Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) Fleischer Animation | Small bugs, Big adventures

Boy, oh boy! Here's music, laughter, love and joy!
The screen's first full-length musical comedy cartoon!
The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.
Original title: Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) AKA: Buglife
Director: Dave Fleischer
Writers: Dave Fleischer, Dan Gordon, Tedd Pierce
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family
Main Cast:
Kenny Gardner
Jack Mercer
Tedd Pierce
Carl Meyer
Stan Freed
Pauline Loth
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[@daveyr7454]

Just after the war, when I was a child, this film came to our local town cinema, and my parents took myself and my brother to see it. Loved it then, and I can still remember it today, even after over seventy years!

[@inin-zq5ob]

Ohhhh it's heart warming ❤😊

[@GamesAtPlay_17]

@@inin-zq5ob Yes it is!

[@GamesAtPlay_17]

🥲Awesome! Lovely memories to pass down!

[@migaudible6239]

lucky to be born when you were, the golden era, wish I was in my 70's, so I wouldn't be around much longer for all the nonsense.

[@susangarcia9073]

I saw this movie when I was very, little almost 60 years ago!! Thank you for posting this.❤

[@christophernuzzi2780]

Me too! I remember watching it with my mom.

[@ThereseLjunggren-nc5pw]

@@susangarcia9073 wonderful ❤️

[@Jenkinscraftingco2.0]

I didn't realize how far back this movie went. I saw it as a child and I'm in my mid 30s

[@gedaloomhiaka8488]

I find it strange that I never heard of this movie before. I grew up with Snow White, Gulliver 1939, and many classics, but not this one. I love the fact that this movie has many unexpected plot twists and unique story telling. You don’t see many cartoons like that especially in modern times. Many thanks to the host who uploaded this forgotten treasure

[@MrPGC137]

One possible reason why it's little known is because this is the one that finally broke the Fleischer studio. They heavily mortgaged their studio (to Paramount) to finance production of it, and when it flopped at the box-office, Paramount made the rash (and possibly illegal) decision to foreclose on the studio. They basically took possession of the studio & all its cartoons, kicked the Fleischers out & moved _everything_ back to New York. As a result, this movie, obtained during the foreclosure like everything else, was considered something of a hot potato & other than occasional reruns on TV, it kind of faded into oblivion, remembered only by people who saw it or by animation historians.

[@gedaloomhiaka8488]

@@MrPGC137 That’s sad. I truly hope that social media will give this movie the attention it deserves.

[@MrPGC137]

@@gedaloomhiaka8488 In the meantime for more information, the book _The Fleischer Story,_ by Leslie Cabarga, is _highly_ recommended. It was written after extensive interviews with many of the studio artists & other personnel who were then still living. It might be out of print & hard to find, but copies _may_ be available at your local library.

[@lafayettedad]

This brought back so many memories. I haven't seen this in decades and decades, but I remember seeing it when I was a little little boy. And the memories it brought back were not only of the movie itself, those blurry, half-remembered scenes in my mind, songs that I sort of remembered existed somewhere in time, But it also brought back memories of the living room in the house where I grew up, I remembered things about that room that I hadn't remembered in so many years. The way the couch looked and felt; all brown and yellow velvet with green plush pillows, the paintings of seascapes that were on the wall, my brothers and sisters all huddled around in front of the big, brown boxy television set. I saw the room for the first time in decades because of this movie.

[@thegreencat9947]

Don't forget the pole lamp.

[@brotarmarbaniang8360]

At what age sir when you first watch this movie and what age are you now sir.

[@MercidithaBregole]

#&+%@😢_5444==3÷#32×32+3÷÷2135544÷=

[@sandramoy2477]

I am over 60 3:04 'and I have never ever seen this movie so I am going to sit back and watch and with the comments I believe I will enjoy it immensely 😊

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

it's a bee movie

[@MothGirl007]

@@___Anakin.Skywalker 🤣

[@christophernuzzi2780]

I'm 59, and I remember seeing this on TV as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s, along with Fleischer's animated Gulliver's Travels.

[@qm6286]

I'm in my 20's watching this for the first time too. Definitely going to pass this one down to my kids ❤

[@angelarturo1440]

me too.

[@bvillebikelady3651]

Fleischer animation has always been my favorite! I can't believe I've missed this for my entire life; I'm making up for lost time, now!

[@cornbreadthedog]

An absolutely wonderful and insanely brilliant classic animated movie! Iconic, groundbreaking, and way ahead of its time in so many ways! A shame that this movie came out during the start of WW2. Although the film critics loved this movie, it failed really badly at the box office. People were afraid and holding onto their money and/or donating every available cent to the U.S. war fund effort. The Fleischer Studios really needed a huge box office success for this film considering how much money this movie cost to make. Yet, over the many years, Mr. Bug Goes To Town has become a true fan favorite and an unforgettably cool animated classic movie!

[@kimkranker6110]

I remember seeing this several times on TV when I was a child. I thought it was titled "Hoppity Goes to Town." Great cartoon - each frame hand drawn and colored unlike computerized/AI today.

[@MothGirl007]

@@jvgreendarmok Also, "Bugville".

[@jvgreendarmok]

Some prints - including this one! - are titled "Hoppity Goes To Town".

[@jvgreendarmok]

@@MothGirl007 The most uninspiring of the three titles.

[@Jenkinscraftingco2.0]

My VHS copy definitely said "hoppity goes to town" could be one of those things where they change the title based on the country.

[@jamesanthony8438]

I really liked the 3D city in the opening titles. Looked so much better than some of the CGI crap these days.

[@241sail6]

The title is "Hoppity goes to town" I used to watch this on Family classics when I was a kid back in the 60s.

[@zman4242]

"Mr Bug Goes to Town" is the original title. It was changed to "Hoppity goes to Town" when it was rereleased in the late 40s and they kept that title when it was shown on TV in the 50s, which is what this print is from, it's a National Television Association print. I don't think a print with the original title exists any more.

[@hamburgareable]

Im still proud i requested this movie.

[@GryffindorScholar]

They just don’t make them like they used to!

[@veralucianegreiros]

Definitivamente, não.

[@DTM-Books]

Studio Ghibli loved this movie so much that they released it on DVD in Japan on their own label.

[@marieparrott7944]

What a gem to come across on YT today….🥰🥰🥰🥰 my 2 sons when they were little ( now 33 & 36) used to love watching this film….😁😁 Thank you 😊

[@inin-zq5ob]

Oh it's heart warming ❤❤

[@WickedWest512]

I watched this with my granddaughter today. I hope she will remember this day for a long time. ❤

[@Catallano1981]

Im impressed, watched it today for the first time. High quality, loveable characters, nice Story, cute humor and a lot of heart! Thanks for uploading!

[@user-xu8qo7uc7n]

Спасибо за чудесный мультфильм. Мне 68 лет, но я до сих пор люблю мультфильмы😊❤❤❤

[@RustyShackleford-oo9zh]

This is so cute and wholesome. I miss when movies were like this.

[@GryffindorScholar]

Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate the hard work of the editor and animator team for their meticulous attention to detail in animating all the bug characters scrambling up the brick wall as it was being laid in place at 1:12:00! I cannot begin to imagine how much of a logistical nightmare that had to be to edit! This was done in an age before computer rendering! These animators were freaking LEGENDS!!!

[@NanuPintrijel]

Respect from Romania! 🇷🇴

[@ChoyGosu]

I watched this as a child and when I saw it I screamed

[@fromthesidelines]

1944 reissue (under the "Hoppity Goes To Town" title). Reissued for television (and limited theatrical release) by National Telefilm Associates in 1956.

[@user-eo5ik4zh6p]

😂😂😂😂 even their dance to the boss was hilarious 😂

[@KASH10043]

Thanks for that true gem, I really needed that.

[@MothGirl007]

This is actually one of my favorite animated films, and I even have a poster of it up on one of my walls. 🦗🐞🦋🐛🕷🪰🪲🦟🐝🦣🐌

[@oldcrow6990]

I don't remember ever seeing it in almost 66 years... The whole thing is stunning. Very likely the best. Enjoy!

[@adamwebbartistwriterwebb7760]

It brings back an innocent time in cartoon history where everything was drawn by hand

[@EmilCederholm-xc4vs]

​@adamwebbartistwr1ddui😊😊😊😊😊iterwebb7760

[@mrskamran]

It’s the best! ❤

[@Ourladyrules]

Cheers young lady, thats awesome!

[@mikesilva3868]

Awesome 😊

[@max-romano-santo]

¡Por favor: fijar un comentario donde se aclare que el film cuenta con subtítulos a varios idiomas, para que la mayor cantidad de gente pueda disfrutar de esta hermosa y maravillosa película..!!!!

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

For me, all of Fleischer's works are phenomenal.😁

[@edwardhyde-vo8zb]

It's fairly obvious that the Animators from Disney copied a lot of the Fleischer's Techniques. The Fleischer's were the first Animators to experiment with Rotoscoping and 3 Dimensional Backgrounds.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Considering the nature of the business, you will find that animators were a company shifting bunch. A cursory view of titles will show familiar names from company to company. Much to our benefit and theirs.😁

[@jstevinik3261]

@@mybachhertzbaud3074 Oh, yes. I recognize names in the credits, in which these people would move from to studio to studio. Tedd Pierce, co-writer of the movie and the voice of Mr. Beatle wrote and voiced for Looney Tunes before and after. Co-animator Irving Spector allegedly started at Mintz/Columbia/Screen Gems but became a writer and board artist for DePatie-Freezling. De-facto assistant director Shamus Culhane went on to co-animate for Chuck Jones in 1942 before directing for Walter Lantz in 1943-45. Co-writer Cal Howard, who previously did Walter Lantz and Warners Bros., moved to Screen Gems/Columbia and the worst 1960s Lantz and 7-Arts era Looney Tunes.

[@Eltonlaleham]

I would love to have been born in 1941 or even earlier instead of been born in 1969

[@elizabethscott7660]

I have been trying to find this for years but couldn't remember it's name. I'm happy now.

[@bobbiesworld5192]

That was a good cartoon movie they don't make them like that anymore good clean fun the whole family can enjoy together I loved watching it

[@edwardhyde-vo8zb]

From the Same Team that bought you Popeye, Betty Boop, Superman, and Gulliver's Travels.

[@kaydee4296]

Absolutely FANTASTIC!🐜🐌🐝🕸🌸💟

[@cchawk6280]

Love this! The animation is all hand done. Fantastic!

[@TAQWA217]

I'm very young and I don't remember it, but I watch it nonetheless and feel nostalgic for those days that I didn't even live

[@doncorleone13]

Nice film Saturday movie night ❤

[@jacobe2995]

it's probably just me but for some reason this has All Dogs Go to Heaven vibes.

[@pinecone1321]

Swat the fly and Smack the mosquito.... adorable friends.

[@annakuleczkowska7263]

Mi teraz niekture spułczesne bajki niepodobaja te stare były Super 👍 📺 fajnie się ogladało👍👏🙏💪📻📺🗺️🌍🦅💯💯🦅🇵🇱❤️🇺🇲.

[@carolinemateo6399]

Me encanta éste tipo de películas ❤Gracias por subirla

[@mynameisworld]

The closed captioning looks like it's been put through Google Translate a few times.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Watching it on a Roku TV and had to shut off the closed captioning because nothing was matching up with the dialogue. =)

[@user-cn2ny1zz4h]

Eso si es el verdadero Dibujo animado y divertido,tengo 56 años y me gustan y los veo todavía

[@yamilethreyes1095]

me sale en inglés

[@juanhumbertoleonespinoza]

Beautiful cartoon movie by Paramount picture made by dave fleischer, one of the fleisher brothers. Wonderful

[@cocofeis8942]

La vi de muy niño, solo una vez ,no la vi programada nuevamente en ningún cine de colonia o barrio, hojala venga traducida o subtitulada 😀👍

[@KTChamberlain]

This was basically A Bug's Life long before Pixar even released A Bug's Life in 1998, not in terms of plot, but in terms of basic premise. Hell, Brave Little Toaster (1987) was a lot like Toy Story before Pixar released Toy Story, again, not in terms of plot, but in terms of general premise.

[@marvinalexandergarcia2821]

Muchas gracias por subir esta película. Es muy buen, y hace tiempo que no la veía en youtube. 🙂🙂🙂 Magia de los hermanos Fleischer ❤

[@yamilethreyes1095]

a mi me sale en ingles

[@marvinalexandergarcia2821]

@@yamilethreyes1095 Esta película nunca tuvo doblaje. Fue un gran fracaso en estados unidos, y aun al día de hoy es poco conocida.

[@yamilethreyes1095]

Esque me llamo la atención . No sé .. dije se ve bonita voy a verla, la descargue y nada.. puro ingles

[@marvinalexandergarcia2821]

@@yamilethreyes1095 jaja si, así pasa. Solo se puede ver en KZbin, por los subtítulos automáticos. Aun así es muy disfrutable.

[@theALTF4]

@@yamilethreyes1095 pssst! elo uploader subio subtitulos en ESPAÑOL! buscalos en opciones (el engranaje) y subtitulos 😉

[@TheHighlanderX]

Thank you 🥤🍿

[@thomasewing2656]

I love the Fleischer brothers! The music is good, too! Classic animation.

[@ihsanwitwit911]

❤شكرا للناشر ولتحسين الفلم والالوان الفلم رائع جدا ❤❤❤

[@user-gz2sn3yk6n]

So very nice to see this again, especially in such a nice, pristine print! With the original main titles!

[@Juzimagooz]

Damn, this was out in 41???? How come I've never seen or heard of it before. It's very well done! Same quality as early disney, reminds me of Snow White with the mocap. Lovely work.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

😂 12:32 Gotta love the translation.

[@terriaustill2211]

Excellent great commercial too!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Awesome and amazing

[@nikolaasdigi]

Amazing ❤❤❤

[@Lazy1Lou]

Great movie!

[@user-xo5jt7tn7k]

素晴らしいですね　これぞアニメーション!

[@thegreencat9947]

Very much like Hayao Miyazaki.

[@user-xo5jt7tn7k]

@@thegreencat9947 I appreciate your comment! Hayao Miyazaki is a fan of this movie.

[@thegreencat9947]

@@user-xo5jt7tn7k Really? The art of animation has always enchanted me. Thank you for telling me this very interesting fact.

[@nancyvargas3689]

lovely

[@nicolecushnie-day1293]

It was my first time watching this classic, and i must say it was worth it ❤! Thanks for the upload

[@aidanbarnes4290]

this must've been the inspiration for Blossom in the movie IF

[@adolfinafajardo8497]

GRACIAS POR HACERNOS RECORDAR NUESTRA NIÑEZ.. ME ENCANTA ESTE TIPO DE CARICATURAS.. SOY DE LA TERCERA EDAD.. YO LAS MIRABA CON MIS HIJOS.. .A LOS NIÑOS DE ESTA ÉPOCA.. NO LES LLAMA LA ATENCIÓN... DICEN QUE SE ABURREN.. GRACIAS.. A LAS PERSONAS QUE HACEN POSIBLE QUE UNO LAS VUELVA A RECORDAR....👍👍✌️✌️🤗🤗👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@TheMrSugar]

It's a pretty charming little movie, and VERY Well-Animated! Too bad it also served as a swan song for a legendary animation studio, Fleischer studios, before Paramount bought them out and turned it into Famous Studios.

[@Music-is-my-life-2002]

This was posted on my birthday 🎂 happy late birthday to me, a new movie and it’s about bugs 🐛 I’m excited , just turned 22 and never will stop loving animation

[@dimasgomesnovo2316]

Now we have tecnology, but cartoons like this have art and soul. I prefer the olds (from Brasil)

[@loszhor]

I haven't seen this in years!

[@user-rb9rx9vo9k]

لقد بحثت كثيرا عن هذا الفلم كنت اشاهده في برنامج سينما الاطفال وانا صغيره شكرا

[@user-qg8qg2sp7i]

Loving this movie already ❤

[@buschovski1]

Omg Hoppity!!! I love this! What a great film

[@ThereseLjunggren-nc5pw]

Beautiful thank you ❤

[@SS-gh6jy]

Thank you for uploading this ❤

[@debralerner8298]

loved this movie read the book yes there was a book that came with the movie!!!! always looked for it on tv saw it latter and fell in love with it still looking for the dvd i dont know if the book still exists thank you for the posting🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂!!!!!!!!!

[@PqV72MT4]

What a gorgeous movie. Hand drawn animation is far superior than the horrible cg and ai of today.

[@BrandonKohout]

Swat the Fly, Smack the Mosquito, and C. Bagley Beetle are nothing but trouble.

[@Allfather_of_all_living_things]

That goes without saying anything. Quite frankly: C. Bagley Beetle is nothing more than that of a second rate annoyance to as lowly as a third rate needy pathetic little miser among bug types who’s hellishly starved for attention and admiration in order to compensate for living richly but all alone with swat the fly and smack the mosquito as his dimwitted, mindless, sycophantic, highly incompetent, but lovable henchmen, no matter how much they mean well at times. As for swat and smack, they’re not exactly any better themselves despite only really carrying out C. Bagley Beetle’s orders and doing his dirty work only to be treated no better than how he wishes to treat much less do harm onto that of his arch rival in love for the affections of the lovely Honey the honeybee who’s also the story’s main character: Hoppity the grasshopper

[@cristinamurgului5487]

Cel mai frumos film 💐 . Cele mai frumoase desene animate 💐 . Mulțumiri 💐. Mulțumesc pentru traducere în limba română 🙏

[@djgizmoe]

Tom Hatten used to play this on the Family Film Festival on Channel 5 KTLA in Los Angeles. It's a cartoon that has a very interesting history, if you care to Google more.

[@thegreencat9947]

Oh Yes. When I saw this pop up ...I thought of Tom Hatten immediately. .

[@frezzyparker1591]

Thank You!!

[@alexcarter8807]

The artwork in this is utterly fantastic!

[@Mgh-r]

❤❤❤❤

[@anakrivak6739]

This is WONDERFUL! BEAUTIFUL! ADORABLE! 😊💜

[@garliclasagna]

this was beautiful thank you!

[@kallejahrollins4668]

its my first time watching this..i just love it. can we bring back innocent cartoons

[@TheTomvaliente]

Back then, animation was an art form. Everything was done by hand and came out wonderfully. And there was a really good storyline to go with it. CGI animation doesn't even hold a candle to this!

[@GreenGrow-ck3pg]

Whoever is 93 in a elder home is like, 'I remember seeing this when I was Ten''

[@marihinojosa7509]

I remember this as a kid I love it so much. I had my son buy me the movie.

[@user-nf6tl2gz2d]

Thank you for presenting this great animated movie. This along with Gulliver's Travels, are my favorite animated movies. I wish they would release a restored version of this movie on Blu ray. I have always owned this movie on various physical media but this version seems to be very good quality. Thanks again

[@user-dt7su5tb6i]

Mulțumesc frumos pentru aceste desene,îmi amintește de copilărie. Am 38 de ani dar ma uit și acum la desene animate 😅😊😊

[@evancredeur7498]

I think the closed captions got mixed up.

[@matthewhahn1132]

Years later before a bug’s life

[@kristineholcroft9163]

Loved the classic old cartoon movies watched when i was a little girl still love them thank you for sharing

[@tomokochan9128]

Muito bom do início ao fim

[@Flics-ig4qv]

Everything is right about this beautiful movie!!

[@Sweety-]

💙💙💙

[@linneab8317]

It's been ages since I've seen this one. I always watched this, Gulliver's Travels and any Mr. Magoo's animated classics.

[@cocofeis8942]

MIL GRACIAS 😊 POR ESTE VIAJE EN EL TIEMPO 👏👏👏👏👌

[@IAMREUA]

Those where the Good Days !!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Much Appreciated !!!

[@thomasbaron5367]

Oh my god, I haven't seen this since I was a little me 😃 Maybe 6 or 7? Core memory unlocked!

[@1208bug]

Wonderful!

[@justanotherfaceinthecrowd8573]

Thank you for the film. 🎥

[@Jenkinscraftingco2.0]

I remember having this movie on VHS long long time ago. so nostalgic

[@fernandamendoza925]

It is the first time I seen this and is wonderful! I wish someone could do something like this nowadays, but I ask too much

[@robsoncunha576]

Uma volta ao tempo assisti essa película quando tinha meus dez anos, hoje tenho 67 quantas saudades ❤