The King and I - Nostalgia Critic

[@christopherwilliams7845]

"We got a random letter, LET'S DESTROY A NATION!"- 19th century British imperial policy in a nutshell

[@i.need.feet.6521]

+Kaiser Chris No wonder why we had the biggest empire at the time, despite everything wrong it caused.

[@Philiptanzer]

+ChapelTheMechanist Except the end of the slave trade, foundation of the USA and enough resources to fight 2 world wars. Imagine what would have happened in Europe in the 20th century if we had not had such a thing - not to mention the cultural benefits to a lot of the world and ourselves (Hong Kong will hopefully have a good influence on China in the years to come, India runs a democracy with 1billion people and we have pretty good links across the globe). In the long run I think it will have done more good than bad for the world, plus would you have rather left it to the Dutch/French/Portuguese/Spanish?

[@Szentatyaisten]

+Coulter Well, the food would be better...

[@Eitbitman]

+Coulter as a portuguese, I can say we had the most meh dictator of all time

[@nobunaga86]

+Kaiser Chris Do they have a flag? Well let's use our flag in their country.

[@mithrandirlannister2230]

Whisteling and dancing helps against dragons? By the gods! The good people of Westeros have to know this before Daenerys arrives! :-P

[@SoulonFire13]

Meanwhile, I've been playing Skyrim completely wrong LOL

[@aidantaylor7846]

+Silena The Hedgehog Damn, I forgot the lute! RUN AWAY!

[@avvarhil]

+Aidan Taylor CALL EVERY BARD FROM EVERY INN!!!

[@aidantaylor7846]

+Tiernan McManus I NEED RAGNAR THE RED'S HEAD ASAP!

[@LMedici]

Sorry... But... Besides Sansa, Jon, Arya and Brienne... Is there Any "Good People" In Westeros?

[@ichigoeater]

Huh. Well, of course I had to do research on King Mongkut after NC said those things about historical inaccuracy, and...I don't think I care for Anna. Mongkut had already been big on Western culture AND human rights before she even came to town. He wouldn't have whipped that one woman, because he'd already allowed any concubines who wanted to leave and find love to do so. He also abolished forced marriages, meaning the women had just as much say as men. Hell, the man was a monk for twenty years after his right to be king had been stolen by popular vote of a bunch of nobles to some concubine's kid, not wanting to cause trouble by fighting for it. He established a new denomination of Buddhism. He learned English well, as did his brother, who he made Second King. He was a genius astronomer and not shabby with geography either, as he had claimed to know the earth was round years before the British teachers said so. He was super tolerant of English merchants in a time where it was not popular to be so. He had England on his side to fight for the throne, and would have won easily should it have come to that, as the previous king died before it did. Yeah, this guy was pretty accomplished, and definitely no brute. Then there's his son, Chulalongkorn, who succeeded him after he died. Chulalongkorn is who the eldest boy in the movie is supposed to be, and he was just as amazing as his dad, beloved by the Thailand people to this day. He did quite a few interesting things, but this is turning into an essay, so I'll cut to the chase. He abolished slavery. Not in some stupid way either, like "Welp, it's now illegal to have you here, so even though you don't have a house or even the shadow of a chance of getting a job, I don't want to pay you, so get off my lawn." He lessened the amount of time required to pay off a debt through labor, which was what their slavery was based on (commoners selling themselves to slavery was a normal thing), and gave them plenty of time to find alternate ways of living. You know why he did this? Because of news of the American Civil War and it's bloodshed. He knew the commoners were dissatisfied and didn't want a rebellion, especially since slavery was already obsolete after opening trade with other countries and lessening taxes on foreigners. Jobs and land were plenty. I'm digressing. You know who took credit for this? Frickin' Anna. In her book, she claims having him read Uncle Tom's Cabin influenced him into doing that. Mighty presumptuous of her, if you ask me. I'm Ichigoeater, and I research it so you don't have to! Uh...but maybe do it anyway. Different sources might say different things, so double check me if you like...or care...It's 5 in the morning. I'm going to bed now. Bye.

[@winters_revolt]

I still don't know why she did this. I still find it amazing that she got along with the King's family after she did this. The worst she got was being asked why by Chulalongkorn

[@foxtailsnine2066]

Thank you! For research about our king!

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

ichigoeater Damn. I can’t believe I liked this movie as a kid. It just shows what assholes imperialists are. Which we already know. But this is set in a family friendly way to deceive everyone into thinking that other cultures are barbaric.

[@tyrannotitanentertainment7579]

ichigoeater you sir, earned a sub. Ever considered doing something to do with debunking historical inaccuracies in movies and books

[@tyrannotitanentertainment7579]

Asdf Asdf that was the general attitude towards foreigners at the time. We have evolved since then, but there are still a lot of people with this sort of attitude in the world (xenophobia).

[@alixjamieson2177]

"Siam is not so small!" "Oh but look-England's even smaller." *points to Scotland*

[@brideofcthulhu347]

@@ichijofestival2576 I have a friend in Scotland who had her mind entirely blown when I showed her the entire UK was dwarfed by a single US state 🤣

[@TheAeroAvatar]

Drives me nuts how the British Isles legit look bigger on that map she brought in. Even with Ireland in the mix, that just isn't right.

[@cadjebushey6524]

@@ichijofestival2576 well that certainly makes me feel good to be American. Seriously, is our world geography knowledge that bad?

[@sphjinx1448]

@@cadjebushey6524 it’s a stereotype that Americans only learn about their own country. Which is kind of true all things considered. But still, I learned the worlds history.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Um...Scotland is part of the mainland UK, which also includes England.

[@wafflerofl891]

That wall gag. My god, truer depiction of a fandom has never been portrayed.

[@ilopominecrafter]

Wafflerofl you got that right. Fandom on youtube and everywhere these days make the new sonic fanbase seem like angel monks

[@lucasbell4831]

ilopominecrafter NO. NO. NO. YOU FUCKING TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT FUCKING NOW. THERE IS NO FUCKING FANDOM WORSE THAT THE SONIC FANDOM.

[@mediahoodreviews4110]

You obviously never seen the SJWs in the Steven Universe fandom.

[@DeepEye1994]

Or the Undertale fandom or the Star Wars fandom...

[@QuantomX64]

Bronies... that is all

[@jameskardys3452]

Fun fact. 15 years before this version of "The King and I" came out, Miranda Richardson, who voices Anna, starred in a mini-series titled "A Woman of Substance." Her character's mother was played by none other than Deborah Kerr, who played Anna in the original 1956 version. In other words, there's a remote possibility that Deborah Kerr watched this animated atrocity out of curiosity to see how her on-screen daughter fared as Anna. Could you imagine her reaction?

[@christophzeit6282]

She probably filled her d pants from sheer terror and disgust

[@yoda908]

Shock would be the initial look.

[@damianmonke3922]

She’d be absolutely horrified. (Also Deborah Kerr was so pretty back in the day)

[@MrSilverSmile]

"When there's a whip... there's a way" Damn you NC. Now I will have that catchy line stuck on my head for weeks.

[@alexrichardson1226]

Same with me but for Big Gay Al's song

[@dreadbread7667]

"When there's a whip, there's a nay-nay"

[@rcreynolds6186]

... WEED

[@nastykidneys3075]

CannabisMan I sang this in front of my sisters acccidentlu and they copied..... praying they don't say it in school

[@TheMadwomen]

WHEN THERE'S A WHIP, THERE'S A WAY! WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO WAR TODAY! THE KING OF THE LAND SAYS "HEY HEY HEY"!

[@ClaudetteVioletta]

If Hamilton was directed by this people, Hamilton may reborn again after being shot for Burr, who would be a wizard. An evil wizard.

[@ohdeeredits5136]

😂

[@loneronin6813]

Aaron Burr was an evil wizard! He possessed the mystical and terrifying power to produce spherical projectiles from the end of a magic wand with a gaping hole at the tip of it! :P

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Hammie would probably be a sexy vampire or something

[@ricvaladez2563]

Alexander Hamilton, my name is Alexander Hamilton, and there are a million spells I haven’t cast, but just you wait, just you wait.

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

Don’t forget to have all of these two-faced propagandists and slave owners have ‘funny’ sidekicks.

[@Veilfire]

"thank God the person this is based on is dead and has no estate to sue you because if they could they probably would" LMAOOOOO

[@genesismultiverse4896]

No they would take of that guy's head

[@sandernielsen8018]

A panther ? They couldn't make it a tiger ? You know, an animal that can actually be found in south east asia.

[@DreamBelief]

That would require knowing a single thing about south East asia, and two seconds of effort

[@melissalayson7275]

Maybe the King of Thailand had that panther imported from Africa to Thailand by ship. That's my theory.

[@KumaoftheForest]

I think since they had Rasha from Aladdin, so they wanted to use a different large cat

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Actually leopards can be found in Thailand, or could at the time that this movie took place anyway (A panther is just a black leopard). I think Indochinese leopards have been extirpated from that area in the 21st century though.

[@narendramartosudarmo6112]

It’s possible that the black leopard was bought from an exotic animal market.

[@BraydenPotter]

To be honest the British did go and destroy nations off less than a letter at times....

[@Quinntus79]

Yep. The United States wasn't the first to mess up the Middle East.

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

Suleiman just called. He wants you to burn all literature you own that was influenced by Ancient Greek literature, and not use anything whose creator was influenced by Ancient Greek philosophy. While Christians were busy burning books and witches, the Islamic Golden Age (ironically the most secular that region has ever been, probably a (wink, wink) coincidence) preserved the literature and philosophy of Ancient Greece.

[@pattmcruss4604]

Brayden Potter the Chinese tried to hold a tea intervention for England. What followed was the English becoming the drug dealer for a bunch of Chinese kids.

[@alexk7880]

@@geoffreysorkin5774 but still had some barbaric ways of slavery and other backwards thinking on their culture on women and other extreme means with religious nutcases

[@captainwolf348]

Geoffrey Sorkin wow completely wrong Christian Europe was going through the renaissance, hell every educated person in Europe new it was round from Ancient Greek scholars to Christians within the church. Way before Christopher Columbus.

[@imamotherfgsnake5948]

Wonder which is the bigger insult to their respective historical base. This or the animated Titanic movie?

[@RadMan224]

wait which one?

[@sporkwarrior9950]

+Mr MuffinMayhem Definitely the titanic movie.

[@BermanTV]

+Mr MuffinMayhem so a black thor and a white jesus means nothing to you??

[@justinbowman1342]

+Mr MuffinMayhem The other Animated Titanic movie, the one that got a sequel.

[@mikewazowski4075]

+Mr MuffinMayhem hard disunion

[@alan8463]

If the people of Skyrim had known that the whistle was more powerful than the Shout of the Dragonborn, they would have saved a lot of nonsense and excuses for themselves!

[@randomdude1361]

"Oh no it's Alduin" "Assemble the townsfolk, we have some mass whistling to do"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Meh. Alduin is a generic doomsday villain. The Thalmor should have been the focus of the game. Then again Bethesda has been downhill since 2008.

[@ImADeity]

@@randomdude1361 *Blood dragon Appers* "FUS ROH-" *A little girl whistles and it just explodes*

[@cm9231]

'M'aiq does not get all the fuss about whistling. M'aiq can whistle whenever he wants'

[@eivorwolf-kissed5158]

I see more like Slug from DBZA. "OH GOD, ITS LIKE ONE DRILL IN ONE EAR. AND ANOTHER IN THE OTHER, AND THEY'RE MEETING IN THE MIDDLE."

[@bowmaj8666]

That skit of the sailors trying to ward off a dragon with whistling and twirling always cracks me up!

[@jaygooese4242]

Funny

[@genesismultiverse4896]

Basically gave the monster flashbacks to him dancing as a kid but being laughed at and mocked and made him mad and that was godzilla

[@esmeblaise]

Ok cool history time. My great great uncle is Borris Karlof aka the voice of the narrator in the Grinch Who Stole Christmas (he was also the original frankenstein). Then (Still on my fathers side) going back a couple generations is Aunty Anna Leonowens aka the governess herself. Not even an actress but the actual governess the story is based on is related to the grinch. And me So having nostalgia critic sing grinch songs in the king and i is hilarious

[@Stormkrow280]

I once heard that Karlof’s real name was William Pratt, is that true?

[@willowbarrelmaker8269]

That is a very strange family tree, but certainly an interesting one.

[@BlackChambermaid]

I am related to Adam und Eve.

[@Kimmy0721]

Right. And I'm related to Benjamin Franklin. *_And then everybody clapped_*

[@julieporter7805]

Very cool!

[@White_Recluse]

I haven't heard this much controversy over a wall since Trump's election

[@Kimmy0721]

*everyone boos*

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Ah man, those were the days.

[@cheneethompson5756]

This comment aged great! It's already spooky and election season!

[@mihawk508]

NC should really have more subscribers. He's a hidden KZbin gem.

[@DigiRangerScott]

He has 900000 between his two channels

[@owenchiang7877]

+reggie amith do you really think a hidden gem could get to work with dante basco?

[@DigiRangerScott]

Owen Chiang Or Rob Paulsen, Maurice LamMarche, Jim Cummings, Amanda C. Miller, Mara Wilson...

[@owenchiang7877]

Scott Sandler those too but i dont know who most of them are... im sorry

[@SirBlackReeds]

+reggie amith Far from it actually. The whole reason he got Reel Talk, or whatever the show was, is because of how popular he is. Still, he's pretty overrated if you ask me.

[@scottstephen3697]

If only whistling, sneezing, roaring, and eating mentos could stop evil. This world would be a better place.

[@klimmr]

Mentos. The Freshmaker.

[@jbcatz5]

“Suck those mentos troop, we’ve got Ghidora on the run!”

[@ScoutTrooperTK]

r/i'm14andthisisdeep

[@ChromoNoah]

BUT ROYALE PALACE IS CENTRE OF WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!

[@loneronin6813]

Only because big dragon allows it! Big dragon decide who live and who die, after all :P

[@cholericqlare]

Rachel as Shakira will always kill me.

[@Pinka13]

**As Rachel's Shakira voice** YOU'RE RI-HI-EYE-T-T-T-T

[@stefanialenarcik6656]

Shakira does not sound like that!

[@Dim4323]

Sound like Cilla Black

[@hasenpfefferoni]

She’s the reason I come back to this video, she’s so good

[@Zusurumisha]

@@stefanialenarcik6656 3 years later, have your ears finally heard that shakira DOES sound like that?

[@simbasorariku3]

He didn't talk about how the sidekick kept losing his teeth.

[@kendromeda42]

....I didn't even notice it until you brought it up XD.

[@jbcatz5]

I haven’t seen this in years, and that’s the one thing I do remember.

[@kismethappel7811]

Considering how many times he got whacked in the head with blunt objects? It ain't surprising.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Ironically that’s closer to a racist stereotype of British people not Thai/Siamese people.

[@psinjo]

never noticed that the animation of 'the king and i' looks almost identical to 'the swan princess'

[@psinjo]

interesting, only saw black cauldron once ever, loved fox and the hound though, never noticed a similarity between swan princess and FnH though, also didn't know to look for it then either

[@MrPiccoloku]

Well, they're both Wart Dizzy (Like Walt Disney, but off-brand) movies made by the same animation studio

[@scottvasquez1401]

Both were animated by Rich Crest studios

[@liamannegarner8083]

​@@lukeperkins1024Not just him; both female leads were animated by Nassos Vakalis and male leads by Chrystal Klabunde. (As they had on Ferngully and Quest For Camelot.) It's a small world, animation.

[@victorlolxd7347]

@@liamannegarner8083Swan princess huh? How many?

[@theprofessor4875]

My friend once asked me who my favorite super hero was... I said Batman. She then asked my who my favorite villain is... I said the Master. She asked me who my favorite anti-hero is... I said Nostalgia Critic.

[@wannabeiroh4658]

The Professor The Master from doctor who?

[@lindylou538]

@@wannabeiroh4658 The master from Fallout

[@Lambdagama8947]

"I'd say lets adress the white elephant in the room but we don't need to, its one of the funny little sidekicks coming up" xD killed me

[@SaintCharlos]

_Uma BR_

[@undeadhorror201]

The Lui Kang part also killed me

[@genesismultiverse4896]

​@@undeadhorror201 huh who knows liu Kang is a prince but also hey his father is right he is with kitana

[@Quinntus79]

Interesting fact about King Mongkut: He offered the president Lincoln Elephants to fight the Civil War.

[@GalenNight]

Actually it was Buchanan he offered the elephants to but by the time the letter arrived Lincoln was president and politely declined the offer, pointing out that the American climate wasn’t suitable enough to maintain an elephant population along with many many other factors as to why they wouldn’t make good war beasts

[@alexander3826]

They actually mention that fact in this film version

[@pisces2569]

@@GalenNightnow that’s an alternate history I wanna read - not if the South won the war but what if Abraham Lincoln accepted the offer and General Ulysses Grant charged into the confederate army on the back of a giant elephant

[@5carecrow94]

Man, I can't believe people really bitched about the friggin wall.

[@bridgettherose609]

+5carecrow94 Yeah I didn't hear anyone complain about the blue wall

[@bridgettherose609]

True

[@mr.sisterfister3161]

He should make it a really obnoxious color. Like orange, lime green or hot pink. And never mention it.

[@judithdelaney6252]

@@mr.sisterfister3161 back, red and white outfit combined with a obnoxious wall color?

[@vincenthawthorne9360]

Can I see examples of these wall complaints?

[@PHILOSYNC]

"We got a random letter! Let's dESTROOOOY A NATION!!"

[@ph89787]

Or in the case of Hong Kong. Let's hide a letter.

[@tannisarmaroah6919]

usa

[@Quinntus79]

"A fruit company needs to maintain it's Monopoly. Let's overthrow a democratically elected leader in Central America." The US government.

[@danikytsikava6696]

I want a high fiving panther too

[@Kimmy0721]

My uncle is a panther

[@cheneethompson5756]

Same! I also laughed really hard at when doug said, "his penis' resume!" Lol

[@cjhs2006]

Song:”Getting to Know You” me:More Like”Getting to Know You,But we Can’t Because We’re Focusing on Some Lame Ass Clumsy Doofus”

[@CadDriftarus]

There's something off about the Rankin/Bass+Warner bros animation. You can see how gorgeous the animation in Swan Princess, Quest for Camelot, and Iron Giant are just by looking at them. Rankin and Bass have actually made a gorgeous movie before in The Last Unicorn(fun fact, Topcraft, whoch worked with them on TLU later disolved and a lot of the animators joined Ghibli as it was starting up) but combine Rankin/Bass' stilted animation style with the art design of Warner Bros and it makes for an unescessarily uncanny film. I do not like looking at this movie lol

[@vinylfan9957]

Neither Warner Bros. nor Rankin/Bass animated this film in-house. Like the bulk of Rankin/Bass’s films, they outsourced the animation. In this case they outsourced it to Rich Animation Studios (founded by Richard Rich, who directed this film as well as The Swan Princess and The Fox And The Hound, which you coincidentally already mentioned) as well as a few smaller studios. Also, Warner Bros. didn’t technically produce this film, they only had the distribution rights as part of Morgan Creek Entertainment’s (one of the actual producers of this film) distribution deal with them.

[@newperve]

Oh I got a letter implicating the Siamese king in something. Before I set off to dethrone him without any authority, I'll throw it overboard so the author can deny every having written it. That should make my treason trial go MUCH quicker.

[@OliveGarden420]

I enjoyed the musical, but I hadn't known it was a book or that it was BASED on real events. I thought it was just a play.

[@JasTheFagge]

Holy shit, the Harlem Shake was two years ago? .....I have no words.

[@cybertronguy98]

+Silhouetters ikr

[@SaintGat99]

+Silhouetters The Harlem Shake was like 60 years ago.

[@shiron222]

+Silhouetters So glad he had the decency to put the people who thought it was funny out of their misery instead of joining in...

[@torylva]

+Silhouetters Yep, papa franku did start it, and by god he would have loved to kill it. That and all his subscribers.

[@orul8249]

This comment was 2 years ago 😮 Lol.

[@airachica]

The little mermaid is Danish, not English x'D

[@angrysporkgoddess8224]

@Robert Dimarco it's a magical land full of people named Dan

[@jacobtrowbridge6970]

Does it really matter? It got adopted by England anyway so I really don’t think anyone gives one.

[@lovetolovefairytales]

@Robert Dimarco Denmark. It's called Denmark.

[@CDexie]

@@jacobtrowbridge6970 That's like saying Hercules is Disney's because they made that popular film once

[@stefannydvorak7919]

Jacob Trowbridge I think that’s the joke, historical and geographical inaccuracies.... and Disney adapting tales from around the world doesn’t invalidate the tales origins. Especially considering how popular Hans Christian Andersen’s tales were and still are.

[@Wandergirl108]

I LOVED this movie as a kid, I had it on VHS and played it ALL the time, it was one of my favorites! Granted, I was a kid and didn't understand how racist it was, nor did I know there was a history behind it (I honestly thought that it was an entirely original story before seeing this video), but it brought me a lot of joy when I was little, some of those clips hit my nostalgia centers HARD. Looking back, I do acknowledge and appreciate that it's objectively not very good and VERY historically inaccurate and insensitive, but I loved it when I was young enough to be a member of the target audience, so in some strange, twisted way, it must have done something right in some sense.

[@mogensschmidt2498]

Same here

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

did people really bitch about the wall?

[@Spelgodis]

Yes, a lot

[@Mark-xs4gi]

I love that part so much. Internet in a nutshell :D.

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

That entire bit reminded me of Jim Gaffigan whenever he did his "whiny audience member" voice. Cracked me up.

[@charlesoroko4253]

Back in the day... that wall really had its own personality for a while.

[@WindowsXPFrog]

Yep lol

[@cucktino2585]

Pretty sure that The Little Mermaid is danish.

[@kaspermortensen9595]

+Septino Zkrooderino Pretty sure Denmark is just a made up country like Narnia or Tibet.

[@Boborbot]

+Kasper Mortensen Yeah, fuck made up Denmark.

[@disappointedbyhumanity2259]

+Kasper Mortensen Narnia! A made up country....why good sir I am absolutely flabbergasted that you could make such an offense. This cannot stand, call upon the centaurs! It is time for WARRR!

[@DigiRangerScott]

Pretty sure this video is 2.5 years old now

[@jakobR2112]

It's pretty cool when you find out that your own culture did mostly good things, Hans Christian Andersen, Lego's, First country to abolish slavery and immediately surrender to the Nazis! .......wait a minute?

[@MedievalMarine]

I was amazed at how good the russell crowe imitation was. Well done

[@XXPedia]

"I'm allergic to popcorn" For some reason I loved that joke.

[@Guntherson220]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the loosest adaptation of them all" "The Legend of the Titanic" "Whoa Shit! We are definitely not going that far!" "That was the one with the rapping dog right?" "No this was the one with the magic moonbeam tears and a save the Whales message"

[@kylefrank638]

Wow, how did they get the REAL Shakira for this episode? :P

[@stefanialenarcik6656]

Shakira does not sound like that!

[@KombatGod]

7:50 "And the King's eldest son, Liu Kang." That made me lol so bad. He says it so seriously, like it's just an evident fact that doesn't even need to be addressed.

[@therealcygames6617]

A Chinese man named liu Kang that wears a bandana and almost never wears a shirt? Feels like a clear rip off of another character. I mean, it's not like they both have dragons- wait a second!!

[@mortalkombatarcadelover4479]

When I saw the commercials for this movie when it came out, I thought that was Liu Kang too.

[@PKMN37]

It's funny how Warner Bros was trying to be Disney in the 90s. Disney makes great animated adaptations of old stories while Warner tried the same and failed a lot.

[@mr.sisterfister3161]

To think that The Iron Giant came out the same year from the same company and didn't do as well :(

[@Disney65Fan]

Wow 1999 was sure Diet Disney We had The King and I The Iron Giant The Scarecrow By god Warner Bros at least you stopped doing animation as you were like fuxk it I'm not Disney.

[@puppymaroon964]

Maybe this movie would have been better if Disney was the one adapting it.

[@DreamBelief]

Great adaptations huh? Let's just... not talk about pocahontas

[@orangeslash1667]

@@sawyer6264 The reason the Iron Giant has a low budget is because Warner bros lost a-lot of Money on Quest for Camelot Which is a Disney ripoff.

[@Michael-ep7fp]

"The king's oldest son: Liu Kang!" You win everything!

[@sophiamcl]

The slaughtering of Russel's singing abilities was brutal, accurate and hilarious!

[@melodyclark1944]

She says England but what is highlighted is England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

[@mithrandirlannister2230]

Yeah, and whoever has drawn that map has absolutly no idea how the nations in the 19th century looked like! -.-

[@isaacshorts7249]

critic: lets talk a little history people:boo critic: SHUT UP YOU GOING TO LEARN SOMTHING!!!! yep thats how my school is

[@Philbert-s2c]

+Isaac Shorts Refuse to learn a damned thing. That will show them :)

[@Hero_2222]

Me: learn something 6 weeks later: completely forgets

[@GriffinDumeer]

7:51 Liu Kang? REALLY?! They named the King's eldest son after a MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTER?!?!?!?! WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

[@mach6247]

I think Doug was just making a joke because they look very similar.

[@GriffinDumeer]

mach6247 OK, I thought he was serious.

[@kingsodashark2194]

The fact he looks like Liu Kang mystifs me. But made me laugh tho

[@MilanousMedia]

9:58 Rachels delivery snd timing is so good in this scene. Really miss her

[@kingsodashark2194]

We all do

[@LunaMoon84]

I like the play better :) It was clever, the actors were amazing and it was fast paced unlike the old musical which dragged. They had a tonne of kids, like it was about 20! The sets were fantastic, and the costumes were amazing. This felt kinda offensive, the plot of the King and I was about how the english thought other nations were primitive no matter the social standing because they didn't understand their customs. It was coming of age story for a nation and for the son, who didn't fall in love with the servant but was afraid to take over for his father because he was a 'great man'. This story highlighted how different Europe and Asia was and people must give and take to make settlers feel welcome and settlers must accept customs in a land they are moving too (in the adaptation the King and I) the original novel was.....well it was written for a time.

[@joshuaosborne9203]

Almost forgot about the Harlem Shake...

[@ghosttactician403]

I didn't

[@CreeperOnYourHouse]

Every time I hear electronic music now I fear it turns into the harlem shake.

[@rafaeltrivino1790]

I'm not bothered by it because I didn't hear about it up until a year ago. I live under a rock.

[@joshuaosborne9203]

Rafael Trivino wow...welcome to the internet. Here we kill each other with weapons such as insults and trolling. We've also learned to post videos of stupid stuff, and if it's stupid enough people around the world will follow your footsteps and do the exact same thing for attention. It's mostly sad, but we are humans. I think I caught you up so there should be no more shock. Expect the unexpected!

[@ilopominecrafter]

Joshua Osborne and dont forget people will die or be killed to get views or attention

[@IoEstasCedonta]

Why is "England" on that map the British Isles? It doesn't even make sense of the British Empire is meant, since at the time that would have been much, much bigger than Siam. ...also The Little Mermaid is not English. (Of course, this episode was made before Disney got its hands on Andersen's *other* book...)

[@blondie8372]

that grinch song was amazing

[@tastyloaf5487]

gah! it gets stuck in my head ....

[@austinharris9077]

Why does Kralahome remind me of a D- Tzekel-Kan from The Road to El Dorado?

[@tealablu3759]

Evil wizard

[@zackrules4797]

+Austin Harris The Road to El Dorado came out the year after this.

[@austinharris9077]

@@zackrules4797 That may be, but Tzekel-Kan was so much better.

[@lilfizz1619]

When he said "you need some Adderall" I thought he said "you need some other role" and honestly, both make sense.

[@DigiRangerScott]

EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE HARLEM CAKE! Also it's ironic that after his rant about the wall he started lighting the wall differently (it's still a white wall but he started using a blue cooling light)

[@KingArachnus]

I love Harlem Cake! Just kidding. I know what you're talking about.

[@quasarpulse8403]

Mmmmm....cake.....

[@c.lawnmower_]

Scott Sandler Do you mean Harlem Shake?

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

Radioactive Powerhouse nope.

[@superfastguy7382]

20:60 - So I guess that would make it a CAT scan? No? I'll see myself out.

[@laurendaniel1912]

gfyuuuuuuuuubnbncfhf iftfsdtj

[@MrMoneyKlip]

You mean 21:00 ?

[@ME-mv6wi]

10:25 why is that "Thai woman" wearing a Japanese kimono?

[@LoveShonenManga94]

And why is she referring to The Little Mermaid as ''english literature''? We may never know…

[@XxAmayaKurosuxX]

Josh E I think that's the joke xD

[@XxAmayaKurosuxX]

Since the movie is so inaccurate- either that or they ran out of props xD

[@root-beer]

Josh E exactly

[@oddeyes9413]

Um... Because they had nothing better to do? I dunno.

[@klimmr]

Admit it, who thought that when they first saw the thumbnail that the NC was reviewing the original Rodger's and Hammerstein's King and I?

[@jamielynndelaney7657]

0:37 Me: Let's talk a little history. My friends: *groans* Me: Shut up!! You gotta learn something!!

[@SergiioMan]

Who-Who-Who !!

[@simonster-9094]

+SergiioMan a false lie!!!!

[@patricksommers1958]

Oliver and company, why should I worry?

[@natkatmac]

"How dare it portray history so poorly in this watered down family friendly version." *looks at literally every other history/fable based family animation.*

[@markcobuzzi826]

Pretty much the only animated films off the top of my, that tackled classic stories/historical periods with adult subject matter and left it mostly intact, were Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and Dreamworks' "The Prince of Egypt." Almost every other film either watered the material down so much that it exclusively appeals to kids, or changed it completely.

[@flufflewarrior]

Mark Cobuzzi the hunchback of Notre Dame was pretty close but the end was waaay darker in the original. But I loved the Prince of Egypt. In my opinion it is so underrated. The songs and animation were so stunning.

[@flufflewarrior]

natkatmac *cough* Pocahontas *cough*

[@larsatticus6807]

@@flufflewarrior Lindsay Ellis has a really good video about The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I'd recommend it if you're interested in how it got changed!

[@epipsychidionozymandias5021]

La reine soleil isn't veru faithful to history either... but it is an amazing movie.

[@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

BRING BACK THE OLD WALL! there i quoted the video you just watched where is my cookie?

[@theMRsome12]

+ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman i miss the actual rage over the wall.

[@absurdious]

wow a German guy who wants the wall back? never thought I'd see that

[@ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

absurdious well you need to keep looking cause i am not german sorry for crushing your dreams

[@absurdious]

*Darth Vader mode on* NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@disappointedbyhumanity2259]

+ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman At the bottom of this hose. Close your eyes and suck it out.

[@christopherspielbergproduc7128]

18:19 Pretty coincidental that The King and I is distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.

[@KangaKucha]

The map doesn't quite make sense. Like if we are taking about England as in one of the divisions of the UK, yes its smaller than Siam aka Thailand. But the whole of the UK of Britain (and Ireland which didn't leave until 1920, years after the story is set in) I believe is either almost the same size or bigger than Siam aka Thailand I believe (maybe by area). It sure was if you count the empire it had at the time. That's only the tip of the iceberg on how messed up that map is and inaccurate.

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

What was that song when NC got so angry about the wall? Before the commercial break"

[@lukeperkins1024]

"Dance of the Hours"

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Luke Perkins thank you, good sir. its nice to see some people are still commenting

[@rcadium]

I always thought it was Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh xD

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Marge! Is Lisa at Camp Granada?

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

First Liu Kang and then Tsang Shung? 2 Mortal Kombat references at once

[@guilhermehank4938]

Shang Tsung.

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Guilherme Almeida i thought i was spelling it wrong. I'm glad to see so many comments getting replys

[@insaneskunk2424]

the dragon was actually Liu Kang trying to preform a fatality on the ship

[@theblocksays]

19:24 and then he is a great magician, "YOU'RE CLOTHES ARE BLACK!" LOL

[@diegobareno5820]

Too bad he didn't reference Siro

[@wolfieinu]

Why does this line (4:01): "I'll use this English schoolteacher to help me dethrone the king" ... have the exact same intonation as this line from Disney's Robin Hood: "I'll use that fat friar as bait to trap Robin Hood!"?

[@embran8486]

LOVE Doug's Kralahome musical-style song! He once again proved his talent in that field! ^^ And that Where there's A Whip, There's a Way input. GENIOUS! XD

[@Tsumefan2]

the little mermaid was created by a danish author

[@DreamBelief]

That's the point the nostalgia critic is trying to make. It's horrendously inaccurate.

[@cheneethompson5756]

Yeah! Many Disney films stemmed from European fairy tales But, they're toned down for children

[@swootgrommet5921]

I'm surprised he never made a joke about "Peter Griffin's The King and I" in this review.

[@azbrowne]

The attempted murder of a monarch: Shoveling elephant shit. Royal son gives a servant he's fallen in love with a royal pendant... "WHIP TILL DEATH!"

[@tenor24sprayse]

"Nostalgia Critic: The kinga and I"? I will not blame on you Doug, everyone makes mistakes!

[@tonybussoli1676]

Dat Profile pic Doe

[@tenor24sprayse]

T for Tony I know! But I couldn't resist, it's my Favorite Movie

[@tonybussoli1676]

+Mats Tenor I still get chills when I look at it XD

[@cro5ever]

+Mats Tenor Could you explain it to me then? :P

[@tenor24sprayse]

Alec Ich About what?

[@derfanddarf1]

"Why'd you say Burma?" "I panicked." Freakin' love Monty Python...

[@gurglequeen433]

"Dragons! I can make dragons! Give me all your shit!" Why does this crack me up?

[@persgodiva]

"We caught a random letter - let's destroy a nation!!" Instant classic :D

[@Sonichero151]

wait Darrell Hammond was that racist sidekick? ......Darrell nooo...... dude you were the best Sean Connery impersonator in the history of SNL... you didn't need to do this

[@zackthepokemonchampion4389]

can you review Anastasia

[@101Swiftflick]

+Rudy Cortez He did years ago but I don't know if he has re-uploaded it yet. He's in the process of re-uploading everything that used to be on blip while still making new eps so he's going to be really busy for a while.

[@zackthepokemonchampion4389]

101Swiftflick ooooohhhhhhh

[@ocarinaplaya]

I'd personally enjoy an Old Vs New of 13 Ghosts as well as a review of The Brave Little Toaster.

[@titon7934]

For the sake of that I actually like that movie, I hope he does not...

[@IiroNuuttila]

+Rudy Cortez I think he has. like 8 years ago.

[@TheSaltyLibrarian]

Really? No, "Is a puzzlement!" joke?

[@spookyscarysteve]

Peter Griffin's version of the King and I is better!

[@valenzuelasstudios1838]

Agree.

[@Jaspyboy]

I am an automaton nuclear neo-human android. You may call me... ANNA. I am a robot ninja from the planet England...

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

A space opera version of this story would be the shit.

[@elijahkelley7616]

I agree

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

Yep

[@colorboxbooks2432]

XD I couldn't stop laughing at that depiction of Russel Crowe!

[@dawgythegreat]

you know what...from all this video all I got is that the popcorn wall was really cool

[@PunkExMachina]

i'm allergic to popcorn tho :/

[@darkshade2k7]

He's so insensitive, never thinking of us.

[@ClayBransom]

Rankin/Bass created Thundercats for the record

[@dvdai1206]

+Clay Bransom which one?

[@ClayBransom]

Dvd imension the original

[@dvdai1206]

oh ok

[@Herisheft]

+Clay Bransom The last unicorn too :)

[@811brian]

+Clay Bransom And in that show, they barely moved. Watch his top 11 catchiest theme songs

[@bassplayertaylor6983]

The Monty Python sketch with the penguin on the telly (the one where Graham says "Burma") is one of my favorites

[@kristaalexander6855]

6:34 I love how even the dragon is looking at her like "what the actual fuck are you doing?"

[@misshyde7738]

17:10 *sneezes* 17:14 wow, my sneeze was timed so perfectly

[@dragmaXE]

17:19 Eats mento 17:22

[@SavannahGeorgi]

I can't lie, I've rewatched this episode too many times just to see the Russell Crowe bit. Idk, but it never gets old for me! I love it!

[@StephanieDev]

"we got a random letter. LET'S DESTROY A NATION!" lol that never gets old 😂

[@macrocosmique]

"I must save her so I can give her proper whipping !" Dead 😂😂

[@cjhs2006]

Actually I Can’t Really Whistle Either,Not Unless I’m Blowing on Something Hot Like Soup to Cool it Down

[@danieloconnell3139]

Does anyone else notice the character liu Kang look like the liu Kang from mortal combat?

[@ryantrumpler3704]

THATS THE JOKE

[@danieloconnell3139]

+Ryan Trumpler oh sorry

[@ManiacX1999]

IKR? Fucking racist animators...

[@fitre4722]

Yep......

[@liammasland166]

Lou kang wins...flawless victory...FATALITY!!!

[@passerbytanuki2456]

And I quote: "Drrragons! I CAN MAKE DRAGONS!..now give all your shit"😂😂😂

[@elactress]

I've watched this review a few times now and the Kralahome song is pure gold, but Gerard Butler singing lullabies always makes me lose it 😂😂😂

[@arnold20139]

This was the first ever Nostalgic Critic episode. And to this day, can’t stop watching it. ❤️

[@greykollasunneva]

10:43 O.O DANISH! DANISH LITEARTURE! other than that, really funny review.

[@azbrowne]

If it came from Europe most Americans assume it came from England.

[@netanyamusic]

2:57 The Swan Princess men at Nest were behind this too. Also this was made without Jules Bass' involvement.

[@RockyGems]

Gerard Butler's Nursery Rhymes still kills me every time XD

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

If the villain hurt Anna’s son he would wish a dragon got him.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

i dont know why i'm just noticing this now... but is that todd in the shadows in his intro??