Mr Custer

Mr. Custer is a comical song about a soldier's plea to General Custer before the climactic Battle of the Little Bighorn against the Sioux, to allow him to stay behind, because he had a bad dream about the battle.
Channa Mation brings to life this soldier in this amusing cartoon to entertain and please young and old alike.

[@toddpowell7231]

sadly....i am old enough to remember hearing this on the radio

[@channamation]

As am l. I believe l still have the 45.

[@fredfear7107]

Me too.

[@dannymcdaniel1652]

I remember it well I'm 71

[@channamation]

@@dannymcdaniel1652 I am 63 years old and l still sing it. I even accompany myself on my ukulele while l sing.

[@melvance7281]

Me too

[@azcowgal5837]

Gladly, I can still remember hearing this on the radio. 🎉

[@michealsullivan4205]

I haven't heard this song for decades .😉 Thanks.

[@channamation]

You are most welcome.

[@papatutti59]

I’m 64 and this is the first time hearing this song. And I love listening to 50’ 60’s 70’s and 80’s music.

[@sugaronmychurro]

Ole Larry Verne has some hilarious hits back in the day.

[@55Quirll]

I’m 68 and I haven’t heard this much compared to Star Trekking

[@Damoinion]

I'm a 61yr old Kiwi, a full on metalhead and I know this song!

[@gransatitagain4223]

Me too!! 😝

[@romad357]

I saw Larry Verne perform this on American Bandstand on TV in 1960! It reached #1 on the charts.

[@channamation]

That is wonderful. Is that the same l have seen on KZbin? I was wondering what show it was from. He must have been a riot. I love his facial expressions as he sings the song.

[@marksprague1280]

You're old enough to remember the joke about Custer being well dressed, wearing an Arrow shirt.

[@channamation]

This fellow was my creation. I was inspired by Larry Verne and used s lot of own ideas to create the video.

[@brianthomas2434]

There's a website that features every Billboard Number One starting in 1958. I can't access them in chronological order being an elderly Luddite. When I read the entry for this song, the chronicler spent a great deal of time calling it racist. I personally think the target is Custer's hubris and failure.

[@thechiclets56]

I'm 70. Yeah, I remember this. Mt Dad had a record player and this record, along with "Running Bear" were two we wore the grooves off of, we played them so often.

[@channamation]

I wore the grooves off my 45 of this record. I bet you have fond memories, as do l.

[@Khristopher-f9i]

Damn brother it's been like 40 years since I heard the song and I have no reason or how the f****** popped up on my thing y'all stay safe brother

[@55Quirll]

I remember Running Bear more than this

[@billsummy2412]

Wonderful memories as a kid with a Sears pocket transistor radio ... Thank you

[@channamation]

I remember those radios too. :)

[@ChristopherORourke-s7g]

My late parents hated the song MR.Custer. Today it would not be recorded and played on the radio because it’s offensive. George Custer was a stupid idiot who disobeyed his superiors that told him to set camp up 20 miles from where the Sioux village was and wait for other troops & supplies to arrive. But Custer didn’t listen. Sitting Bull is a great American, so is Crazy Horse another great American.

[@williambessey6614]

It's just a song man chill 🤔🤗

[@That_50s_Guy]

I feel like this song hit a nerve

[@PurpleFury2375]

​@williambessey6614 He never said anything about it being more than a song. But he's right. The song couldn't be made today. And every word about how Custer was was indeed accurate.

[@chrisshaw7235]

I had forgotten this song but I do remember it now.

[@channamation]

I love this song. One of my all time favorites to sing.

[@ronniemontoya2152]

I remember this song when I was little. I am Native and Spanish American. My family owned a trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. The calvary would rest there. Horses would be in the coral. I grew up bringing water from the river, and I am 66 years old. I have lots of stories. But the song brought memories.

[@randalbuhler9042]

What a wonderful time machine 💥👍😜✌️🤟💯‼️

[@jayturner3397]

Comedian called Charlie Drake had a hit in '60s with it here uk 🇬🇧 England

[@colingibson3921]

Personally I think Charlie's was the better version. !!

[@jayturner3397]

@@colingibson3921 yep 😆 🤣

[@dianedesavoy8103]

Another of our favorites!!!!! Awesome!

[@channamation]

Thank you :)

[@yoyokum1483]

Custer should have listened...

[@peggydecker8327]

Gosh I haven't heard this since I was a kid. They use to play it all the time. Oh, I'm 75 now.

[@channamation]

It is an Oldie but a goodie.

[@stephenswistchew7720]

Clusters last words were can’t understand it these guys were all singing and dancing last night 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

Priceless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GaryAa56]

I just turned 68, I too remember this song.

[@channamation]

It is a fun song.

[@okiefred8399]

I remember it. Was one of my favorite songs. Always glad when it came on the radio

[@channamation]

This is of my favorites too.

[@realfunny7]

74 & still remember this

[@P-M-869]

Back in the '60s my brother and I worked at making this into a parity. Please Mr. Johnson.

[@channamation]

It is a fun song. Larry Verne made a follow-up to this song, but it was not as successful. I am glad you enjoyed the video. In the future, l will animating more novelty songs.

[@mariaroberts9208]

I used to listen to this song in the 70s it was in my brother-in-law's album collection

[@jimswonger8111]

I had this on a record from K-tel. Along with other classics…

[@richardwhitten531]

Im 55 first time hearing this song.

[@terereynolds698]

I remember hearing this song when I was a little girl, it made me laugh because of his voice, I’m actually Native American and Scottish, Native mom Scottish dad.

[@channamation]

I too laugh when l hear it. I made this video to bring a smile to people's faces. I have many Native American friends and the up most respect for them.

[@mikeellis623]

I remember this. Also the Mr. Nixon version also.

[@ClassRoutinesRENEEsFunClips]

love your great cartoon to this great old song ,,,,,,,,,,,,greetings Renee

[@channamation]

Thank you.

[@yragtgov]

Me too.... way back in the day!

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 👏👏 having fun & laughing at ourselves ! 😎👍😎👍😎👍

[@channamation]

I am glad. We made this video to put a smile people's faces. We are serious about not being serious. We want to make videos for the shear enjoyment of creating them and sharing them with the community.

[@PaulTillson]

Nothing sad about being old we can always look back on great times and music not like the crap they got now. We were the lucky ones

[@channamation]

I agree 100% with that.

[@gransatitagain4223]

Sounds like Joe Walsh!!

[@baskervillebee6097]

Considering that war heroes too often became1900 century presidents, we should probably thank the Lakoda Sioux.

[@dapdne4916]

Well Done! One of my favorite novelty songs, which I love!😂😂

[@channamation]

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@secularsunshine9036]

Did you know that Custer got knitting needles shoved into his ears?

[@channamation]

I did not know this. Who shoved them in his ears?

[@papatutti59]

@@channamationI remember watching a tv documentary and the natives did indeed shove needles into his ears. The reason was so that in the afterlife, he could hear better.

[@raymondjjohnsonjr363]

I have an OLD 45rmp record of this, i got my hands on it about 1966

[@channamation]

I think l still have mine.

[@raymondjjohnsonjr363]

@@channamation I think the first version was better

[@channamation]

@@raymondjjohnsonjr363 Who performed the original?

[@raymondjjohnsonjr363]

@@channamation Larry Verne, 1960

[@marshabevis3768]

So fun. I learned this when I was little.

[@kevintraeger6816]

We had a TV show called The Leo Greaco Show from Mason City, Ia. Old guy sang it on there hrs had no teeth I remember.

[@CurtisBolen]

This was so cute!

[@channamation]

Thank you.

[@GorillaCrewWarGaming]

HA! I remember this on the radio back in the 70s!

[@jeannadriver9552]

I have not heard this in DECADES! I seem to recall a comedy bit from the late George Carlin: "Cap'n Custer, this is Cap'n Sitting Bull. Cap'n Sitting Bull, this is Cap'n Custer. Now we..." Don't recall all of it, but I think somewhere in there the words, "Fire at will!", but Will ducked...

[@channamation]

I vaguely remeber that. Funny thing is, the main characters name is Will Conway. I created him as a sidekick to my other character, Bert Bagley. They were influenced by Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello with my own comical ideas. I could not resist making this video. I am glad you liked it.

[@jerrydrouillard]

I remember Bill Cosby doing a comedy skit with a football style coin toss”Captain Custer Captain Sitting Bull says you have to sit right here while all the Indians in the world ride right down on top of you.”

[@jeannadriver9552]

@@jerrydrouillard Ah HA!! I remembered the bit, but forgot who did it! Thanks for correcting me! 😄😄

[@eddiekimp7632]

I remember this 68 on the radio, laughed my ass off !!!!!

[@JackAmberson]

It's been years Since I have heard this one

[@stevenweaver3386]

First heard on my Japanese 3 transistor radio

[@davidhewitt6868]

I think the Charlie Drake version

[@Magravated]

Nice job, but it didn't happen in the Southwest. It was in Montana where the landscape is quite different from Arizona and New Mexico where you can find saguaros and other desert plants.

[@channamation]

I worked with the props available to me. I just threw this together for fun not to historically accurate

[@judyjurek9334]

Is this the original artist? We knew this word for word years ago but my memory seems that this is slightly different from what I remember. Still love it!

[@channamation]

This is a karaoke version of the song with lead vocal in the style of Larry Verne. I use karaoke versions this way l don't get a strike from KZbin and lose my account.

[@melvance7281]

Was meant to be funny. Then i joined the army and saw just how stupid the officers really were......

[@channamation]

I heard form my dad and uncle that served in WW2 just how dumb officers were.

[@williambessey6614]

Oh man I remember listening to this with my cousin back in the 70s how frickin cool man those were good times 👍👍👍👍

[@channamation]

I quite agree. I listened to this song the first time back in the early 1960's. Great times for me.

[@RichardVanMeter-j5x]

George Armstrong Custer was also the spokesman for a famous American shirt manufacturer Arrow Shirts

[@raymooney6506]

Way to go Johnny Horton let's go north to Alaska

[@rf7869]

There is a new Custer in town and he is armed with VIRTUE. sorta like the olde one.

[@KatrinaButler-r6h]

I remember the Charlie Drake version great

[@6omega2]

I love this, except for one thing. The Little Bighorn is in MONTANA. It's not a state that is particularly known for saguaro cactus. LOL!

[@channamation]

I had a limited amount of props to work with. I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@channamation]

Right now l am working on "Hello Mudda, Hello Fudda (a letter from camp).

[@davidlee4446]

Little Big Horn is in South Dakota

[@channamation]

@@davidlee4446 My original idea was to have my character singing on a stage the way Larry Verne did, but l decided to use the native American set from a western package my friend created. If l were more comfortable with green screening when l made this video, l could have used the actual location of The Little Horn as a backdrop. I hope the set does not take away from your enjoyment of the video. My future videos will be done with both sets and green screen. Take care and be well.

[@PlanetEarth3141]

​@@davidlee4446 You're a troglodyte with that brain.😊

[@wjhjr1415]

LOL! Me too! And I bet you are younger than I. 1951.

[@channamation]

You got that right. I was born the same year this song was released. My guess is my parents bought it for my sister or brother. I am the baby of the family.

[@JackAmberson]

I'm not far behind. You August of 52.

[@oldmanjoe6808]

What could be as despairing as a baffoon of a military leader sending himself and his men to death because of his ego?

[@roberthoover5235]

Today's generation doesn't even know who Custer is.

[@channamation]

Sad, but that is so very true.

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

Every kid in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakota 's sure as hell know who he was.

[@colorider903]

My son knows who he is. I made sure of that!!!

[@daviddixon9458]

Very few people know of Custer's brother, who was twice awarded the Medal of Honour.

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

@@daviddixon9458 2 brothers died with him and a brother in law baby brother Boston Custer was a reporter traveling with the 7th and John Calhoun was his brother in law. It appears Tom was a somewhat better human than G.A.C. Our local library has over 400 Custer related books. The battlefield is only 15 minutes away

[@David-yw2lv]

They ought to be on horses,that was what cavalry meant.

[@channamation]

I thought of that but the horses that l have are too stiff. Only the legs move. Also, l could not have the character move the way l wanted.

[@teresaeisenmenger105]

What Memories!!!!! ❤

[@channamation]

I am glad this video brought back memories. It pleases me to know with my art, l can make people happy.

[@DavidWilliams-tr1yx]

I’m 58 an my uncle had this on a 8 track , always made me laugh

[@danielking2944]

I’m 71 years old and remember the song well. No one ever told me it was supposed to be funny. Even as a child I thought it was a very sad story about the faceless victims of political ambition. Little Big Man was there and confirmed my suspicions. If you go see the beautiful country around Ft Davis in southwest Texas,then think of the long trip to Little Big Horn,you might think of the profound arrogance,ego,racism, and stupidity that still drives international politics. All that effort and sacrifice just to massage the ego of some politician.

[@davidgun6826]

I believe that Sheb Wooly was the original artist who recorded this

[@terryclouse6390]

I've not heard that song in a long time

[@ScottThomas-t7o]

Great

[@channamation]

Thank you

[@kevincain2697]

So funny 👍😁

[@RichardVanMeter-j5x]

Contrary to public belief George Armstrong Custer did not perish at the Battle of Little bighorn in fact he was still alive today he was recently seen at Utah at Arrowfest

[@PurpleFury2375]

That would imply he is immortal. Kinda stupid. He died, don't try to make up history lol

[@johng1216]

Custer turned round to an Indian scout and said, "We are surrounded by 20,000 Soux," the Indian scout replied. "We, white man"

[@richardhickson6712]

The first time I heard this I thought it was someone making up excuses not to eat their custard😊

[@channamation]

I did too.

[@Patrick-ow5um]

COOL, but they never said WHERE

[@Patrick-ow5um]

Montana or URANUS

[@MyFathersSon-e4w]

I'm ten years old again!

[@daytonlebar8224]

I remember this song my dad used to sing it, 😅

[@slyveahodahmn1262]

This song is so funny. It was recorded back when people recognized real comedy and no one was offended 😅

[@channamation]

I agree. Sadly, too many people today get easily offended and cannot enjoy a type of comedy we had years ago. I miss those days.

[@katiebird53]

Wow I remembered most of the words age 71 sounds like Slim Pickens singing to me

[@channamation]

I loved this song ever since l wss a kid. I loved the novelty records they had many years ago.

[@stevenelmore7773]

Been a very long time since I heard this song

[@windypup8845]

I prefer Charlie Drake's version.

[@richardbugg6206]

Sadly myself included

[@patriciaadams-rl4iz]

I thought this was cute!!!!

[@channamation]

Thank you.

[@jazzguitarconti]

Are you available for hire to create Muvizu animations?

[@channamation]

I am available. I have successfully animated movies for two musicians.

[@jazzguitarconti]

@@channamation Great, do you have an email address where I can contact you?

[@channamation]

@@jazzguitarconti [e-mail]

[@beachcomber1able]

I prefer the Charlie Drake version.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

They are all wearing Colonel’s uniforms. (Double breasted, equally-spaced buttons.)

[@channamation]

I got the uniforms from a civil war pack a person made. Larry Verne simply wore a cowboy hat. It is not to taken seriously.

[@roberthand6436]

🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤

[@garyevans5605]

I had the 45

[@channamation]

Me to.

[@beckymacmurray9898]

😊😂❤❤

[@cathyhouston]

7th Calvery?

[@AWayOfLiving84]

👣🌏🕵🏻‍♂️♻️☯️

[@michaelarrowood4315]

Dumbest video I've watched in my life so far... but I'm still exploring KZbin, so who knows? Please, may I have my 3:32 minutes back, Channa Mation?

[@JeffFrederick-ty5ip]

How wildly racist

[@azcowgal5837]

Gladly, I can still remember hearing this on the radio. 🎉