Old Yeller - Disneycember

Originally aired in January 2014. Doug takes a look at Old Yeller.
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[@Joggi98]

I've seen the making of the animal scenes. It was all supervised by very professional people.

[@The_Blog]

+HAL 9000 Glad to hear that.

[@chaosgamer1692]

+HAL 9000 all hail hal 9000

[@mtganfilm]

Professional dog-bear matchmakers.

[@EmmaCRBsnewstuff]

i was surprised at how humane was for such an old film

[@MrBryant240sx]

If you say so. This was back when the studios drugged their actors/actresses to keep them working those 20 hour days.

[@NickZephyr]

I think almost EVERYONE knows the ending to this movie. I know and I haven't seen the movie. I don't want to watch it for THAT reason lol

[@tristenj1992]

I haven't...

[@NickZephyr]

+I Tripped over a Thunder Stone You haven't seen it? Do you know the ending?

[@tristenj1992]

+LaceeLasers No I haven't seen it, nor do I know the ending

[@Pikaman20008]

+I Tripped over a Thunder Stone Do you want to know the ending?

[@Anthraxinternational]

+I Tripped over a Thunder Stone Then what are waiting for? Get off the internet and go watch it right now. This is literally a once in a life time opportunity. Fly you fool! FLY!

[@unoriginalusername1748]

It was books like this and Where the Red Fern Grows that sent me into deep depression in Elementary School.

[@madnutrules]

Same

[@Thatoneguywhoexistsinthisworld]

+Unoriginal Username Where the Red Fern Grows made me extra sad 'cause the dog I own is the same kind as in the book.

[@bennejame7854]

+Unoriginal Username In 5th grade my class read Where the Red Fern Grows as part of an assignment and literally the entire class was in tears at the end of it

[@unoriginalusername1748]

DramaHateNation it's called sentiment and emotions. Something I fear you may lack

[@unoriginalusername1748]

I understand if you actually are unable to feel sentiment. But why do you label those who cry as weak? Crying is not a sign of weakness, but of distress or sadness. Both of those are normal human emotions.

[@Ailobyte]

I wonder how many movies you could spoil by just saying "The dog dies."

[@Thatoneguywhoexistsinthisworld]

+Ailobyte There does seem to be a lot of movies/books you could spoil by saying that.

[@tageneislover]

+Ailobyte 1 billion movies: There is a doggy and a kid. Doggy dies at the end -_-

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

+Ailobyte thanks for the spoiler, jerk

[@TheRedCreeperTRC]

+BooUrns yup, that sucks for both of us man. not cool Ailobyte.

[@voteZDLR]

+Ailobyte I think it's a common theme for a reason, though, because almost all people have had pets and therefore know what it's like at some point or another to lose a pet. Either to old age or otherwise.

[@dancepiglover]

When people think of Disney, they always think fun, bouncy, and cutesy. But for some reason, we forget about the really sad or serious moments that come up pretty often in Disney movies. Btw, those moments are good because they treat the audience with maturity and respect.

[@ruthieterwilliger4712]

I LOVE this movie SOOOO much. One of my favorite childhood memories is sitting on my grandpa's lap watching it.

[@chocolatecake4486]

Ruthie Terwilliger 🐶🔫

[@lisamarie5937]

The ending to the book is actually much sadder than the ending to the movie. SPOILERS! Well, in the movie they give Yeller a chance after he's bitten by the rabid wolf. They weren't sure he contracted rabies or not so they waited several weeks. In the end he did get it so they had to shoot him, but the book was a little different. In the book they don't wait. Their dog got into a fight with a rabid wolf, and they decided they couldn't take the chance and see whether or not he came down with it because it was too dangerous. They shoot him that same night. Now, it's most likely Yeller did get rabies but there's always that slight chance he didn't and they killed him unnecessarily.

[@razkable]

I thought it couldn't make me any sadder..that's brutal if they didn't have to kill him but did anyways out of fear..fuck ..damn..top 10 saddest non anime deaths right there ... Old yeller was nice

[@MadameTamma]

Asmosis Jones honestly I think killing the poor creature quickly rather than letting him suffer alone in a shed for weeks with a painful and deadly ailment (as well as watching the dog you love slowly change into a rabid animal from the door way) is just less painful for everyone involved

[@SteveCarras]

I love dogs

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

i disagree. its way worse to see such a good dog debilitate into the madness of rabies rather than shoot him in the head while he is still trying to lick you in the face. its horrifying to watch yeller succumb to the disease. i remember crying when my mom read the book to me as a child, but it still gets me to this day when i watch the dog snarling and snapping at his family as the disease takes its toll.

[@ss4gogeta05]

@@kevinboudreaux7860 “shoot him in the head while he is still trying to lick you in the face.” You made it sound even worse. 😂😂😂

[@zanemurcha9742]

If you are worried none of the animals who worked on this film were injured or abused. The fight scene between Yeller and a bear was actually rehearsed between the dog and a specially trained bear named Doug. The dog who played Yeller named Spike was a movie dog and he continued to appear in movies until he passed away in 1963.

[@ajeba98]

The real question now, is did the Critic cry at the end of Old Yeller?

[@SuperBearnut]

+ajeba98 come on, everybody did.

[@YTWarrior100]

+SuperBearNut Not me.

[@SteveCarras]

@@YTWarrior100 I did.

[@YTWarrior100]

Well he did mention it in his Top 11 Saddest Nostalgic Moments video when he talked about the Disney movies.

[@ethanhorn6093]

RIP Tommy Kirk. You're single act gave me a life time of story to talk about.

[@isabelerhart9523]

Same 😭

[@HoopsAndDinoMan]

I know he's probably sick of hearing people complain about the ones he skipped but... I really wanted to see a Disneycember review of The Incredible Journey -- the original and the remake Homeward Bound and its sequel. Those were all ones I was really interested in seeing what he'd have to say about them!

[@luvstrukkandbroken]

HoopsAndDinoMan I was just thinking this! I loved those movies as a kid.

[@RaptorJay]

Oh wow hi, didn’t expect you here lol

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

How the hell did I forget about those stories? Thanks for reminding me, I'll start looking for them tomorrow.

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

"A FAAAAAAmily picture!"

[@ssffe529]

This and Where the Red Fern Grows made me cry for weeks when I was in elementary school. Ohh the feels of watching sad dog movies ;-;

[@xChijouChanx]

Where the Red Fern Grows is worse in book form I remember reading it in class and hiding behind it because I was crying. ....Of course I cried like a baby at the end of Of Mice and Men too

[@TelvanniGuard]

It's not about the ending. It's about the journey.

[@Lilcutiepie99]

So deep.

[@megathesimper4050]

TelvanniGuard That pretty much describes life, it's not about how it's gonna end it's about the journey and the experience

[@morrisheinersz2005]

I love Old Yeller. Truly man's best friend in the flesh.

[@themidnightsage]

spoiler alert john cena kills kylo ren

[@themidnightsage]

Making the world a better place

[@JStryker47]

+keith white I'd like someone to. Damn Han Solo killer!

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

sonicgamer42 it's actually *AryanMasterRace Get edjoomicated son

[@theangelandtheone]

Cena wins LOL

[@maxmetalknight]

Boomer won't live

[@Waltuh6]

Boomer will li-......oh shit

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

+Kristian Pitts I wish NC had actually done this. I'd laugh so hard.

[@ChibiPuppy]

+Kristian Pitts i dont get it

[@ChibiPuppy]

+ErzengelDesLichtes i dont get it

[@Waltuh6]

+Chibi Puppy you've never seen his independence day review?

[@garrisonnichols807]

This is Disney's best movie they will ever make. It's Amazing.

[@BMarie774]

This movie was the first movie I considered a favorite. My mom and dad would always try to take it away from me, because I would always cry my eyes out every single time. Then again, I also lost it during the scene in the Rugrats Movie where Tommy yells at Dill. But this movie... We moved to a family farm house that was in our family for hundreds of years, not long after I turned four, and I would run around the farm pretending this was my life. It was such a sweet, innocent, imaginative time in my life.

[@sarahmcmann5253]

This was my grandpa's favorite RIP 😰

[@Nr4747]

I know nothing about this movie, but the bear that is "fighting" the dog seems to be well trained. In the footage you're showing here, the bear just constantly "jumps" backwards without ever truely attacking, which is definitely trained behaviour - or at least very unusual. The rabbit being chased also doesn't look like a "real rabbit" in the scene you're showing, aka he seems to be a "special effect" of some kind because no rabbit moves in such a straight line normally without "hopping" in any fashion. So, I don't think those animals were in danger or harmed in those scenes - but those are just my casual observations, I'm no expert.

[@strongrex2615]

I'm very impressed with the animal training in this movie, though at the same time it is scary to watch a dog chasing a mule that is knocking down a fence and dragging a human boy, and a cow with horns charging that same boy in the same shot. I'd like to hear more about what they did with the hogs. I mean, those are creatures you do NOT mess with, and we see the boy being attacked.

[@CairnTerrier69]

Great review. Just one minor correction. The kid was played by Tommy Kirk...a contract Disney actor who appeared in several other Disney films around that time period. Jeff York was the fat bearded “Mike Keel” guy who played “Bud Searcy” in the film. As for the animals in the film...the bear was a trained movie animal...the fight was the dog and he simply “dancing” around each other with trainers calling out commands. Snarling and roaring sound effects were added in. Notice that they make minimal physical contact. Same goes with the hog scene. Spike, the dog who played Yeller was owned and trained by Frank Weatherwax...the guy who owned and trained Lassie, Toto, and a few others. Spike was actually a trained for farm work and herding...a task where the dogs move cattle without inflicting harm. The humane society was on hand during filming to make sure all rules were followed.

[@CeltycSparrow]

I am 32 years old and I still can't watch the ending to this particular movie. It shatters my heart every time. I do agree with him that the boy who played the older brother was very good. I get a strange feeling both of these boys played in Swiss Family Robinson as brothers though....and the little one still annoyed me in that one too. lol

[@arenjtumastens]

It is the same two actors. They starred in various films for Walt Disney when those two were young. And speaking of Old Yeller, they reprised their roles for that film in its 1963 sequel called Savage Sam.

[@keithdean9149]

The biggest mistake people make about Old Yeller is thinking it is about a boy and his dog. It's really about a boy becoming a man. And if you don't cry your eyes out the first time you see it I don't think you're human.

[@prinzandre5517]

The gentleman who summarized the movie😀 did an excellent job.

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

even if you know the ending, the movie still gets you right in the feels. its horrifying to see Yeller start growling an snapping at his family as the disease destroys him. to me, seeing the dog turn rabid is way worse than the book when they shoot him before he shows any symptoms.

[@candyapple790]

I just can't handle sad dog movies.

[@aran125]

Anna P so sad 😭

[@GingerWizzard1994]

"A Dog's Purpose" is coming out next year. The dog keeps being reborn over and over, to learn the meaning of a dog's life. He dies like, five times. It's gonna destroy me.

[@AmandaWspoon]

ThatOneGinge I know but I'll probably see it.

[@re_guglia]

Same (

[@SteveCarras]

Our neighbor has a dog just like that, named Jezebel (the name of one of the great singer Frankie Laine's song! The name, of course, means hussy..) a golden Lab retriever dog.

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

I saw Old Yeller once, in the mid-60s, at one of the local drive-ins. I was somewhere around five. Shortly after seeing it, my parents brought home a pair of small to medium-sized dogs, one of them having similar coloring to old Yeller, so, of course, we named him Yeller. I loved the hell out of that dog. Last night, I found myself a good torrent for the movie, and started watching it a few minutes ago. Felt like seeing what people had to say about it, before I continue. My memory of the film is pretty hazy, given my age at the time, and how many years have passed. To be honest, the ending is what's kept me from wanting to see it again for many years. My Yeller also had a tragic end...someone deliberately crushed our back fencing down to let the dogs out--and that's not something I care to think about. Aside from the importance of washing hands thoroughly after handling them (they can carry salmonella), there is no reason why children shouldn't handle non-venomous snakes. You're cracked. Still, aside from that bit of lunacy about snakes, this is a fair and reasonable review. Not in-depth, but ought to be helpful to people who are considering it, or somehow never heard of it. I'll probably check out some of your other videos, hope they don't have anything as silly as the rant about snakes and kids.

[@MegaSoulHero]

I have never seen this movie, but I know the dog dies.

[@SwiftyStardust]

+Waluigi It's nearly 60 years old!

[@SwiftyStardust]

Waluigi I know Spoiler Etiquette is a thing, but I think 58+ years is kinda pushing it

[@TGill]

+Equestrian Idiot Amen to that.

[@SwiftyStardust]

Waluigi Again, I think Spoiler Etiquette doesn't really apply when a movie is 58+ years old. Usually the etiquette is a few days from airing for a TV show, and a few days from DVD/Blu Ray release for a movie

[@StarTheWolfPuppy]

+Waluigi when a film is as old and famous as this one- spoilers on a youtube video were guaranteed. Heck, the main reason the film is famous is because of the ending.

[@YamiSpyroX]

I was shown this film twice possibly three times in elementary school. Yeah, such a cheerful film to show children.

[@amandaodom5732]

I’ve loved this movie since I was a baby and I still watch it on VCR! Also the behind the scenes clips show that the animals are trained and treated well. All of those animal scenes are quite normal, even the kid with the snake. I know I’ve picked up a few snakes as a kid here in Texas, which happens to be where the setting of that movie was by the way.

[@Sunzu49]

How do you still have a VCR?!

[@aepacker]

Subscribers: In This Disney’s Oringal Movie Called Old yeller Was An Western Was Filmed And Location in Texas And Old yeller He Was By Starting To Be Proceeding The Coast’s Family From Wild Animals

[@Hraefncin]

This and Watership Down were the first movies I remember ever just bawing at. Still one of my all time favourites

[@banyalaplace]

This movie scarred several generations for life x°° my God that ending...

[@CalebCraft10]

A dog? Not even gonna listen to the review, it's gonna die.

[@nimrodery]

Since Disney herded a bunch of lemmings to their death for a wildlife video (just to start a cool myth, apparently), I have a feeling these animals were probably not very well treated. Edit: not herded, thrown off a cliff. Before someone corrects me.

[@The_Blog]

+nimrodery Yeah I heard about that. Who in the world sanctioned that crap? I mean what the fuck? O.o

[@nimrodery]

***** This was well before the era of "no animals were harmed in the making of this film."

[@The_Blog]

nimrodery I know that, it is just hard to imagine someone saying "Hey let's throw animals to their deaths to get a nice shot". Different times I guess.

[@ShinSeikiEvan]

+nimrodery I don't think anyone in Hollywood really gave a damn about animal welfare until Michael Cimino made that festering piece of crap Heaven's Gate. The atrocities he committed on that set forced everyone to take notice.

[@Rika24]

+Shin Seiki Evan never heard of that movie

[@HeidiGriffin1216]

Oh my gosh, I LOVE this movie. When I was younger I watched this movie so much. So good. :)

[@epicrapfan73]

Douchy McNitpick: "The older son in Old Yeller was Tommy Kirk, not Jeff York! Jeff York was the guy who was Mike Fink!"

[@Silhouetters]

Let me guess......the dog dies, or the boy dies. I'll never watch it, but I'm guessing that's the ending.

[@jamesbartow3808]

the dog dies.

[@NickZephyr]

+Silhouetters SPOILERS The dog gets bitten by an animal (I think it's a coyote or something) and gets rabies. He becomes too vicious and sick so the boy is forced to put him down by shooting him.

[@jamesbartow3808]

+LaceeLasers dude, spoilers! Kappa.

[@NickZephyr]

+James Bartow I said spoilers.

[@ChadJonesAYelpInTheDark]

+Silhouetters The boy is forced to kill the dog when it contracts rabies.

[@TravisPlushProductions]

Does anyone know it's a book

[@andrewsong2055]

Fred Gipson !

[@SusannaEmily]

Friends gave the ending away for me. Poor phoebe in that episode.

[@infinite_crew95]

I have loved watching your reviews. Jeff York was actually the Mike Fink guy. Tommy Kirk was Travis.

[@getmario64]

Well, I'll check that out and same like Doug, I didn't see that movie when I was younger. I heard from Disney Sing Along Songs and seen few, but didn't catch my memory. It's probably a quiet movie to watch because he said it was atmosphere and doing in life as a human person as long with a cute grown dog.

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

Travis was played by tommy kirk not Jeff York - he played bud searcy

[@alexd442]

TheAnonymousGuy "one is our main actor"

[@avivastudios2311]

There was a show on TV (I live in Australia BTW) where they let five year old children hold a snake bigger than they were. It was to show that it's better to face things that you'd otherwise find scary instead of live in fear; letting the anxiety follow you into adulthood. And besides snakes aren't that scary anyway.

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

It's a western through and through, complete with a harsh reality ending. It was a kid's movie but it didn't shy away from being a western

[@arenjtumastens]

This film turns 65 this Christmas day!

[@arenjtumastens]

1:21 You mean Tommy Kirk. He's the one who plays the son (who's called Travis, by the way). And this was his first film of many for Walt Disney, along with Kevin Corcoran (who plays the younger brother Arliss). 4:01 THAT was Jeff York! He actually plays that very other character (next to the mother, played by Dorothy McGuire) called Bud Searcy, who comes to visit with his daughter Lisbeth (played by Beverly Washburn).

[@aepacker]

And The Disney’s Oringal Movie Called Old yeller Was Filmed And Takes Place At Texas

[@ShyGuy83]

I saw this movie when I was, maybe 6 or 7 and I had a hard enough time finishing it after the wild boars scene where Old Yeller gets injured. The death scene would have most likely had me in therapy for life.

[@bsacagawea]

1:21 Jeff York? The oldest son was played by Tommy Kirk.

[@AnimationNation2004]

Jeff York was Bud Searcy I think that’s how you spell it. He was also Mike Fink in Davy Crockett

[@andrewsong2055]

@@AnimationNation2004 he was in many Disney films with Fess Parker!

[@thatawkwardgirlbeth7548]

Doug. Please. Review. Homeward Bound. Both movies. Theyre... amazing.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

I haven't seen "Old Yeller" either, but most of the actors seem to also be in "Swiss Family Robinson," which was a movie I loved as a kid.

[@bobflame5679]

I still can't Believe Tommy Kirk Got fired by Walt Disney himself

[@kendrickdinger]

Just because he was gay🙁 I used to have a big crush on tommy when I was younger and when I found out what happened to him later in life I was sad about it

[@ClaytorTheAnimator]

its 12 am and i got up js to watch this

[@budman1289]

The ONLY movie in my life so far that made me cry.

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

I’m still waiting for Swiss Family Robinson and Remember the Titans!

[@megafrost9960]

I watched this movie hundreds of times growing up with my grandfather, but he would always turn it off before IT happened, so I never knew the ending. needless to say, I was scarred for life when I was 12 and finally saw the ending

[@killer92173]

I was REALLY hoping he would tackle the live action Treasure Island movie

[@suzannebear4194]

My favorite movie of all time. Tommy Kirk's movie his performance was unbelievable.

[@grimmations9603]

As soon as he showed a clip of a puppy at 3:09 I was like, “my grandpa would like this”

[@re_guglia]

Wait...I remember this story...I read it on a book ( yes, i have a book with all the Disney live action stories)...and yes...i cried a lot...Is a really good story! Good Job Disney

[@jordancali8881]

I have watched some special features and the animals were very very well trained from what I could see :D.

[@Buddygrooveknight]

SPOILER ALERT! All dogs go to Heaven!!!

[@bimbobard4634]

I was completely inconsolable at the end when I was really little. And of course I was watching it while my family was having a party. My parents had to practically stop everything because of how distraught I was. Have not watched it since.

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

>Says he wont ruin the ending >Shows the main spoiler later

[@platurt9595]

+ScatterBrained When did he do that? The footage alone doesn't rly spoil that much for the ending except you're rly trying to figure it out.

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

When the dad puts the dog down with the shotgun

[@platurt9595]

ScatterBrained Well, he doesn't.

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

Platurt Yes he does

[@ScatterBrainedYouBetterFollow]

shinigami114 Pics or it didnt happen

[@jbtesquiretheseventh5556]

I know the ending because I read the book, and it's even sadder in the book than in the movie, at least in my opinion.

[@xChijouChanx]

Where the Red Fern grows is worse in the book too

[@Creative_Joke]

GOD, the feels from this movie

[@cainster]

I think what works with this one is that it does not dumb down the picture. It doesn't lecture or try to talk to the audience or assume the viewer is a dumbass. It just puts it out there and lets the viewer make his or her own decisions on what they are watching. It's not that Disney doesn't WANT to try - it's clear that they do - it's that they let the VIEWER try, empowering them and giving them the ability to decide how they want to feel about the picture, rather than try to impress upon the audience what the studio thinks the picture should be as a film.

[@ChilledfishStick]

You are afraid to spoil a film that is way older than you? There's a point when spoilers are okay, and this movie has passed that point a long long time ago.

[@errorloadingmusic821]

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[@Mac3622]

I see a mistake: Travis, the older son, was played by Tommy Kirk, Jeff York, who played Mike Fink in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates, plays Bud Searcy

[@kendrickdinger]

I noticed that too! I used to have a big crush on tommy when I was younger so I was like wait a minute that’s not his name😅

[@acexkeikai]

I remember this film from way back and it's really a good slice of life movie. It's a tough movie also but it shows that sometimes life is tough and animal owners have to make hard decisions. That's enough said without spoilling it too much.

[@JustinAKABiff]

I'm pretty sure it's impossible to spoil the ending to Old Yeller. I think it's something you're born knowing now. It's like part of the collective human consciousness. Hell, long before you actually sit down to watch the movie you've heard the ending referenced a billion times in pop culture.

[@RamenSploosh]

old yeller is the best disney princess

[@re_guglia]

Yeah...

[@miltoncobb103]

Not only have I never seen this movie, I’d never even heard of it

[@phoenixfriend]

Regarding the animal treatment, it's the same with the original Incredible Journey. They have a dog trying to play with a porcupine, a cat being chased and nearly caught by a lynx and various other cringy things. The 90s remake, Homeward Bound, proved that you don't need to actually put the animals in danger to get good animal action.

[@austinboucher5286]

This film is not as sad as where the red fern grows. I saw that when I was about ten, waaay before I saw old yeller, and that made this Disney film a walk in the park!

[@SteveCarras]

If "The Dog in my Life", about 50s teen trainer Cary Unkelbach,were a flick,. it wqould be happier, since the lab,in this case, Thumper, is on the back with a now geroiund Cary (Scholastic,1966)

[@dgreeky]

I've never thought you'd actually do this

[@Cheezbuckets]

Someone's probably mentioned this before, but I have a version of the VHS with some bonus, behind-the-scenes type stuff at the end, and they talk quite a bit about the precautions they took for the animal's safety. Albeit I haven't watched it in a while, but the fight against the bear in particular, they said the original audio was muted and the barks and growls reproduced post-production because of the animal trainers offscreen shouting orders the whole time.

[@TheAustralianMapper5378]

Never herd of this movie up till now

[@erichansen3641]

wait. Did he just say that Fess Parker’s son in the film is played by Jeff York? No, he is played by Tommy Kirk. Jeff York plays the adult lazy neighbor who drops by to check on the family when the father is away. When Jeff York’s character has anything physical to be done he has his young daughter do it.

[@payasoloco6282]

I was fortunate to watch the movie in a very young age *so young i barley remember the movie and I've seen it once* and i can say if I've seen the movie later on knowing the ending it wouldn't have had a big impact on me as it did

[@epicrapfan73]

4:00 THAT'S Jeff York!

[@imtheman84]

Honestly now i cant help but to feel bad, usually i just blow up everything that its in my way but with you i gotten kind of attach. Sorta like putting down old space yeller...

[@YTWarrior100]

He's right, he is reading too deep into the animal fights. In a behind the scenes look of the movie, they said the animals were specially trained not to hurt each other.

[@cripplious]

The kids were Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran. Jeff York was Mike Fink along side Fess Parkers Davy Crockett.

[@johnyzero2000]

I watched this movie once and I will never watch it again. If you don't cry then you have no soul or heart!

[@aepacker]

And That Disney’s Movie Called Old yeller Was An Real😢Movie When Old Who Was Bitting From An Wild Wolf And Gotten Sick From The Rabies

[@josgojiehyp2000]

I held snakes as a kid all the time. Little weird to get hung up on something like that.

[@2sp00kyy1]

Ayyyy, it's January, dude!

[@legitimategirth7953]

I got the Mike Fink reference! ha haha haha HÀ. Good one Mr nostalgia.

[@burninsherman1037]

Saw it once when I was a kid. Never again.

[@pinkwinterprincessEri]

I have to watch this movie, such a sweet dog

[@Alondro77]

All I can see is the Slappy Squirrel episode that had 'Old Yellow' as the punchline scene in a story that revolved around convincing Skippy that 'Bumbi's Mom' was just an 'actor'. That and Wakko slamming 'Old Screamer' (The Director in a dog costume) with a mallet after getting a new cuddly puppy. XD

[@ryangirard]

I read the book.

[@re_guglia]

Same 👍🏾

[@OtterPawStudios]

The son was Tommy Kirk. Jeff York played Bud Searcy. York is the guy who played Mike Fink.

[@Overbound]

Don't for get it add this to your Disneycember playlist Doug!

[@blacklight8359]

I cried at the end

[@joshuaosborne9203]

My childhood!!!

[@nostalgiccookieinmagiastar128]

this is Where the Red fern grows of Disney with the right amount of passing