Felix the Cat in Bold King Cole (1936)

[@PyroArina]

I REMEMBER SEEING THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THIS SHORT AGAIN!!!

[@Ronsonator]

its a great feeling eh!

[@PyroArina]

@@Ronsonator Oh boy, is it

[@tonymata8070]

I won't lie, I may be a grown ahh adult.... I got emotional when I rediscovered it back in 2018. This was my favorite short from Felix the Cat. 🥹

[@livebassngames]

I had it on VHS remember actually getting surprised by my bro laughing at it (scene at 5:50) ... I was like 4 LOL

[@wakkowarner123]

Wow, I remember watching this when I was growing up.

[@FoxPopvli]

WakkoWarner123 me too!!! :D

[@timoflea8417]

+WakkoWarner123 me three!!! going on age four, my most favoritest cartoons in the who-o-ole Wide World (kid- speak)were Felix The Cat, Betty Boop, Mighty Mouse(vintage); and there was a local TV station that aired a show on Saturday mornings which showed s lot of assorted cartoons/animations of every sort imaginable. All of these cartoons & animations were more than special in that they sparked and fired my imagination; and, they were remarkable just in the fact that they were evennn aired at all, since we were smack in the middle of the McCarthy era , the mid 1950's!!!

[@wakkowarner123]

+Tim O' Flea I was relatively young when I watched these cartoons (we had them on VHS tapes), and now that I'm older, I appreciate just how much work and detail was put into them!

[@timoflea8417]

WakkoWarner123 Censorship and commercialism killed creative cartoon art, I say. Seems like from the 1950s on, cartoons were churned out by a cartoon factory -- a lame, formulaic cartoon industry driven by advertising revenues.

[@Xai15]

+WakkoWarner123 My baby sitter showed this to me, it scared me but I don't remember how old i was

[@Jaimas]

I always kind of thought the moral on this one was kind of clever: bravado can be a boon, but don't let it get away from you. King Cole is a braggart, but this is what allows him to face his fear. His constant overdoing it is what pisses the ghosts off, and in Felix helping him, the two both realize how silly claiming to be afraid of nothing is, but understanding why one might claim that in the first place.

[@simulationescape5467]

I loved watching the cartoons from the 30s and 40s,and 50s. We were too poor to afford the Disney movie tapes. We could these types of cartoons at the Family Dollar or Dollar General. My grandma did the best she could when we literally had nothing. I love and miss you so much, I remember everything you've done for us until i get to meet you again.

[@rachelsweger2191]

That's like how my mom and dad were when they were growing up but I didn't think they ever watched this 'cuz my dad watched Popeye the sailor as a kid and IDK what my mom watched as a kid

[@carri5489]

i used to have this on VHS as a kid and this ep terrified me

[@trades4503]

I was just talking to my coworkers about this yesterday, it scared me as a kid. Especially with the bragging machine.

[@gamegear8803]

I must be way braver than you it funny too me

[@PsychedelicKitten]

Same, these old animation styles in general freak me out presumably from this 😹 I can’t believe I found the exact episode

[@AeonDaemon]

​@@PsychedelicKitten we were the same kids that grew up and are scared of analog horror now as adults 😂

[@rachelsweger2191]

As a kid which I'm 8 almost 9 now I used to be scared of Pinocchio

[@hevenhei2845]

My grandma has this cd case with over 500 old cartoons

[@gnikcohs]

Beautifully animated toon and with lightning and ghosts! Van Beuren only made 3 Felix toons before they closed the studio and these were the first time, I think, Felix was done in color, and full technicolor to boot. Even though Felix did not have a real golden age presence in cartoons, he, like Betty Boop, managed to maintain credible star status. It's a shame more of these weren't made.

[@devanhinskey9001]

3:49 I always thought the three-dimensional looking animation on those stairs was pretty impressive, especially since this was nearly half a century before computer graphics came along!

[@BIGBamBam86]

I had this on vhs. I remember watching this all the time as a kid

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Zombie Rusty Shackleford me too, but it was in Spanish along with two Merrie Melodies shorts.

[@BimbelyGimbly]

Zombie Rusty Shackleford i remember having this and a bunch of other Van Beuren cartoons on a DVD, it also had 2 others, one had a bunch of Felix the Cat cartoons (which was the one i watched the most) and another one with Betty Boop cartoons on it.

[@Uboa777]

Same

[@consumerofyams]

I remember watching this as a small kid, it always freaked me out! but I so admire it now.

[@MT-gn7jy]

Same!

[@101jir]

Still freaks me out. Because I still talk too much myself!

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Tobias- the wind taking away scene freaked me out too as a child but I like this now because I grew up.

[@JavierMartinez-oj3rg]

I thought that little cartoon cat was funny I even liked how he saved the king really shows he is a kind person

[@MagmaPaint]

Without a doubt my favorite Felix the Cat short as a kid. Second favorite was Skulls and Sculls from the Pat Sullivan made shorts. So nostalgic.

[@Crabbypino]

I remember this from the kindergarten age in the early 1990s. My grandma had these videos. Love them and bring back memories. Thanks 😊👍❤

[@zackaryruhland4181]

Happy 100th Anniversary, Felix the Cat!

[@crowsoup9953]

I remember being really freaked out by the 'Torture Scene' when I was little, I just remembed it again today and searched it up - still makes me feel weird tho

[@duxflavo]

Glaciai same for me this part kinda disturbed me too

[@beatthebop9620]

Yeah I was so traumatized!

[@TheGreeeen]

Yes, me too. I used to watch it again and again as a child since it was on a VHS together with the Three Little Piggies (or whatever they are called in english). Anyway, today I found the VHS and watched it. I didn't remember it at first but then I got a very freaky feeling as if something was wrong. I think this may have traumatized me as a child actually.

[@FritzySmithy]

Same here after all these years i just can't get it out of my head

[@headfullofuck]

Same man, this gave me a panic attack as a child and my parents had to throw away the CD lmao

[@Madvillainy91]

That was the catchiest torture ever

[@ABell-id3lc]

The stomach punching was overwhelming for me as a child.

[@oxide9679]

Scary or did it make you feel a certain way?

[@brandonwical2408]

Who remembers watching this

[@hevenhei2845]

Me

[@oziswag3260]

Me

[@EmmaGoldmanlovesyou]

I remember it started me thinking abt fetishes at too young an age…

[@diadiamante5483]

WHY WOULD HE HAVE A MACHINE LIKE THIS?!

[@def-c_616]

Maybe when his enemies brags too much he interrogates them with the Anti-Boast Machine?

[@Veers31]

There's always the possibility it's some sort of medical/therapeutic chair.

[@JavierMartinez-oj3rg]

Maybe it was meant for massages

[@jerrywilliams5451]

So when he got too windy he would beat off.

[@jerrywilliams5451]

Too jerk off to

[@jackkennedy3661]

This gives me load of nostalgia

[@felifae80]

So clever! My little brother and I used to watch this over and over, lol. Love the lightning!

[@nshaboo101]

My song...you talk too much, you talk too much, you never shut up, you talk too much LoL. Whenever i sang this my little sister always ask where i got it from and i said, that's Felix the Cat where have you been??!! haha!! I miss my childhood!!!

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

nshaboo101 lol

[@cheyenneholder3703]

nshaboo101 my mother started singing that I Asked her where it was from and she said Google Felix the cat King something and I did and this is what I came to I got to say this is better than some SpongeBob or whatever I used to watch

[@101jir]

Nah, I was too creeped out as a kid because that was pretty much me.

[@candytaxi]

AAAAGH I love Felixs' voice actor, the animations amazing the storys actually pretty original, FELIXS' VOICE ACTOR DOESN'T SOUND LIKE HES A ROBOT //thanks 50s felix// and augh its just amazing omg ;u;

[@stephenwells6434]

Walter Tetley voiced Felix in these shorts.

[@diadiamante5483]

This damn songs gonna be stuck in my head

[@isaiahjames4311]

same.

[@bubblegumdreaming4226]

These characters are adorable :0

[@bubblegumdreaming4226]

At least some of them.-.

[@kingsteve4304]

After years of shifting through hundreds of cartoons, I finally found it. Time to tick this off of my "White Whale list".

[@cheyenneholder3703]

King Steve white whale list? What's that?

[@lockjaw7437]

Okay

[@mickyliveari6985]

I have one, a cinderella cartoon from around this time frame. Can't for the life of me find it.

[@aznmozez2214]

Its not even rare. Just not as famous.

[@williamgwright1097]

They knew how to make cartoons back then have a great one

[@Dell2YT]

The mice at the ending having a casual round in the suits of armor always sends me

[@AndreasFiliusAnimation]

Felix ,the cat, is the precursor of the Ghostbuster!

[@doodle.drawz.dreamz]

i love this precious cat

[@richardgarcia7521]

It took me like 10 years to figure out that the 'gas' made him feel not afraid of anything and so after they removed it all, he became totally afraid. Because even before, and even in the end, he still had fear of his surroundings.

[@snorkmaiden4ever]

2:17, 2:15, 2:12

[@Kortlandt]

Oh my gosh. I remember this!!! Had this in VHS with other old classic cartoons! All black and white! I love this!

[@dorienlenaerts771]

This scared the hell out of me when I was a little girl 😂

[@TintinMeetsGorillaz]

“Dry your eyes and tears away for The Old King Cole then I’m gonna make you smile!”

[@brissadlr9939]

I remember watching this😸.

[@stantheman9790]

Man I remember seeing part of this from Bill Nye the Science Guy when I was really young, good times lol

[@looneysprig]

Bill Nye the Science Guy! BILL BILL BILL BILL I don't know what I'm doing.

[@EddieMillerStudios]

Which episode?

[@Sandlot1992]

I remember watching this on the Casper's Cartoon Fest VHS along with the Cobweb Hotel and the Mel-O-toons short "the Magic Clock"!

[@KingGhidorah1950]

This is the first episode i saw about Felix :)

[@doddthedodo7435]

Why is no-one talking about Felix GUNNING DOWN GHOSTS LIKE A FUCKING SHOOTING GALLERY, USING *BOLTS OF LIGHTNING* FOCUSED THROUGH THE ARMS OF A SUIT OF ARMOR?!

[@Rochelle121986]

So this is where J K. Rowling got her ideas from for the ghost paintings haha

[@cookiebatter2431]

I always thought it was "old" king Cole .. Love the nostalgia 💗💗💗

[@daydreamfuel5781]

That part with the machine 4:22 gives me The Princess Bride vibes if you know what I’m talking about

[@ActivistVictor]

7:06 it's so odd to hear a king say "mah boi" without following it with, "this peace is what all true warriors strive for"

[@ClassicGuy2004]

True.

[@101Volts]

This is the "My Boy" version.

[@hobomike6935]

haha good ol' CDI games XD

[@parsepablo5742]

"GET OFF THE AIR" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kanovix]

I used to love watching these as a kid

[@-spooksuki-3892]

ikr

[@elementraux2982]

I remember this as a kid. And i was only born in 1997

[@swimishlyfe634]

oh I love this episode, especially cause of the opening *^*

[@Accelerand0]

But He Clearly Likes It!

[@ElvenEmma]

"you talk too much you never shut up" haha you dont get songs like that nowadays lol thanks for uploading

[@bradywelsh9402]

now THIS is quality entertainment!

[@MinnenAudio]

This afternoon we're flying too. Nature and Me. We laugh and play it keeps us gay. Nature and Me. I have begun like me belong, where little Birdies sing this song. Skies of Blue, the whole Day through. Nature and Me. IS THAT RIGHT?^^

[@tabbiemarie9477]

Christoph Enderlein it's, "a happy guy like me belongs where little birdies sing this song". Skies are blue the whole day through for nature and me."

[@KimbaCookie]

This afternoon, we’re right in tune: nature and me We laugh and play; it keeps us gay, nature and me A happy guy like me belongs where little birdies sing their song Skies are blue the whole day through for nature and me

[@vavuk]

Kreuz Hund жесть

[@kaytea42]

0:14 I’ve been looking for this part of the song and I’ve found it because I watched a Felix 100 anniversary video that uses it

[@oziswag3260]

I have a DVD of Felix the cat cartoons and most of them are (black and white) with other cartoons in it. This short was in it as well

[@TheCobraLord]

I think that machine scene was what led me to having a BDSM kink...

[@sirendafox6463]

The Cobra Lord same

[@aubreyl5531]

Tied up to a machine and tortured? yep… a very specific type of bdsm kink 😅

[@z93-c3k]

same

[@kanna-san.]

bro

[@rockinriffs]

glad to see it wasn't just me lmao

[@alexk8792]

5:08 "Take it away! Take it away! I'll never do it again! Take it away! I can't stand it!"

[@Meme-zo3nj]

This Brings Back So Many Memories

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Now that people are realizing that Felix the Cat was already public domain you can make derivatives based on this version of Felix !

[@dogecode386]

This one is not yet public domain, but most of the ones from the 1920s now are.

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

All the Colored Cartoons are indeed Public Domain.

[@martincraw7698]

Even Felix was a Ghostbuster just like Mickey, Donald and Goofy.

[@IamtheNoodleGirl]

4:00

[@shanenickell4559]

Those ghosts in this cartoon make this look like a Halloween special

[@mo_velo]

Agh! This one terrified me when I was a kid.

[@starnetz2597]

"We laugh and play, it keeps us Gay"

[@mooshhsoom6513]

iiStarnet smh

[@qokl8skeight]

A long time ago, gay just meant happy.

[@AudioInklined]

Marsh The Mime actually, it still does.

[@rachelsweger2191]

5:36 And he uses his NOSE TO TURN IT OFF😮😮😮

[@Alyssa-tl4ng]

This was soooooooo suspenseful

[@oxide9679]

It had a different effect on me

[@SergeiGurlukovich]

I used to have this vhs at my grandfather's house. lol.

[@Vegepen]

But it doesn't seem that king Cole learned that. xD he was still bragging at the end.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Clips of this cartoon are featured in the music video of Ain't Easy Being Mean by Ultramonk 9.

[@captainabefox]

This is Halloween episode of Felix the cat

[@shanenickell4559]

Exactly

[@k_minyon3953]

0:24-0:49 Michigan weather be like

[@jacquesmendiola-tagle3394]

I always loved that song in the beginning! And the rest of the cartoon for that matter.

[@plantguardianps4live698]

I was around 1st grade when I saw this. I was 6 years old and now I'm 15. Years goes by fast. I always thought Felix the cat was a girl 😂

[@rockinriffs]

the machine scene definitely awakened something in me ngl

[@mattman2]

First erections I got came from this 😂

[@todesengel66612]

guys, it is a cartoon from the 30's. not only was it basic but it was the best they had. why don't you give it a rest and quit thinking everything is perfect or supposed to be

[@alittlefelixdakat1842]

6:56 Top 10 Anime Battles

[@OverDrive804]

4:20 - 4:46 finding weight loss ideas be like 😂😂

[@KingPivit]

You never shut up! You talk to much! Lol I miss this.

[@jamesantoine4318]

this is really cool

[@Orbitten]

Apparently nature hates you felix. Also, mah boi.

[@shannonmanor5260]

I remember watching this when I was really little and it gave me nightmares lol

[@zoeymegmeg]

omg, yay. but felix deserves more than price!

[@SarahLabellekorovamilkbar]

I've forgot about this until now probably because I was traumatise... ahahah didn't remember Felix the cat was so weird

[@lockjaw7437]

This song is so catchy

[@looneysprig]

It was about 5 years when one of my brothers and me were fighting over a DVD and we broke it. It was a Felix the Cat DVD that my dad bought when I was like 2 It only last like about 3 years and it had this cartoon

[@LAPO5511]

and to follow "Dick Whittington's Cat" in the video titled "Felix the Cat Color Cartoon Hour"

[@Abracamoron]

Ah, the ol' classic Felix cartoons

[@sakigamifox8509]

5:45 The Vegas Shooting Prediction

[@Valor1045]

The good old days am I right

[@hitkid2456]

Absolutely. A brave new world, as it were.

[@mitchellnitschke8377]

This is a fuckin BANGER

[@armanicorriveau1646]

This is the first time u will ever see some one kill a ghost

[@georgemiser]

Hell is the sound of your own voice.

[@fishbuckethead]

I watched this as a very litl i tle kid i loved it. it brings back good memories

[@snorkmaiden4ever]

2:19 and 2:25

[@eaglewolffox6275]

looks like Raiden sent his thunderbolts to aid Felix against the ghosts

[@deltabeta105]

HOw can't you make a Video game out of this movie?

[@Ian16545]

And I'll bet that the storm must have been a joint venture of Mother Nature AND the Professor that wouldn't come till MUCH later?

[@rachelsweger2191]

5:34 Felix's head is a L I G H T B U L B!??!

[@KartikeyPatel-f8e]

😅😅😅well information good show 😅

[@gheedqasmi3539]

1:20 I thought felix have a skull 💀 But no felix have a face bulb 💡

[@lollobello]

OMG, my favorite!

[@bluethebunnylord9274]

I FOUND MY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND THE REASON WHY I WAS SO TERRIFIED OF CARTOONS!

[@IamtheNoodleGirl]

5:00, 6:00

[@davidvelazquez9473]

My reaction to Staci from Total Drama Revenge of the Island.