Awesome / Defunctland

• After seemingly being discarded following the first season, the release of the very first part of the virtual reality Defunctland Park, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is extremely well done, and shows that the initial premise of allowing people to experience attractions that no longer exist hasn't been forgotten.
• The FastPass episode as a whole. It's not only the longest, most detailed episode of the series by far at an hour and 43 minutes, but Kevin actually hired an industrial engineer to create a simulation of a theme park to determine the effects FastPass and FastPass+ have on wait times, number of attractions ridden, and other statistics. Said simulation is initially presented as a made-up theme park named "Shapeland", but then Kevin drops a massive bombshell when it's revealed that this simulation was based on an actual day at Animal Kingdom in 2019, with Kevin and the engineer altering the simulation's dynamic factors to get the simulation as close to that day as possible, then altering/removing the FastPass-relevant elements to get the results of the other two simulation runs. And then Kevin also reveals that they simulated Magic Kingdom for good measure.
• The DefunctTV special about uncovering the mystery composer behind Disney Channel's now-iconic four-note jingle/theme/mnemonic also gets a mention for its length, going for roughly an hour and a half. In that time, Kevin's trip down the rabbit hole leads him to discuss not just the history of the channel, but channel themes and bumpers in general. It gets to the point where Kevin actually manages to contact and interview multiple people behind the channel's branding (including the Senior Vice President On-Air from when the channel underwent its tween-centric rebranding in the early 2000s, who also discloses the genesis of the equally-iconic "Wand ID" bumpers) in an effort to solve the mystery, which he does! Sadly, it winds up that the composer, Alex Lasarenko, passed away in 2020, but Kevin still managed to uncover the incredibly talented man behind one of the most iconic jingles in kids' TV, and - in a very heartwarming tribute - uses his non-Disney Channel work as background music for the video in an attempt to avoid reducing his legacy to something he might not have cared much for, while still noting that being the "Disney Channel theme composer" is still a pretty incredible legacy to leave behind.
• "Journey to EPCOT Center". Hoooooooooooly crap. Everyone knew Kevin had big (and we mean BIG) plans for EPCOT, especially those who kept an eye on his Twitter account and bore witness to the many behind-the-scenes peeks posted over the roughly two-and-a-half years of development, but the final product is a Formula-Breaking Episode to the utter extreme. Rather than a narrated guide like just about every other episode, Kevin opted to give the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow an equally-experimental treatment: an absolutely stunning hour-long audio-visual experience that covers EPCOT Center's development from where Kevin last left off in the "Adventure Thru Inner Space" episode (Walt Disney's death) all the way through to the park's opening day. With the exception of various archival quotes and bits of dialogue, there is no talking at all; the intent of this piece is to convey the story and feel of each leg of the journey primarily through the visuals (which consist of live-action vignettes and a number of incredible special effects sequences that range from stop-motion animations and shadow puppetry to laser sequences and era-appropriate video presentations) and the score (a blend of many musical styles, including a full orchestra). And if that somehow weren't enough, Kevin also had a stylish "historical manifesto" made to provide additional context and explain his creative decisions, particularly those done for the sake of better conveyance. The FastPass and Disney Channel theme documentaries were incredibly impressive, but (at least from an artistic perspective) this just might be Kevin's best work yet.

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