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The Weirdest Movies and TV Shows on Disney Plus (VIDEO SCRIPT)
🕑 Added 2019-10-21 20:00:01 +0000 UTC
Readers, with the release of Disney Plus upon us, a lot of...news was released about it about a week ago.
I pause on the word “News,” because depending on what you were exposed to first, one actually could be considered news, while the other is just a 3-hour time waste
Honey, did you take out the trash?
Hold on, babe; there’s only an hour left in this Disney+ announcement trailer!
Now regarding the trailer that was released showing everything that would be available to watch upon the LAUNCH of Disney+, I personally didn’t watch it.
Honestly, the only time I dedicate to watching a 3+ hour long video on YouTube is when I’m watching D&D sessions
But as if Disney KNEW that people weren’t gonna watch a 3 hour long trailer of all of the stuff that’ll be available upon the launch of Disney+, they decided to release a slew of posts consisting of the brand new thumbnails for every past movie and show that the streaming service will have available upon its release on their Twitter account
Some titles you know, some titles you love, some titles you KNOW and love
And some titles...that make you go...the fuck??
And its a few of those titles I wanna talk about in this video, because honestly, some of these live-action Disney movies that were made in the 60s and 70s were, uh...(Pause) Mmm...
And don’t worry, I’ll be talking about some TV Shows that made me react that way as well
I’ll probably save those for last, these movies, man... These... These god damn movies.
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes...starring Kurt Russell?
/Apparently this movie is about Kurt Russell’s character becoming a human computer after getting an electric shock while replacing a part for his college’s only computer during a thunderstorm/
So, the plot isn’t really what’s weird here. From reading the plot aloud, I literally went “Oh. So this is basically a 70’s Kids Bop fusion of Limitless and What Women Want.
What’s weird about it...aside from the fact of finding out that Kurt Russell wasn’t, y’know... ALWAYS Kurt Russell
Is that this is pretty much a spinoff film from the original movie that Disney remade Flubber from?
Which means that the original version of Flubber did so well back in the day, that they decided to try and spark an entire-ass cinematic universe off of the antics of this college before recasting the Absent-Minded Professor as Robin Williams
And I mean...sure?
I mean, I’m pretty sure there’s a reason why people remember The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday more than this. Both the originals AND the remake
Justin Morgan Had a Horse. E-I-E-I-O. (Stares at Camera) I don’t know what you expected from me)
/Apparently this is based off a book by Marguerite Henry about a dude who takes two colts as a payment for a debt and how the smaller one grew up to be the first of his line in the American breed of Morgan horses/
...K
I (huffs, then frustratingly looks at the computer screen)... Alright, sure.
I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend anyone who genuinely love horse movies; especially if they have historical context like this one apparently does. But all of them are just-the’yre just too boring to me
Like I visually remember trying to watch Black Beauty as a kid, and I literally walked out...of my own living room...to play with my action figures.
So the fact that a movie like this existed in the 70’s, that Disney made it
And that people WATCHED it, boggles my mind.
The Strongest Man in the World...ALSO starring Kurt Russell. IN THE SAME FLUBBER-VERSE!
I’m not even kidding! This is the SECOND SEQUEL to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes!
The first sequel to it was called “Now You See Him, Now You Don’t,” and that bitch ain’t even ON Disney+!
/It’s pretty much about Kurt Russell’s character from the first two Expanded Flubberverse films gaining super strength after eating some cereal that’s doused in a formula created in a science experiment, and goes through hijinks over the course of preparing to compete in a weight-lifting contest in order to win some money for Flubber University/
I mean, the school is called Medfield College, but it’s pretty much Flubber University
So you telling me, not only was Disney able to produce a pseudo-successful spin-off franchise to “The Absent-Minded Professor”
But that Kurt Russell -- aka Snake from the Escape films, Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China, Stuntman Mike from Death Proof, and EGO THE LIVING FUCKING PLANET -- was basically the 1970’s version of ZaC Efron.
It’s kinda like how after watching The Goonies for the first time, I found out that the big brother in that movie...grew up to be Josh Brolin? You know what I’m talking about?
It’s weird, is what I’m saying. It’s just weird
Now keep in mind, every movie that I mentioned so far -- with the exception of Justin Morgan had a Horse -- HAD A THEATRICAL RELEASE
The Justin Morgan movie actually was straight-to-tv, I believe.
And because of Disney’s deal with them back in the 50’s to air Disney anthology shows in return for the television network investing money into Disneyland before they just straight-up BOUGHT the network in 1993, it’s pretty safe to assume that a lot of the straight to television Disney films from the 70’s that are GONNA be on Disney+ that nobody under the age of 40 has either seen or remembers, more than likely originally aired on ABC
That includes my two honorable mentions: 1962’s Sammy, the Way-Out Seal, and...Fuzzbucket (questionable shrug)
But like I said before, I’m not gonna let this video end without mentioning one very weird, very awkward, and one VERY unnecessary show that’s gonna be on Disney+
Inhumans
(“I made a funny” Clip)
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But, I digress, Readers. Your homework assignment for the day.
Write in the comment section below any old Disney shows that are gonna be available when Disney Plus launches that you PERSONALLY think are weird or awkward for whatever reasons.
Regardless of what you choose, I’d LOVE to know your thoughts
