Although the spaghetti-eating sequence is now the best known scene, Walt Disney originally did not want it in the film as he thought it would not be romantic and that two dogs eating spaghetti would look ridiculous. Animator Frank Thomas was against Walt's decision and animated the entire scene himself without any lay-outs. Walt was so impressed with Thomas's work he decided to keep the scene in.
As a Swede i see the spaghettiscene every Christmas Eve when the national public television annually shows from all of us to all of you at 3pm as they have done ever since 1959
Thomas was the genuine article. With the other 8 "Old Men" of Disney they made a team of talent without which Disney would likely never have been more than a shadow of what they achieved in the golden era of hand animated feature films
Fun facts: The opening scene where lady is introduced in a hat box is inspired by the way Walt Disney surprised his wife with a new puppy. Also, in the original movie, Trusty did die when crushed by the carriage saving Tramp. It was Walt’s wife that convinced him that kids would be heartbroken and never get over Trusty’s death. So, they rewrote the ending with Trusty alive but injured.
I think what you’re noticing about it not being annoying, back in the 50s, Disney didn’t disrespect an audience’s intelligence. They had faith that simplicity of storytelling and specificity of character would be enough to sell a concept to an audience.
Also, I would suggest The Aristocats, another classic. It was sadly after the point when they stopped using the Ink and Paint Dept, so it looks "rougher" like 101 Dalmatians, but it's still another classic pet movie, and very charming
As far as “off-beat” requests go, _The Fox & the Hound_ and Disney’s _Robin Hood_ have such special places in my heart. Even though Robin Hood was so low budget they had to re-use animations and character concepts from The Jungle Book (i think when their animation studio was at one of its lowest points?) their character moments still stick in my brain. :) tho don’t quote me on that, i didn’t do my research haha.
I read The Fox and The Hound book when I was really young, my babysitter bought me the book when I was little. At the time I thought that it was going to be exactly like the movie. Boy, I was wrong. The dogs are reversed Cooper ends up killed by his owner because the owner was going to a retirement home. Chief ends up killed by the train. It traumatized me when I read the book. It still scares me on the day how the book was just horrifying
Honestly, some people think it's weird that they treated two dogs better than their paying customers, but anyone who owns a pet will know that you often connect more easily with a pet than a human. The Tramp has been visiting them every few days since he was born, so for all intents and purposes, he's their dog. My mother routinely cooks and mixes rice in with the dog food just so the dog has a balanced diet, and has done that for years. So I can totally see them feeding an expensive meal to a couple dogs and having a ton of fun doing so.
@@WisteriaDrake there's also the fact that this movie was set in the Victorian era, and they didn't really sell commercial dog food in wide release until after WWII. Before that, people fed their dogs scraps from their tables, more or less. I've read that in some areas, butcher shops had little meat wagons that would travel through neighborhoods, and people would buy meat scraps to use to feed their pets. Before WWII, there were a few companies out there that made and sold dog biscuits, things like that, but commercially mass-produced dog & cat food didn't become widely available until after the war. So back then, it would have been more in a person's mind that you fed the dogs what you were eating. Since "Butch" was their stray that came to them every few days, they normally saved scraps and bones for him. But because he brought a girl along, they went all out, and gave him their best meal in the restaurant.
@@WisteriaDrake Well, we didn't really see how they treated the customers. Tramp probably visited at leftover time, and I doubt they kept the accordion around to serenade him and his girlfriends (Lady was special).
That shot near the end of Trusty lying under the wagon and *totally looking dead* traumatized me in my youth far more than that more notorious scene from "Bambi." Of course, in the next scene we learn he merely broke one of his legs, but it was still a gut punch.
@Asta Westh- KristensenYeah, I heard about that, except I heard it was more a decision made by Walt in light of the aforementioned "Bambi" scene. Also, Peggy Lee also did the voices of Darling and the 2 cats, in addition to helping writing the songs.
You mentioned y’all were asking for suggestions-I’d love to see y’all react to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and hear your thoughts on the blending of 2D and 3D they did! Not to mention the difficulty of animating horses, lol.
According to another TH-camr, the rat on this film was originally intended to be humanized, similar to the dogs and zoo animals. He was to be something of a mobster/wise guy. The only problem was that he was not intimidating in the slightest. I kinda like the idea that proximity to humans is what has humanized the animals of this setting, even with the zoo animals.
One of by favorite things about this movie is not only that the animators referenced actual dog movement, but breed-specific behavior. My mom has a Scotland terrier mix and she behaves very much like Jock, even down to the rooster-like crowing bark and the bounce he does when he barks.
The Rescuers would be a great one for you to watch. The second one is great too, but the art in the first one is unique and absolutely beautiful (especially during the opening credits). Very sweet stories in both of them as well.
When you mentioned the animation on Trusty's wrinkles I immediately had to think of 'The Fox and the Hound' where they actually animate a puppy hound dog. Despite its story being on the sad side, I really like it. Other recommendations would be 'Robin Hood' and 'The Sword in the Stone', two movies I have very fond memories of - in fact, I can barely imagine Robin Hood as anything other than a human-like fox...
@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 One of my strongest memories of watching an animated Disney movie in the theaters when I was a child, was watching Fox and the Hound in a packed theater, and every last person bawling their eyes out during that song. I was sitting next to this big, burly, beefy, bearded guy, and he was crying as hard as I was. I think just about everybody has had to live through the pain of giving up a beloved pet at least one time in their lives, or they remember the pain of losing their favorite pet to illness or old age. Everyone can relate to, "Goodbye, may seem forever", and it tears you up inside.
One not-so-fun fact: In the original script for this movie, the people originally wanted Trusty, the bloodhound, to die, but when most of the voice actors and actresses read the script, including actress/singer Peggy Lee broke down and cried, and protested that the kids would be upset and their parents would be devastated and mad if they allowed that to happen, so they changed it to the happy Christmas ending, with Trusty being alive with a broken leg, that we got today. Also, I hated Aunt Sarah for being mean to the dogs.
@@KitsyX Yup. Mufasa and Bambi’s mom made everyone cry, but since Bambi came out a decade before this movie, Walt Disney didn’t want kids to re-live that trauma from the movie
@@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110 Plus I feel like the death of Bambi’s mom and Mufasa were integral to the story both movies were trying to tell. Having Trusty die at the end would’ve been out of left field and unnecessary.
Little thing about the part where Jock and Trusty tried to marry Lady: it’s been assumed that they did that because Lady was pregnant after her night with the Tramp. And they didn’t want her to be a single mother, so they tried to propose, so save her from shame. Idk if that’s even been confirmed tho. Just a theory
I've heard of that, though the puppies seem a bit too young to have been conceived when Lady first stayed with Tramp. (However I've no way to tell the age of the puppies though they seem younger than Lady was when she was gifted so they might be less than 8 weeks old) To more match the times, It could just be that (to mirror the culture of the humans in the time this story is set.) since Lady spent the night with Tramp / was unaccounted for at least 24 hours, she would have a "ruined reputation." Which would make it nearly impossible for Lady to marry. So the friends stepped forward and offered to marry her.
@@ianij99 this isn't even a theory, it's plain fact! in the "the making of lady and the tramp" documentary, they mention this and basically confirm it. it was probably more obvious to 1950's audiences, where spending the night together would be enough to assume that something happened :-)
That is absolutely what happened. This takes place sone time around the turn of the 20th century, single motherhood would have been extremely taboo. Marrying a pregnant woman to “make an honest woman out of her” was considered a massive stroke of honor for a man, many older men and closeted homosexuals did that during the time to help and maintain a sense of societal dignity for themselves and their woman friends.
Aunt Sarah absolutely enraged me as a child. I think part of the offense comes from how she immediately has access to Lady's sanctuary because Aunt Sarah is family. Any change in routine would be off-putting, but when you have straight up injustice in your own house, you're particularly outraged. Aunt Sarah is played by Flora, the red fairy from Sleeping Beauty, and Lady is played by Merryweather's voice actress, the blue fairy.
This is part of what many people consider the Golden Age of Disney animation with some truly stunning animation. You can see the attention to detail and the lengths the animators went to. I certainly smiled when you were amazed at the scene of the dogs frolicking in the puddles. Remember, this was all hand drawn, not a computer in sight (about 35 years too soon), Next up includes the Jungle Book (you may have seen that), Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Peter Pan and The Sword in the Stone. All well worth a watch.
Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Fantasia were all made before WWII, long before Lady and the Tramp. Walt couldn't release Fantasia before the fifties because it had stereo sound and theaters didn't have sound systems to play it. The confusion about the release dates comes from the fact that Walt would re-release all his films every ten years or so as a new generation of children came along who had never seen them. The wonder is that the movies were just as new seeming to all children, no matter when they saw the films for the first time.
Definitely one of Disney's most well-known classics, takes one of the world's most beloved creatures and just makes us love them even more than we could ever imagine, look forward to seeing you watch the sequel Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure
Love how Lady’s voice actor Barbara Luddy went on to voice Merryweather the blue fairy in Sleeping Beauty and Verna Felton was Aunt Sarah a complete opposite character to the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and Flora the red fairy in Sleeping Beauty .. the voices are true classic Disney 😁
It's been ages since I've watched Lady and the Tramp. I didn't realize until I watched this reaction that the voice actors were in both movies. Even in Sleeping Beauty, Flora and Merryweather were a little antagonistic toward each other sometimes lol.
I think you both might like Homeward Bound: the Incredible Journey. Definitely not animated, but a feast for animal lovers in general. Simple story, good cast, very well trained animals, humorous, sweeping score, and *gorgeous* camera shots.
I'm loving all your reactions to any and all Disney classics! Keep it up, you guys are fantastic. Other movies I kept on VHS repeat as a kid included Aristocats, Oliver & Company, The Rescuers, Robin Hood, Fox and the Hound, and Sword in the Stone.
I don't think I've seen this film in close to 20 years when I was a child, but so many memories and feelings came flooding back. Most notably when we were first introduced to Trusty I felt a sudden pang of lost childhood trauma and grief and I couldn't exactly say why lol. I guess what happens to him at the end really hit me as a child and it's just a completely suppressed memory. Crazy feeling.
Stan Frieberg who voiced the beaver was really good at doing the tooth whistle thing, but found the character to have so much dialogue, it started to strain his voice. He ended up using an actual whistle to produce the sounds instead.
Some dark points: It’s been theorized/sub texted that the two alley dogs were so intent on chasing Lady bc she was in heat...that she and Tramp definitely mated after their date, .and that Peg, the older female we meet was used as a breeder after getting too old to show, then dumped. Then there is the family life Tramp described was probably his original home, but the family was lower income so would be worried about fleas, and would give the dog old leftovers, nor could they afford the attention or supplies to fix the dog house . Also Trusty wasn’t suppose to survive, but after a test screening they added him back in at the end just w a broken leg. Enjoy the rewatch.:(
It's pretty clear what the two were doing between spaghetti and waking up at the park, but let's not go into Millennial fan-theory orgies, here: You don't have to be Tramp to know the reputation of junkyard/wrong-side-of-the-tracks dogs, or why they were chasing Lady. The teeth tend to be a bit of a giveaway.
@@TheKat12364 Real gentlemen and friends both of them. - Not putting blame on her, but still willing to offer up the rest of their lives to fix the situation.
@@TheKat12364 this isn’t taking place in the 50s it’s either the 1890s or 1910s, sort’ve that particular part of Americana as the nation was still relatively innocent before the First World War. That would really make single parenthood even more taboo.
More Disney voice connections: the voice actresses for Lady (Barbara Luddy) and Aunt Sarah (Verna Felton) would work together again 4 years later in Sleeping Beauty to play Merryweather and Flora respectively.
Lady is based on a dog that Disney legend Joe Grant had at the time, her name was Lady as well, although she wasn't a cocker spaniel but a springer spaniel. It was Walt who wanted Lady to be a cocker spaniel.
After this film came out, in the late '50s - early '60s, Scamp (Tramp Jr.) had his own comic book. I collected several issues. And the Scamp movie, which came out much later, plays into the same need. After all, once Tramp settles down, his character isn't going to be that interesting any more, so you need a new generation to go on "adventures."
The reason the neighbor dogs offered to “marry” Lady is because at that time having kids out of wedlock was very looked down upon. She ran away, spent the night with some scoundrel, and ended up in “jail”. If she was human the best chance for her honor was a family friend or older gentleman marrying her. Basically they weren’t trying to propose marriage because they were making moves on her, but to try and help to preserve her honor. Also from a dog standpoint it looks like she’d been kicked out and abandoned, so they offered their homes if she needed a place to go.
As a child, I took it more the latter way. That she was kicked out of the house, and was not being treated well anymore. So, they offered their homes so she could be loved and taken care of.
@@jessfleury3761 that’s what I thought too. But someone in the comments of another reaction video explained it better. It’s one of those time period things and something adults would understand more of
@Fighting Faerie I heard that explanation too. What I love about Disney movies is the ability for adults and children to watch and see meaning behind different things. This is a classic case of something a kid may not fully understand but an adult would, without saying it or throwing it in your face.
I always took it to be that Jim, Dear and Darling are in their mid 20s, they’re not bad pet owners or parents, they’re just very naive, and life is still very new to them. In a sense, one can infer that Lady’s naïveté is a reflection of her silver-spoon owners.
This was the first animated movie to be made in widescreen. It can be seen as paving the way for the use of the "Technirama 70" process in Sleeping Beauty, four years later.
While not a Disney movie, an older movie that it would be cool to react to would be The Last Unicorn. Not many TH-camrs react to it and the animation and storytelling is so good. I think you would really enjoy that movie.
So as far as I'm aware this was both the first Disney movie to be filmed in Cinemascope widescreen (like Sleeping Beauty), as well as the first distributed by Buena Vista. As for how they got the movement of animals, animators reported having their studio chock full of dogs at all times, as well as caged rats on their desks.
I love dogs. Watching both Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians made me want to own a dog and I’ve had several long after(Weimaraner’s to be exact). I like this movie for its character interactions and great animation. It’s always a charming film to sit down and watch from time to time.🙂🐾
I don't know if anyone else in the world has ever seen this Disney anthology but 'Melody Time' is a favorite of mine. It's just an anthology of short stories or even just song numbers. I highly recommend it!!!
The fact that the house in this takes place at the turn of the century between 1899 to 1903 because of the gas powered house lamps on the walls and other details seeing the movie new in 1955 Walt Disney wanted to recount the era of his childhood even with the dog pound horse drawn wagon and early gas steam automobiles and steam locomotive 440 type by the water tower
My absolute favorite Disney film has always been Sword in the Stone. I’d love to see you react to it. Lady and the Tramp absolutely devastated little 7 year old me when it looked like Trusty died. It’s the first time I remember a movie making me cry.
Yeah, as others have said, I'm pretty sure they're offering to marry her because she's pregnant - and back then, being pregnant out of wedlock got women into serious trouble. It's meant to show that they're really good friends, because either would happily tie themselves to her for life, and raise pups that weren't theirs, just to keep her safe. I think that's also why they're SO mad at Tramp - because he literally got her pregnant and then "ditched" her.
"he's a talking to me!". That line got me. I always say I can tell what my girl is thinking by her mannerisms. I've always loved this movie. Please check out The Fox & The Hound. And for a live action favorite of mine was The Black Stallion
This was my father's favorite animated film, and he'd quote it often. When we transitioned from VHS to DVDs, I bought him a DVD player for Christmas and to get him to use it, I had to get a bootleg DVD copy of Lady And The Tramp imported because Disney had vaulted it. Older movies that they had no plans to produce new home media copies for were "locked in the Disney Vault", usually for many years. Then they'd hype its limited release to generate demand for it. "Get your copy today before it gets locked away in the Disney Vault again!"
This, Robin Hood, Aristocats, and 101 Dalmatians were on repeat pretty constantly for me when I was a kid, even had to get replacement tapes when I wore out the first ones. Theres just something about that era of Disney animals that just appealed to my brain. To this day I still want a dog like Lady, she's just the cutest little spaniel to ever exist.
I’m sure this movie contributed to my parents getting us a dog when i was a kid. :) parts of this definitely didn’t age super well (*cough siamese cats cough*) but i adored this dog-version of the rich girl / street-smart boy trope. It’s charming, i think is the word. I totally forgot they did the thing with Lady not knowing what a baby was, lol. As a kid i was like “trusty what the heck is birds and bees.”
Lol, yes! It confused me when Jock called a baby "a wee bairn." I always thought they should have told Lady that a baby was the human version of a puppy, to get a good solid comparison.
I honestly didn’t appreciate this movie until I got older. 😆 There were so many little things that flew over my head as a child. I really do love this movie. Great reaction, guys! 😄
Among the voice cast Bill Thompson provided voices for a total of six characters including Jock the Scottish terrier, the bulldog and the policeman at the zoo. Although it may seem too similar on its face I think you'd definitely enjoy "101 Dalmatians".
It wasn't because they wanted to try moves on Lady, but to avoid her being a single mom in these times. She would be comfortable in their homes and they would recognize her pups as theirs so her honor would be safe
“This lady is the most evil of all the Disney villains” lol! 🤣 This movie always gets me because I used to have an American cocker spaniel and currently have a Siamese cat. Both adorable, affectionate babies - I can never get enough of these animals. A vet once told me that when this movie came out, everyone wanted a spaniel. Not surprising! ❤️
Robin Hood is a really fun watch with great characters. I would also recommend The Sword in the Stone. If you want to venture into some live action Disney classics I suggest Bedknobs and Broomsticks! So fun and does have some animation :)
My favorite movie of all time. Have so many memories with it. I have a special connection with Lady and the Tramp. It was both my first Disney movie and movie I ever saw. I always go back to rewatching it every year multiple times. There is a sequel and it’s ok and decent. It has many problems but I can talk about that if you watch the sequel. But I will say that Lady means so much to me. My mother unfortunately passed away last year and it was really hard for me. But I always watch Lady and the Tramp to comfort and help with my struggles. Lady was like how my mom was to me. Especially when Lady became a mother. Thank you for watching this amazing masterpiece. As a Lady and the Tramp fan and animation fan in general, you earned a subscription from me. Have a good rest of your day.
Fun fact: the opening scene is based on something that actually happened to Walt and his wife during one of their Christmases.... And the many Disney movies are a metaphor for having to mature and grow in a short time... 🤔 The Disney conspiracy is so deep and I've studied it extensively.... Like scars back story is covered in one of Disneys books scars name was taka,he was mauled by a water buffalo and started to ask to be called scar instead, but scars jealousy and hatred for Mufasa is also explored more in depth too.. there's a theory that Tarzan is Elsa and Anna's brother and it was sort of confirmed by one of the writers saying Elsa and Anna's parents may not have died but might have washed up on shore somewhere... lady is about 6-8 months old at this point... About a year or so at the end. If you watch the second one you find out tramp is the lead junk yard dog 🐕 so he is tough
some SUPER underrated non-disney animated films that I would love to see y'all react to are Watership Down (1978), The Plague Dogs (extended cut) (1982), and FLEE (2021). All great, unique, films that elevate and challenge what the medium of animation is capable of in regards to the stories that can be told. Plus, I would absolutely love to hear your perspectives on all three.
For other reactions, I would love love LOVE to see you guys do The Great Mouse Detective. It's a Sherlock Holmes-y adventure with mice, and it has some spectacular suspense, action, and animation (there's a clockwork sequence that I think is either 3D or plays with perspective in a great way similar to Atlantis and Treasure Planet!) As for princesses, I don't believe you've reacted to Tangled either and that's one of my favs. Love you guys, your videos always make my day
Disney's Robinhood is my favorite Disney animated movie from my early childhood, but it doesn't get the same recognition as a lot of other classic movies. I'm really looking forward to that reaction.
Dude, I'm so excited for this! I have a female dog called Lady who is the same breed as Lady in this movie. She's not named after Lady in this movie, she is just incredibly lady-like LOL. She looks and moves lady-like and strangers meeting her have described as 'very Disney' or 'a Disney dog'... so I can't wait to see this animation it'll be like watching a brown version of her (somehow not seen it before). 😂
I recommend The Aristocats next. 😊 Absolutely one of my favorite old time animations. If you enjoyed Lady and the Tramp I definitely think you'll love The Aristocats. It's such a vibe as well as being such an intriguing yet calm story like this movie. 🥰
I would watch tons of animations like that. Very clean, simple, warm, detail oriented, family loving, nothing complex but extremely satisfying by the end. I'm glad you watched this one🫂
One Fun (ironic) fact about this movie I always loved... Tramp calls Lady "kid" and it is insinuated that he's older. In real life though, the voice actors (Barbara Luddy and Larry Roberts) were about 20 years apart with "Tramp" being the younger of the two.
I heard they cut the "We are Siamese" song out of this movie but I'm glad you got to see the version with it. As a kid and cat-person (I do love dogs as well) that was my fav song from this movie. The way they animated the fur movement and long vs short hair with little fine detail was so beautiful. I hope you check out these other classic, UNIQUELY animated older movies, you won't be disappointed: The Last Unicorn and The Secret of Nimh (fun fact about that one - Bluth, fellow animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy and eight other animation staff left the feature animation department at Disney to set up their own independent studio, Don Bluth Productions)
I loveeed lady and the tramp as a kid, I have fond memories of my grandma watching it with me. I'm also surprised to find that more reactors don't do ''the fox and the hound' and 'balto' because seriously those two movies are just as good! It's a shame their not as iconic as this one, I hope you guys can watch them!
I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but it was famous singer Peggy Lee who co-wrote all the songs played 4 characters in this film. She was Darling, both Si and Am (the cats), and, most famously Peg, the Mae West like dog in the pound. Another thing, I've seen you watch SLEEPING BEAUTY. Lady was voiced by the actress that portrayed the fairy Merryweather, Barbara Luddy. And, Aunt Sarah was voiced by actress Verna Felton, who played the fairy Flora (and the queen).
Have you two touched Fox and the Hound? If you haven't, then I suggest getting a box of tissues when you do. This movie is so good and I'm happy you reacted to this! Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺
One of my favourites it's so enjoyable to watch ! I love how you notice all the details in how they draw or animate shots because I don't really notice those kind of things and it makes me appreciate them even more ! It's actually one of my favourite things watching your reactions to animated movies so thank you ! xD Can't wait for next reactions !
I believe this was actually the last of the truly traditionally animated Disney features from an animation standpoint. This movie was so expensive to make Disney tried to cut costs with a method called xerography which they first used in some parts of their next movie, Sleeping Beauty. But they didn't fully use xerography until 101 Dalmatians which was kind of an extreme test of xerography, I dare you to google exactly how many spots had to be drawn for that movie
I remember reading somewhere... That when the idea for this movie was first pitched. Walt Disney. HATED IT. He even considered scrapping it altogether until it was fortunately made the way we know and love today.
My absolute favorite. My mom used to tell me how I would imitate the dogs, press pause on the VCR, go do something else then come back, press play and go back to imitating the dogs, 😂
I'm not sure if these are on your schedule already or not, but I'd love to see you guys react to Brother Bear! It's another early 2000's Disney animated movie with Phil Collins singing music, and one of my childhood favorites. Also, I know you said at the beginning that you hit all the Disney Renaissance princesses already, but I couldn't find your video reacting Pocahontas. Just an FYI, she's also a "disney princess" 😄
Awesome reaction yet again! I liked how they didn’t just have a main, main villain, but had mini ones like the rat, the Siamese cats, you name it. Also, how could one not love the spaghetti scene? Interestingly enough, I had a couple friends from my old church who, first off, were, and are straight, and second, did a joke at Red Robin years ago where they had either spaghetti, or something else, and did the Lady & The Tramp scene with the spaghetti as, again, a joke. Anyway, I also liked Lady & The Tramp 2: Scamp’s Adventure. And yeah, the characters were overall great. FYI, Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in Little Mermaid, voiced Lady in the direct-to-video sequel. Well, great reaction yet again!
I grew up with a blond American cocker spaniel named Lady and the puppy's howling at the start is SO accurate, they sound just like that. And my Lady HATED spaghetti with passion lolol
I’d highly recommend you guys watch The Black Cauldron on Halloween night. That movie is both underrated and scary as heck. The villain himself is absolute pure nightmare fuel.
I love the Prydain Chronicles that The Black Cauldron is based on…. Princess Elonwy has always been one of my favorite princesses. She should be included in the entire Princess collection.
If I had a dog again I would really love to share a bunk bed with the dog. This movie is a cute story and Lady and the Tramp really is a classic love story.
You guys must watch The Black Cauldron. I personally always enjoy the more obscure animated movies, the underdog if you will, (no pun intended) because it always feels like you can find some really interesting animation techniques and experimentation. For Disney movies, I would have to say that film for me is the Black Cauldron from 1985. It was in production for years, went WAY over budget, during a heavy transitional period at disney as most of the 9 old men had either died or retired (what walt named his original team of animators). After the famous Don Bluth quit Disney and took over 15 new animators with him in an exodus of sorts around this time, the movie was in production hell. Disney's newly hired Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted the Black Cauldron to be edited and cut down as the film was considered waaay to dark and violent and was the first disney animated movie to have a PG rating at the time. It's safe to say the film has many experimental animation styles, and is great to look at, and it's a guilty pleasure of mine. It nearly bankrupted disney, until the Little mermaid turned things around and kick started the much loved Renaissance period. I would love to see you guys cover more obscure animated movies, such as Don Bluth movies, Ralph Bakshi movies, maybe films like Ferngully? Heavy Metal? Watership Down? Freddie as F.R.O.7? I could go on lol.
I'm in my 50s and still love cocker spaniels to this day, after seeing this as a child. I am curious how people feel about the Siamese cats... that part of the movie seems to really bother some people, but I always loved those evil little trouble makers.
17:26 - This song was Cancelled a couple years ago for being racially insensitive. Disney+ apparently replaced it with a different song. 22:21 - I think Captain Jack said it best. 'It's all a matter of leaver-age.' (or in this case, _beaver_ -age) 25:15 - You'll notice a lot of similar design and image themes between this sequence and the 'So This is Love' sequence in Cinderella.
Although the spaghetti-eating sequence is now the best known scene, Walt Disney originally did not want it in the film as he thought it would not be romantic and that two dogs eating spaghetti would look ridiculous. Animator Frank Thomas was against Walt's decision and animated the entire scene himself without any lay-outs. Walt was so impressed with Thomas's work he decided to keep the scene in.
After putting that much effort into that one scene, Walt made a wise decision on that note. Frank Thomas did us a great service!
As a Swede i see the spaghettiscene every Christmas Eve when the national public television annually shows from all of us to all of you at 3pm as they have done ever since 1959
@@marcusfridh8489 same in Denmark! I'm 25 now, but my whole family still gather around the tv for "Disneys juleshow" 🎄
Thomas was the genuine article.
With the other 8 "Old Men" of Disney they made a team of talent without which Disney would likely never have been more than a shadow of what they achieved in the golden era of hand animated feature films
@@AutumnSun140 i know, i live in the skåne, so we have dr1 too ;)
Fun facts:
The opening scene where lady is introduced in a hat box is inspired by the way Walt Disney surprised his wife with a new puppy.
Also, in the original movie, Trusty did die when crushed by the carriage saving Tramp. It was Walt’s wife that convinced him that kids would be heartbroken and never get over Trusty’s death. So, they rewrote the ending with Trusty alive but injured.
A lot of that was PR.
And then 40 years later they said, "Fuck it, who cares if they never get over it?" and killed Mufasa.
@@WisteriaDrake Well yeah, Walt Disney died in 1966 and Lion King came in 1994, wonder what would he said... 🤔
@@WisteriaDrake Mufasa dying is integral to the plot of Lion King. The context is significantly different between that death scene and Trusty's death.
@@WisteriaDrake You say that as if Bambi's mother's death didn't exist before both Lady and the Tramp and the Lion King
I think what you’re noticing about it not being annoying, back in the 50s, Disney didn’t disrespect an audience’s intelligence. They had faith that simplicity of storytelling and specificity of character would be enough to sell a concept to an audience.
Also, I would suggest The Aristocats, another classic. It was sadly after the point when they stopped using the Ink and Paint Dept, so it looks "rougher" like 101 Dalmatians, but it's still another classic pet movie, and very charming
I honestly love the rough animation of some old Disney movies. Theirs a charm to it
They used Xerox animation at that point.
During the last scene, you can hear Jim mention that Aunt Sarah sent some dog biscuits for Christmas - she changed her tune in the end!
She probably felt guilty.
As far as “off-beat” requests go, _The Fox & the Hound_ and Disney’s _Robin Hood_ have such special places in my heart. Even though Robin Hood was so low budget they had to re-use animations and character concepts from The Jungle Book (i think when their animation studio was at one of its lowest points?) their character moments still stick in my brain. :) tho don’t quote me on that, i didn’t do my research haha.
I read The Fox and The Hound book when I was really young, my babysitter bought me the book when I was little. At the time I thought that it was going to be exactly like the movie. Boy, I was wrong. The dogs are reversed Cooper ends up killed by his owner because the owner was going to a retirement home. Chief ends up killed by the train. It traumatized me when I read the book. It still scares me on the day how the book was just horrifying
I’d like insert The Sword in the Stone in there as well.
The Jungle Book wasn’t the only film that the animators reused their work for in Robin Hood. There was also Snow White and The Aristocats.
@@amandagrubbs3000 Spoiler alert!
Yes!!! I had a crush on Robin Hood! Lol
As an Italian person, Tony and Joe are so damn funny 😂😂😂 they are the best part of the movie
Tony = best wing man ever
Honestly, some people think it's weird that they treated two dogs better than their paying customers, but anyone who owns a pet will know that you often connect more easily with a pet than a human. The Tramp has been visiting them every few days since he was born, so for all intents and purposes, he's their dog. My mother routinely cooks and mixes rice in with the dog food just so the dog has a balanced diet, and has done that for years. So I can totally see them feeding an expensive meal to a couple dogs and having a ton of fun doing so.
if only more people could laugh at stuff löike that instead of feeling offended then the world be better
@@WisteriaDrake there's also the fact that this movie was set in the Victorian era, and they didn't really sell commercial dog food in wide release until after WWII. Before that, people fed their dogs scraps from their tables, more or less. I've read that in some areas, butcher shops had little meat wagons that would travel through neighborhoods, and people would buy meat scraps to use to feed their pets. Before WWII, there were a few companies out there that made and sold dog biscuits, things like that, but commercially mass-produced dog & cat food didn't become widely available until after the war. So back then, it would have been more in a person's mind that you fed the dogs what you were eating. Since "Butch" was their stray that came to them every few days, they normally saved scraps and bones for him. But because he brought a girl along, they went all out, and gave him their best meal in the restaurant.
@@WisteriaDrake Well, we didn't really see how they treated the customers. Tramp probably visited at leftover time, and I doubt they kept the accordion around to serenade him and his girlfriends (Lady was special).
That shot near the end of Trusty lying under the wagon and *totally looking dead* traumatized me in my youth far more than that more notorious scene from "Bambi." Of course, in the next scene we learn he merely broke one of his legs, but it was still a gut punch.
@Asta Westh- KristensenYeah, I heard about that, except I heard it was more a decision made by Walt in light of the aforementioned "Bambi" scene.
Also, Peggy Lee also did the voices of Darling and the 2 cats, in addition to helping writing the songs.
You mentioned y’all were asking for suggestions-I’d love to see y’all react to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and hear your thoughts on the blending of 2D and 3D they did! Not to mention the difficulty of animating horses, lol.
YEEEES
Love it ❤️ i cry so much in this movie
Definitely agree!!
Yes please 😭😭 I know people (including myself) have been suggesting this for months now. Waiting for it ✌
Yes! My favorite movie besides TLK.
Peggy Lee's voice is just lush, singing and speaking! 🤩
My favorite aspect is how they play with perspective in this one. The world through a dog's eyes is simpler and cuter.
According to another TH-camr, the rat on this film was originally intended to be humanized, similar to the dogs and zoo animals. He was to be something of a mobster/wise guy. The only problem was that he was not intimidating in the slightest. I kinda like the idea that proximity to humans is what has humanized the animals of this setting, even with the zoo animals.
So 40 years later we got Oliver & Company :)
One of by favorite things about this movie is not only that the animators referenced actual dog movement, but breed-specific behavior. My mom has a Scotland terrier mix and she behaves very much like Jock, even down to the rooster-like crowing bark and the bounce he does when he barks.
The Rescuers would be a great one for you to watch. The second one is great too, but the art in the first one is unique and absolutely beautiful (especially during the opening credits). Very sweet stories in both of them as well.
Yes! I love those movies. The first mvoie villain was awesome.
The Rescuers is my FAVORITE Disney movie!!! I love those 2...
When you mentioned the animation on Trusty's wrinkles I immediately had to think of 'The Fox and the Hound' where they actually animate a puppy hound dog. Despite its story being on the sad side, I really like it.
Other recommendations would be 'Robin Hood' and 'The Sword in the Stone', two movies I have very fond memories of - in fact, I can barely imagine Robin Hood as anything other than a human-like fox...
Robin Hood and Sword in the Stone are my faves as well ❤️
Fox and the Hound is a must see. “Goodbye, may seem forever.”
The sword and the stone is fricken HILARIOUS 😂 used to have me in stitches as a kid, and still to this day makes me die 😁
@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 One of my strongest memories of watching an animated Disney movie in the theaters when I was a child, was watching Fox and the Hound in a packed theater, and every last person bawling their eyes out during that song. I was sitting next to this big, burly, beefy, bearded guy, and he was crying as hard as I was. I think just about everybody has had to live through the pain of giving up a beloved pet at least one time in their lives, or they remember the pain of losing their favorite pet to illness or old age. Everyone can relate to, "Goodbye, may seem forever", and it tears you up inside.
@@ReneandMae sadly fox and the hound is unpopular with reactors, along with a slew of amazing films...
One not-so-fun fact: In the original script for this movie, the people originally wanted Trusty, the bloodhound, to die, but when most of the voice actors and actresses read the script, including actress/singer Peggy Lee broke down and cried, and protested that the kids would be upset and their parents would be devastated and mad if they allowed that to happen, so they changed it to the happy Christmas ending, with Trusty being alive with a broken leg, that we got today.
Also, I hated Aunt Sarah for being mean to the dogs.
Oh yes, she's the devil.
@Asta Westh- Kristensen Yeah
Oh yeah, that's terrible, but they still kill Bambi's mother and Mufasa lol.
@@KitsyX Yup. Mufasa and Bambi’s mom made everyone cry, but since Bambi came out a decade before this movie, Walt Disney didn’t want kids to re-live that trauma from the movie
@@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110 Plus I feel like the death of Bambi’s mom and Mufasa were integral to the story both movies were trying to tell. Having Trusty die at the end would’ve been out of left field and unnecessary.
The scene of Trusty tracking the carriage is one of my all time favorites.
Just hearing the bay of a bloodhound legit gives me goosebumps every time!
Little thing about the part where Jock and Trusty tried to marry Lady: it’s been assumed that they did that because Lady was pregnant after her night with the Tramp. And they didn’t want her to be a single mother, so they tried to propose, so save her from shame. Idk if that’s even been confirmed tho. Just a theory
I've heard of that, though the puppies seem a bit too young to have been conceived when Lady first stayed with Tramp. (However I've no way to tell the age of the puppies though they seem younger than Lady was when she was gifted so they might be less than 8 weeks old)
To more match the times, It could just be that (to mirror the culture of the humans in the time this story is set.) since Lady spent the night with Tramp / was unaccounted for at least 24 hours, she would have a "ruined reputation." Which would make it nearly impossible for Lady to marry. So the friends stepped forward and offered to marry her.
@@Melissa-wx4lu so lady’s just being seen as soiled or something, therefore unmarriable?
@@ianij99 this isn't even a theory, it's plain fact! in the "the making of lady and the tramp" documentary, they mention this and basically confirm it. it was probably more obvious to 1950's audiences, where spending the night together would be enough to assume that something happened :-)
@@clarasundqvist6013 I never watched the documentary. I didn’t know that they actually intended it that way :0
That is absolutely what happened. This takes place sone time around the turn of the 20th century, single motherhood would have been extremely taboo. Marrying a pregnant woman to “make an honest woman out of her” was considered a massive stroke of honor for a man, many older men and closeted homosexuals did that during the time to help and maintain a sense of societal dignity for themselves and their woman friends.
I love how both of y’all are getting into the Disney movies. Y’all are really really into the movies.
Aunt Sarah absolutely enraged me as a child. I think part of the offense comes from how she immediately has access to Lady's sanctuary because Aunt Sarah is family. Any change in routine would be off-putting, but when you have straight up injustice in your own house, you're particularly outraged. Aunt Sarah is played by Flora, the red fairy from Sleeping Beauty, and Lady is played by Merryweather's voice actress, the blue fairy.
This is part of what many people consider the Golden Age of Disney animation with some truly stunning animation. You can see the attention to detail and the lengths the animators went to. I certainly smiled when you were amazed at the scene of the dogs frolicking in the puddles. Remember, this was all hand drawn, not a computer in sight (about 35 years too soon), Next up includes the Jungle Book (you may have seen that), Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Peter Pan and The Sword in the Stone. All well worth a watch.
Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Fantasia were all made before WWII, long before Lady and the Tramp. Walt couldn't release Fantasia before the fifties because it had stereo sound and theaters didn't have sound systems to play it. The confusion about the release dates comes from the fact that Walt would re-release all his films every ten years or so as a new generation of children came along who had never seen them. The wonder is that the movies were just as new seeming to all children, no matter when they saw the films for the first time.
Yes!! PLs react more to Old disney movies with animal characters! I'd love to see your reaction on "Robin Hood" and " Bambi"
Definitely one of Disney's most well-known classics, takes one of the world's most beloved creatures and just makes us love them even more than we could ever imagine, look forward to seeing you watch the sequel Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure
Love how Lady’s voice actor Barbara Luddy went on to voice Merryweather the blue fairy in Sleeping Beauty and Verna Felton was Aunt Sarah a complete opposite character to the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and Flora the red fairy in Sleeping Beauty .. the voices are true classic Disney 😁
It's been ages since I've watched Lady and the Tramp. I didn't realize until I watched this reaction that the voice actors were in both movies. Even in Sleeping Beauty, Flora and Merryweather were a little antagonistic toward each other sometimes lol.
@@stevenalexander6713 Verna Felton is colonel Hathi's girl too.
I think you both might like Homeward Bound: the Incredible Journey. Definitely not animated, but a feast for animal lovers in general. Simple story, good cast, very well trained animals, humorous, sweeping score, and *gorgeous* camera shots.
I'm loving all your reactions to any and all Disney classics! Keep it up, you guys are fantastic. Other movies I kept on VHS repeat as a kid included Aristocats, Oliver & Company, The Rescuers, Robin Hood, Fox and the Hound, and Sword in the Stone.
My all time favorite classic is definitely “The Aristocats ”😀 Even though I’m not much of a cat person I just adore all the cats in it💕
I hope they check it out, my favorite classic as well
Yes definitely
"Everybody want to be a cat - 'cause the cat's the only cat - who knows where it's at..." How can you not love that?
I don't think I've seen this film in close to 20 years when I was a child, but so many memories and feelings came flooding back. Most notably when we were first introduced to Trusty I felt a sudden pang of lost childhood trauma and grief and I couldn't exactly say why lol. I guess what happens to him at the end really hit me as a child and it's just a completely suppressed memory. Crazy feeling.
Stan Frieberg who voiced the beaver was really good at doing the tooth whistle thing, but found the character to have so much dialogue, it started to strain his voice. He ended up using an actual whistle to produce the sounds instead.
i wonder if they will watch the aristocats someday? one of my favourites, also because it was shown so many times here in italy.
Some dark points: It’s been theorized/sub texted that the two alley dogs were so intent on chasing Lady bc she was in heat...that she and Tramp definitely mated after their date, .and that Peg, the older female we meet was used as a breeder after getting too old to show, then dumped. Then there is the family life Tramp described was probably his original home, but the family was lower income so would be worried about fleas, and would give the dog old leftovers, nor could they afford the attention or supplies to fix the dog house . Also Trusty wasn’t suppose to survive, but after a test screening they added him back in at the end just w a broken leg. Enjoy the rewatch.:(
It's pretty clear what the two were doing between spaghetti and waking up at the park, but let's not go into Millennial fan-theory orgies, here:
You don't have to be Tramp to know the reputation of junkyard/wrong-side-of-the-tracks dogs, or why they were chasing Lady. The teeth tend to be a bit of a giveaway.
The funniest part of the movie is the male friend dogs going to propose because they dont want her to be a single mother (in the 1950's).
@@TheKat12364 Real gentlemen and friends both of them. - Not putting blame on her, but still willing to offer up the rest of their lives to fix the situation.
@@TheKat12364 this isn’t taking place in the 50s it’s either the 1890s or 1910s, sort’ve that particular part of Americana as the nation was still relatively innocent before the First World War. That would really make single parenthood even more taboo.
More Disney voice connections: the voice actresses for Lady (Barbara Luddy) and Aunt Sarah (Verna Felton) would work together again 4 years later in Sleeping Beauty to play Merryweather and Flora respectively.
Lady is based on a dog that Disney legend Joe Grant had at the time, her name was Lady as well, although she wasn't a cocker spaniel but a springer spaniel. It was Walt who wanted Lady to be a cocker spaniel.
I think you guys might like the sequel. See if other people vote for it when you get the chance. Scamp's Adventure is the title.
This sequel is one of the very few Disney straight-to-DVD sequels that's actually decent.
After this film came out, in the late '50s - early '60s, Scamp (Tramp Jr.) had his own comic book. I collected several issues. And the Scamp movie, which came out much later, plays into the same need. After all, once Tramp settles down, his character isn't going to be that interesting any more, so you need a new generation to go on "adventures."
The reason the neighbor dogs offered to “marry” Lady is because at that time having kids out of wedlock was very looked down upon. She ran away, spent the night with some scoundrel, and ended up in “jail”. If she was human the best chance for her honor was a family friend or older gentleman marrying her. Basically they weren’t trying to propose marriage because they were making moves on her, but to try and help to preserve her honor. Also from a dog standpoint it looks like she’d been kicked out and abandoned, so they offered their homes if she needed a place to go.
As a child, I took it more the latter way. That she was kicked out of the house, and was not being treated well anymore. So, they offered their homes so she could be loved and taken care of.
@@jessfleury3761 that’s what I thought too. But someone in the comments of another reaction video explained it better. It’s one of those time period things and something adults would understand more of
@Fighting Faerie I heard that explanation too. What I love about Disney movies is the ability for adults and children to watch and see meaning behind different things. This is a classic case of something a kid may not fully understand but an adult would, without saying it or throwing it in your face.
I always took it to be that Jim, Dear and Darling are in their mid 20s, they’re not bad pet owners or parents, they’re just very naive, and life is still very new to them. In a sense, one can infer that Lady’s naïveté is a reflection of her silver-spoon owners.
This was the first animated movie to be made in widescreen. It can be seen as paving the way for the use of the "Technirama 70" process in Sleeping Beauty, four years later.
While not a Disney movie, an older movie that it would be cool to react to would be The Last Unicorn. Not many TH-camrs react to it and the animation and storytelling is so good. I think you would really enjoy that movie.
YAS, I love that movie. Christopher Lee, Jeff Bridges, the great Angela Lansbury with a soundtrack from the band America? Cant beat it.
The little grey puppy from the end of the story went on to have quite a life in Disney comics after the movie. His name was Scamp.
Fun fact: the woman who plays the voice of Peg is the same woman who plays both Siamese cats
That is very interesting I didn’t know that
The spaghetti scene was spoofed in over 100 shows and movies.
So as far as I'm aware this was both the first Disney movie to be filmed in Cinemascope widescreen (like Sleeping Beauty), as well as the first distributed by Buena Vista. As for how they got the movement of animals, animators reported having their studio chock full of dogs at all times, as well as caged rats on their desks.
I love dogs. Watching both Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians made me want to own a dog and I’ve had several long after(Weimaraner’s to be exact).
I like this movie for its character interactions and great animation. It’s always a charming film to sit down and watch from time to time.🙂🐾
I don't know if anyone else in the world has ever seen this Disney anthology but 'Melody Time' is a favorite of mine. It's just an anthology of short stories or even just song numbers. I highly recommend it!!!
"Did I read the year wrong??" 😆
LMAO
This movie is just pleasant. Like being in a greeting card if that makes any sense. :) I love the way all the dogs look and are able to emote.
The fact that the house in this takes place at the turn of the century between 1899 to 1903 because of the gas powered house lamps on the walls and other details seeing the movie new in 1955 Walt Disney wanted to recount the era of his childhood even with the dog pound horse drawn wagon and early gas steam automobiles and steam locomotive 440 type by the water tower
My absolute favorite Disney film has always been Sword in the Stone. I’d love to see you react to it.
Lady and the Tramp absolutely devastated little 7 year old me when it looked like Trusty died. It’s the first time I remember a movie making me cry.
Yeah, as others have said, I'm pretty sure they're offering to marry her because she's pregnant - and back then, being pregnant out of wedlock got women into serious trouble. It's meant to show that they're really good friends, because either would happily tie themselves to her for life, and raise pups that weren't theirs, just to keep her safe.
I think that's also why they're SO mad at Tramp - because he literally got her pregnant and then "ditched" her.
This is one of my most favorite Disney classic movies. I always enjoy seeing the infamous and iconic spaghetti scene.
"he's a talking to me!".
That line got me. I always say I can tell what my girl is thinking by her mannerisms.
I've always loved this movie. Please check out The Fox & The Hound. And for a live action favorite of mine was The Black Stallion
This was my father's favorite animated film, and he'd quote it often. When we transitioned from VHS to DVDs, I bought him a DVD player for Christmas and to get him to use it, I had to get a bootleg DVD copy of Lady And The Tramp imported because Disney had vaulted it. Older movies that they had no plans to produce new home media copies for were "locked in the Disney Vault", usually for many years. Then they'd hype its limited release to generate demand for it. "Get your copy today before it gets locked away in the Disney Vault again!"
An absolute childhood favorite of mine!
This, Robin Hood, Aristocats, and 101 Dalmatians were on repeat pretty constantly for me when I was a kid, even had to get replacement tapes when I wore out the first ones. Theres just something about that era of Disney animals that just appealed to my brain. To this day I still want a dog like Lady, she's just the cutest little spaniel to ever exist.
I’m sure this movie contributed to my parents getting us a dog when i was a kid. :) parts of this definitely didn’t age super well (*cough siamese cats cough*) but i adored this dog-version of the rich girl / street-smart boy trope. It’s charming, i think is the word. I totally forgot they did the thing with Lady not knowing what a baby was, lol. As a kid i was like “trusty what the heck is birds and bees.”
Lol, yes! It confused me when Jock called a baby "a wee bairn." I always thought they should have told Lady that a baby was the human version of a puppy, to get a good solid comparison.
I like cocker spaniel lol 😂 I love 💕 lady she’s beautiful 😍 she cute 🥰
@@Unusual_Farmer Yes, but being Scottish, a baby is called a bairn. Plus, since they were old bachelor dogs, it may have slipped their minds. haha
Zee: I honestly don't remember everything in this movie. What's wrong with the Siamese cats? The music? That they were troublemakers?
@@LA_HA they are talking and looking like old steorotypical chinese which today is seen as racist
I honestly didn’t appreciate this movie until I got older. 😆 There were so many little things that flew over my head as a child. I really do love this movie. Great reaction, guys! 😄
Among the voice cast Bill Thompson provided voices for a total of six characters including Jock the Scottish terrier, the bulldog and the policeman at the zoo. Although it may seem too similar on its face I think you'd definitely enjoy "101 Dalmatians".
It wasn't because they wanted to try moves on Lady, but to avoid her being a single mom in these times. She would be comfortable in their homes and they would recognize her pups as theirs so her honor would be safe
“This lady is the most evil of all the Disney villains” lol! 🤣
This movie always gets me because I used to have an American cocker spaniel and currently have a Siamese cat. Both adorable, affectionate babies - I can never get enough of these animals. A vet once told me that when this movie came out, everyone wanted a spaniel. Not surprising! ❤️
I've always loved this movie's soundtrack so much!!
Robin Hood is a really fun watch with great characters. I would also recommend The Sword in the Stone. If you want to venture into some live action Disney classics I suggest Bedknobs and Broomsticks! So fun and does have some animation :)
the real siamese cats/kittens are so adorable though, but i gotta admit, those two in this movie are terrifying indeed.
17:30, this scene stirred up a lot of controversy years after it's release.
My favorite movie of all time. Have so many memories with it. I have a special connection with Lady and the Tramp. It was both my first Disney movie and movie I ever saw. I always go back to rewatching it every year multiple times. There is a sequel and it’s ok and decent. It has many problems but I can talk about that if you watch the sequel. But I will say that Lady means so much to me. My mother unfortunately passed away last year and it was really hard for me. But I always watch Lady and the Tramp to comfort and help with my struggles. Lady was like how my mom was to me. Especially when Lady became a mother. Thank you for watching this amazing masterpiece. As a Lady and the Tramp fan and animation fan in general, you earned a subscription from me. Have a good rest of your day.
Fun fact: the opening scene is based on something that actually happened to Walt and his wife during one of their Christmases.... And the many Disney movies are a metaphor for having to mature and grow in a short time... 🤔 The Disney conspiracy is so deep and I've studied it extensively.... Like scars back story is covered in one of Disneys books scars name was taka,he was mauled by a water buffalo and started to ask to be called scar instead, but scars jealousy and hatred for Mufasa is also explored more in depth too.. there's a theory that Tarzan is Elsa and Anna's brother and it was sort of confirmed by one of the writers saying Elsa and Anna's parents may not have died but might have washed up on shore somewhere... lady is about 6-8 months old at this point... About a year or so at the end. If you watch the second one you find out tramp is the lead junk yard dog 🐕 so he is tough
some SUPER underrated non-disney animated films that I would love to see y'all react to are Watership Down (1978), The Plague Dogs (extended cut) (1982), and FLEE (2021). All great, unique, films that elevate and challenge what the medium of animation is capable of in regards to the stories that can be told. Plus, I would absolutely love to hear your perspectives on all three.
For other reactions, I would love love LOVE to see you guys do The Great Mouse Detective. It's a Sherlock Holmes-y adventure with mice, and it has some spectacular suspense, action, and animation (there's a clockwork sequence that I think is either 3D or plays with perspective in a great way similar to Atlantis and Treasure Planet!) As for princesses, I don't believe you've reacted to Tangled either and that's one of my favs. Love you guys, your videos always make my day
This is one of my favorites it’s simple and beautifully rendered. It’s a good lazy day watch.
Disney's Robinhood is my favorite Disney animated movie from my early childhood, but it doesn't get the same recognition as a lot of other classic movies. I'm really looking forward to that reaction.
Thank you for this enjoyable and thoughtful review of my favorite of the classic Disney animated films!
Dude, I'm so excited for this! I have a female dog called Lady who is the same breed as Lady in this movie. She's not named after Lady in this movie, she is just incredibly lady-like LOL. She looks and moves lady-like and strangers meeting her have described as 'very Disney' or 'a Disney dog'... so I can't wait to see this animation it'll be like watching a brown version of her (somehow not seen it before). 😂
i'm so so so happy we're getting so many disney movies, literally all my favorites!!!!
I recommend The Aristocats next. 😊 Absolutely one of my favorite old time animations. If you enjoyed Lady and the Tramp I definitely think you'll love The Aristocats. It's such a vibe as well as being such an intriguing yet calm story like this movie. 🥰
I would watch tons of animations like that. Very clean, simple, warm, detail oriented, family loving, nothing complex but extremely satisfying by the end.
I'm glad you watched this one🫂
This is one of my favorite old movies. Thanks for reacting.
One Fun (ironic) fact about this movie I always loved...
Tramp calls Lady "kid" and it is insinuated that he's older. In real life though, the voice actors (Barbara Luddy and Larry Roberts) were about 20 years apart with "Tramp" being the younger of the two.
Aww, now this is a CLASSIC! LOVE this one. And I put in my vote for Robin Hood, as well! The animation is low-budget, but omg the film is so FUN.
My favorite Disney classic
I heard they cut the "We are Siamese" song out of this movie but I'm glad you got to see the version with it. As a kid and cat-person (I do love dogs as well) that was my fav song from this movie. The way they animated the fur movement and long vs short hair with little fine detail was so beautiful. I hope you check out these other classic, UNIQUELY animated older movies, you won't be disappointed: The Last Unicorn and The Secret of Nimh (fun fact about that one - Bluth, fellow animators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy and eight other animation staff left the feature animation department at Disney to set up their own independent studio, Don Bluth Productions)
@@lamma746 i agree, the past is there to teach us for the future, if they scrub it 'clean' you lose a piece of history, for good or bad.
Such a wonderful movie..
So nice, to see,, not to mention Mad Respect for doing the classics...
Really appreciate you 2 checking out the OG's...
I loveeed lady and the tramp as a kid, I have fond memories of my grandma watching it with me. I'm also surprised to find that more reactors don't do ''the fox and the hound' and 'balto' because seriously those two movies are just as good! It's a shame their not as iconic as this one, I hope you guys can watch them!
I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but it was famous singer Peggy Lee who co-wrote all the songs played 4 characters in this film. She was Darling, both Si and Am (the cats), and, most famously Peg, the Mae West like dog in the pound. Another thing, I've seen you watch SLEEPING BEAUTY. Lady was voiced by the actress that portrayed the fairy Merryweather, Barbara Luddy. And, Aunt Sarah was voiced by actress Verna Felton, who played the fairy Flora (and the queen).
Have you two touched Fox and the Hound? If you haven't, then I suggest getting a box of tissues when you do. This movie is so good and I'm happy you reacted to this! Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺
It's true.. One doesn't just watch Fox and the Hound without at least tearing up. That movie has made me cry ever since I was a kid.
@@Duckkis the book was so much more painful
@@jaymieberry same I’ve read the book when I was little, my babysitter bought me the book. It traumatized me
@@amandagrubbs3000 omg I'm so sorry.
@@jaymieberry lol, it’s all good. It’s actually funny now cause at the time she thought it was a great idea for me to read it at that age 😂😂😂
Lady And The Tramp - 1955 😁
One of my favourites it's so enjoyable to watch ! I love how you notice all the details in how they draw or animate shots because I don't really notice those kind of things and it makes me appreciate them even more ! It's actually one of my favourite things watching your reactions to animated movies so thank you ! xD Can't wait for next reactions !
I believe this was actually the last of the truly traditionally animated Disney features from an animation standpoint. This movie was so expensive to make Disney tried to cut costs with a method called xerography which they first used in some parts of their next movie, Sleeping Beauty. But they didn't fully use xerography until 101 Dalmatians which was kind of an extreme test of xerography, I dare you to google exactly how many spots had to be drawn for that movie
I remember reading somewhere...
That when the idea for this movie was first pitched. Walt Disney. HATED IT. He even considered scrapping it altogether until it was fortunately made the way we know and love today.
My absolute favorite. My mom used to tell me how I would imitate the dogs, press pause on the VCR, go do something else then come back, press play and go back to imitating the dogs, 😂
Three older Disney movies I recommend you react to are "The Great Mouse Detective", "The Rescuers" and "Pinocchio"
I'm not sure if these are on your schedule already or not, but I'd love to see you guys react to Brother Bear! It's another early 2000's Disney animated movie with Phil Collins singing music, and one of my childhood favorites.
Also, I know you said at the beginning that you hit all the Disney Renaissance princesses already, but I couldn't find your video reacting Pocahontas. Just an FYI, she's also a "disney princess" 😄
grew up watching it and love it
Awesome reaction yet again! I liked how they didn’t just have a main, main villain, but had mini ones like the rat, the Siamese cats, you name it. Also, how could one not love the spaghetti scene? Interestingly enough, I had a couple friends from my old church who, first off, were, and are straight, and second, did a joke at Red Robin years ago where they had either spaghetti, or something else, and did the Lady & The Tramp scene with the spaghetti as, again, a joke. Anyway, I also liked Lady & The Tramp 2: Scamp’s Adventure. And yeah, the characters were overall great. FYI, Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in Little Mermaid, voiced Lady in the direct-to-video sequel. Well, great reaction yet again!
I grew up with a blond American cocker spaniel named Lady and the puppy's howling at the start is SO accurate, they sound just like that. And my Lady HATED spaghetti with passion lolol
This is the first movie I watched in my life I rewatched it so much i’m surprised the vhs didn’t wear out
35:00 'if its gonna be aunt sarah im gonna loose it' same, same honestly my first time watching this movie was literally what i was thinking 😭🙌
I’d highly recommend you guys watch The Black Cauldron on Halloween night. That movie is both underrated and scary as heck. The villain himself is absolute pure nightmare fuel.
I love the Prydain Chronicles that The Black Cauldron is based on…. Princess Elonwy has always been one of my favorite princesses. She should be included in the entire Princess collection.
@@heidibrown3854 She should.
If I had a dog again I would really love to share a bunk bed with the dog. This movie is a cute story and Lady and the Tramp really is a classic love story.
You guys must watch The Black Cauldron. I personally always enjoy the more obscure animated movies, the underdog if you will, (no pun intended) because it always feels like you can find some really interesting animation techniques and experimentation. For Disney movies, I would have to say that film for me is the Black Cauldron from 1985. It was in production for years, went WAY over budget, during a heavy transitional period at disney as most of the 9 old men had either died or retired (what walt named his original team of animators). After the famous Don Bluth quit Disney and took over 15 new animators with him in an exodus of sorts around this time, the movie was in production hell. Disney's newly hired Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted the Black Cauldron to be edited and cut down as the film was considered waaay to dark and violent and was the first disney animated movie to have a PG rating at the time. It's safe to say the film has many experimental animation styles, and is great to look at, and it's a guilty pleasure of mine. It nearly bankrupted disney, until the Little mermaid turned things around and kick started the much loved Renaissance period. I would love to see you guys cover more obscure animated movies, such as Don Bluth movies, Ralph Bakshi movies, maybe films like Ferngully? Heavy Metal? Watership Down? Freddie as F.R.O.7? I could go on lol.
I'm in my 50s and still love cocker spaniels to this day, after seeing this as a child. I am curious how people feel about the Siamese cats... that part of the movie seems to really bother some people, but I always loved those evil little trouble makers.
17:26 - This song was Cancelled a couple years ago for being racially insensitive. Disney+ apparently replaced it with a different song.
22:21 - I think Captain Jack said it best. 'It's all a matter of leaver-age.' (or in this case, _beaver_ -age)
25:15 - You'll notice a lot of similar design and image themes between this sequence and the 'So This is Love' sequence in Cinderella.