Walt Disney - Ferdinand The Bull - 1938

[@bangarts]

I remember watching this at a very young age and loving the story. So sweet. And the book, celebrating 75 years, has been reissued. I bought it for my daughter and it is one of her favs. Thank you for posting this video!

[@RayLRiv]

Disney had such a way of spinning the simplest little stories into pure animation gold.

[@Flyz2Fast]

I remember watching this as a kid.. It is amazing how Walt Disney was able to get into the hearts of people.. That man had a gift..

[@RickRudesMustache]

I remember watching this along with all these other awesome classic disney cartoons back in the 80's with my grandfather. back before most people had cable, he had a satellite which he recorded alot of these from. i'd always look forward to spending the weekend over there and watching these great cartoons.

[@MaureenMcHale]

This was one of my favorite books as a kid. I still have it...

[@zombiepegasus993]

I loved this cartoon as a little kid! Ferdinand was such a cute little bull!!

[@israyramo]

This is one of my favorite all time shorts!! I have the book and the dvd!!! Go Ferdinand, the peaceful, flower loving bull!!!

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

That's good. Have you ever watched the video of the Lennon Sisters singing the song "Ferdinand the Bull"(based on this Disney short,of,course) in concert,in 1958? Really neat-they dressed up in very Spanish looking apparel,Janet,the youngest,even wore a matador hat,and they even sang about and enacted the part about the bee bringing out Ferdinand's bad side,enough for the matador(Janet) to challenge him to a fight,but,like in the movie,Ferdinand managed to resist it and stick to his very much friendly nature-"when the picador missed him,Ferdinand kissed him, as he never learned how to fight. Ole!" It's on youtube-type in keywords "The Lennon Sisters,Ferdinand the Bull."

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

It was on the Lawrence Welk show in 1958, that the quartet of Lennon Sisters sang the novelty song Ferdinand the Bull. There are two different videos on youtube(from two different occasions), one take shows the bull smelling the flowers as,he comes out.

[@jovanholden1]

Haven't seen this in 20+ years...brings back the childhood when things were simpler.

[@LadyKaliendra]

oh god I can remember the good ol days. I loved this as a kid. All disney cartoons should be like this again!

[@patski2001]

This is what makes youtube great - the ability to revisit great films like this. Thank you so much for posting this. It's absolutely one of my favori8te children's books and one of my favorite shorts. Thanks, again.

[@otacnenadradojcic]

How can someone dislike something like this? This is pure classic, best of Disney. :)

[@ActorGuy]

Of course I used to read this in English and Spanish to my kids when they little. I read the book when I was kid so it was fun to read it over and over and over. I don't think they ever got tired of hearing it. Then, they had an artist friend of ours create a paining of Ferdinand from the book for my birthday. That was in 1995 and I still hang the painting proudly. We call the moment of enlightenment cause that it was his expression when he sat on the bee.

[@AquaLantern]

when Ferdinand licked the Matador's tattoo, I couldent resist letting out a big "Awwwweeee" It was just so cute :3

[@aceattorney1989]

Sometimes I can relate to Ferdinand, just be all by myself and minding own business.

[@Shaydethelemur]

OH MY GOD!! I love this cartoon so much, have ever since I was a little kid. THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT!!

[@Bizarronumber4]

I love the way Ferdinand's mother looks angrily at the narrator when he says 'Even though she was a cow'.

[@ghw1985]

shes like '' the fuck u just say?!!''

[@mower2008]

It's very similar to the part in Fun and Fancy Free's Mickey and the Beanstalk segment where Charlie McCarthy says this about Mickey, Donald, and Goofy's cow: "She's and udder failure!" The cow, hearing the whole exchange, takes offense to that remark and walks off.

[@helenpatterson3858]

Like when the health inspector went to the Muppet Theater and made the mistake of listing Miss Piggy as a "sow"

[@immasmiler7520]

You know this is a story about introverts

[@Unayox]

Such a lovely story!

[@katelynpringle5506]

You just do you Ferdinand.

[@cheowesley860]

This is far better than any CGI movie.

[@MWolfL]

Anyone else think the expression on the bumblebee's face after he stings Ferdinand is humorous? Because I sure do. XD

[@247ferdinand]

Oh thank you sooooo much - brought tears to my eyes! Just like the book I remember from when I was little - I loved Ferdinand's nostrils as he sniiiiiiiffffed the flowers - this was awesome. Thank you!

[@MWolfL]

I love the grumpy faces Disney gave their bees back then. They actually look really cute. ^^

[@goldblaze93]

"But not Ferdinand!" XD

[@richardranke7878]

When I was little,I discovered the old book Ferdinand that had been my Mom's.I showed it to Mom and we read it together.I still have the edition of the book-and this cartoon is very close to the original story-down to the design on the opening credits.

[@colourinmyrainbow]

right! I fondly remember the book too. I showed the 2017 version of Ferdinand to my Grade 2 children, I'm a teacher, and they loved it... Some of them cried! and then I found this version, which I showed them today... telling them this was how I remembered Ferdinand when I was a child :-D It drew LOTS of laughter! and love for Ferdinand...

[@MalachiCo0]

I can't believe we're getting a movie based on this lol

[@profscarlett]

There's a storybook too. The movie will take the same story and add more details from the book.

[@ameliasadowy7186]

7:31 that face tho...

[@jacobjdong]

6:12 Dude says "f*ck" when Ferdinand **gets high on flowers**

[@xsarabearx1]

i used to have a video with both this short and the short lambert the sheepish lion. i LOVED that tape! one of the first cartons i remember watching as a child

[@MintyDiablo]

I remembered that I had this book. I pulled it out and read it as I watched the video. The illustration adaptations are wonderful! Just lovely, really.

[@billieredsocks]

I love this! I even have the book, and my children love it. Thank you for posting this.

[@RoseAussie]

Mmmmm!!....childhood memories. A friend and I were talking about memories from our childhood and I remembered the song by Tommy Steel called 'The Little White Bull' and I thought he was called Ferdinand. I was wrong and had the two memories combined in my mind, so it was nice to see them again. If only real life bullfighting was as delightfull as these events.

[@cnfanldealt3]

20th Century Fox is giving him a full-length feature next year.

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

Such a beautiful cartoon. Glad I can appreciate it as an adult.

[@unbrokenunforgiven]

Beautiful! This is classic. I just read the original book to my five year old. It is dated 1938. Missing being a kid!

[@jvondd]

This was one of my favorite stories when I was a little boy.

[@Sammiesays]

I LOVE THIS!! My Grandma has a video with this, Lambert, and Willie the Whale, all amazing!!

[@Zknl]

This was actually a metaphor to the United States' initial decision to not join allied forces in WWII. Ferdinand represented the US who claimed impartiality most of the way. Ironically, the bee was sort of like Pearl Harbor. One little sting, and the beast comes at you full force.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

That's amazing, considering the book came out in '36.

[@caperneoignis]

Pat Gawne Don't kill it with logic. Even if you are correct. Lol!

[@abitnyc]

It was actually written before the Spanish Civil war.

[@swediep]

Wow, brings me back. They show this every Christmas Eve in Sweden, with Swedish voice over so the very young ones can enjoy...

[@indieRPF]

beautiful story displays the difference between loneliness and solitude and it's beautiful how the bull is just peaceful regardless of the actions of those around it just like we should be in life

[@hsugraduation2103]

This is really great, I love it. The main point of this story is that if someone wants to have a fight with you, sometimes the best thing to do is simply ignore them.

[@daseal1479]

Came here after seeing the new film trailer. I always thought it was a Disney-owned property, I never knew it was a book.

[@colourinmyrainbow]

It was, one that I remember dearly...

[@BlkKnt69]

I like it. Found this from watching "The Blindside" on November 13, 2011. Sandra Bullock is so good.

[@beetzNgroovz]

i loved that cartoon, i know it by heart, the whole cartoon...that is how often i watched as a kid :)

[@jetaime82]

This was one of my favorite cartoons from childhood. I had the book and everything; it made me want to smell the flowers...lol.

[@LoveAhiru]

I'm also from Sweden, i still have to watch it every year at christmas eve. Its tradition.

[@CbirdLy]

right, loved that they read it in the blind side. I used to watch it as a child over and over again :D

[@ohawaiki]

Watching this film brings back childhood memories. I also looked it up because of watching the movie BLIND SIDE.

[@sylverscreamqueen]

aww this was one of my favorites when I was a kid I am happy to rediscover it

[@Tarathathe77wookiee]

Of course, real bullfights are very cruel but I love this story. Some very entertaining characters and great emoting of the animation.

[@AngryHDexcretes]

the book (the story of ferdinand) that this was adapted from was my favorite childhood book so this video never will live up to my expectations

[@XenaSocioPath]

Yay! Ferdinand, Lambert, and the Reluctant Dragon are some of my faves!

[@valestylinsonr.v8361]

I used to watch this when I was 6-5, now I'm almost 17 and it's so sad. I'm missing my childhood :'(

[@callmegeorge97]

does anybody else hear his say "awwww, fuck!" at 6:10?

[@hungryghost23]

Yep.

[@xXHawkman007Xx]

+callmegeorge97 he totally said fuck dude no doubt about it

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

+DJYawe Hawkins Curious that the infamous quintessential bad word would be heard at all here,considering swearing,much less,the f--- word,was rarely heard back in the day(at least not nearly as often as it is today!) Or even considering the fact that this movie is aimed at children.

[@siphiwemhlungu344]

He definitely swore! I went back like 3 times

[@emilyelizabethbuchanan998]

He said "Bah".

[@MadsPelvis]

#1 All time favorite cartoon. Might just have effected me more than I care to admit!

[@looneywoman]

I think it's a pretty safe bet. As one who had the original book growing up, I'm impressed by how similar the opening credits are with the white flowers imprinted on the red background.

[@ateubrasileiro]

i remember that... hehehehe good memories. thanx 4 t post

[@anuskaleok]

ferdinand is awesome i watched this a lot when i was little

[@Mediatech492]

When I was a kid I had a record of this story being read by Ricardo Montalban, I must have listened to it hundreds of times.

[@KazeTeisei]

I used to watch this all the time... I haven't thought about it in years though

[@michhoofd]

Ooh i remember this one.. When I was little I saw that one on TV! Soo cute :)

[@zonydragon1141]

God i used to watch this when i was like... 5 or 4 or something. Man this shit brings back a lot of memories.

[@autumnk9342]

5:51 and the matador thought Ferdinand hated flowers. He is called Ferdinand for a reason, he loves🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐🌹

[@8x13Wolf]

I saw this as a puppet-type show at a fair when I was young. They really played up Ferdinand being taken away in a cart, and to this day it strikes me as one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

[@TheTAddington]

when i was very young, i had the book, and it came with a 78 record with ther song on it. haven't heard this for 50 years :)

[@BlazinMustang79]

Awww i remember this. I watched this wen i woz a kid. I lurrrrv Ferdinand

[@Mairesa]

I had never heard of this short either .. and yes, this book was indeed my favorite story too!! I this it's the epitome of the Taurus nature too

[@dennetofferman371]

Why did the mother cow feel offended when the narrator kept stressing the fact that she is a cow.

[@youngprodigy0291]

For real😂😂

[@AngelichuXD]

probably because calling a woman a cow is an insult?

[@Fledermaus1313]

So, late answer, I know :) I thought it was more of a "Even though she's a cow, she can be a good mother" The narrator basically said that cows are typically really bad mothers

[@Chrisholmes1976]

The Blind Side brought me here

[@bestkindofanswer]

aww i used to have this on vhs when i was a kid and was reminded about it because of "The Blind Side" classic

[@ogLf-jk9ef]

oh I remember reading the book to this. Still have it too, it was one of those big picture books. Loved the short, missed a few things though.

[@beaelliott]

Interesting point. I totally agree that there are very, very few (none?) that aren't subject to some kind of human "use" and cruelty. Watching Earthlings (free on line) convinced me of that! I like the lesson though --- Believe me on this point... Maybe anyway to get kids (or adults) to lean towards kindness is a good thing. Thanks for offering this perspective. ;)

[@apolloK9-y7b]

The new blue sky movie looks great

[@Scriptophobic]

Bullfights IRL make me cry, so I'm glad this had a happy ending. >_>; I laughed watching this. It was so entertaining. XD I knew the story, but I've never seen this short. It was awesommme.

[@ChrisOnStage2]

I like the fact that Ferdinand's single lick restores the Matador's BARE chest to a fully-clothed one! 7:02 LOL! Is he a magic bull??

[@EchoBoomer1987]

My family and I went to see Blind Side and the book is used frequently, I completely forgot about these cartoons, it's a real shame that the Hannah Montana-I mean Disney Channel doesn't play Silly Sympathies anymore, I always loved those!

[@HopePrincess7]

I love Ferdinand!!! He's so cuteee and sweet!! *-*

[@Zistheone2]

Now that Disney owns Fox (and by extension Blue Sky), maybe they'll add this short to the Blu-Ray release of the Ferdinand movie

[@Gexon1000]

Its gonna be a movie in 2017. No joke

[@Dr.Disney]

Hairul Shamsul I'm looking forward to it

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

With Ferdinand voiced by... *And His Name is John Cena!*

[@titanuranus3095]

Its the war on christmas!

[@zonydragon1141]

There already is

[@BlazinMustang79]

Awww i remember this. I watched this wen i wen i woz a kid. I lurrrrv Ferdinand

[@elsklingen]

Love this 😃😍😇 (but distaste bullfighting irl) Give so much childhood memories 💕💕💕

[@MrJohnffrey87]

The voice of little Ferdinand was voiced by animator Milt Kahl who animated much of his scenes, at the time he was around 30 years old.

[@Tripp393]

I was bred on this stuff. I remember the dialogue so well

[@GirlofRockandRoll]

HA! Ferdinand's mom look SO offended when the narrator said she was a cow! That was HILARIOUS!!!

[@loodaKrava]

this is such a beautiful story.

[@eliorduca9646]

i got shivers from memories

[@247ferdinand]

Keep that book! It's probably worth more than just the great memories.

[@Akatsukileader9]

Am I the only one who thinks that this short would be equally good if not better without any narration? you can understand pretty much everything.

[@gailc1948]

Loved this story growin up and must have seen this video

[@stebaer]

I've always found this cartoon to be both very stylish as well as very Nostalgic too.

[@palamirtammarimuthu17]

Wow!he is a happy soul!😍😍😍😍

[@mowm88]

That's not bad. Too much narration-but it's still good. Thanks for posting. I have a feeling many of the matadorial team there were based on the animators etc just because these guys liked doing that.

[@vanikora]

i'm from spain and I never heread that history, that was so hilarous! It's funny to see how ppl see us when they talk about spain. it's true that 30's spanish ppl were like this shot but nowadays we are a occidental society like many others and also lot of ppl are against the bull fights

[@karatekid778]

I love the mom's face when the guy goes "Even though she was a cow..." xD

[@lollobello]

@xaviervonrottie It's a metaphor of the war. The bulls want to go in the fight just because of the fame even knowing that they could get kill, same way people want to go to war thinking they become heroes, where in relity they're only going to kill or get kill. That's the importance of a dandy as Ferdinand: he has found an happy way of living and he'll never accept to take part in a brutally fight. But other people can't understand...

[@TheEL337dude]

@WasteOfAmmunition what a nice tradition :) here in Lithuania we hold a special emphasis on Christmas eve. dare I say it's more special for me than the actual Christmas day! that cozy waiting, beautiful tranquility, exchanging presents on the eve. cheers and happy new year, mate!

[@taurusred]

Aw Ferdinand! Whoa 1938 - this cartoon is exactly as old as my father in law. Heh.

[@therush1892]

This is seriously a thing? "Ferdinand" was by far my favorite story as a kid. When I was like three I could tell the whole story verbatim because I made my parents read it to me every night and I just memorized everything. Yet I've never heard of this cartoon. Oh well. Nice surprise for the day.

[@sorenthefilmbrony]

Why pay $10-15 to see a full-length Blue Sky film when you can watch the Disney short here for free?

[@rainstarflowerdroplets9624]

That's amazing I love it 3:09