A Disney Monopoly Is A Problem (According To Disney's Recess)
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Disney nearly has a monopoly in the film industry. Let’s talk about that with a little help from TJ.
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Disney Canceled Over 200 Films Fox Had in Development fandomwire.com/2019/08/22/20t...
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How long you been sitting on that “Community is Recess” observation, just waiting for an excuse to use it?
Was gonna say, I was expecting this video to be about the hypocrisy of Disney, and instead got a faceful of "HEY Y'ALL DID YOU KNOW _COMMUNITY_ IS JUST A _RECESS_ RIPOFF?!! HERE, LET ME PROVIDE FIFTY EXAMPLES."
I’m glad he did. It’s uncanny; makes me glad I never wasted time on Community.
@@ultrashmutz93 Community is a good show, he even says so.
@@potatorodka2795 I was gonna say, Mason doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about XD
Ja Kooistra Not even alien can translate that
Man I haven't seen Recess for literally decades
Bro I just watched the whole series, just search recess on KZhead, there's entire playlists, ten minute videos each, I had a lot of fun watching it. Originally the episodes were about 30 mins and broken into two parts but now theyre already conveniently already broken up into individual vids with no adds. ivideoXD is the best channel to watch the episodes
This is the whole series uploaded in I think 2009, feel free to watch if you want, I just like the show. kzhead.info/channel/PLAC974692D4016EBA.html
I was just binge watching the show 30 minutes ago and apparently many young adults did the same
I’ve never watched Recess
@@ezzy7151 i did this a few months ago it is amazing
disney are taking advantage of people who think liking Disney is a personality
LMAOOOO so true
Wow, only two seasons...you people have been robbed lamo
@@VideoSmarts1 don't victim blame people under late stage capitalism kzhead.info/sun/i52FlpV_mnlrgGw/bejne.html
Oh my god I used to know a girl like that, but it was Disney AND Harry Potter. She thought they were her personality
Whaaat ? But I am so unique with my Disney shirts and toys, only I go to their movie openings.
Disney: So you are saying we can’t own movie theaters, well shit I guess we will have to own all the movies
Walt is probably rolling in his grave with how corrupt his child company has become
@igor caique It's not that we don't know about this, rather we're laughing at you for stereotypically blaming the Jews for everything corrupt.
@igor caique Thats really not funny
@igor caique he isnt evan in his grave anymore he is in a secret base working on a plan to topple dosney
@igor caique Remember to pack your tinfoil hat!
This video is the antithesis to the phrase "Stop ruining my childhood" because it is actively improving my adulthood.
You can't improve your adulthood without borrowing energy from your childhood. It's like a dark pact.
Keep improving my childhood!
Ye be a good speech
The timing on the jokes is great. “You can’t charge people for standing around!” *no hesitation* “Watch me.”
The complete lack of hesitation is great
how is that great timing, that's such a simple joke
Prod. Hxrford And I’m a simple man. What’s your point?
@@prod.hxrford3896 Because timing is everything in comedy. The joke may be simple, the joke may be complex, but depending on the context waiting too long or belting out your punch line too fast can spoil the entire pot. Even if that joke isn't your cup of tea either because of the subject matter or its simplicity, at least understand that it would have been a vastly inferior version of that joke if there *was* hesitation. Hesitation implies regret, consideration, or forethought and all of that would make the joke less impactful both in terms of being funny and in terms of presenting the idea of him having completely been corrupted by the power of monopoly to the point of being a contradiction to its own point. The timing of a joke is... pretty rigid in terms of the mark, since when you have an audience's attention they are impacted by these little details whether they realize it or not. Having a split second too short or too long to think on the buildup to the joke can completely ruin it. It's like if you were doing that classic "interrupting cow" knock knock joke, but patiently waited for the other party to finish asking you "interrupting cow who" *before* you Moo'd in their face. Is it a funny joke? Eh, depends. I'm sure it's very impressive to second graders, but even they would have the joke ruined for them if the entire point was missed by just being even one second too late to capitalize.
@@prod.hxrford3896 I'm with you
The excuses I've heard defending Disney is horrifyingly irresponsible like "Well we want X-men in the mcu so it's okay."
And at what cost creatively? MCU has nothing in the leagues of Logan, and few things on the level of First Class or DoFP. I mean Daredevil was, but that was a co-production that they ended because POWER-
@@DDevospartan well they would have something in that level if they would care for actually character and story and not “haha look a pop culture reference, but our products”
@@AsdfghjkL-lv6kb fully agree, honestly I like Winter Soldier but that was a fluke, they never again reached that level of awesomeness
I see that excuse as making the best of a situation we had no control over because, let's be real here, this purchase was inevitable. Jesus Christ this really is like Thanos isn't it?
Yeah. Look what they did to Star Wars.
"Money doesn't feature blood sucking ghouls from beyond the grave" Hmmmmmmmmmm
That one went right over my head the first time around. The writing is _shockingly_ good.
... yet.
Seeing people hating Sony and calling for Disney to just buy it during the Spiderman controversy was nuts.
That pissed me off so much, as did the fox buyout. The marvel characters bought was a good thing but the rest was overkill and a massive loss to the entertainment community
That absolutely made no sense. People WANT Disney to kill off everyone else as long as Disney feeds them the sugary treats. And then I realized most people are nutjobs without an ounce of ability to think anyway.
From where I was standing, Disney was getting the most heat and rightfully so.
Sony entertainment has a long history of bad movies so I think it's kind of understandable, particularly if you aren't up to speed on why Disney isn't a good company.
@@superchroma They still have the best spiderman movie under their belt, true they have been shit in the last years, but i think companies are realizing now that the way to fight disney is by doing the things disney wouldn't dare to do.
The vault is terrifying, they can create an artificial scarcity which will raise prices for people who haven't discovered pirating
Seriously though, it artificially locks classic films away so people can't discover them. I'm thinking specifically here of young people who grow up with a distorted sense of film history because many films have been in Disney's vault for their whole lives.
Arrrrrr! You want to watch a movie?
Well, the same happens with diamonds. The difference is, keeping things away from the public only works if no one from the public has a copy. Once information goes out in any way possible, especially with content, someone will make a digital file, make a torrent and push it to pirate sites. Artificially scarcity in diamonds works because you actually need to physically break in the warehouses to grant access to the public. Holding digital content in a vault, will in the long term do more harm to the company, even if they can temporarily raise the price. The only people wanting access to the hardcover copies would be collectors.
Yes, exactly! The overall effect over time is to reduce the cannon of "classic" films that everyone loves, and leave the studio with more and more forgotten films in their vault.
@@Predated2 also real diamonds are useless. only diamond dust is useful and it's made artificially.
I recently decided to watch some Recess for a nostalgia kick, I was legitimately surprised how objectively well written it was. Didn't expect clever social commentary, diverse range of cultural references, and experimental story telling. It isn't just good for a kids show of good with nostalgia goggles, it was actually a really great show that exposed kids to adult ideas/movies/philosophy/economics/emotions/societal structure/etc in a easy to understand and relatable way. Just watched the substitute teacher episode and I legit spit out my drink laughing at a really quick joke when Gretchen invents a perpetual energy device for a school project and suddenly government agents come in and immediately confiscate it. Feels like the writers really had fun throwing in ideas and jokes they thought were funny and trusted kids to be able to follow along instead of pandering to them
Here the crazy part every episode felt like a 30 min episodes, but it was like maybe 10 minutes.
@@42188productions Yeah, when I was a kid I felt that too. I remember Disney channel had a Recess Marathon on Sundays. I legit used to complete all my homework and study twice on Saturdays.
Where did you get these outside of disney+?
@@cxssetteman182 lol you studied?
Well yeah, adults wrote the show. 😂 That's my argument for why cartoons shouldnt automatically be underestimated. Adults are the ones making them. Thus, they pack in tons of adult shit under the radar.
This video in nutshell: No one man should have all that power.
Im glad im not the only one using that line from that song as a meme
Li Shengshun Kanye the GOAT
@@grimabsolssbm no he's not. The term GOAT is thrown around way too much these days.
@@freidarhealness5216 except he literally is tho
@@freidarhealness5216 TCL: Classic LR: Classic Graduation: Classic 808s: Birthed a new generation and was innovative MDBTF: I don't care too much for it, but it will be regarded as a classic in the next decade. Yeezus: Ballsy move, but not the best album TLOP: Pretty Good Album Ye: Also, pretty good. JIK: Divisive. Kanye has a great track record. Definitely a GOAT. He has at least 4 undeniable classics.
"It's wrong to lean on people, unless it's in the direct geopolitical interests of the United States of America" - An actual Recess quote
America is a empire and will make one final mistake that will doom it
Billy William are you fucking serious
Billy William oh you are fucking serious
Hey what's going on in the KZhead comments? ... oh.
Stale Bagelz it sounds like a bad alien movie’s name “the zog will come.. and they will eat your LIVERS OUT MWAHAHAHAH”
I've been saying for forever that "Community" is basically "Recess, but in college." I feel so validated right now.
Same here man I always said they were alot alike and they're my both my favorite shows and I've always said this is why cause they're alot alike in many ways
I feel the same but about how “Trailer Park Boys” is basically “Ed Edd and Eddy” but adults
# lakewood20 FUCK dude it IS
let me be your 666th like then
@@FrenchToast663 Did you see it
Recess had an episode of PTSD from solitary confinement.
I think that was less about ptsd and more about psychological reconditioning.
what was the episode?
@@averagejoe9040 Sounds like another word for brainwashing. Regardless, I'm kind of surprised T.J's parents didn't kick Miss Finster's elderly bitch ass.
*chanting creepily* This Old man, he played one.......Hehehehe He played knick-knack on my shoe.
@@averagejoe9040 hi
When you start watching a video about Disney Monopolies and it turns into "How Community ripped off Recess".
Community is not a ripoff.
I can let you watch my VHS tape of Recess: School's Out . . . for three hundred stickers
Sn1ping Fox three hundred? That’s extortion! I’ll only give you one hundred stickers.
@@Jogjosmowwdkfs take it or leave it, cootie-head - I'm a busy man.
I'll handle rentals for you if you pay me 5 stickers / hour
Nonsense! I'm saving these stickers for later on, if you really want these you'll have to let me borrow it as well, I'll even give you my special stickers
I have the DVD. 50 stickers a watch
“You mean they’re like money?!” “Only better! Money doesn’t feature blood-sucking ghouls from beyond the grave” This is an amazing joke.
Ehh, I'd say Jackson is probably the only one worth ripping on there. Jefferson, Washington, and Franklin all had very noble senses of authority. Washington specifically stepped down willingly...twice. He forfeited his role as general and his office as president without pressure from others, who would have let him sit for the rest of his life undoubtedly. Jefferson also showed great restraint in how he acted as president, taking the Constitution very strictly, only bending the rules when he knew it would benefit the country greatly, like the Louisiana Purchase. And Franklin never wanted political power to begin with. These men were some of the most noble leaders in history because they didn't want to lead. They were more concerned about the common good and allowing people to live in freedom. Fuck Jackson.
@@jacobmonks3722 yeah except both Washington and Jefferson owned slaves, literally extracting value and labor from said slaves.
@@marcothemexican5757 Washington's wife owned slaves, not Washington himself. He didn't own Mount Vernon, it was inherited from Martha's family. That also has no relevance to my previous comment. The fact that they had slaves has nothing to do with their leadership abilities or views of authority.
@@jacobmonks3722 eeeeeehhh Jefferson did rape a lot of his slaves
@@jacobmonks3722 ok boomer
A Disney monopoly is my only phobia. I've been espousing the beliefs of this video for years and no one seems to know what I'm talking about. Thanks for putting them eloquently.
Congratulations buddy. Welcome to 2023.
"You can't watch the 4th, 5th or 6th Seasons" KZhead Recess videos: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"
Peruvian Potato you can though, it’s just mashed together
I remember when Wreck It Ralph 2 came out, my theater only had two showings, and my manager emailed a Disney rep to explain that she was going to remove a showing of Nutcracker: The Four Realms in order to make space for Wreck It Ralph. The Disney rep (probably following a template response) threatened to prevent Disney-owned films from showing at our theater ever again. It's such an over-flex for the situation, but it is scary how crippling that would be for a theater. Edit: To specify, Disney was so protective of Nutcracker that they threatened us, even though removing Nutcracker for Ralph would be far more profitable. They’re *that* concerned with maximizing profits, but not smart enough to listen to common sense.
Jesus. What a lovely example, showing just how screwed we are
I'm sorry - was the issue that the rep wanted Ralph for both showings?
No the problem was it only had two showings and wanted more showing times
There's something really screwed up about the product dictating the marketplace. When Disney puts out a film, they're basically selling people the rights to re-sell a movie to an audience and if that product isn't valuable then it only makes sense that people wouldn't buy it. But NOPE! The people making the products are able to just force people to purchase their products, and because most people aren't theater owners it's just fine for them. Definitely feels like that crap should be illegal or something.... I mean, imagine if I went into a Gamestop and they didn't let me buy the new Devil May Cry unless I also bought SFV, Fallout 76, Star Wars Battlefront 2, and some random Sports title. Nobody would want to stand for that crap!
I remember Everytime a movie open, I would download the cam version until the HD quality comes out to save it on my hard drive. Hahaha
When the Copyright Act was first enacted in the United States, the copyright duration was only 14 years. Today Copyright duration can last over a century in some cases. Why such a drastic change? Disney the main culprit.
That and DC due to wanting to keep Superman and Batman out of the public domain
Let's not forget their puppet: Sonny Bono.
@Star Saber Siegel and Shuster's families don't own Superman. DC still and always has really.
@Peruano ML Tbf, Bill Finger agreed not to be credited as one of his creators since he was a ghost writer. I believe he passed away before the character even really took off. Shame :/
@Peruano ML Dang really? There is an Elseworlds comic from like 2000 where Batman became a Green Lantern that Bill was credited for sure as co-creator. That's insane it took that long.
This is the opposite of clickbait. I almost didn't click on this, but the Community connection had me completely enthralled.
Pixar before Disney bought it (1995 -2006): 1 sequel/prequel Pixar after Disney bought it (2006 - 2017): 5 sequels/prequels Let that sink in
Yes, it's kind of hard to make many sequels/prequels when you don't own any IP like Pixar in 1995 and very easy when you have some very good and successful IP like Pixar in 2006. Also, Pixar, in average, made more original films between 2007 and 2017 than between 1995 and 2006. During the earlier period, they released an original film (not counting Toy Story 2 as the only not original story) every two years (or 0.5 films/year). During the newer period they released 0.7 original films/year. Which makes things better for everyone. Those who don't like sequels/prequels still get more content from Pixar (and in my opinion, the content itself got better, I'm sure that if it wasn't for nostalgia, I wouldn't be rewatching Toy Story and Monsters Inc like I rewatch Coco and WALL-E). And those who also like sequels/prequels can get more content from franchises they already love.
Sequels and prequels aren't THAT bad! I like most of them!
Jeffrey Gao that’s not the the point if it’s good or bad. The point is there are lots of sequels regardless of their quality
@@thesupermayoreo And I have no problem with lots of sequels!
Jeffrey Gao and that’s irrelevant because this isn’t about if you like them.
You Don’t get it. Community is the sequel to recess
You mean the live-action remake?
@@kaischafer9630 I THOUGHT NETFLIX HAD A MONOPOLY ON LIVE ACTION REMAKES
@@ZenHuxtable 😂😂😂😂
TJ = Tiny Jeff Winger
Remember the episode of Community with Meow Meow Beans? Recess had an episode with a very similar concept called "The Ratings Game", also a really great microcosmic look at societal structure. kzhead.info/sun/YM9mpbqromWupnA/bejne.html
“You can’t watch the 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons.” “Yo-ho and a bottle of rum. Drink up me hearties yo-ho!”
i always try to legally watch things, pretty much the only times i pirate anything it's when companies like Disney refuse to stream it or sell it, or TV channels rarely if every air a show. There was recently a TV show i was trying to watch that stopped airing years ago and there is no legal way to purchase it, the only people selling it are a few collectors who bought the few DVD's they sold years ago and it would cost me roughly $5-$7 per episode to buy them (not per season, per episode). There are also alot of old movies and TV shows that the producers have either abandoned the IP or they've sold off the rights and someone essentially has it in their own "disney vault" indefinitely, so the only place to get it is either finding someone on Ebay selling a copy for an inflated amount or to pirate it. What do companies expect people to do when they either refuse to sell something or they want an insane amount for it? Moonshining was rare until prohibition and dropped stiffly when it was legalized again, because people prefer to buy legally for a fair price rather than buy illegally even if it's cheaper.
>be me >Pirating Disney properties online >Enjoying the streams of data blowing through my beard >loud noise downstairs >Shit, we've been boarded by Feds >PrepareYourCutlassesMeHearties.gif >Grab my 6 flintlocks from me shelf >Grab me blunderbuss >Grab me 2 Gal jug of home-distilled rum >Maximize the volume on my home sound system and play my Alestorm playlist >I am the Terror on the High Seas >Uncage my parrots >Feds start to come upstairs only to have the first one's eyes gouged out by a pissed off jungle avian >Second in line bears the full brunt of my blunderbuss >the fine mist of #2's internal organs blinds the third, and he trips over the flailing, feather-covered obstacle of #1 >I stab him with my knife and draw two of my flintlocks >the other Feds come to back up their brothers, but the first two eat Lead >I draw my cutlass and cut open the last Fed's belly >it will make fine chum for my next fishing trip >my staircase has been reduced to a mess of corpses, flesh-paste, parrot feathers, and smells like gun powder >YoHoYoHoAPiratesLifeForMe.jpg
Imagine being Disney and thinking vaulting things won’t just give piracy more power over them
Recess also has lessons on political strategy. In the episode where they would vote for a Student Body President, T.J. and Vince employed a strategy where they introduce an additional rival candidate to run a similar campaign to Gretchen's. The goal was to split Gretchen's base so that Vince would have a majority vote and win. Recess definitely challenged the intelligence of its audience and it had such good writing.
I remember as a kid I loved Recess, Filmore, and KND for taking seemingly innocent childhood things and treating it like modern adult society, stuff like this is why it's worth re-watching cartoons when you're older....well that and innuendoes.
Huge piece of missing context: Mon Stickers are a near direct reference to Pokémon cards which were released right around the time Recess was in production.
And just like Disney, Pokémon has gone full blown late capitalist
Marc Carran I’d say they both are a reference
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 I hate to agree with you on that, but I fully agree.
The thing is, back then most sources provided incomplete or incorrect information about the whole thing. This is why many people thought that it was Sony's fault.
@@bleflar9183 I think you got the wrong comment chain
Is.. is Recess the reason why I have a problem with authority??
Haha i was thinking the same 😁
Authority is the reason you have a problem with authority
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this
@@WickedKnightAlbel Am I out of touch? No! Is them who are wrong
I think being an average person is why you have a problem with authority.
Gretchen: You're creating a stranglehold in cinema screen shares by controlling 40% of the theatrical market! Art cannot proliferate in such an environment! TJ: Yeah, well now Wolverine and Invisible Woman can fart in each others' mouths! Gretchen: What does that have- Gus: Now wait wait wait... let's hear the kid out. TJ: And I'll make an Invaders movie with Captain America and the Human Torch! Gus: Aren't those the same actor? TJ: Do you want Phase 23 or not?
I noticed Disney might be getting too out of hand when they created Disney Plus. I mean, come on. Creating their own streaming platform where you can only get their classics on there? So many have already got it, but I haven't yet. It's another step in them becoming a true monopoly, and honestly it's terrifying.
Rosaelia Grace Well when you put it that way, yes it's terrifying! Disney is only getting bigger and bigger.
@@wturner777 But eventually they will because they got too big
And it’s not just the movies people immediately associate as Disney now - all the original 2D animation etc. - but the also movies Disney now owns and is choosing to distribute there
My problem doesn't lay with Disney keeping their movies and shows to their own streaming Platform. Netflix and Amazon make their own films too and only allow them on their own respecting streaming services. There's nothing wrong with that. It's no different than Comedy Central creating the Chappelle and then not allowing the Chappelle Show on a channel like BET. No my real problem with Disney is they are buying up and ruining everything! I love Star Wars and they've taken it, applied their Disney virus, and ruined it. They bought up Marvel so instead of getting great super hero movies we are left with a zillion plot holes and 50 zillion marketing possibilities. Now this will back fire on Disney. If they keep making shit films then people will stop watching them. People quit buying Ford Model Ts when Chevy began selling cars with better looks and different colors. The same thing will happen to Disney. My family is one of those people. We are not paying for Disnet + just so that we can watch the Disney classics that we already own on DVD. "Oh but PJ. You're missing out on the Mandalorian." Yeah I don't care. I already saw season one. It's alright but it's not that big of a deal. Hell the only episode that got me pumped was the finale of season 1 when Luke shows up. But even then I'm not paying their huge price tag for just one show that I'll binge watch over a weekend and then close the app for the rest of the year. Disney can follow my magical bouncing balls. Stupid Nazi mouse.
You do realize Disney is a monopoly already right
“You can’t watch the 4th, 5th, or 6th seasons” *_YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE_*
Hang the black flag at the end of the mast! You are a pirate!
the old animation of that is getting taken down and now i wanna kill someone
barack obama people are saying it probably (or hopefully) won’t happen
If only people could, and excuse my broken English, "The watch cartoon online" . t v
@@mouseman6265 you should screen-record it and save it,, so that it doesnt completely disappear
"I was kidding around, here." That was one, long, 3 minute+ worth of examples and evidence on being a rip off to be thrown away for a joke, but aight
When you make a good point, but you're worried your friends will disagree with you
I gotta say it nearly throw off the video for me. It got much better once he stuck to the point but it was a lot of faffing about
Well if you have seen Community you’ll know that a lot of the comparison’s between the two shows were huge stretches, so you can see why it was just a joke to him.
@@RyandBurtson I haven't watched community so thats why it probably bothered me more. I just feel 2-3 of the comparison's would have made the eventual dismissal joke more punchy. The way it was made it come off as padding
Yeah that opening bit was obnoxious. Way too long for a throw away joke.
Disney to the graves of actors who've died: "Your contract hasn't expired! *Go out there and make us some forking money!* "
Nice, truthful comment!
On that note, wasn't "Six seasons and a movie," a running gag in Community? Just like how Recess has six seasons and a major movie release?
I came to converse about Disney monopolies, not to make me question reality regarding my favorite sitcom
I would honestly like that some giant like Disney or Warner bought Kamen Rider and subbed it, not adapt (after Super Samurai, they ruined Power Rangers for me), the shows like Netflix is doing with Anime recently.
The rider series have been adapted twice , one terrible but the last time it was adapted it was actual good .
@@BlueBlazeKing I know that, that's why I said subbed
I've never even seen Community, but now I might as well give it a shot.
@@thephantomoftheparadise5666 you will not be disappointed!
Okay you say you’re kidding but real talk: the Recess-Community parallels are too uncomfortably uncanny to be a pure coincidence. I’m now going to question everything forever thanks
i feel a strong need to rewatch recess now
update: i’m rewatching recess
Now go watch Community
"So the school is a prison..." *michel foucault enters the chat*
Why did I just happen to read this as the narrator is saying it at 5:57 minutes
And here I was thinking Recess was just a cartoon I had fond memories of.
Recess is one of the greatest "kids" shows I've ever seen.
Almost every 90s show is "kids" show.
Besides Avatar
@@FlymanMS *eyes the animated Batman series* Could not agree more
There are some unwritten rules in schools and I get it when I was in college remembering school days. Damn the creator is clever.
UrBrainOnSports No quotes. Just say kids show because objectively, kids are the only ones who can learn from such things while adults by and large will only sit and stare with no real engagement. Not to mention adults tell kids to forget the lessons they were supposed to be taught all the time and put in crappy thoughts to replace it.
it's obvious that community is just recess: the later years
Here's a thought: Stop giving Disney your money.
I won’t i stop don’t give a crap about the “bigger picture” there is no glorious revolution and never will be it’s just a bunch of insecure man babes crying over first world problems lol what a joke
THE D the only crybaby here is you lol keep getting mad at KZhead comments, it’s hilarious
that's near impossible, they own too much of the markets at this point. not watching stuff they profit off leaves you with not much left to watch.
@@jedimastertitaniumdickmana2939 You sound like a man baby.
prins MauritsZ you can watch everything online without having to pay like ??? of course it’s posible
There’s no way to stop the Mouse. He’s got his rounded ears blocking the sun from everything profitable. Until those beneath his shadow bend to his will.
That mouse is more like a diseased rat nowadays...
I love how the beginning part has nothing to do with the actual video title
It was interesting nonetheless
He was full on ranting and I'm here for it
It honestly just makes me want to go back and watch Recess again
I skipped halfway through it. I got the point already.
I've never seen either shows so it was just a little annoying, like I get it, but how does this connect? If both shows are good what does it matter?
The solution: Don't watch their movies and shows and don't buy their merchandise.
Tyler Gidley it's not that simple. There is a social pressure to watch Disney movies and often parents have to take their kids to watch those movies so they don't feel less than other kids
Better solution: pirate Disney stuff
@@killmemadame7046 it's more that Disney owns so much now, you'd have to boycott many, many companies to completely avoid them
Yeah disney owns too much that you’d be losing a lot of entertainment if you fully boycott them. And pirating literally everything you want from them will be time consuming.
@@oomsou5018 Stop making excuses!
I think on that notice that says "Piracy is not a victimless crime", and I can't help but think, neither is supporting disney. Maybe it's not a crime, but it's definitely not victimless.
i wish piracy wasnt a victimless crime so i could kill the Mouse with my own computer
All I got was that Community is the college version of Recess.
Desdemona dude I feel dispersed this guy is totally off topic
@@colinjohnson4903 100%
and Recess is the elementary school version of Hogan's Heroes.
Walt Disney's reanimated corpse will be surprised when we (America as a whole) inevitably switch from dollars to Monstickers
your profile pic is from Mario And Luigi partners in time?
@@mitsuki23otaku yes, it's commander shroob, boss of star hill
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 The man was a ghoul. He'd be drooling with joy and hungering for the day when Disney has 100% of the market. Those with power love to use that power to propagandize themselves and the systems they serve. The warm fuzzy feelings we get from Bill Gates' PR is no different than the North Korean tv stations telling us about how Jong Un doesn't have to poop. Nobody ever talks about Elon Musk's slaves that he looted emeralds from.
@@BMoser-bv6kn Isn't it true that Mr. Disney hated Jews? People be saying that Jews are all about the money. I don't think I see that.
- click on the video *look how Disney is evil* - Actually the video is *how I wanna rant about how Community stole a Disney cartoon*
I guess the lesson here is to quit Disney+ and watch everything Disney on illegal websites
what i've been doing for years
_”You can’t watch the 2001: a space odyssey episode”_ *watch me*
yar har
Do what you want coz a pirate is free, you are a pirate!
Atornity “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.” - Marty McFly
Disney itself at this point is a problem. Their becoming megalomaniacal and self-absorbed. We cannot let Disney become a monopoly. I refuse it.
Don't hate the player, hate the game. They're just doing what the system incentivizes.
@@Dorian_sapiens Exactly. The recipient is nearly always at fault as well; on some level, shape or form.
It’s also a challenge to critique them when they have millions of adult baby fans who binge on nostalgia, ready to defend a whole as corporation they “grew up with”
@@Dorian_sapiens What? You can't blame the system for Disney being greedy and wanting to own everything. You know why Sony got pissed at them and took Spiderman back? Because Disney insisted on taking most of the money and Sony taking a sliver. Disney is greedy. I love Disney so much, and I don't like saying it, but it's the truth. They're selfish, greedy, and overpowered. And their power continues to grow. And it's not good. They buy everything. They own everything.
@@VarjoPira Who exactly are you referring to when you say recipient?
I’ve been saying this for years now after their acquisition of Lucas Films. They just keep growing and swallowing up competition. This oligopoly has to stop. “Free market! Anyone can make a film studio business!”.... not anymore in the media industry, unless you have billions upon billions to jump start it.
Ghosty I wouldn’t say Lucasfilm was their competition. Lucasfilm wasn’t really doing anything. After Episode III, they only made 3 movies in 10 years, one of which was a panned Indiana Jones movie, one of which was a panned Star Wars animated movie, and one of which was a panned war movie that didn’t even make back its budget.
About the school being like a prison, I’m guessing that’s why in the intro the door slamming shut sounds like a prison door shutting.
US antitrust laws really need to be reworked for the modern era, and they need to be actively enforced.
It’s always late to the party. The real problem is that the Disney’s and Comcast’s and Microsoft’s of the world can always settle for duopoly, quadropoly etc. wherein the market still crowds out newcomers and innovators whilst avoiding the technical designation of being a monopoly. We have a lot of markets that have crowded everyone else out. A team of lawyers ensure that their ‘across the aisle’ cooperation is in fact legal. We need across the board shifts in anti-trust law.
This is only part of the problem the second part is that capital is now international in a way that it never was in the past, individual national governments are almost powerless to act against multi-nationals, transnational organisations like the EU seem to have some scope to deal with this problem but there are a huge number of ways that capital can circumvent any restrictions.
@@Tstorm731 I don't think they'd ever play nice to do that, but they'll certainly do something similar to the glasses and spectacles companies, where they'll just make a bunch of subsidiaries and masquerade as competitors to themselves.
Or better yet, Anarchism, overthrow the greedy Bourgeois, and end copyright laws. American Liberal capitalism was never democractic (civil rights groups have to fight hard for respect), and was just a marketing by the rich. Also 20s Liberal Germany devolved to fascism. Maybe read Marx.
@@Tacom4ster I know with what Disney did to it, it doesn't seem so, but copyright laws actually do give some protections to smaller creators to give them a legal leg to stand on in case a big company or more powerful person tries to steal their ideas. So I don't know that I'd want to get rid of them totally, though I do think they could shorten the time frame to pre-Disney standards
We were homeschooled so my younger siblings had no concept of recess and just called this show "School Kids"
They’re not wrong though, you gotta give em that
If history teached us one thing. If there is a too expansive monopoly, than people turn to illegal things as long as the market doesn't change. Examples: Limewire, Napster, Movie2k, Piratebay, boerse.bz, Megaupload to name a few
All it takes is a nice VPN. Saves me from wasting time and money watching bad movies.
also fmovies.wtf, 123movies, gomovies.to the "piracy is a crime" video warning that they had before every movie in the early 2000's clearly didn't work on my broke ass
*taught
@@yxw6528 they pirated the music for it, too! hypocrites!
📣 Dan Harmon please report to the principal's office immediately
Its really great to see someone give Recess its dues for being such a clever show
A friend and I started saying "frank" in 4th grade. A made up swear word that landed me in multiple detentions and in-school suspension. Ah, the fragile sensibilities of adults.
It’s a franking name, though...
Feel bad for any kid named Frank
Well, that seems like a Francis waste of detention enforcement that could be better used on actual school-related problems.
This...this is chaos at its finest. 😈 I don’t know who you are...but I’m proud of you 👍
Now we have frick
Dude.. the first few minutes flipped my world. Two of my favorite tv shows are the same show and intentionally created at the same time I entered elementary and community college. I’m having one of those existential crisis.
That fuckin "Hall of the Mountain King" in the background does a great job of making that whole intro feel totally deranged
I’ll stick to recess “Subconsciously to appeal to the recess fans. “
"The school is a prison." - Michel Foucault liked this video.
American public schools are a prison. I was miserable in school and got C's and B's until they opened a sort of home school program where you can do all your class work and home work at home and essentially teach yourself using the exact same curriculum and just turn everything in once a week. I was able to get all my work done for the week in roughly 6-8 hours and my grades went from a roughly B- average to a B+ or A- average, and i was ALSO able to start working part time at a technical school towards me eventual career. Schools are more of a child prison/state funded babysitting service than they are about teaching anything.
literally just learned about this guy yesterday in phi 175 couldn’t agree more
*[Panoptix vibes intensify]*
No moms, no bedtimes!
I fell in love with this episode of Recess when I was a child. I thought I was the only one who remembered it. It's probably my favorite episode of any tv show I've ever watched.
it stands out for sure..
the title should be “how community is really live action recess”
There was literally a lawsuit in South Korea like a week or 2 ago about Disney being sued for basically owning the theaters because they owned everything that was being shown. It's scary that they can control scarcity of movies, theater's actions, and even what other companies do in some situations.
Just one hundred years later, like that, we're back with monopolies.
Time for a Marxist uprising?
Or another economic collapse. Humans never fucking learn.
@Sir Dong Dinglesworth III just waiting for collapse, knife and fork ready.
Except, oddly enough, the monopolies of the robber barons almost unilaterally lowered prices on goods
Everyone in this comment reply thread is a fucking idiot. "A marxist revolution" "eat the rich". The rich are the people hiring you for fucking jobs dumbasses. Get a hold of yourself
This show singlehandedly taught us about the government, capitalism, monopolies in ONE episode
Actual Title: Community EXPOSED
can’t wait to hear my grandkids ask me for a couple of mouse bucks for a star wars bar
FUCKING MOUSE BUCKS IM SCREAMING 😂
It’ll be at least 50 mouse bucks
BAHAHAHAHAHA NAH 😭😂
There have been several Star Wars chocolate bars.
Apparently one of the reasons Recess was hard to find was that the "Isner crowd" didn't like the anti-capitalist undertones. They were not fully aware of them until after the movie.
What is the isner crowd mean??
@@hopeahooper Michael Isner was the CEO of disney before Bob Iger. Isner was famously... bad for a lot of decisions made at Disney, despite being the CEO during the disney rennisaunce.
@@divinityd662 Michael Eisner is a damned hero. My man bought a small struggling football club in the English south coast and will being us back to the Premier League, just you watch 😂
@@divinityd662 renaissance. it's pretty important to learn to spell that one because only in America would it be pronounced 'rennisaunce' 😥
@@aislingoda6026 Lmao I just noticed that. My fucking autocorrect swapped it and I didnt realize. I dont think that even a real word
What you're saying at the end is true but also misleading, as the disney acquisitions most effect theaters and traditional media/services. These days there are actually way more options to have a film produced and published than ever before. It used to be the big studios and maybe some independents, and everyone else had to get private funding and go to like Sundance or straight to home video to get their film seen. These days the streaming platforms are a huge competing service, while offering a more convinient and more cost effective option. Now you have Netflix, Amazon, Apple, even Hulu (though it's owned by Disney its management and greenlighting process is different), and other upcoming streaming platforms creating original film and show content. A lot of what gets made now is more unique and diverse than ever bc these services reward more interesting ideas, have more need to produce films, and have much more cost effective ways to get it to a large audience.
Cornering the market is a process, it starts with the theater's then will branch off into other forms of media publication.
Your comment didn't age well... Because now there's Disney+, the fact that Hulu also belongs to Disney now, the amount of... questionable stuff Netflix has greenlit. The streaming services are actually helping Disney become even bigger and more power hungry. And just because the other services are open to new ideas it doesn't mean that 50% or more of those movie/series ideas won't be mediocre or terrible at worst. Need I mention the amount of awful live-action remakes that Netflix has made (and will make) of animated series?
@@100lovenana It sure did age well!
Never thought so much about the implications of a media monopoly. Damn. My eyes are open to Disney's thirst for capitalism, and how good recess apparently is. Gonna go watch it now!
You could start by quitting your Disney+ account.
After the mandalorian, then I swear im done.
Mechanical Neural Quantum Nexus You can be done now. *raises pirate flag* Btw you don’t even need to use a vpn unless you wanna be safe. Unless it’s blatantly obvious they don’t care about people who stream it. Only those who upload it online.
@@yee5163 I get disney plus for free anyways, stole it from my step bro. Wink wink
Everybody learn how to pirate and or buy physical copies of films and tv series(at least you OWN them)
Yeah I was like, "Why the fuck do you have Disney+ if you think Disney is becoming a monopoly?"
When the studio buys up every show Who ya gonna call? *Trust Busters!*
Where's Teddy Roosevelt when you need him?
@@andmicbro1 'When the rats feed on the mountain, the rider of rampage shall emerge from his slumber. With his will, he will dispel the rodents enmasse. And neither the hand of man, nor the word of law shall halt his crusade.' The songs of the end 45;38
When there's something strange Sleeping in your bed Lemme tell you something *Bustin makes me feel good!*
@@caiosoares2834 BustinBustinBustinBustin!
Ciao Soares Sounds like you’re busting more than trusts
Came here to remember my love of Recess. Instead, my love for Community got attacked.
Why were they allowed to buy 20e Century Fox in the first place?! I remember Google trying to buy Twitch and them not being allowed to because it would create a monopoly.
Title: Recess comments on monopolies In the beginning 5 minutes of the video: look guys, Community is a rip off
He's killing two birds with one ripoff.
Agreed. He gets very sidetracked in this video.
I guess he just wanted to get that off his chest.
I enjoyed watching it and probably wouldn't have just watched a video about Community
@@coryray8436 I think that was an intentional sidetrack so that he could explain the premise of Recess by hiding this goal behind another one.
“You can’t watch the 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons.” Is this the sound of rum, concertina and the sea, lad?
YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE
TIME TO SAIL THE SEAS BOYS
2:33 China's social credit score system.
This is so worrisome that South Korea's government is complaining because allegedly Frozen 2 was shown in half of all the country's theaters. To be considered a monopoly you have to own 40% of the...industry? I guess you could you say But it turned out to be more like 38%. So people are just "overreacting".
I'd say a return to the old copyright system (about 40 years flat) could at least change the film industrie, if not halt Disneys monopolizing. If they were bound to lose rights to a franchise by it becoming public propertie, they could'nt afford hanging on to franchises too long. They would need to accept more pitches instead of relying on old established works of fiction, including (presumablie) more controverse ones. Or they just enslave more writers and ad-creators to push underdeveloped mediocre garbage, one of these two.
Agreed, Disney has pressured changes in the copyright law that has lead to shear lunacy. They did it to protect Mickey because he's way passed any of the original copyright laws.
The amount of fight they would put up against that would be huge.I can't imagine them letting that go through.
@@CaiRobinson yeah, it was theyr creation in the first place and theyr influence isn't decreasing any time soon so its probably wishfull thinking
The Paramount Decision should include Streaming services, if it isn't already and nobody has simply challenged it. If streaming services are pointing toward the end to theaters in general, then one could say it has become the new theater and should be held to the same standard.
I agree but thats a lot harder to enforce, especially with the sham administration we currently have that values monopolies and thinks they're healthy for the economy.
Streaming services are all owned by individual companies, they can’t show content they don’t own the rights to... that should be obvious,
No, part of the issue that led towards the Paramount Decision was the lack of access someone back in that day would have to see a different studio’s movie. Today, access to streaming entertainment is essentially universal - anyone wanting to watch Netflix is also capable of watching Disney+. A good amount of shows are also funded by the studio as incentive to provide their viewers with entertainment. Just like the Paramount Decision didn’t include television channels (which would be ludicrous), they should not include streaming services as well. The death of theater is not coming about because of the death of access - it is rather the abundance of access that leaves the audience of today less reason to go out and watch a movie like they did before.
Jonathan Juan wrong. Everyone can pay to access any one streaming service, but you need to pay for 7+ to access all the content. But not everyone can afford 100$/month in subscription fees. So access is, in fact, restricted. The Paramount Case needs to updates to include streaming. Companies like Netflix should be lobbying for it, since they will soon go bankrupt with Disney+ around.
@@francoisrd ^this. the problem with streaming services is best shown with Anime streaming, since individual streaming services have exclusive licenses to each of the anime that they distribute. the problem is that this has led to an explosion of pirated anime, since the prices for individual streaming services quickly add up, and none of them are under any obligation to provide all their content in all regions equally. a service can choke an anime simply because of how they handle it's adaptation and distribution, since there is an artificial lack of competition for each service.
The fourth fifth and sixth seasons are all in the third seasons list of episodes
God, Recess is just the greatest. Absolutely loved watching this religiously after school back in the day.
Dismantle Disney. And, hey, why not some other huge companies while we’re at it?
Why can't we just dismantle the CEOs' bodies :(
@@Vanessa-dz8ut Because that would solve absolutely nothing...?
Arguably, dismantling the companies could have a bad effect on the economy as well. If you're just talking about studios splitting off from them, then that'd be fine, but if you outright took down those big companies and didn't leave a sizable amount of smaller ones in its place, you'd have a problem. The best way to deal with Monopolies is competition, since then prices are lowered, and, with entertainment, more risks are taken and true gems are created.
Back in the day we did a monopoly break up of oil companies and separated them into different companies, looks like we need to do something similar to entertainment and new media.
Just revoke their intellectual property and put in in the public domain
“Money doesn’t feature blood sucking ghouls from beyond the grave”... you sure about that?
I think that was the point.
That's it you win.
Haha I missed that dam
The Dollar Guy that’s kinda insulting to our Presidents/Founding Fathers. (Maybe Jackson is an exception)
Clark Strange, sorry for the long reply, but important. Not insulting our founding fathers, I have respect for them. I was Insulting the “crypto-humans” behind our phony FIAT, pay-to-borrow currency called the US dollar. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 passed by Woodrow Wilson handed America’s banks over to a private banking cartel in Europe. Every dollar we print, we owe 30% to a privately owned, offshore NON-AMERICAN banking corporation. This our 22 trillion debt. We cannot be in debt to ourselves.
From reading online, it looks like Disney+ merged seasons 3, 4, 5, and 6 into just 3. So they technically have all of the episodes, but they put them in production codes and back to back. So it kinda ruins the continuity with the other TV Database sites. But also, no movie from what I can tell.
How have I never made the Recess/Community connection before?! I'm a huge fan of both shows and it never occurred to me, but it now seems so obvious! I feel like I've been living in a Platonic cave my whole life and you just showed me the real world.
How old were you all when you found out that recess is actually so the teachers can take a union mandated break and not for the students?
Vod Kinockers I was today years old when I learned that.
^this is not true
silversonic99 it absolutely is true fuck face
Then why is recess only in lower education
@@chrislafrance3302 because that comment is horseshit
This video makes me so happy as a fan of Recess and someone who has been b*tching about Disney becoming a monopoly and no one seeming to give a damn.
Hmm I don’t think Disney owns our brains. I think any one can produce a thought. I believe Disney is only guilty of top quality animation.
Community = Recess blew my mind. I graduated high school when the cartoon came out so I never saw it.
Community being Recess is another layer of being meta.
I knew that it wasn’t good that Disney was taking over these different studios, but I fully grasp the kinds of damage they were doing until I saw this video. Also, the Recess example was a good way to lead into what Disney’s actually doing. Thanks for your time and effort, this was really informative.
Lyoko920 that’s so good after all. I do not like the company primarily for acquisition related reasons. That’s all.
@Lyoko920 Disney cancelled many Fox movies, because they just won’t work. Films are cancelled everyday in Hollywood. Disney fired many employees, because they were non-essential as they already had counterparts at Disney.
It was by Star Wars movies made by Disney I came around to realizing the damage Disney is doing.
Community: Just Write: Recess did it #AllSixSeasonsAndTheMovie
Huh I just though Craig of the Creek ripped this show off and did it alot less funny.
Dan Harmon didn't rip off recess. I doubt he's even seen an episode.
@@brockashsfrund It was a joke.
@@brockashsfrund thatswhy its a exact copy
the recess v community bit is the real mind-blower here
Hey!.... That chirping bird sounds are driving m nuts