Disney History - Bambi (Down to Disness)

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[@theaudiobookaficionado]

I was actually way more traumatized by the bird that gets shot than Bambi's mom. It still haunts me.

[@whossoul]

I think the way they have Bambi's mom die is so much worse than showing it. Him walking around saying "mother? mother?" is the most heartbreaking way to handle it. It pairs the heaviness of her death with his innocence, not even realizing what has happened, sweetly calling for his dead mother as if she's just around the corner, about to walk into view. To me that is SO much heavier than actually showing her die. It's not the death of a deer that's so powerful, it's the death of a mother in relation to her small child who can't even comprehend the fact that his mother might not be there.

[@richardranke7878]

In Felix Salten's story there was a day when all the animals were running for all the hunters. Bambi was separated from his mother and when the day was over, he got together with the other animals who had survived,including his Aunt Ena and her daughter Faline. Bambi asked if either of them had seen his mother and they said no. The last sentence in the chapter was,"Bambi never saw his mother again."

[@hmksprouse]

I've never thought that the scene where Bambi's mom gets shot was as scaring as many people make it out to be. Even when I watched Bambi as a kid.

[@alli249]

Little April Shower is such a beautiful song. It makes me so happy. Even though you don't see the mom getting shot I think the fact that Bambi starts yelling "Mother? Mother?" Is just so heartbreaking 😭

[@DaveLH]

"Little April Shower" is definitely an example of what geniuses Disney's early songwriting team (Frank Churchill and Larry Morey in this song) were -- They took what might have been a simple, repetitive ditty, and made it so complex and beautiful with rounds, modulation, and other techniques.

[@SuperTiff1980]

I think Bambi deserves a lot more recognition than he actually gets. I have been searching the net trying to find out if he's represented at all at Disneyland. So far all I've found is that there's a picture of him in World of Color and of course a little merchandise in the stores. We're going at the end of this month and I was hoping there was some kind of statue or something that I could take a picture next to. But oh well maybe I'll find a giant plush to take a picture next to. Bambi is one of my all time favorite Disney movies and he became even more of a favorite when I found out that his voice is a distant cousin. A few years ago another distant cousin posted an article on Facebook about it and pretty much every Dunagan shared that article like crazy. It was pretty cool. I wish I could meet him, maybe someday.

[@oodololly2529]

Bambi is my favorite Disney movie, hands down....You can call me a flower if you want to. Thanks for another great episode!

[@scottb.7239]

Love Flower and Thumper..!!

[@acspectator8636]

I hate skunks.

[@MelissaKreil]

This is a great episode! I didn't watch Bambi a lot as a kid but in re-visiting it as an adult I am always stunned by how beautiful it is.

[@partofjordansworld6688]

Always great to learn fantastic facts about Disney films! Bambi was my favorite movie as a child and would play the VHS on repeat to the point that my mother would constantly have "drip drip drip little April showers" stuck in her head. Bambi will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for doing it!

[@TearsofaLunarian]

Bambi vs Ronno scene unnerved me a lot. Especially when during the fight you could barely tell which one was which.

[@DaveLH]

Me too -- I had to ask my dad which of them fell off the cliff at the end -- I was relieved to know that Bambi was the victor.

[@cydonprax12]

Still pulling for Atlantis: The Lost Empire

[@bekahyoung3705]

Ian Wilmoth YES!!!

[@scottb.7239]

Hey cool Fresh Baked Disney's Ian..!!..this guy is the best..!!

[@mexiaznann]

For Mickey's Halloween Party last year, my sister was Bambi and I was Flower. Probably my favorite costume of all time.

[@oodololly2529]

Adorable!!! A shout out to another Disney sister pair!

[@calliemyersbuchanan6458]

I saw 2 girls bounding once at Disneyland. One was Bambi and the other was wearing a big thick red flannel coat and boots....it was actually kind of awesome!

[@bunloveszep]

Just hearing you talk about Bambi's mommy brings tears to my eyes.

[@elegant.destiny]

I love Bambi so much! It has always been one of my favorite Disney movies. It's nice to know some of the facts surrounding it. (And Bambi's Mom death scene is definitely overhyped)

[@cbfoureleven]

Bambi is a beautiful film... and while Bambi's mom dying was sad, the pheasant's death was traumatic.

[@GremlinBones]

I think Bambi is so underrated! The fire scene is one of my favorites of all time. And I know most don't agree, but I actually enjoy the sequel.

[@straak]

Disney Legend: "Man is in the forest" is rumored to be the phrase used among animators any time they wanted to let other's know that Walt was in the animation building and headed their way..

[@feitocomfruta]

The forest conservation message may be why the understated death of Bambi's mom is so impactful. Man is never seen, but his impact on the movie is huge.

[@pollyflores418]

I think part of what makes Bambi's mother's death so understated is that the animators had NO CHILL and immediately played a spring shot of little cute animals with a cheerful "tralalala" song

[@Dawnstar1209]

Just you showing the little bit of Bambi wandering the dark, snowy woods alone, calling for his mother made me shed a few tears at work.

[@mirandaperry1889]

Oh my gosh so much stuff about Bambi lol I loved it! Yeah I never watched it as a kid even though we had it. It wasn't until I was sometime in junior high I think when I finally watched it and then when his mom died I was like "oh, that's it? That's what everyone is torn apart by?" Hahaha it was sad but not like everyone makes it out to be, that's for sure.

[@bexwivanx1]

It's amazing the animation they could do back then, they were so talented with the little technology they had! This was probably one of your most informative Down To Disnesses, really enjoyed it Sarah! x x x

[@MissLovelyLayla]

I love Bambi. :) I do remember as a child when Bambi's mother died it made me super sad. You should do a Down to Disness on Sleeping Beauty

[@jensenvenger8554]

ROBIN HOOD. I LOVE DOWN TO DISNESS DAYSSSS

[@stacineiman6022]

I love the Bambi soundtrack!

[@kstanek87]

I Love Bambi so much it is one of my top favorite Disney Movies, it's just so artistic and so much different then any of the other Disney films. Bambi is the reason why I fell in love with Animals when I was a kid and why I still love Animals now. It is such a beautiful film. :D

[@cassierole1620]

This isn't necessarily a down to Disness movie idea but I think it would be really interesting to make a video that showcases all the disney movies that were based off of other stories and ones that are original disney movie ideas. I felt like for a long time I knew this, but I don't think too many do.

[@LittleMissSparklexxo]

Bambi was always a favorite of mine and I'm very happy for this down to disness cause i didn't know much about it!

[@MariesNotes]

I really don't like Bambi- I appreciate it and I know people love it but there's just a few films (mainly from that era) which I just don't like and Bambi is probably number 1. You should do Black Cauldron for October given its darker themes. I look forward to this series every month!

[@acspectator8636]

No it is not number 1. So overrated. We mostly just get fawn Bambi.

[@watchforever1724]

The black Claudron definitely is considered the least favorite Disney movie

[@mpk1731]

I dunno, I rewatched it a few years ago and still found the death pretty painful! I think the fact that it IS so understated and that you don't actually see it happen is part of it. All you hear is a gunshot and then Bambi running around all sad and lost. :'(

[@KeriJo12]

Please consider doing Sword and the Stone! It was referenced just briefly in this video, and I got a bit excited! Definitely my favorite non-Disney Princess movie, although it always left me feeling odd at the end. Like Merlin gets angry at Arthur and abandons him, then Arthur pulls the sword and is overwhelmed by the people who suddenly want to worship him, and Merlin just....returns and is all good? I dunno. Felt a bit unfinished to me, because the movie ends right after he is crowned, but I've always loved the episodic feel of the movie with Archimedes, Madame Mim, and both Arthur and Merlin transforming into fish or squirrels. :) Thanks for considering!

[@gabbysbooknook3435]

Another great video! A Mulan video would be amazing for next month

[@KatieFrys]

Haven't seen the full movie in about 30 years, but this video makes me want to watch it again👍🏻 Love your 'DtoD' series & Disney history...super interesting! Will check out your Twitter for polls for next movie to feature.

[@amandawynn1040]

You haven't done the Sword in the Stone yet right? I would love to see a Down to Disness of that one!

[@ChristytheKittyCat]

Peter Behn is my really good friend's grandpa! I literally tell her all the time I need to be invited over whenever he's in town.

[@jeniferbean503]

Great discussion of Bambi, truly a beautiful looking film! The scene with Bambi's mother dying might be a case of us being desensitized to scenes like this in later animated films. In particular, Littlefoot's mother in The Land Before Time and Mufasa in The Lion King had death scenes that really stand out to people today. I'm old enough to have seen Bambi on VHS before Land Before Time and before The Lion King was even released, so that was the first time I'd seen anything like it; it was very affecting at that time!

[@miriamcq]

If it wasn't for Bambi, I would never know about Vivaldi's Spring Allegro. That is a MASTERPIECE. Thank you so so much for the video Sarah!! Super interesting, as always. Could you please do a video explaining Mickey and the Gang's first appearances??

[@courtneycollier341]

You should do fantasia next!

[@marebear1323]

Loved the video!! Nightmare before Christmas for October!

[@artloveranimation]

Bambi and Little Mermaid were the first Disney movies I ever loved as a child. Being born in early 2000s, I got lucky to see the Disney classics first.

[@thenerdybipolarmama4053]

Bambi is definitely my favorite animal related movie from Disney!

[@isaiahadams1208]

I like Bambi. Every time I see the scene where Bambi's mom dies I always get emotional, even though he was taken in by his father

[@TheScientist408]

I find the death of Bambi's mother to be much more impactful and heartbreaking than Mufasa's death.

[@watchforever1724]

True

[@richardranke7878]

The Disney version of Bambi I first read in a Walt Disney Treasury Book when I was seven. I read fuller versions of the Disney story later-and finally saw the movie at age 11-which was also the first time I read Felix Salten's book,which I liked just as well!:-)

[@girlonabookshelf4922]

I know it isn't animated but I see Newsies as a very underrated Disney movie that has a lot of interesting facts and A LOOOOOOTTTTT of immpact on pop culture!!!

[@kiaraortiz8241]

yesssss newsies PLEASE

[@girlonabookshelf4922]

fxntasyland thanks 😊

[@natsmith303]

So between all of those cameos in other Disney movies, Bambi and his mother made it to France, England, India, and the US, all in radically different time periods. Man, those two got around!

[@xCanYouFeelTheLovex]

I think what killed me about Bambi's mom getting shot was him running around crying for his mother, it's just heart shattering to hear. But definitely, there were er...would you say better deaths? Not sure how to word that lol.

[@richardranke7878]

In the book,there was a huge invasion by hunters in Wintertime-probably the beginning of Hunting Season. Bambi's mother told him to just run and they were eventually seperated among all the animals.Then when the day was over,the surviving animals-including Bambi and Faline-got together in the forest grove. Faline's mother joined them,but no one had seen Bambi's mother.The last wrods in the chapter were,"Bambi never saw his mother again."

[@Imaginerds]

Aw man! This video made me really want to see Bambi again. It is slow, but so good. Have you done a Down to Disness video for Peter Pan yet?

[@rihannadraco22]

Hey you should do the little mermaid and also bedknobs and broomsticks

[@Bunnybubbles]

I second that!

[@Krystuuhl]

You look FANTASTIC in this video. Hair, perf. Makeup, perf. Get it girl✨ (also what lipstick are you wearing because I need it)

[@paultowarnicki5359]

Great video. Now I want to read the book.

[@timnix7942]

As always my comment will be: Do The Black Cauldron next.

[@mmarston332]

I think the limited dialogue in Bambi is likely the same reason that Dumbo was released on a really small budget which the financial failures of Pinocchio and Fantasia.

[@bestieworks6100]

I hope that everyone has a nice day😄

[@beccaandneiltakeon6863]

LOVE April Showers!

[@Dante-bx6ej]

Love is a Song is criminally underrated

[@heidilittle8558]

Don't you think the fact that Bambi's mother's death is understated that it makes it more impactful? I wouldn't say it's traumatizing but it was the first movie I can recall watching in which a character dies. And I think it's important that we feel so deeply for Bambi and his mother because it aids the message of the film. I learned lots from this video! Thanks for doing it. One thing I would love to add is that even though this movie doesn't have the best soundtrack and is pretty slow, I think it's one of the most quotable. Thumper is one of my favorite Disney characters for this reason.

[@drmariopepper4354]

Great Video!!

[@heIium37]

I would love to see a video on the Toy Story collection. I don't know if you would do them all in one video should you choose to do an episode on them, but I think that would be really cool! :)

[@isabellaestrada2244]

Since Halloween is coming up you should do the nightmare before Christmas

[@mmarston332]

In 1940's Pinocchio, Dickie Jones was a 13-year old teenager when he played Pinocchio himself.

[@lexlovelex]

I love the song April Showers 😍😍 can you do a video on obscure Disney movies?! Like the Donald mathematic one I remember watching in the 80's :)

[@DaveLH]

I LOVE "Donald in Mathemagicland" -- It was introduced to me by my junior high school math and science teacher, who thought every school-child should see it.

[@DaveLH]

Other obscure ones in the same vein I like are "Mars and Beyond", in which the animators have a ball imagining bizarre life on another planet; and "Our Friend the Atom", which features a forerunner of Genie(!)

[@DuckPuppet]

I LOVE BAMBIE!! You should do the little mermaid!! Great video !

[@Enirahtak8]

Good video and interesting information, but I do wish you'd mentioned Bambi and the link with Osama Tezuka, and, consequently, the style of the majority of manga and anime. Apparently the manga artist watched Bambi more than 80 times. And without VHS!!

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah this isn’t talked about many people .This helped anime

[@elysiabarr425]

I knew the guy who voiced thumper. He used to be my neighbor. His last name is pronounced bane, like the batman villain. Great video.

[@Eirinakib13]

I honestly havent watched Bambi and lion king in ages cause i think i will cry a lot! But from Bambi i remembered the fire and i though thats how his mum died, guess i need to rewatch it!

[@courtney994]

One of my favorite movies ever😭😭😭

[@KarisGorst]

i watched bambi so much as a child when i was about 5 years old i think? and honestly this film confused me SO much. like i literally didn't get until much later in life that bambi's mum died. it also confused me how all of a sudden the characters were older and there was a female bambi, male flower and female thumper! saying that i do think it is a good movie

[@monajaswal5623]

Love your lipstick!!

[@1993joshualiu]

Bambi is my favorite Disney movie ever.

[@rebeccanolen2967]

Mulan!!!

[@rowdog28]

Ah Bambi! That movie is kinda dark right? Could you do one on The Lion King? They've just announced a live action film!

[@mongothedestroyer88]

I've only seen it once when I was younger. I think it was too slow and I fell asleep. But yeah I remember the mom scene.

[@RuRuWebby]

Did anyone else not realise Bambi's mum had died when they watched it as a child? It never really traumatised me as a child because I didn't realise what had happened until I was much older...

[@schmunky9460]

Great video loved it. One question. What do you use to edit your videos

[@micheller2655]

I hope you do snow white. I know there's a lot of history and significance in that movie. It would be cool to here the whole story

[@nikyjacksonofficial5383]

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMASSSS

[@CCRoxtar]

One of my co-workers (female) is named Bambi, although the character is male. The film is the only instance where I've heard falling in love referred to as "twitterpated." But those scenes do seem to represent a transition from opposite-sex parent to spouse/partner. Those of us who are heterosexual tend, for good or ill, to partner with people who are like our OS parents, as said parents were our model for how the OS should behave.

[@samanthacaballero662]

Please do UP cause it's kinda interesting the directors wanted a regular child as Russell instead of a child actor you could look into that a little more

[@Steveofthejungle8]

Can you please do the black cauldron??? I'd love to see your take on that

[@MarieThree]

"You mean you didn't cry when Bambi's mom was killed?" "Yes I was sad when the artist had to stop drawing Bambi's mom" -The one where Chandler can't cry Hahaha

[@paupaupaupaupau8946]

But in an episode from the first season he said that he DID cry when Bambi's mom died lmao

[@victoriascar633]

Beauty and the Beast please!!!! since the new live action is coming up you should do one for this movie!

[@katherinepinnell1218]

I would love to watch a Princess and the Frog episode!

[@SabrinapicsTV]

You should do The Rescuers!

[@lindsay6525]

lion king please! love your channel!

[@AJ-wf7jr]

you should do mulan next! ♡

[@katiewinkler4459]

Brother Bear!

[@filipalagoas7970]

Sarah, please do Atlantis :)

[@RitaSantos-bu7xj]

PLEASE DO ATLANTIS

[@kristin2515]

please do tangled next!

[@mmarston332]

I believe that Bambi has very little dialogue because of the failures of Pinocchio and Fantasia 2 years earlier.

[@biancaprimo4168]

You should do Mulan or Atlantis: the lost empire!

[@danielguizar360]

Do The Three Caballeros.

[@mmarston332]

I figured that my favorite movie had a bad origin. :( I love Bambi though. :)

[@olimario17]

It's been almost 2 months since the last Down to Disness. When's the next video?😊

[@natasharomanof2543]

I may be cold hearted but the part where Bambi's mother died didn't really make me cry as a kid. I mean yeah I felt sad but the one that made me cry and still makes me cry is Mufasa's death

[@gisellepadilla1955]

You should do The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

[@robertmerrick2389]

I have Bambi, on Blu ray, watching it now. This is called, the Anniversary edition.

[@glambert169507]

I'd love to see an episode on The Fox and the Hound

[@user-zg8vr6uw5y]

Do The Rescuers PLZ!

[@Beccascreations]

Please do 'the princess and the frog' on down to disness