Skeleton Frolic (1937)

[6KingCooper6]

1. Typical conductor >.< 2. Thank GOD we didn't hear the cello. 3. Where the FUCK is the saxophone?!?!?!?!?!?!

[bolekcichon]

Memento mori, kids!

[ARTUR1211100]

That was awesome!!!!! and in 3D woooooowwww!!!!!!!

[ChernabogEsq]

How splendid. I had never seen this before. I love the background work.

[MDthornton83]

Great cartoon. Amazing how you got the color version of this.

[MDthornton83]

The finger!

[Julloon]

Skeleton feet are kind of hard to draw and animate... So they all get skeleton shoes. Well, at least they didn't get the classic cartoon character gloves.

[BBSroll]

Wow he's really flipping him off

[Yarida75]

•_- ... bizarre mais original

[mmbmbmbmb]

Excellent ! ☆☆☆☆☆

Thank you!

[cheapcape]

me likes

[DrGore047]

2:43 LOL

[DrGore047]

03:32 LOL

[candyqueenify]

2:30 skeleton says FUCK OFF ASSHOLE!(his fingers)

[puppetmaster983]

Skeleton aat 2:31 is an asshole.

[DainGerrUsss]

I just found the name of the music for whomever is interested:

GHOST DANCE by CORA SALISBURY

[DainGerrUsss]

What is the name of the music @ 2:59????????

[Gernam12]

Wow; Ub Iwerk's style barely changed from the early black and white days and his amateur nature with color is grating. Unlike the other artists at the Disney studio, he barely took advantage of the power of the color at his disposal. The fairytale greens and purples just go to ruin the atmosphere of this short which had plenty of atmosphere when in black and white.

[cubantoro]

I saw this cartoon recently on TV on the Qubo network... but the music was not the same. Maybe not licensed for broadcast? It was strange.

[Govenorphatt]

Anyone else notice when the skeleton with the flute hits the sour notes, he's also flipping off the conductor with both hands?

[CathMar3]

@Govenorphatt That's my fave part, lol.

[Kerneza]

Ub Iwerks was the artist for the Disney skeleton Dance.

[marialuisalazarte]

hermoso remake de "The Skeleton Dance"(1929)

Graciaass!!!

[er10b]

1:40 shut up cat, some of the skeletons are scared...

[TheCurseofFate]

Wat a knock off. Sure it was somewat entertaining but wasnt as good as the original hooray for disney >_>

[dramaqueenchris405]

This is like a really bad version of Disney's "Skeleton Dance"

[Externica]

@dramaqueenchris405

Ub Iwerks was the man behind the original "Skeleton Dance".

He later left the disney Studios and made remakes of his older cartoons for other studios.

But, yeah, I agree, I like the skeleton dance better than this.

[kcsledge95]

Did Walt and Ub have a falling out?

[snipetracker]

@kcsledge95 Like Hitchcock and Orson Welles, Disney was a hard-working, ingenious filmmaker that zealously controlled his projects. He pushed other people hard, and thus pushed people away occasionally. However, he could also reconcile with these people and have them back. Such was the case with Iwerks. They worked closely for years, with Ub standing by Walt at early stages and co-creating some of their breakthrough works, and eventually returned following their falling out.

[ChristineScholz]

omg, how is that rated g?

[SergeantLuke]

Dude. Ub. When you left Disney, you wanted to make your own cartoons. So don't rip off the ones you made at Disney!

[cheryklemish95]

Great trailer man!! going to download this in downloadmusic .im

[blashyrkh66]

@chickenwarrior2 Was just going to write that...Ub Iwerks did both, so is it a "Rip off" or upgrade?

[Xarcifen]

@blashyrkh66 I would consider it an upgrade if Ub Iwerks had done the artwork for both. Considering when they used the template for Disney in 1929 and how this cartoon you see now was done in 1937 I'd say it's an improvement.

[dolphinluv2413]

Is this a remake of the Disney short "Skeleton Dance"?

[GoblinXXX]

@dolphinluv2413 It's definitely a remake-- Ub Iwerks did that one, too, for Disney. I guess animators have been re-using their ideas as long as there's been animation.

[looneytunes9000]

This was on earlier today on "Totally Tuned In!" on Antenna TV.

[ferallian]

wow that would have been cooler if Disney hadn't done The Skeleton Dance 8 years earlier.. and better

[Advancewarsguy]

@ferallian The Disney skeleton dance was drawn by Ub Iwerks. This one was directed by the same guy, Ub Iwerks.

[moonclan1337]

At 2:59 The top right skeleton's leg disappears a few times.

[Manuelesp91]

the skeleton say "fuck you" with the fingers to the artistic director xD

[iHappyApple]

this was the shit back than

[douxelle]

why is it that all 1930's cartoons about skeletons are exactly the same? They show up, They throw an impromptu party, They have a good time, and then it ends.

[ooo895]

@douxelle This was actually a remake of the original Skeleton Dance from 1929

[Silvermoth2]

@douxelle I honestly have no idea

[MrClaysta]

..Trippy....

[flipside1545]

fantastic!!!

[temptingsylph]

Lol cute video! Great! ^_^

[DaJbrahs]

your telling me that a video made in 1937 was rated G, a rating that was established a good 30 years later?

[funnymannumber2]

@DaJbrahs They're probably referring to its re-release during prints of the Lost Skeleton of Cavarda,

[needsmoremilk]

As much as I prefer "The Skeleton Dance", I have to admit that this one is definitely the creepier of the two... XD *shudders*

[AutumnWitch3]

I'd love to cut the rug with those dancing skeletons!

[radiootoo]

Who needs "THEM" to make cartoons like this masterpiece while we still have the greatest medium since Gutenberg: YouTube! Now these classix will stand on their own again against all comers - and STILL get more views!

[DLC9091]

one of these cartoons has a skeleton putting up his middle finger while playing a intrument...my daughter was watching it, not cool at all.

[PureWhite91]

@DLC9091 boo the fuck hoo she will learn worst than that trust me n this world u cant keep u kids from things just let them know whats n the world and raise them tobe better than that

[HaggisMcCrablice]

@DLC9091 -- Eh...it's no worse than the gunplay, alcohol and tobacco use, and even nudity in many of these classic shorts. You don't even see it unless you pause the video.

[Punisherfan123]

@HaggisMcCrablice Ah... made when people wouldn't get sued for hurting other people's feelings, and children weren't raised in plastic bubbles, and weren't allowed to see something that didn't have to do with a singing, dancing, brightly colored made up creature teaching them the alphabet and numbers, and parents didn't eat their chilren's toes literally, or microwave their children, or put them in ovens and cook them, police did their job better, and children got to see the real world.

[scaryguy004]

@Punisherfan123 i used to disliked the fact that im forced to grow up iin this generation,but after i read your comment i REALLY hate it!

[owen1218]

The Skeleton Dance was much better.

[joshualiu1993]

Why was the Skeleton conductor upset?.

[Mevb83]

@joshualiu1993 Because the skeleton on the flute kept played a false note.

[victorjohnson2nd]

@joshualiu1993 he kept getting flipped off by the flutist lol

[LoneWolf24196]

ripoff of the skeleton dance by disney

[wsbtam]

@LoneWolf24196 Well, what of it? Ub Irwerks animated "The skeleton dance" when he worked for disney.

[katinaanimator]

What's interesting is that after Iwerks left Disney to form his own studio, he made cartoons that were rip-offs of Disney cartoons. This one is a rip-off of the first Silly Symphony he ever made for walt, The Skeleton Dance, eight years before this one. The drawings of the skeletons in this one is actually WORSE!

[electricalwell]

Good stuff, but a pretty blatant ripoff of the Disney precursor... right down to the mazel tov bit @ 5:50.

[stark1329]

Wow! Wow! Wow! I have loved 'The Skeleton Dance' for as long as I can remember but I was never aware of this 1937 short. Absolutely amazing, very beautifully done. Damn they really don't make 'em like they used to, huh? Many thanks for uploading. :)

[Doze67]

that's the SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN after ur mom.

[wqge413]

sudowoodo the pokemon ? lol in a graveyard

[TheElissaS]

Everything about this is totally amazing! the orchestra, the colors, the Imagination involved in the making of this. Thank u for posting this

[King1N]

These backgrounds are beautiful.

[YRUstaring]

Ha!Ha! This is great! Ah the good old days when they would play cartoons before a movie, eh? My age is showing. Thanks for sharing!

[blacksuperbeast]

I love this

[666slink]

A really fun clip to watch. Halloween is my favorite holiday!!!!

[Dukefazon]

I loved stuff like this when I was a kid, unfortunately I didn't know this back then. Funny!

[dholmlund]

Wow...Quite the ripoff...

[StuffedMannequin]

The color scheme in this cartoon is brilliant.

[balrog13571]

I like how the early cartoons could take something that would be scary and turn it into a fun musical number. Disney and Columbia did a good job wit hthings like The Skeleton Dance and this as well as taking it into darker tones with stuff like Night on Bald Mountain. I miss the classic cartoons.

[willborges]

Is it just me or is this a complete copy/rip off from Disney's "Skeleton Dance"??

[Furthen]

@willborges

seems like it bro'

[glowghosty]

Ub Iwerks (the artist/actual creator of Mickey Mouse) animated/directed both Skeleton Dance and Skeleton frolic. So it seems to me that Walt Disney was the "rip off"

[missraekiel]

@glowghosty Well Haunted House was made the same year as Skeleton Dance and it has the exact same skeletons and a lot of the same dancing in it as Skeleton Dance. Ub Iwerks didn't direct it. So quit hating.

[glowghosty]

@missraekiel You are mistaken, and aren't following the discussion. Ub. Iwerks directed and drew ALL of the early Disney animations, hence he designed Haunted House (which no one referred to) and Skeleton Dance, as well as the featured Columbia Skelton Frolic. You might enjoy watching the Disney production which is available on youtube, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks story, which puts it all in a very flattering non "hating" light.

[Jcolinsol]

@willborges

It's just you. The black and white version of skeleton dance was animated by Ub Iwerks, who directed this one. He's re-inventing his previous work.

[chickenwarrior]

@willborges If it's a rip off of Disney it's only because Ub came up w/ the concept and animation in the first place for them.

[ssestakhch]

@willborges That's Ub Iwerks for ya.

[Harmthuria]

@willborges It's not you, this is a ripoff, eight years later and they do this. Gee, I wonder who did this type of cartoon first. The one that aired in 1929 or 1937. Even those who suck at math can know the difference. Know that a ripoff is something similar that comes out years later, they probably didn't steal the idea.

[tippitytop1]

@willborges

yeah and most of Disney's dance numbers are the exact same no matter what movie it is!

[Scarecrowking]

@willborges 100 motherfucking percent!

[TheOnlyMrFake]

@willborges It's a remake of the short you mentioned. Both this cartoon and Skeleton Dance were made by Ub Iwerks.

I do recommend Skeleton Dance over Skeleton Frolic. Skeleton Dance also were the first of Disney's famous Silly Symphonies.

[HaggisMcCrablice]

@willborges -- As noted, Ub Iwerks directed both pictures, so it's really a case of self-plagiarism. Frank Tashlin, a former Warners man, brought a lot of that sort of humor to the table when he signed on to Columbia.

It's funny how skeletons can play trumpets so well with no lips or lungs....

[CTproductions100]

@willborges

Well this was in 1937 when was that?

[ConanCimmerio]

@willborges

oh, my god... this is almost identic??? funny anyways XDDD

[torijesus]

@willborges Ub Iwerks also illustrated The Skeleton Dance.

[CCharmanderK]

@willborges It's actually a spiritual successor to The Skeleton Dance, which was actually 90% animated by Ub Iwerks himself, who directs this. It's intended as a remake or a sequel of sorts.

[Daniloveschoir]

The orchestra bit and the dancing are cute, and a new development from the Disney one.

[RESCUEDISCO]

Can anybody tell me what's the tune that starts at 5:43?

[bogercs]

Here's my Moto "Dead Men don't dance".

[SuperZalex]

odd

[dagurgisla]

that's just like skeleton dance :S

[bigmanny]

@dagurgisla thats what I thought

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Great, now flute players all over the world will be getting smart with their conductors.

[jaratt85]

omfg the flute one flips him off.. god youve gotta love the 30s

[baldricksnosehairs]

showed this to my 2 year old, that's him scarred for life now lol, he shit himself :P

[1badaction]

@baldricksnosehairs well, I don't think a 2 year old really NEEDS a reason to shit himself. Just sayin.

[DarkOneKmikaze]

7/10 rating

[balakdurjana]

LOL.. loves to change heads like that...

*In Malaysia, this kind of walking skeleton ghost is called Jerangkung. (jer-rang-kong)

[Maarow]

Of all the versions of the afterlife I've ever heard, I'd most like this one to be true.

[RayPointer]

SKELETON FROLIC is a remake of THE SKELETON DANCE which Ub Iwerks animated for Walt Disney in 1929. Iwerks went out on his own the following year. Towards the end of the 1930s, he was doing freelance productions for Columbia and Schlesinger/Warner Brothers. This was a color remake, which was also repeated in a sense in MERRY MANNEQUINS.

As for color, it existed even in the silent era. Full color Technicolor came out in 1932. You can use the Internet to find this out as well.

[Ruttie2]

They actually don't look like skeletons, but more like mickey mouse characters, and yes i know it's

from disney, but i cannot understand why people

are scared (or where) about this... I'm just saying..

[RedLightBulbs]

Kind of a trippier version of the Skeleton Dance.

[TheGhostRiderRules]

Whoa at 2:31 is that skeleton fliping us off? 0_0

[adamtheskunk]

i saw that too, i was going to reply, but i wasnt the only one to see.

[rollindts44]

@TheGhostRiderRules

no he's flipping off the conductor thats why hes so pissed

[LoveMeNots]

@TheGhostRiderRules Looks like it. LOL xD

i used to do that to my music teacher while shredding. xD

[AutumnWitch3]

@TheGhostRiderRules I think it was 3 times! :-D

[zuembekinder]

@TheGhostRiderRules yes he was 

[er10b]

@TheGhostRiderRules i love the conductors reaction - staring the flute player down LMFAO

[KrazyKartoonKid]

So far this is the only Columbia cartoon that has made it on to DVD

[john18061806]

one word: mindf*ck.

[Shamu4u16]

how can this be in 1937 when they didnt have color yet?

[xrangerx777x]

color by technicolor

[castletriglav]

Wrong. Color films go back a ways. Google history of color films.

[CrazyFry]

they obvilously did

[raver4lyfe16]

@Shamu4u16 thewy did in cartoons they only didnt have colour for live filming

[wqge413]

2:45 the skellaton gives the condutor 2 middle finger lol i fell of my chair

[radiofiendify]

Sorry, I meant to type 1930's in that last line.

[radiofiendify]

This cartoon is basically a longer colour re-make of the 1929 version. I think that that 1929 cartoon is far better but there's a lot of good stuff in this one too. Its directed by the same guy who animated the original cartoon in 1929 so he was entitled to re-work it as he so wished. I think that the skeleton 'flipping off' the conductor was purely accidental [though it is funny] because I don't think they had the one finger sign in the 1920's, but I'm not sure.

[mattybock]

darn skippy pal. this was mr. iwerks sequel to the skeleton dance, after he and walt disney really had it out. i'm with iwerks, walt was a jackass. the fingers were intentional, as were so many other little easter eggs that you can find in old toons. Ub took alot of old footage and some brand new, and really outdid himself. thanks for posting.

[radiofiendify]

Thanks for the reply mattybock, but I wasn't the one who posted this cartoon:)

Iwerks apparently was also the guy who actually designed Mickey Mouse-Disney just picked out the drawing and said he liked it.

[crazymonkey246810]

why was walt an asshole...?

[mattybock]

walt gave names of animator union leaders to the mccarthy administration because they didn't like walt being a tyrant. he took credit for films with art that he never made. ub werk designed mickey from walts crude sketch, and walt took credit. walt refused to hire blacks, hispanics or jews in great numbers, and only have a few token ethnics. he seperated men and women, and gave women menial tasks. look up secret lives walt disney on you tube for the whole story.

[SteelArmadillo]

Where can this be found on DVD?

[girlcosmoteever]

nic3:)

[joshualiu1993]

Happy Halloween!.

[CHMATOSOVIDEOS01]

Fantastic! How Creative!

Thanks Piero for sharing it.

[anglicansag]

For all the computer wizardry that exists today nothing has the charm of these old-school cartoons.

This is pure imaginative fabulosity !!!

[lackadaisicaal]

Haha, I never thought I'd see a skeleton flip the bird.

[JA268]

Love how the black cat is naturally drawn (1:38). And what is the song the skeletons played?

[giraffelaugh29]

The skeleton flutist totally flips off the conductor with both hands at 2:31.

[GojiGuy]

Done by the same guy as skeleton dance...

[0mighty1]

any 1 know a list of these type of cartoons

[nicktheghosthost999]

I also think that this isn't as great as skeleton dance, but the tune at around 2:58 is so dang catchy!

[GONZO4Sheriff]

Not as good as skeleton dance. This one's too cartoony for my taste, Skeleton Dance had a creepy macabre vibe...

This one would be a great halloween show for kids today, though. Much better than HAnnah Montana or any other live action Disney bullshit...

[electricalwell]

i agree. this is a pretty blatant ripoff of Skeleton Dance, too... the bats in the belfry scene at the beginning is practically identical.

[GONZO4Sheriff]

but it is by the same animator, Ub Iwerks so...

[hauntedhope]

This one is actually directed by the same guy who animated Skeleton Dance, so it wasn't much of a ripoff as a remake.

[wolfmoon256]

its funny but i think its a bit of a rip off,

oh well watcha gonna do? i love it anyway thanks for posting it =)

[xxGalacticGeminixx]

Wow they don't make cartoons like this anymore

[AutumnWitch3]

@xxGalacticGeminixx This is incredible.

[sandraleepitts]

It is a rip off,but it is buy the same man

[mypreciouz]

klaklaklak my bones are klaking :) hahahahaahhaa death is such a funny thing

[ipanickedatthedisco]

total rip off of the Skeleton dance! ha.

[Lunarsun18]

lol, actually UB Iwerks drew and animated Skeleton Dance as well, in about 1929

[ErichoTTA]

Yeah, I was confusing this for that.

[CollinShots]

I like at 2:40 when the skeleton gives authority the double finger.

[theoffkeybandit]

I was going to say the exact same thing. Skeleton piccolo players can only take so much.

[ClaudiaJess95]

this is very very smiliar to the start of the skeleton dance

[MM85304]

It really looks like the skeleton playing the flute around 2:40 keeps giving the conductor the bird XD

[kaiser5543]

This is a complete rip off of Disney's "Skeleton Dance." I don't like this one at all.

[AvantGardeGuy2]

Ub Iwerks, the director of this short, was the animator for Disney's "The Skeleton Dance". But basically, your right. This is very much the exact same concept (the only real difference being that it's in color).

[sillydebb]

this cartoon has so many things that were on the skeleton dance by walt disney or almost like it i dont like this 1 as much

[unsightlyHORROR]

aaaahaaaa the flute playing skeleton gave him the finger... LOL favourited ;)

[rwsandne]

How is it that we should automatically assume that the skeleton's are gay if there is no indication whatsoever of their sex. For all we know they could be all malle, all female, mixed, some could even be transgender.

[kitkat21209]

i like it but the skeletons were gay

[braneden]

nope I say theyre straight.

[rwsandne]

Can't they just be asexual, neither gay nor straight because they are animated cartoon characters and they are skeletons.

[hidetolove]

one of the most idiotic things I have ever read on the internet.

IT'S A FUCKING SKELETON.

[kitkat21209]

dont crittic wat i say if u dont like it then dont talk to me

[pissysteve]

"criticize"

And you're talking to everyone here by leaving a comment. If you don't want to piss people off, don't say things like that.

[Xigbar13]

Personally, I like both versions. The skeletons in this are bit more cartoony than in the Skeleton Dance, but in the Skeleton Dance they would never be able to fit in the bit with flautist.