In the early years, the Minnesota Vikings were like many new franchises of the time: dysfunctional, bad at football, and often intoxicated. And then a former NBA champion came back home to Minnesota and changed the identity of this franchise forever.
This is the first episode of Dorktown’s seven-part docuseries, The History of the Minnesota Vikings.
Release schedule:
Episode 2 (1970-1974) – Tuesday, August 8th
Episode 3 (1974-1979) – Tuesday, August 15th
Episode 4 (1980s) – Tuesday, August 22nd
Episode 5 (1990s) – Tuesday, August 29th
Episode 6 (2000s) – Tuesday, September 5th
Episode 7 (2010s-2020s) – Friday, September 8th
Written and directed by Jon Bois
Written and produced by Alex Rubenstein
Rights specialist Lindley Sico
Secret Base executive producers Will Buikema and Jon Bois
Known goofs:
During the 1968 playoff game vs. the Colts, the Joe Kapp fumble and resulting scoop and score is plotted about 20 yards off from where it actually was.
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Excited to see y'all next week. In case you didn't click the description and were curious, here's the release schedule. The first one will be a premiere (as you can tell) then from there we'll upload them as normal, but maybe swing another premiere for the finale if you're feeling it.
Episode 1 (1960s) – Tuesday, August 1st
Episode 2 (1970-1974) – Tuesday, August 8th
Episode 3 (1974-1979) – Tuesday, August 15th
Episode 4 (1980s) – Tuesday, August 22nd
Episode 5 (1990s) – Tuesday, August 29th
Episode 6 (2000s) – Tuesday, September 5th
Episode 7 (2010s-2020s) – Friday, September 8th
I would watch the entire 300 hours it would take to watch a series like this for every NFL team. And love every minute of it.
As a Detroiter, it brings me great pain to say that although the Lions suck, I am profoundly happy when they do win.
Somehow, even before I was aware of the stats, I knew that the Lions were awful. Just pure garbage. I hope this channel does take a deeper look at why they're the worst team ever one day, I'd really love to understand more, because I don't know shit about football. I'm just here to listen to Jon narrate.
You guys do such an amazing job at telling a story I loved the falcons and I'm sure I'll love this one too. It'd be awesome to see you do every NFL team. Just to be able to learn about the history and be engulfed in the story.
I love how Luke Braun described the lead up to the fourth superbowl in his documentary series on the Vikings (which was inspired by the dorktown falcons series). He too puts it as an NFL vs AFL spectacle, but he then goes a different route.
Luke describes it as the vikings being part of someone elses story, it was meant to be that the chiefs won. The jets win was seen as a fluke, the colts werent nearly as strong as the vikings a year later. This wasn’t about us, about the men from Minnesota. It was about the AFL proving itself one last time. The vikings where simply spectators to that.
Settlers didn’t steal a single acre of land from native americans
I’m intrigued by what you could do with a history of either the Milwaukee Brewers or the Milwaukee Bucks, my hometown teams. I think the Packers have had too much success through the years to be worthy of one of your documentaries.
6:06 all Vikings fans hear that horn 💜💜
I guess the only other team I would want another series on is the LA Clippers. There’s so many stories you could tell about that team, one of the most cursed franchises in all of sports.
Whether this get 10 view or a million, this is the series I’ve waited for. Thank you Secret Base.
Bengals next year? The Burrow Era is almost making me forget the absolute shitshow we've been 🙂
Tearfully, silently thanked the universe for the lives of two humans that had I never heard of before – that's Dorktown for ya.
Bud Grant is based
The biggest take away so far 30 minutes into this video is that Amy Klobuchar was quite a babe in her 20s
I hope woke politics were injected like the falcons video… just good fun
You will never make the vikings likable no matter how hard you try. Go pack Go
In college idk why but we had a Tarkenton challenge. It consisted of lining up every bong in the house and had to rip them all in succession
How did I miss this excellent opportunity to relive all of the pain of my favorite football team?
Such a beautiful series
Вне конкуренции, но много вопросов
Being a colts fan on this channel Is hard.
46:41
Me, seeing Bradley University: Yay, my alma mater gets a mention!
Me, seeing why: Dammit, man
39:46 this graphics aliasing bug is giving me ASMR, I love it
Jon and Alex do it again. Huge CFL fan, (Stamps for me but my extended family are all Bombers) so I can attest to Bud Grant's legendary status up here. The man is revered. rip.
As a colts fan, the same message plays across my mind as I had during the past Vikings game ending…this team and IU football has made me numb inside
Surely this documentary about the Vikings won't take any random potshots at my New York Jets. That would be ridiculous
Loved this, cannot wait for the rest of the episodes. These Dorktown docs are just the best, thanks for the brief jets segment Jon 😂
For all its ups and downs, I love this team.
One of the MOST solid Dorktowns ever!! Good job guys.
This channel is incredible
"are you lying about being the Vikings QB?"
"nah bro, Joe Kapp"
The graph for win differential of the Viking looks like a headphone graph
Always good to hear Jon Bois
Hey Jon, a employee of yours tried to make a video with a ton of lies about the USWNT. Nate The Lawyer has been covering the lies of the USWNT for years and he just crapped on your channels new video about the USWNT. It's Pretty Good…
As a Washington fan, discovering that a time line that's measured in fifty plus years, the Commanders are a winning team is eye opening.
Thanks Tom Brady for being really good and the 2000's Lion being really bad. We are only 2nd worse.
No mention of the voodoo curse picked up in NA?
I actually got chills that jon is already talking about the comeback at 9:00