The Devil and Daniel Mouse (2/3)

[k24601]

*facepalm* "bled his singers dry" is a reference to money, not actual blood or a reference to killing ....somebody's over-thinking the lines....

[k24601]

I am glad that I'm not the only one who thought that it seemed like anti-rock propaganda or wondered if it's supposed to be parodying / satire of such propaganda....

[LKPrime]

6:25 "Get on with it!"

"Yes, get on with it!"

[fakemadereal]

The songs sound almost like actual....songs. Like sang by a real Band for an audience and not a crappy cartoon

[DarkPrince784]

Watched completely out of context, the first 2 minutes of this might be one of the funkiest things I've ever seen in animation. Beautiful.

[origamipein18]

I feel bad for Jan.: (

[xAnnabellafulx]

Dan seems so stoned...

[RoyalTebowDoom]

@xAnnabellafulx What do you expect? He's a British Columbian rocker?

[xAnnabellafulx]

@RoyalTebowDoom LOL

[bahmat]

What kinda message is the show giving? It's bad/evil to be ambitious, to want to be successful in your chosen career? From what I've seen, Jan hadn't stepped on anyone on the way to the top, never mistreated her employees. Only reason she couldn't get Dan to tag along was cos the weasel was stopping her. Aside from that, the songs are beautiful. I wish I could listen to their full versions and does anyone know what happened to Laurel Runn (Jan's singing voice)? Such an amazing voice.

[Treemeadow]

@bahmat

But she did choose to leave Dan out.

[RoyalTebowDoom]

@bahmat The point is we all make mistakes which make us subject to the devil. Nevertheless, we all have a Redeemer, as Daniel was to Jan.

[ember1k]

@bahmat It's bad because she made a deal with the devil...She really diden't have to do much work to get to the top. Everything was basically handed too her.

[Pyroblazer]

@bahmat The message is "Don't take the easy way out because it can bite you in the end, and don't get so caught up in it that you leave your love ones behind"

[demon0981]

@ randomandproudqueen you get what I was saying? Cool.

[JA268]

The Jury:

#1 -Rich Rat who in life owned a record company that cheated its singers

#2 - Les Leech an agent who "bled" his singers dry

#3 - Vicki Viper a hateful singing star until she loses her voice

That is my guess... ^^; I couldn't never make out Dan's dialogue

[demon0981]

I hate to say this but the Devil has several names, each one dealing with a certain sin; Beelzebub represents gluttony.

[randomandproudqueen]

@demon0981 yeah that's right

Beelzibub=gluttony

Lucifer=pride

Satan=wrath

Mammon=greed

Belphegor=sloth

Asmodeus=lust

Leviathan=envy

Ah Wikipedia, what would we do without you?

[TrettaM]

Awwww! Memories! I remember this movie when i was a child. I also remember watching a movie about 2 robots one's a male and one's a femal and they fall in love. That was a good one to. I wish a knew what it was called

[randomandproudqueen]

@TrettaM the movie you're talking about, about the robots, was it called Romie 0 and Julie 8?

[Darkstar1484]

What always struck me as weird on this movie was that it almost seemed like it was anti-rock which seems a bit...quaint.

[r5t6y7u8]

LOVE IT! Creepy, funny, stylish, witty, trendy (in 1980 when I was 13), great singing and a moral lesson to boot.

Is it me or most of the voices sound African-American?

[ACRedsCreations]

WE NEED Tenacious D NOW! \M/

[SlairMongrel]

@ACRedsCreations YES. When I saw him strumming on his acoustic, I totally expected him to challenge the Devil to a rock-off a-'la Charlie Daniels/Jables & Kage.

[evanescfan]

Can u imagine a story like that nowadays??

[NYG4LIFE123]

I like how Dan didn't recognize Jan at first. Does he know other girl mice with that kind of puffed up hair, lol. 

[MWolfL]

WHEEZE: "No take backs! No take backs!"

(Devil does a facepalm)

Why the heck does the devil use Wheeze as a main assistant when he keeps getting exasperated by him? XD

[Darkstar1484]

@MWolfL Well, I figure there aren't a whole lot of people happily willing to work for the devil, he's probably stuck with Wheeze being the best available.

[MWolfL]

@Darkstar1484

Good point. Very good point.

[Masterferret7]

"This is a democratic forest!"

"You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!!"

[Argie87]

What the Devil says at 7:19? "Fair schmere?"

[Montork]

sad thing is something similar happened to early nelvana. a group of layed back people formed a company and produced this first cartoon, it was popular enough to make several more. nelvana then thought they could produce a movie. they gave in everything they had and made a work of animated art, rock and rule. their advertisers screwed them over and they nearly bankrupted, the only way to pay off dept and survive was by distributing other peoples animation.

[CarolinePar]

ok I can see the KISS influence in the black and white makeup - can anyone else see/hear any other referances in the visual parts of her music (maybe Bette Midler and Crystal Gayle)?

[hybridmcgee]

@CarolinePar I was thinking Betty Davis a little during that KISS part.

[Lady162]

@hybridmcgee Huh, for some reason I thought Tina Turner.

[hybridmcgee]

@Lady162 Yeah, I can see that. Makes sense. I guess I was mostly thinking about that brief KISS moment but there's still a good resemblence to Turner there too.

[Johnlindsey289]

@CarolinePar

Yes a mix of Diana Ross, Kiss, Bette Midler and more.

[glennorange]

Oh my God!!!! I remember this from so long ago! I'd forgotten what it was called. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!

[Carlos1584]

i have this recorded on vhs ftw!!!

[ZaidNitsua]

@Carlos1584 you win on epic levels of win.

[117ty]

Does anyone else get the porno reference or was it just me?

[ratfink74]

Wow that weasel is suposed to be a sleazy jewish agent....right.I do Love the style of this animation most computer animation looks like crap these days.The devil is so well animated as well.

[Johnlindsey289]

@ratfink74

Not all is CGI you know, we have Stop Motion, Clay, Flash and anime of course. Even Ghibli/Miyazaki knows how to make awesome masterpieces of 2D animation

[megadork456]

"I sold my sole to the Devil!"

"Yeah? Well that's cool, I-WHUUUUUUUUUUTTT???!!!!!"

[zzzzizzzz1]

The Devil and the weasel reminded me of the dinosaur and wolf.

[RADIZZLE4000]

@zzzzizzzz1 what dinosuar and wolf??

[MrsWLeach]

Who was the voice of Funky Jan? Sounds kinda Linda Ronstadt.

[stankananuh]

Thank u so much for posting! I would NEVER be able to find my VHS with this on it..lol Haven't seen this in over 20 years. This taught me a lesson early.

[67nairb]

I haven't seen this cartoon special in 30 years.

[JA268]

Comment #1 - I love the outfit here (0:44) and (1:06)

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Comment #2 - 08:20 - As a human, he in life would have been a sick, psycho agent who murders his singer clients; hence "bled his singers dry!"

[CarolinePar]

such a varied influence to her music -- KISS with the wild makeup to (?) with the long flowing white dresses and soulful songs

[67nairb]

The show was hosted by Marty Stouffer the host and narratorof WILD AMERICA which aired on public television in the 1980s.

[67nairb]

Does anybody remember in the 90s when Cartoon Network used to air a half hour show called O' CANADA? It was a series of Canadian cartoon shorts that might've been shown in theaters when they were first produced?

[Blakefe]

ya i remember it never wached it thou

[Reya70]

I do! I wish I could find them all on DVD, some of them were really incredible.

[67nairb]

And funny too.

[butheadVSbevus]

I remember that I missed that one and the old cartoon netwerk.

[67nairb]

O'CANADA was hosted and narrated by Marty Stouffer who was the host of WILD AMERICA a documentary series that aired on public television in the 80s about wildlife in North America. Does anyone remember that show?

[Snapscape]

Yep. I used to love Marty's shows, but I can't watch animals die anymore even though Marty did show that very often if at all.

[67nairb]

WILD AMERICA is now available on dvd. I saw it at Target and I believe it's the whole series.

[67nairb]

Marty Stouffer is not a Canadian though. He was born and raised in Fort Smith Arkansas.

[Snapscape]

I never said he was Canadian. He films a lot of his shows in Canada though.

[67nairb]

I never accused you of that. I myself just thought that Marty Stouffer was Canadian by birth because he was the host of O'CANADA. I just found out a few minutes ago that he was born in Arkansas. I looked it up on Wickepedia.

[Snapscape]

No but Lorne Greene is Canadian and he had the Lorne Greene's New Wilderness half-hour show that aired on CTV through the early-mid 80's just before Battlestar Galactica 1980. If you remember that.

[67nairb]

Yes I remember both shows. But do you remember that Lorne Grenne hosted another animal show in the mid 70's called LAST OF THE WILD?

[Snapscape]

I later learned about it but never seen any episodes. The fist animal program I seen was Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom.

[67nairb]

Why is it that reruns of LAST OF THE WILD, MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM with Marlin Perkins, WILD AMERICA and LORNE GREENE'S NEW WILDERNESS aren't aired on tv anymore? Were these shows aired on ANIMAL PLANET at one time?

[Snapscape]

I have no idea why? I imagine at one point they were. Maybe eventually they will be again.

[67nairb]

Those were excellent nature documentaries. Even if they were a half hour long.

[Blakefe]

me to i hate that new one with all the bobbel heads or what ever they are

[butheadVSbevus]

I like Adult swim a lot but I think kids should get into the classics . You know back in those days the cartoons were more kid orient no adult content you know let kids be kids.. kids should see the classics popeye, bugs bunny

[Blakefe]

well looney toons is back but i dont think they will be leting popeye come back seaveral mommys and daddys think that he teaches kids to fight other kids even thou he also teaches them to eat thir vegtabels

[Skulldini]

Well, they had the Bakshi stuff back then and that was even dirtier than Adult Swim.

[Johnlindsey289]

@Skulldini

No animation is as ever dirty as hentai, you know what hentai is? anime porn especially the ones with naughty demon tentacles. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend is the most infamous example that earned it's NC-17 here in the states for a good reason and very shocking stuff even with the rape, mutilation, gore, sex, masturbation and stuff.

[67nairb]

I always the weasel was a fox; he looked like one.

[bloodrunsclear]

Sort of a cautionary tale about the music industry really XD

[swarlock]

Yep.

[Icarus3ak]

Bauhaus used this in their song "Party of the First Part"

[Bizarronumber4]

Dig that Funky 70s music!

[westeightyone]

The songs were written by Gordon Lightfoot. and sung by Jane Sibery.

[alloowishus]

Uhm, no sung by Laurel Runn and written by John Sebastian

[fatfoxclown]

I never saw this but I think I saw the cassette for it a few years ago the big clunky cardboard kind

[Bladestar7]

Last time I saw this I was 6. Thanks for posting this

[crazyclimber80]

I love the very 70's feel to this cartoon.. the afros, the Rosanne Rosana-Dana like hairdo of Jan, the funky dialogue.. ah, memories.

The parts where he morphs into different things as he chases her is priceless. And I love how he's contentedly wearing a paper hat as he eagerly awaits the sentence.

[gnapgnapgnap]

thanks for posting!!!!!