Felix the Cat - The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg (1936)

Felix's goose, which lays golden eggs, is goose-napped by Captain Kidd. Felix rescues him from Kidd's pirate ship. (Cartoon is in the public domain, and is available from the Internet Archive.)

[@DefinitelyNotAnAlien]

By Felix, this was the FIRST episode of Felix the cat that I ever saw. I'm already 23, but since then, Felix remained one of my favorite cartoon characters. Sue me, I seriously like him better than Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. That and he's adorable.

[@SyntaX7777]

Me too

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Me too! This and Bold King Cole was first Felix the Cat cartoons I've seen as a kid, I used to have the two of them on a VHS tape but in Spanish with two Merrie Melodies shorts. And this cartoon short is about to turn 84 on my birthday this Friday!

[@jasonhernandez8146]

Also my first episode and tbh the only cartoon that ties with this cartoon for me anyways, is Tom and Jerry

[@garrtoons4303]

Same. This was always a classic.

[@Mistercodmobilefan8378]

@@lisettegarcia7013 ikr same!!

[@Mr.Robinson.TV.]

I watched this on VHS when I was little =)

[@Overmanselves]

Connor Robinson same!

[@dariusjones3488]

Same

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Connor Robinson me too! I had a VHS with two Felix the Cat episodes; this and King Cole along with two Merrie Melodies shorts but in Spanish.

[@acelister16]

Faith Morakinyo me too

[@juliusmorgan2292]

walmart in the cheapie bin...

[@charlieprocopio3892]

I love classic cartoons

[@DJsuryong]

5:59 "WHY YOU LITTLE-" I was expecting the pirate to strangle Felix... if you know what I mean

[@Doc_Animator_N]

Like Homer Simpson to Bart.

[@spingleboygle]

5:59

[@sylkev]

great...... they don't make 'em like they used to...... thank you xxxx

[@AwesomeLuna7]

I enjoy this kind of Felix cartoons

[@Glarblenuck]

I'm surprised I remember this so well. It's been way too long since I last saw this.

[@The666Heretic]

Ah I use to watch this a whole lot back when I had the VHS tape in the mid 90's. Good times.

[@mamuezelle]

this is so wierd that they made this so many years ago and it exactly what will happen in the years to come.thanks felix

[@supereece9000]

when i was a kid, i loved this video and thought that it was really cool of Felix to give away all that money. As an adult i still love it but i can't help think "NO FELIX! STOP! YOU'RE DESTROYING THE ECONOMY! EVERYONE IS GONNA BE POOR AT THIS RATE!", man i hate getting old.

[@Noveltooner]

And that was a real problem. Felix was a really unique character; a terrible mis-read on Gillett's part. During the Great Depression, audiences looking for some kind of escapist relief would have enjoyed the storylines of The Cat's earlier adventures. Doing color and full sound remakes and updates of such surreal shorts as "Woos Whoopie" and "False Vase" together with surreal takes on contemporary situations are what was needed. Felix was never meant to be a Mickey Mouse carbon copy.

[@dawnandmuses]

that pirate sure knows how to get really drunk... LIVER PLEASE =))

[@zoeymegmeg]

this one was my favorite along with the one with king neptune and old king coal! ^_^

[@N0Onam3]

omg so do i! xD alwayz use to watch it wen i was little kid

[@francescoromani4539]

Great adventure! ^^

[@JayDaniels]

The best print I have seen thus far of this short. Curious where this was copied from.

[@pepper2332]

I love the pirate song

[@pikachugee5311]

Why Does Felix sound like a kid (Maybe Because He Is A Kid)

[@Jacob_Leiter]

Just image how it gonna pump the inflation!

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

The moral is good kind hearted people will always prevail, whilst evil is thoroughly punished. The first 3 minutes had Felix using the golden goose to donate to the poor rather than keep it for himself, while Capitain Kidd wanted all the gold for himself.

[@Blueglitter73]

1936 huh? And the beginning of the episode is when Felix gives gold coins to the poor. This relates to the Great Depression during that time period. But lending gold coins is just like the soup kitchen. How nice of Felix.

[@BlueSpiritedDragon]

Starfire★Uchiha I would give money to the poor if I had the money to do so

[@georgebarbosa9893]

This relates to 2019 and forever

[@josephbede3648]

@@georgebarbosa9893 how right you are sir.

[@Orbitten]

6:18 the most ummm, majestic scream ever.

[@yshdbdhzhzhz6720]

Nox Xelor

[@riannadominguez396]

Nox Xelor dead af🤣🤣🤣

[@garrtoons4303]

Me when I yawn.

[@brentskiiiskii5181]

I heard that majestic scream about 20 years ago. It’s been in my head ever since.

[@louiseyuan7268]

I love how the motion actually hits every single rhythm, and........Felix looks so confidence!!! and adorable~~~

[@jasperthetooncat27]

🎵Oh, we take what we want and we want what we take For we're pirates out hunting for treasure! If we need any gold, we steal it away, Robbing widows and orphans of pleasure! We fight with our hands, we cuss and shoot, We're mean and we're bad from our hats to our boots. We take what we want and we want what we take For we're pirates out hunting for treasure!🎵

[@Navyblue0785]

I used to have the tape; this cartoon is fresh in my mind

[@enemymoon]

Same!

[@coquito91]

dave M. I used to have the tape too

[@mickyliveari6985]

I had the tape too, but it was in French. Simply fantastic.

[@小花祐二]

dave M.

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Micky Liveari me too but in Spanish with another Felix short called King Cole, along with two different Merrie Melodies shorts.

[@docjay5634]

i love felix voice actor in this one

[@tobylemus5971]

papaduck71 1 the voice actor sounds so cute X3

[@stephenwells6434]

That's Walter Tetley doing his voice. Tetley is best known as the voice of Sherman in the Mr. Peabody segments from Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[@milocbc]

Felix the Cat causes inflation

[@sandman5522]

0:52 and thus, inflation was born.

[@cicta]

i remember having this on a vhs called '12 of the greatest cartoons'. the one after this was the casper one where he befriended the little fox lol but this brings back memories when i was like 3 - 5. :') thanks for unloading!!

[@kylemassey4060]

+nikane Yep, that is how I grew up with these cartoons too. Little LuLu, Baby Huey, and Casper :)

[@javierbautista9385]

That Casper cartoon fucked me up psychologically as a child. The first one I believe was daffy duck and the caveman. Ahhh good times Ohh it had Popeye and the ghosts too

[@donniejohnson1543]

nikane iijjhhhhhhhhnh job jihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnmm9 m hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhbbhnnnnnnnnnnnnmmmm kkknnhnhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Bat-talk]

It's crazy how realistic the backgrounds in classic cartoons look, the look like paintings with cartoon characters over them

[@stephenwells6434]

That's pretty much what they are.

[@BlueSpiritedDragon]

when I was a stupid little kid I thought Felix was a girl because of his high pitched voice

[@looneysprig]

You're not the only one.

[@plantguardianps4live698]

I thought that too, I was 6 when I saw this one and the king Cole one too and I really thought that he was a girl

[@arikhartnett9834]

7:06 My Reaction that Disney+ is born and Netflix will be gone. Note: I own nothing.

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

God I remember watching this when I was a kid. It's been like 15 years since I've seen this. I had it on VHS, lost it, forgot the name, stumbled upon it on KZbin just now. Wow the flood of memories lol.

[@notcyndi]

5:16 to 5:32 - Felix, you are a total badass. And at 6:22, I thought you were going to rush to save the bad guy from a nasty fall despite what he had done, and be a goody two shoes like any more recent cartoon hero, but.... nope! You were only rushing to LENGTHEN his fall! I imagine after that GASP! that Felix's thoughts were on the line of "Oh no! He's a bad guy, but he's about to fall 30 feet!..... there! Now it's 45 feet instead." A hardcore badass who doesn't have mercy on his enemies. Holy crap. You could probably hold your own against Popeye like that! Who knew?

[@45calebt]

notcyndi Yeah, somebody should do a "Thug Life" clip of it.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

45calebt More like Cat Life.

[@45calebt]

notcyndi So Alpha.

[@pleaseenteraname9673]

notcyndi thanks

[@a_pav]

Who asked you to dissect what happened in the cartoon?

[@Epic11705]

I love how much Felix loves Goldie as a friend, and not her eggs Such a kind boy

[@bbysenii]

*sigh* how I miss watching these cartoons. I'm 19 going on 20 in some months and I just adore these. Nostalgia hits a home run. I used to have a DVD with Popeye and few Felix Cat episodes and the on time for music to movement is just great.

[@taemovellidadonmobsta1946]

Was it a slide in case? With popcorn on the other side?

[@Selbarm]

When I was a very little kid in the 90s I first saw this film of Felix from the 30s. This Film got me into Felix the cat! I loved -and still do- how Felix could turn himself into a canon ball and launch himself to the pirate ship all to save his friend! And fight a giant pirate dog with a sword fight. It just made so much scary as a kid. It was unlike a Petter Pan movie, Felix could not fly away from the sword. But Felix was still willing to fight! :D Ever since then I looked for more Felix films or anything I could find of Felix. As a kid I did not Like the 60s Felix I just couldn't like it. (now I don't hate the 60s Felix now I watched them all I could find there are still missing ones) I as a kid watched the 90s version of "twisted tales of Felix the cat" (I couldn't watch all of them as a Kid since as a kid I only had some episodes on VHS) it was ok I like the episode's. but it didn't spark the love I felt of the 30s Felix film I loved as a child. ( I also found Baby Felix as a kid and I was like Nope Not gonna even watch THAT No WAY! Im scared of Baby talking show's. ^^; ) Till one day when I was a Teenager I got a DVD of Felix. --(I was very new to the technology of DVD's and did not know there was a -more- button on the DVD. my sister yelled at how could I not know! )--- I click it and Found Felix the cat in Black and White silent film's. I fell in Love! (Later I found out Felix was older then Mickey mouse! Felix was made in year 1919 while Mickey was made in year 1928! Witch was great news for me! Why? well I had a fear of Mickey when I was a child Ive gotten over that fear but it dose'nt mean I have to Love that mouse!) Till now I just Love Silent Film Felix and this film! :D and once again I got to see Felix turn himself into a canon ball and launch himself into the air! And thats the story how I fell in Love with Felix! :3

[@OddManeuver]

And then the gold's value plummeted to hell.

[@Overmanselves]

Odd Cumeron Felix tried to do good but just jacked up their entire economy

[@capybara6997]

Odd Cumeron XD

[@ninjartist36]

Socialism

[@Coolct]

ahhhh takes me back when cartoons made sense!

[@JohnAvengerJR1985]

Classic cartoons just can't be beat.

[@knightfromoutzide]

The pirate song is fucking awesome!

[@enemymoon]

I've had it stuck in my head since I was like 6 years old, haha.

[@45calebt]

Purdy Ranks "I take what I want and I want what I take". Thug Life.

[@benjamincastro6063]

Best pirate song ever

[@mattschipper2060]

"I take what I want and I want what I take!" My favorite quote from this show! My grandma and grandpa had this on a VHS tape and I watched it when I was little

[@rosecrow1029]

I used to love watching these episodes when i was little! Im amazed that this goes as far back as the 1930s, im only 16!

[@slowpoke8585]

I think this was the first Felix cartoon I’ve ever seen. It was one of those bargain bin VHS tapes. I liked it though!

[@scotthewitt9861]

Same! My dad bought me a vhs called the 50 greatest cartoons of all time!

[@kylemassey4060]

This is my favorite Felix

[@Auditorius7]

I like the pirates' song. I've ended up randomly singing to myself every now and then ever since I first saw this cartoon in the spring of 1987.

[@1993joshualiu]

5:59 A Quote from The Simpsons.

[@something7846]

i remember watching this on a vhs when i was about 4 or 5

[@TintinMusicVevo93861]

I remember watching this on an every VHS tape at the age of 2 or 3 years old

[@1Cor10x31media]

was this really from '36? Did they have TVS back then!?

[@mrpickles6968]

Leah B No. theses sorts of cartoons would be shown in cinemas which would be the only way to view these cartoons despite their length of less than 10minutes until mainstream television became more affordable and profitable in the 50’s or 60’s when people could afford to buy a set.

[@SyntaX7777]

Yeah they did since 1928

[@lisettegarcia7013]

Yes but it would be shown in Cinemas. I however have a tape of this cartoon but in Spanish with the Bold King Cole one.

[@lutherhans]

i love how everything is on a beat like a musical... i love felix the cat

[@savageboi1994]

I was 5 years old and I thought he said captain kend

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Back when animation was hand drawn cell by cell with no computers. Thank you for this. ROCK ON!!!!

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

Yes, you're right. Cartoons these days can be done by a small crew in a couple of days. When this was made it took hundreds of people painstakingly drawing one cell, frame by frame. Then they had hundreds of painters, background artists, and they probably only made 7cents an hour.

[@cicta]

+CHICKEN SALAD definitely makes me appreciate it a lot more. no offense but i feel like cartoons these days are pretty lazy in most aspects. but oh well. that's just me

[@cicta]

ikr!!😆

[@LandondeeL]

SPOILER ALERT: Who are those "people" with Felix and Goldie at the end? Are they the townsfolk or are they the (now reformed) pirates?

[@3mdoghouse95]

I think they're the townsfolk. The pirates are all still trapped below deck on their ship with mugs stuck over their mouths, remember?

[@AldousLearySound]

if you see in a certain way, the cartoon is full of political symbolism related to great depression and the new deal policy pretty inspiring! cause nowadays the same struggle is fought all over again...

[@spingleboygle]

Put it on 2x and wow Felix is a hard worker Edit: I’m not insulting I’m just tellin’ ya

[@thedudeperson8581]

2020 he is now called cartooncat

[@kaiaxelmorgan6782]

Cartoon Cat is a different character. If he's black, doesn't mean he's Felix The Cat.

[@richardgarcia7521]

My favorite memories of this episode are of Captain Kidd, since I always used to wonder if the character was a version of a real Captain Kidd. Now, finally, I Google'd it, and among the results was a Wikipedia link. I read everything mentioned about him and his history as a pirate, up to his death, and from having an idea from Felix the Cat however similar or different and compared what I read about him at Wikipedia, and it is very interesting, and a long real course of his life as a pirate, but shortened at Wikipedia. It wasn't just about him stealing gold or in 1 part of the globe, or the same ship always or the same crew. And for anybody who still likes or misses this episode of Felix the Cat, I would suggest they read about Captain Kidd. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kidd

[@brissadlr9939]

My mother watched this show when she was my age.

[@Feedersuper]

I had this on VHS when I was a kid!

[@Katie1z]

We had this on VHS when I was small, used to watch it all through the 80's! It's amazing home much I remember of it

[@fregwich]

Felix is the central bank, and the pirates are the Corporati. The poor people are wage slaves. Still working out the details, but clearly an allegory about capitalism.

[@Crimson_Sun2486]

This is one of the first, if not _the_ first cartoon I ever watched as a kid. God I miss those simpler days 😢

[@kaiaxelmorgan6782]

0:52 Here's a clip of Felix The Cat killing Goldie's baby geese from 1936.

[@ZakWolf]

Interesting how Winston Sharples did the music here, and then later on he'd go to "score" the 1959-1961 "Felix the Cat" animated series (I say "score" in quotation marks because he only wrote some original music cues and recycled many of his previous Famous Studios cartoon scores in that series.)

[@ooozetoons]

3:14 Who loves orange soda?

[@tobylemus5971]

ooozetoons me

[@capybara6997]

ooozetoons I think it's supposed to be beer but idk

[@spingleboygle]

3:14

[@jleoncito6]

next episode. Felix tries to solve the problem of immense over-inflation.

[@Funtimeanimator]

"You can't protect her Felix, anymore then you can protect... Yourself😈!"

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

This is arguably the darkest Felix cartoon not counting the movie.

[@trbeck7]

Sure, easy to say after you've grabbed your sack of gold coins. Notice how Felix tends to benefit the aged and poor? Must be some kind of socialist. 'Nuff said.

[@ChaoticPochi]

The only Felix the Cat cartoon I saw as a kid. And it was totally my favourite cartoon back then.

[@issmodissmo1485]

True Masterpiece

[@TVkingOmega]

Yeah Felix THINKS he did all well and good, but wait 'till the townsfolk find out the Gold price PLUMMETED because of his "generosity"! THEY'LL STRING HIM UP!

[@PlanetZoidstar]

@wallykasp He's clearly a kid here, I doubt he knows how the economy works. :D

[@Sohave]

Since the money is made from gold and are representing their own value. I dont think it will create much inflation until the demand for golds starts falling, and we must remember that there are also gold mines pooling quantities of gold out mainwhile. Yet I can emagine that the local demand has droped rapidly in this particulary erea.

[@TVkingOmega]

This is a great cartoon and everything but Felix has no business' sense, if he keeps making gold for everyone eventually it will become worthless and then everyone will go right back to being poor just with yellow rocks. The smart thing however evil it may sound would be to hoard as much gold as you can out of the goose before it dies and give it out only a little each month.

[@johnyu2703]

0:48 TMP host: Good work Audience, keep it up!

[@smithraymond09029]

Felix the "Socialist" Cat :-)

[@soulkiss31]

Goose that can lay golden eggs. So cute!

[@angryDAnerd]

LEAVE FELIX'S GOOSE ALONE YOU BIG BULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JasonMasters]

It's fun to realise just how egregiously these old cartoons ignored reality. If anyone had a goose which laid golden eggs that fast and distributed the gold so freely, the price of gold would quickly plummet so that the gold coins would be almost worthless.

[@Zoe-c9z]

Cautionary tale:the cygnet ring is off of the finger. Stay away from Capt Kidd he will take your goose😅

[@maxiethefox8546]

They need to make the restored version of this cartoon.

[@daizonchilton5771]

I know that I'm a little out of age for this but I'm 15 and I used to watch Felix all the time it was 90%of my vhs tapes and out of all of then this one was my favorite. 2000s kid or not this is one of the best cartoons ever

[@HyperRush79]

capitalism

[@BlackDeath17123]

3:14 alcoholic much?

[@thedudeperson8581]

2020 he is now called cartooncat

[@BruceWayne-oo6sn]

Looks like mickey mouse at 6:56

[@ronaldhenson9170]

I remember Felix the cat he made great cartoons and videogames for the Nintendo entertainment system and game boy

[@juliusmorgan2292]

FTC: I SERVE THE SOVIET UNION

[@JackSmith-bf8ll]

FELIX RAISED INFLATION AND MADE EVERYONE POORER THANKS FELIX

[@rageinternet9391]

"WHY YOU LITTLE-!" "ARRRGH"

[@ylamona7693]

Cant compare felix the cat to family guy or any cartoons now a days full of violence and sex ect.

[@ZakWolf]

It's worth noting Felix the Cat was voiced by Walter Tetley, whom also voiced Sherman of "Peabody's Improbable History!"

[@williamchadwick7948]

Then FDR banned gold and had the goose for dinner at the next White House Christmas dinner! "Have a drumstick, Fala!"

[@MagicalDanny]

inflation will make those gold coins worthless : ) since everyone is rich now

[@dameilyberas9892]

My mom watch felix

[@spermatogonial5774]

the cause of Inflation

[@ethanpayero]

This is my first time watching a felix the cat cartoon and I'm enjoying it

[@tomi4franki]

I love the goose and felix

[@TheMusicMan1012]

@MindOfCreativity Most people say that, right before they watch Felix the Cat the movie, then we don't know what they think after that because they kill themselves