Disney Guy Review - Oliver and Company

There's no better way to ring in the new year than with a Disney Guy Review! Check out Disney's last movie before their fabled renaissance, the tale of a naive cat and New York's coolest quadroped, Oliver and Company!
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[@joshualowe1821]

I loved Oliver and Company when I was a kid! the characters, the songs, thar epic chase in the end, a loved it all! Oliver and Company is underrated. I think it should have gotten more attention. Who agrees??

[@dionrojas1667]

Joshua Lowe I agree with you

[@vadimbanner2024]

I TOTALLY AGREE

[@amdhaegar8406]

Agree too

[@Dzsorden1]

Me too! Totally!

[@gablit-gt8kk]

But the movie bombed at the box office and didn't have a higher length back then

[@ericrakestraw664]

I believe the little girl was named Jenny, not Penny (although the filmmakers' original plan was to bring back Penny from "The Rescuers").

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I think you're actually right. Slip of the tongue, it happens!

[@sandrixhozart7838]

Omgness really cool I love Rescuers too

[@amdhaegar8406]

In fact

[@ThePreciseClimber]

What's with ties to The Rescuers and ALMOST bringing back characters? First, Cruella was supposed to be the villain of Rescuers 1, now this? :P

[@ALLPROS_real]

@@ThePreciseClimber 101 Dalmatians is one of my all time favorite Disney films and I like The Rescuers Down Under and the original Rescuers

[@Al0_Vera]

One of the greatest underrated Disney movies.

[@vadimbanner2024]

I WANT MY OLIVER AND COMPANY 2

[@wrightfamily7381]

@@vadimbanner2024 probably wont

[@vadimbanner2024]

@@wrightfamily7381 oh it'll happen if an animated remake can make enough money

[@wrightfamily7381]

@@vadimbanner2024 do u think it could possibly work as a live action adaptation

[@vadimbanner2024]

@@wrightfamily7381 I don't think so since there is no SALUKI in the world that looks like RITA

[@adamgrunther1367]

This came up just after I saw a Billy Joel concert. Talk about timing. So excited to see you review the Disney Renaissance films. This should be fun.

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I'm quite jealous that you were at a Billy Joel concert! Never have actually seen him live myself

[@thewheekly8]

I went to one in 2018!!! I LOVE that man!!! 😍❤️

[@maxcarson667]

What a better way to start 2019 than with a brand new Disney Guy Review!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I agree!

[@birdman2k524]

@@JoeTheDisneyGuy this is literally one of my favorite disney films .

[@thomashuffman3237]

To answer your question about what he borrowed the money from Sykes for, according to a deleted scene, he used it in an illegal poker game.

[@DiegoDiaz-rs4ej]

Full Voice Actor List Joey Lawrence: Oliver the Child Cat - Natalie Gregory: Jennifer the Human Girl - Billy Joel: Dodger - Sheryl Lee Ralph: Rita - Cheech Marin: Tito - Bette Middler: Georgette - Roscoe Lee Brown: Francis - Richard Mulligan: Einstein - Dom DeLuise: Fagin - Robert Loggia: Sykes - Taurean Blacque: Roscoe (One of Sykes's Meany Dogs) - Carl Weintraub: DeSoto (Sykes's Other Meany Dog) - William Glover: Winston (Jennifer's Butler) - Frank Welker: Old Louie, Multiple Males - Peter Cullen: Multiple Males - Linda Gary: Multiple Females - Charlie Adler: Multiple Males - Corey Burton: Multiple Males - Tress MacNeille: Multiple Females - Cheryl Chase: Multiple Females - Billy West: Multiple Males

[@JAProductions494]

Next up is the Bronze Age/transitional era recap

[@TANMAC43]

Maybe a lot of it is, nostalgia, but I absolutely adore this movie. A lot of people give Little Mermaid credit for saving Disney, which is deserved for the most part, but tend to ignore Oliver & Company. You can really tell how it set the stage for the Disney Renaissance. Overall, yet another awesome video. Glad to see you back and can't wait for you to dive into the Renaissance era!

[@rjmckenzie4706]

this film is a good one I love the modern feel and atmosphere of the place,I love rita because of her sassyness and kimdness but I love all the characters next on the Disney guy review will be the little mermaid.

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK LITTLE MERMAID

[@vadimbanner2024]

RITA IS AWESOME

[@kameronbiggs5495]

Hey, good to hear from you again! First off, Happy New Year! Once again you did a great job! :D I remember watch Oliver and Company when I was younger and it gives out a modern vibe, similar to "Hey Arnold!" where despite the time period the movie is set in, it still feels timeless. This movie gave me a vague representation of New York City. It took me until I was around 9 or 10 to figure out that it was based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Also, I have to note that the climax probably has the most disturbing/gruesome death scenes in an animated film, IMO. I never knew that so much went into this film! Can't wait for 'The Little Mermaid' being next, 'cause that's when it changes EVERYTHING at Disney!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Oh believe me, the unusually gruesome death was put down in my notes...

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK LITTLE MERMAID

[@TheNMan64]

The Little Mermaid is next!!!! Yay!!!!

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK LITTLE MERMAID

[@simplycinderfella3418]

@16:34 the fact that traffic immediately stops for four dogs, but then continues despite the fact that a cat is in the street is so dark, humorous, and accurate to human behavior lol.

[@LucyLioness100]

This movie makes me cry in the first 10 minutes with Oliver’s intro (Huey Lewis’s song sure increases it). I’m glad that dark opening was nixed; way too upsetting for even me. The movie isn’t perfect, but for a kid friendly version of a relatively dark story it’s serviceable.

[@vadimbanner2024]

It needs more attention

[@KokoRicky]

I rewatched this with my wife last night (we're both cat freaks). Seriously, within seconds of that sultry Huey Lewis number, I was in tears. It's a really powerful opening for a kid's film.

[@nickdorenkamp959]

Correction all dogs go to heaven 2 was not Directed by Don Bluth.

[@NicholasRSims]

But the first was and i don't think it matters who the director of the sequel is

[@IsaacWhittakerDakin]

What a great way to kick off the year, can't wait for your videos on the renaissance!

[@rafaeldeluna5502]

Happy New Year Joe! Great way to start the year.

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Happy new year! I thought so too!

[@noonespecial5681]

Dear Joe, I wanted to thank you for your awesome, well researched videos. It's amazing that you're covering Disney's entire animated catalogue, especially all the obscure movies! And thank you for keeping your presentation professional and your language clean. It means a lot. Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@CaitCher]

There's no better way to celebrate the new year than to watch Joe the Disney Guy! Yes, indeed!

[@jdude9365]

Great video as always, Joe! I always love your attention to detail and passion for telling the stories of the making of these films that are without a doubt the heart and soul of the Walt Disney Company. Happy New Year! Looking forward to your reviews of the Disney Renaissance films coming in the future!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Thank you! Always love the story behind the story. Happy new year!

[@MINNIEBLACK]

Oliver and campany is one of my favourites as l was growing up and still is now iam 33 my little nieces loves it as well

[@sonicplushycentral6818]

Great to see you come back joe. I’m hyped to start the renaissance. Also happy new year. 2018 was a mess. I’m glad to start the year with, my favourite disney guy. Happy new year, and hopefully you had a merry Christmas.

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I did! Happy new year to you as well!

[@sonicplushycentral6818]

Thanks :D

[@LindseyLouWho]

All right! Happy 2019 Joe! SO happy to see another one of your awesome, well-researched, articulate videos!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Happy new year! And articulate is probably a strong term with my, at times thick Jersey accent haha

[@matthewcline2728]

Just so you know, Don Bluth May have directed All Dogs Go To Heaven 1, but someone else apparently was the director for All Dogs Go To Heaven 2. Anyway, just thought you should know that. Great review again! Next up, The Little Mermaid!

[@francescomanzo3939]

Great video as usual, Joe! Happy New Year!

[@systemoperator]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. This film's #5 on my list of favorite films, so I hold it to that high of a regard. I consider it the beginning of the Golden Age of Animation, although you can actually thank "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" for that too, and even Don Bluth's "An American Tale". I don't know if you caught my comment on your review on "The Great Mouse Detective" or not, but I'd argue the real Renaissance era started there and ended with "The Lion King" as I consider the whole line of those films, this one included, as favorites.

[@ajb6771]

Ive been waiting for this review since this movie is not talked about alot in depth and man, i did not know how many small elements in this film would be major corner stones in films to come like the movies having more musical type songs and having howard ashmen on board to write songs for the films. Great video to start off the new year. Great job joe.

[@MadameSomnambule]

I didn't even KNOW they used cgi for some of the animation, it looks THAT good!

[@alanaguilar1756]

This is Billy Joel’s first and so far only film role.

[@CaptainRiterraSmith]

Happy New Year! Billy Joel, NY affluence, sharp rapid fire humor. This is the most 80s movie I've ever seen in animation. LOL And the soundtrack! Oliver is really the studio's return to stand out music. In the 60s and 70s each movie might have just one song that I found deeply memorable and stuck with me personally. Of course Disney has something of a Midas touch when it comes to dogs. ;) Wow and just like that we are on the doorstep of the Renaissance. With those being released in my lifetime, gosh the flood of memories is already pouring in!

[@comfycouches8886]

I grew up seeing the trailer for this on my 1988 Cinderella VHS, but couldn't rent it. When I was in sixth grade I finally got to see it in the theater

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

I have to admit this film is more of a guilty pleasure looking back, but I have a strong nostalgia for it. So much that I don't even think I want to watch it on BluRay and just want to keep using the same VHS I grew up with.

[@elijahanderson3288]

Happy New Year, Joe! Always great to see your videos pop up in my notifications! P.S. I know Disney is your main wheelhouse, but I recommend reading Callum Petch's DreamWorks retrospective, which I consider the written equivalent of your Disney Guy reviews.

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I'll have to check it out. Disney is definitely what I'm most familiar with, but really all animation interests me, so I'm sure I would like it

[@Nay089]

Happy new year Joe!

[@TheMormonSorceress]

I remember getting that feeling from the movie when I was in New York

[@vadimbanner2024]

2018 was this movie's 30th anniversary

[@StarMama90]

Your channel deserves way more subscribers than you have. Keep on doing this awesome work!

[@KokoRicky]

Around 16:00 you ask what Fagin borrowed the money for. According to the Disney wiki, the script stated that Fagin is a gambling addict that lost everything after borrowing money from Sykes for a poker game. This is hinted at near the very end, when he makes a bet on a wrestling match with Winston, and fails to pay up.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

I have always liked this film and the first time I viewed it was on a Disney Channel vhs recording and I still not only still have that tape, but it still works perfectly!!

[@foxdavani4091]

I remember first, seeing that on our 14 speaker surround sound system. It was an amazing thing to hear when your entire house is wired for music, wall-to-wall, and even in the ceiling itself. So hearing the rhythm of the city threw out every corner of my house was amazing. my mom used to joke that may be building speakers that power fall into the walls of our house wasn’t the best idea because she was afraid it would bring the house down when I would watch movies like Oliver and Company

[@pamelakibildis1177]

Happy New Year Joe The Disney Guy 🎆🎈🎉🎆😉

[@DiegoDiaz-rs4ej]

Olive and Company was released in the same year as The Land Before Time, my #1 favorite Non-Disney Animated movie. Because of this, it is hard to think of Oliver and Company without having The Land Before Time on my mind. But if I must say something good about Oliver and Company, I do like the friendship between Oliver and Jennifer. Both of these characters are voiced by real children, which always touches my heart. And I love seeing Jennifer take care of Oliver as if he was her own. And I guess I do have some sympathy for Fagin. Not only does he live in constant fear of his boss, but he actually let Oliver returning to his family be an option. True, using Oliver as a hostage is selfish on Fagin's part, but hey, better to be open for family reunions than to heartlessly forbid them, right? And besides, remembering Oliver and Company is from the same year as The Land Before Time actually makes me more open to watching this movie. But I cannot deny Georgette's selfishness makes me angry. Oliver is a poor helpless child, yet Georgette treats him like a meany? That is so not called for! So I guess I like Oliver and Company a little bit, I just don't think it holds a candle to The Land Before Time.

[@sandrixhozart7838]

I love both but Oliver n company a bit more I do try to get all Land before time movies except I don't have the last one journey of the brave

[@mwctrent]

Yay! I'm so glad you're back!

[@july264]

Hey man! I love you're commentary! Editing is also good !I feel like all this is missing is better lighting and a creative backdrop (: cheers and keep up the good commentary

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Thanks! Good lighting is (hopefully) coming in time and the creative backdrop....we'll see. I've had some ideas in the past but shooting in my guest bedroom(as I continually have moved over the years) sometimes makes that tough haha

[@evanread9219]

So what are you going to do next who framed Rodger rabbit or Little Mermaid

[@davidhileman8567]

I definitely agree with you! Better than "The Land Before Time", as well.

[@dionrojas1667]

Happy New Year Joe!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Happy new year!

[@tovorismoore7596]

Little mermaid gets credit for being the Revival film for disney feature animation but actually Oliver and the Great Mouse Detective kept the animation department in business and gave the studio hope that feature animation wasn't dead so actually this film allowed the disney Renaissance to actually become reality underrated film in the disney Canon imo.

[@randomhuman4621]

this is what 2021 has brought me to. i am not disappointed.

[@markbraley9361]

Joe The Disney Guy Oliver & Company was released on Friday, November 18, 1988 not Saturday, November 19, 1988.

[@c.w.r.794]

Happy New Year Joe! On to the Disney Renaissance Fact: The Little Mermaid was actually gonged first time around, but Ron Clements went to a bookstore and wrote up a treatment of the story, eventually getting it green lit by Katzenberg. Even though Ron and John really wanted to make as they called it “Treasure Island in Space”

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

That it was! Goes to show what happens if you're super determined to get a project green lit!

[@c.w.r.794]

Joe The Disney Guy What about the Disney Channel? You could do an episode on the evolution of that as a bonus.

[@TerryGShaw]

got a question, Why didn't Disney have Billy Joel and Bette Milder do a duet in the film?

[@NicholasRSims]

About Roy Disney and Jeffery Kattzenberg clashing about making a movie , are you foreshadowing that special event on the first full length CGI film Toy Story ?

[@darkstarmoonshadow8892]

As a Billy Joel fan I was excited to hear he played Dodger, plus I love Dom Delewises voice and the personality he puts into each of his characters.

[@gaianexv2109]

I really enjoyed watching this movie on VHS, wish I could get my VHS player and all my tapes.

[@mittins100]

I feel like Disney’s name alone in 2019 now has made all of its old movies that didn’t do well at the time into profitable assets

[@dman_games]

Hey Joe, I recently found out about Bill Tytla and seems like someone who was up there will the 9 Old Men but in the shadows for some reason. Could you make a video on him please? I'm interested in learning more about him, seems like he was in interesting guy.

[@PedroMRDS]

Next is the Little Mermaid right????? I can't wait!!!!

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK YOU

[@danielstevens8610]

Wait a second are you telling me Dodger is voices by Billy Joel who just so happens to be one of my mossy favourite 80s singers, wow this is AWESOME.... sorry I got carried away, no big deal why should I worry... Ou because it’s embarrassing.... I’ll just see myself out.

[@sarahmcmann5253]

Happy New Year 🎊🎆🎈

[@musicmoviesmediamore7141]

I wasn't a really big fan of Tito and thought the main antagonist driving down the traintrack chasing Fagen was a bit ludicrous, although the movie has a majority of likable characters, a great soundtrack and atmosphere that more then make up for it.

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK YOU

[@jisims95]

Can you also do a video on Bill Tytla? Including his Terrytoons and Famous Studios work?

[@gerawallstar3487]

Cant wait for the little mermaid!

[@92JazzQueen]

I would have to say this I think Oliver and Company was like Disney's Princess and the Frog at the time. It was an experiment to see if they were back on their game. The response showed that they could contend with Bluth, but they were not there yet to take his crown yet. It need an extra push so that they could finally be recognized again as the animation giant during Walts Days. It was certainly a signal that they were making a comeback and it was going to a signal of things to come.

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

I think that's a pretty good comparison, especially with what those two movies came from and what they led to

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

20:20. All Dogs go to Heaven 2 actually wasn't Don Bluth. The funny thing about Bluth is despite the insane number of sequels his movies got he only made one of the sequels himself, and that was Bartok the Magnificent which was a sequel/spinoff of Anastasia.

[@RaainPetra]

Aw, I loved this movie♡

[@DennisTamayo]

One of the last animated films before Daws Butler passed away in 1988, although the film has nothing to do with Daws Butler.

[@PeterSwinkels]

15:30 I suppose it possible to like characters even though they do things you would dispapprove of if they were done irl.

[@Yuginami]

I love Oliver and Company

[@jimduggan8962]

Nice!!! I remembered loving this movie. Then I watched it a year or 2 ago and I felt like the first half was excellent but the 2nd half turned bad. I might enjoy it more watching it now, seems to be the case with a lot of things I tried to watch 1-2 years ago. I absolutely love the Billy Joel song, might be my favorite song of any Disney soundtrack. I'm going to check this one out, really bee into the Disney movies lately. Rewatched one of my favorites Ratatouille just the other day. HNY Joe!

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Happy new year! And that's fair, I think the first half is a lot more of the fun loving, character introducing moments and the second half gets into the nitty gritty of the plot more, so if you just enjoy the characters more, I can see you liking the first half better

[@sandrixhozart7838]

Let's say Hakuna Matata or in this time why should I worry. Have a Blessed day everyone... Just seen those sketches so stunned an thrilled it's a happy birthday miracle 2:35 btw not in the dvd movie

[@LavenderLydia]

Yay!! One of my favorites (my favorite as a kid) and from one of my favorite channels :)

[@DiegoDiaz-rs4ej]

Speaking of The Land Before Time, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING A CLIP OF THAT MOVIE!!!!!! :D

[@vadimbanner2024]

FUCK YOU

[@DiegoDiaz-rs4ej]

What does that mean? >:(

[@vadimbanner2024]

@Trevor McClanahan SCREW YOU

[@DiegoDiaz-rs4ej]

Was it something I said?

[@diggerfan9319]

Next up, The Little Mermaid! The first of the many Disney Renaissance films. I hope you get most of them done by New Year's Eve 2019, Joe.

[@exodia9817]

Can't wait till you get to the Renaissance Era of Disney.

[@gatheringleaves]

Bette Midler is not from New York, she's actually from Hawaii, although her parents were both from New JERSEY

[@Yellowguy0619]

No one ever talks about the villain in this movie ;

[@penny1545]

Happy New Year, buddy! Also... Why should being worried? Why Should I caaaaaaaarree?

[@sandrixhozart7838]

@Trevor McClanahan they love me at the Chelsea, an adore me at the Ritz

[@sandrixhozart7838]

@Trevor McClanahan oh so true

[@Trocav]

Your going to be big day i promise you . Also you say you live 20 minutes away from the city ? You from Long Island?

[@pamelakibildis1177]

I Absolutely Adore Oliver and Company 😍😍😉👍🏻 Favorite Song 🎼Why Should I Worry? 🎼 Great Review Joe The Disney Guy Love Your Videos 😉

[@Chris-uu8ts]

So when’s the next video

[@arnepianocanada]

Trains (elevated) did cross Brooklyn Bridge 'til 1944. If sea ice can float with survivors in 1997's Titanic (salt-water freezes at lower temperature), let's not be too picky about something at least historically 'real'.

[@animationnerd2748]

So joe are you gonna do a review/history series on the Pixar movies that would be 🔥

[@carteranimationz2897]

The renaissance is next 😁

[@NicholasRSims]

Why didn't you mention that Jenny the girl who adopts Oliver was going to be Penny from The Rescuers , like how in that film the villain Madame Medusa was going to be Cruella De Vil , so the Rescuers of been on both the giving and receiving end of old characters being used

[@smwd2591]

This is my 4th favourite.

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

In the original book, and in both live-action adaptations, the climax was much more realistic. Bill Sikes actually tried to keep Oliver for himself and even killed his own wife just to get what he wants, but his dog turns on him because of it, and so does Fagan and his street gang. He tries to escape from the building by using Oliver to jump from building to building, with the use of his rope, however, a quick-thinking cop shoots him down just in time, finally freeing Oliver from his awful life, and ending Bill's reign of terror.

[@ChrisSagem]

I have actually not seen this movie yet and from everything I've seen about this movie so far from it's concept and especially with the Why Should I Worry song this looks like the kinda movie I'd really love and I plan on watching it some time in the future!

[@sandrixhozart7838]

If u love musicals then this be in ur alley, I simply adore this movie it made me imagine my own personal Dodger character

[@ChrisSagem]

Okay so after 4 years of having written this comment I finally just watched Oliver and Company in it’s entirety for the first time. I’ll admit upon watching video again I honestly forgot I even wrote this comment years ago Anyways so my thoughts regarding this movie, despite many people calling this movie either mediocre or just okay, I actually kinda loved this movie. Now this movie does admittedly it’s flaws, like I feel the whole story is bit rushed and maybe it could have used a longer run time, and I felt the characters and their interactions and chemistry could have been better developed and better fleshed out. I really don’t know much about the original Oliver Twist story this movie is adapted from, and so I’m just judging the movie based off on what the movie itself does But in spite of my issues, this movie has a lot of things that just really wins me over, like the fact that it’s an old school hand drawn Disney animated film, with talking cats and dogs, and gangsters, set in NYC, in the 1980s, with 80s style music and culture, and has Billy Joel voicing one of the main characters. A movie with a combination of all those elements is already guaranteed to win me over. I like the movie’s story, I like the characters, and their individual quirky personalities, and how they all work off each other, I love the way this movie looks, I’ve always liked the setting and the scenery of NYC in movies, and I love the music and the songs, especially Why Should I Worry, that might be because I love a lot of 80s music and Billy Joel music, and I think the climax is awesome. I know this movie isn’t really everyone’s cup of tea, and it isn’t as beloved and iconic as most of the other animated Disney movies, and the movie does admittedly it’s issues. But I personally kinda loved it, for all the things I think it does quite well, and as a lover of hand drawn Disney animation, cats and dogs, the setting of NYC, 1980s culture and music, and Billy Joel, this is definitely the type of movie that is just really right up my alley Of all the animated Disney movies to get direct to video sequels and a TV series, I feel Oliver and Company with its world and characters actually had a lot more potential for interesting follow up stories that could have further developed and fleshed out more of the characters, compared to most of the other Disney sequels that actually did get made. I actually would have been interested to maybe see more adventures with these characters. But at the same time given Disney’s reputation with a lot of the sequels they did make, it could also be a blessing in disguise that we may have never gotten a follow up to Oliver and Company

[@yszman6478]

Please sir may I have some more?

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

Joe! You didn't bring up what was a real talking point around the time of its release. Oliver and Co. was notorious for violence and Sykes (and his Dobermans) died graphically like few villains in Disney films did.

[@vadimbanner2024]

IT MADE THE FILM BETTER

[@lindasilvan1374]

Oliver and co was my favorite film as a kid :)

[@NicholasRSims]

There was no animated movies released on 1993 and 2006 and 2017

[@Chris-uu8ts]

So is this channel dead? I used to love watching the new videos and it’s one of the few things that my daughter doesn’t mind doing with me ( she’s 13 so that age). I mean Joe’s a great host and the videos are damn near flawless. But come on need more than one every couple of months. Especially when we’re at the renaissance which is my favorite era

[@JoeTheDisneyGuy]

Apologies for the delays, truly, though I do love hearing that you and your daughter enjoy my videos! No, this channel is not dead, just my mind these days, as I've worked all but I'd say around 4 days in these last 2 months (I work in college athletics so the transition from basketball to baseball/softball is CRAZY). But, the good news is I have just finished my next script, I have just about all of my videos and topics for the entirety of the Renaissance Era planned out and provided I can stand tomorrow (dealing with a major ankle injury because of course I am) I will probably be filming my next video tomorrow. Thanks for hanging in there and I promise, I'm going to do my best to try and pump out Renaissance videos as a more consistent pace (provided my work doesn't kill me first!)

[@PendelSteven]

One more thing, this film was released 22 dec 1989 in my country: the Netherlands. That's probably why I always thought it was a Disney film from the 90's. Actually? Nine days? That doesn't count in my book. Oliver & Co. is a 90's film to me. There. Done.

[@PendelSteven]

Two things, and I know I'm responding a year later... First thing: somehow these songs are not on Disney compilations. Maybe they felt it was too much 80's? I don't really get it. A good song is a good song. Second thing: I know New York thanks to Marvel. As simple as that. For years there is a poster with Spider-Man clearly swinging from lower Manhattan towards me on my door. Knowing NYC by osmosis. As much as people know the Millenial Falcon by osmosis, I guess. It's not that odd.

[@alexcarlson663]

Your next Disney Guy review will be the Little Mermaid. I can'r wait for that to be reviewed.

[@alexcarlson663]

Can you please review the Little Mermaid next? I want you to review the first Disney guy review for that has Alan Menkin and the late Howard Ashmen that you mentioned in your Oliver and Company Review so can you please review the Little Mermaid. Someday I'll want to see Part of your world!

[@alexcarlson663]

Can you please upload the Little mermaid next? It's also the first Disney movie in the renaissance era.

[@alexcarlson663]

Since you haven't upload a new video for about over a month, so when will your review the Little Mermaid Joe?

[@alexcarlson663]

Can you please review the little Mermaid next? I want you to start reviewing the first movie in the Renaissance Era. So can you please start reviewing it soon? Thanks Joe. You still haven't uploaded a video in 2 whole months!

[@vadimbanner2024]

I HATE LITTLE MERMAID

[@Zodia195]

While technically not the first movie I saw in theaters (that be Bambie, but I was a baby at the time it got re-released in Theaters lol), this was the first movie I remember seeing in Theaters. I feel like I am the only one who loved Georgette too (I still do lol). Maybe it's because I was a brat myself at times lol. Needless to say this was the movie that made me an animal lover and when I started asking my family for a dog lol. I was 6 at the time. The soundtrack is one of my favs and I still know the songs "Why Should I Worry" and "Perfect is Me" by heart (and sing them when it's just me by myself lol). @12:03- *Sees the Twin towers* Darn, I can never watch a pre-9/11 movie again without getting emotional . . . . *sniffles* It's interesting how you did mention Land Before Time. My family also saw that movie and between the 2, give me this one ANY time. I have a ton of respect for Don Bleuth, but that movie scarred my childhood pretty much because of the death of Littlefoot's mother.

[@vacuumblink2300]

It’s nice to see people in this day and age still acknowledge with respect, the twin towers

[@Zodia195]

@@vacuumblink2300 Well, when you live through an experience like that, I made it my motto to 'never forget'. It's sad, my mom, she personally can't watch anything 9/11, but for me, it's like a compulsion to always watch 9/11 stuff every year on the anniversary. It's like I want to make sure I never forget the feelings I felt that day. It was honestly the last time I saw all of Congress and the Country truly united and it's sad it took a tragedy to do that.

[@emmagrove6491]

This was when, as Don Bluth put it, the "sleeping giant" (Disney) started to wake up and do better films (although I never cared for this film personally). Even though The Land Before Time was basically springboarded (pretty blatantly) off of The Rite of Spring (dinosaur) section of Fantasia, I think it has better draftsmanship, better animation, and is generally a better film than Oliver & Company.

[@vadimbanner2024]

GO FUCK YOURSELF. OLIVER AND COMPANY IS AWESOME

[@emmagrove6491]

@@vadimbanner2024 Such language.

[@vadimbanner2024]

@@emmagrove6491 1st amendment freedom of speech

[@emmagrove6491]

@@vadimbanner2024 There certainly IS freedom of speech, even though I expressed what I thought about an animated cartoon and was told to go fuck myself.

[@elphaba4674]

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[@kdags2001]

You low-key look like Ringo smh

[@thewheekly8]

Scarfeather probably lol! 😂❤️