All I Want for Christmas is a Hippo (starring Shirley Temple)

[shannybannydoodleday]

I want a real panda for christmas

[lionboy923]

Dude! I want a lion for Christmas. A lion raised in a zoo.

[Durkie52]

NO ONE SAYS SHIRLEY IS SINGING IT...IT SAYS STARRING! SHE'S IN THE PICTURES...PAY ATTENTION.

[PencilWensil]

This song is not by Shirley Temple... It was performed by Gayla Peavey when she was ten.

[Michelletjee14]

Wtf xD

[MadameFemme]

@Heathermyfeather123

It's Hiedi

[SNKRFRKETTE]

telus got me here 

[Heathermyfeather123]

i have two old tape movies of sherley temple.. i have bright eyes and another, i forget what its called, its where she's with her grandfather and gets taken away

[Melanievasquez1]

luv this song

[TheBieberlover126]

She's so cute

[covr687]

i heard shirley temple was a bitch.

[lolcutie20212]

cute song & so catchy but her VOICE IS SO FUCKING ANNOYING

[Sonnid09]

Weirdos

[Scott06096]

A lot of people think Shirley Temple did this. Actually, it was 10-year old Gayle Peevey in 1953.

[TonyBologna80]

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[TonyBologna80]

STOP

[dahsuerk]

Song has no connection to Shirley Temple except the fact it was song by a little girl.

[TheIlovecountry]

omg i used to watch those shows! haha

[petersax99]

It was recorded by Gayla Peevey, not Shirley Temple

[zarinaumarov]

@petersax99 read the description dumbass

[SuperAaaaa123456]

I demand a Dirty Whore for Christmas!!!!

[klwklw2]

i Think Shirley Temple so adorable! and I love this song!

[ILoveMyPuggy81]

Ah...shirley temple does not even sing this song.....Gayla Peevey sings it...look it up

[teresaGT]

@ILoveMyPuggy81 read the description...PLEASE

[chrisstevensjunior]

@teresaGT none of us wanna fight ya *fist.. we would probably win xD

[teresaGT]

@chrisstevensjunior i didn0t get your comment...and if you wanna fight i'll just let you know that i have 3 giant dogs on my side ....and a bunny LOL

[chrisstevensjunior]

@teresaGT lucky you xD but u wrote fist thought u wanted to challenge us viewers epic fail xD

[teresaGT]

@chrisstevensjunior no way LOL i'm portuguese xd i din't write that well and i misspell some words

[tinycrown8]

@chrisstevensjunior 2 leopards at my side :D

[MooPotPie]

@teresaGT I did. The title of the song is incorrect for starters…



[fromtheright]

@ILoveMyPuggy81 YES I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HER.  ALSO KNOWN AS Jamey Horten. anyone know were she is.?

[kiwicowgirl95]

@fromtheright You did?! That is so cool!!! =)

I did some reasearch & found the facebook she & her daughter seem to update! Youtube isn't letting me post it though!!! I could try later, or by PM. =)

[jayo100]

@ILoveMyPuggy81 they are the same people you dope

[MooPotPie]

@ILoveMyPuggy81 If that were the only thing wrong with this video one could overlook it...

[packratg]

i love this song!

[thinkjbful]

i know that she doesnt sing this song but u guys, shes soooooooo cute and funny!

[LucyLovesPeaches]

"oh my gooness" LOLOL

[llvkitty123]

i want a MONKEY:))))))))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MistikaManiac]

Coincidentally, I want a Tyrannosaurus Rex for Christmas, but that ain't happening.

[teresaGT]

@MistikaManiac That sucks! I want a pinguin but i don't think i'm gonna get one either xd

[Bribananas]

@MistikaManiac I want a unicorn :D

[PuurfectSushi]

@MistikaManiac its just a song...

[MistikaManiac]

@PuurfectSushi i was making a funny, dude.

[phoenixflameangel13]

@MistikaManiac me too!!

[galaxysurfer]

@MistikaManiac

It IS possible....if you 'spare no expense'. ;-)

[microchud123]

all i want for christmas is my 2 front teeth

[Mgarguemare]

Nope, not Shirley Temple

[AlannaNarcotic]

Shirley Temple does not sing this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957)[1][2][3][4][5][6][­7] and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953.

[teresaGT]

@AlannaNarcotic i know

[TheCrimson20]

lol i love the part when she says OH MY GOODNESS!

[gijoe989]

all i want for christmas is a hippo (starring shirely temple) is one of my favorite christmas songs gijoe989.

[heidywrong]

i can no longer look at shirley temple the same way i used to after reading "The Bluest Eye" wtf. T_T

[teresaGT]

@heidywrong i didn't know that book ..is it good?

[elfftara22]

@heidywrong I know what you mean. I just got done reading that book.

[thtgurl100]

@heidywrong What is "The Bluest Eye" about?

[macbrayer47]

@heidywrong Shirley Temple has nothing to do with that book. You can watch her movies and listen to her stories with a good heart.

[SimonSevilleable]

And 0:17 awwww =3

[SimonSevilleable]

Awww she looks so cute at 0:18 =3

[AVforever1713]

Oh my goodness

[mewinmew2]

people say i sound like her when i sing this song (LOL) XD

[TheRugby4life]

she really is america's little sweetheart

[MissBoo111]

yah this isn't shirly temple it is gayla peevey (spelling?) go search it it is her sining it NOT shirly temple. anyways love the song!!!

[Tomaji69]

@MissBoo111 - Yeah, this obviously doesn't sound like Shirley...how come they said it was her? What a farce. Shirley would have sounded MUCH better than this, although this performance is cute, it doesn't have the edge Shirley would have given it IMO.

[teresaGT]

@Tomaji69 i wrote that in the vidio description !!!!

[Tomaji69]

@teresaGT - Oh, didn't see it because it doesn't show it unless I click the "more" thingy. So, why did they say Shirley sang it when she didn't? Makes no sense to me...but, it definitely does not sound like Shirley...I'd think people of the time could hear that also....?....hmmm

[MissBoo111]

@Tomaji69 yah shirley is soooooooo cute adore her but i love this song so much but i do see how ppl could get it confused with her!!!

[bacofishtaco]

Shirley Temple doesn't sing this song.

[teresaGT]

@dethklok745 yes it is

[dethklok745]

@teresaGT yay i knew it!

[Spidernonono]

this isn't shirley temple! it's gayla peevey. and the song is I want a hippopotamus for christmas

[TheIrishMikeB]

There's one thing troubling me about the video. At 0.31 into the video, it shows Shirley Temple with a solid body Fender electric bass guitar. I don't believe that they had created solid body guitars of any type at the point in time, when Shirlewas that young. I suspect it's an anachronism, and quite an example of creative Photoshop work. Any thoughts on this? She'd have had to have been in her 20s for the electric guitar to be accurate.

[DDOSpkerElite]

My name is shirley yaaaahhhhh:)

[SomethingNormal00]

He face is so cute.

[TheJenna1]

Shirley Temple has a GORGOUS smile

[rynierocks]

This isn't Shirley Temple it's Gayla Peevey!

[AGmadeline17]

Wait, at 0:09, is that a Shirley Temple cartoon????? Please explain!

[teresaGT]

@AGmadeline17 yes it is...its some old cartoon with her and Donald duck, it's still on youtube i think

[AGmadeline17]

@teresaGT Thanks! I found it! 

[DaisytheTracker57]

@teresaGT did it use her voice?

[teresaGT]

@DaisytheTracker57 I don't know but it kinda sounds like her

[sarahklo]

I told you all that i did not know! Gosh!

[NotInTheCojones]

Oh my gooness

hahahha nice

[MsMaria210]

is she dead i want around back then

[sandstorm66]

@MsMaria210

NO!!!!! SHE IS NOT DEAD!!! SHE IS 55 AT LEAST!

[Troxxity]

shirley temple didnt sing this song

[sandstorm66]

@Troxxity

Ya she did! She sang the whole song infront of parents. Because it was her chismas concert then...

[Sheldonwh]

@sandstorm66 THIS IS A RECORDING OF GAYLA PEEVEY, YOU IDIOT!

[Sheldonwh]

This song was sung by Gayla Peevey, not Shirley Temple. WTF?

[sandstorm66]

@Sheldonwh

NO it was MADE by gayla peevey, and shirley temple sang it! Gayla Peevey is a youtube username 4 somone, u idiot!

[calamtykel]

@sandstorm66 How hard is this to understand?? ?? It is NOT, never HAS BEEN EVER sung by Shirley Temple. She was a grown woman in the 1950's when this song was written and recorded. It was sung and recorded by Gayla Peevey in the 50's, as it says in the description! Gayla Peevey was a child singer, not a youtube user name!

[Sheldonwh]

@sandstorm66 LMAO! Do you know how stupid you look right now?! I mean, do you have ANY idea? This is from Wikipedia: "Gayla Peevey (born March 8, 1943) is a former singer and child star from Ponca City, Oklahoma. She is best known for her recording of 'I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.' Peevey recorded the novelty song when she was 10 years old."

[mercymile]

@sandstorm66 The song "I want a hippopotamus for christmas" was recorded in 1953. In 1950, Shirley Temple turned 21. Now please explain to me how it is that she was able to have sang that song when it's clearly obvious that it's a childs voice singing the song? Look it up on wikipedia. Get your facts straight before blindly posting crap.

[ITALIANJRZYGUYNNJ]

WHAT A WASTE TO RUIN THIS CLIP POOR JOB...LOL

[agnesfusco]

not shirley temple!

[sarahklo]

Did she end up dying? I am only 13 so i do not know,I was not around when she was famous.

[teresaGT]

@sarahklo No, she's alive, she's 82 i think

[sarahklo]

@teresaGT Thanks i did not know.

[sleacc]

Yes, Shirley Temple Black is still alive! She was born in April, 1928 (from her fan club page)

She is currently working on her second autobiography. In 1999 she was voted 18th of the top actresses before 1950 from the American Film Institute. In the San Francisco Chronicle poll she was voted 13th.

[sandstorm66]

@sleacc

WOA!!! Thats a mouthful! how do u remember to say that? XP

[penguinwebkinz]

@teresaGT Yea she is 82.

[sandstorm66]

@teresaGT

no shes 55

[aldrickbarber35]

@teresaGT I heared from my English teacher that she lives in Menlo Park, CA which is real close to where I live.

[TheIrishMikeB]

@aldrickbarber35 You may want to get some follow up training in English from your teacher. The correct grammar is "I heard" not "I heared".

[Roses4Juliette]

@teresaGT no accutally shes dead she was 100

[Tomaji69]

@Roses4Juliette - No, she's still alive...go check Wikipedia...she was born in 1928, so that makes her 83 now.

[penguinwebkinz]

@sarahklo Shes not dead, shes 82 years old, It says in the Wikipedia. She was born in April 23rd, 1928.

[sandstorm66]

@sarahklo

no

my gradma says shes at leat 55

[luvbugisme22]

@sarahklo Shes still alive. She just likes subsiding away from everyone. I guess she feels like she had enough famosity as a kid. Shes like big foot. There have been sightings of her. Tee Hee.

[101blondiechic]

@sarahklo Ikr!! I was just wondering the same thing!

[thejessicasings]

@sarahklo shes about 82

[MsNicolerox]

@sarahklo she is like 80 but yes she is still around

[k6121716]

@sarahklo she stopped acting and got into politics long ago, still alive as far as i know.

[BankySkitch]

@sarahklo you aren't around now?  because she's still famous, you know.

[ItsMeRuffles]

how can a little girl sing so good?!

[IndianaBrown1]

XD WTF XD that was odd i was gonna say shirley temple sings it best but then out of no where i hear "O MY GOODNES!"

[Shuppergirl16]

One of the cutest little girls in the world!

[88Sharks]

31 people havent developed an unhealthy strong love for hippos

[trueamericanbeauty]

i think that she is the cutest litte girl!!

[TheFunkeys]

this is not odd all at ALL

[TheAxellle]

hipo hyperd si

sur les cannrds on lui lesse sove sa face

du kikeregarde

[TheAxellle]

kel montage...bien introduit.....

ce deux pieces extract

[selenriz87]

Shirley Temple es artista para todos los tiempos.

Gracias.

[welihy1234]

i love this song cuz its about a little girl who has developed an unhealthily strong love for hippos

[teresaGT]

@welihy1234 LOL your comment is great! i've an unhelthily strong love for pinguins XD

[Bonbon54220]

Gayla Peevey sings this, not Shirley Temple.

[Deblablove]

I never knew the singer was Shirley Temple...

[cmaniga]

@Deblablove @Bonbon54220 Shirley Temple doesn't sing this...it's just a video montage of her. Gayla Peevey sings it.

[dahsuerk]

Any connection between the song and video?

[LayYa86]

this isnt shirley temple singing so you know tis indeed Gayla Peevey

[CharlieChaplinsAngel]

AWW!!! SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE MY NIECE!

[CharlieChaplinsAngel]

awww i love this song!!! Did you know when harpo marx met her he wanted to adopt her because he thought she was so cute?! =D

[ENGINE717273]

video is to short where can i get the full video??

[teresaGT]

@ENGINE717273 I did the video, so this is the full video LOL if you mean the song, just type the name on search bar

[papaOUjohn]

@ENGINE717273 there is no video of Shirley Temple doing this song because she never did it. Song was recorded by Angela Peevey.

[AnnikaAwry]

God she just gets me so hot....

[schrodingerify]

@AnnikaAwry freak.

[riahpya13]

oh my goones!lol haha

[crazycousins97]

this is a real child star all the other 24 stars r imposters

[MikaylaSpinney]

Shes like the best little girl ever..

[ItsMeRuffles]

how can a little girl her age sing like that!!!!!!

[liveforlife2494]

I'm doing an a capella version of this in Chamber Choir. I'd never heard of this song until today and could not stop giggling in rehearsal...so cute!

[krazykatts]

Thanks for your reply. I'm a BIG fan too! Years ago she autographed a picture for me and I will forever treasure it. I guess she doesn't do that anymore because of ebay. You are so lucky to have met her. Good for you!!!! Take care :)

[Ising4u333]

I met Mrs. Black a few years ago, I helped her to her car with her groceries. She was wonderful that smile and dimple were the same and she made my whole day. She radiates happiness and you can feel it ...love her so much.

[teresaGT]

@Ising4u333 Jesus , you are so lucky, i wish i could see her too but it's kinda impossible since i don't live in America bah

[krazykatts]

@Ising4u333

Where you in Woodside? Did you tell her that you knew who she was?

[Ising4u333]

@krazykatts Yes i worked at the market as a checker. No i didn't tell her that i knew who she was.... it was strongly suggested that if we did we would be fired...I'm not sure we would have been but...

I wish now I had at least told her; Thank You for her wonderful work it meant the world to me when I was a little girl singing...and still does.  she is so beloved.

[violinbeauty1]

@Ising4u333 you are so lucky she is so great! i used 2 watch that shirly temple movie with the dad in war and her name had bin sarah in da movie like every day wen i wuz small but i lost it :( i had 2 settle for grease. is she still alive?

[Ising4u333]

@violinbeauty1 I believe she is still alive she was given a Life Time Achievment Award a couple of years ago an she looked great . You know Target carries box sets of her movies... Be well.

[mermaidmelodyfan0000]

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO BE THAT ADORABLE?

[daddysromangel]

lovely

[AnimeKat52]

hey this isnt by shirley temple i dont know why everyone thinks so

-.-

[courte28]

Did you know she is one of Micheal Jackson's favorite child star actresses next to Elizabeth Taylor?

[teresaGT]

@courte28 for true? i didn't know that, thanks for the inf =D

[mj4life1001]

@courte28 wow really dang never knew thnx

[pegcage]

Sorry, but that is not Shirley singing.

[teresaGT]

@pegcage i know and i wrotw that in the video info

[Selenagomez5able1]

i wonder how she got famous at that age, is she still alive?

[teresaGT]

@Selenagomez5able1 yeah she's 82 xd

[LoveCallsPain]

i have sing this when i was young ^.^

[beandog100]

It's just SO CUUUUTTTE the way adults turn children into performing animals.

Can I have a performing child for Xmas please? Pleeeeeeaaaaaassssse mommy.

[lynxluver719]

this is gayla peevey, NOT shirley temple, but you gotta love shirley!

[teresaGT]

Thanks! i know it's a Gayla Peevey song, i wrote that on description

[teresaGT]

yeah i know

[SilentGhost88]

You want a Hippo and i want a Tyrannosaurus rex

[redsearose99]

is that girl still alive? not to sound rude sorry if i do im just curious ^^ she was wonderful so pretty and cute

[teresaGT]

yeah she is pretty alive 81 years old XD

[xxcuhlayxx]

@teresaGT ommmgg realllly??

[teresaGT]

yeah