Alfred J. Kwak - Ep2 - Alfred's first birthday (English) [1/3]

[@HORRIOR1]

Jesus H Christ XD I know dead parents is a common trope in any fictional series, but 2 dead parents and 6 siblings has got be the record XD

[@nierengegend]

"...a lovely town in waterland, where life is grand." I just love the English version.

[@CapitanBluebeard]

wow that was intense for a kids show. That made me tear up a bit.

[@StrikerRazor]

@DaveMala0 The idea of the show is that. The creator Herman Van Veen had the idea when he accidentally kill a duck. The series is about how to go on and see the life with good eyes even in the adversity. Alfred is that kind of person thanks to Henk. Because as the series progress we will also see how he becames a good person, unlike Doll.

[@TheLunaDuck]

Oh god, I've seen this episode many times and I still cry when I see it =''( But I still love this show

[@officertom6751]

Every time I rewatch this episode I fear the moment when the car hits Alfred's parents and siblings killing them all. And it's sad how they all kept their spirits up and expected to reside in a nice home only to find their ends instead.

[@moontje87a]

I Love Alfred, a beautiful and intelligent creation of Herman van Veen. Furtherlong the series it teaches children about Apartheid and discimination. A cartoon worthy of watching

[@BlackIceZa]

This episode was soooooooooooo sad!!!! Wow sad nostalgia when I watch these episodes again!! :(

[@BladeBlur]

Eat your heart out, Bambi.

[@RageChocobo]

Eat your heart out, Batman as well

[@brotherhood_of_harkonnen]

Watch the other eps, dont judge by only the first few eps.

[@rakefet6]

i had no memory of this ep, i cat believe this is what i watched as a kid. it's also so different in English i used to see it in Hebrew

[@bbqrainbow]

NOO! All I see is a cute little duck cartoon, and then I see this.

[@222DoDo222]

i think the voices in german are more cute.. is a little bit like dutch.. thats cute.. :)

[@josephharrington4502]

It's sad that Alfred's Parents, his brothers & sisters died, but it's nice of Hank the Mole to adopt him.

[@PowerOptix]

"Where's Mummy? Where's Daddy?" That got me. :'(

[@Charmancer]

weather u like it or hate it, its still a great nostalgic cartoonand i really like the opening and ending and yes i was wondering when that particular scene was going to happen again, im going to have to watch this all the way through, good times!:D

[@sentaimaster100]

*sees Alfred's family get ran over by greedy animals and looks at the camera* You know! For kids!

[@Spaceshipize]

When i was younger i cried for ages about his whole family dying and yes indeed b0b1919 pretty hardcore for kids i was about 7 years old maybe younger anyways this was a GOOD serie!

[@stephanieprpa630]

Same here and there was also a scene that upset me as well. When Grabby took the Ruby from the museum and the guards thought it was Alfred. They threw him into the Clink

[@gerdienr86]

Wow, I didn't know they translated it into English as well!

[@Goatlactic]

wow that's some fucking dark shit for a kid's cartoon... then again this is a rather old cartoon before censorship of death got really strict so I shouldn't be that surprised.

[@Balnazzardi]

ye, well this show also had such subjects as drugs, racism, clear references to nazism and ofcourse Dolf is 1 on 1 Adolf Hitler....so ye, it was very bold show, something you are definitely not going to see ever again from other kids shows. But on the other hand parents should understand that kids dont understand most of these subjects at all...I was like 3 or 4 years old multiple times from VHS and it didnt leave any traumas or marks at me....back then I couldnt understand any of the subjects, I maybe could understand at some level that Alfred's parents, brothers and sisters died, but in all honesty, at that age you really cant comprehend death either. So ye, imo its fantastic show, goes back in the day when I was kid, I could appreciate and enjoy it just as cartoon, when I grew old and watched these again, It was on whole other level when I could actually understand all the rather dark subjects in this show and just think "Wow, this show was and is truly something else". But ye, I just think that some parents are just waaaaay to overprotective...if this kind of show was shown today for kids, they would go nuts, especially in USA...but like said, kids usually cant comprehend such subjects until they come to certain age and I just really wish that there WOULD be shows like this to kids today and not all this completely brainless shit. In the end this show is actually very educational even and the fact that it was not afraid to have quite dark things in it is something that atleast I can appreciate...in the end I can understand that parents want to protect their kids from certain subjects, but in the end they shouldnt be overprotected....I mean at some point your kids start to ask you questions about these different subjects like death for example...and ofcourse you dont want to scare them, but its simply necessary to make them understand that some times bad things can happen in life and sometimes/often you cant even be prepared for it. And as tragic as the death of Alfred's family is here, it didnt leave any scars on me and Im sure it wouldnt for any other child...its just important that if the child has question about such subjects that parents tell them the facts, but in right and proper way. Either way this was rather long message, but the POINT im trying to say here, that Im completely against this kind of idiotic censorship and overprotection we have these days....I mean I DO think that for example the movie/videogame age ratings are good thing to have and I would never let my kids watch or play anything thats not suitable for them...but I would have no troubles showing Alfred J Kwak to my kids one day, even at the age of 3 or 4...simply because I can tell from my own experience that its NOT harmful.

[@eeefffjjjuuuhhh]

wahaha XD,, really funny to hear the English intro instead of the Dutch one;)

[@SimaoFan]

Damn, why didn't this air in the US? :( This beats the shit out of power rangers

[@janroehl]

that was so sad... (das war so traurig...)

[@yousillypanda]

@b0b1919 i used to watch this as a kid too and i've only just rediscovered it. i remember being so sad :( this is the one episode that really stuck in my mind!

[@rini12309]

this intro is so much better in dutch

[@Ben_306]

Why was this never syndicated to the US? Topics too adult for the censors?

[@aosei-kofi8139]

probably so.

[@Balnazzardi]

Considering how USA TV channels have censored lots of stuff coming outside US I very much think this is the reason... Alfred J Kwak not only had this scene, right away showing at the beginning that life can be really harsh and cruel sometimes, but it also had themes such as racism, rise and fall of very Nazi like dictatorship with character who looks very much like Adolf Hitler in it and so on.... So ye, this show would have never passed censorship in USA, likely whole bunch of episodes (some of them the best ones) would have been dropped out entirely. But anyhow Ive always said that when it comes to these things, the people responsible for kids shows in USA seem to be bunch of pussies....even Disney dont have the guts to do stuff like they did back in 90s anymore, like with Lion King or Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@salexlindsay]

That shattered me like Bambi

[@generalflood]

Is there a version of Alfred J Kwak with the original voices but just english subtitles?

[@lexanderlantion4393]

The whole family died geezuz fukin christ I was not expecting that! 0o0 It got so dark so fast I was terrified expecting their bodies to just start hitting the pavement in front of them one by one all the sudden I had to close my eyes! lmao

[@DM006]

Sad... Super super SAD!!!!!

[@shiftyden]

@mrclassickids Yes, but cult from The Netherlands,the series came out Herman van Veen his brilliant mind.

[@uetzel]

just in how many countrys did they air it? i mean germany,netherlands,USA,england,japan,brazil........

[@uetzel]

@kittydiedTwT its a seris....

[@DerSpassVerderber]

we love you but the gouvernment dont so be aware.... that your writitng is not real

[@beefjerkyislekker]

from dutch bodom

[@islamalsouse8178]

The first cartoon movie talked about capitalism

[@Assgier]

@b0b1919 I só much agree!

[@MadameSomnambule]

I'm kinda curious as to how good the Japanese version is.

[@Lilliathi]

Why the Japanese version?

[@MadameSomnambule]

Lilliath Well, I heard the animation was done over there and I think there was a Japanese version made? I forget, it's been a while since I've seen this and it's been a while since I've written that comment. :p

[@Lilliathi]

***** Yeah, sorry.. I was just wondering, so might as well reply. And yeah, it's a Dutch cartoon with animation outsourced to Japan.

[@h.r.c.jansen4159]

its dutch

[@MsAnimeraven]

how sad

[@brotherhood_of_harkonnen]

So you people dont want to watch a show because it contains sad things?

[@SjoerdSoundz]

THe original Dutch version is the best, this english voice over rather sounds gay and very pushed

[@kjw21411]

Sjipz Gay? They don't sound stereotypically gay to me. Just British...

[@groenendijk7]

Hmm the dutch version is a lot better

[@felixml19]

Ho...noo... =..[

[@FretboardToAsh]

Why isn't Herman van Veen singing this? This guy's voice is horrible.

[@marytudor4665]

;_; 6:35

[@sunshinesan]

omg fuck this show.

[@RocketMan12260]

sunshinesan Couldnt agree more, its fucked up

[@AvatarAndKataangFan]

Nah man. It isnt too bad