagers with era specific names” made me laugh out loud.
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“Walt saw these boys as family”.” Oh, that’s pretty sweet. “Walt was taught by his Father to pursue a tireless work ethic and was almost never satisfied with Walt’s work.”
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I bet walt didnt allow any Homosexual Fast Dancing at that party.
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When a job says we're family, thats always a bad sign.
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.... okay that explains why it’s called The Ink And Paint club in Roger Rabbit.
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I love that the animators tried to prank Walt by sending a cop too tell him he was too drunk and rowdy... but he was too drunk and rowdy to listen to the cop and instead just tried to fight him.
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I for one am SHOCKED! SHOCKED! that the marriage between Art and Marge disintegrated and they divorced in 1941. Who would have thought a 26 year old pursuing a 14 year old wouldn't lead to a healthy and stable marriage?
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Sad to report that Marge Champion passed away yesterday on October 21st, 2020 at the ripe age of 101. She was a very talented dancer and performer and her contributions to Snow White marked the beginning of a long and prosperous career. May she rest in peace
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First half: Here's a fun story about how boring Walt accidentally threw a crazy party for his animators! Second half: Now that you're invested, here's a hugely important story regarding the history of workers' rights in the early twentieth century.
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"Had the animators been accustomed to working with women in tandem, in theory, there would have been less harassment. This theory has been disproven every day for the last 80 years" - that quote frigging killed me. lmao & fml
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I love that almost every anecdote about this started with "well, I had left before then, but I HEARD..."
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"At the time, Disney's studio was segregated." That's bad. "Not racially..." That's good! "...as Disney would not hire a full-time African American animator." That's bad. "But also, it was segregated by sex." Can I go now?
