Flip The Frog in Spooks 1932

Cool vintage animated cartoon by Ub Iwerks

[@sarahaurara]

Old style Cartoons were much sweeter, funny, fun even though they were in black&white.

[@cmans79tr7]

6:43 for those of you who don't know, Flip is checking under the bed for the -bedpan- chamber pot, which was a 'convenience' item for farmhouses that did not have inside plumbing back in those days. The -bedpan- chamber pot would save a trip to the outhouse during the night, especially if it was very cold outside. My grandparents had used -bedpans- chamber pots when they were growing up in the early 1900's. Look at his grim face at 6:45 when he doesn't find a -bedpan- chamber pot under there. No -bedpan- chamber pot would mean that if he had to go to the bathroom overnight, his only good option would be to go outside at night to the out house to 'do his business'. Ha, and then he whispers into the skeleton's ear "brzh brszh brrzh" asking where does he go to the bathroom.

[@daviddoyle8956]

That would be cut out or censored in todays cartoons.

[@alihadizadehmoghadam2398]

I had no idea this existed! Didn't the odor bother them during the night?

[@Hansov_Bone]

Thanks for the insight!

[@cmans79tr7]

@Ali Hadizadeh Moghadam - 😂 Ha! I never asked my grandparents that question. I guess if one needed to urinate, the odor might not be too bad. As for 💩, one might have options, such as deciding if it would be "worth it" to go outside and use the outhouse. If not, maybe put a towel over it and put it in a closet if they had a closet, and dump it outside in the morning, or maybe put it in a hallway🤔 Edit: think of people in the hospital who can't get out of bed use a bedpan.

[@cmans79tr7]

@@Hansov_Bone - Yup. Knowing what Flip was doing there and why he made the face makes it all that much funnier, and I didn't want people to miss out.

[@jamescox2749]

Classic cartoons i love it they're way better than the junk we have today

[@kathylavery8349]

My father was a volunteer fireman for over 40 yrs. Every year they had a christmas party for a group of "kids" from a state facility (institution) . I looked forward to the party every year as well as helping to get food and drinks for them . setting up the cartoon movies - like this one . then it was time for Santa to arrive via the fire truck . All the guys took turns being Santa . The last party that took place was very bitter sweet . These "kids" looked forward to seeing Santa . Since all the guys already did their turn , the only one left to be Santa was this old girl and it was my pleasure to step into the red suit . After the "kids" left to head back to the facility , I was joined by the firemen to go up to a nursing home . We did this partly because the patients in there never had visiters , so we gave them a memory of joy and happiness . We also would sing Christmas Songs and give hugs to those who wanted one . I would do it all again if I could . The movies ? Well there were some black and white and some in color . I really enjoyed the ones in black and white more than the ones in color . They were a part of history which made them priceless.

[@belasuicida5661]

A pity that these older animations are not shown on tv Better than today

[@_se3_thru9h_9]

I have been searching for this video for so long, no one can imagine how happy I am to have finally found it.

[@cmans79tr7]

2:46 did you notice how the dog sniffs the corner, then lifts its leg like it is going to pee, but then scratches himself instead?🤣

[@scarletweb2106]

Yes 😂😂

[@annbutler4164]

And the louse is a skeleton somehow.

[@LorenIpsum75]

Pre-Code cartoon. 🤣

[@ghoulfriendofyournightares1286]

I love top hat skeleton guy's facial expressions! He's both cute and genuinely creepy, judging by that sudden dark turn.

[@scarletweb2106]

Yeah me too

[@cmans79tr7]

I like how he says to Flip, in tempo, "You're just - in time - to dine." In the same tempo as the walking chair at 1:48.

[@aodhantomkins5839]

I agree. I love that skeleton 😂

[@excitablepack7076]

He reminds me of Grim from Billy & Mandy.

[@hebneh]

Several off-color jokes emphasize this cartoon was made before the Hays Code went into effect in 1934.

[@security3246]

Better than modern horror films anyway

[@Ocean-fg6eg]

I used to watch this as a kid every halloween lol

[@rayarkoproductions8122]

Kakyoin!

[@amandaevans4373]

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[@janetlieb2507]

Happy To Discover This! Wonderful!! Thanx!!🌛🌛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🦇🦇🎃🎃🎃🖤

[@DeadeyeDragoon]

I love how detailed the skeletons are. I mean, there's contours for the jaw muscles. Though, it's sort of weird seeing human legs on a dog skeleton given the attention put into the chicken.

[@Magnetron33]

Pretty sure they had some anatomy classes

[@scarletweb2106]

I know skeletons have tongues

[@sevenspecie592]

I've never heard of this one !! I absolutely loved it! Thanks for sharing❤😊

[@kathywarrick2084]

These are fabulous! Wish they made cartoons as good and creative as these today. Cartoons today are shit! And not 8n a good way... 🤣

[@lovelykoiboy5039]

i love how the horse is just gonna chill out there for a while now

[@1432CW]

Ub Iwerks and Carl Stalling. What a great team!

[@britgilbert8736]

That’s a fact two of the greatest of all time

[@garymartin7369]

This is what caused the ants to use my urethra as a cargo ship. It CONTINUES to this day!!!

[@Unownshipper]

I was SO not expecting to hear him say "shut up" to that horse, especially not in that semi-unenthused voice. I couldn't stop laughing!

[@MagmaPaint]

Unownshipper I actually snorted laughing when that happened.

[@suzannemorrow9987]

Unownshipper before uptight politics.

[@rajindersond7650]

Unownshipper dude yeah

[@marcus2239]

Horse didn't say anything WTF lol

[@Unownshipper]

@@suzannemorrow9987 What the heck does this have to with politics? No one was talking about that. You brought that up out of nowhere.

[@HorrorLover98]

Just when I was beginning to think they were nice skeletons.

[@gnikcohs]

That skeleton had a great, expressive face. I love skeleton cartoons just after ghost cartoons, but the skeletons are much harder to draw.

[@Myself23512]

I find it so funny that skeleton cartoons are common enough to have a name. Such a specific genre.

[@jsl151850b]

As a fan of Skeleton Cartoons, you have to have noticed that in most cases the inside of their ribcage is opaque.

[@gnikcohs]

@@jsl151850b Yes, like the music scene here. Ub must have put A LOT of work into the ones that aren't. But he sort of invented the skeleton cartoon and it was a tour de force back then, even The Skeleton Dance was only 3 years before this.

[@gnikcohs]

This is an incredibly well thought out cartoon, with a coherent plot, some of the best drawing ever, and countless perfect details such as the facial expressions (love that horse), the remarkable warped design of the house, the music, the voices (!) and the expressiveness of the skeletons. Artistically it all just flows together. Possibly Ub's finest work and a real masterpiece. --- PS it shows that Flip had real star potential. Too bad it never got realized. --PPS That finale is chilling.

[@esfx-t2402]

when cartoons ages ago are better than cartoons now

[@batistabetancourt6782]

and the creator of mickey mouse created this

[@neymarin2388]

Oid

[@neymarin2388]

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[@neymarin2388]

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[@kraftpr]

Love these vintage cartoons! All hand drawn and painted by artists -- not this computer generated animation of today. I think the older Disney cartoons and Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes were among the best -- my opinion. Still prized collector's items are the hand painted "cels" from those early cartoons if you can find them.

[@manisoltani8535]

Look take this from me, everything related to humanity is better in old version

[@hay9615]

Nossa você está vivo !!?

[@starmnsixty1209]

Agreed 👍

[@chasethomas2674]

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[@anilistiani5041]

@@manisoltani8535 .l

[@gui18bif]

They dont make them like they used to What a fun little cartoon

[@cmans79tr7]

1:59 notice the butler has "hair" on the side, but is bald on top. And i love how the ghost skeleton turns the chicken around to give Flip the 'tail end' of the chicken, but of course Flip doesn't want it because it is 'dark meat' and puts it back on the plate and folds his hands, ha ha. Then Flip's polite chattering of his teeth on the leg bone to make believe he is 'eating' it.

[@dpf4058]

Love weird old animation like this.

[@manisoltani8535]

Some of them are just some fuckin masterpieces

[@juliahoward937]

Love those cartoons, hard to believe they are from a time before my dad was born.

[@artman40]

Funny thing is that I'm not even 25 and I still watched it as a child.

[@The_Original_ZacBarton]

are you 25 now?

[@artman40]

@@The_Original_ZacBarton Yup.

[@Myself23512]

Me too!

[@annettebell2101]

Very cute and entertaining! Thanks!

[@suzannemorrow9987]

He said “Yes...Ma’am...” I just love this!💀

[@Magnetron33]

Mickey says that in the Haunted House

[@brodieshotwheelssonicandfa8020]

1:00 me when I found big cungus 1:43 me when I play in the park in ohio 2:22 me when I eat dinner and it's the food I don't like 7:50 this part looks like a video game

[@yo.webcom]

W coment

[@PoGirlShines]

I used to love how interesting cartoons of yesteryear were.

[@Cossetteliar3876]

The creepy house in a storm is always safe :)

[@bigeman25]

I never thought I'd see Flip the Frog cartoons ever again! THANKS!!

[@joyceguthrie5551]

Always loved cartoons, even now at age 73.

[@misharyutubbee]

The skeleton in the top-hat wanted Flip's skeleton for his collection.

[@アンドリュー213]

Nice.

[@CuongPham-nl5co]

almost 100 years

[@rabsmiff]

great character design in this one--easily one of the most effective 'toons put out by anyone---including DISNEY---during this period. If you ever put together a double bill of the early 30s FRANKENSTEIN/KING KONG---put this baby on first as an 'appetiser' treat---brilliant entertainment!

[@chrisstewart6236]

Excellent makes me laugh ha,ha

[@marielaclemen7523]

Fabuloso. Me encantan éstas caricaaturas. Gracias.

[@bettyannwolfrmzramirez4225]

Hola soy una abuela de 74 años y me encantaba ver a Flip a mi papá y a mi nos moríamos de risa con el. Era el canal 5. Por favor si tienes más. Caricaturas de Flip. Súbalas le agradece una abuela feliz. Un abrazo. Gracias.

[@Dimension150]

Another 16mm favorite of mine to borrow from the Seattle Public Library... back in the day.

[@Itsshen-2]

I used to absolutely love these when I was 4 and I didn’t even get scared-

[@JellyCoatedBean]

the most dark and machabre animations EVER!!! this freeked me owt big time wen i was little! still loved it tho

[@Bratz42koolkat]

Thanks for putting this up I've been searching for it for Ages

[@debrabolton9372]

I really enjoyed this! So well done. Loved Flip and the female skeleton’s dance routine.

[@scarletweb2106]

I agree

[@rubendario6159]

Lo bueno imaginativo y hermoso NUNCA SE OLVIDA...GRANDISIMAS IMAGENES.

[@CristoferVive]

Volver a ver estos cartoons es volver a ser niños 😂🤣👌👍

[@MaryGen-xo6zf]

I saw this in Music class around Halloween, back when I was a kid, because we had a substitute and she couldn’t care less about teaching us how to use instruments.

[@Cat_Sandwiches]

the chicken just being a bunch of bones was the best joke they could make

[@cmans79tr7]

Mark - Also the skeleton flea that the dog scratches out of his back.

[@michaelhutson6758]

Beware of spook hospitality- they DONT WANT YOU TO LEAVE!!

[@Myself23512]

Michael Hutson Yes!

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

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[@misharyutubbee]

This was one scary, graphic cartoon for it's day and time!

[@Jwaffler]

It had my on the edge of my seat. Classic.

[@onesadcomputer]

I finally found this when I was a kid

[@jodyreeder4820]

Has a golden Disney feel, better than the new ones.

[@daviddestin1990]

"Have you TRIED to draw skeleton feet?!? - Oh all right just have them wear shoes."

[@mooncitizenbeats2689]

fucking love watching this

[@alexieadam9655]

These are the Best Cartoons in the World!!

[@alexandrepopovitch5427]

I really liked this lovely video.☺️☺️☺️ J'ai beaucoup aimé cette jolie vidéo.☺️☺️☺️ This video is very funny.😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆 Cette vidéo est très drôle.😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆 And luckily Flip The Frog finally escaped from the evil skeleton who tried to kill him. Et heureusement que Flip The Frog s'est enfin échappé au méchant squelette qui a essayé de le tuer. Thank you very much for this lovely video and greetings from France.🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 Merci beaucoup pour cette jolie vidéo et salutations de la France.🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 I love American cartoons.🤩🤩🤩 J'adore les dessins animés américains.🤩🤩🤩

[@griffin__sutek4958]

Actually the best cartoon ever

[@ラリ子-x1e]

Bobby!!!! Thank you for sharing such good stuff with me !!!!🥰

[@Myself23512]

I love the way they speak! It’s very funny!

[@Magnetron33]

UB Iwerks was a genuis of animation

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

I can’t believe there was a classic Cartoon Frog way before some animated Muppets & way way before the Disney show Amphibia. 2:02, 2:43 & 5:25 Wait a minute, I’ve seen those clips before. (Gasp) I saw those on that EYEWITNESS Documentary “SKELETON”. Now I know where the footage came from.

[@FallenxMalo]

Good old times.... :(

[@elvirac96]

Elvira 💌cool 💋Vilches

[@redcomet_622]

2:06 is this Eraserhead all of the sudden

[@heavystarch100]

Was that a flea skeleton?

[@dskero]

Yep, it was brilliant :)

[@matthewperez2655]

That was a flea exoskeleton

[@scarletweb2106]

Yes

[@joetnt1062]

i love old cartoon

[@magdadecastro6194]

Tudo é possível no desenho, até ser feliz...❤❤❤❤

[@Magnetron33]

Clearly Skeleton Dance and Haunted House influences

[@MrBrian-pr6jk]

but Ub made those, too.

[@sonicfanboy3375]

The short has also a similar premise to the Mickey Mouse short The Haunted House

[@Magnetron33]

@@sonicfanboy3375 agree!

[@cmans79tr7]

1:22 - a "cuckoo" Grandfather Clock!

[@Hansfan1989]

I think the video was called "Jack and the Beanstalk". I seem to remember an introduction to the video, which showed a line of fairytale characters dancing down a rainbow. Is it on KZbin?

[@lindaeasley5606]

It seems like vintage cartoons were obsessed with " spooks" .This isn't the first one from the '30s that was about haunted houses , graveyards and skeletons

[@BADBIKERBENNY]

I wonder if gave children back then nightmares? Secondly, why is a fleshy remaining in a house occupied by skeletons?

[@BernyjackStone]

the horror version of yoink of the yukon

[@nelsonandrade2925]

Gostei amo desenhos antigos, principalmente quando é legendados em português! Obrigado pela postagem! Sou mais um inscrito no seu canal!

[@emoextremo7472]

yuh, Im here watching "cartoons"

[@matthew6252]

The Disturbitor is MGM TV Silent Leo Black wallpaper!

[@bag8412]

what a cute lil frog

[@deloreswilson1798]

This is irony.We devour each other and still expect to live??🤔

[@Shawnbar97]

If you didn't watch this when you were a child... Your childhood was dead.

[@manisoltani8535]

Dude I swear I wasn't born on ... what year was this for ? 1952 I guess

[@tammygardner7196]

This my favourite film the frog cartoon

[@gnikcohs]

@1993joshualiu Flip is now a carrier for a fast acting flesh eating disease, no matter where he runs to he will carry it with him. The end of the cartoon is just the beginning of the nightmare.

[@Norfolk250]

0:04:19 Perhaps this is where the heart shape came from, and how the words ‘making love’ also came from !!! Hipbones being the shape they are here!!! (Hyper-overthinker here, I know.)

[@dracodistortion9447]

The heart shape comes from the look of panties from behind when a woman bends over. It's disgusting.

[@wfmacmillan]

@@dracodistortion9447 lol no it doesn't it's been around waaaay longer then that

[@pattibrooks1907]

Love cartoons I guess Im getting senile or something in my old age .

[@rosedoesntknow1853]

1:37 : Trying to escape dinner before everybody else is done, so you're not stuck with the dishes.

[@texta_text]

I keep imagining a nose on Flip.

[@ate-ē-ate]

Moral: don't get lured into a building with a stranger.

[@1993joshualiu]

At the end, why did the horse became a skeleton?.

[@hugeshalaw]

the evil soul burns inside the horse and ghosts or they already eat the horse it was just an illusion to horse owner

[@scarletweb2106]

😱😱 Because the horse get so scared

[@esfx-t2402]

" eh ehe he eheh" *"shut... up"*

[@Myself23512]

Why are haunted houses always found in gloomy farmland, in the fall, during storms? Serious question. Why farmland?

[@cmans79tr7]

Alexandre - When i went to school in the 1960's and 1970's our history books told us about the "Dust Bowl' years in the Midwest Farmlands in the United States during the 1930's, when and where the dry and windy conditions during that time covered many farms with dust/dirt so thick that crops could not be grown, so many farms and farmhouses were abandoned. The animators of these cartoons who lived during those times would have known very well about the abandoned farms, and since farms were so large, and farm houses were so far apart from each other, if you were alone in an abandoned farmhouse, there would be no one living in that empty house, nor anyone for miles away to help you if you were being bothered by a ghost, especially if the closest farmhouse is also abandoned. Therefore, you'd be battling a ghost by yourself with no one around to help you. Potentially VERY scary💀

[@Myself23512]

@@cmans79tr7 Ohhhh. That makes sense.

[@Myself23512]

@@cmans79tr7 The United States sound so interesting. I will visit them when I have a car.

[@cmans79tr7]

@@Myself23512 - Yes the US is indeed very interesting, and most people do not get to see much of it because it is so big, and so expensive to travel and takes too much time to travel to the many areas if you have to work to pay the bills. There is a KZbinr called "The Daily Woo" who quit his day job and drove his van/motorhome over a lot of mostly the Southern US, and he posted a video EVERY DAY for a couple of years, i think around 2014, so four or five years ago. He went to a lot of small towns, saw a lot of things and met a lot of people. If you look at his channel he recently is concentrating on theme parks for children, so i suggest you skip all his recent posts, and scroll WAY down in his Videos to 2014 or so, and maybe before. And he kept a video record of it. Traveling through the US is something that a lot of us wished we could do.

[@Myself23512]

@@cmans79tr7 I want to see the Statue of Liberty, Broadway, mount rochmore, Hollywood, the Grand Canyon, plantations, New Orleans, the Bayou and Disney.

[@Hansfan1989]

@ryz1001 I think the video was called "Jack and the Beanstalk" :).

[@scarletweb2106]

The skeletons reminds me of Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, The Book of Life and Coco

[@MindfUqk]

If your not laughing or even grinning 5 seconds in, you have problems lol

[@archanea-8862]

Flip the frog has a lot of similarities to Mickey in his expressions. He even looks just like him without the nose and ears

[@MegaStevo1993]

Ub Iwerks was Disney's partner and even created the design for mickey mouse. Iwerks left Disney's studio because he ws tired of not being properly credited by disney desspite doing most of the animation work.

[@CHT420]

TerryToons, U B Iwerks are my favorites

[@mohammadtahmeedabdullah1712]

1:53 that face expression of the frog 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@georgegray2373]

Imagine If Hanna-Barbera Made A Flip the Frog Reboot Back In 1982.

[@나리-m9b]

😄

[@Myself23512]

Why did the cow turn into a skeleton at the end? Did it get cursed? Was it in league with the skeletons all along? I loved the cartoon, but I don’t get the ending.

[@cmans79tr7]

Alexandre - i believe that was flip's horse (not a cow) waiting for him outside at the end. I could be wrong, but i interpret the horse turning into a skeleton at the end as a metaphor for not being able to escape things that may haunt you (including death?). Flip thought he was escaping safely from the skeletons in the house, but his 'rescuer' the horse did not help him get away.

[@Myself23512]

@@cmans79tr7 Oh that’s very good! Maybe!

[@starstruck-e9f]

Bro I wanted to enhance the quality of the vid to 1080p but the max is 240p 😅😮

[@ЕленаКораллова]

There are any bones in ears!

[@cmans79tr7]

There IS a bone in the ear. It is the smallest bone in the human body, and is connected to the tympanic membrane (ear drum).

[@jonathanhargreaves2742]

im 15 and i used to watch this on video

[@Musicradio77Network]

The MGM Jackie logo is absent at the very beginning