What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

[mjimme]

Alice in Wonderland has never been one of my favorite stories, but I remember this one when I was little. I loved it and I, too had the record. I also had a HB version of Bambi on a record Mrs. Flintstone told that version. I loved the songs in this version and Alice falling through the TV set with Fluff. I did a web search and found a VHS of this with very low quality for 5 dollars. I bought it, never the less. It's of course, not a video with a copyright if you get my drift.I'm from Selma,AL

[zapkvr]

I just went to see the new movie yesterday, it was very, very good. I just wish this one was available on video to buy. I remember seeing it last around 1970.

[skylur44]

Hopefully it will come out on DVD.

[tsntana]

Hmmmm. Okay.  I'll give it a shot.

Where would we be able to watch this special in its entirety?

[sparksflyoverhead]

I loved this. I used to listen to the record all the time. It got scratched, and I surely didn't care. I still think about it from time to time. Wish is was available on DVD.

[noahf67]

This must have been quite a special.

ABC held onto it from 1966 through

the 80s and re-aired it from time to time.

[endora1164]

I have the album of this...found it in a second hand record store. Wild!!!

[MrNicespaces]

"....the potato chips are soggy, they water the beer."

Holy stinkin' cow. I remember walking home from grammar school with my friends doing our best to sing this song.

[morbidmanner]

That was awesome - come on do the monkey with me!

[DubhghlasMcQ]

I saw this in rerun during the 1969 Christmas Season. I have always remembered the line "The potato chips are soggy and they water the beer." Sammy wa one Hep Cat!

[Mikado69]

Wow. I KNOW I saw this years ago...I even remember the song. Evidently, I saw the original in '66 and haven't seen it since. Bizarre.

[ZeeDiKay]

Yes. I knew it. The 1960s were weird. I love this! Random dancing for the win!

[cuteycindyhoney]

Sammy Davis, Jr was the only cat cool enough to be the Cheshire Cat! I loved that song! Now I'm going to have to try and find the whole cartoon!

[JeoMummy]

Hat's off to YouTube again! I haven't seen this since I was a li'l brat.

[zapkvr]

I haven't seen this in over forty years. Is there a DVD/? I remember Alan Reed and Mel Blanc in the movie too.

[FluffyCerberus]

As far as I know, this hasn't been released on DVD as of yet.

[lancelot1953]

Toontracker,

Thank you so much for uploading this video that I have not seen since 1966! This was followed by the first record I bought in my life, seeing it at the store by HBRecords - I still have this record, thank you for sharing these priceless memories with the older generation who grew up with the magic of HB Productions.

Lancelot 1953

[InvaderPet]

Janet Waldo is great in this. And amazingly 40 years later, her voice still sounds exactly the same!

[Setebos]

Good God, it has literally been since 1966 since I've heard/seen this. Thanks for uploading this.

[fherlinn]

Is the cat hitting on the chick? Creepy.

[chris20855]

kinda cute, but kinda creepy

[MercMaster101]

:54-:55 rofl!! LOVE HIS VOICE!!! (funny)

[fromthesidelines]

Sammy was under exclusive contact to Reprise records in 1966, and could not recreate his portion of the special on Hanna-Barbera records; "Scat Man" Crothers had to fill in for him on the album. Same thing happened when Sammy appeared in the 1959 movie version of "Porgy and Bess"; Decca wouldn't allow his voice to be used on Columbia's soundtrack recording...Cab Calloway replaced him on that album.

[ErichoTTA]

How surreal.

[Laceykat66]

Oddly,

While Sammy Davis Jr did this TV version, when it was released to record Scatman crutherrs (I think) did the song. I don't know how they got the release for the TV show but not the record.

[wajwilli]

this is a brilliant version i wish they would release it on dvd.I love the disney one but you cant beat this song x

[t9vv6]

i wish they would upload this houl movie

[CraziestSwagg]

uhhh....

[MarioMan19]

...WTF?

The Disney version is way better.

[Tony511utu]

I was 8 years old when I saw this movie. Went to my aunt's house to watch it with my brother and sister because she had color TV and we didn't.

Thanks for the sweet memories.

[maryellen728]

We must be the same age.

[LadyMallard]

What's a nice Kid like you, doin in a place like this? I'm singing along with the Groovyest Cheshire Cat there ever was. I love this vidio I hope someday the whole movie will be uploaded so I can relive a great time in my life. I've go to split now stay cool man!

[LadyMallard]

I've played this vidio several times, I sure wish that the rest of the movie could be posted, I'd love to see it again, so much talent wrapped up in one entertaining package.

[Chrisa1984]

Someone gotta post the whole thing!!!

High or low quality!!!!

Boomerang or not!!!

I Wanna see the Whole!!

[licklolly35]

does anyoone know if this is avaliblle on dvd are video, i would love to se e it again

[licklolly35]

my cousins had this record album, i remember listenig to it over and over again when i was very little, i also rember watching this when it reruned on tv it was such a great classic

[Fuliginosus]

This isn't the 'greatest thing ever,' which is how I it from 1966. My favorite bit was Alice singing 'Today's a Wonderful Day.'

[TheNickx09]

the chesire cat sounds ghetto

[shadejford]

'Sounds more a post-bebop jazz musician.

[FluffyCerberus]

Actually, the Cheshire Cit was acting like a beatnik. That's where the "cool" "groovy" and "You're no cat!" terms came from. That's also why he wore a beret, scarf and tiny goatee.

[zapkvr]

I thought the beatniks were out of the fifties. Maynard G Krebbs was the most famous on the telly. This was made before the hippies came into fashion though.

[kdezhnev]

The Cheshire Cat looks a lot like Dizzy Gillespie from the Bebop days--the goatee, I think the headgear, and even the facial expression. Also the mood. And Sammy Davis's voice reminds me of Diz too. What a pleasure to see this on the Web!!!

[zotrablue]

"my baby i dont mean maby??" i heard that line in a song in a docu on the 50's

[acholl980]

I remember seeing pictures of this special in a magazine called Jack @ Jill as a kid in '79 but I never got to see it til 2 years later on a local station in Connecticut. Zsa Zsa Gabor played the queen of in this

[fromthesidelines]

According to Charles Strouse in his recent autobiography, "Put On A Happy Face", he got Sammy to participate in this special because he joined Davis in a 1965 "Freedom March" in Selma, Alabama, and he returned the favor.

[imaphanxx]

funny to hear sammys voice comin' outta an orange cat! lmao

[musicteacher8]

I thought this was another copy of "Alice in Rexall land" which amuses me, but these were legit cartoon characters. Well you learn something new everyday..somewhere on Youtube is that ancient Rexall drug advert with these characters..

[Userick10]

LOVED this as a kid in the 60s. I even had the soundtrack album! And I listened to it CONSTANTLY. This was my favorite song, especially the "potato chip/beer" line. I also remember the song "Home" (lyric: "I never thought I would miss washing all the dishes and doing my geometry. But when you're somewhere else, you get the strangest itches and home is where you want to be." And "They'll Never Split Us Apart" sung by Fred and Barney as a double-ended caterpillar. Plus: ZsaZsa Gabor as the Queen!

[kristell9]

Janet Waldo is doing the voice of Alice. Judy Jetson, Pinelope Pittstop, and Josie, too.

[peace2baby]

Wow!!! I was 5 when this aired in '66, and all these years I've remembered Alice falling through her TV set, the title of this song and the cool cat singing 'the potato chips are soggy and they've watered the beer!' What a blast from the past and a joy to see it again! Thanks for refreshing my memory with the lyrics! Hope it comes out on DVD!

[KommisarKowl]

Wow, this is awful

[jsrashad]

i hope you put there'll never split us apart

[mikeycereal]

I remember this song getting stuck in my head when I was a little kid. Thanks for posting this!

[jazzado36]

man i remember this on cartoon network

[bigpimpcmax]

the old times was better not now love this tune

[IDLERACER]

I believe I like Sammy and Scatman's versions equally. They both inject their own unique personalities into the song.

[Jal8919536]

In one version, the Cheshire Cat is voiced by Scatman Crothers.

[toontracker]

When Hanna-Barbera Records put out the soundtrack album of the special, Sammy Davis Jr. was under exclusive contract to Reprise Records, so he was replaced on the album by Scatman Crothers doing the voice of the Cheshire Cat.

[melodie514]

i would like you to loud the white rabbit's song life's a game please.

[melodie514]

I like life's a game from the white rabbit, please loud that part where they sang that song.

[fromthesidelines]

When it came time for Hanna-Barbera records to release the "soundtrack" version of the special, Sammy Davis Jr. could not recreate his part because of his prior contract with Reprise records. "Scatman" Crothers had to "fill in" for him....

[pistongreg]

it bring me back fun memories went i was a kid those was the good old days went time was just simple.

[kdchant]

I too watched this with my family 41 years ago, and have been searching for it for many years. The song by Sammy Davis was (and is) unforgettable!

[bisnagaboy]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[AlexM112973]

this is so wonderfully '60's!!! I love it!!!

[kukubau]

Amazing song, amazing VOICE !!!.... Thanks !

[rakkav]

Here's another one who saw this when a kid -- and never since. Some of the lyrics and images have stuck with me all this time -- remembered with photographic clarity. Scary. (Thanks!)

[robberynimble]

One of my fondest memories as a youth was watching this movie with my family. I've spent over 17 years looking for it and encountered several false versions of the H-B Alice (BestBuy claims to have it but sells a low quality SAP DVD of another production). Please contact me I will gladly pay you for a copy (DVD, CD, even VHS).

[photep]

Awesome. Like previous comments it's been a long time since I saw this. Thankyou.

[jeverr]

omg i remember this !

[alandhopewell]

It's been 41 years since I've seen this...A lot of books don't even list it, and most people I've asked about "H-B Alice in Wonderland" have never heard of it...thanks!

[dyinglikeflies]

HOLY EFFING CR-P! Can't believe anyone but me even remembers watching this as a kid!

[dauntepepper]

great video.been trying to find this for 20yrs thank you very much