I love how Defunctland is like "in order to describe the history of this one specific dark ride, I think I will recount the entire history of dark rides as a whole, starting with the American picnic trend in the 1800s" and I am like "oh YEAH let's have it!!! Gimme that information"
For those that don't know, Kev has also done documentaries on:
- Searching for the composer of the four-note Disney Channel jingle. (Feature length.)
- The history of a Star Wars-inspired band that played at Disney one year, HALYX. (Feature length)
- Queuing theory and Fastpass and why Fastpass sucks. (Feature length)
- Coney Island and how institutional racism affected the whole area.
- The bizarre trend of Santa Claus themed amusement parks and how they fizzled out.
- Muppet Babies
All of these documentaries are legitimately riveting. Even the one on Fastpass of all things.
The moment I saw he made The Fastpass documentary I knew it was going to blow my mind with facts... but nothing prepared me to what he had in store with that surprise reveal on the second half.
His series on the history of Jim Henson and the Muppets had me bawling and feeling inspired to create something meaningful with my art.