The Whale Who Sang At The Met 1 of 2

[demarkahs]

This, this right hear is what Disney was all about, making good quality cartoons that people of all ages loved no matter who they was, and not only that educating people, children don't go to operas but this is a perfect way to teach them A little about culture and classical music.

[BigBoobsMacGhee]

LOVED these Disney shorts growing up! Why did they stop doing them?

[simpsondan]

Thank god i was born in 1990 and i got to watch this..i feel so jolly now

[ariesram93]

i like how the sailors dont have feet XD lol

[HermaphroGynandro]

DON'T WORRY! WE'LL SAVE YOU!!!

[NathanLStanfield]

all the sing voices where done by one person. Now that's talent

[thrasherwartooth]

One of my favorite shorts

[Anoneyedmouse]

does anyone have the names to the songs that come out in this? especially the one that this clips ends with?

[ferboamorte]

@Anoneyedmouse Chi mi freno in tal momento? (uncredited) aka "Sextet" from "Lucia di Lammermoor" "Shortnin' Bread" "Largo al factotum" (uncredited) From "The Barber of Seville" Music by Gioachino Rossini Sung by Nelson Eddy "Tristan und Isolde" Music by Richard Wagner "Mefistofele" Music by Arrigo Boito "Mag der Himmel Euch Verbegen" (uncredited) Music by Friedrich von Flotow "Ride of the Valkyries" (uncredited) Music by Richard Wagner

[BlueAiacos]

@Phersephoie Google it. But Disney still awesome.

[Phersephoie]

@BlueAiacos I did, and it's sad...

[BlueAiacos]

Didn't watch the Make Mine Music entirely. But I remember this whale. It's really good. I don't follow any religion but, even though people say Disney is Satanic, the first time I've heard the word "miracle" was in this segment and in the movie The Sword in the Stone.

[Phersephoie]

@BlueAiacos how can Disney be satanic? I'd love to hear the arguments on that.

[nicka209]

@Phersephoie Heres an example:At the end of fantasia the ending is basically the devil breaks from the ground and goes apeshit THE END

[Phersephoie]

@nicka209 umm no, he is eventually interrupted by dawn, the hearing of church bells and the passing of people with candles (generally symbolised as people of faith) in amidst the song "Ave Maria" wich states the salutation of the Virgin Mary....NOW it is the end. Wich version did you see exactly?

[nicka209]

@Phersephoie Im just joking dude :P

[Phersephoie]

@nicka209 Oh thank God...

[ken131]

Thumbs up if That Guy with the Glasses brought you here...

[MiKAelangelo90]

@ken131 My childhood memories brought me here.

[imdb88]

Doug Walker just mentioned in his Disneycember review that this is his favorite segment of Make Mine Music.

[ferretyluv]

@imdb88 Hell, this is the only part of the movie I remember as a kid. It depressed the fuck out of me. I'm surprised it didn't start a whole anti-whaling campaign like Bambi.

[iricetsui]

The guy at 1:11 looks like Fred Armisan! Yes!!

[iricetsui]

The guy at 1:11 looks like Fred Armisan from SNL!!

[endofall18]

Oh the nostalgia! What's the song Willy sings starting at 7:32?

[ferociousgumby]

I see a little touch of Chuck Jones in the animation Was he a Disney animator (like almost all of them were)?

[WillScarlet16]

@ferociousgumby Not until the 50s when he did some small work on Sleeping Beauty before Warners rehired him, but he probably admired Disney more than the others.

He claims to be the only animator who wrote Disney fan letters.

[mak34237]

I like that the sailors have no feet.

[MiloLady]

omg.... i saw this when i was young. OMG thank you nostalgia

[PanderflyLUV]

I remember this from when I was really little. I have been looking for it (well, trying to remember what it was called) for years! Thank you sooooo much for uploading it!!!

[mdk124]

wow i saw this when im like 5 years old hahah. surprised i still remember

[POPPPUdane]

This year friends and I watched the official list of the 50 animated Disney feature films in order. It took us months, but this was absolutely the best moment.

[Gundamknight100]

that song will forever be reminding me of the opening of the movie known as Oscar with Slyvester Stallone and Tim Curry.

[LeRinkRat]

the great Nelson Eddy with the narration and vocals. EXCELLENT Largo al Factotum and Lucia Sextet. BRAVO Eddy!!!

[GCm4n]

This is one of the earliest cartoons i remember from my childhood!!

[GremlinsandCrites]

Willie is in my top 100 favorite Disney characters. :D

[missdyza]

This reminds me of my childhood. I was very traumatized at that whale's death.

[ferboamorte]

Beautiful... just beautiful. Teardropping cartoon... Bravo!!!!



[GoddessofEggrolls]

I have been trying to remember the title to this for months when I for some reason started thinking of it. I remember watching this with my dad way back. I was plaing Disney trivia with some friends the other day when the title was in a question. Hallelujah!

[EggeBogge]

I did always laugt at the cat at 1:24 :) Funny to see this again

[jerryfinsternumber9]

"FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE gah-roooooooooo?!?!?!?!"

[bige81892]

That glimpse of willies voice, were those supposed to be three uvulas, or were they vocal cords?

[bige81892]

I love willie's singing and i was crushed when he was killed. :(

[PastaBakeMilkShake]

Those sailors make me laugh XD

[WhateverNWhatNot]

"There'za she'za blows! THERE ZA SHE ZA BLOWS!!!!" Lmao!



[Mizenko]

"Two little chillen, lyin in bed, one of um sick and de otha most dead." O__O uhhhh I remember watching this when I was little, but WHat tHe FuCK? well actually it explains why I have a sick sense of humor i guess. O___O This is way more fucking disturbing than I remember......Now I'm scared......

[Bastarden]

My father told me just today that he wondered for a long time if he'd done the right thing letting me watch this cartoon as a child. Appearantly I was so destrought after seeing that wonderful character die in that way...I still cry like a baby whenever I see it, but he sure did the right thing letting me watch this classic.

[darthkazden]

so sad he dies

[SardaukarPrime]

Nelson Eddie had a prodigious voice.

[portinaribe]

Classics never get old...

[rougeleader302]

i watched this on lazer disc in 90's

[w0lfye]

0:11 - "presenting Nelson Eddy, who does ALL the voices for the tragic story..."

Remarkable!

[sniperwolf7]

what is the name of the song after Figaro?  I've heard it before but I never learn the name.

[TimeLordXIII]

@sniperwolf7 THE SEXTET FROM LUCIA

[WishmasterTheDark]

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro Figaro... 5:41 Fweeeegaro!!! LOL!

[slinky460]

This was on a 78 RPM record album too. Never seen movie before. Still just as sad today as i remember it was wayyy back then.

[dubas00]

disney best singer ever

[SticJay74]

"Willie was no ordinary singing whale." WTF, lmao.

[ffacow1]

the sailors don't have feet!

[ApacheMan2K]

Nelson Eddy, the voice behind the narration and the singing (including Willie), was a very famous baritone singer as well as an actor.

[31operafan]

2:33-2:34: That looks a lot like the great opera tenor Enrico Caruso.

[rossyxan]

This is in my memory from when I was really young ... it was always there really :P had it on VHS :P

[Heylilvelvet]

@rossyxan Same and i still got it on VHS :)

[Heylilvelvet]

Wow what a wonderful singer Nelson was. He did so dang good in this. RIP :'(

[Heylilvelvet]

I'm watching this on VHS right now :D LOVE U WILLIE!

[Heylilvelvet]

Tetti Tatti disliked this xD of course...

[Heylilvelvet]

0:25 "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!..... This is how it ALL begaaaaan...!!" LOL XD

[artistictalent]

I am glad they cut off the part where he dies

[blueravenfire]

i remember i used to have a VHS tape of this, watched all the time as a kid, i found it a very sad cartoon cos the whale dies at the end :(

[celticguardian009]

now this is a cartoon the jonas brother and highschool musical blows compared to this one

[dolphinluv2413]

I love how that whale sang "Mammy's Little Baby Loves Shortning Bread".

[Heylilvelvet]

@dolphinluv2413 omg me too!

[Hethrin]

lol, just imagine if an ACTUAL whale went hopping along going, "Tra la la la la la la la la la la la!"

[MrVenexPetreli]

im a streetdancer so normaly opra no way !!! but i watched this when i was a kid and..... there is just something magical on this cartoon and the music ! i have no words for it .... Go Willie !!!

[museisluse]

My children would watch this over and over for an hour at a time when they were young.

[shairaptor]

Wow, what a handsome charismatic whale, I'm in love <3 How come I haven't seen that one before, I thought I've seen all Disney shorts and cartoons. I love that one!

[ProtestantIRA]

I remember this from when I was little, thanks for posting it.

[theayatollah]

I wish Willie ate Tetti-Tatti! How could he shoot him! :(

Bravissimo Willie!

[vox012]

Saw this as a little girl and I loved it. Thank you for posting this, I hadn't seen this in some 25 years and it brings back great memories.

[BassTenorObbligato]

Thank you thank you!!!

[BlazinMustang79]

this is another good one i lurrrved watchin wen i woz a kid :)

[punkpersonified]

i loved that he sings shortnin' bread. hahahahaha!!!

[ChristineScholz]

Oh how sad!



[IANOYTYK]

I remember seeing this once as a child! I was so sad when Willie died.... I cried for three days.

[ChristineScholz]

@IANOYTYK i saw this when i was litte, and im still crying

[nobodysperfect06]

I was traumatized, sad, when Willie died

[KasperDylan3000]

I remember i saw it when i was a little kid the good old days :D

[star9309]

"figaro?, figaro, fiiiiiigaro, figaro, figaro, figaro figaro figaro! *seagull points upwards and squacks* FIIIIIIIIGARO!!!" lol too funny

[raptor0jesus]

that seagull... reminds me donald duck with a large peck

[liloboy911808]

I think I remember seeing this long time ago!

[sergeimontoya]

This was kinda psychedelic when i was a kid

[GermanOperaSinger]

A classic! The very talented Nelson Eddy provided all three singing voices for Willie.

[friendofthejawas]

Awesome movie... well cartoon. LOL. I cant get enoughn of this film,,, its epic.

I had it on vhs and i watched all the time.

[DConS81]

Now that's classic Disney....aside from Jim Henson, what other man-made company could take a big name star like Nelson Eddy and get him to sing "Shortnen' Bread"

[neo19881227]

i watched this thing back when i was a kid in korea (now i live in australia), and it's great to understand what the hell they're saying

[powetcrusher]

@neo19881227 ditto

[PieFights]

Love the arguement sound effects barking dogs

[YamsRyu]

If only whale singing would sway 'sailors' to stop harpooning Ah Disney, always with the best whimsy and idealistic actions.

I've missed this <3

[Dasyati]

Methinks those uvulas would cause some chronic snoring problems in any animal without a blowhole.

[obiwanobiwan13]

That's REAL, HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION, kids!

And that's REAL MUSIC, TOO, not just loud sounds over and over that blast the windows of the car out...that's Rossini, The Barber of Seville! The Rabbit of Seville...or Woodpecker of Seville?)

And that's REAL SINGING, TOO! Not Hollywooded up, just great pipes, great music, great animation, great story...

So of course it's no surprise that this is no longer shown on TV but Pokemon and Hannah Montana are all over the place!

Oy vey...

[donnafran]

So cute. Cartoons aren't as cute as they used to be.

[jahhuit]

so lame

[TexasProudCowgirl]

@jahhuit Let me guess, you like Hannah Montana?

[RavenclawEspioXV]

Oh, man... It's been YEARS since I've seen this! By the way, when was this made? The 40's?

[CosmicSeaman]

@RavenclawEspioXV 1946.

[TexasProudCowgirl]

@RavenclawEspioXV *nod* 1946.

[Rolizful]

After so long looking for this video I finally found it, and it feels awesome. These were great cartoons. This was real children entertainment. Miss those days. But grateful to have lived them. Thumbs up!!

[roccorock997]

OMFG this has been years, almost 10 since I've seen this. I was maybe 5, wow.

[VANESSALOOKALIKE]

You cannot beat the classics.

[Queenofawesome25]

Holy crap! We watched this in music class in 5th grade!

[ariesram93]

i remember this as a kid cant beat the classic bring them back

[hopevol2]

FIGARO !

[aorin107]

3.32 Anyone know what is the name of the original piece?

[Titanmoon89]

I wish my life would be like this. Everyone singing in song. Lol

[Bloodbirdy]

Whitey the seagull?...and right after the narrator says that it shows a black whale singing a song about Mammie's baby.

[CosmicSeaman]

One of my favorites as a kid.

[zhnj123]

omg i loooved this when i was a kid ^^

[svagisen]

@ obiwanobiwan13.. it's actually Rossini's Largo al factotum from Il Barbiere di Seviglia, not Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. I'll save you time searching all 3 acts of le nozze di figaro for this aria

[obiwanobiwan13]

@svagisen OK, so instead of a whale singing perfect Mozart with three tonsils that can sing perfectly and independent with three identical sailors going to harpoon him because an Italian talent scout thinks the while sang an opera singer and the singer somehow survived as a seagull and sea life talked tot he whale and lsitend to him excitedly...we have a whale singing perfect Rossini, and all the rest of that.

Any LESS absurd? ;)

[orangeviolins]

Oh this movie (cartoon) was such a classic to me when I was a kid. I loved the singing whale. And Nelson Eddie? Classic.

[EmilyJacksonLai]

Why did people always try to hurt innocent creatures?

[obiwanobiwan13]

@EmilyJacksonLai Well, he didn't know he could actually sing, I guess he thought he was saving people inside Willy the whale who wre doing the singing.

After all, ask yourself- if you were on a boat with three sailirs that looked exactly the same and a seagull motioned to an enormous whale that started singing Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and the seagull told you and you heard not one not two but three different types of voices singing in perfect operatic harmony-

What would you do? :p

[Bloodbirdy]

@obiwanobiwan13 I'd probably check to see if i was in a cartoon and then go see a doctor.

[CyndellWarrior]

Why didn't the sailors just disarm the Harpoon and tie up Tetti Tatti so he could see and hear for himself it was Willy singing not people in his Stomach?

[Prilpril21]

That's Nelson Eddy, singing, isn't it?

[goodstuffbunny]

this is not the way you make a cartoon whale you idiots!

[hippocampuszosterae]

I hate what they did with his mouth position

[HELLL000]

@hippocampuszosterae bleh. me too

[BloodyWolfHeart]

I MISS ALL OF THESE MOVIES! now I need to find Lamert the Sheepish Lion :3 then my life will be complete :P

[TheShinkoShowLSD]

Who knew Monstro had such a good singing voice?

[Stephen10528]

@TheShinkoShowLSD Monstro? That's the whale in Pinocchio.  This whale's name is Willie.

[TheShinkoShowLSD]

@Stephen10528

I know...I was joking

[Stephen10528]

@TheShinkoShowLSD Oh, okay!

[rickardo004]

so THIS is why I appreciate opera as an adult. wow.

[Artprincess247]

OMG, I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON THE TV EARLY IN THE MORNING ON CHRISTMAS DAY

[ranthony023]

WoW I remember watching this on Mouseterpiece Theatre

[CrimsonNineTail]

I remember this, didn't Disney make this?

2:44 Maybe you'll find Pinocchio in there too. Or maybe Jimmy Hofa.

[Stephen10528]

@CrimsonNineTail Or maybe Jonah.

[CrimsonNineTail]

@Stephen10528 Heh Heh probably =)

[BJORT]

this cartoon made me CRY as a child!!!!!!!

[BuckeyefanHill33]

Nelson Eddy=awesome voice!!

[CDCB2]

I have this on the Mini Stories release; I got it used from Blockbuster years back.

[jengkiesville]

I love old blurry cartoon, like silly symphonies - I hate HD or make real cartoon like avatar

[OmaBarb]

À bittersweet story that once seen can never be forgotten. I cried at this as a child and have watched first my children and now my grandchildren do the same (I purchased The video as soon as it became available).

Wish it would come out as à DVD!!

Thanks so much for putting it on you Tube!

[lagoondiver]

omg I completely forgot about this but I now remember seeing this once when I was little =o

[AnaShadowWolf]

Oh, yeah, it's a singing whale and what that jerk says? 'Shoot it'.

Humans are stupid. FACT.

If we weren't, we wouldn't have destroyed so many species of animals and so many forest.

[gaudetjaja]

lol 5:18

[Gemini730]

Nelson Eddy chose all the music and had a grand time performing all the songs. Previously he had experimented in singing multiple voices using the recording equipment in his home living room. Lorraine

[bunnyz324]

no no no

they recorded nelson eddy in the studio

[Gemini730]

@bunnyz324

Yes, they did record Nelson Eddy in the studio. What I meant was that prior to this film, Nelson had previously experimented in singing multiple voices using the recording equipment in his home living room. Apologies for the confusion.

 Lorraine

[Laia92]

Wow! The last song is Italian! At 5:55 the whale sings "uno alla volta, uno alla volta per carità!" (one at a time, one at a time, for heaven's sake!), referring to the barber Figaro, that has so many customers.

And at 6:40 he sings "sono il factotum della città" (I'm the city's factotum).^^

[linguini9966]

@Laia92 yes, it's all real opera. The first bit he sings is really from Rossini's Figaro.... Largo al factotum ( watch?v=1Gf3wwSOdQU ), then he sings the sextet from Lucia as a trio ( watch?v=nIdMuZi6XYg ). What a fun cartoon :)

[bunnyz324]

no no no

these r different than real operas

[orangeyclock]

Oh, Nelson my love! its awesome to rewatch this now that the voice is so totally recognizable. Although, its weird to hear him sing without Jeanette chiming in somewhere.

[levanyzzuf]

Perhaps my favorite animated short of all time. It actually helped fall in love with opera at something like age 5.

[butthole65]

im getting a tattoo of his next month. amazing cartoon

[HeadlessPony]

The whale looks like a delicious chocolate ice cream bar.

[armyengineer79]

i enjoyed this cartoon as a child and i loved it i think willie the whale is a better singer than the jonas brothers and highschool musical.

[aimeebaines]

@armyengineer79 rofl anyone is.

[Lassann]

One of the great cartoons of all time.

[Hethrin]

Oh man, this made me cry when I was a kid, thanks for the memories :)

[uruseiranma]

@Hethrin

And these days, people would say, 'this made children cry! How dare you do that! Outlaw this cartoon!'

This cartoon is prime example of a quote Walt Disney said: 'for every laugh, there should be a tear.'

[niflap]

Back then Green Peace wanted to "Save The Opera Singers.lol

[TheLordmep]

I can sing in 3 voices too.

I just don't like to brag.

[TheOperaman33]

The music Wille sings with three voices is the Sextette from Lucia di Lammermoor.......in the finale in heaven he sings the ensemble from Marthaa

[HRMOKeefe]

1186 Willie the Operatic Whale

29 minutes

Contents

•Willie, the Operatic Whale

•Ferdinand, the Bull

•Lambert, the Sheepish Lion

[LaTeRaLuSeYeS]

is this drawn/made by tex avery?

1st time ive ever seen this :o

[SovanJedi]

"...for Willie was no ORDINARY singing whale..."

Wait, wat?

[Stumpie14]

The way the whales speak or communicate to each other is thought of as "singing." It's probably why they thought that a whale would be perfect for this role.

[SovanJedi]

Well that's understandable (I knew about the actual term for whalespeak being considered singing) it was just funny the way he phrased it, as if it's normal for a whale to start singing Figaro to passing talent scouts.

[OldMusic44]

@SovanJedi Yes. Ordinary = Like the others. Willie was not like the other whales.

[DASW7]

@SovanJedi Ha, LOL.

[Stumpie14]

@SovanJedi

Lol whales when communicating with each other are said to be 'singing'. ;)

[tahuta5]

whats that song willy is singing with his 3 voices?

[Izybellaz]

I used to love those Fantasia movies and all the rest like snow white, pinochio, cinderella ... *Sigh* Back then I was young and innocent and carefree ....