Disney Channel 1983 Shutdown

This video shows the shutdown of The Disney Channel from April 18th 1983, to spring 1986.

## The Shutdown

In a background of space with the Earth on the bottom right corner, we see a satellite shaped like Mickey Mouse's head going up, then down to the Earth, where it sprinkles pixie dust into a town before going back up. The pixie dust form the shape of Mickey Mouse's head. We then see the satellite pan from left to right, while spreading pixie dust in space. Then the Disney Channel icon at the time appears. Pixie dust them forms the text "The Disney Channel". A few seconds later, the logo fades to black. Jerry Bishop was the narrator, and this is what he said during the shutdown.

The Disney Channel wishes you a wonderful tomorrow, and remember: you always have a place to turn to - your family place, The Disney Channel. And now, goodnight!

## Scare Factor

Medium to high. While the music might be cute, the Mickey Mouse satellite has caused outpouring of comments on YouTube saying that it was creepy. Those who were living at the time who saw it maybe weren't scared by the satellite.

Examples of the comments:

1. OK, I love old-school Disney Channel, but this makes me glad Mom and Dad sent me to bed by nine or ten.  That Mickey sattelite seems designed to haunt your mind all night! - BabbleTrish, 2007
2. That Mickey Mouse head is such a creepypasta. - beatledude64, 2008
3. that mickey face scares the fuck outta me - Sonickewl, 2008
4. Holy crap! That micky mouse head freaks me out. If I would have seen that as a kid I would have probably shat myself. :( - LaughingVampire, 2010
5. Creepiest Mickey Mouse image I've ever seen.  I'll see that in my dreams and never get it out of my head. Help. - Antonio Diaz, 2010
6. That decapitated mouse head is creepy. - rrrrr, 2011
7. that flyn micky head was creapy bt i dnt remember this - Kylynn B., 2012
8. If there was a floating, silver Mickey head with a demonic grin prancing around in my room at night, dark, no one in the room, I would run out of my room crazy as heck and tell my puppies that my room is evil and the Mickey head is like Freddy Fazbear! - You Suck, 2014
9. The face of mickey mouse it scary is not like the sime of the original - ThatOneLebaneseGuy, 2016
10. weon mickey da miedo :'v - Joshua Vallejo, 2017
11. Jesus that mickey drone thing - charlie, 2017
12. THAT WAS FREAKING SCARY WITH THE FLYING MICKY HEAD - dannyhogan, 2017
13. That Metal Mickey Looks Creepy - Vrliamdiidmailrd, 2017
14. Gosh,If I Had A Silver Mickey Head   Flying Toy I'd Say at School to my Friends  to my Friends and Teachers that my room is the Worst Ever!!!! - valmae76, 2018
15. That face looks very creepy - TheEpicSlayer, 2018
16. 0:11 - me: \*watching disney channel 1983 bumper at 3am\* Me: that face was creepy Also me: \*sweet dreams and go to sleep\* AAARGG! i cant sleep cuz of the face - superkids, 2019
17. OH BLYAT! WE NEED TO BOMB THAT SATELLITE. RIGHT FUCKING NOW (calls Valentin Glushko (Head of Soviet Space Program from the 70s to end of 80s)) Glushko! Get the R-36 ready! We need to shoot down this creepy looking mickey mouse satellite before it orbits around the Soviet Union! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_\_LnWAjUON8 \*Disney spy satellite shot down by Soviet missile 1983\*) - Nico Pasanen, 2020
18. I remember this, the flying Mickey head of death followed by a test screen that said Good Night with an awful tone. - John Ritcher, 2020
19. DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE DONT PAUSE ON MICKEY'S FACE - Blue Jorquera, 2020
20. That metal Mickey Mouse head gives me the creeps... - Flashback Guy, 2020
21. Why does Mickey scared me his teeth looks like he did drugs - Lourdes Paz, 2021
22. That Mickey head looks uncanny as [soi], tear it down **immediately**. - Teal Projects., 2022
23. Boy that is a creepy looking Mickey - JacksonLikesFNFMods67, 2022
24. That is one ugly Mickey Mouse - Tubmin, 2023
25. Imagine That it's 1983 and the time is 3am and you're in your room alone and disney channel hasn't signed off yet and you were surprised that it hasn't signed off yet and the disney channel 1983 sign off shows up before you could finish thinking you got scared and you didn't know what was gonna happen next and then it ended and the narrator says: "Goodnight, FOREVER." and then it ended you were scared and didn't know what happened you thought that the disney channel got hacked but before you could thinking again a jumpscare showed up and it broke the glass in the tv and popped out of the screen the jumpscare was the silver mickey head from the disney channel 1983 sign off and it scared you so hard you tried running away but couldn't move you were frozen in place and there was no escape and then the head opened it's mouth ready to eat you and the head said: "GOOD-NIGHT F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" And then the head ate you and then you died - THIS CHANNEL IS CLOSED, 2023
26. Why the Mickey satellite - James Pitt, 2023

## Video

Disney Channel 1983 sign-off-2Disney Channel 1983 sign-off. Used when they went off the air every night at 11pm, I believe.