Evolution Of The Beauty And The Beast Transformation - DIStory Dan Ep. 45

[@ariellelyons]

“Belle! C’est moi!” had no business being as funny as it was

[@christiandacanay3086]

...at least it wasn't recorded like in the Disneyland and Disney world versions, that's for sure!

[@Hopeful_dreamer]

I lost it when he exclaimed that! Lmao

[@hap_pax]

@@Hopeful_dreamer I’ve rewatched this video just for this moment and I laugh every single time

[@meggy_davidson]

6:29 saving this for later 👀

[@johnnesw.joseph3636]

It's "Belle, Its me" in French

[@Oli.V]

I did not notice that the Paris version was the Paris version and when he said “belle! c'est moi!” I though he was just being extra authentic and I LOST IT

[@any_j_yt]

I mean, let's be honest, regardless of what language, the "Belle! It's me!" The way it's voiced is honestly hilarious.

[@tessawidenhofer]

I love whenever a stage production includes the Enchantress. I saw one where every time a petal fell, it was actually her pulling it and at first, she was super into it and dancing, but as time went on, she got more reluctant to do it as she saw how close the Beast was to learning his lesson.

[@Quirkyalonester]

Have you ever read Beastly?

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

Oh but I love this idea...

[@ztslovebird]

That sounds awesome!

[@lillianward2810]

Genius

[@pedroxavier6009]

😲I find this is actually to actually be a really powerful decision. It makes the Enchantress a more human character. Even though I do not like everything from the 2017 live-action film, one of the decisions I like is how the Enchantress becomes a character of her own and her motives are more understandable as we see how she is mistreated by society for not fitting in and by the end of the movie she truly wants to help them. Her expression even is genuinely moved after Belle says "I love you". So it'd be really nice to see this stage production including her as a character you said.

[@Chillpanes]

I will never forget when the Beast started to transform in front of me when I met him. His paw was slightly off, showing the actor's arm a bit. I pointed it out and, while the Beast and Cast Members panicked at first, I just laughed it off and the Cast Members just said he was prematurely trying to change. The Beast asked to keep it a secret from Belle and I agreed. One of my favorite moments from going to Walt Disney World.

[@theadventuresofkingaidan5880]

And now belle knows.

[@theadventuresofkingaidan5880]

You failed.

[@agalwithnoname]

@@theadventuresofkingaidan5880 damn who hurt you man??? 😭

[@theadventuresofkingaidan5880]

@@agalwithnoname have you played TF2?

[@kokodoko4798]

Acting kinda Sus ngl

[@MichaelProdz]

I'd love to see an evolution of Ariel's transformation :)

[@kaileykrantz]

Yo same!!! I would also like to see an evolution of Ariel’s costumes in the Disney Parks

[@igottasneeze091]

Same!

[@emilyholasek63]

Ditto!

[@josephball2623]

SAMEEE but we need to wait for the live action to get the full disney fan treatment, I also want an Ursula evolution too

[@Alberto_Tellez]

I would definitely like to see the evolution of ariel.

[@MichielBLKorte]

I was fortunate enough to very temporarily work in the Dutch musical version of Beauty and the Beast. What they did is they loosened the wig and removed almost all of Beast's make-up before his big fighting scene, which was done mostly in the dark in a sort of silhouette challenge. Also, his horns, nose, fangs, paws and feet were attached to his cape with strings before this scene. After dying, the actor was then lifted into the sky, where the cape was whisked away with magic in the dark, and in the dark his facial beastly features would follow. The actor who did it did describe the experience like: being waxed every night.

[@ctbonnie]

Wow! Waxed every night 😭

[@Lyncesable]

This is so cool! I'm Dutch and I saw the revival with Anouk Maas and Edwin Jonker and I always wondered how they did this

[@MichielBLKorte]

@@Lyncesable It was Edwin who described it so! And Anouk is wonderful.

[@ekelambers]

Thank you for sharing! I went to the Dutch version too, and I always wanted to know how they did that!

[@TzarinaMystra]

A bit of trivia from an ice skating nerd: The 1996 ice skating show starred famous Russian skaters Alexei Petrenko and Ekaterina Gordeeva. Even though he looks younger, he was 27 at the time and she was 25. Normally, she would have been skating with her husband and lifelong skating partner, Sergei Grinkov, but he had died suddenly of a heart attack while skating the year before. This show was Ekaterina's first skating show since his death.

[@DistoryDan]

Wow.

[@courtneysokal6590]

Victor! Not Alexei lol

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@courtneysokal6590 You're correct! I was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz on Ice as a kid-- my grandmother recorded the broadcast on a VHS tape for me, and it *is* Viktor Petrenko, as during this era in the early to mid 90s when the USA was big into figure skating, Petrenko had been cast as The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz on Ice, along side Oksana Bauil as Dorothy (in they were also in the 1992 airing of The Nutcracker on Ice as the titular Nutcracker, and Clara)!

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

"You're right, it's me! I have talking clock, I have talking candle and now is the moment that you decide to become suspicious?" 😂🤣

[@DeadMeat]

Great hosting, bud! Your laugh is contagious.

[@DistoryDan]

Thanks dude!

[@SSVCloud]

Aww. Thass nice!

[@SophieGDough]

Dead Meat in a Disney Dan comment section? What is this, a crossover episode?

[@AnActualGh0st]

@@SophieGDough Highly recommend his Drunk Disney series with practical folks 10/10

[@Diget314]

I knew Disney could be Scary; But not enough the kills would be brutal enough to be counted

[@mrtempleton5302]

That Disney Dan version of "it's me!" I laughed so hard!

[@groofay]

The footage from the show killed me, the guy practically pelvic-thrusting his way through the line 🤣

[@PowPow1913]

Haha!!

[@shuuichissaihara]

The Jesus reveal was the funniest thing I've seen all month

[@jennycampbell8424]

Hey! Don't be mean. The first time I actually saw that transformation was a Sunday morning when my children were getting ready for church (me too,) and I happened to come through the living room and saw the end of the "fight" and the change of the beast into a man. I was a grown woman...and it made me tear up in wonder. Love...you can't lose with love.

[@lateramae]

It was a nice touch showing Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth, etc. die in the live-action remake. It was a very emotional scene.

[@rachaelmow]

The only good thing that came from that movie hahaha

[@Hessed3712]

It was emotional and it made me angry. I did not like the movie at all and then they killed those characters. Nope, pass.

[@graceskalniak4835]

The killing was temporary!

[@angelita98gaby]

The only scene in the live-action remake where I really felt anything.

[@tmfpunk]

Mrs. Potts crying out for Chip gutted me 😓😢

[@groofay]

You almost have to admire the raw chutzpah of thinking it was a good idea to start a musical adaptation of a movie nobody in the audience had ever seen, on the day said movie hit theaters, with about 75% of the runtime gone. And it worked? That's some confidence literally paying off right there.

[@furrmalethefurchild1607]

I'm a simple Disney person, I see Disney Dan, I click because I'm a fan

[@LucasBradleylpbproductions6]

As someone who has seen "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway, the Beast's transformation in the end of the show is actually pretty good. The strange thing is that there is another actor who portrays the Young Prince in the beginning of the show. Of course during the transformation in the beginning of the show, they pretty much changed actors (the Young Prince actor to the actor portraying the Beast). And according to an interview with Terrence Mann, the actor who played the Beast is also the same actor who plays the Prince in the end.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

I didn’t see the Broadway show... :(

[@Lionloverky]

@@carminecdinoproductions neither did I, I was born in 95 and never got the chance to see it. As I don’t live in New York

[@neeshailasewich5817]

I saw Beatuy and the Beast in Toronto in 93-94 and it was the best thing ever!!! Saw it like 6-7 times!!!

[@jeffd.9422]

I saw the Broadway show three times. The second time I saw it was with the entire original cast.

[@broadwaymike92]

I saw it on Broadway as well.... May 2003. It was my first Broadway show. The transformation is spectacular how they do it back and forth!! Saw Steve Blanchard do it.

[@arcanistnpc4751]

The transformation from the Tokyo Disney attraction is jaw-dropping! I'd never even heard of this attraction before but it looks incredible

[@lm3272]

The Prince actually isn’t a Pepper’s Ghost, it’s an animatronic in front of you. The Beast is a Pepper’s Ghost, and the Prince rises out of a trap door through the floor. Someone actually caught a video of the illusion malfunctioning where the Prince didn’t rise up all the way so he’s like just there halfway up through a hole 😂, it’s on TPM videos most recent top animatronic fails video.

[@CHLOCHLOLP]

that makes more sense because there is such a natural shadow of him in the prince form on the ground i was like theres no way thats a projection lol

[@ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh9551]

Can’t find the TPM vid your talking about? Can you post.

[@lm3272]

@@ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh9551 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCVeYmpipuartk Go to about 9:42

[@pault5557]

Thanks for clarifying! I knew something didn’t look right…

[@lm3272]

@@ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh9551 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCVeYmpipuartk Sorry for the delay in my response! It is at about 10:30 where it malfunctions!

[@violetcupcake]

20:36 Oh my goodness now that’s what you call a transformation!!! 🤩 Ahh I’d love to see that in person! Also the “Belle…… *IT’S ME* “ line was just so hilarious 🤣 I think it’s crazy how it never was really changed after all these years!!

[@violetcupcake]

@Brayden Johnson Chapman Pardon?

[@Masterdillon100]

I was kinda of hoping to see Dan react to high school transformation of the beast and having a laugh cause I sure do

[@DistoryDan]

Oh stay tuned

[@celo7carvalho]

@@DistoryDan ive been thinking about this reply daily, eagerly waiting for the video

[@MadameChristie]

There are couple of decent ones, mostly from private schools with obscene amounts of money (*cough*King's Academy*cough*) and access to harness equipment.

[@NaceShipper1994]

@@MadameChristie I love that production!

[@morganmiller5413]

@@MadameChristie Kings Academy slaps though

[@beek.4860]

This is so funny. The "Belle! C'est moi!" The head falling off. The terrible LEDs. All the capes. The Jesus poses. The smoke. Belle bludgeoning Gaston to death. The bizarre, incredibly awkward ways they try to make the transformation work. I have a new favorite video.

[@williamsstephens]

Linda Woolverton, the writer for Beauty and the Beast, is my husband's second (third?) cousin. In October 1992 we met her at a family reunion. I introduced my 11-year-old daughter to her, explaining that Laine was to be Belle for Halloween. Linda said, "Belle in her yellow dress?" And Laine, puzzled, looked at her and rather indignantly said, "No, ma'am! Belle with her basket of books!" 'Cause that' s how this family of nerds rolls. Linda was delighted, because I think that Belle is *her* Belle.

[@ReidGarwin]

That Medieval Times joke was everything

[@Ihavethreeaxolotls]

Okay but can we all agree the best thing to come out of the live action Beauty & The Beast is Beast’s song?? Like every time I hear Evermore I go full Broadway

[@SouthernBelleReviews]

Yessssssssssss!

[@lauriex8832]

Days In The Sun and Evermore are my top favorites from the live action

[@violetcupcake]

@@lauriex8832 #agreed

[@mastermarkus5307]

I like Evermore, but my one problem with it is that it essentially replaces "If I Can't Love Her" which is like... the only other Beast song, so you can't have both without it being redundant.

[@emilypeduto981]

"fully dressed in his ballroom gown" far be it from me to nitpick your misspeaking, but that is something i would genuinely like to see.

[@abbycollins]

Have you ever heard of a genderbend?

[@Ranger7Studios]

The ice show wasn't the voices from the movie. It was the original Bell (Susan Egan) and the replacement Beast (James Barbour) from the Broadway Musical.

[@oneawesomekelsey]

Yes! I wasn't sure about the Beast but I came to the comments to say that it was Susan Egan.

[@jb7644]

For a second i thought it was Robby Benson, but yes it was James Barbour. I got a chance to see him as Phantom.

[@carminecdinoproductions]

There should be a bigger indoor theater for a Beauty and the Beast stage show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

[@morganyakkofan9052]

And they should’ve upgraded the music , and started using the music from the 2017 live action remake of Beauty and the Beast,for the the stage show.

[@gabrielleb.9220]

I truly appreciate all the videos in which Dan is just a big theatre nerd

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

OMG that intro was hilarious 🤣

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

Also, we did the show a few year ago and I gotta say our transformation sequence was pretty damn good. Backtracking a bit, we had a skrim on stage and had the intro story mimed out behind the narrator with lights and shadows....and then it came back for the finale and scenes were re-posed from the beginning/intro with flashes of light and in between the light flashes, our stage manger and director were helping our Beast rip off his wig and horns and wipe his face with makeup remover.....it was actually really clever. We also had the rise be an actual actress who danced across the stage and gah. It was actually really really well done for community theatre in a church gym....haha.

[@IHARumor]

Here's an additional fun fact: for the 2017 live action remake they had originally shot a different transformation where the magic of the enchantress basically covered the injured Beast in rose petals and then the Prince emerged from those rose petals. It was all very dramatic. The Prince was shirtless during this scene so Dan Stevens, the actor who plays Beast, had worked out for months to look jacked during that scene. However, when test audiences saw it some of the parents/moms were concerned that the Prince looked too naked. So they reshot the scene to make it look more similar to the animated movie. It's a pity because while it might sound a bit weird, it could have been a very different, original version of the transformation. (Source: some interview with Dan Stevens that I saw online)

[@pink-a-palouza7888]

Aww man why did they have to take away that could be an amazing original idea from a ok live action movie

[@tedioustotoro4885]

The new version of the Beauty and the Beast musical is starting as a touring production around the UK later this year though half of the venues are delayed for another year or two due to the pandemic delaying the tour

[@yippedoodah]

The shoulder shimmy during the ice skating transformation had me dying!

[@nathanwaters8586]

The last one blew my mind. He explained but I’m still in shock. Actual magic!

[@memethyst]

i love the transformation in tokyo, the peppers ghost effect and the projection mapping, it's like the perfect blend of old practical effects and new special effects

[@mayanightstar]

The way Dan goes BELLE! IT'S MEE! I just lost it

[@sparkleg01]

I am torn. The animated version of Beauty and the Beast is my all-time favorite film and because I'm one of the very few people who actually prefer the prince in his human form and I hate that this is being made fun of, but on the other hand I'm laughing so hard tears are streaming from my eyes... so it's good?

[@KathrynBurke713]

Your not alone in your preference! I mean Beast is cute and kinda cuddly, but in all honesty I would be terrified if I met him in real life. I think the Prince version of him is one of the most handsome of the princes that Disney has created for their stories.

[@sacrosby]

Beast in his human form is my Disney crush 😍

[@agalwithnoname]

I see that you are not a monster lover, and you are respectful about it so its no problem, preferences are preferences

[@aeriamamaduck]

see I hear this argument all the time and I'm in my POR QUE NO LOS DOS camp. Beast and Prince both make my heart go flutter flutter.

[@meatballmike95]

I love the guy breakdancing at 17:20

[@pickledpetals600]

"Bam! I'm the prince" OMG

[@rebeccawilson7705]

This is one of my favorite Disney Dan videos ever!! I laughed out loud the whole time!

[@megzbartsch411]

You should do the evolution of Cinderella's dress transformation next!

[@Ireton06]

I’d like to see an evolution of Cinderella actually

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Here's a little videogame trivia for Beauty and the Beast fans: Many might know Robby Benson has provided the voice of The Beast in many Disney specials that feature the character, but if you were old enough to remember and you were a fan of point-and-click computer games, you might recognize Robby Benson's voice in the sixth installment of Sierra's King's Quest series, King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow as Prince Alexander, son of King Graham!

[@celestetoliver9031]

"Emma Watson, I don't think she met anyone during the entire filming, it was just her and the director on set the whole time" *contagious laughter*

[@broadwaymike92]

FUN FACT: In the Broadway show, the Young Prince at the beginning is actually played by a member of the Ensemble. When the Enchantress throws the fireball and transforms the Prince into the Beast, there's a blackout. The Ensemble playing the "Young Prince" runs off and the main "Beast" takes over. Also, one of the show's original cast members the Late Merwin Foard actually wrote a special backstage song that the Ensemble would sing for fun while waiting in the wings dressed in their finale costumes. It's actually really funny. Basically it would go..... HIS LEFT ARM'S OUT HIS RIGHT ARM'S OUT HE THROWS THE BEAST MASK UPSTAGE AND THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AND HE'S TURNING INTO JESUS, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Also if the transformation cherry picker is broken, the actor playing The Beast actually does a modern dance which was created by Terrence Mann. It has has happened several times on Broadway and in some of the international productions.

[@abigailmunoz8742]

That “Belle it’s me!” I can’t 😂

[@Taydar]

I can't believe that show has been running in Hollywood studios for 30 years now

[@TheMissVenise]

For a quick 5 seconds I stupidly didn’t register that was a Beast mask and thought Dan bought another weird looking Chewbacca mask.😅😂

[@ryanneclaritas]

I love the Shakespearean acting troupe versions of things... truly just actors having the time of their lives. On a similar note, I played Rapunzel in a very low budget Into the Woods and the Witch literally just pulled my wig off instead of cutting my hair. No wig cap underneath, just my hair. So... there's that.

[@Amythest]

I loved when he said “Belle, it’s me!” XD

[@averyeml]

Lmao yeah I struggled to see the Piggy head fall off in Muppetvision but that Beast head was clear as crystal 😂 I got to see the Beauty and the Beast Broadway traveling production when it came to my tiny hometown, weirdly. That show absolutely broke me with its beauty. Having the Beast get his own dramatic solo was amazing.

[@juliadandy6019]

I keep replaying 11:38 to check the “violent stab” and laughing more each time

[@jennamendez9572]

The transformation and description at 5:37 has me ROLLING!

[@ButterFlyGardenBlossom]

I swear, the Tokyo Disneyland ride version of the transformation is so underrated. It gives me chills every time and I watch and study it over and over again

[@LadyWervyn]

Oh man, I remember seeing that stage adaptation and transformation as a kid in Orlando! I loved it! I followed it, but I remember being like “giant green bats?” And that dove release at the end is so gooooood!

[@popculturedon]

I was the Beast double in a community theater production about 10 years ago. In our production, the transformation at the beginning - Prince to Beast - was achieved by the Double, me, hiding in a specially built corner of the set, and emerging at a specific light and pyro cue, while the Prince actor disappeared in the same manner. I also fought Gaston up until the death scene and, thanks to how the set was built, was hooked to the fly rig over an obscured trap door, and then was hoisted and spun and “sold” the illusion. I was finally lowered through the same trap door while smoke and lights and perfect timing allowed the Prince to reveal himself. The audience bought it EVERY SINGLE TIME. I never went out for curtain calls or to meet the audience after, so we never gave the illusion away.

[@LucasBradleylpbproductions6]

Also I may be wrong on this, but I can assume that the Beast's "body double" is the same actor who played the Young Prince in the beginning of the Broadway show.

[@abiwonkenabi7027]

I like how matter-of-factly he says the west wing is forbidden. "Oh btw, the west wing. It is forbidden."

[@rudetuesday]

Some of these are surprisingly effective. I really like when puppets and lighting are used to help the story along. Best part? Dan laughter, as always. I love Disney Dan.

[@sannevanmaurik7473]

The beast transformation in the Tokio ride is amazing, but the prince is an anmatronic. Only the beast and the spinning of the beast is a peppers ghost effect. The prince is lowered and raised into the ground though a trapdoor

[@catietommo]

not pictured: my middle school production’s plywood trapdoor, where a small, lanky kid dressed as the tall, large beast’s body double plunges onto a mattress

[@jorybarnes2860]

Dan, you make me so goddamn happy. I've only watched the first 26 seconds of this video so far and I'm already grinning like an idiot. Thank you for being you

[@lyratan7164]

strobes and spins is literally where my brain is at

[@Sophie-nz9fz]

the beauty and the beast show at hollywood studios is something I will force my family to sit through EVERY SINGLE TIME we visit the park. it's that iconic.

[@muhmuhmonahan4919]

I saw the Broadway musical one in Los Angeles as a kid and it BLEW MY MIND. I stood up and yelled, "What!?"

[@aurora_kosmik]

fun fact, the prince animatroic on the ride isnt an illusion - he comes up through the floor. There is great footage of him getting stuck half way up.

[@ShimmyShimmyK8]

When I was five in '92 my parents and I saw the Beauty and the Beast live show at Hollywood Studios. I sat on my dad's lap for the whole show and he still won't let me live down that I caused him immense pain by making his legs and junk fall asleep. Since Beauty and the Beast was mine and my mom's favorite we saw the on ice version, the Hollywood Studios version when we went back every five years and we saw Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. We always loved the magic that went into the shows!!

[@ShimmyShimmyK8]

And I know my mom would definitely go see the Beauty and the Beast Broadway revival, but would also 100% ball like a baby when the furniture dies with the beast... She teared up just during this video!

[@martyu69]

"Belle, it's me.... mario."

[@Suilimea]

The one in Tokyo threw me through a loop for a second, a super cool technique!

[@hopefranfam]

FUN FACT- i saw the live show at Hollywood studios when i was 6 and at the end they pick someone in the audience to get a rose from Belle and the prince. i was one on the lucky ones to receive that rose. it was truly a magical experience.

[@robertbrookes2000]

That 2017 production looks amazing, the puppets and the beasts transformation is fab.

[@alexandrabennett]

I saw the Beauty and the Beast show at MGM when I was 5 years old in 2003, it was my favorite movie and I was convinced Belle winked at me at the end of the show. The Beast also came out and asked me to dance in the France pavilion at Epcot during the same trip, really set the bar high with that one Disney lol. So many good memories brought back by this video. :')

[@DanielleFromMI]

Crying laughing at the college student interpretive dance comment. They are really putting in their all with that bed sheet transition!

[@lucialaverne7738]

Ok so I've seen 5 of these: 1991 movie, original MGM Studios stage show, Live Disney on Ice Show, front row of the Broadway Production 17 days before it closed, and the live action movie. My favorites are the original movie and Broadway. Also the commentary of some of these were comedy gold. Well done.

[@rae.belanoff]

I want a shirt that just says "strobes and spins" like 100 times

[@berrypie11]

The last time I was in Disney, I was able to see the MGM show, and I remember the “bed sheet”. It’s been so long that it was still called MGM Studios when I went. 😂 When I first saw the video for the ride, I was FLOORED by how they pulled off that effect! True Disney magic! I’d probably cry if I got to see that in person.

[@mcnairwilson4138]

That park was NEVER called "MGM Studios." See my full explanation below.

[@MineKurtMininer]

i think i found the formula of the beast's transformation beast covered in special effects followed by angle shot of belle gasping and then the beast shows himself again in a dramatic reveal

[@MarianaGarciaGrijalva]

"The ghost animatronics of coccooned beasty boi and fresh nostrily beasty boi" OMG LMAO

[@theblakesheep]

That's not the movie Belle (Paige O'Hara) and the Beast (Robby Benson) doing the voice for the Concert on Ice, that's Susan Egan from the original Broadway production and James Barbour (a broadway replacement Beast from the time)

[@kenziehurlock]

"Belle c'est moi!" I love that 😂

[@TeamAbility96]

DISNEY DAN!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Also, why does Dan’s laugh kill me every time and make me laugh. 😂😂😂

[@elissagalaxy8726]

Ikr!!!

[@wickedfeylady]

I saw the Broadway show back when it first came out. I was 5 years old. Let me tell you, I never forgot the transformation. To this day, it is one of my fondest memories as a theatergoer.

[@Tru-Blu]

Holy cow!!!! I never realized that Miss Piggy actually loses her head! I will never unsee that!

[@binkyboohoo3906]

Can’t wait to see the revamped musical version in the uk right now, been aching to see the musical for years

[@jacobcowley31]

The Tokyo Ride magic is a little different than what you explained. The Human prince is actually on stage with Belle, he comes up through a trap door while the beast, the pepper ghost is just the cloaked beast form. If you catch a video of the effect when it doesn't work properly you can see the whole effect. Either way, it is a gorgeous piece of magic.

[@raedalley993]

So glad I found this! I’m actually a girl who is currently playing the beast right now! So I love this

[@JasmineDreams]

10:08 that laugh is what I subscribed for. (the informative & entertaining content is nice, too lol)

[@jackjackjack8134]

Greatest intro ever. Those effects made Hollywood tremble

[@muzicalzrlife6024]

This brings back memories for me but I was a part of an amateur youth theatre production of Beauty and the Beast (the Broadway musical) and like on Broadway, we had a body double for the fight scene with Gaston but that body double continued on to do the death scene too as our actual Beast was offstage in his prince gear saying the lines and when it came time for the transformation, a smoke machine started creating this technicolor haze so the body double could rush off and the prince come on and dash into the place instead. It was a good idea in some cases but then again, some audience members could see him running on 😂

[@liammcbillybob1251]

Dan is the only man I think could play both beast and prince.

[@nathancartoonplushstudios2728]

0:00 I love when Dan plays around on today’s topic

[@bbbeansss4757]

I lost it at the A+ voice acting

[@ainsleyking7372]

I screamed when the French guy talked

[@littlelistmaker]

I am allergic to scented candles but I just have to say I really respect how extra the ads have been in the last few videos.

[@starberrycupcake]

When I saw the Broadway musical as it was staged here in Buenos Aires the 2nd time, the effect of the transformation floored me, I had no idea how it was done, it was amazing. I can't believe this movie turns 30 this year, it remains my absolute favorite still, thank you for providing content for it, it seems Disney isn't doing much of that so far, maybe they do something later on. Also, that Tokyo ride is absolutely fantastic, can't wait to see what they do in the DisneySea expansion!

[@rosie4queen]

Oh man the beauty and the beast on ice special - I LOVED this as a child!!!

[@clarec5447]

I did Beauty and the Beast in high-school so I have a real soft spot for the rougher transformations. LOL! Great video, Dan!

[@ivanalpha80]

Best Beast transformation ever!

[@netcampbell5143]

Words can not explain how much I love this mans laugh

[@luthientinuviel3883]

I absolutely adore the transformation music in Beauty and the Beast. To this day I cannot think of of a more triumphant and beautiful sound for that moment.

[@bishopwilliam3223]

The Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo's transformation scene actually has the Prince animatronic on stage with Belle after the Beast pepper's ghost goes away ;) when the beast starts spinning, prince pops up through a trap door/ elevator in the floor, with his movement covered by the pepper's ghost illusion :)

[@thatsmemetastic775]

On Disney On Ice, when Gaston gets exploded on the Disneyland castle, it's just the star and pixie dust at the beginning of every Disney movie!🤣🤣🤣

[@brycevo]

That intro is so great. Thank you