Walt Disney - Paul Bunyan (1/2) - 1958

[@chaingin91]

Thank you for uploading this classical cartoon. It brings back back my childhood memories.

[@emmaduncan2991]

I loved these "historical" cartoons as a kid!

[@sentaimaster100]

Hearing that familiar voice singing this song is really good for the soul

[@m2sciarra]

Thurl Ravenscroft was awesome his voice was so deep and distinctive that anybody could recognize him. He was the voice of Captain the horse in "101 Dalmatians", black Bart in "the sword in the stone",and the Russian Cat in "the aristocats"

[@xspector8]

Paul Bunyan's voice is, of course, the legendary Thurl (Tony the Tiger) Ravenscroft who for some reason is not credited. They only mention "the Mellowmen" as they were the group he sang with. I think that, since he did the voice of Bunyan he should have been named in the credits.

[@RickRudesMustache]

brings back alot of memories when I use to watch this with my grandfather. back when I was a wee lad.

[@SillySeaWeed]

Thanks Ipmangas for posting all these old treasures!

[@inkysatell]

Oh man I remember when I watched this as a kid! And it's been so many years since I forgot about this cartoon, memory got brought back up from my english class :')

[@ghoulgaming3275]

Love listened ng to such adventurous stories of Paul Bunyan. Love it

[@Psychodarity]

Love this!! And Pecos Bill!! Really love the old Disney~

[@DeltaStar83]

This was like one of my top 10 Disney clips from when I was a little kid. I was born in 83 so it's been 20 + years since I have seen this video :)

[@richboy81]

I love seeing stuff like this. Very Nostalgic. I remember seeing this and Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed on the Disney Channel about 20 years ago. Brings back good memories of me and my little brother being kids

[@LchanOtakudom]

I loved that this tall tale mentioned Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" when I was young. It was great, and the song is so catchy!!

[@awwlive]

I watched this in class today 😂 we are reading a book called, "The Bunyans" and its with Paul and his family, his wife, and his two children , Little Jean and Tiny. Thanks to Walt Disney, we have this great film :)

[@defr4bbit]

My father told us about this amazing tale, and grew up in his tale, fiction I know, but every time I see a photograph of Babe the Blue Ox or Paul Bunyan I think of him, dad. RIP July 22nd 2010.

[@playerpage]

I'm reading a lot of comments from people very disturbed by the legend of Paul Bunyan. Just relax. It is a legend. Even in Paul's day, it was a legend. The continent was never conquered with Paul Bunyan, and when the first European set foot on American soil the Great Plains already existed. The forests were thicker in different places than they are now, but the US has actually been determined to have more trees per square inch than it has had in hundreds of years (that would be since before the time depicted in this cartoon). Trees grow back, you see. It's a fantasy. Just sit back and enjoy the show.

[@Gnomleif]

They say he's "sixty three axe handles high." According to Wikipedia the average length of an axe handle is 18 inches, so it makes him some 94.5 feet tall.

[@JSRbowling595]

Gotta be taller. 18 inches is only a foot and a half tall. I get that the average man was shorter back then, but that still doesn't seem right.

[@gradgurl2007]

Aww. I love this one. Thanks for posting. I always wondered how the Tetons came to be. ha ha.

[@NWBASKETBALLCARDS]

all of these classics in my head seem alot longer than they are,

[@TitansTrust]

I remember this when I was a kid.Great Disney!

[@Strymn]

i always did enjoy the interesting folk tales and legends of history :-)

[@Aguayo87]

I remember watching this when I was a kid. To bad they don't show the old disney cartoons any more. Damn I feel old, and I'm only 23.

[@minamimouse2518]

Man! times have changed, back then it was encouraged to cut down forests, now Paul would get a lawsuit :))) love this cartoon!

[@54spiritedwill54]

watching this movie Brings a lot of memories!! i love it

[@dayofduhfeet]

Damn I feel sorry for the one who had to change his diapers LOL

[@bigoldinosaur]

Who wants Paul's voice cuz this guy does.

[@Crocodile138]

Great Cartoon! Thanks for post.

[@rogermwilcox]

Wikipedia says: "As the average ax handle is about eighteen inches long (45.72cm), that would make Paul about 94.5 feet (about 29 meters)."

[@Poever]

great color by Eyvind Earl in this. He knows how to combine colors with similar values and and hues.

[@docdave15]

I wish i had Thurl Ravencroft's voice got to be one of the best singing voices of all time, I don't think there was a time when he didn't have work, he was appearing in Disney cartoons, commercial a ton of thing. Rest in Peace sir.

[@iq12212]

i need to watch this because its part of my home work

[@seiver1088]

....yea i miss those days....

[@Atheneastro]

RIP Thurl 'Kirby' Ravenscroft. You were as awesome as they came!

[@moviemadvideo]

wow! I remember this as a child.

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

Our 9th + 12th grade Literature teacher always put this on right before Christmas break.

[@davidcollins220]

Paul Bunyan an his big blue ox babe..... Classic!

[@Shadowdancer00]

I always wondered if there really was a guy that was really tall that was a lumber jack that this story sprung from. I mean back then, 6ft was a giant cause guys probably didn't grow to be 5'4 or 5'5 if that

[@sareneharmony4718]

ShooBop Look at our real global history of Netflix Giants. We have uncovered giant skeleton remains all over the world that the evil elites have tried hiding.

[@Guardgrl576]

This is why youtube was made, I never knew this existed til i saw it pop up in a video search

[@BetsywarlordofnoodlesLee]

what an addictive theme song!

[@Crocodile138]

I love it so much!

[@isaiahjones6516]

Thank you so much for posting this I needed it for my english project and we need to come up with a children story or folk tale for basic situation event flashback and climax

[@romeonate]

@neonvega yes - "six foot three at ankle high". So he was 6'3 at his ankles.

[@BrandonLeelistener]

Apparently what they is "He's 63 ax handles high" Just in case anyone's wondering

[@RickRudesMustache]

wow i had completely forgot that one until you mentioned the name. seems like they also did a few cartoons on johnny appleseed, and one i forget the name of about a guy with some kind of schooner windship that sailed over the plains. hard to recall the names now since i was only 5 or 6 watching them, but i'd love to see them again someday.

[@iiRAHii]

This world would be so fucked if everyone was Paul Bunyan. No more trees

[@FightsRightsAlways]

when paul's a baby he cry's like a grown man getting a shot.too cute.

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

The chainsaw....who would've thought it would become a horror movie murder weapon!

[@n4stynat604]

back when walt disney was sstill cool

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

Hope this is somehow represented in Epic Mickey because I have no idea who even remmbers this Disney short and this seems to fit in perfectly with the concept of being a forgotten Disney thing so yeah.

[@blankityblank8779]

paul bunyon is so cool like this comm.ent if you agree

[@andyVONwolfgang]

yes he was only 6'3", the early settlers were just rather short.

[@ianhilmer2493]

It is also apart of Canadian folklore.🇨🇦

[@Suvicce]

Raise the roof - a term from the 50's - never would've guessed

[@xcitnfreak]

i love this

[@R3dhawk95]

hmm just realised they sing that he's 6 foot 3..... so that means the trees are only 6 foot and the 'normal' people are something like 1 foot

[@TerminusEst]

R3dhawk They sing that he's "Sixty three axe-handles high" as in he's as tall as 63 axes stacked end to end.

[@atteranenforcer5263]

I think the lyrics said 63 axe handles, not 6 foot 3. Although...maybe at one point they misinterpreted 6'3" as 63 XD

[@ericmurillo6149]

No dude... sixty-three ax handles high...

[@persianking44]

A folk lore heroic giant sea captain, who was said to have had a lifelong rivalry with the Kraken.

[@Fubukio]

PAUL BUNYAN Environmentalists' Worst Nightmare

[@ir8free]

The Midwest did see man-made flooding c. 1900. FACT.

[@GoblinXXX]

Ax handles are probably about 3 feet long.

[@PaddyPaddy2by4]

Hellz ya he's from Maine! Represent!!!

[@ApollonianKing]

I haven't seen this since the 60s.

[@spartan5536]

Yeah more like 'teens' cause we learned this today and I'm in 8th grade, its very catchy and if you shout HEY PAUL someone will say PAUL BUNYAN, thats all I was saying today

[@damagebrain1]

he is from minnesota. his foot prints are what made the 10,000 lakes.

[@gr81disp]

Oh and the reason there is more forest is because it is owned by people. We put out fires caused by lightning that,before we needed to put the forest to use, would destroy vast swathes of forest land.

[@StubbyCub]

So that's where the phrase "Raise the roof" came from, LOL

[@Tripp393]

which aged better?

[@CorpusChristi83]

oh yeah! I remember that, didnt they eat giant pancakes too? lol, and i think it either had Ichabod Crane and Headless horseman, or there was another video from the same studio.

[@michaelbauers8800]

I wonder if Paul Bunyan ever got to Frostbite Falls

[@davefarrar]

@romeonate No, "He's 63 axe handles high." Guessing about 180 feet tall.

[@Atheneastro]

Check out the German version... it has Santiago Ziesmer as Joe Muffaw! Also, Paul's German voice actor Christian Hübner could be a match for the late Ravenscroft himself in deepness!

[@FigmentJedi]

Nope. Paul Bunyan is Thurl Ravenscroft, the guy who sang the Grinch song and voiced Tony the Tiger

[@DarthLobitou]

So many memories!!! T_T

[@TheKila68]

actually i was on a disney cruise march 23rd i think and they showed the originals =D

[@rainer1980]

I always theorized that Paul Bunyan's cradle must of floated from Scandinavia and that he was a lost son of Norse giants.

[@sicoy]

and when Bunyan finished his job as lumberjack, the world are screaming about global warming

[@ir8free]

yet they drive polluting cars and flush toilets on a daily basis.

[@AlbertPaysonTerhune]

When this was released, it was shown as a short with a regular Disney live-action cartoon. What was that?

[@realar]

I have one thing to say, my name is Peter Mckennon and look at 1:36 til Paul's grown.. THAT'S MY GRANDPA!!!

[@ferngirltlc]

It's too bad that people still think it's essential to chop out what little of the forests remain. You'd think that we'd have learned by now.

[@Ianster1335]

Can someone please tell me why he is refered to in nhl 11 when someone gets slashed cuz i so confused. "He looked like Paul Bunyan on that play"

[@Shadowdancer00]

@AdamYJ yeah thats true but I always love to learn about origins

[@planetpihl660]

so that's why disney loves american folklore!

[@Dac719]

Ichabod and Mr. Toad brought me here. It was related to it. :)

[@3912James]

@TheAmericanOriginal Thanks for telling me that. I turned 45 on the 9th of this month.

[@shadowtweet]

what movie was it where paul bunyan john henry and some other character all appeared in one movie? wasn't it called like tall tales or something?

[@goldust8]

lol i used to rent a video that had this cartoon on it when i was little

[@Marsoptimus]

@romeonate I think its 63 axe handles high

[@SchmoozeMinkey]

And the lead singing statue in the Haunted Mansion.

[@almeidadesouzam]

Li essa história na minha infância e nunca mais esqueci!!! Gostaria muito que tivesse legenda em português...Seria possível??? Por favor, eu AMO essa história!!!

[@velvetcat]

No, and that probably proves my point even further.

[@Ireallylovetodance]

Paul Bunyan got stuck in the Manitoba I think lol or at least the central prairie region lol

[@SJM61601]

I wonder how loud it would be if Paul burped.

[@Time_Line_Archive_Project]

they dont make em like they used to eh. ya know theres somethin so...i dunno i dont have the words for it. maybe someone else does. i see these huge big budget 3d high deffinition computer generated blockbusters with celebrities and such and they always seem to feel shallow....empty....cold and perfect. although wall-e was the only one ive ever really enjoyed... but these old cartoon films have that something that i cant describe...i dunno... perhaps cuz i grew up with them...i miss them...

[@rayblack2004]

@SweetnSourJanis um, the disney channel?

[@ChurchsofChrist]

It would be cool to have a blue ox

[@danskywalker88]

where i can find the lirycs of this song?

[@CodZombies1151]

i saw this in drama class for some reason

[@joinmarch76]

Not wanting to sound ignorant, but who in the name of Johnny Appleseed is Captain Stormalong?

[@Caxon81]

PAUL BUNYAN, PAUL BUNYAN!

[@Garrettk41]

@xspector8 So to should Dallas McKennon have been. He's the voice of Cal McNab, the first narrator.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@jvfunn3000: As well as the chief bust in the Mansion also.

[@Darkpaint84]

the second lumberjack must be of norwegian descent. detect a small tint of eastern-norwegian accent in his voice