TDW 1221 - The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank

0:02 Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here

0:02 hanging out on Pluto's corner underneath

0:06 this fantastic piece of Walt Disney

0:11 history. I am here in Burbank,

0:13 California at the Walt Disney Studios

0:16 and I am inviting you to join me

0:18 vicariously

0:20 as I wander the streets of Walt Disney

0:25 History. It's my second channel, Daily

0:27 Vlog channel. It's the daily. Woo. Let

0:30 me get up from the curb and show you a

0:32 much better angle of this fantastic

0:37 sign. Dopey Drive right there. There is

0:41 Dopey

0:43 heading down towards Dopey Drive. And

0:45 that's not Dopey. That is actually Jay.

0:47 But this way is Dopey Drive and this way

0:51 is Mickey Avenue. And they actually have

0:54 it designated animation, multiplane, and

0:57 ink. paint would have been that way and

1:00 then this way in between special effects

1:02 and the layout department would be down

1:05 this way. So, this is actually a really

1:08 cool place. Jay and I are here.

1:10 We having a good time here, Jay. I know

1:12 you're very excited. You have actually

1:14 never been to the Walt Disney Studios

1:16 before.

1:17 My first time.

1:17 I have been here before. This is my

1:19 second time,

1:20 but this is the first time where I've

1:21 actually documented it in an unedited

1:24 vlog form. A lot of people that are

1:26 probably watching this have never

1:27 actually set foot on Walt Disney Studios

1:31 in Burbank, California soil.

1:34 So, I am bringing them into my life and

1:36 into your life.

1:37 What a life.

1:38 And we're just kind of wandering around

1:40 seeing the sights, taking in the sights,

1:43 the sounds, and the smells of Walt

1:48 Disney history. I'm going to try not to

1:51 talk too much during this. I'm going to

1:52 do a lot of moment of quiet quietedness

1:55 as we wander

1:57 Walt Disney Studios.

2:07 Look at this. Of course, Walt Disney now

2:08 owns Walt Disney Studios now owns Star

2:11 Wars. So, they have that plastered above

2:13 the theater here. Then, of course, over

2:16 here is the old animation buildings.

2:20 All of these are original studios that

2:23 Walt Disney himself walked through the

2:26 hallways, peeked through the windows,

2:29 sat on the benches, and actually stomped

2:32 these grounds here in Burbank,

2:35 California. This place is awesome.

2:38 Very, very cool. I thought I would bring

2:40 you an inside peak.

2:44 Walt Disney Studios. We got to see a lot

2:46 of cool stuff out here so far.

2:48 Mhm. Today we got to go into the

2:50 archives.

2:51 Amazing.

2:52 And I actually have posted a picture on

2:55 my Instagram, Adamu on Instagram, of me

2:57 holding a certain something that Walt

2:59 Disney himself held.

3:00 No.

3:01 And you held it, too.

3:02 I did.

3:02 We did not hold it together, but we held

3:04 it at separate times. You post on your

3:06 Instagram. I posted it on my Instagram.

3:07 Yes.

3:08 Very, very awesome. And speaking of

3:09 awesome, look at this. Straight ahead.

3:13 is that fantastic symbol.

3:17 The castle straight ahead, the Walt

3:19 Disney Studios emblem with the castle

3:22 there with the little swoop that goes

3:24 over the top of it. And look at that up

3:26 there. There is a beacon of happiness,

3:30 the Walt Disney Company water tower,

3:34 just hanging out.

3:35 Well, I noticed you're wearing pants.

3:36 I am wearing pants,

3:37 but if you want,

3:38 I figured I would dress accordingly. nor

3:40 wear shorts and flip-flops,

3:41 but today is a special occasion that I

3:44 should wear pants.

3:45 Shorts right there if you want some.

3:46 Oh,

3:47 shorts.

3:47 Okay,

3:48 so normally normally I do wear shorts.

3:51 But today

3:51 you're all fancied up.

3:52 I'm fancied up. By fancy for me means I

3:55 am wearing jeans.

3:56 Jeans and my shoes.

3:59 It's a whoop tuxedo right there.

4:00 And you got some you got some spiffy

4:02 Disneyesque type. Those are the new

4:05 Vans, right?

4:05 Jungle Book.

4:06 Jungle Book Vans. So, a lot of this

4:09 might look familiar. It was used in a

4:11 lot of old documentaries about Walt and

4:13 also in the recent film that came out a

4:15 few years ago, Saving Mr. Banks. You'll

4:16 notice a lot about that. No spoilers,

4:19 but I will be maybe possibly in the

4:22 future designating a video about Saving

4:25 Mr. Banks. So, we will not talk about

4:26 that much today, but I wanted to show

4:28 that. I wanted to show of course the

4:31 Mickey AB, Dopey Drive, all that, but I

4:33 also wanted to end this vlog at the end

4:35 of the road. That's something a lot of

4:37 people

4:38 who love Walt Disney and the history of

4:40 Walt Disney will actually enjoy. You

4:44 were excited when I first showed you and

4:45 I said that's the spot.

4:47 No words.

4:47 And those that are actually watching

4:49 will probably share the same sentiment.

4:51 I touched it.

4:53 You touched it. Yeah.

4:54 Oh, I was talking about something else.

4:56 But you're right. I forgot to mention

4:57 that. We will show that as well when we

5:00 get up there. And what am I referring

5:01 to? lies straight ahead past these

5:04 trees,

5:06 past these gentlemen that are walking

5:08 towards the truck that is straight ahead

5:11 with the door opened. Straight ahead up

5:14 here on the left hand side is Walt

5:19 Disney's original office. Walt Disney's

5:24 office. Right up there looking at his

5:27 right up there. Walt Disney would have

5:29 been up there in that corner. I think it

5:31 was actually more towards the corner. I

5:32 don't think it stretched all the way

5:34 across. I could be wrong. Now, I am not

5:36 a factorian. Is that a word? It is not

5:39 a factual torian, but basically what I

5:41 have heard from research, doing my own

5:44 research and hearsay and anything that

5:46 is incorrect is Jay's fault.

5:47 Your Columbbo like research,

5:48 my colbo like well non-C Columbo. You're

5:51 my research is you just telling me what

5:53 you think you know and other people

5:54 telling me what they know. But

5:55 basically, right up here was Walt

5:58 Disney's

6:00 office right there in that window right

6:03 there. Right there. Walt Disney himself.

6:07 Many of the evenings and mornings

6:09 probably looked out that window

6:12 and below him was actually where the

6:14 Sherman brothers who wrote a vast

6:16 majority of the original music not only

6:18 for Disneyland rides but also for movies

6:21 like Mary Poppins etc. their office

6:24 where they had their piano was right

6:26 there. So they would have been playing

6:29 like feed the birds all inside of there

6:32 and Walt would have been up there and

6:34 many of times at night Walt would get

6:36 done with his work. He would hear the

6:38 Sherman brothers playing their I know

6:39 you're getting a little emotional. I am.

6:40 He would be playing they playing the

6:42 music and he would come down the stairs

6:44 and he would just listen to them play

6:46 and this whole area of road would be

6:49 filled with the sounds of the Sherman

6:52 brothers practicing and fulfilling and

6:55 actually performing the music that you

6:57 know in a lot of movies and TV shows and

7:00 Disney attractions and rides and it all

7:02 happened right there.

7:04 He could have stand right here listening

7:06 to them play the piano right here. And

7:08 he was standing crazy. And you can

7:09 almost if you listen closely. Listen.

7:11 Listen.

7:13 You can almost hear some birds being fed

7:16 through the joys of music. Feed the

7:17 birds. Was it tuffins? Tuffins. Tuppins.

7:22 I am not a Sherman brother.

7:25 Hear that? Oh, was that you?

7:27 Was

7:33 someone fed him? Oh, magic. Magic is

7:33 actually happening right now. And take a

7:36 look at this. This is actually the

7:37 Eisner building which actually was built

7:40 post Walt Disney but this building is

7:42 actually being held up by the seven

7:45 dwarfs. 1 2 3 4 5 six and of course

7:49 Dopey is the strongest up there holding

7:52 the very top. That's right. Come on.

7:54 Hold it up there. Come on. He is the one

7:57 holding the Eisner building. But let's

7:59 actually get a side shot of here of

8:02 Walt's office right up there and the

8:05 room here where the Sherman brothers

8:08 actually performed. It is pretty

8:10 amazing. Let's just do a little moment

8:11 of quietness now and look at this here.

8:15 Look at this. And the lights are on up

8:18 there.

8:19 The lights are on. Now, see the train

8:21 station,

8:21 right?

8:22 At Disneyland, they always leave a light

8:24 on. Not at the train station, but at the

8:27 Walt's apartment above the firehouse at

8:29 Disneyland. They always leave that light

8:30 on as a memory to Walt. And I do not

8:33 think they actually do that here. They

8:34 do not leave that on. But what a kind of

8:37 a coincidence and an exciting joy that

8:39 actually the lights are on.

8:41 No other window.

8:42 Only in that window. The lights

8:44 are on and not in the other ones. So

8:46 that's very cool. And the last thing I

8:48 want to end it with is what Jay was

8:50 talking about earlier when he said, "I

8:51 actually touched it." What were you

8:52 referring to, Jay? There might be a

8:54 certain statue or two, a statue that a

8:58 lot of people will know from their

9:00 visits probably at Walt Disney World,

9:02 original Magic Kingdom. And at

9:04 Disneyland, there is a thing called the

9:07 partners statue. And basically what the

9:10 partner statue is is Walt Disney and his

9:13 creation Mickey Mouse. And out of those

9:16 two, there is one on the East Coast and

9:18 West Coast. Those you cannot actually

9:19 get up close and personal with. You

9:21 cannot touch them. However, here at Walt

9:24 Disney Studios is the only place that I

9:27 know of in the world where you can

9:28 actually stand next to touch and get

9:31 your photo up close and personal with

9:34 Walt and Mickey right here.

9:41 con.

9:41 An un abashed, untouched, untarnished,

9:47 uncovered,

9:48 unraised

9:50 floor level Walt Disney and Mickey.

9:57 That is so cool. So, normally everywhere

10:00 else at the theme parks, they have

10:01 bushes around it. It is raised up. But

10:03 here, you can actually touch Walt. You

10:06 can actually touch Mickey here. give

10:08 them a little kiss on the nose if you

10:10 wanted to and get a very very up close

10:13 personal look. And it looks like they

10:14 actually put this and they built this on

10:17 Walt's 100th anniversary, his birthday,

10:20 which was December 5th, 2001. And they

10:23 actually put this and they built this

10:25 here and it's been here ever since.

10:28 Sitting here in front of the Eisner

10:30 building

10:31 which is actually really cool. And we

10:32 cannot forget the other person who

10:34 created the Walt Disney Empire. Walt was

10:37 the dreamer. He was the doer. But there

10:39 also was a person who handled the

10:41 financial aspect of Walt's dream and

10:44 that was his brother Roy. And they have

10:46 actually built an homage to him as well,

10:49 which actually is right here. And he is

10:52 sitting next to Minnie Mouse. And they

10:55 actually do not have this at Disneyland,

10:57 but if you go to Walt Disney World,

10:58 Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, they

11:01 actually have the partner statue which

11:03 is over there. But then they also have

11:05 Roy and Minnie

11:08 as well. As you're walking into Main

11:10 Street, depending on what time of the

11:11 year it is during holidays, they move it

11:13 over near the firehouse, but they

11:15 actually have it here year round all the

11:17 time. As well as all the handprints of

11:20 all the Disney legends all around right

11:25 over here. And there's one last quick

11:27 little thing that I want to show you

11:28 over here. Of course, the sorcerers wand

11:31 right here. The sorcerer's wand. And

11:33 someone told me about a little secret,

11:35 almost like a hidden Mickey, but it's

11:36 actually another mouse, not Mickey, it's

11:38 another mouse that is hidden right here.

11:41 So, if you ever have the chance, if you

11:43 are one of the lucky people to actually

11:45 set foot on this property, take a look

11:49 at this and come around the back of

11:52 this, come around the back of this

11:54 statue and look up inside of this reel

11:58 and look right here.

12:01 There is actually a mouse right there.

12:04 Do you see him? You see him right there?

12:08 There is a mouse up in there.

12:17 I don't know if you can see him or not,

12:17 but there is a mouse hidden inside of

12:20 that reel of film next to the steamboat

12:23 Willie. Just come around the back side

12:26 and find the mouse.

12:30 Pretty cool. It's very cool to be out

12:32 here. It's very interesting how life

12:34 works. Certain things happen in your

12:36 life that kind of take your breath away.

12:38 You're not joyous things, very things

12:40 that are very disheartening decisions

12:43 that you make and then the actions that

12:46 are bestowed upon you because of the

12:48 decisions. And it's very interesting

12:49 because as time goes on, things change,

12:53 life changes, and you take the good with

12:55 the bad. Sometimes they're bad,

12:57 sometimes some days are good. And today

12:59 is a very good day because I am here at

13:02 Walt Disney Studios

13:04 under the backdrop of that fantastic

13:07 water tower right next to where Walt

13:10 Disney himself had his office and the

13:13 Sherman brothers sang their song and the

13:16 only partner statue that you can

13:19 actually walk up to and touch anywhere

13:21 in the world. It is a good day. I am

13:23 blessed. Life is good. I love you guys

13:26 and I'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

TDW 1221 - The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank

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