David Copperfield (Musical Hell Review #94)

[@IAmNotAWoodenDuck]

So the Victorian factory got turned into a Victorian orphanage. Great! I'm sure there are no Dickens stories about how awful Victorian orphanages were or anything.

[@elsie8757]

I know, right? Seems like a lateral move to me

[@ImaNerdANDaGeek]

It's a prequel.

[@johnvinals7423]

Phillip “Oliver Twist” was partially set in a workhouse, not an orphanage.

[@rogue7723]

Maybe the studio was thinking that if the movie was a big enough hit, they could make an _Oliver Twist_ movie in the same universe.

[@lillianward2810]

Or they could move to a boarding school and do a Nicholas Nickleby.

[@16Nire61]

Should we inform Diva that there's also a musical adaptation of Tom Sawyer with anthropomorphic animals?

[@Juuchan17]

At least that one is more entertaining, not as boring as this furry fiasco (though Tom Sawyer has its own set of issues).

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Then there's the live-action movie musical with a score by the Sherman Brothers.

[@jimmywallace6452]

Or A Christmas Carol with anthropomorphic animals. Scrooge is a skunk and the gist of Christmas present is an Australian Kangaroo and Marley is like a Cricket (which makes no sense to me)

[@colleen4ever]

@@jenniferschillig3768 I saw that, it was pretty good.

[@juliagoodwin3461]

I vaguely remember there being a cartoon with anthro animals based on Oliver Twist when I was a kid... I might be the only one who remembers that one though.

[@EagleTimberWolf]

In addition to singing an underhandedly creepy song for his mother, he also wound up falling for a girl whose character model is literally just a slightly altered version of his mother's but with added hair and different clothing XD I'm not even going to bother making a "Sweet Home Alabama" joke here because they practically handed it over on a silver platter

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Well...that's not TOO far off the original. David falls in love with Dora Spenlow (who is Lady Not Appearing In This Musical) because she's so much like his mother--pretty, flighty, and extremely childish. Actually, both childISH and childLIKE. After he marries her, although he continues to love her, he realizes she's just not cut out for the realities of marriage or domestic life. She conveniently dies off, leaving him to marry the perfect Victorian angel-in-the-house Agnes.

[@astaraelsget]

Well, "there's nothing like a Family Christmas", after all...

[@hecatejones4038]

Has Dark Simpsons flashbacks.

[@cartooncritique6625]

How very Freudian. ^^

[@Rtotalmagic]

@@jenniferschillig3768 In the recent film with Dev Patel, Dora and the mother were played by the same Actress, and Dora's death was replaced by her more-or-less telling David to choose Agnes instead...

[@Rpartin93]

Today I realized that David Copperfield had Charles Dickens’s initials only backward. Can’t believe it took me this long to figure it out.

[@trinaq]

I know, it's quite enlightening, especially as it's basically a retelling of Dicken's life. 💗

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@trinaq Pretty sure that "Great Expectations" is considered the more autobiographical of Dickens life, even though "David Copperfield" is the more popular pick. Like how everyone thinks "Children Will Listen" is Sondheim working out his issues with his mother, even though Sondheim himself has said, "Opening Doors is the most based on my life."

[@alexjewett7455]

Don't feel bad. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out.

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

... Seriously?

[@darkninjafirefox]

Darles Chickens

[@juliagoodwin3461]

Am I the only one who can’t hear the name David Copperfield without thinking of the magician?

[@timothymclean]

Since this is the first I've heard of the movie, I assumed it was a biographical musical. Until I saw the animated cats.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Yeah, I thought this was related to the guy when I saw the title.

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

I was literally just thinking that. I was like “There’s a musical based on David Copperfield? The magic guy?” Way to get my hopes up for a Cris Angel musical that will probably never happen.

[@sonic23233]

No your not the only one

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

As a 90s kid who always caught any David Copperfield magic specials that aired on TV, and has known about the Charles Dickens book for years... I *still* get confused when I hear someone talk about David Copperfield anything because I immediately think that they're going to talk about the magician.

[@ravenclawesome9093]

So let me get this straight, An orphaned teenage boy befriends the rich daughter of one of the most powerful rulers in the town, and is constantly pursued by a villain who loves cheese. Box Trolls, anyone?

[@Wolf10media]

Damn son.

[@rogue7723]

I was thinking this movie is a rip-off of _Oliver & Company_ and _The Aristocats._ The MC even kinda looks like a more anthropomorphized version of Oliver more that I look at him.

[@kieranstark7213]

Except The Boxtrolls came a couple decades after David Copperfield.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

All I can think of is that Krusty the Clown meme: ".....What the hell was that?!"

[@Alue14]

The only thing that I have always wondered about this movie, is that when David comes to the factory, that he's basically bottomless for the entire movie! I know that it is to signal that he's being held by the bad guy, but... Does that need to involve the mental image that he's basically walking around London with his junk out?!

[@MusicalHell]

This is one of those movies that really doesn't have any rules for anthropomorphic animal clothing.

[@Wolf10media]

Before that he was topless with pants on. Don't know why that was a bad thing. Though I question the one cat that has nothing but an apron on.

[@kieranstark7213]

Musical Hell 1:33-1:34 Or in other words, “misandry.” Seriously, sexism is 🤮.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

I grew up on a farm. Pantsless anthropomorphic animals in animated movies confused the hell out of me as a little kid. How do they pee? And with _what_ ? It made no sense!

[@thewitchysquid4077]

"If they touch you you become one too," So, like the cheese touch?

[@Jaceblue04]

Damn it, you beat me to it.

[@fc43]

*STOP!* Good god, man! You almost got the Cheese Touch!

[@annaolson4828]

So, long story: My mom used to work at an independent sewing store that had a little kids area with toys, books, a TV and VHS tapes, etc. This was one of the VHS options they had. I don't think my siblings and I ever watched it. Thanks for letting me know what we would have seen.

[@grodriguez7225]

Diva: Let’s examine the case of David Copperfield The Musical. Me: must we?‼️

[@grodriguez7225]

It’s ironic how this is longer than the novel. And to think I usually enjoy classic novels‼️

[@HEDGE1011]

She’s evil, remember?

[@grodriguez7225]

@@HEDGE1011 I think Diva is more a moral than evil

[@Fwufikins]

4:55 I know it's silly to bring up, but the "Tragic Victorian Illness Cough" trope actually does have a pretty good explanation: Tuberculosis. TB symptoms tend to include: coughing (often with blood), fatigue, fever, night sweats, and even wasting of muscles; all common in "mysterious movie cough". It may seem contrived now but for a long time TB was a widespread cause of death, so it's not unusual for it to be included in a lot of stories at the time. Even though now TB is easily treatable and much less common, it was such an integral part of life for a long time that the trope stuck.

[@colleen4ever]

Ah yes, TB. The Covid-19 of the Victorian Age.

[@HystericalWoman]

Musical Hell: Davie decides if he's never going to escape... Davie: *grabs rope* Me: o_O

[@billuraral1870]

Dude, I thought the same thing!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Diva, you’ve kept me sane and entertained through this bitch of a pandemic. Thank you.

[@kieranstark7213]

Me too, Diva. As bad as the 2010s was, it looks nostalgic compared to 2020.

[@colleen4ever]

@@kieranstark7213 Well, keep in mind we didn;t have Gov Cuomo or Murphy and Mayor DeBlazio back then!

[@kaitlynlehman7414]

Same here..her roasting bad musical makes me smiles

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

If David and Mealy could freely wander around the streets singing, what the heck was preventing them from just running away in the first place?

[@cyberwolf_1013]

My guess is if they missed a work shift the cheese vulture would be sent after them.

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

@@cyberwolf_1013 I never in my life imagined myself reading a sentence with "cheese vulture" and it making sense somehow, lol

[@l.francesca4780]

YOU'RE KIDDING! I saw this pop up in my feed and I almost died. I thought everyone forgot about this except me. I loved this as a kid and the whole movie, not just the cheese zombies, is so cheesy. If you watched it as a kid, chances are you still like it in a embarrassed but nostalgic way. If you never saw it before, don't. I can confirm it's not worth giving this movie brain-space. It's kind of that so bad it's good stuff. I swear to god if I see "The Magic Voyage" on the itinerary, then I know Musical Hell is scraping the bottom of the barrel and dredging my childhood for all the crappy movies. XD Spot on with the damn robin too, it's never clear if the bird qualifies as a person or an incredibly intelligent pet and frankly that's one of the more unnerving things in the movie. Thank you Diva. This was a great watch!

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

Wow, we're of the same mind. I saw this movie as a kid and it's been a Christmas staple for me ever since, but I really can't recommend it to others.

[@MediaLover194]

"Fun" Fact: Al Kirsha and Joel Hirschhorn who did these songs, also wrote the songs for a Broadway adaptation of the book called Copperfield in 1981

[@antonspivack3928]

But this isn't an adapation of the musical, nor does it have the same songs, right?

[@jenniferschillig3768]

They're the ones who did the score for Pete's Dragon, right? And the theme songs for The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno?

[@ashkitt7719]

Also David Copperfield's voice actor can actually sing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6O1Xqmnq92CpM0 Probably helps that his father is John Lennon. And no DNA test is needed to know that he's got Lennon genes.

[@MediaLover194]

@@antonspivack3928 According to Wikipedia, yes.

[@MediaLover194]

@@jenniferschillig3768 yes

[@Elementa2006]

7:47 Murdstone: There's no reason we can't control the WOOOORLD.... Me: Wait, did he say they plan to the control the world? I thought this was a Charles Dickens adaptation not a... Murdstone:... cheese market. Me: Oh, he just wants to control the world's cheese market...... Wait... What? This plot isn't any better!

[@fermintenava5911]

Makes you actually miss Murdstone when he was openly calling himself a tyrant -.-

[@aacsmiles]

Anyone else half-expect David Cat-erfield to break into "Not While I'm Around" in the beginning?

[@xxkewldudexx]

No, because that's actually a good song.

[@harrietamidala1691]

Demons will charm you a smile. For a while. But in time nothing can harm yo. Not while I'm around.

[@cutiepuppy4427]

I was expecting a "Where Is Love?"

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

All I have to say is, poor Cam Clarke. For all the awesome roles he's done as a voice actor over the years (Leonardo from the '87 TMNT, Kaneda from Akira, Liquid Snake from Metal Gear Solid, Skye from Jade Empire), he's had to do a lot of crap too (this movie, a lot of the Golden Films Disney rip-offs like the singing voice of the Hunchback in Golden Films' Hunchback of Notre Dame, Freddy the Ferret from Barnyard). Nothing but respect for VAs.

[@FM-cp6kc]

Hey, on the bright side, he was getting paid.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

Also he was Adam/He-Man in the 2002 cartoon! BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!!

[@daliborjovanovic510]

Cam Clark wasn't in this. Besides the celebrities voicing the main characters, all the voice actors are Canadian.

[@tobyspring6171]

I think you’re thinking of the Goldenfilms Hunchback of Notre Dame review Diva did earlier. Cam Clarke must have voiced every male character in that. Which makes his show of range the only genuinely impressive thing in that film.

[@FM-cp6kc]

Also Eddie Eagle, gun safety mascot

[@Eviltwin531]

Cheese zombies. This movie had freakin' cheese zombies and somehow still managed to be that dull. That's right up there with winning the lottery and being broke again within a year on the impressive screw-up scale.

[@Rtotalmagic]

Even Bleak Expectations couldn't come up with something that nutty, and it's a show with one actor voices a large dynasty of (usually villainous) characters who die in strange ways in pretty much every episode...

[@clothcrazedmomemily4743]

Ok this scene lived rent free for years and I thought it was a fever dream when I was a kid.

[@yogibear8683]

I honesty can't belive I actually remember watching this awhile back as a kid!

[@Wolf10media]

I can't believed I liked it as a kid. Fortunately I had the book. Yes I asked why aren't the Copperfields cats and Myrdstone a lion or Peggity a mole. But I soon got over that and realized what the movie had done. The book was an enjoyable read.

[@pompe221]

I remember this too! Well, I remember the moldies anyway. Apparently cheese zombies were the only thing that made an impression on me.

[@jokergirl129]

I actually used to have the VHS tape for this movie.

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

I remember that movie! Or rather, I remember that one bit at the end where the "Moldies" turns out to be peopld covered in cheese and the sunlight cures them. That was a striking image as a kid. The rest I completly forgot. I didn't even remember it was a musical! Thanks for the nostalgia trip Diva!

[@jenniferschillig3768]

So why did they choose the name Mealy Potatoes for David's buddy, when the Mealy Potatoes of the book was barely in it for a chapter, was not close with David, and never even had any direct dialogue? Couldn't they have simply named David's buddy Tommy Traddles?

[@vfvfq1279]

I love that Mealy is among the Children kidnapped in the intro meaning he somehow didn't age in the following sixteen years.

[@kenthuang436]

Maybe he’s 16 in dog years and is really 2 in human years.

[@dunes8817]

Considering that sunlight cures them, it makes me wonder how long they were cheese monsters.

[@gracekim1998]

Hmmm maybe they kept them in a dark dungeon for years

[@Matthias-of-Redwall]

Is it supposed to be a rickets metaphor or something???

[@kenthuang436]

Well at least they didn’t go the most obvious animal and name pun David Copperfield-Mouse.

[@andrewollmann304]

Just here to remaind you that “A Pup Named Scooby-Doo” had an episode with a Cheese Monster.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

I remember that episode.

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives Yes, but Pup Named Scooby-Doo was SUPPOSED to be that zany. Also, the songs were GODLY.

[@kieranstark7213]

Speaking of Scooby-Doo, I’m aware that AniMat is gonna review a couple of Scooby-Doo movies AROUND THE SAME TIME IN THE CURRENT MID-2020S (Scoob! a couple of months ago and Scooby Doo! on Zombie Island next month)! 😊

[@GatorRay]

At least that was entertaining. Heck I actually enjoy the song from that episode looking back on it.

[@rogue7723]

That's _exactly_ what I was thinking about when this movie introduced the concept of "cheese monsters".

[@saulthechicanootaku]

I wish I could be the other David Copperfield and make this goofy adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel disappear. Another movie you should touch upon for Musical Hell is The Scarecrow, an animated movie from 2000, as it has the craziest musical arrangements I've ever heard.

[@NoArtisticLimitation]

Is that the one where they basically did frosty the snowman, but with a scarecrow? Because I think I remembered watching that?

[@jenneacubero1036]

West Coast Emerald Bull "The Scarecrow"? I though Diva had already done that one. Then again, I'm probably getting confused with another reviewer...

[@kieranstark7213]

This is one of the reasons why I actually think *The Boxtrolls* is overpraised (reminds me of how that other LAIKA film that came afterwards is underappreciated by bandwagoners who “love the animation but not the movie by itself because of its story” and think they’re overhated because of it), because it stole its story from David Copperfield, yet it’s somehow even more nauseating (yet a bit of an improvement in one aspect; at least it has SOME likeable characters like The Boxtrolls themselves and Archibald Snatcher).

[@dunes8817]

The scaling for the characters is really weird in this.

[@francinebabineau3133]

I wish this was a fever dream I had when I was a kid. I love classic literature and my grandmother thought this would make a good gift for me. I would usually watch it a few times when I was sick

[@MisterOutcast]

9:26 Wait a minute...cheese zombies...in an adaptation of David Copperfield...with anthropomorphic animals??? And I thought that the 2020 Doolittle flick couldn't get anymore disconnected from the source material!!

[@merrittanimation7721]

Diva: "Send them to a furry convention!" Filmmaker: "Doesn't sound so bad." Diva: "I-I mean uh..." (checks notes) "Moldies! You're all going to be turned into moldies!"

[@silveryote1]

OH DEAR GODS NOT RAINFURREST!!!

[@timothymclean]

Sorry, Mr. Myrdstone (if that's how your name is spelled), I prefer my capitalist villain to make people go "I wish people like him weren't in charge," not "I'm glad people like him don't exist". Individual elements of your evil can be found in numerous places, but never cranked up and mashed together like this, not without some kind of foundational "justification" or pleasant coat of paint, and certainly not without a human soul to show the critics. And don't get me started on your opposition to labor-saving devices. You're just a two-dimensional embodiment of capitalistic evil that serves to fix the public image of what bad capitalism looks like firmly in the realm of fantasy.

[@miticaBEP07]

Timothy McLean poetry

[@ashkitt7719]

Capitalism in and of itself is bad but I also think that villain was dumb and that the grasshoppers in A Bug's Life are better capitalist villains. Remember, "ants" outnumber "grasshoppers" 100 to 1 and if they find that out, the "grasshoppers" are done for.

[@colleen4ever]

@@ashkitt7719 Not as bad as socalism.

[@Dreigonix]

Communism kills. Unregulated capitalism kills. There is a middle ground. (It’s called socialize things like healthcare and education, and regulate corporations properly.)

[@henrygvidonas9573]

@@colleen4ever What the hell is "socalism"? An ideology that demands everybody has to listen to music from Trinidad and Tobago?

[@MrXemnas1992]

No joke, when you got to the part about the giant vulture and the cheese zombies...i had to pause to take an aspirin. The sheer stupidity gave me an immediate headache.

[@cartooncritique6625]

Because kids movie I guess...and to think people complain about the gargoyles from Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame".

[@MsSarahJosephine]

OH MY GOD I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CHILDHOOD FEVER DREAM I HAD.

[@pLanetstarBerry]

Same. I had bronchitis when this thing premiered, I thought the lack of air had finally gotten to me.

[@bamadablerd]

So did I!!

[@dogfishrulez]

Oh my god, I remember watching this when I was a kid! I remember being excited because I liked "talking animal movies" and I really enjoyed the songs. "Street Smart" has always been stuck in the back of mind. I did not however remember anything about a cheese monster and maybe that was for the best >

[@cyberwolf_1013]

This was actually one of my favorite movies as a kid. It was a little too fast paced after Davey escaped the factory but at least the ending didn't last long. I also have to defend 'I'll Be Your Hero'. Davey was singing it to his mom because she thought the house needed a strong man (why on his 15th birthday and not before, idk) He was trying to convince his mom that she could depend on him to take care of her, the way men back in those days were supposed to do.

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

12:02 Localized entirely in your incredibly dull musical

[@becuaseimbored3481]

The characters in this movie look like aristocat fursonas

[@gennybaratta2460]

Why would you say something so disgusting and true

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

David and Mealy are also probably design ripoffs of Oliver and Dodger from "Oliver and Company". So much "inspiration" from Disney here...

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Hell I thought this was Disney until seeing the whole thing!

[@laobok]

I gotta ask, have the furries lewded this movie yet?

[@silveryote1]

@@laobok I've been in the furry fandom for almost 10 years. Yes, yes they have.

[@jackvaljack1515]

Sunlight cures cheese zombies? Why didn’t that happen before?

[@Wolf10media]

I'd even go as far to question how in the hell Micawber knew that sunlight actually cures it. He went from optimistic, to giving up hope, to laid back and then suddenly when the movie has you wondering if he committed suicide (not really), he just happily stand in the sun and bingo mold cure.

[@acuerden]

They *are* in Victorian England. Overcast smog every day, until the plot calls for sun.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

They were all underground. No sunlight got into the factory until the wall was pulled down at the end.

[@gracekim1998]

acuerden true.

[@gracekim1998]

acuerden and you forgot about RAIN😅

[@daredrogers3884]

Is it bad that the minute they mention the Moldies I immediately thought the villain's demise would be them falling into the sewers and getting attacked by said Moldies?

[@happyfinnwhale5780]

Anything that proves this wasn't some childhood fever dream always gets a thumbs up from me.

[@josephrowe849]

Uriah Heep: Utterly despicable villain and not to mention the namesake of a 70's rock group from the UK.

[@TabularJoker]

I wonder if Diva will ever cover another Andrew Loyd Webber Movie Musical.One that nobody ever really wanted ever since the first trailer, and had a bombed at the box office Circa December 2019?

[@TheITinFIT]

Looks like we might get that for a special occasion, I’m guessing either for the 100th episode or another anniversary.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

Well, if I can cite one positive about this film, it's Michael York yucking it up as Murdstone XD I also enjoy him simply for how many villain cliches he manages to cram into his character; evil capitalist, evil stepparent, slave owner, child abuser, killing the hero's biological parent and being an evil-for-the-sake-of-evil card-carrying baddie who needs to wear his cruelty on his sleeves even when it's not in his best interest (like prioritizing his workers' misery over making his factory run faster and more effectively).

[@dunes8817]

Dick Deadeye sounds more like the name of a Western, than the seafaring musical it actually is.

[@kieranstark7213]

Which is why they should’ve came up with that name for a Western more than a British work of fiction.

[@KBAFourthtime]

1. Yeah, I think Peggotty is a mole. 2. I actually kind of liked "I Hate Boys." 3. Concerning the idea of "I'll Be Your Hero," while I like the song, the way you feel about Davey singing that kind of song in that sort of way to his own mother... I kind of agree.

[@Snowmon89]

I kind of don't agree about number 3. I mean yeah, it can be interpreted in that way, which is very creepy. However, I think this is the fault of us (or more specifically DISNEY) taking the trope of "damsel in distress" and turning it into "I do this because I wanna marry you". In reality, most fairytale stories don't actually have a "Damsel in distress" trope to begin with (although, yeah often "the hero gets the girl/guy"). But the concept is about being Chivalrous, which is more in line with "I want to be your hero". Which I can see more in line with Tarzan with his mother. Or rather his mother with him. TL;DR Sure, Superman does constantly save Lois Lane, but he's also rescued plenty of other people that he didn't want to "get with" as well. She's just the one that he has the deepest personal relationship with.

[@becuaseimbored3481]

Idk, the backing track is kind of generic in U hate boys

[@g1gabytez]

i unironically like the warehouse song

[@TheBattlesword]

The more I watch this, the more I PINE for that 3 hour Masterpiece Theater version. At least that had Professor MacGonnagle in it

[@sirjedisentinel]

Maggie Smith, Ian McKellen, Zoe Wanamaker, a pre-HP Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton, Dawn French, Bob Hoskins... god, I love that version!

[@harrietamidala1691]

That version was the shit. It was my first exposure.

[@sablecyan2517]

I never ever ever thought that this would ever be on the show let alone that anyone but me remembered it! Thank you Infernal Powers for putting this before her!

[@Theturtleowl]

I remember seeing this during an christmas coma! Damn. The only thing I remember is thinking 'Why cats in a cheese factory?'

[@RobertsonBrendyn]

The early draft of Boxtrolls looks interesting.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I watch this every December ever since it came out, but it definitely deserves a teardown.

[@ashbasher22nerd93]

Is it me or should we request this film to Saberspark. ;) (An animation reviewer known for having a lot of anthropomorphic animal related content.)

[@nishas2711]

The monsters from this movie gave me literal nightmares, to the point I had to record the vhs over with some tv show to feel safe again. Ugh.

[@geardog24]

I had no idea the world's greatest magician started out as a furry. The more you know.

[@AnsophOfficial]

...UUMMMM DAVID COPPERFIELD IS ACTUALLY A HUMAN STORY THOSE ARE JUST ADAPTATIONS...AND DAVID COPPERFIELD IN THE STORY AND THE MAGICIAN ARE DIFFERENT PERSON THEY JUST HAVE THE SAME NAME

[@Sneakyonfoota]

"I'll be your hero" still pops randomly into my head to this day, the rest I only vaguely remembered from the half of the movie I had recorded as a kid

[@Jaceblue04]

19:40 Maybe it's just me, but I fail to see how that's much of a "punishment" to anyone, aside from maybe the kind of people who are so cynical and miserable that they vehemently hate the very concept of people around them being happy (i.e. the villains in badly written kids movies).

[@username-mk4qv]

It’s a punishment if you’re not into furries. It’s as simple as that.

[@jadesmith417]

My face during the first song...the was I was struggling to see through my tears. The second song didn't pack the same punch, but shows with teen boys often make them go all Oedipus to show how much she shouldn't get with The Bad Man. Sometimes I wonder about how it feels to grow up with so many bad musicals, I would have never learned about these if not for this channel.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

16:40 Why do we see Murdstone and Grimby as angels canoodling? Was David suspecting that they were more than business partners?

[@stephanieclark8327]

Peggity looks like Winnie the Pooh in drag...

[@kieranstark7213]

Yes, she does look more like a Winnie the Pooh character than a character from a Disney knockoff.

[@kieranstark7213]

Oh yeah, and Murdstone (get it?! Because he is an asshole! Har har har!) looks like (if) Scar (turned into a humanoid cat (with ginger facial hair) of a different species than a human)!

[@WobblesandBean]

I....I thought this was just a fever dream I had when I was 9. IT'S REAL?! Those moldy things, that wasn't just a figment of my dimetapp-addled brain as I watched TV while staying home from school?!

[@Jangobadass]

I especially can't believe they left out Uriah Heep, who ironically could've worked as a cartoon villain... I get they couldn't have used EVERY character in the book, but still. Though they probably could've used a few more without the bird sidekick, giant vulture, and cheese zombies... Lord knows they should've used one of Davie's other friends besides Mealy. 😐

[@wiibrockster]

I'm not a huge fan of musicals besides Disney but I love seeing you tear into these! I will admit,I think this one has a weird charm to it.

[@kaorufan8]

I saw this when I was a kid, and then couldn't ever find it anywhere after. I thought I had lost my mind! So happy you did this!

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

Fun fact: David is voiced by John Lennon's son himself, Julian Lennon

[@wiibrockster]

*"Screwing around with the maid"* I'm playing The N-Sane trilogy while this video is on the background and I got a completely different idea.....

[@johnvinals7423]

Mind explaining what you mean, preferably providing the full context of what you're talking about in the N-Sane Trilogy?

[@Jaceblue04]

A part of me wants to know what kind of idea you had, but another part of me doesn't.

[@wiibrockster]

@@johnvinals7423 The beginning of Crash 2

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Woah!

[@kieranstark7213]

I’d take a strong female character who helps her people over one that is against people just for being male. And that makes Tawna one of the reasons why the Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy is one of the greatest Crash Bandicoot games up to the ranks of Crash Team Racing (the original version and remake) and its original version(s), *Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back* and *Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped* although the original version of Crash Bandicoot 1 does come close.

[@kenthuang436]

I just looked this thing up on Wikipedia and I’m shocked to find out that Sheena Easton, Julian Lennon, Howie Mandel, And Kelly LeBrock were all involved with this madness!

[@KillerCaitie]

... I was unaware that other people remember this even existing. But this is a childhood favourite of mine, & I'LL BE YOUR HERO IS NOT A SIN, DAMMIT! Hell, even in Animal Crossing, one of the globes they have looks quite like the cheese one from this film. So at least I can now use this review footage to show people what it is I am trying to describe. So thank you for that!

[@Rtotalmagic]

I would like to point out that I'm a big fan of Bleak Expectations, an extremely silly British radio series which spoofed the David Copperfield template. There's a reason why that show discarded the actual "story" pretty quickly to throw stuff like the "Cheese Monster" at us every two minutes...

[@itsawayoflife142]

oh my *god* i had completely forgotten about this movie until i saw this in my recommended section, my gran had this on video when i was a kid

[@Lynxan]

I remember when this first was shown on TV and as much as I love animated movies, even bad ones, the main thing I ever remembered about this was it was dull as hell. Glad it wasn't just me.

[@victoriaweasley1115]

OH MY GOSH I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FEVER DREAM FROM MY CHILDHOOD. I rented it a lot from the library, because there were cats in it and I loved cats, but I couldn't remember the name, all I remembered were those CHEESE ZOMBIES and the globe made of cheese, and my siblings said none of them remembered it and I couldn't find it on google so I thought I'd made it up somehow I'm so glad someone is FINALLY talking about this NIGHTMARE.

[@robertagatti3804]

This review brought back repressed memories. I saw this in elementary school probably and thought I dreamt it.

[@ПетроСлавинський-м5э]

I hope, next time in musicall hell will be "Tom&Jerry. The Movie" and "Roadside Romeo".

[@kieranstark7213]

These movies are actually pretty good, but because they’re not perfect, it would be interesting to see Diva’s says on the much smaller pieces of Musical Hell.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Just looking at the cover art for this film, I’ve lost any *great expectations* I may have had. I’m not sorry

[@thomasgolden5874]

I loved this so much as a kid. Even had a poster for it in my room. This was a wonderful moment of cringey nostalgia. Thank you!

[@benburke3015]

Fun fact: David is voiced by Julian Lennon, son of John. Needless to say, I think Sean had the better musical outing with A Monster in Paris, which is saying something, considering his main role in that film is singing three songs slightly outside of his vocal range and basically nothing else.

[@pinkcupcake4717]

Whew the singing from our main character is WEAK. Bless, er... curse? your ears for suffering this one!

[@dunes8817]

David is apparently voiced by John Lennon's son

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

@@dunes8817 Pretty sure it's Cam Clarke, although IMDb doesn't have it listed.

[@dunes8817]

@@cannibalisticrequiem Double checked and it's definitely Julian Lennon. www.imdb.com/title/tt0106547/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_9

[@ashkitt7719]

@@dunes8817 And he can actually sing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LWYoykppWlos0 Anyway based on his musical style I hate to think that he was the reason behind the genre of the soundtrack.

[@angelabryant9766]

Even with all of the problems this movie presents, the one I find the most annoying is Mirthstone for some ungodly reason wanting to fatten up and eaten his Cheese Monster. Like dude, surely I shouldn't have to explain to you that she's been guarding your entire factory, and from the dialogue, clearly the main thing the children imprisoned fear. Are you SO sure that you're plan is fool proof, whatever the hell your plan is, that you can survive without one of its main components?

[@Collageman90]

I can't believe you forgot that Mr. Micawber was voiced by Geoffrey himself Joseph Marcell and didn't play a Fresh Prince of Bel Air clip in this. But you still did a good review of this.

[@sabrinamiller3671]

He was actually voiced by Michael York.

[@Collageman90]

Sabrina Miller No, Michael York played Murdstone. Also seeing how he was also in this, I am also surprise there wasn’t any Austin Powers clips in here as well.

[@PIXPromosMore]

I vaguely recall this airing on NBC Once in the early 90s; but more than that, I remember the promos for it making a big deal about Julian Lennon (as David) & Sheena Easton (as Agnes) being the main voices/them doing songs for it..........Neat (???)

[@Humbledingify]

In England, first you get the cheese, then you get the power, then you get the women.

[@vincenthawthorne9360]

Seriously, nobody is gonna make a Resident Evil 7 joke with the cheese mold monsters?

[@noemitamas4066]

Was about to say just that :D

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Oh... this was the David Copperfield you were talking about? Yeah, never heard of this one... I think you owe the Hallmark Christmas Carol an apology...

[@donkeylongears]

Steamed Hams, not even Diva can resist one of the weirdest Simpson moments

[@Swiftpaw12]

It's weird to look back at this movie, because A) I distinctly remember hating it, and B) I distinctly remember this is why I became a furry... No, I don't know how that worked out either.

[@phousefilms]

Holy crap, I remember this one from when I was a kid! Must have watched it.....once! I remember the giant vulture thing.

[@willlyon7129]

I can’t believe that this movie toned down the abuse in the book and removed the antagonistic character Uriah Heep, with a cheese manufacturer robber baron as the main villain.

[@rogue7723]

@1:38 Is that a picture of a scene from Disneyland Paris' _Phantom Manor?_

[@GrandCorsair]

14:10. Honestly even before you mentioned it I got a "this a bootleg Streets Of Gold?" vibe.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

Damn, I was waiting forever for someone to review this film.

[@cjhedrick6418]

Ugh, pop ballads with Victorian visuals again. I'm reminded of the music video of Juliet by the Bee Gees, with the framing device being a writer expressing his love by writing a romantic novel of a swashbuckler saving a damsel in distress. All kinds of cheesy, but at least it was condensed to less than five minutes, not a full movie. Actually, come to think of it, MOST of the songs in this film give me an 80s Bee Gees vibe.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

7:55 No one's thought of using free labor? Never heard of slavery, Grimby? You are living in the mid eighteen hundreds after all.

[@Talisguy]

Also, labour rights back in the Victorian era were so shitty that free labour would only be slightly less expensive than paying the workers, so it's not like he's saving that much money.

[@jenneacubero1036]

Diva: Trust me, this one's weird. Me: Oh come on. It looks tame. *One Viewing Later* Me:...Me and my big mouth...

[@breannaperkins88]

Watching this made me remember there's a new David Copperfield adaptation starring Dev Patel that's supposed to be released this year (thanks Covid-19) and I want to watch that instead.

[@eamonndeane587]

Having Tilda Swinton in it definitely helps.

[@samadams1988]

This unlocked a memory for me. I definitely watched a part of this movie when I was a very little kid. The only thing I remember is the warehouse song where the villains steal Davey's clothes for some reason

[@friend_trilobot]

I find it really unsettling that the lion and the rats are about the same size. Also at 9:48, based on the narration from Diva, I thought Cat-purr-field was about to hang himself for sure 😳

[@bjornjonsson6583]

Why is that dog wearing a Pippi Longstocking wig?

[@dirtgirl6227]

it looks like they had 40 dollars for the entire production