It's kind of strange seeing Chuck Jones' Looney Toonish art style in a story with such a serious tone. Does anyone else think that green jackel looked like Wile E. Cyote?
I just read the book because I'm a cub scout leader (their movement is based on the stories of mowglie). This story naration is alomst exactly quoted from the book actually. BTW... Did anyone notice that Tabaqui looks exactly like Will E. Coyote? :P
well i like the other Mowgli cause this one... he has girlish eyes xD and the other 1.... good. and Tobaki reminds me of Wile E. Coyote. lol!
omg they made Bagira fat? why did they make him fat??? he loos like a seal Dx thats another Disney version of this character i like and Baloo... xDD omg pause at: 4:24 thats funny! pfff!
Chuck Jones is terrible, they should have gotten Bob Clampett to make this it would have looked good, and there would have been more than four expressions shown, except for that garbage Wile E. Coyote copy, its like he did't even attempt to make a didderent charecter design he just did some terrible scratchy Wile E. Coyote drawings and used a stupider color.
This version is faithful to Rudyard Kipling's story, and is refreshing to see after reading the jungle books and realizing how ridiculous the 1967 disney film is. Baloo in the stories is actually kind of a stick in the mud and a hardass concerned mainly with strictly schooling mowgli about the "laws of the jungle" and beating him like an Irish wife when he gives him lip. However the 1967 singin' dancin' Disney baloo has been so well ingrained its rather odd to see an animated baloo of this sort.
@centrosphere Well, apparently Walt Disney told everyone NOT to read it, so it's hardly surprising. The Disney version is more like 'this is what the 60s were like! With animals!' type thing.
@shender2772 you know, it's not so expsensive on amazon, as long as you go to the new/used copies below the regular price. I got a brand new DVD of all of Chuck Jone's Kipling stories for only $6!
As much as I still love the Disney version, and accept it needed comic relief, I still like Jones' version of Baloo and Bagheera better. Shame he never got the chance to try doing one of the stories featuring Kaa since I've no doubt he'd have done perfect justice to him as well.
Im waiting for the real Jungle Book movie. Not those that focused only on Mowgli. I want all the Jungle Book stories like Riki-Tiki-Tavi, Kotic the White Seal and all the other underplayed tales. How awesome would that movie be?
this version is better than the sugar-coated Disney version.not that I don't like Disney version(I loved it as a kid) its just I hate when they completely diverge,water down or oversimplify the original story and this is the version that is remembered. plus in a lot of the disney ones the author isn't even credited!
but their are some that are kinda better than the book(i.e Beauty and the beast,Hunchback of Notre Dame{cause I cared for the characters more
Shere Khan is a white tiger in this version. I think the reason is this. In "Tiger ! Tiger!" Mowgli returns to the human village, and eventually kills Shere Khan. He learns that those in the village beleive Shere Khan to be a ghost tiger. This is becuase he walks with a limp, and a wicked money who died, also walked with a limp. SInce in animation, Shere Khan has no limp, they decided to ake him white--giving himanother reason the villagers believe him to be a ghost.
Another reason could be in the story Shere Khan was described with having a limp forcing him to raid cattle, but the creating this the writers probably thought he would'nt seem menacing and a white tiger would have little chance of survival in the wild, so he would have to become a maneater.
many people seem to forget that Mowgli only had a problem with Shere Kahn, Shere Kahn was a lame tiger and was a mankiller, this set him apart from just any tiger, more to the point Shere Kahn went after Mogli. In the Jungle Book, tigers are not evil/the bad guys, Shere Kahn, a very specific tiger is.
Kipling also seemed to have an unflattering opinion of tigers in general. There is a negative comment about tigers in Tomai of the Elephants. And in the story "How Fear Came," we learn that tigers got their stripes as a mark of shame. This would apply not only to Shere Khan, but to all tigers.
not really. There is no negative comment about tigers in Toomai of the elephants, it only talks about how he fought and killed many of them which... duh elephants were used to hunt tigers. Plus his stories are told in perspective of those involved. The song 'Shiv and the Grasshopper' has a line that goes "rags and bones to wicked wolves without the wall at night", however we know from reading the stories involving Mowgli that the wolves are not wicked. Further more...
in "How Fear Came" the1st tiger was judge and master of the jungle, and the stripes were to mark who had killed the buck. His shame came (by what he says) when he ran in fear of man and was given a shameful name. Further more, Kipling makes a point to set Shere Kahn apart from other tigers right from the beginning. He is lame, a man killer -and- we learn that he does not abide by the laws of the jungle (switching his hunting grounds without word). he is also identified as a demon by men.
No wonder Shere Kahn was so cruel and killed humans, with that lame paw of his he had no choice but to kill humans instead of a tiger's natural prey. like swamp deer and buffalo.
Shere Kahn's mother called him Lungri which means "lame one" in Hindi.
I love Bagheera and Baloo in this! <3 Poor Akela, when I was reading the book and it said the law was for the other wolves to kill him, I wa slike 'wtf!', I'm glad Mowgli saves him.
This cartoon is such a lost classic. I loved all of the movies chuck jones adapted from the jungle book (rikki tikki and the white seal being the others). I think chuck jones real genius shines here more than in the loony toones
The animation in this is good. I have to say however that some of the vocal performances leave something to be desired. Mowgli having the voice of an adult is just creepy. As for Shere Kahn, what the fuck? in the disney version he had the deep, elegantly powerful voice of George Sanders, in this version he sounds like someone doing a really hammy long john silver impression.
I adore Roddy McDowell...he has been a favorite of mine as an actor, particularly voice acting, for so many years...my favorite of his cartoon performances is Return of the King as Samwise.
Not crazy about the narrator doing Mowgli's voice, but his version of Bagheera (did I spell that correctly?) is actually rather cool. I never imagined him being soft-spoken, but it fits in a weird way.
I wish they hadn't also cast the narrator in the role of Mowgli. It just sounds weird, and Mowgli really should be voiced by a kid. *shrugs* Oh well. The direct dialogue from the story is nice, though.
By the way, are the animators who made this the same animators who did some of the Dr. Seuss movies like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Cat in the Hat"?
Sorry I though the late Roddy McDowell did a excellent job doing the voice of Mowgli. Make me think that Mowgli was a pre-teen at that time. Also rhe animator who did this show was Chuck Jones who also did for MGM, THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS, THE CAT IN THE HAT,HORTAN HEARS A WHO & the rarely seen WERE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, The music was by Dean Elliot based on a Edvard Grieg theme.
No, you misunderstood me, I meant that if you're going to post part of the video, why are you so dead set on not posting the rest of the film for other people to enjoy?
"Mowgli's Brothers" also aired as part of the "Children's Theatre" television series on KTVU in 1984, as did "The White Seal" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." If anyone's curious, I've just uploaded the theme song for that show.
The animation style is similar to that of chuck jones' Tom and jerry work
K66guns0 2 weeks ago
damn wile e coyote needs to lay off the crack lol
SNB222 1 month ago
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SNB222 1 month ago
Have the VHS & DVD :)
EbonieGold 2 months ago
It's kind of strange seeing Chuck Jones' Looney Toonish art style in a story with such a serious tone. Does anyone else think that green jackel looked like Wile E. Cyote?
ANewShadeOfBlue 2 months ago 2
@ANewShadeOfBlue Nope you're not the only one. I catch it too.
darthxemnas 1 month ago
Wow, this is the first thing I've seen in which it is kind of explained why/how the mostly-nude protagonist somehow acquires a loin cloth.
dysonlaz 2 months ago
where the hell is the rest of the movie?
I need to watch this
OzkarGlez 3 months ago 3
Is Tabaqui related to Wile E.?
BenJabituya 3 months ago in playlist the jungle books by chuck jones
I just read the book because I'm a cub scout leader (their movement is based on the stories of mowglie). This story naration is alomst exactly quoted from the book actually. BTW... Did anyone notice that Tabaqui looks exactly like Will E. Coyote? :P
winnetouch 3 months ago
You should watch the russian version of the jungle book. It based on the actual jungle book too.
Vika2 5 months ago
It's a shame that you won't upload the rest of it, but you did include one of my favorite parts ("I often wonder, Tabaqui, my friend....") ;)
PlumedSerpentRaksha 6 months ago
:( you suck!
Spamopat 7 months ago
Please just post the part with "Bush-tailed THIIIEEEEFFFFF"
baylorwhite1 7 months ago
you suck for not posting the whole thing
stardaddyo9 11 months ago
well i like the other Mowgli cause this one... he has girlish eyes xD and the other 1.... good. and Tobaki reminds me of Wile E. Coyote. lol!
omg they made Bagira fat? why did they make him fat??? he loos like a seal Dx thats another Disney version of this character i like and Baloo... xDD omg pause at: 4:24 thats funny! pfff!
RoseBudpony1 11 months ago
@RoseBudpony1 He's a cat - he sits fat and walks thin.
WillScarlet16 11 months ago
well i like the other Mowgli cause this one... he has girlish eyes xD and the other 1.... good. and Tobaki reminds me of Wile E. Coyote. lol!
RoseBudpony1 11 months ago
Im practically cheating while watchingthis vid. Its for my reading class.
jesusfanmitch 11 months ago
Even though Jones' Mowgli looks uncannily like Disney's (diaper and all) and the coyote is too familiar-looking as well, I still love Chuck Jones.
shuckslbj 1 year ago
Chuck Jones is terrible, they should have gotten Bob Clampett to make this it would have looked good, and there would have been more than four expressions shown, except for that garbage Wile E. Coyote copy, its like he did't even attempt to make a didderent charecter design he just did some terrible scratchy Wile E. Coyote drawings and used a stupider color.
indeedken 1 year ago
@indeedken
Clampett is a horrible director who never had a decent short to his credit, not ONE. Seriously a Rudyard Kipling adaptation by Bob fucking Clampett?
You have GOTTA to be trolling.
kingboobs20 7 months ago
Wut is the name of this movie?
supermanu40 1 year ago
So he's 11, and he sounds like that...?
Swimmisan 1 year ago
@Swimmisan It's like something you hear from an audiobook and then put into a film.
marioroxmysox 5 months ago
Why is Shere Khan white?
Rockyfan10060 1 year ago
where is kaa? Shere Khan is white? WTF OMFG LOL!!!!
CHADE472 1 year ago
@CHADE472 Kaa doesn't show up in this story. He first appears in Kaa's Hunting. And why shouldn't Shere Khan be white?
mondenkindqueen 1 year ago
This version is faithful to Rudyard Kipling's story, and is refreshing to see after reading the jungle books and realizing how ridiculous the 1967 disney film is. Baloo in the stories is actually kind of a stick in the mud and a hardass concerned mainly with strictly schooling mowgli about the "laws of the jungle" and beating him like an Irish wife when he gives him lip. However the 1967 singin' dancin' Disney baloo has been so well ingrained its rather odd to see an animated baloo of this sort.
centrosphere 1 year ago 2
@centrosphere Well, apparently Walt Disney told everyone NOT to read it, so it's hardly surprising. The Disney version is more like 'this is what the 60s were like! With animals!' type thing.
lycaonpictus77 1 year ago
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lotten16 1 year ago
@lotten16 it's Roddy McDowell.
smichelle65 1 year ago
That Shere Khan looks like a stray cat on steroids lol
bagheera70 1 year ago
interspecies erotica @ 2:38. just say'n.
TheCamelCollector 1 year ago
Awesome animation and drama. I do wish they used a boy's voice for Mowgli to capture the child that he is, but still this awesome!
Ramanujan88 1 year ago
Some one needs to upload the WHOLE video, I saw this as a little girl and loved it, can't find it any where else...
shender2772 1 year ago
@shender2772 you know, it's not so expsensive on amazon, as long as you go to the new/used copies below the regular price. I got a brand new DVD of all of Chuck Jone's Kipling stories for only $6!
Ramanujan88 1 year ago
1:48 Wile e coyote been drunken it's gone Green
tomarmstrong14 1 year ago
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where can i watch the whole movie??
stalkerpadfoot 1 year ago
this is ten times bettter than the disney version but where is the rest of it i want to see the hole thing
JFL1988 1 year ago
As much as I still love the Disney version, and accept it needed comic relief, I still like Jones' version of Baloo and Bagheera better. Shame he never got the chance to try doing one of the stories featuring Kaa since I've no doubt he'd have done perfect justice to him as well.
draconusfrigidus 1 year ago
thanks for uploading this mate
Tarbtano 2 years ago
Im waiting for the real Jungle Book movie. Not those that focused only on Mowgli. I want all the Jungle Book stories like Riki-Tiki-Tavi, Kotic the White Seal and all the other underplayed tales. How awesome would that movie be?
TheLordmep 2 years ago 2
@TheLordmep
Chuck Jones also did a version of Rikki Tikki and the White Seal. The full versions are on Youtube.
WillScarlet16 2 years ago
Thank you for the upload ^.^
XxIgorxX 2 years ago
3:29-3:53 Tabaqui is wall-eyed.
67nairb 2 years ago
Roddy McDowell gives Baloo the Bear a Winston Churchillesque voice.
67nairb 2 years ago
A green Wile E. Coyote clone?
heine71 2 years ago
That's right. Tabaqui looks exactly like Wile E. Coyote and I noticed when I first watched this show on tv as a kid over 30 years ago.
67nairb 2 years ago 2
OMG this is just like the Jungle Book!!
cck98 2 years ago
It IS the Jungle Book. It's just not the Disney version. This is the Chuck Jones version which is much closer to the book by Rudyard Kipling.
SamCohenoftheJews2 2 years ago
Absolutely right.
67nairb 2 years ago
this version is better than the sugar-coated Disney version.not that I don't like Disney version(I loved it as a kid) its just I hate when they completely diverge,water down or oversimplify the original story and this is the version that is remembered. plus in a lot of the disney ones the author isn't even credited!
but their are some that are kinda better than the book(i.e Beauty and the beast,Hunchback of Notre Dame{cause I cared for the characters more
TheSlickAndroid 2 years ago
Shere Khan is a white tiger in this version. I think the reason is this. In "Tiger ! Tiger!" Mowgli returns to the human village, and eventually kills Shere Khan. He learns that those in the village beleive Shere Khan to be a ghost tiger. This is becuase he walks with a limp, and a wicked money who died, also walked with a limp. SInce in animation, Shere Khan has no limp, they decided to ake him white--giving himanother reason the villagers believe him to be a ghost.
randalflaggsghost 2 years ago
Another reason could be in the story Shere Khan was described with having a limp forcing him to raid cattle, but the creating this the writers probably thought he would'nt seem menacing and a white tiger would have little chance of survival in the wild, so he would have to become a maneater.
urutta 2 years ago
white bengal tiger never ever been released back to the wild.
jvz1995 2 years ago
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jvz1995 2 years ago
Very interesting, I've never seen this version before - Where can I find more of it? :)
equusreined 2 years ago
many people seem to forget that Mowgli only had a problem with Shere Kahn, Shere Kahn was a lame tiger and was a mankiller, this set him apart from just any tiger, more to the point Shere Kahn went after Mogli. In the Jungle Book, tigers are not evil/the bad guys, Shere Kahn, a very specific tiger is.
dragonq7 2 years ago
Kipling also seemed to have an unflattering opinion of tigers in general. There is a negative comment about tigers in Tomai of the Elephants. And in the story "How Fear Came," we learn that tigers got their stripes as a mark of shame. This would apply not only to Shere Khan, but to all tigers.
randalflaggsghost 2 years ago
not really. There is no negative comment about tigers in Toomai of the elephants, it only talks about how he fought and killed many of them which... duh elephants were used to hunt tigers. Plus his stories are told in perspective of those involved. The song 'Shiv and the Grasshopper' has a line that goes "rags and bones to wicked wolves without the wall at night", however we know from reading the stories involving Mowgli that the wolves are not wicked. Further more...
dragonq7 2 years ago
in "How Fear Came" the1st tiger was judge and master of the jungle, and the stripes were to mark who had killed the buck. His shame came (by what he says) when he ran in fear of man and was given a shameful name. Further more, Kipling makes a point to set Shere Kahn apart from other tigers right from the beginning. He is lame, a man killer -and- we learn that he does not abide by the laws of the jungle (switching his hunting grounds without word). he is also identified as a demon by men.
dragonq7 2 years ago
How did Shere Kahn become lame in the first place?
67nairb 2 years ago
If I remember correctly he was born that way... I do know that his mother gave him a name that meant 'lame one' or something very close to that
dragonq7 2 years ago
No wonder Shere Kahn was so cruel and killed humans, with that lame paw of his he had no choice but to kill humans instead of a tiger's natural prey. like swamp deer and buffalo.
Shere Kahn's mother called him Lungri which means "lame one" in Hindi.
67nairb 2 years ago 2
Well, we can't get the DVD in Australia, so I'm screwed.
I've never seen this before, and I've been looking for it for ages, I heard it was one of the closest adaptations of the book that there is.
JW2285 2 years ago
chuck jones was a million times better than friz freleng to create wonderful cartoons
genioususer1 2 years ago
Just out of curosity why is Shere Khan white?
flobbegusted 2 years ago 7
@flobbegusted he is black...
megafog 2 months ago
@flobbegusted There are WHIT TIGERS.
marnerbroman 1 month ago
I to be blunt prefer the disney version because of the songs and funny lines.
flobbegusted 2 years ago
The varying vioces help, too, in Disney's version.
waterdemon515 2 years ago
Yes very right also they have King Louie and he is not in the book which is a shame because he is so wonderful.
flobbegusted 2 years ago
I love Bagheera and Baloo in this! <3 Poor Akela, when I was reading the book and it said the law was for the other wolves to kill him, I wa slike 'wtf!', I'm glad Mowgli saves him.
darlingzooloo 2 years ago
wow what a wonderful movie! its amazing that the one gentleman (cant remember his name) did almost all the voices! thanks for the upload!
firebird162 2 years ago
Wow.
StefanoFan27 2 years ago
.....this is so familar to the jungle book..
kairidouble12 2 years ago
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grygierpeps 2 years ago
hm i'm pretty sure this is based of the actual jungle book stories not the disney version.
grygierpeps 2 years ago 23
upload the rest
musician4 2 years ago
This guy actually pronounces his name correctly.
sgreen4 2 years ago
Tabaqui the jackal looks like Wile E. Coyote
CobraCoyote 3 years ago 4
LOL. I didn't know this was animated. I have the picture book from this.
moonmystique 3 years ago
Chuck Jones is brilliant, instant classic!
peachslice009 3 years ago
Tabaqui resembles a Gollum-esque version of Wily Coyote. XD
Jal8919536 3 years ago 3
That was sarcasm Johnny Cocksmoke
grilledsamurai 3 years ago
Where's King Louie?
grilledsamurai 3 years ago
the scene with the Jackel Scared outta his mind, classic Jones animation with Khan's look
Morgauron909 3 years ago 4
This cartoon is such a lost classic. I loved all of the movies chuck jones adapted from the jungle book (rikki tikki and the white seal being the others). I think chuck jones real genius shines here more than in the loony toones
Raven9940 3 years ago 4
The animation in this is good. I have to say however that some of the vocal performances leave something to be desired. Mowgli having the voice of an adult is just creepy. As for Shere Kahn, what the fuck? in the disney version he had the deep, elegantly powerful voice of George Sanders, in this version he sounds like someone doing a really hammy long john silver impression.
mikedrummonds 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure Roddy McDowell is doing every voice in this cartoon.
DVROFFMAN 3 years ago
I adore Roddy McDowell...he has been a favorite of mine as an actor, particularly voice acting, for so many years...my favorite of his cartoon performances is Return of the King as Samwise.
DConS81 3 years ago 2
Roddy McDowell also did the voice for V.I.N.C.E.N.T. from Walt Disney's "The Black Hole"
intromix 3 years ago
Unlike the Disney film Jones stays truer to the Kipling book and doesn't turn the animals into a vodville act.
acholl980 3 years ago 7
The word is spelled vaudvile, not vodvile.
mikedrummonds 3 years ago
That's "Vaudeville." ^_^
16Nire61 3 years ago 2
I love chuck jones.
samuraXIV 3 years ago 3
Not crazy about the narrator doing Mowgli's voice, but his version of Bagheera (did I spell that correctly?) is actually rather cool. I never imagined him being soft-spoken, but it fits in a weird way.
Nirewolf 3 years ago 3
That's the real essence of Animation!!!
fantastic drawings and backgrounds, bright colors, a good Charachters desing, a timeless story...so few thigs for realise a work of Art!
BTW the Wolf of Shere Khan doesn't look like a drunken version of Wile E. Coyote? (Since Chuck Jones' was the director...I guess yes!)
papina54 3 years ago 18
I think he's a jackal, but you're absolutely right, he's a dead ringer for Wile E. Coyote.
och70 3 years ago 3
@papina54 More like a crystal meth addicted Wile E. Coyote. lol
GfukinMills 1 year ago
I wish they hadn't also cast the narrator in the role of Mowgli. It just sounds weird, and Mowgli really should be voiced by a kid. *shrugs* Oh well. The direct dialogue from the story is nice, though.
By the way, are the animators who made this the same animators who did some of the Dr. Seuss movies like "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Cat in the Hat"?
AngedeMystere 3 years ago
Sorry I though the late Roddy McDowell did a excellent job doing the voice of Mowgli. Make me think that Mowgli was a pre-teen at that time. Also rhe animator who did this show was Chuck Jones who also did for MGM, THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS, THE CAT IN THE HAT,HORTAN HEARS A WHO & the rarely seen WERE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD, The music was by Dean Elliot based on a Edvard Grieg theme.
bigg3469 3 years ago
SORRY I meant to say HORTON not HORTAN... my bad :p
bigg3469 3 years ago
No, you misunderstood me, I meant that if you're going to post part of the video, why are you so dead set on not posting the rest of the film for other people to enjoy?
GracieGru 3 years ago
This was posted towards iktis916, not JA268
GracieGru 3 years ago
"It scared Tabaqui out of his wits" that part was funny
JA268 3 years ago 4
I agree, that part is piceless, question for the poster of this, why post at all if you won't post more?
GracieGru 3 years ago 3
I DID posted replys to IMSJEFF2 (two because he had repeated himself)
JA268 3 years ago
Is it just me, or does Bagheera look fat in this version?
IMJEFF2 3 years ago
Nope, it's the elasticity of the fur just like my brother's girlfriend's dog
JA268 3 years ago
Is it just me, or does Bagheera look fat in this version?
IMJEFF2 3 years ago 2
Nope, it's the elasticity of the fur just like my brother's girlfriend's dog
JA268 3 years ago
Well it would be a WONDERFUL thing indeed if someone did post the rest of it, because I would certainly be greatful to them
GracieGru 3 years ago
If Disney hadn't intervene on the story this is what he would've produced. Since he didn't Chuck picks up the slack nicely.
drcoxcentral 4 years ago
"Mowgli's Brothers", an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's part of "The Jungle Book" series, aired on TV for CBS on February 11, 1977.
moviebff1992 4 years ago 2
"Mowgli's Brothers" also aired as part of the "Children's Theatre" television series on KTVU in 1984, as did "The White Seal" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." If anyone's curious, I've just uploaded the theme song for that show.
AnnainCA 2 years ago