Ponchielli Dance of the Hours from the 1940 Disney film Fantasia

[@BakerStreetLady]

I'm 32 years old and have been watching this since I was a kid. This scene gets funnier every time I watch it, I miss this kind of animation!

[@lovelyswimmer1]

Same here!

[@rafaelreina6364]

I am 75 and I still watching the entire movie. I wonder; Where is this Disney now? Where the cartoons Tom andf Jerry, Bugs Bony, no killings, just funny and innocents shows.

[@nicolasmietton4728]

Me 50 ! And always love and laught this !

[@sabridottavio945]

My younger sister and I used to reenact this scene over and over again when we were little…love that movie so much…precious memories…makes me cry 😢😭❤️🙏🏼

[@purplehippopotato]

💀

[@sabridottavio945]

@@purplehippopotato I know me too

[@Lycanthromancer1]

I have no idea what's going on, but it's still a better love story than Twilight.

[@cooperminion825]

Basically anything's better than Twilight 🤮

[@RichardX1]

@@cooperminion825 except Fifty Shades of Grey.

[@cooperminion825]

@@RichardX1 very true

[@lateterarosa3524]

dont compare this masterpiece with that bullshit

[@SuperOctorok]

It's the greatest love story ever told.

[@solinvictus1982]

In 18 years this masterpiece will be 100 years old. Take a few minutes and think about it.

[@AnimationNation2004]

Hopefully Pinocchio and Fantasia will be shown in theaters again for their 100 anniversary and while we’re at it Fantasia 2000 (I know it technically premiered in 1999 but it’s wide release was in 2000) and The Emperor’s New Groove need to be shown again for their 40th. Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 could be shown as a double feature I mean combining the two is still shorter than the 3rd LOTR film and the extended versions of the trilogy. If people can watch those in one sitting people can definitely see this

[@An_Gold]

It is the masterpiece indeed.

[@brianjacobson297]

Dance of the Hours is easily my second favorite segment of Fantasia after the finale. It is so atmospheric.

[@renatonunes2550]

So Beautiful. Disney cartoons were once famous for introducing great classic pieces of music as part of the cartoons .Saw this first time over 70 years ago and still like it !

[@MaasdfgcQwerty]

It starts all calm and floaty then it ends in absolute pandemonium. I love it.

[@cl0vvntiem]

probably one of the horniest segments of animation ever put to film.

[@albertnash888]

After “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, “Dance of the Hours” is perhaps Fantasia’s second most popular segment, as it’s dancers are used in much of Fantasia’s promotional material.

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

It's my favorite.

[@albertnash888]

@@Pagliacci_Rex it’s one of my favorites too!

[@purplehippopotato]

Is my favourite

[@CaladonianQueen]

I love what a flirty little temptress the main hippo is. She's so clearly utterly convinced of her own irresistible-ness. Then again; the main 'gator seems to be super into it, so maybe she's right. You go girl. As a kid, though, there was this weird charge to this whole segment that gave me confused feelings. To this day I don't know is the 'gators are taking all of the women to eat them or ravish them. Hopefully not both. 'Gators: they're here for your women...

[@Hulk2k6]

Yep, Hyacinth Knew what she was doing! "If he wants all this, he's gotta WORK for it" lol

[@anon9579]

Kate Roy the crocodile is a chubby chaser

[@Hulk2k6]

Guess he's Sir Mix-a-lot in Gator form lol

[@SarahJareth]

Get you a man who won't be deterred by your ability to break every bone in his body just by your weight alone

[@Lycanthromancer1]

@@SarahJareth To be fair, those crocogators are strong as hell. Did you see the one at the end juggling her like she's a bowling pin?

[@philippa693]

the most underrated part of fantasia

[@JoeTheXC]

Absolute best piece of Fantasia in terms of both music and story!

[@jeanieclemmens6869]

A thrilling combination of good music and expert Disney cartoon delight

[@biffyqueen]

My mom would have been 70 today, and she loved this part.

[@erainmartinez8175]

This is the best scene I ever watched as a kid

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

We need Fantasia 3. No reason, we just *DO!*

[@gojirafan0577]

The music I would love to hear in another fantasia film are -Scheherazade -flight of the bumblebee -in the hall of the mountain king and -Barber of Seville

[@connorbrown4924]

There was originally a planned Fantasia 2006, but the 2nd dark age of Disney probably caused them to cancel it.

[@mauriciojavierrodriguezvel5606]

​@@gojirafan0577 "The Flight of the Bumblebee" was alaready used in a Disney film: "Melody Time".

[@douglasmurphy1113]

For those wondering the meaning behind this dance: Walt Disney created this as a parody of overly dramatic and horribly-acted operas. Disney never saw the appeal in making a play whose sole purpose was to make you feel depressed instead of sending a message or providing satire. This piece of Fantasia contrasts as a funny, light-hearted dance in comparison to the heavier and more serious songs to show that even the most serious of cases can take an easier turn in life. Gators and Hippos are natural enemies in the wild, but here they're running around, falling in love, and dancing with each other.

[@russellbowes9973]

Erm....... its a parody of ballet, not opera. Granted, the music itself comes from an opera, but within the opera it accompanies a ballet sequence

[@DreamDancer82]

And the hippo flattening the gators. SPLAT! I love slapstick humor.

[@lhadzyan7300]

the music is a ballet contained in a very dramatic and tragic yet beautifull opera indeed (La Gioconda from Ponchielli) however at the heigh middle of the story happens a parenthesis in the play to set up a ballet "the Dance of the Hours" which has an a story in his own way, which has both lyric and dramatic moments and everything ends well contrasting with the opera main story. Perhaps Disney only got the whole opera as reference, and didn´t thought about the ballet itself, although there is a lot of references from the play at the ballet at this animation as it happens to be the five momments of the play: the Dawn Hours (the ostriches), the Day/Midday Hours (the hippos, although their music is part of the music already used on the ostriches yet in an amusing arrangement), the Dusk Hours (the elephants) and the Night Hours (the crocodiles), where it also happens a love story between the two leading dancers (Hyacint Hippo and Ben Ali-Gator) and a frantic ending with all the dancers. The same things happen in ballet just not as amusing as here.

[@zipzopzoobitty]

The allegator and hippo are commonly used as symbols of the Leviathan and the Behemoth, mentioned from the bible, and they had often been put together usually to allude to harbingers of the apocalypse, no doubt a concept derived from Talmud writings. Not sure if that was Walt Disney's intention for making them Allegators and Hippos, but that's usually been the case with putting together these two creatures. Would not surprise me if it was part of his intention though, what with all the Freemason/OTO big wigs around. Those guys literally jerk off to apocalyptic scenarios and reference, which is not surprising that these same kind of people tend to be really into "population control".

[@davidcitogutierrez7975]

Douglas Murphy greetings Douglas

[@christinaburton9297]

The animation is superb..those shadows.. no computers ..

[@jacksmales4973]

This is my favourite part of the film

[@nickmitsialis]

When Fantasia was re-released in theaters back in 1989 (I think it was) my fiancee & her girlfriend (and her fiancee) went to see it--and to be quite frank this sequence literally brought down the house.

[@getstarted5080]

Oh my, if this isn't among the best and most hilarious Disney animation sequences, it certainly is the best ballet parody there is.

[@arturorojas8772]

La mía también

[@robertoincutti4712]

Art in every respect…just wonderful old Walt Disney!♥️🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@coraline15]

When I was a kid, I would always fast-forward to this part when the segment started because THIS whole part was my favorite out of the whole segment XD

[@looneywoman]

0:28-0:33 -- My favorite Hyacinth moment hands-down! 😁

[@Hulk2k6]

She's all like "Uh-uh, Stud. This ain't free, you're gonna have to WORK for it!

[@dtaylor4552]

@@Hulk2k6 What Hyacinth is saying is "Catch Me If You Can", or "Yoohoo, Come And Get It!!!"

[@jensmith7896]

Are the alligators trying to eat them? And I love how the main hippo girl is like "Yup! I'm big but I'm beautiful!"

[@blue-sea8901]

She absolutely is beautiful.

[@benjamingibby9193]

I love this film because I love the animation in this spectacular film by Walt Disney himself

[@NoFirstNoLastName]

That Hippo knows she is a classy lady and I want to be her.

[@devanhinskey9001]

Some of the animators who worked on this segment (such as Preston Blair and Ray Patterson) would later leave Disney for the MGM cartoon studio and work on many Tom and Jerry and Tex Avery cartoons. I can definitely see the sensibilities of those toons in some of the more slapsticky moments here.

[@DreamDancer82]

Fantasia was never one of my favorite movies. I saw it as a kid, and I think I fell asleep during it, because I don't remember too much out of it, except for the Sorcerer's Apprentice, and the Dance of the Hours, which were my favorite parts. I wish someone had the full Dance of the Hours sequence, though I can never hear the morning part without thinking about Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" anymore.

[@cooperminion825]

The song is Camp Granada and they used several pieces from this in it

[@TheMoni700]

My favorite scene.

[@willpoundstone71]

In reality, it's the Alligators who should be scared of the Hippos.

[@Hulk2k6]

This one's too horny to realize 🤣

[@RichardX1]

The least realistic part of this is the idea of full-grown hippos being afraid of crocodiles.

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Those things *_eat_* crocodiles IRL. Or at least, they can tear them to, quite literal, pieces.

[@RichardX1]

@@Lycanthromancer1 my point exactly

[@carlossilva921]

Great Disney movie

[@arikatheprincessofhearts2043]

I ship the hippo and alligator together!

[@bezoticallyyours83]

It always cracked me up when the lead hippo ran him right over. XD

[@EchoCedric561]

First time I actually dubbed a car zoom for cartoons when she went running over him XD

[@gracious1111]

The lead hippos is named Hyacinth.

[@Hulk2k6]

Didn't stop him, though. "I'm comin' for that booty!"

[@blue-sea8901]

I'd run for that booty too.

[@tfchaffee4393]

I supposedly watched this movie 100+ times 😂 i do remember bits pieces but tlhere i am 😅

[@Dimensioneer88]

The gators almost look like vampires with those cloaks on, not to mention their large fangs. AND they're meant to represent the night hours.

[@Peterrdee]

This was so iconic

[@chillstudy8223]

A great piece of art

[@MissMuffinElf]

dayyyym those alligators are thirsty XDDDD

[@florisfloris8004]

Il balletto più bello di sempre

[@blue-sea8901]

I agree besides Swan Lake and the Nutcracker.

[@MrEjidorie]

A hippo seduces a crocodile. It`s funny, and I love this movie since I was a child.

[@nancychiavetta1351]

Hilarious, just hilarious. At age 77 I never get tired of this scene.

[@timzahniser2102]

brilliant and wonderful!!! didney;s best!!

[@Foxy-yz6wo]

0:34 look at that tail wag

[@kookaman6095]

Orange: "NOT THE HIPPOS! ANYTHING BUT THE DANCING HIPPOS!!"

[@pinkfloyd89ful]

Kooka Man What is that quote from?

[@mihaiviteazul1184]

Even though this was my childhood movie it's just I never got the reason for this because I feel like this is telling some story.

[@nathanguymon880]

1:44-1:48 Gators: I got the motherload! 😁😂

[@TheDoctorofOdoIsland]

That alligator is my spirit animal

[@unknownartist689]

So cute and funny, with creativity nice piece. Genious comic theatrical representation. The croc can lift the hippo😂

[@TsWade2]

Love it! I just can't understand why it was a flop back then. I thought it was a great film.

[@cooperminion825]

It was made in 1940 and the majority of people who went to see movies were adults. They tended to put everything into boxes (classical music in one box, theater in another, movies in a 3rd) and didn't like anything that was considered "out of the box thinking." Fantasia was too different for that time. If it had been released about 10 years later they would've gotten more kids in the audience and had more success. Kids' imaginations are more abstract and therefore enjoy stuff like hippos dancing ballet

[@brianjacobson297]

The film was actually a modest hit, but production was too expensive to turn a profit.

[@h3adhunt0r]

I reckon, Crocodiles hunting larger Mammals was the last thing Ponchielli and the guys thought they were setting up!

[@dtaylor4552]

In real life Hippos have been known for killing more humans in Africa than Lions and Crocodiles.

[@FunFilmFare]

@@dtaylor4552 Also hippos can kill crocodiles

[@micheledipierri]

Arte. Arte pura❗

[@MusicalPenguin127]

I saw Gemma Collins on Dancing On Ice and instantly thought of this

[@geovanniandrade8321]

when j used to go to the disney store, these characters would always be on the walls. i always wondered where they were from

[@mdl222]

0:32 I know THAT look...😁

[@benjaminreyesv]

JXP Un abrazo. Mi papá (Q.E.P.D.) Bernardo, a mi hermana y a su servidor, siempre nos hablaba de esta escena de Fantasía, una película que le gustó mucho en medio de su vida de pobreza como zapaterito -cuando mi abuelito lo llevó al cine - . Gracias a estas piezas y al buen tango de Gardel que escuchaba mi abuelo se aficionó por la música clásica, junto a la romántica y a la disco, je,je,je; pero gracias a esto hoy podemos disfrutar tanto de la música de Perales como la de Radio El Mundo y la de Radio UCA. Gracias , viejo por tus buenos gustos musicales.

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Love it.

[@SkullDrain52]

2:05 me when i play with my kat

[@azzyjazzy6463]

Youuuuuu...grab your cat by the tail and fling them around?

[@itsyoboy2000]

As a kid I always thought he was trying to eat her, now as an adult I can see I was right...

[@Foxy-yz6wo]

Really I don’t think so

[@purplehippopotato]

youre just dirty minded and these are animal characters so itd be really creepy if that was what they were trying to tell

[@FunnyAquaticWhale-un3px]

Me at every ballet😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@cooperminion825]

Has anyone else noticed that this is basically the same tune as Camp Granada?

[@mashaprincess7735]

Alternative title: Hyacinth Gets Chased

[@Hulk2k6]

They'll need a Hefty Steel-reinforced bed!

[@Foxy-yz6wo]

That begs the question. What would they’re children be like? I mean I know they’d be good dancers but still

[@Hulk2k6]

@@Foxy-yz6wo Maybe 1 or 2 of each gender or species...

[@arturodemarsico1340]

un vero capolavoro

[@PinkieRockStar878]

I remember a Houdini quote saying this was an abomination. Or maybe it was Lovecraft. Either way, they died before twas released.

[@ritanicosia]

Marvelous

[@gilangsetyawibawa185]

Moon Knight ep. 4 in a nutshell

[@jlev1028]

Probably the most out there segment of the entire collection. I mean, what do hippos and crocs have to do with ballet? Still enjoyable, though.

[@paolaceretto9956]

delizioso!

[@galladevoirblue]

K. Rool is back

[@nicholasdenney1318]

So THIS is the OG Lizzo

[@starlight992]

A little strange that the ostrich with pink ribbon and pink ballet shoes is not among them in this last part.

[@Peterrdee]

starlight992 she went to star in swan lake such a Icon

[@starlight992]

@@Peterrdee Ok. ;)

[@SarahJareth]

The moment her posse dropped her grapes in the hippo pool she was all like "I'm out you losers can get taken away by gators or something" little did she know how right she was

[@russellbowes9973]

Unfortunately the animators got it wrong with their natural history. These are male ostriches - only they have the distinctive black and white plumage. Female ostriches are brown.

[@ivanrodriguez268]

maybe they are trans

[@DisneyFanatic2364]

True. Maybe they just like to wear bows.

[@Peterrdee]

russell bowes who said they are male in this video?

[@aubreywilliam9048]

russell bowes I think they got it right dude ;)

[@SarahJareth]

I mean its gators trying to get jiggy with ostriches all forms of logic and gender have been chucked out the window a while ago

[@coralroper6876]

I shudder to imagine what the children would be like

[@TiroDvD]

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[@coralroper6876]

@@TiroDvD 😛😛

[@BeverlyBige]

I’m her too, 😂

[@coralroper6876]

Crocodiles are a lot stronger than they look

[@dtaylor4552]

Crocodiles are stronger than they look because of their hardened scales in their skin.

[@Hulk2k6]

Love makes you superhuman, I guess

[@lucasmouraquaresma]

Catch me if you can

[@laurieanderson3767]

Somebody was so high when they wrote this. Lmao

[@Hulk2k6]

No higher than Lewis Carroll who was probably off his face when he wrote Alice in Wonderland 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@WilliamBrightman-dn8de]

​. I read Alice in Wonderland and through the Looking glass in High School English Lit, Carroll was under the influence of something when he wrote those novels.

[@florisfloris8004]

Struzzi maschi che sono ballerine. Le prime drag queens

[@edberlett]

Dance of the hours Disney

[@cyclamena]

Dance of the dead

[@Babyboy7672]

Ese caimán era un goloso ❤

[@willambrock2809]

I think Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd did it better in ‘Dynamite Dance’ Looney Tune Cartoons 2019

[@jpribeiroo]

Vox borders brought me here!

[@TintinMeetsGorillaz]

1:57

[@valeriivalerii8396]

Почему сейчас так не снимают

[@rickhannah3722]

T'aint gators, Huck!

[@pizzabread5441]

Who else here from that episode of Big Bang Theory? Lol no one? Just me? Cool

[@galtafaggiopicturesinterna4774]

0:40

[@olive06]

0:34?

[@maximumtrollerable]

0:51 lol

[@bnb7094]

Check out the new dancing hippos in Warcraft kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3alqWlvjaqBkNE

[@tanishav.6066]

Never realized these are the same people from the ice skating scene in the mickey's twice upon a christmas.

[@Bronn92]

I'm here because of Method Man

[@koy_fiish4601]

Me

[@connorbrown4924]

Verdict: So bad it's hilarious (C Tier)

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

There's a reason Disney became a juggernaut and it's animated films like this. Do you know how much work goes into proper cel animation as opposed to the digital animation you see today?

[@mysticmouse7261]

Hippos in tutus. Does it get any funnier?

[@SonnyJCrockett84]

Ponchielli Lombard pride ❤️

[@t-housetv7580]

i dont get it

[@madmanfernandez]

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