Nelly's Folly

[kkoganei]

"I could not bewieve it if I hadn't hoid it with mine own eyes!" :))

[ShenaniBanani]

Can someone PLEASE tell me the name of the song at 4:00 ? I cant find it anywhere. uushhh.

[IamTonyHoffman]

been way too long sence iv seen this

[IamTonyHoffman]

i love this so much

[disjoinedchip2]

bit of a tear jerker this actually.

[BunniesandPuppies]

I love 6:33 through 6:57

[angelofdolls]

Amazing, i loved!

[moviencartoons2]

That was #1 by the way.

2.) Do you think this song is also similar to the New Year's Eve music? 2:35 to 3:06.

[wileyk209zback]

@moviencartoons2 Yes, it is a parody of "Auld Lang Syne."

[moviencartoons2]

"Auld Lang Syne?" What's that?

[wileyk209zback]

@moviencartoons2 That is the name of the song traditionally sung on New Years' Eve.

[moviencartoons2]

Oh, right.

[moviencartoons2]

Do you think this cartoon is very similar to "Gay Purr-ee?"

[LovelyBlueJin]

The most ominous of sounds had come from the giraffe

[HisPrincessKittykat]

Such a brilliant cartoon.

[Moonstone2732]

Kinda shows how things have changed over the years. Or maybe its just for this cartoon. Nell gets involved in a affair and her fans turn on her. But it happens today and most of us really don't care. And lets face it, it doesn't affect celebrities today because many still see their movies or buy their records(well techincally iTunes or CDS)

[mermaidblue282]

what is the name of the final song of this cartoon

[grizabella626]

Very cute. A sweet happy ending, though a little adult in it's content.

[Christina5Archer]

Does anyone think about Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher?

[0x0WolfofChrist0x0]

I haven't seen this in years. Thank u for posting it!

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

A great cartoon.

[slydawg221]

i never saw this cartoon before thank you elephantmarch for posting it.

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

Nominated for an Academy Award in 1962, for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.

Ed Prentiss, the narrator of this film, used to be "Captain Midnight" on radio in the 1940's.

Ed Prentiss also narrated Chuck Jones' "Martian Through Georgia" 1 year later.

Gloria Wood sang the original "Rice-A-Roni, The San Francisco Treat" TV jingle

Gloria Wood was also the vocalist for Kay Kayser's "The Woody Woodpecker Song" and was dubbed the singing voice of Marilyn Monroe, Vera Ellen, and Betty Grable.

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

He turns to her and calls her a "has-been". Nelly is devastated, and contemplates suicide, as she knows her career is now over and she may never find true love again. Next, we hear Nelly singing a beautiful love song as we see her sad reflection in a pond back in Africa, tears dripping from her eyes, and from the eyes of her jungle friends. Moments later, another male giraffe begins singing along with her. They meet, fall in love, everyone's happy, and the cartoon ends.

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

Nelly releases several albums, but over time becomes lonely with fame and longs for male companionship. One day she wanders into the Zoo and falls in love with a male giraffe, but she finds out he's already married (albeit unhappily, as the "wife" catches him looking at her). Scandal ensues and her agent tells her she's ruining her career, and she leaves show business to be with her new love interest. Nelly returns to the Zoo and finds her guy snuggling with his wife

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

So Nelly leaves her friends in the jungle for civilization, captivated by the idea of show business. She sings jingles for "Algonquin Rutabaga Tonic", a cure for ailments, and puts on live stage shows, and produces a line of giraffe-neck clothing (playing on "turtle-neck" sweaters). The camera closes in on a turtle reading an article on the giraffe-neck clothing, who turns to the camera and says, "Well, that's show business".

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

The cartoon opens in Africa where our narrator describes how dark and terrifying it is, among jungle sounds and roars. From this, we hear the melodious sound of singing as the camera opens on a singing giraffe named Nelly, who is performing for her animal friends. A hunter appears, and tells her, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it with me own eyes!" and has her sign a contract offering her fame and fortune.

[cualjuan]

Wonderful cartoon. Gloria Wood's voice was so sweet... every musical number on it is moving, especially the last one, "You'll Remember Me", from "The Bohemian Girl". Thank you s much for posting.

[mcatdtJEEP]

BEST CARTOON EVER!!!!

[LemonVamp]

Beautiful voice acting, love chuck jones!

[elephantmarch]

Yes, it could. And yes, you almost can't count as a succesful celebrity without a scandal these days haha. But you can certainly see this cartoon was meant to reflect the consequences of a scandal at the time

[mdumas43073]

That's Gloria Wood doing the Jo Stafford-like singing in this.

The plot of a big star losing the public's affection due to an extramarital affair basically mirrors the Ingrid Bergman/Roberto Rossellini scandal of the early '50s. In Bergman's case she was eventually able to rebuild her career. (Of course, none of this would raise an eyebrow nowadays.)

This cartoon can almost be seen as a bookend to "One Froggy Evening", can't it?

[sarge2006]

Wow, that was beautiful!

[SecksTheSniper]

I remember watching this when I was little, thanks for uploading it! :D

[Wansteadskyblue]

Thank you so much for posting this. I saw it once before sometime in the '70's and have often thought of it since. Bitter sweet charm.

[cubantoro]

Wow... what a GEM!~ Chuck jones... Bless you!

[bizrat]

i remember seeing this so many years ago on cartoon network (when it was still an awesome channel) it's so cute =3

[Moonstone2732]

That's one of my favorite cartoons.

[thetyreed]

Saw this the first time when I was 10.  I cried and wept 10 hours straight. Went decades searching for it. It was one of the things I prayed would come on youtube and now it finally has.

[mightymurid]

Exactly, me too! Except I think I only cried for about 10 minutes at the time. I wonder what smartass at Nickelodeon decided it would be a good idea to air a cartoon about adulterous giraffes. I also tip my hat to that smartass.

[NiceView23]

@mightymurid this isn't nichelodeon... this is warner bro. directed but chuck jones

[Ukinojoe]

GIWAFFS

[TinyDancer500]

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Nearly brought a tear, I must admit. Thanks for posting this treat! Bonus Trivia: Gloria Wood (Nelly) sang the classic Rice-A-Roni TV jingle ("The San Francisco treat!"), among many others, was the vocalist for Kay Kyser's "The Woody Woodpecker Song", and dubbed the singing voices of Marilyn Monroe, Vera-Ellen and Betty Grable. Busy gal.

[fromthesidelines]

This was nominated for an Academy Award as "Best Cartoon of 1962". The uncredited narrator is Ed Prentiss (who used to be "Captain Midnight" on radio in the '40s), who also narrated Jones' "Martian Through Georgia" a year later...

[malikscifi92]

Funny and touching. This short just goes to show it's not easy being a celebrity with "the whole world at your feet".

[Canti654]

I used to see this one on TV all the time, back when programmers actually had a pair. Why don't they ever put these on DVD?

[FirstClassHeel]

Well, they have the Looney Tunes Golden Collection and they're going to put out more and more obscure cartoons. Maybe this will be in there in an upcoming DVD set (the sixth. There are currently five out).

[thetyreed]

second time seeing it ever. first time I was 11. first show that ever made me cry.

[starvina]

I love this one!

[voltak663]

D: oh god I've bene going crazy looking for this. I totally forgot what it was called and people thought I was making it up...now I can show they're asses I was indeed RIGHT.

[voltak663]

ok...let me correct my mistakes...

*Been

*their

[JA268]

Very Lovely it almost made me cry

[glowworm2]

An absolutely beautiful cartoon-especially the ending with the good-looking giraffe singing with her!

[wiley207]

The closing with the MM text on a black background is neat, but it would've been better if it had the "Merrily We Roll Along" closing accompany it.

[wiley207]

That is, if it was LEFT IN! :p (that was a pause for dramatic effect)

[looneywoman]

Hmmmmm...was that "specialty" MM-card cut off, perhaps? I know of it, as I've seen it on other sites, but I didn't see it on this particular video...

[Salesman]

wow! I remember this one and it sure was one trying to send a message. Don't know if it got through but it made me somewhat sad whenever it came on.

[xfightcityx]

omg!!! i love this

[cbrubaker]

Man, I used to have this on tape. Nice to see it again.