Disney - The Story of Anyburg, USA (1957)

[@saraross8396]

I can only imagine how much fun Hans Conried had with this one. He's always a treat.

[@hpotter29]

Thurl Ravenscroft as well! It's a symphony of cultured voicework!

[@ansumanahargett6227]

@@hpotter29 Sure it is!

[@Quasimodo1957]

I recognized that voice in a heartbeat! Fractured Flickers fan!

[@fairportfan2]

Have you seen "The 5000 Fingers of Dr T"? Story by Dr Seuss, songs by Dr Seuss, - and starring Hans Conried as the villain. The dance number in the dungeon is worth watching the film alone. And not a piece of scenery escapes without Conried's teeth marks.

[@hpotter29]

@@fairportfan2 One of my favorite films, actually!

[@xylopiano3]

The animation in this short is so mesmerizing, especially the prosecutor, with his dramatic yet smooth movements.

[@terongray1019]

Made in 1957... Still relevant in 2024.

[@jamesgizasson]

More relevant now than ever, especially since we're entering the era of self driving capabilities.

[@WolfeSaber]

And not just with cars.

[@kathleenking47]

48 states

[@MinhThu-xn2bt]

With murderer's joy-riding to wheel

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

At least today we have more trauma centers for the increasing number of auto accident victims.

[@eldergeek6077]

Prosecutor. "Cars are dangerous and should be banned." Defense "Nope it's dangerous drivers who are guilty." Judge. "Case Dismissed".

[@thugger-vandross]

wow elder greek, how’d you come up with this synopsis? it’s incredible

[@MysticalRK]

Time passed and things changed, but yet human nature still remain the same.

[@codytaylor-g2p]

No Kinding.

[@cherrydonner5298]

@@codytaylor-g2pkidding

[@ansumanahargett6227]

Mmm-Hmm. That's the truth.

[@zacharymoss2994]

Back when Disney knew about human nature

[@MinhThu-xn2bt]

In this light, with the human body staying the same how come we couldn't keep to sticks & stones regarding warfare. Why must we begin with sticks & stones, & end up with split atoms ?

[@yanadventures]

This needs to be used in reeducation of reckless drivers

[@andyjay729]

Along with "Motor Mania", of course

[@ansumanahargett6227]

@@andyjay729 Yep

[@Nonsequitoria2010]

The first thing my dad told me before I started a car for the first time was that I wouldn't just be learning to drive - I'd be learning to pilot a multi-ton missile. The gravity and responsibility of that idea has never left me.

[@ansumanahargett6227]

When I learn how to drive; I hope that doesn't happend to me.

[@RandomMarcus92]

The prosecutor was voiced by the same guy who voiced Cpt. Hook!

[@andyjay729]

And Snidely Whiplash from Rocky and Bullwinkle a few years later.

[@FoxyPercival714]

Yep, Hans Conried.

[@lancecorporal9894]

He was also the voice of Wendys father and was "Wrongway Conroy" on Gilligans Island and played a Violin Maestro on "The Beverly Hillbillies". He was also on the Davey Crockett show as Thimblerig the riverboat gambler.

[@ansumanahargett6227]

@@andyjay729 How true it is. "Familiarity, is really something."

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

​@@ansumanahargett6227 before Corey Burton

[@victorhernandez8723]

A short with a message as relevant now as it was back then!

[@anniefinch6843]

I remembered seeing this program on the show Walt Disney presents.

[@InfiniteLoop]

is the Prosecutor, Hans Corned? omg, sent chills up my scalp hearing that voice,

[@Bobsheaux]

Ya scurvy brrrat! 🏴‍☠🪝

[@MagicMagz-k3b]

I recognize that voice as Captain Hook!

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

​@@MagicMagz-k3b before Corey Burton

[@iszi-B]

I knew I recognize that voice

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Mr. Smee!!

[@Eltonlaleham]

This cartoon is awesome in billions of ways

[@namehere5675]

Sadly, nothing really changed. It is at least as bad, if not worse. Heck, I drive in the slow lane and people get ticked at me for driving the speed limit. It’s like people don’t understand that the limit is the top speed legally allowed. It isn’t the starting point. There are also the people who drive as if the road is a race track. Weaving through traffic at high speeds, mere inches of space between vehicles in some cases. Tailgaters galore. Driving a few feet behind another vehicle. As if they could stop in time to avoid a horrific collision. The police and highway patrol need to start ticketing these reckless drivers. Instead of just letting them get away with it.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

I couldn't agree more! My driving instructor continually pointed out that the speed limit is 'the limit' not the speed to aim to drive at! While I don't think that people's driving has got that bad here I cannot remember the last time I saw a patrol car parked up waiting to ticket someone for anything from faulty break lights to speeding. Yes,we have speed cameras now, but there are plenty of other dangerous driving practices that no-one bothers with anymore. We had a few cars during COVID who were checking number plates to demand why people weren't in their home areas and then we were all trying to remember how long it was since we'd seen them. I don't know if you have driving courses in America? We have a system where if you are caught speeding, but only just over the limit, you can either get points on your licence, which quickly become enough to lose it,or you can take a day course in driving safely. They're actually a good idea, especially for us who have been driving for many years and can get into bad habits. They have a very good success rate too. They may be a reason for the roads staying quite safe even without a police car hidden every few miles.

[@elmajockfun1608]

A Christian massages in this Cartoon(Holy bible)

[@paradiselost9946]

@@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts yes, but its also extremely frustrating when people decide to dawdle along at 20 or 30 below the limit... or when a road that was fine at 80, or 90 for decades suddenly is suddenly reduced to 50 for absolutely no reason. and a speed camera thrown up for good measure. that reeks of revenue raising. if it was about safety, why not trim the trees obscuring intersections? or place road signs intelligently? or maybe repair the potholes, off camber corners, or the hundreds of other shortcomings of road networks? ffs, i recall one major intersection on a one way street, the sign pointed the WRONG WAY for over two years... yet someone ERECTED that sign, screwed it to a pole, and got PAID to do so... where are the police? the only ones worth their pay cheque QUIT during the lockdowns. now theyve reduced the barrier to qualify and we get some REAL criminals walking around with guns legally...

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

The voice of the defense counselor is also the owl looking music professor in the Disney animated classic “TOOT! WHISTLE! PLUNK! BOOM!” as well.

[@peterbernhardt5169]

I think the voice of the prosecutor is the actor, Hans Conreid (spelling?). He's best known to my generation as the voice of Snidely Whiplash of the Dudley Doright cartoons.

[@PeachWookiee]

And Captain Hook.

[@bluewolvesstudios2822]

Indeed he is. Besides our favorite Cpt. Hook, but he voiced Thorin in the 1970’s animated Hobbit film.

[@NostalgiaCriticAnim1]

and The Grinch on Grinch Night

[@TerrickTerran]

@@NostalgiaCriticAnim1 I always enjoyed him as Dr. Dread in Drak Pack.

[@necronustheeverchosen1994]

😂😂😂😂😂 That Prosecutor, y'all! With his voice, I just CAN'T unsee him without a *hook* replacing his left hand, and a long *mustache* that just BEGS to be twirled! I JUST CAN'T!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Hook is a cod fish

[@jlev1028]

I find it funny how this entire trial's based on a fallacy, as if cars simply drive on their own. It's like prosecuting firearms.

[@genericnamehere7602]

It's the exact same logic.

[@Smilephile]

right but he won the case with that logic.

[@genericnamehere7602]

@@Smilephile Which SHOULD be a huge red flag.

[@Smilephile]

@@genericnamehere7602 Atthis point outlawing cars WOULD be an impediemnt on everone's freedom i agree with the gun logic every state that was fascist sought to otlaw firearms

[@kooperjerome3335]

To quote a real american dad: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."

[@dougbriglmen716]

This is only gotten more relevant as Time has gone on!, Except it’s possibly even more dangerous now because cars are faster than they ever been before.

[@Kattbirb]

Not just that the cars are faster, but there are fewer viable alternatives to driving due to bad urban planning, while also having many more people that need to commute than ever before.

[@AsteriskDatBoi]

This is before seatbelts were invented.

[@mhikari92]

In fact , it's after (Nash was the first US brand to offering it as an option , for their 1949 model)...... but before it became common (in 1956 only 2% of new Ford owners checked the box on option sheet.) , and before it became law requirement (I mean as a equipment (which is 1966 for USA) , not forcing to wear (which is post 1980s for USA)).

[@ansumanahargett6227]

Hmph! I bet.

[@Knickkknack]

And airbags.

[@ChrisMattern-oh6wx]

@@Knickkknack And crumple zones. And collapsing steering columns (a lot of drivers died in collisions when their steering columns drove straight through their chests). And padded dashboards. And...

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Mainly because they were still in the experimental stages during production of this short subject picture.

[@0therun1t21]

I don't think I've ever seen this before, thank you!

[@pamelachristie5570]

Cars don't kill people. People kill people. Wait. Hans Conreid? Is that you???

[@KingPiccolOwned]

Cars do fuck up urban planning & the environment though, and there's nothing you can do about that other than just getting rid of them. :/

[@michaelkolano8686]

@@KingPiccolOwned and you can't simply "get rid of" the most common and practical form of transportation in a society without crippling it, and causing more damage than has already been done

[@KingPiccolOwned]

​@@michaelkolano8686 Any meaningful change to anything we do in our lives is going to come with a period of hardship. That's not a reason to be lazy and just do the same thing you've always done, even when it's hurting you, or preventing you from improving in other aspects. And besides, "getting rid of the most common & practical form of transportation", was exactly what was done in order to make way for cars. There's no reason it couldn't be done again.

[@michaelkolano8686]

the most common and practical form of transportation before the car was the horse. all we did was change from dirt roads to asphalt

[@KingPiccolOwned]

@@michaelkolano8686 No it was not. We did not just jump spontaneously from horse & buggy transport directly to the internal combustion engine. That's a historical fiction promoted by car-companies. The most ubiquitous & practical form of transportation prior to the automobile was rail transport, which is what replaced the horse & buggy, only to once again be upended by cars. And even in that case it took massive government expenditure to do that; specifically Eisenhower's US Highway initiative.

[@randez626]

I thought the prosecutor sounded familiar, he's the same voice actor as Captain Hook from Peter Pan 1953 Absolutely love him😄

[@alexadams4358]

Captain Hook as The Prosecutor 1:43

[@macsnafu]

It's true that cars don't drive themselves, although they're working on that. But it's also true that the design of cities and roads makes a difference in how people drive on them. Look up what a "stroad" is. It's also true that safety features can make a driver feel more secure and more willing to be reckless and take risks than he would without those safety features. So it's important to understand the driver's psychology when designing cars and roads, and not nearly enough of that has happened, I think.

[@Sirharryflash82]

The singer is Thurl Ravenscroft aka Tony the Tiger from Kellogg's Frosted Flakes commercials and the singer of Mr. Grinch, from Dr. Seuss's The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

[@maicey_t.]

Love Hans Conried in this, but can't forget Bill Thompson here, too. Captain Hook AND Mr. Smee! And of course, Thurl Ravenscroft is unmistakable wherever he appears. Love these guys. ❤

[@drestonjclaw2839]

Funny that this should be made during the 50s, the same decade when General Motors and other automobile manufacturers bought out all of the streetcars and buses. It was also the same decade where the interstate highway system killed most public transportation. It was the start of cities becoming un-walkable, and public transportation becoming scarce, inefficient, and/or too expensive.

[@michaelkolano8686]

Many of the streetcar companies were dead or dying. Profits are inherently low, but what kills them is government regulation. I mean just think of maintaining private rail lines in a government owned road.

[@VZerda]

What’s new, Walt Disney was a weird, fordistic, capitalistic skinwalker of a man and company. 😂. Brain-rot for his generation.

[@michaelkolano8686]

@@VZerda and he did more good in his life than you and your family ever has

[@VZerda]

IKR? My worthless life and family. I weep in shame. People like Roland, King David, Charlemagne. Worthless people all. Why couldn’t we have done more with our lives, like make cartoons. (Not knocking cartooning, I really wanted to be one when I was a teenager.)

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Public transportation doesn't need to make Profits, it has to be paid by taxes and owned by the government. Everything else leeds to the capitalistic dystopia we have now

[@kjw21411]

the anthropomorphic cars might have inspired Disney/Pixar's Cars

[@ansumanahargett6227]

And the Love Bug

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Possibly, but not exactly.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

It was totally live-action.

[@gurugurukuma]

i was about to point out that as well.

[@markvanells7798]

I remember this. I watched this during my grade school years in Alaska.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

I wonder where "Anyburg" is in relation to "Anytown," where Goofy lived in at least Aquamania (December 20, 1961). There's a discussion on reddit about whether or not "Mr. X" is "George Geef" and I doubt _that's_ ever getting answered either.

[@TheMightyN]

It's not Ben Potter's fault that Interstate-25 was built like a monster truck rally.

[@frenchfriar]

And now we know how the Cars universe got started. Seems a lot of the cars on the stand ended up in Radiator Springs.

[@ul7185]

From Paul Bunyan to The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (2023 Updated Version of Disneyland's Mickey's Toontown/Tokyo Disneyland's Toontown Area Music Only)

[@CarlosVillar1997]

But there isn’t. Just a fake improvement if they had a new music.

[@susanwallbrown7889]

Thank you! Brilliant!

[@NameOfRain]

The Cars prequal we didn't know we needed.

[@yolandatellezgutierrez6002]

The talking cars influyetated "Cars"(2005, PIXAR Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures)

[@nicholasdruce5346]

2006 Cars was originally going to release in 2005, but got postponed to Friday June 9, 2006.

[@NostalgiaCriticAnim1]

@@nicholasdruce5346the only people who remember were those who first went to see The Incredibles in theaters

[@iboroudoh6505]

When Disney was both intellectual and amusing.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

More or less.

[@Bobsheaux]

9:50 - 'New Petitions Against Tax'?? Literally, that same headline was in _The Deadly Mantis._ Now I'm wondering how many other newspapers in movies and TV share the same articles?

[@jlev1028]

Also, what else did the Thurl Ravenscroft guy build a superhighway for if not to have cars drive on it.

[@Link77793]

Spiral and Piano 🎹

[@DeadBaron]

Why is KZbin pushing this 11 years later now lol. Also it's hilarious how the same arguments were used in 1957 as they are today, pointing out dangerous objects are just tools, it's the people that need to be addressed.

[@TheLofren]

Its funny because in the end people invented licenses, speed limits and stoplights among others,.now cars even have limits in themselves and security features So in the end regulation law and systems were needed to make sure people did follow the rules

[@ansumanahargett6227]

@@TheLofren How true

[@anthonyjamieson3875]

Greetings from Colorado! Gun Control , Anyone (LOL) ?🤔

[@TheAnubis57]

Another octave higher Hams Conried would sound like Skeletor.

[@lucase.garcia8026]

8:04 As a kid when I saw this animation, I didn't want to take a soda siphon to the car because I thought we would crash.

[@fumettonelli]

Clearly a prequel to Pixar's Cars

[@BigTuk]

People admit Guilt?! WHat mad alternate universe is this?!

[@autophyte]

The car designs are reminiscent of "Susie, The Little Blue Coupe", especially the eyes.

[@ct3po776]

Same artist, so yeah.

[@GodfferysGarage]

What an excellent comparison to the "GunControl" argument!

[@ansumanahargett6227]

This is just showing us, on how reckless driving can be sometimes.

[@KingPiccolOwned]

Prosecutor was the hero we needed, but didn't deserve.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

@KingPiccolOwned, That’s the same as if you praised people like Richard Bay from the 1997-2004 ABC lawyer drama series “THE PRACTICE”, and Marcia Clark who make a mockery out of justice when she partook in the conspiracy to oust Willie Williams from his job as the chief of police in Los Angeles after the Rodney King beating.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Actually, he’s TOO MUCH of a VILLAIN just like Richard Bay in the 1997-2004 ABC lawyer drama series of “THE PRACTICE”.

[@VZerda]

Walt Disney is like if alien visitors saw our obsession with capitalism, atomization, and opportunistic social erosion, put on Groucho glasses, and said “hello, fellow hyuman, me am too, automobile enthusiast.”

[@IndysGameplayVids]

And now add cellphones, distracted driving, even less common courtesy, social media, and Karens either causing hell or making a quick buck suing people over the smallest things. The times may have changed, but the logic is there. Also, like this vignette said, it's not the cars that are at fault, it's the people using them. Same thing can be said of guns/weapons, puppets, even video games!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Better to get more mobile operators back in business.

[@paulwillard5924]

Idiots behind the wheel make the cars unsafe….

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

It's proven that cars turn people into agresdive idiots.

[@crazycar108]

0:40 Great - possible, Enlightened - arguable, Civilized - doubtful

[@Kattbirb]

It feels like a requirement in 1950's America to say how amazing the country is/was in order to get satirical imagery into the public. The car accidents immediately following all throughout do make it seem like sarcasm to me.

[@SilverScribe85]

The only mess I see is the destruction of hills and mountains just to build ugly highways

[@ct3po776]

And what land, and mountains that were left to see, are now covered with solar panels, and windmills!

[@SilverScribe85]

@@ct3po776 Solar Panels and Windmills aren't as bad of eyesores as roadways

[@OliviaLaferriere]

8:00 That's why drinking and driving shouldn't go together 😮😢

[@sparrowhawk5673]

Taking out alcohol completely and see a large crime decrease too

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Reviving the 18TH Amendment isn’t going to help us at all.

[@sparrowhawk5673]

@@LindaCooper-i3f have you not seen the history and the statistics of how much it actually helped the country? Sure there were criminals that made alcohol available but there are always criminals doing that on many concepts. It taking away drunk fathers and mothers, drinking and driving, etc etc. Its in the history books how much better it was.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

I’ve read all of those statistics; both chapter and verse from A to Z. All it proves is that we need more trauma centers in areas where auto accidents are on the increase.

[@Eltonlaleham]

This cartoon is fun

[@gorillazzillathemeh5897]

The voice of Mr Hook is in this.

[@masonhowardmusic]

The whole thing rhymes!! Yay!!

[@hollyhatch1055]

YUP

[@jeremygaal5127]

An timeless gem of a cartoon! Nothing changed much, just folks being traffic rodeo clowns never learning!

[@AngelEyes_55]

Voice of the prosecutor did the voice for Captain Hook in Disney's Peter Pan.

[@Eltonlaleham]

This cartoon is awesome and how I would love to have been born, in the year 1957 instead of been born 12 years later in the year 1969 had I been born in the year of 1957 instead I would now be aged 67 and I would be much happier been 67 years old instead of only been 55 years old.

[@TheLordmep]

I'm pretty sure the prosecutor is Captain Hook.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Descendancy wise that is.

[@PaulSchaub-p6d]

This is just as relevant today as it was in the 1950’s. People do not pay attention to what is going on around them. Lack of turn signal usage, speeding, tailgating, crossing solid white lines that take the place of a dotted white line, crossing painted on medians, running red lights are all common place as so many think that the traffic law’s regulations and rules are for everyone else. It’s ridiculous that the simplest things that are mandatory by law people do not follow them but blame everyone else for their own stupidity when a traffic incident occurs because they cased it.

[@FoxyPercival714]

I hear the voice of Capt Hook.

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

When CARMAGEDDON STRUCK, the Car Age was born! Here is an insight to an incident that occurred days before the event. In the dock was the Sports Car which was the ancestor of 1 Lightning McQueen!

[@susanwallbrown7889]

Should be shown today

[@Masterhene3]

in my head canon the cars lost big time 'cause the defense lawyers slide show was so boring that it was dismissed almost instantly. after the trial was over the defense lawyer waited for everyone to go home, placed the "we give up, you win" signs down himself & acted like he had won the case.

[@shawnbain1904]

Filmed in Seattle, current date.😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief.

[@geologyjoerocks]

That lawyer reminds me of Gru

[@DonnaBarrHerself]

Is that a Pixel car?

[@albertpeterson5585]

...Hans Conreid as the prosecutor.

[@victor.faustus]

I’d want Captain Hook as my lawyer

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Captain Hook a lawyer?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Actually, it’s just one of his descendants.

[@johnberry1107]

OK. It is 2024 and we still can't drive. It gets worse.

[@ottobaron6392]

Oh no, Captain Hook is threatening Suzy the little blue coupe!

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Captain Hook as a lawyer? Get the crocodile!!

[@JoshuaGalka]

Cool

[@brokenrhyme]

Still relevant. Blame the car instead of the driver. Replace the automobiles with guns. Blame the gun not the person wielding it.

[@Morgan_rulz_okay]

can we please have more trains

[@LivingCrusader]

This also applies to firearms.

[@alainarchambault2331]

Hmm, never mind that in this cartoon, cars didn't drive themselves back in 1957. Now, with today's self-driving cars, this scenario is going to become a reality.

[@medusagorgon9]

They were ahead of their times with the self-driving cars.

[@randallulrich]

And I’ll bet 99.99% of everyone watching this missed the joke about “Miss Lizzy” when referring to the car. (A “Tin Lizzie”, aka a Ford Model T.)

[@arnabpal6241]

Now cars can drive automatically 😅

[@cliffordbaxter1992]

History ALWAYS repeats itself ✝️🇺🇸😕

[@CraftyMaelyss]

The lawyer in green sounds an awful lot like Captain Hook from the original Peter Pan movie P:

[@edzelmejia3233]

Thank you. Send the check.

[@clericofchaos1]

who is the VA who's playing the prosecution? I know i've heard him before but i can't remember what else he was in.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Hans Conreid.

[@clericofchaos1]

@@OldsVistaCruiser thanks

[@ForestMushroomShop]

4:11 poor classic car :"(

[@Link77793]

Spiral and Piano 🎹

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

This is weird! Cars on trial for traffic troubles?

[@susanwallbrown7889]

Personification of cars. Are they guilty or the driver. It’s brilliant!

[@33Donner77]

The auto is on trial again, by the WEF.

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

Pencils misspelled my words😂

[@Mrpersonman0]

My immediate impression is that disney hates due process

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

I eatched a documentary about these giant Pick Ups. It turned out they make people drive less carefull at best. And than the "luttle animal on the side of the road test": They put toys on the road. They filmed who passed by. Most of the Truck drivers tried to ☠️ the animal. When stopped and asked why they went out of their way to ☠️ a small animal all of the had that weird psychopathic stare, and thst fake Mr. Beast Grin. "Because it's fun!" Cars can bring up a person's true character.

[@thegreencat9947]

The car looks like "Suzy" the little blue coupe.

[@Eltonlaleham]

I wish in billions of ways I was born in the year 1957 instead of in the, year 1969 and had I been born in the year 1957 I would now be aged 67 instead of ben only aged 55.

[@TheComedyGeek]

Plus, ya know, without the automobile, our entire society would collapse and millions of people would starve and we'd revert to the horse and buggy era. I honestly expected that to be the defense's case.

[@NostalgiaCriticAnim1]

the implications were not fully realized at that point in history

[@TheComedyGeek]

@@NostalgiaCriticAnim1 Hmmm. Good point!

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

Makes the current political push to try and make it so only expensive and easily remote controlled electric cars are allowed on the road all the more concerning.

[@Kattbirb]

Bro here forgot what a train is, or an electric streetcar, or a bicycle. Not having cars doesn't mean going back to horses.

[@TheComedyGeek]

@@Kattbirb True! Still, you can see the good intentions. Walt meant well.

[@rick5793]

Just like today always someone else's fault not holding the true offender responsible.

[@MohuaChakraborty-sq7ir]

Coffee ☕️

[@cantcit]

What about the self driving cars?

[@Xenoraniumwolf]

The same logic shown here can also be applied to firearms.