Foreign Girls React | Mary Poppins | First Time Watch

[@jimbessett2392]

Girls, in case you didn’t already notice, Julie Andrews, who is Mary Poppins in this movie, was also the nanny in a movie you just watched, The Sound of Music. A very talented actress and singer who starred in many movies over the years.

[@stevedavis5704]

Before she had surgery on her vocal cords Julie was supposed to have an eight octave voice range. Now she only has about a six octave range .

[@talonkarrde9904]

@@stevedavis5704 11:38

[@AddieKirt]

Maria, the next character Julie Andrews portrayed, which was in The Sound of Music wasn’t a nanny, Captain Von Trapp married her and so she became the mother of the Captain’s seven children. The Captain discontinued his relationship with the Baroness and married Maria.

[@thomastimlin1724]

This was Walt Disney's masterpiece. He died 2+ years later from lung cancer in 1966. Bert the Chimney Sweep, played by American actor Dick Van Dyke..VanDyke had his own famous situation comedy show on TV at the time, " The Dick Van Dyke Show. He is still alive at age 99!!! The song he sings, "Chim Chim Cher-ee," won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Van Dyke also playes the old man Bank President.

I didn't know about the senior banker. 😱

There are various classics such as _Babes In Toyland_ (1961), _Bedknobs And Broomsticks_ (1971), and _Pete's Dragon_ . (1977)

[@inthekeyofc]

The children's surprised reaction when Mary Poppins gives them medicine and it comes out of the bottle in different colours is genuine. The children had no idea it was going to happen. It was a trick bottle.

[@tedazetedaze4714]

Great reaction, ladies. I think you would love 'My Fair Lady' , another musical set in London

[@BrianAltomari]

You three are the most beautiful girls in the world. Absolutely no contest. Great personalities, lovely smiles and your English is incredible. I could watch you guys read the phone book and not be bored. Laughter brings an air of peace to ever persons life, and listening to you three laugh like there’s no tomorrow make my heart so happy. ❤️😂

[@racebiketuner]

Gorgeous and charming Chi please read me the phone book. ❤

[@gwengoodwin3992]

Girls, this is your best reaction yet. I love the way you took this movie seriously and discussed its themes, tracing the lessons that each character learned and how each character contributed to the story. In 2013 they made a movie about Walt Disney and his efforts to persuade P.L. Travers, the woman who wrote the book Mary Poppins, to let him make a movie of the story. She was reluctant, and they had many meetings. Tom Hanks played Walt Disney and Emma Thompson played the writer. The title of the movie - "Saving Mr. Banks" - is a clue to the real meaning of the movie you just watched, "Mary Poppins." Mary's real contribution to the Banks family was that she healed Mr. Banks and allowed him to have a loving relationship with his own children. She cured him of grownup-itis. Watching "Saving Mr. Banks" made me love "Mary Poppins" even more. You have loved this film, so you should really watch the movie about how it was made. It is wonderful.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

The lady who played Katie Nana starred as the bride of Frankenstein in the 1930s. An iconic role with an iconic hairdo.

[@TBaybe-xj8rb]

I was just wondering if that was Elsa Lanchester. Thanks

[@MichaelHonscar]

Her name was Elsa Lanchester. She was 62 years old in this film (1964) and 33 in the Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

In reality, Elsa Lanchester was the bride of actor Charles Laughton, who played Quasimodo in the 1939 version of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

[@troubleshooter24]

I love the analogy of the kite, that was cool.

[@adamdonovan4071]

55:00 they are describing the Boston Tea Party, which was an American protest against British tax laws for the colonies, this is partly what lead to the American Revolution.

[@xplicitification]

All they achieved was making the ocian tea, making wat for the second British Empire

[@adamdonovan4071]

@ whatever you have to tell yourself to get to sleep at night without weeping little one.

[@xplicitification]

@adamdonovan4071 lol, feeling superior with how your country is going, are you?

[@adamdonovan4071]

@@xplicitification well I do know it’s not the second British empire…but again, whatever you need to tell yourself to feel good about whatever s hole you are from.

[@xplicitification]

@adamdonovan4071 there's already been 2, genius

[@neilmottershead7521]

Glynis Johns, the actress who played the mother, died last January aged 100. The son was the real son of the actor David Thomlinson who played the father.

[@louismonnichii7619]

Matthew Garber (Michael) died quite early in India of a food-bourne disease. Not sure if he was David Tomlinson's real son, but I wouldn't be surprised...he had the spitting image of ol' Pop.

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@louismonnichii7619I don't see how, that kid didn't have a mustache...but he had a wooden leg named Smith...

[@MichaelHonscar]

That’s not true. Not only do they have different last names, but David Tomlinson had 4 children and none of them were Matthew Garber. His children were James Adam, Henry, William and David. Matthew Garber had two actor parents, but neither were very famous.

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Glynis Johns was quite something. Still acting well into her 80's. She was the Grandmother in "While you were sleeping", and just hilarious.

[@poppletop8331]

Louis Garber is the father of Matthew Garber, who played the son Michael Banks.

[@jayconant3816]

Movie munchies the actor that played burt is still alive and is a very beloved American actor and also for being a very kind man ,he was super popular in the 1960s staring in one of the most popular u.s. tv shows at that time ..just a little info for ya

[@randybass8842]

He had a house in Pacific Palisades which burned in the recent fire. He had a close call of being caught in the fire but was saved by a neighbor.

[@AddieKirt]

That man is Dick Van Dyke, he is 99 now, just so you know.

[@whendays659]

Great insight about the symbolism of the kite!

[@Poisonedblade]

Now Hella will get the reference joke when she watches Guardians of the Galaxy 2!

[@dustinherk8124]

Im Mary Poppin's Y'all!

[@johnjones_1501]

You girls needed this movie after seeing the Red Wedding

[@hookseybaby]

real talk

[@rpgober3048]

Nailed it!

[@Poisonedblade]

Yeah, it's nice to see Hella laughing again.

[@tmendes24]

A spoonful of sugar helps the red wedding go down

[@alwaysdriveing]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Sarcastro_78]

I remember seeing this movie for the 1st time with my mom and sister on a Saturday afternoon when I was about 4 years old. A local organization would show disney films as a fundraiser at a theatre.

[@danielgibson7948]

This movie has alot of childhood memories for me, I watched it alot (with other Disney stuff) with my Grandma. It wasn't until I hit my 30's and rewatched this that I realized that Mary didn't come to help the kids, she came to help Mr. Banks.

[@mikealvarez2322]

These are the movies of my youth. Watching them with Chi, Hella, and Katie take me back to the days when I was dating my first wife. Janice loved Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke. I lost Janice to cancer 35 years ago. The memories are bitter sweet.

[@joebombero1]

I lost my wife to cancer in May 2007. Difficult stuff that sticks with you. Cheers to you mate.

[@mikealvarez2322]

@joebombero1 It's something you really never get over.

[@joebombero1]

@@mikealvarez2322 before I got remarried I told my wife to imagine a cruise ship that had a terrible fire, gutting several decks. They cleaned up the ship, repainted and carpeted the decks, but a large portion of one deck was still gutted far beyond any repair. They cleverly walled it off, but all the crew knew it was there. I told her that while we were dating, I seemed healthy. She had seen only the clean and polished decks. But after we were married she would see the darker, burned out side. She understood and gives me my space, especially each May. But I try to enjoy life. I have three kids now and my wife never could have children. Somehow I feel a tiny part of her is still with me, enjoying each day. Yeah, you never fully recover.

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 13 Oscars, the most held by a Disney movie, until it won 5 Best Actress Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects Best Original Song Best Original Score.

[@jsl151850b]

*See 'The Disney Prism'. It allowed effects not possible with GreenScreen.*

[@kingcosworth2643]

No 'Best British Accent' Oscar?

[@richardscratcher6075]

Mary Poppins once stayed a night at a small hotel. She had cauliflower cheese for supper and for breakfast she had scrambled eggs. As she was leaving the owner asked her to sign the visitors book. In the comments she wrote: "super cauliflower cheese but scrambled eggs atrocious".

[@thomastimlin1724]

🤣

[@bluecedar7914]

Ouch! Just bumped my head on the ceiling! 😄

[@user-Chris.Alger11]

​@bluecedar7914 That's very much like the newspaper sport headline when football side Calledonian Thistle (Cally) surprisingly beat the mighty Celtic in a cup match. The headline read: 'Super Cally are electric, Celtic are atrocious.'

[@sarahfullerton6894]

😂😅🤣😆

[@JacetheAce-w5b]

This was one of my mother’s favorite movies. Whenever I see this movie or hear a mention of it, I think of her.

[@HenryKrinkle358]

For my mom it was The Sound of Music, she watched it every year at least once.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

So where do you go when you've had your world shattered by THAT episode of GoT? Why, Mary Poppins of course! I know these uploads are not necessarily sequential but it's good to see everyone smiling again 😁😁

15:50 Hella: “I like her voice” 😂, of course, she is the same actress from the _Sound Of Music_ you all just reacted recently, her name is July Andrews.

[@1515cci]

"Julie"

[@gyrene_asea4133]

The girls really must watch more movies of the incredibly talented Julie Andrews: The Americanization of Emily, Victor, Victoria are just a couple worth the channel.

[@jaysanchez5804]

Fun fact the author of the Mary Poppins books hated the movie but Walt Disney saw her crying while watching the movie bc it touched her heart

[@lockrobster7928]

They made a movie on that titled SAVING MR. BANKS

[@louismonnichii7619]

I'm going to say it! Mary Poppins is a Time Lord!

[@robpettigrew3308]

AWWWW I was coming to say that.

[@jsplane]

@louismonnichii7619 i like the theory about her being a creature that is related to Pennywise

[@jesusfernandezgarcia9449]

So much beauty and sensitivity concentrated in these smart girls...

[@The_Dudester]

In 1964, when The Sound of Music was being filmed, Mary Poppins had already been filmed but not released. Julie Andrews would entertain the children in The Sound of Music by singing songs from Mary Poppins.

[@AddieKirt]

Mary Poppins and Sound of Music have their own songs.

[@Soundhypno]

Another Great Classic Walt Disney movie is Fantasia with Mickey Mouse...Fantasia is a must see. It was very popular in the 60s. With “music you can see and pictures you can hear,” Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940) has been fascinating audiences for many years. As one of the most elaborate and lavishly produced animated features ever created, Fantasia has a symphony of behind-the-scenes stories swirling around it.

[@philipcochran1972]

Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) also plays Maria in The Sound Of Music. The old man, the Chairman of the bank and Bert are both played by Dick Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke is still alive; he will be aged 100 in 2025

[@AddieKirt]

It will be on December 13, 2025.

[@DrD0000M]

"Bedknobs and Broomsticks" is sort of a similar movie. Starring Angela Lansbury as an aspiring witch. Actually, the same actor for Mr. banks is in it too. Has mix of live action and animations too.

[@MP-xs7qk]

My mother took me to see this movie when I was 8 years old... in 1964... and now here it is 60 years later and I am 68 years old.. and I am watching this on your you tube channel... and you are watching it for the first time.. And I am seeing it again through your eyes all fresh and new.. Thanks for the memories and your reactions...

[@AddieKirt]

Awwwww, how sweet! 🥹

[@jaypeve]

You need to watch Mary Poppins Returns, Saving Mr. Banks, The Never Ending Story, Legend, Stardust, Inkheart, Labyrinth, Bridge to Terabethia, The Golden Compass, Krull, The Beast Master, Lady Hawk, Pans Labyrinth, The Spiderwick Chronicles , Highlander, Bed knob’s and Broomsticks, Charlotte’s Web, The Secret of Nyhm

[@Beaglegirl1120]

It’s amazing that this is, so far, the only Disney movie that won an Oscar for Best Picture.

[@xplicitification]

Disney has outlasted the oscars, that award isn't worth much anymore

[@NoelMcGinnis]

🎵 A spoonful of Movie Munchies makes the depression go down! 🎶

[@papalaz4444244]

on your mom

[@christopherrmcarter1809]

Hi girls. All looking good. I was dragged off to see this movie in 1965 when I was 14 years old, and I was not happy, but I enjoyed it in the end. 😊. A classic. I took my kids to see it and my kids took their kids to see it. 😊😊

[@jsl151850b]

22:43 *Later these penguins were waiters at the club in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'.*

[@emaloney2211]

Mr Banks is not nasty, he’s just typical of a man at the time from a well to do family. Families like that had Nannies for their children while the parents were at their jobs. There was a movie about Walt Disney meeting the author of Poppins about making the film a few years ago called ‘Saving Mr Banks’ in which it implied that Mary was not there to look after the children but to save Mr Banks from his stale life and find his inner child. It’s also indicated that Mary used to be a nanny figure for Bert ( Mary doesn’t seem to age) but other sources want to claim there’s a friendship/romance there. ‘Tuppence a bag’ is saying a little kindness goes a long way, not huge gestures. Tuppence was 2 pennies at the time of this film setting (1910) so not a lot of money.

[@alwaysdriveing]

Saving Mr Banks was such a a great movie.

[@DocFunkenstein]

A tuppence in 1910 had the buying power of about $5 would be today. So while still not a "lot of money," it was a sight bit more than "two pennies" sounds today.

[@sniperdubey]

Another thing a lot of people miss is that BOTH the Mr and Mrs Banks are not good parents. Mr Banks is firm and unyielding and strict beyond all means, and Mrs Banks is completely absent from their lives, self absorbed in her own world. That's why at the end when Mrs Banks adds her sash to the kite, it signals that she is joining the family properly along with her husband.

[@Cheepchipsable]

​@@sniperdubey They are caricatures of an upper middle class. They employ nannies and other servants to care for the household. To maintain that lifestyle Mr Banks at least needs to be serious. Not uncommon for them to be absent to some degree. I wouldn't say they were bad, they were mostly doing what they thought was right for their kids, and probably better than was done for them. Mr Banks probably went to boarding school for many years of his childhood, and Mrs Banks was fighting for womens right to vote.

[@NoelleMar]

Well, it’s true that he is redeemable, but being “normal” for a man of that class and time in no way means he isn’t nasty. Being nasty in many ways is often very normal. People do many awful things because that’s what’s expected of them. (Worse things than Banks does lol.)

[@MK95066]

15:58 Fun fact: Julie Andrews also did the whistling of the bird! 21:13 Fun facts: the guy who did the voice of the pig (Thurl Ravenscroft) also did the dog Andrew's whimpering. He's also the same guy who did the voice of Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes) and sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". 35:03 I love the 😒 reaction at the end! I don't know if any of you ladies ever noticed, but the actor for the elder Mr. Dawes (the old man) is the same actor who played Bert! He would play pranks on people taking tours around the studio by taking forever to cross a street while in makeup and then sprint stride by stride with their bus immediately afterward.

[@SirSpuddington]

This movie and the story around how it came to be is a wonderful example of how joy and tragedy can mix to make something beautiful. P.L. Travers, the lady who wrote the book on which this movie is based, had a very difficult childhood and never had the relationship with her father that she wanted, and apparently wrote the Mary Poppins books partly as a way of imagining how her own father could have been healed in the way that she wrote Mr. Banks to be healed. The result of the negative emotions she carried because of her upbringing was this amazing, wholesome, and uplifting movie that audiences loved but that Mrs. Travers herself unfortunately quite disliked because she thought it changed too much from her books. The movie was nevertheless a huge success for Disney and was one of the things that helped establish Julie Andrews in the industry, along with her role as Maria in The Sound of Music. But then, only a few years after this movie came out, Mr. Disney died of lung cancer. Then in 1977, the little boy who played Michael Banks (whose name was Matthew Garber) died of pancreatitis at just 21 years old. I still think this movie is one of the best that Disney has produced in their entire 100 year history, as much for the story of how and why it got made as much for the quality of its execution.

[@RingLordSonic]

This movie is based off the novels by Aussie born P. L. Travers as a reminder of her father.

[@simondesbiens2463]

I’m sure you girl will love watching Gigi 1958 and my fair lady is also a very beautiful movie

[@bluecedar7914]

I second My Fair Lady.

[@gallendugall8913]

Disney movie? Don't you DARE copyright strike these beautiful ladies Disney!

[@thomashiggins9320]

I saw this many years ago, when i was a small child. It delighted me then, and I still love it to this day. What a wonderful, magical movie. 💫 Oh, and you're not far off when you say Mary Poppins is a bit like Santa Claus. She comes from the same cultural milieu that produced the Tuatha de Danaan and other lords and ladies of the hollow hills, deep forests and wild places. So, I always think of Mary as a fae lady who brings power and joy, but who must live according to the rules of Faerie. 🧚‍♀ As for Bert, he's another character with mythological meaning -- he was called the "Match Man" in the original story. He only *mostly* lives in every-day reality, but also slightly within the Faerie Veil and can cross between the two. Bert brings fire, and is therefore a symbol of transformation -- for either destruction or (as in this film) creation. He heralds the coming of Mary Poppins, who will transform the lives of the family. Of course, it might not mean any of those things -- it might just be a fun movie for kids, in the same way that Studio Ghibli films are just fun cartoons with no inspiration *whatsoever* from ancient East Asian myths and legends, right? SOO-per-calla-frajill-listic-expee-alla-DOE-shus. 😁

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

If you enjoyed this musical, allow me to recommend to you "My Fair Lady" from 1964, starring Audrey Hepburn. (Fun fact, Julie Andrews who plays Mary Poppins starred in the stage version of this musical.)

[@AddieKirt]

Mary Poppins started pre production in 1961, in April 1961, the author of Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers gave rights to Walt Disney to make a movie inspired by her books, in 1962, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were cast as the roles of Mary and Bert, filming started in 1963 and the movie was released on August 27, 1964.

[@hpb5495]

A true classic. You three are smart and entertaining! Very fun.

[@christeasdale1910]

Thank you for reacting to this classic film. Julie Andrews is an icon. So lovely, so charismatic, so charming.

[@jimglenn6972]

There is a newer movie called “Saving Mr. Banks” with Tom Hanks. It is a great movie and talks about writing the story and the film. You should to it soon while “Mary Poppins” is still fresh!

[@ViralTuber]

My father was always the kind of father that Mr Banks finally became in the end. This movie invariably reminds me of that. I was so lucky to have him, and I'm grateful.

[@johnwest5837]

Dick Van Dyke played Bert he is 98 or 99 years old still going.

[@robpettigrew3308]

99 years old

[@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther]

He also played the President of the bank. he played then the age he is now. :) Dick Van Dyke... we will love you always. and that love will continue for many generations to come.

[@AddieKirt]

@@robpettigrew3308 He turned 99 last December!

[@javelldunn3379]

Mary Poppins is one of my favorite movies because the music

[@phw6526]

Lookin good ladies 🌹😎🇺🇸✌️great job on all reactions!!!!!

[@ThatBlackPiano]

You should react to the movies: "Step mom", "The Little Princess", "The Secret Garden (1993)", "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion", "Where the Heart Is (2000)", "17 Again (2009)", "The Time Machine (2002), and "Sister Act 1 & 2".

[@ThatSchmoGuy]

I recommend Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

And "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" another great musical 😊

[@jayconant3816]

Definitely chitty chitty bang bang they will live it ,such great music like Mary poppins

[@bucklberryreturns]

A bit early for horror film recommendations! 👺🎩🍭

[@CamoJan]

I came here to the comment section explicitly to say that! 😀

[@jimglenn6972]

Yes, written by Ian Fleming, from James Bond!

[@robertjewell9727]

Such a wonderful reaction. Lived how you appreciated it. Me mum took me and my brother to see it very young when it had been re-released in theatres and parts of it of your reactions choked me up. Dick Van Duke who played Bert also played the old banker too so he's really talented singer dancer actor and he's wonderful in his own TV show in the early 1950s, The Dick Van Duke Show which you'd all love if you want to get really retro. ❤ and Best wishes. 💕

[@philipstoddard1502]

I was 4 years old when this was released in the theater. I really don't remember seeing it then, but it showed once every few years after that on the television. It was a delight and such whimsy then. Watching it with you now take me back to an age of l innocence and wonder. Note: Dick Van Dyke, the actor who plays Bert also plays the bank president, Is still surviving today and despite his age continues to have the same vibrant and fun personality that makes us love him in the movie.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

My recollection is that MARY POPPINS was not shown on television until after its first home video release in 1980 -- maybe not until considerably after.

[@toddhadley9002]

Movie Munchies laughed so hard all the way through this movie, I half expected to see them float up to the ceiling.

[@DeborahWilkerson-b9b]

Thanks, ladies 😊

[@CoopDawgSmoke]

Have to watch bedknobs and broomsticks

[@Fred-vy1hm]

I remember as a kid my older sister crying uncontrollably when Julie Andrews started singing Feed The Birds, if you like more Julie Andrews movies I suggest Victor Victoria with Julie and James Garner. 😊

[@jsl151850b]

Was that Walt's favorite song of the movie?

[@AddieKirt]

@@jsl151850b Yes it was.

[@AddieKirt]

Your older sister probably thought Feed the Birds was very emotional, after all in Walt’s final years, he loved that song.

[@lazyperfectionist2]

49:20 “Argh! They’re at it again!” “‘They’re at it again!’ 🤨 What? ‘Again?’ What do you mean, ‘Again?’” Apparently, the London chimney sweeps are known for their synchronized dancing. 🤷‍♂

[@quasimotto8653]

Chi and Hella and Katie: movies like this are a GREAT way to "cleanse your hearts and minds" after watching certain episodes of shows like "Game of Thrones"!

[@markallen2984]

Such beautiful, smart, charismatic girls

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

THANK YOU ladies for sharing your WONDERFUL REACTION with us! 👍😁

[@brianhenson6141]

I hope you ladies realize that this is the same lady that played in the sound of music, her name is Julie Andrew

[@victorsixtythree]

I think you ladies would like the 2013 film "Saving Mr. Banks" - it is about the making of the film "Mary Poppins" and it stars Emma Thompson as P. L. Travers (the author of the original Mary Poppins books) and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney who produced the film!

[@hannahbarker1463]

I’m so happy you all watched this movie. This is my all time favorite movie, I have very fond memories of my brothers and me watching this movie on a box tv set and we’d hand rewind the vhs to see it again. So so so good.🥰🥰🥰

[@vgalea]

Another way of looking at it is that the movie is about Mr. Banks, as shown in the underrated movie Saving Mr. Banks, which is about the whole process of Walt Disney's long effort to get the author to agree to let him make the movie.

[@Poisonedblade]

20:48 Katie body shames a cartoon horse... Hella to the rescue! 25:16 Hella stops Katie before she even starts body shaming the fat woman on the fat horse.🤣

[@kingcosworth2643]

The world needs a little bit of shame brought back, it'll do people some good

[@leannerose6181]

At the tea party on the ceiling,when Bert flips upside down and tapdances on the ceiling,it kills me every time 😂

[@gyrene_asea4133]

Of course, Uncle Albert was played by the same actor as played The Mad Hatter in 'Alice in Wonderland'.

[@asarishepard8171]

The funniest part 😂

[@kennethcook9406]

Dick Van Dyke, the actor who played Bert, just turned 99 (December 2024) and will be 100 years old in December 2025, and was still acting in movies in his 80's. He's a legend.

[@DocFunkenstein]

In his 90s. He played Mr. Banks in the recent Mary Poppins movie in 2018.

[@kennethcook9406]

@@DocFunkenstein And he was the main bad guy in "Night at the Museum" in 2006. He sure didn't look or act 80 in that role! The man doesn't age.

[@FMisFidomom]

He also portrayed the oldest banker who died laughing! Great actor! ~FM :)

[@AddieKirt]

@@DocFunkenstein He would have just turned 93 when Mary Poppins Returns was released, and he can still dance even as a nonagenarian almost centenarian.

[@DocFunkenstein]

@AddieKirt I... I know, that's why I said he was in his 90s. Because he was, you know, in his 90s. I don't know what you people are "arguing" about.

[@djgrant8761]

Saving Mr. Banks (2013). The story behind the creation of Mary Poppins.

[@johndough8115]

You lovely ladies, should watch the Original "Parent Trap". Another Delightful older Disney "Family" Movie. Its fun, funny, and charming. Dick Van Dyke, is a very Charismatic and Funny man. He had his own TV Show, for many years. Hella is always making some of the most Profound Insights... The comment about the Kite, was 100% Spot On

[@002DrEvil]

Two other similar films to this would be Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is another Disney film with a mixture of live action and animation. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is set in a similar era (1920s) and the leading lady is very similar to Julie Andrews, whilst the leading man is Dick Van Dyke again. Both films are musicals and David Tomlinson appears in Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

And both films feature songs by the MARY POPPINS songwriting team, the Sherman brothers.

[@gumdeo]

The Dream Team takes a look at one of the best English-language musicals ever ☺

[@megster116]

This is one of the best musicals ever made! And it’s amazing that you didn’t clue in to the fact that Mary Poppins and Maria from the Sound of Music are played by the same actress Julie Andrews! Bert is played by Dick van Dyke who is still around at the age of 99! He also plays the super old president of the bank and the kids had no idea! They were terrified he was going to die on the spot! Actually Julie Andrews was filming the Sound of Music when she won the Oscar for this movie! She would sing the songs to the children who had no idea they were from this movie and thought she’d just made them up! 😂 If you liked this, you should watch Saving Mr Banks which is about making this movie! The author of the Mary Poppins books HATED this movie!

[@tamarleigh]

Julie Andrew’s was a legend. Two other absolute legends I think you will enjoy very much are Katharine Hepburn and Audrey Hepburn. They were not related, but by coincidence had the same surname.) Katharine Hepburn had a career that lasted more than 50 years and is still the person who has won the most Best Actress awards at the Oscars (and her first Best Actress Oscar was 48 years earlier than her last one!). She was named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute. Two of her greatest films were “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” (1968) and “The African Queen” (1952). Both won and were nominated for many awards. Despite her fame, she refused to be a typical Hollywood celebrity, choosing to live a more normal life and using her fame to promote women’s liberation. Audrey Hepburn was a British actress who was an “EGOT”-an acronym short for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony-basically the “grand slam” of American show business, winning all 4 types of major awards. Only about 20 people in history have ever done this. I especially recommend the films “Sabrina” (1954) and “My Fair Lady” (1964). Audrey Hepburn was also not a typical Hollywood celebrity. She started her career as a ballet dancer in The Netherlands during World War Two and performed ballet to raise money to support the Dutch resistance against the Nazis. Later in life, she devoted herself to humanitarian causes throughout the world as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

[@julianwright5604]

You guys are funny. I love to watch your reactions. Your English is fantastic.😊

[@lockrobster7928]

Dick Van Dyke portrayed Bert and, if you look closely, he also portrayed the Old Man who owns the bank and died laughing.

[@leannerose6181]

I recommend Singin in the Rain, the funniest and best musical IMHO

[@tamarleigh]

You all always have the cutest shirts! I love the fun sleeves and ribbons.

[@chaosmastermind]

This and the Wizard of Oz are immortal classics that will likely never die. They are from a golden age where family movies were very wholesome. Disney really should watch some of their old movies and regain their way.

[@zaraevee]

This has been my favorite movie since I was a kid! So happy to see you guys watch it and enjoy it so much! Love your reactions ❤

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

This is the first full feature movie to incorporate 2d animation and real actors. (Such as the dancing penguins)

[@tamarleigh]

Yes, this was at the time the most advanced-the scene where the live actors are in the animation hadn’t been done before in a feature film, and it blew everyone’s mind.

[@tamarleigh]

It’s amazing how far the film industry has come since this film. We have full blown CGI movie sets now. And this is where it all started.

[@nimblehealer199]

This is a very wholesome, entertaining film. They don't make films like this anymore. This film is suitable for the whole family.

[@nathans3241]

I saw this movie when it was first released. I liked it so much that I would go to my neighbor's house to listen to the movie soundtrack album. I did that several times. For its time, this movie was an advanced technical achievement with the animation and special effects.

[@labyfan1313]

Grew up with this movie as a kid and another one I loved that has some similar themes and also the same actor who played the father (David Tomlinson) is Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I'd love to see you do a reaction to that one as well. Back to Mary Poppins though, the actor who played Bert AND the head of the bank, Dick Van Dyke, just turned 99 years old and he can still dance around today. Fun fact he was completely self taught for acting, singing and dancing.

[@SulliMike23]

The song "Feed the Birds" was one of Walt Disney's favorite songs. So much so, that he had a piano in his office and the Sherman brothers would play it for him whenever he needed to hear it.

[@robspore5046]

The actor who played Bert, also played the old bank president. "Feed the Birds" was Walt Disney's favorite song.

[@thomastimlin1724]

I am only up to 15minutes 24 seconds...you girls are so enchanted by this movie, the smiles on your faces and laughter proves that only THIS movie is the real Mary Poppins deal and Julie Andrews will always be the best, the only Mary Poppins. The joy in your hearts show all over your faces.

[@simondesbiens2463]

I’m sure you girl will love watching Gigi 1958

[@randybass8842]

I was in 3rd grade when this came out and my mom thought I was too old for it, so I didn't see it until I was in my 30s and it was on cable. I still think it's a delightful movie. I'm glad you three enjoyed it, too. Another family musical with Dick van Dyke (Bert) is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

[@AddieKirt]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released four years after Mary Poppins (1964-1968)

[@stevenclarke858]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is another brilliant Disney live action film.

[@3DJapan]

This was the first movie to mix animation and live action and it still looks great

[@krazycatz]

Actually you are mistaken. Two of Walt Disney’s movies Song Of The South as well as So Dear To My Heart combined live action and animation were released in the 1940s sometime after World War Two although I’m not certain of which one was released first. Even before Walt Disney had created Mickey Mouse or even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit he was making shorts that combined live action with animation. His Alice series put a live person into an animated setting during the days of silent movies. Another studio (I forgot which one) did the reverse and put an animated character in the real world.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

​@@krazycatz SONG OF THE SOUTH was released in 1946, and SO DEAR TO MY HEART was released in 1948. Before either of those, however, the MGM musical ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945) featured a sequence in which live actor Gene Kelly danced with the animated mouse Jerry (of "Tom and Jerry").

[@Demonologist_Eddie]

Dick Van Dyke is also in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@AddieKirt]

I love that film too!

[@Poisonedblade]

32:38 Damn, Bert has all of Hella's laughs down! 🤣

[@ericwestervelt4606]

When Mr. Banks was being fired, the incident mentioned with the tea in Boston was what us Americans call the Boston Tea Party. At that time, America was a colony of England. American patriots were protesting the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. American Patriots objected to England imposing taxation without representation on them. The Sons of Liberty, an American resistance group, strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. In response, the Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. This was a major event that led to the American Revolution.

[@SirSpuddington]

You should definitely now watch the movie "Saving Mister Banks"! It's the dramatized story of how Mr. Disney himself pursued author P.L. Travers for the rights to her book to make the Mary Poppins movie. It's a very moving watch for sure!

[@richardlicht7927]

After seeing this movie on TV in the early 70's when I was a kid I got two umbrellas and jumped off the roof of my house. Both umbrellas folded up on the way down. I was ok just sore ankles.

[@charlescallen460]

Fantastic reaction ladies! You seem like such great friends!😊💯

[@CocacolaBoy83]

if you pay close attention, the old banker is actually the same actor who plays Bert.