Toot Sweets - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@Shipwrecksos]

When I was a kid, I really thought they were ACTUALLY playing those candies perfectly on pitch. It never occurred to me that there was a full orchestra playing flutes in the background. I miss being a kid.

[@speckledjim9895]

WHAT? ...... you mean they aren't REAL ......... dammit!

[@harryrob8221]

What!? 😨

[@jazzinikki01]

I didn’t know that at all

[@aidencox1428]

I asked my grand parents to buy me some i was 7 at the time

[@vexxama]

Thought I was the only one. It had me looking at the screen in wonder thinking how amazing it was they pulled it off

[@pr9062]

The technicolour 60s depicting a brass metal classy sweet factory around 1915....they could never reproduce this atmosphere in modern movies.....never.

[@hamartiarobins8268]

@Jeff Webb yeah a better one

[@ArtBoy54Productions]

I do agree with you here, but I believe the movie is set between 1910 and 1913 (I personally believe it to be 1911) Because it has been stated that the film takes place is Pre-WW1 England, and the title card races take place from 1907 to 1909, and when the children found the car it must have taken a long time for it to have become such a wreck, even after being engulfed in flames,

[@ce9110]

@Jeff Webb pretty sure it was filmed in Hungary or something like that

[@pr9062]

@@ce9110 England, France and Bavaria

[@drownedzephyr]

yeah cuz if you tried to, people would get mad that people of color would inevitably get cast 💀

[@xxlinkman456xx]

This movie has aged so well. Still a joy to watch

[@benrig89]

Indeed. I don't understand how this film got eviscerated when it came out. I loved this movie when I was a kid, I love it now as an adult, and I can't wait to introduce it to my kids.

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

It’s all thanks to the effort. It was a passion project and they put their all into every frame. Few movies today can claim either of those things.

[@lauren9004]

I can imagine even more so now. They don’t make them like they used to

[@ttt5020]

well. the hitler spy didnt age very well 😭 but the songs, yes!

[@manuelorozco7760]

After rediscovering it in Quarabtine I get all of you

[@reneebancroft9193]

you know it is a true classic when the movie came out 31 years before you were born but it still became a favorite childhood memory

[@lunalgaleo1991]

Hear, hear! This will always be a childhood favorite. 😌

[@nat6907]

I grew up watching these kinds of movies on my parents VHS player in the basement with my older sister they childhood nostalgia I get from seeing anything in this style of film is something else

[@RED-my9hl]

I'm 18 and my English grandmother always bought me DVD's of old(ish) English movies. Disney princesses don't compare to these gems

[@MichaelTurner856]

​@@RED-my9hlI'm 16 and revisiting it! Love it

[@manuelorozco7760]

25 years before I was born

[@Promiseisme01]

I use to adore this movie when I was little.

[@mackfrank840]

Don't lie, you still do! It's okay. I do too! Haha

[@jackdonohue7893]

Mack Frank he never said he doesn’t adore it anymore.

[@madshark0]

Me too, and I still do!

[@harrysdifferentbeans6164]

Same

[@KuijkenGames]

i think its on netflix but im not sure last time i checked it was on it

[@nivdryer]

Chitty chitty bang bang was such a surreal movie to me lol

[@dianaprobst3157]

Doubly funny when you realize it was written by the author of the James Bond books.

[@SPM0717]

@@dianaprobst3157 The book though, not the film.

[@NoConsistency]

@@SPM0717 The book is Ian fleming and the movie is half written by Roald Dahl so it's basically James Bond meets Willy Wonka.

[@luminethetraveler8822]

Yeah, I sometimes forget they go to a castle where the children get captured and they have to pretend to be toys to save them. The story took a massive turn right there XDDDDD

[@ellenmarch3095]

@@luminethetraveler8822 That part scared the $#!+ out of me as a little kid, lol.

[@aimeebeacham6801]

Truly Scrumptious actress gained her wings on Sunday. RIP Sally Ann Howes ♥️

[@jeffreyding7131]

5

[@darkecofreak23]

Requiescat in Pace

[@notshannon6639]

She did not die

[@jordanwelch3832]

Long life too, 91 years and seemed like a wonderful woman. RIP

[@2ou1]

You're joking I only just found out about this

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

Modern actors couldn't keep up with Dick Van Dyke who's now 97 years old, and did all of his own dancing. He still believes in singing and dancing every day 👍

[@manuelorozco7760]

He’s 98 now and I agree as a longtime fan since Mary Poppins

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

He said that even in his 90s he could still do all the dance routines…apart from Me Old Bamboo “I could barely do it then!” 😂

[@pluise]

Dancing and laughing keeps you young. Wish more people do this. Everyone can if you believe!!

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

@@pluise That's what he said on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.. that and having a wife ½ his age😁

[@jawoody9745]

Dick Van Dyke was a powerhouse entertainer. His head and his body were everywhere, sometimes going in 2 different directions.

[@randomgame1322]

1:57 Old man: *choking* Everyone: HE LIKES IT!

[@heatherbowman9450]

😅😂

[@Kanu03]

they really said HOOORAY 😂😂😂

[@lesabbath8416]

Lmfao!😂😂😂😂

[@kungburg7661]

Imagine walking home and looking at the sweet factory just seeing all the workers doing backflips

[@madiemadthebookworm]

That guy walking by: what- oh thats amazing im just gonna watch for a while maybe I should be a candy factory worker

[@leeJCMJPaul]

I'd honestly wonder what they're putting in the sweets haha

[@adamwelch4336]

I mean they work in a candy factory

[@LPJack02]

RIP and long live Sally Ann Howes (July 20, 1930 - December 19, 2021), aged 91 You will always be remembered as a legend.

[@tbrennan1365]

I remember begging my grandma to take me to the store so we could buy toot sweets. We never found them

[@ArtBoy54Productions]

They make them now! I think they are called ‘Melody Lollies’ or something along those lines, but they actually function like slide whistles. I wonder why they didn’t make real toot sweets to coincide with the film release?

[@tbrennan1365]

ArtBoy54 Productions NO WAY! Thank you so much

[@r2.b2]

I’ve had sweets of the whistling variety. They were fun. Haven’t looked around for them recently.

[@PresidentHotdog]

I had them in the 90s. You could only buy them from the chemists

[@persephonessibling]

Chupachup melody pops are the closest ive found. I can play "Mary had a little lamb on them" 😅

[@laurenxenacampbell]

So this is what they did in food factories before food hygiene standards...Wounderful song though.

[@garcalej]

I’m more amazed they were able to pull off that whole musical number without any prior rehearsals. It’s almost like.....they’re not really factory workers. 🤔

[@temptep]

Upton Sinclair has a thing or two to say about that

[@garcalej]

​@@temptep Be murder dancing on a floor slick with blood and cow guts. But if that's what the boss wants......

[@sgbroadcastproductions6337]

LOL

[@harrywithanh]

There’s also exposed gears and no hand rails on balcony

[@angelicacelia2703]

This is still the greatest movie ever. Brings tears when I rewatch this just remembering how much I loved this as a kid & still do today. Dick van dyke is incredible. ❤

[@silvereagle2061]

Those catwalks were built by the same people who built the death star. No railings.

[@titanuranus3095]

And look at those uncovered gears at the 3:24 mark. Imagine getting a limb caught in those!

[@sawdusttherapy6961]

I like the vats of boiling sugar liquids on the catwalks

[@grayalien48]

The same people responsible for every uncovered vat under a catwalk in Gothem city

[@mantislake4141]

@Sheldon Cooper - so OSHA could have prevented the Joker?

[@mickys8065]

@@mantislake4141 yes

[@LightSpectris]

0:36 love that one bit where Dick turns his head in confusion as he sings, as if suddenly realising everyone’s watching him, and then immediately gets back into character

[@lunalgaleo1991]

I always thought he was looking around for Lord Scrumptious. 😅

[@EmBas007]

I Didn’t Even Realize It, Until Now….

[@redslash1611]

Goes straight from classy to fill the whole set with dogs

[@kylesund4941]

Happy 99th Birthday Mr. Dick Van Dyke! Thank you for bringing the world nothing but joy!

[@lunalgaleo1991]

I honestly love how Truly helps him advertise the candy instead of discouraging him or just watching him.

[@ridirih9807]

I have always loved this clever and charming song! I like to sing it every once in a while. The little dog on the conveyor belt still makes me laugh after 50 years 😂

[@manuelorozco7760]

Happy belated 98th birthday Mr Van Dyke! Years ago I never imagined I would love this classic!

[@justinbarton8808]

This movie will never get old, it’s a timeless classic. One of my favourite movies ever

[@davidfarmer2193]

R.I.P. James Robertson Justice (1907-1975) and Sally Ann Howes (1930-2021).

[@dragonkissed2099]

This will never be old… it’s an enigma in itself ❤

[@kieranrobertson8078]

Here after finding Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious) has passed; this movie was my childhood so it’s hit me hard. Rest in peace Sally ❤️

[@nicholasdavies6264]

How time passes by so quickly. I was 8 when this came out ...... 60 now but when it's on I'll watch it for some peculiar reason . Great film with very talented performers !

[@Foolishfishy]

My favorite childhood movie 🥺 even if I wasn’t born in those day I still love it💗💗

[@absolutefoot4594]

Haven’t seen this movie in over a DECADE but this song pops into my head on the regular

[@thefray123]

Such a fun movie, and most importantly- some of the greatest music ever!

[@Jenema2]

Please never remake this

[@mackfrank840]

Dick Van Dyke is too old! Although I won't lie I wouldn't mind seeing how they would pull it off.

[@jackdonohue7893]

Mack Frank it doesn’t have to have Dick van Dyke! But seriously... they shouldn’t remake it.

[@carbootstudios2459]

@@jackdonohue7893 I'd like to see a more faithful adaptation of the original book.

[@julianregis8608]

They never would dare.

[@carbootstudios2459]

@@julianregis8608 Unless it was closer to the book

[@gordby5013]

I wanted to have one of those so badly. They looked so tasty.

[@Amber417]

I’ve always loved the shot of Lord Scrumptious with Jeremy and Jemima at 3:13 I like to imagine he would love and spoil them after Caractacus and Truly got married even though they weren’t his blood

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

James Robertson Justice often played grouchy authority figures with an unexpected soft side

[@drby0788]

​@@tombstoneharrystudios584terrific actor

[@claudiolettieri9921]

He would be great to them, as would the blood grandfather.

[@AAilovemusic]

BRILLIANT! Why am I in tears?! This takes me back to my childhood. 🥲

[@annanear.]

If Hollywood ever remakes this Imma throw hands

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

More than 10 times I watched this movie already, never bored with it. What a classic

[@yvonnepettersen8842]

They could never ever make a perfect film like this again it's irreplaceable no one could be another Dick Van Dyke actor

[@dan3843]

I always loved how so much effort is put into these musical pieces before the story of the film even starts properly

[@jasonalexanderrenwick1657]

R.I.P Sally Ann Howes you were amazing as Truly Scrumptious ❤

[@tristanchambers5975]

They don’t make movies like they used to anymore. Such a classic. 🥲

[@sheldonf]

I remember driving into NY when I was young. My Dad was taking us to see Dr. Doolittle but could not find a parking space so we went to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang instead. Great memories. Thank you, Dad.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Amen

[@rickc-137___]

I freaking loved this movie when i was a kid.

[@kittysnowshoe6475]

I haven't watched this movie in like 15+ years but for some reason I woke up this morning singing this song. Super random... nice to listen to it again :D

[@JohnSulu14]

Dick Van Dyke is still alive today and he outlived a lot of younger celebrities that passed away.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I just can’t believe it

[@justinbarton8808]

A living legend

[@fourdoorsmoresmores]

saw this when I was five or six, forgot it for a decade and a half, now it's back

[@gluonjck63]

Even Jim Carrey would not remake this movie as it is perfection!

[@teresathayn5170]

Born in 1960 I love this movie!! Come on! We had 3 or 4 tv channels as it was!

[@Lesleyallisonwalker]

One of my all time favorite movies! I haven’t seen it in decades though. And of course I play it and the first line caused us all to laugh hysterically and request that line as a ringtone. 😆🤪

[@adamisamazing15]

hearing this song for the first time in forever has literally brought me to tears, I miss being a kid

[@hiattgrey9161]

0:23 I like how his voice changes.

[@sc0pedmatho238]

Hiatt Grey went from the camera audio to the studio audio it does this in all songs in most movies these days it is just better blended in

[@mikelowry6286]

I love this movie so much my mom is the reason i love Musicals. This movie is a MASTERPIECE.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I consider her side of the family why I love musicals too

[@ruffrideralec]

LMAO.... This is when people really had to act. Hardly any special effects, a movie was a story told by the actors and was rated on their believability.

[@Milamberinx]

Rather too much dancing though.

[@GolDRoger-px9qs]

Id would think it would be easier to act back then, now as you said there are special effects, but not on facial expressions and all, imagine having to act and react to something that isnt actually there but will be added in post. Plus, now in high budget films they dont even have a full script and hardly even know what the final product will be, yet they have to act as if they knew things about a scene they might film weeks later

[@glorygracek.1841]

I personally (along with my family) think there is way to much special effects in movies now days. This to be is what actually is supposed to be like.

[@glorygracek.1841]

@@Milamberinx NEVER!!;) I wish the dance more in movies now days. But what can I say I am a old soul. Born in the wrong era, but I guess some us us had to to keep it alive!

[@GolDRoger-px9qs]

@@glorygracek.1841 But you have plenty of musicals without special effects though, whether they where better back then is mostly for nostalgia to decide i find, even though yes i agree films like this one or like the sound of music and shit are unbeatable they are some of the best movies ever written, but special effects are never really used in musicals today

[@schippers323]

This movie came out 41 years before I was born but I still watched this so many times as a kid

[@jonmortermusic]

All I've seen in this scene for the last 30 years is the falling dog in the background

[@katelittlewood-tribe17]

Where?

[@koalaby1014]

@@katelittlewood-tribe17 4:56

[@aceuni-rider6921]

Oh my!

[@OrchardFilm]

Holy crap lol I never saw that before

[@traceys545]

I've never noticed that before. Thanks for the head's up

[@Poseidon-2029]

Does not matter how old i get, i grew up on this movie and i still love going back to it.

[@eriseverblight729]

I actually had the candy whistles.... they were fun :3 and now I feel old

[@jimj1525]

This makes me want to buy candy in obscene and prodigious quantities

[@michaelfugate2404]

I generally hate musicals, but this is truly a fantastic and timeless film!

[@manuelorozco7760]

I recommend you watch the Greatest Showman

[@BaileyMagikz]

they don't make movies like they used too (make sure your children and future see this , these movies will never get old)

[@UnavoidableGarbage]

The sad thing is that they can’t remake this cause in 2019 this mean farting candy

[@anastasiaphan4202]

I hate that you're right.

[@bailztheartist7251]

I mean they could change it to flute sweets?

[@toodleztrinketz7346]

LMAO

[@scrubiestscrub4975]

@Becca Boo I love this film and I'm from this generation, but I get what you mean, a lot of my friends either haven't seen this film or wouldn't class it in on of their top 10 or 5 favourite musicals. For me this is number 1 on my list.. I think it was the first musical film I've ever watched.. Such a good film!

[@scrubiestscrub4975]

@Becca Boo thanks! Glad you have good taste also! :D

[@RedUniPanda]

My older sisters (Born in the 90’s) and I (2000) had this film on VHS and we had one of those big vans that had a DVD/VHS player inside. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was one of the movie we would watch while we were on a long road trip to visit family in other states. I love this movie so much and it’s a movie that not many of my friends know which is sad.

[@jones6613]

I haven’t watched this film in like 7 years

[@ArizonaAirspace]

This was my favorite movie when I was an 11 year old boy. I fell in love with beautiful Truly Scrumptious and I’ve been looking for my Truly ever since.

[@leeduke9518]

I was so disappointed when these didn’t actually exist

[@WhoDoctor-u2e]

For a while there where Whistle Pops. Same concept. Late 70s.

[@taliagmail.com2005]

same

[@bagsofloud9994]

Crazy how with time this becomes a relic. And how this new generation will never know what chitty chitty bang bang was.

[@12woodsteps]

Not if I can help it

[@Froy-cl1oi]

2:52 Dick Van Dyke bringing back the STEP IN TIME hop from Mary Poppins for a second!! 😄❣️

[@Soldado2001]

Yeah, Mary Poppins was made in 1964. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in 1968. It's impressive that Van Dyke still remembered that move when he was performing this dance scene.

[@moai167]

This movie came out the year that my mom was born. I remember watching it a ton as a kid and it being a significant part of my childhood. Truly a timeless masterpiece.

[@bobertislam69]

Watching this again for the first time while stoned to the bone is absolutely wonderful

[@harrydarlaston]

Dick Van Dyke is a legend of musicals

[@lianasoares8052]

Dick Van Dyke ages so well over the years & he’s handsome.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

I can only hope I’m as handsome when I’m in my 90s 😂

[@AllenJones-w3p]

Musical director Irwin Kostal reportedly used a grand total of 22 flutes in the arrangement of 'Toot Sweets'!

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

I absolutely adore Truly's dress! Although I'm not a fan of that hat.

[@susanhollis6320]

Adelaide Beeman-White q

[@NostaIgiaJunkie]

Well it is a period film set in the early 1900s or 1910s. No lady was complete without her hat!

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

Jacob Cannon - I believe it is set in 1909. I’m fine with hats in general, but that one is designed to look like whipped cream.

[@NostaIgiaJunkie]

@@AdelaideBeemanWhite hey to each their own. I love it!

[@stephaniepines]

SAMEEEE

[@patriciajrs46]

This is one of my favorite movies. Thanks.

[@YouT00ber]

This is great music! The lyrics are creative and fun and great harmonies

[@panderson9924]

Oh boy, that was awesome, it's been so long since I've heard of this one, its a great old classic.

[@caiawashere]

I love how everybody’s clothes match, all gray and white, except for Mr. scrumptious. And I love Truly’s dress❤️ I hope they never try to remake this. It’s a classic❤️❤️

[@jawoody9745]

Ian Fleming's book was the first novel I ever read, at a very young age. The film has nothing to do with Fleming's dark take. I remember that it had very cool pencil illustrations and a recipe in the back for fudge, that my Mother made for me. I seem to remember that the story included organized crime villains, and some pretty hairy situations for the protagonists. I opened this because the damn song was stuck in my head for some reason, unknown.

[@spotlight8083]

I still have the VHS, I still watch it till this day!

[@morganbailey3231]

Spotlight 808 I used to have a VHS that had this movie and willy wonka on the same video!

[@madeleinebrandenburg401]

We still have the VHS but not the VHS Player :( I love this movie!

[@madiemadthebookworm]

One of my favorite movies ever

[@youraveragegamer9301]

2:52. Dick Van Dyke. A chimney sweep before it was cool.

[@jacquietimms3075]

I had forgotten how much I love this movie.

[@lacurronec3815]

Happy 90th birthday Sally Ann Howes!!

[@trevorwarne1166]

The dogs overrun a candy factory.

[@Themumf]

It always blows my mind that this was conceived by the same man who made James Bond. lol

[@liberte5847]

Sweets ever from Hollywood history 70 millimeters wide screen ever! BRAVO and MERCI BEAUCOUP for this historical stereophonic TechniColor VERSION ever from 70 millimeters original stereophonic print! MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France. The nowadays cinema would not have been ours since that incredible historical huge movie ever! Merci beaucoup from Paris France

[@gregobrix]

One of the best musicals ever made. They just don't make them like this anymore. Now we get Snow Wrong and the 7 Whatchamacallits, and the Little HerMaid.

[@manuelorozco7760]

First of all I’m glad we agree this is a great movie. Secondly I’m actually cautiously looking forward to the new Snow White

[@silvadonix3322]

I legitimately want a candy that makes a noise that I can use to accidentally annoy people with while I’m eating

[@anthonylawson518]

Has anyone noticed the dog that falls in the background at 4:56?? Check this out and let me know

[@mackfrank840]

Wow can't believe I've never noticed that

[@misssophia2262]

Holy shit lmfao

[@hunterjane9796]

Anthony Lawson oh my god poor pooche

[@jackdonohue7893]

Ahh!

[@cubbybonez1133]

I see no dog falling

[@andreawilson909]

Love all the flutes!! Trevor Wye, one of the flutists hired, stated that there were 24 of them playing for this scene!!

[@barbiemakris8057]

The liner notes on the CD said folks from other recording studios came to watch the recording with so many flutes, picalos, and recorders.

[@rosinfilledpecncil6926]

The nostalgia it sweet.

[@gorgeouspaulwalker4372]

Brilliant films love him in Mary Poppins too

[@annecohen8927]

This has the merriment of the Chimney Sweep dance of Mary Poppins!

[@speedtoast]

Love this set. The mock overhead line shaft and giant gold gears really makes it for me🙌🏻

[@Ih8kone]

2:00 HE LIKES IT!!!

[@kata7628]

I had a tootsie roll press that made them into whistles, inspired by this movie. Loved it.

[@SillyLooBird]

Back when you needed to have talent to be an actor or actress.

[@Innman356]

Even for a "Bit Part!" The expressions on the faces of the chorus members that make up the factory workers!... Their reactions to what Caractacus, Lord Scrumptious & Truly are doing, saying and singing, and to what's happening all around the factory! For instance, the gentleman in the white lab coat, holding the tray for Lord Scrumptious to sample...The way is eyes bug out when Caractacus interrupts Lord Scrumptious to ply his wares...and the way the man elates at that last note! ...Very "realistic" acting!

[@PresidentHotdog]

The same decade that Mickey Rooney played a racist Japanese stereotype in Breakfast at Tiffany's

[@Getsugaru]

In the olde days, one needed to be able to sing, dance, and act. Sometimes backwards and in heels (looking at you, Ginger Rogers). Whether by talent, hard work, gumption, or a combination of the three, you still needed to have the big three to be cast in anything. And while I am all for returning to that standard, at the same time I wouldn't say that there are no good actors or actresses (whichever term they themselves prefer) anymore. Just a shift in focus caused by a change in the times.

[@zachshark2901]

Go audition for a lead role in a hollywood movie right now. Prove you don't need talent.

[@davidhuffman4327]

I do love, your correct usage of the word, "gumption". Never let a good, arcane or archaic, word die.

[@ladyaudentium]

Loved this movie growing up. As a child, we had this bamboo cane and we would attempt to follow along with the dance later in the movie (key word is "attempt"). I have one ingrained memory of this movie that, sadly, due to remastering no longer exists where the audio in one of the moments where the whole on-screen crew is singing sounded like only what i can describe as a passing plane. This rushing sound of noise due to the mass amount of voices chorusing together and I loved it. I rewatched this for the first time in DECADES a few months ago and had this weird whiplash moment when the voices all sounded completely normal and not distorted in any way lol

[@aeonm9857]

this movie is a masterpiece.

[@abigalebuss359]

I've been singing this song ever since Dick Van Dyke got the Kennedy Center Honor. This is one of my favorite movies, starring my favorite actor!

[@hongphooey1166]

I see a lot of OSHA and health code violations in that candy factory.

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

Watching this and Oliver at my Nan’s house in VHS everytime I stayed is such a core memory

[@ericdowling9463]

I watched this movie 6 years ago and this song gets stuck in my head every few weeks

[@dirkboon3296]

Beautiful, my childhood right there... and it never stops.