This Cartoon Blew My Mind

[@CMB505]

It's weird, but I actually like Papa's viewpoint and honesty with Baby. It's a very pragmatic but still supportive sort of talking. He genuinely doesn't know the where's or why's or who's when the first came to be, which felt like he was supporting and acknowledging his son's fears without judging or filling his head with empty optimism. Then on the other hand, he admits that he doesn't think the dump is "the real world" but he doesn't give in to pessimism. His honesty is what allows him and his son to be, relationship wise, closer and more open.

[@lafcursiax]

I ADORED this movie when I was 5. The part where the baby sees infinity blew my mind too! I had a recording of it from the Disney Channel, but my mom taped over it because she thought it was too scary for me (it wasn't)!

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It still blows my mind to this day!

[@Vespyr_]

It was probably too scary for her. Adults love to project like that.

[@MrKenichi22]

I’m glad someone is talking about this again

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

More people should know about this movie. It's too good to go unnoticed!

[@julesrules7297]

As usual, you have inspired me to check this out. I really enjoyed your opening monolog. I love the 70s color palette here and the animation. Very warm and charming.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

I appreciate that! If you end up watching the actual movie, let us know what you thought about it!

[@Sojoboscribe]

One thing I noticed is that, in the movie (unlike the book) the elephant is REPAIRED in the wedding scene. In the book, her damage is permanent, and she wears a patch over her missing eye and a kerchief over her torn ear. I don't know how I feel about that change. Is it better to see the scars of trauma cured, or accepted and overcome?

[@michaelkost6060]

The animation which opened my mind as a child was Harry Nilsson’s “the Point” (‘71). It presents philosophy and existentialism to a child’s mind…and super-catchy tunes.

[@Dustbiter2003]

Thats a good movie

[@TheMightyPika]

Oh WOW I haven't thought about this film in forever! I caught it by goofing around on KZbin in college and couldn't look away. I ended up buying the book it's based on right afterwards. Btw I love your insights.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

There really isn't anything quite like it. It's so unique, you can't help but have it stay in the deep recesses of your brain!

[@raggedyanarchist]

That song... I've always wanted to do a downtempo cover in the style of, like, Portishead or Massive Attack or something to that effect. It's so good. So is this film -- I remember seeing it as a kid in the '90s and then wondering if it was all a fever dream for the next 20 or so years. Nobody ever knew what I was talking about when I tried to describe it, but it stuck with me.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's a lovely song that more people should be aware of!

[@mario-mario822]

The toy donkey dismemberment scene in shadows feels like the transformation in Pinocchio in shadows don't think it saved people from nightmares 😂

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

Hmm, I’m wondering if it was actually to make it more impactful, in the case of Pinocchio anyway. I can understand why they’d have a dismemberment shown that way (still freaky though) but a transformation can have the power taken out of it if handled wrong on screen.

[@reuvenknight1575]

It did not.

[@AlexReynard]

Just noticed, the last thing the jack-in-thebox warns them of is ending up in the trash. This scares Baby so much, he panics, and causes that very thing to happen. A perfect illustration of how, the things we worry about the most, we draw towards us.

[@LoganJackson]

I learned about this movie from my big sister. She told me it's a dark film. I didn't understand what that meant, until I watched. I had to step away from the movie for a few days because of how it impacted me. I haven't watched it in full since.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's quite an unusual film. I haven't really seen anything like it, and because of that, I'm glad it exists! Hopefully someday you can finish watching the movie.

[@mollietenpenny4093]

I remember reading about this movie in a book about cartoons from my local library. I used tp check out the book from often and look up the films,TV shows, and cartoon specials on KZbin.

[@gilbertotabares8196]

I watched this thing all the time when I was a kid. Can't believe the name escaped me all these years.

[@joeybaseball7352]

I will admit, I've never seen this movie, but I will definitely be checking it out shortly. It looks like a beautiful film. Lots of scary elements. It always shocks me how we've gone so backwards when it comes to animation. Whereas the live-action movies of the 50s and 60s were very clean and sanitized, the animation was gritty. And now, animation has become very sanitized, less gritty.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

I find it interesting that a Japanese animation company would adapt an American author's work (since Sanrio was the animation studio)

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's amazing the portfolio companies have the further back you look. It's hard to believe this same company is responsible for Hello Kitty!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Especially since Hello Kitry has always looked simplistic

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

What surprised me is that Hello Kitty preceeds this movie by three years!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGooseI thought the movie was before. I guess I remember the timeline wrong

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

This was the same studio behind Ringing Bell…about a lamb raised by a wolf

[@paluxyl.8682]

I'm sure the animated movie: Fantastic Planet (1973) would be perfect for your channel. ^^

[@kelf114]

Yes!!!!

[@samanthamarkle6923]

Found a movie I completely forgot about! The First Snow of Winter! Going to rewatch it soon!

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

If you haven't seen it in a while, buckle up! Your brain is in for a ride!

[@TheTrumpReaper]

I HEART The Mouse and His Child. The visuals and the music are *beautiful.* The animation style reminds me of Ralph Bakshi. Props for uploading. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's an unheralded, philosophical. little film!

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

Thank you for highlighting yet another half-forgotten favorite from my early childhood! (I still can't believe how many I was lucky enough to see.) This one does indeed have a very interesting development-story, and I strongly encourage more research and awareness of this film!

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's the kind of movie where even if you just watch it once, it will stick with you forever!

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Yes! Exactly what happened to me! =)

[@BuckarooBanzai84]

@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Incidentally, my mom also read me the OG book when I was very young. =)

[@mr.pavone9719]

I remember seeing this on TV when it was broadcast. Maybe it was on HBO? I was about 5 and this movie had even adults talkig about it. This left my aunt in tear at the end.

[@ThemanlymanStan]

I think that the dog food can also represents the fractal nature of reality and the infinite nature of reality too.

[@AlexReynard]

When the frog asks to tell their fortune, and they give their wishes for family, and self-determination, respectively, I can imagine that Fate or Time or whoever takes this seriously, then glances ahead to the future to see what cheat codes she can impart to them. From her perspective, 'What chain of events will give them what they want, if they have a certain reaction to certain events at certain times? And which string of words will most-succinctly help them pay attention to those pivotal moments, and feel hope at points when, normally, they might feel despair?'

[@kelf114]

For me, it was the movie The Point. I learned my biggest lesson from the Rock Man. "Did you ever see a pterodactyl?" - No. "Did you ever WANT to see a pterodactyl?" - No, I guess not. "There you go. You see what you want to see. And hear what you want to hear. And a rock in the rain is just cool."

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

"The Point" is another classic! I did a video on it if you'd like to check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poXKqICoaM13adU

[@HyperDeathRee]

We bought this movie on a VHS tape at a Boot Sale when I was around 6, and so much of it stayed with me!! 😢💖

[@maximus4765]

"Don't ever talk to me or my son ever again."

[@tardisrider25]

They didn't go to the bank to steal cheese, it was peanut brickle. Just a side point

[@thenightstar8312]

Saw this movie when I was really young. One of several things, along with growing up with Pink Floyd music that got me interested in philosophy.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It is surprisingly complex for all the concepts it introduces in the guise of a simple cartoon!

[@niceyintvland2184]

Saw this movie months ago and had a very interesting experience with it. I thought i Didn't like it at first, despite the fact darker moods and subject matter in what are ostensibly children's media being what draws me to some books or films i may have missed out on back when i was the target audience for them. Maybe i thought trying to talk abt the nature of infinity in something like this was a hard sell even for more adult stories. Then, something about the ending reprise of the opening song and the final lines being "be happy" just kinda caused me to just cry a lot. Something about going through a really hard life and still being able to be happy has always really resonated with me. I like to think of this film as being an allegory for a father and son dealing with homelessness and exploitation, only being able to survive off the kindness of strangers but wanting so badly to take control of their own lives. Perhaps they held sympathy for manny at the end because they know full well what life at the bottom of the barrel is like, and they wouldn't want even an enemy to feel what they felt. After many trials and tribulations they were still able to succeed, so maybe manny can too. I wish more people can appreciate this movie for the complex feelings it inspires in its audience, even if sometimes it can be a bit difficult to understand.

[@video-luver769]

Yasss, at 21:00, THAT'S the scene I remember the most, from *deep* in the recesses of my memory.

[@jennysowell6814]

That dog food can amazed me as a kid

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

And I STILL have no idea what it means!

[@video-luver769]

@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Weirdly enough, it seems like that Bonzo Dog Food can is the biggest thing most people remember online, because I found more than one Reddit post talking about it.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I'm fairly certain it has nothing to do with the multiverse though. Sure, that was a concept back then, but it wasn't as ingrained into society as it is today. This was also before Inception, so it has nothing to do with that. What _does_ it mean then? I have absolutely no idea... but I know what it doesn't. So, like Sherlock Holmes' "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." and the Cat in the Hat's plan of marking X's on everything to find out "where it's not;" all we have to do is keep wild mass guessing until we stumble on the truth!

[@InfiniteLoop]

I have that book, love it, never knew there was an animated version. ty

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

Hopefully it's as enjoyable for you as the book is!

[@video-luver769]

My God, I barely remember seeing this cartoon when I was pretty young.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

I'm impressed anyone has heard of it, let alone seen it!

[@video-luver769]

​​@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose It was a very long time ago, and my memory is spotty, at best. I chiefly remember a scene where the smaller mouse was describing the picture on the dogfood can that seemed to go on and on forever with extremely trippy animation.

[@whildhair83]

That's how I feel about the OG Brave Little Toaster

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

Another classic!

[@AlexReynard]

Watching this as a very little child: [gets a whole big buncha PTSD from the visual of trying to see THE LAST VISIBLE DOG] Watching this as an adult on edibles: 'I understand absolutely everything in this and oh my god these hand-drawn backgrounds holy fuck.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

Sorry. KZbin does this weird thing where comments I leave in shorts don't appear in the shorts comment section if I've got an active normal video up and running.

[@CircusFox666]

I wonder if this influenced Toy Story

[@rickycannon5366]

Mine was Triplets of Bellevue

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

That's an amazing one!

[@crystalcritt1895]

CAN YOU PLLLLEEEEEAAAAASE REVIEW RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY MUSICAL ADVENTURE MOVIE!? I LOOOOOVVVVVVE IT!! KING KOO KOO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

I recently reviewed the Raggedy Ann and Andy cartoon TV series. I'm planning on reviewing the movie sometime, hopefully sooner than later!

[@crystalcritt1895]

@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK THANKS SO MUCH! How did you like King Koo Koo?

[@Sappy10]

Love that movie too... my dad always finds weirdest ones in a good way.. miss him.. 😢

[@huntercoleman460]

Neat review. Ever see The BFG from 1989? How about a review of that?

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

I have not but it's one I've been meaning to check out. Consider it "on the list"!

[@romeosantos3261]

I need to watch this movie ❤

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's definitely worth the watch!

[@MannyRat128]

This was my favorite movie growing up as you can see from my username! I highly recommend everybody watch it

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

I do, too!

[@rileywilliams9799]

'Avante....Hey! Avante! You can't leave me here! Wait! Wait a minute!' 'CAAAAWWWW!!'

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Good Luck finding The Mouse and his Child on 📀or blu-ray. The Dog shall rise, The Rat shall fall. Self-Winding. Peter Ustinov is Manny The Rat, Sally Kellerman is The Seal, Alan Barzman and Marcy Swenson are The Title Characters, and Andy Devine is Frog, while John Carradine is The Tramp. 14:38 It was Treacle Brittle That Ralphie was withdrawing from the Bank, then The Badger Security Guard Eats Ralphie, Mm, Rat. 28:28 Donald Duck and Spunky Cameos, Maybe Disney sued for the Cameos of Donald Duck and Spunky From Hunky and Spunky, and that's why I can't find it on 📀.

[@171QA]

Great video.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@Oscarhudson_Official]

I don’t know this cartoon.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

It's worth watching if you've never seen it before (or even if you have)!

[@hartfordhouse6997]

Sorry, but 'A Wrinkle In Time' wasn't made for me.

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

This isn't A Wrinkle In Time, though.

[@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose]

Both great movies but certainly not for everyone!

[@thenightstar8312]

Good thing this has nothing to do with anything

[@ClaireCopeland-n6y]

I hated A Wrinkle In Time. My 4th grade teacher read it to us and I loved books far above my head but hated that one and wished to God she would just get it all over with 😂

[@mollietenpenny4093]

So basically The Mouse and His Child is basically secular Calvinism in a nutshell?

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

So, your idea of making meaningful change, to avoid copyright issues, is to describe the whole film, instead of allowing us to experience it for ourselves? Damned selfish of you, kid.

[@Eleora1997Msia]

old cartoon is full of soul between spiritual in deep meaning life and death, God is always been mentioned. today cartoon is full of rubbish about physical world and devil evil work.