The Long Long Holiday - The WWII Cartoon You Never Watched

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[@EscalanteTV]

To address some commonly asked questions as people are just now discovering this video: 1. The song I used is Mareshall Nou Voila - Anthem of Vichy France. 2. As far as I know the show can be accessed by streaming on Amazon Prime.

[@Снайпер_Хренов]

Pirate Website it is then 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@Seven-vu3md]

The best part of the whole show for me was that the Germans in general (not only Otto) were shown just to be normal people forced to go to war. Even Colonel von Krieger wasn't a bad guy, he was just someone who did his job and wasn't soaked into Nazi propaganda by the way he treats the people in the town. Also as a native German speaker, the Germans actually spoke real German and had actual German accents. The Germans actually said swear words too for example the Colonel constantly says scheiße which means shit and it was always so fucking funny whenever he said Scheisse or Das ist Sabotage

[@gabrielegenota1480]

i really loved that jewish kid whose name escapes me. absolutely terrible what they did to that kid.

[@def3ndr887]

@@gabrielegenota1480 was it Francis, I just know he came from Elsass-Loringthen

[@lordadmiralnelson9816]

@@gabrielegenota1480 I think you mean Fernand. My favourite character too, shame he was just killed.

[@UwU-gm6ut]

@@gabrielegenota1480 Fernand

[@k.b.24]

xD

[@flash-thunder]

Honesty the best cartoon ever. There’s actually deep story lines for a child’s show.

[@cadjebushey6524]

My dad and I watched it a few months ago and really loved it. Although I remember him saying he didn't think it was necessarily a childrens show. Probably because of the appearance of swastikas and some of the off-screen death scenes.

[@emperor_napoleon]

@@cadjebushey6524 Kids would probably learn it at school, perhaps grade schoolers in Canada learn about the French resistance

[@GermanGUY1]

I watched this cartoon and at least this video tells about the true cartoon

[@cadjebushey6524]

@@emperor_napoleon Its really saying something when a supposed ww2 childrens show is willing to show Nazi imagery yet AAA M-rated WW2 video games censor it.

[@cjlkicks]

@@emperor_napoleon Unfortunately, here where I am in the states, from what I know we don't learn about WWII.

[@sallyh1480]

Funny how this kids show is more accurate to WWII than Call Of Duty Vanguard

[@OnionIlan]

LMAO

[@BosnianGovermentOfficial]

hah

[@CluelessSoldier-0669]

The only unhistorical things I find in the show is Germans who r armed with MP40's not having the mag pouches for that, and the tiger tank being used as a flak battery near the last remaining episodes, but besides that it is VERY MUCH more historically accurate than vanguard

[@alixon5009]

​@@CluelessSoldier-0669Surprised you didn't mention the Tiger appearing as soon as the town was occupied considering it happened soon after the Fall of France.

[@CluelessSoldier-0669]

@@alixon5009 And it also being used as a Flak 88 during the D-Day sequence

[@scribblecloud]

this show deserves to be SO much more popular than it is, i remember watcing this in germany as a kid

[@ollik3333]

yeah me to i last saw it i thing 2019 after that never agin

[@Souflouz]

Same!! I was around the age of 6 or 7 when I saw it the first time and loved it

[@nightmare_gacha5341]

Me too I think I started watching it when I was like eight years old or something in like after when I watched it I loved it so much I kept watching it and they drawing the characters and like now at 10 years old I’m kind of getting back to the long, long holiday

[@Снайпер_Хренов]

It aired in Germany? Shit, I completely missed that!

[@Yes-vx2un]

Personally I love the sheer amount of foreshadowing that the series does while still keeping things fresh. Like yeah, the leader of the local resistance's name was sparrowhawk and Mr Herpin always uses a birdcall to attract the attention of students, but you don't really put the two together until you see him being referred to as sparrowhawk.

[@pietrooliani3251]

one of the things i absolutly did not expect was the little kid getting blown to kingdom come by a lendmine

[@hgjghg3435]

before that incident i was like "poor boy, playing on the beach alone.." then he got absolutely obliterated by a landmine

[@navego5477]

When i first heard it I thought it was the English pilot cuz i completely forgot about the kid - but the next scene was pretty hard to watch

[@kakaMoBobo]

Poor Antoine getting rejected by Collete and then dying

[@Havolli]

@@navego5477 Well Collette would've died if he went with him. If i remember he asked her to go to the beach with him.

[@Not_Puro]

American kids shows: Cocomelon,Caillou, and Blues Clues European kids shows:

[@bazedguy19]

Asian kids shows:

[@Confused_Confucius]

ACKtually Caillou is a Canadian show

[@Not_Puro]

@@Confused_Confucius it was also aired in america so i mean its the same shit

[@ApolloTheLyre]

@@Confused_Confucius yeah it is, we are deeply embarrassed by it

[@wooblydooblygod3857]

DON'T FUCKING DISS BLUES CLUES!

[@bodemalaku1349]

With someone with just 325 subscribers, you have really good editing skills and mic quality. Nice work.

[@arfyego0682]

agreed

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Yeah we all need to at least try and give more creators the time of day.

[@felixbui9818]

update: 528 subscribers

[@harmongill5349]

@@danielwhyatt3278 Ikr, this platform very rarely sees new faces these days.

[@emperor_napoleon]

Best cartoon for a child. Despite having some dark scenes, it’s best to teach the children about the past and the heroes of ww2, at least better than some of the other cartoons teaching them some bad stuff

[@harmongill5349]

I agree, schools very rarely touch on serious things like war unless it has a lot to do with local history (or at least the schools in my country). And WWII is completely ignored.

[@zodiachimera7557]

It also shows it in a nuanced way that's good for kids & adults. The Germans aren't monsters and the Partisans aren't paragons. Mr. Herpin opposes the occupation & later the poor treatment of Jews but otherwise seems to support the Vichy government & Petain, and has next to no issue involving literal children in the resistance. Oberst vonKrieger is effectively walking a tightrope where he can't be too lax but refuses to be outright cruel toward the villagers - his integrity ultimately winning out as he downgrades the orders he passes along from his General to his men leading into the show's climax. Every character is written as a believably real person of the time.

[@emperor_napoleon]

@@acanimatics906 Would probably check it out. My kind of movies

[@McDonnellDouglass]

This channel is so underrated! The Canadians: Um alright where is the maple syrup at? No one can come after me for saying this cuz I am Canadian!

[@u121386]

I just discovered this cartoon the other day. I absolutely cannot believe more people haven’t seen this because it was really good.

[@flack2998]

one of my favorite things in this movie was how they mention canadians were in the war. Not many people remember canadians were part of D-Day.

[@damarcus-n7n]

that is very true i feel like we are underrepresented in the history books thanks bud !

[@themaskedperu-man5547]

Honestly This show and OTGW (Over the Garden Wall) is what I want to see more of in Cartoons. Miniseries is one of the most excellent idea for cartoons and These shows really show the potential of its.

[@mabel8880]

I love both 'The Long Long Holiday' and 'Over The Garden Wall'.

[@harmreductionman4474]

From one small creator to another, great job. Definitely going to watch this.

[@harmongill5349]

Best of luck in growing both of your channels.

[@CSbrickfilms]

This is more historically accurate than Call of Duty World War 2 and Call of Duty Vanguard.

[@Petit_Nem]

A lot of French kids watched this show because teachers would show it to us when we were learning about WW2 back in elementary school. The cartoon was also regularly available on France 5 for free

[@danael0089]

Ah good old times, im french (like really) and this series is what maked me interested in history !!

[@Petit_Nem]

@@danael0089 Je pars en fac d'Histoire l'année prochaine pour devenir prof dit toi

[@bigbasher4728]

"Yo mister holiday" "it's ok, you can call me Long Long" That was the best scene in the whole show hands down.

[@somethingthe1]

I think it's funny that this cartoon shows actual swastikas but call of duty and battlefield are too scared to do it and use the iron cross 😂

[@barsbay7598]

I discovered this show last night and just finished watching it. It's honestly one of the best shows I've ever seen

[@RookVR_]

This was literally the best cartoon I’ve ever seen. It plays with your emotions a ton, is very historically accurate from the French pov, and has amazing plot… the only bad thing is there’s not enough episodes 😔

[@republicofoctania9571]

I watched almost all of the series except episode 1 when it was on KZbin before they took it down, I loved it and I’m glad seeing the show get the recognition it deserves

[@noobzilla4212]

The landmine scene was well done and caught me off guard.

[@elitely6748]

Man I remember seeing this cartoon long ago. It really is a masterpiece if only we had more like this, the music story, animation everything was beautiful and usually cartoons don't make me emotional either. Great video man you definitely deserve to get A LOT more subscribers!

[@miel1945]

The author, Émile Bravo has also done a "re-imagination" of Spirou (or Robbedoes in Dutch), with the first comic starting in 1939 Brussels, where the Danzig issue is being discussed and the follow-up comics focus on him and Fantasio try to survive the war (with several focusses, including Collaboration vs. Resistance, the deportation of the Jewish communities,...) The artstyle is very similar to The Long Long Holiday, with the exception being that most German and Collaborationist members having some sort of shadow on them. If it's translated to English, I can definitely recommend it!

[@Снайпер_Хренов]

Spirou is such an insane series, I love it

[@mabel8880]

I discovered this beautiful French cartoon in 2020 on KZbin totally by accident. I never actually expected that there would be a family animated series set during WW2, so it was a pleasant surprise to discover that this show existed. Being a huge WW2 buff, a fan of animated shows and movies and a huge Francophile, I just needed to watch 'The Long Long Holiday'. I watched this show twice, first in French and second time in English. It's just so good, the show accurately depicts the horrors of WW2 in an age appropriate way for a younger audience. This show is super underrated and it needs more attention and more love. There should be more shows like this aimed at a younger audience.

[@BR.Bricks]

I have seen this years ago as I was around 12 years old on the german kids channel KiKa (german dubbed). Since that I dearly love this show.

[@Doodle-.Snoozel]

I’ve watched this a bit ago and i loved it really good show

[@goldencatastrophe9284]

Yo dude! Thank you for sharing this cartoon on KZbin :) You help people find really worthwhile works of art.

[@patrickpearson5237]

plus, it does the show don't tell thing in film and show and i love how some WW2 some German is not fully evil they were told to, plus i like how we never see blood, but we know that they died by seeing gunshot offscreen or seeing their body on the ground, we don't need the bullet hole we need to see the body on the ground lifeless to know that this character is lifeless

[@dishwater._]

This was by far the best cartoon I had ever watched. I had watched it when I was younger and recently I had asked my friend if they ever watched it and they were like "What's that?" and I told them no wonder they didn't know shit about WWII. This show deserves so much more attention than it received.

[@just_a_hampa]

I’m German and from what I’ve seen about this show, it seems like an amazing portrayal of our people in the army back then. It looks at them from a more humanizing perspective. Not just seeing them terrible Nazi wanting to murder every non German. It’s really tiring to see people from back then all seen as nazis, because it’s mostly not true. Yes, there was a lot of propaganda shaping their day to day lives, but they’re still humans. War captives were sometimes sent to farmers to basically work for them. People weren’t really allowed to show them kindness, but my great grandfather always invited them for dinners to eat with the family. When the Americans freed the place he lived at he only avoided being shot due to his kindness and a captive mentioning how he treated them. It’s important to understand that not everyone liked the regime. We often forget that.

[@TemmieContingenC]

Mild inconsistencies with stuff for the time aside, I adored this TV show and am glad someone is covering it

[@cadjebushey6524]

I literally just discovered it a few minutes ago.

[@dancingenginier5707]

remember watching it when i was little. was realy taken back by how it didnt shy away from death. there are scenes ill never forget, that realy hit me hard.

[@lloydgarmadon4479]

As a french, i am happy that this serie exist because she can shows the true condition of France during WW2. France wasn't a country of cowards but also a country of warriors with the French Resistance 🇫🇷💪

[@SergioPop-po7ni]

Gameplay shows up on screen. The corner: *don't let Sergio escape* Me: Tf did I do?

[@TheCT200]

EDIT: The Intro music is an unofficial anthem of Vichy France called "Maréchal nous voilà!" or in English, "Marshal, Here We Are!"

[@MotorPotor56]

Watching the english dubbed version was wild, esp when the kids meet the British soldiers and supposedly have no idea what they are saying to each other

[@sasin2715]

where can i watch it?

[@MotorPotor56]

At one point it was either on Prime or Netflix@@sasin2715

[@GasMaskProductions0]

​@@sasin2715someone had uploaded all the episodes on KZbin, don't remember the channels name though

[@Poimist]

​@@sasin2715bitchute for free, find the name "richie" they posted all of the episodes

[@tk-6967]

12:42 I got it straightaway that they were Canadian because obviously the kids are speaking in French, so it would only make sense if these were Canadians talking to them given that all of those troops spoke French

[@somethingtoputonpizza6667]

I love that this series is becoming popular again

[@bobthebuilder8110]

Oh thank the lord for this video. I've been trying to look for videos talking about this show for years. Thank you for taking the time to make this. Will subscribe and check out more of your videos.

[@monkeycat48]

2020 the first time I ever discovered that cartoon interestingly enough I found the animation very similar to Madeline. That old TV show I used to watch when I was a kid.

[@TheStarshipGarage]

Dude, this was always one of my favorite shows. I watched it at least twice. Glad to see someone talk about it.

[@oliversherman2414]

I saw a few episodes from this show and I really enjoyed it

[@Rpg_enthusiast]

holy crap thanks for the huge nostalgia hit I remember watching this with my family when I was a kid and we watched half the season in french because my mom thought it would teach us french , but we kids found out how to set the audio to english. Overall this show is absloloutly amazing.

[@C-Farsene_5]

This takes me back, I used to watch this during the pandemic

[@OnionIlan]

This "Kids Show" is more Historically Accurate than Call of Duty Vanguard

[@mellivv3082]

I am French and i like to see that this amazing show about an important part of my contry's history have some recognition internationaly .

[@LeRabbit-]

it is mah childhood I watched it during the summer holidays (the cartoon came earlier since I'm in France) and I thought it was just wonderful. Most of the WWII cartoons, there were no exaggerations, and they were historically correct...they showed with Otto, for example, that "n@zi" didn't mean "German"...c was also sad and sometimes disturbing, with only suggestions of the pangs that have affected the world.. I loved the characters (especially Fernand), the landscapes... it was quite realistic, the story was gripping. The episodes were cut by little Stop-Motion animations from Anne Franck's notes. I really liked and again today, it marked me.

[@samuelemcn]

i watched this when i was a kid since the tv show was originally french and my mom is part french she wanted us to learn a lesson, so she showed us this and i loved it (by the way granchville is not a fake town its acctuly a existant one, i had the question to see if it existed and it did its also called avranches or granville which is acctuly 2 cities i cant decide that are at the same location but if you look at the deatails and watch it over again you will notice that there is a city on the map, the 1st episode litteraly has a marker saying they left from paris to the exact end of that point in normandy and i looked it up and apperently it is a town there! so its not fiction its real apperently they just named the town something else.)

[@danielwhyatt3278]

What also feels crazy, is that this came out seven years ago. Honestly in terms of animation and series history that isn’t very long at all. Not even a decade. Yet somehow, even though I love animation and have done so for several years now, I haven’t heard about it until this month. I am 26 so I really miss the opportunity to fully engage with it even more at a time when it would’ve affected me emotionally greater than it already has. I love the way that I finally have this story in my life and will treasure it.

[@samuelemcn]

@@danielwhyatt3278 im so freaking lucky to have french parents lol

[@Hogan231]

I watch this show in 2018.

[@paulaispuro6651]

Bro really said Ferdinand 💀 such a real reaction when he died fr

[@RouxBoux]

i may or may not have cried when they said Fernand died at auschwitz.

[@oddgirl2813]

I remember watching it on Netflix with my brother, it was really good. I can’t find the full series but I have rewatched some episodes on KZbin

[@hauptmannerich]

Ngl you narrate a video remind me of "The Professional" KZbinr when playing ww2 related game

[@erainmartinez8175]

That's why they look like The Adventures of Tintin Characters

[@toby1439]

Who else watched this show because of Sabaton?

[@Frudyfazbear]

Saw this when I was seven. Glad I found it again

[@commanderkronos]

This is the best show I’ve ever watched

[@isaacribeiro1317]

I remember watching it with my sister when it was still available very good show they should bring it back

[@premikadevi3646]

I feel bad for Fernand☹️

[@runajain5773]

Yeh we know how he gonna worse to die

[@samuelwharmby1558]

i saw the show about a year ago because of music videos of it with sabaton music. more people have to see it for how well they balance the themes setting and perspective without feeling jaring once and just because its a must watch anyway

[@larryalvares1369]

Escalante TV: The Long Long Holiday- the WWII show you never watched Me in 2021: hold my beer

[@inicupang1]

"Boom boom, the long way home" is also a WW2 italian cartoon

[@NoirChat138]

2:46 "and it was a pretty dark time" oh boi wait to see sequel " the very ugly ugly Carnival", Jeanne won't look the same I'll tell you that much...

[@alexthedemon2203]

It would be nice to get a world war 1 cartoon like this

[@ArtemisLyer]

Its the wattpad fanfic writer here :] damier maxie, i love this show and i love seeing the fandom grow! i loved this video man!

[@camelliasinensistea9410]

I watched this show 2 years ago

[@Ршвания]

Yes I've watched this before, I love it so much and I wish they didn't get rid of it on KZbin.

[@ThePeanutMann]

I watched it before it got taken down from youtube, wish I could watch it again

[@johannr2658]

First saw it when I was around like 6-7 back in 2016/2017 and that’s how I got introduced to WW2 and now… in 2023… im 13 years old and im a huge frickin war and history nerd

[@isfren5482]

Honestly the part where the Canadians show is kinda smart, right so kids wouldn’t think “ oh they speak our language that must have some significance other then our language is the best “ so in the original version where everything is in French the kids would still assume it’s Americans, with the “ actually we’re Canadians “ part it show the writers thought of this because Canadians at the time almost all knew French

[@eastonfussell3347]

This one of 2 shows that have ever made me cry

[@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278]

its beautifully made and it is best if you Watch it in French

[@London_J]

The KZbin version of the Long Long Holiday was taken down.

[@DirectorMico]

Where can you watch it now?

[@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993]

On streaming websites

[@Purple_694]

To be honest this is a pretty good video on the topic. Some things are in a little bit of an odd order but I still enjoyed it.

[@paindemiecapitaliste4176]

im really happy that someone talked about this not the video i wanted but the one i needed as afrench kid this serie as been a classic for the older gene but is still really enjoyed it when i was 8-9 i first discovered this movie in primar class and i found this sad that this movie really got forgot in my generation also the "goot goot" from the german who ate the pig should be a meme

[@Morocco.Barbara_67]

C'est trop vrai!!Moi aussi je l'ai regardé en primaire (CM2/1)quand y'avais le "goot goot"TOUTE ma classe à rigoler (même moi)

[@milla3788]

I remember watching it when I was younger in TV and I found it again today

[@RedTopper]

Unfortunately 7 episodes of the show were taken down by youtube. The three that reamain are'nt in order. The swastikas might be what got it taken down.

[@williamthehammer1]

"This show doesn't shy away from showing things from the second world war." Well considering that it's set in the period I would expect that they would show those things...

[@connorjack-232]

I have watched the show many times and I love it

[@Nonsense010688]

I saw clips of this in Music videos and must admit it sounds pretty impressive. handling a couple of dark topics (the nazi occupation, collaboration ect.) well in a show which due the nature of be for kids will face restrictions, is a pretty impressive feat.

[@haydeeblanco9535]

"Mean guy named hanz💀"

[@LovelyJuly]

OMG I used to watch this when it was on Netflix in like 2017 first time hearing about WW2 then 😭

[@Angyyy0]

i love history even as kid stuff like the soviet history most the german history because i am german and this cartoon is one reason why the long long holiday 10/10 great cartoon

[@Ruben-bk7dx]

i remeber watching the show every year for the summer holyday (i'm french) and crying every time when [antispoil] got to a minefield and when the pig of the familly got found by the bad guy of the show i was young and my kid point of view made me learn more frome the show and discover WW2 , i saw german at soldier not as bad guys and i did not had these tipe of thing like OH OTTO HAVE A NZIS UNI I HATE HIM THIS DIRTY NAZI also de british arc and the epervier arc make me comme back every time

[@ob1kenobi748]

I watched this past spring, this was just before I lost my best friend

[@matejv732]

I loved this series as a kid

[@emperorhaya5351]

3:45 Seen as a traitor, Nazi collaborator i love it when im just saying some random stuff and accidentally make a rhyme

[@Caralex-ti9wc]

I remember watching it when it was on tv it was one of my favorite cartoon

[@donaldostrem4982]

This also reminds me not only of the cartoon 1010, but the Nickelodeon cartoon Doug in a way. No colored characters.

[@AraynaArora-nr3mw]

i watched this when i was 7 in india and it was my favorite... so glad to see people talking about it

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Why are the best shows always the ones you never see?

[@songsilove9669]

That was a great show me and my brother enjoyed the best part is when the colonel started singing We'll meet again

[@assilkader6602]

i have watched it before and i swear its amazing

[@CoolLink-Zelda]

I watched this in german children's TV "KIKA" when I was a child

[@crazyd2]

Good Video, take you time when you're reading your script. It was a little hard to follow but still good to watch.

[@TobbiTuala-bo4bv]

I loved this it is still my favorite animated series and or series ever watch it when I was young still adore it

[@ISpreadLies]

‘The ww2 cartoon you never watched’ Too bad I watched it 5 times before the vid even came out💀💀