Disneyland at 70: Popcorn Buckets, Padfolios, and the Wild Story of the Tencennial (Ep. 49)

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey celebrate the launch of Disneyland’s 70th anniversary with a merch-packed episode filled with popcorn buckets, collectible props, and a deep dive into Walt’s original 10th anniversary celebration—aka the Tencennial. From animatronic Mickey souvenirs to retro Vault Collection hats, Lauren shares the standout items hitting the parks. Then Jim takes us back to 1965 for the story of how Walt honored his first decade of Disneyland, from airborne Mary Poppins stunts to the birth of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. The Mickey popcorn bucket that moves, talks, and blinks Why propeller hats and retro logos are making a comeback The gorgeous “padfolio” inspired by Walt Disney’s real desk The true story behind Disneyland’s 10th anniversary (and that weird word “Tencennial”) When Walt thought the park really opened—and how that date changed The crown decorations that accidentally damaged Sleeping Beauty Castle From collectible merch to collectible memories, this episode brings Disneyland’s past and present together in perfect, popcorn-scented harmony. Be Our Guest Vacations Planning your next Disney vacation? Be Our Guest Vacations is a Platinum-level Earmarked travel agency with concierge-level service to make every trip magical. Their team of expert agents plans vacations across the globe, from Disney and Universal to cruises and adventures, ensuring you have the best possible experience without the stress. Learn More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The McSpicey, Frank's Red Hot is back.
0:02.3	It's the McSpicey, but hotter, with 100% chicken breast fillet,
0:06.0	melty cheese, fiery jalapinos, and the irresistible Franks Red Hot Mayo.
0:11.1	Danger, danger. Make it hot.
0:15.2	Available until the 17th of June, serve from 11 a.m.
0:17.8	Participating restaurants only. Subject to availability.
0:20.2	Welcome back to I Want That Too, the podcast where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:25.9	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and as always, I'm joined by the lovely Lauren Hersey.
0:31.7	Hey, Jim, how's it going tonight?
0:33.5	Ah, it's going reasonably well.
0:36.6	If I'm being truthful, I am somewhat jealous of the friends of mine, professional colleagues who were out at the media event, not just the one at Epic Universal, but also the one that was going on the past week or so out in Anaheim for the kickoff of Disneyland's 70th anniversary.
0:57.0	Oh, I'm sorry you had to miss it. Did they report anything interesting back from the event?
1:03.0	Well, you know, I'm thinking on this week's show, we are going to talk a little bit about the merch and that sort of thing but um there was a
1:11.9	fascinating little story and disney worked hard to make sure it stayed a little story um but there
1:22.0	to explain between in disneyland plaza between uh the entrance of Disneyland, the California Adventure,
1:30.4	there was a sort of pop-up display that paid tribute to that, again, there's these 70th
1:37.5	anniversaries just got underway, and there were all these flags and finial set up that
1:42.5	paid tribute to the various lands in the parks.
1:46.3	And among them, and each of these finials had something on it that sort of sold the land
1:53.3	they were paying tribute to. For example, for frontier land, there was the Mark Train Riverboat,
1:59.1	or for Tomorrowland, there was Space Mountain.
2:02.1	And what they had for Main Street USA was the partner statue done in silhouette form.
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