The fact that you can have Pinocchio kill The Coachman in the video game is SO fucking satisfying.

Even as a small child, the Coachman gave me chills even before that FACE... I didn't understand why until years later why he probably creeped me out so much. Apparently four-year-old me had REALLY good gut instinct.

I agree the darkest thing to think about this movie is that no one gets punished for their crimes and funny enough at least Gideon and Foulfellow were originally going to until it was cut.

The coachman being a demon makes sense. In Dante’s inferno a circle of hell transforms people whom stolen.

I get that Carlo Collodi wanted to make an example out of Pinocchio with him being strung up by a tree, but even when I was younger, I scratched my head, thinking, "Wait, if he's made of wood, how is that supposed to kill him?" Him continuing the story right where it left off surprisingly makes sense, or rather, as much sense as a story like that can be.

Apparently Disney planned an extended chase scene after Pleasure Island where the Coachman would chase Pinocchio back to land and Honest John and Gideon would try to misdirect him so they could catch him themselves and claim a reward, and then they'd all run smack into the police. It would have been nice to see some villains get punished, but that scene would have made the final face-off with Monstro feel a lot less powerful.

I have a pretty fond memory of Foulfellow and Gideon! The first time I went to Walt Disney World with my family as a child, I was about 7 years old and very shy. I loved seeing the costumed characters, but with tons of other kids and their parents crowding around them for pictures, I couldn’t bring myself to get too close to the more popular and recognizable ones. But Gideon and Foulfellow noticed me clutching my little autograph book at the edge of the crowd. They signed my book, did a little dance with me, and let my parents take pictures away from all the other people so I wouldn’t be so nervous. I still have the autograph book somewhere. It’s one of my best Disney memories!

"His name/title is never said on screen" Honest John: "Now COACHMAN, what's your proposition?"

I've heard a lot of wild fan theories in my time, but "The Coachman is a demon" is simultaneously the wildest yet weirdly believable

I don't think there is a more evil character in Disney animation than the Coachman. He's a demon in human skin.

The Coachman creeped me out, but Lampwick's transformation into a donkey really creeped me out! I'm grown, and that sequence still gives me the chills!

Hearing you talk about these characters made me realise that each antagonist becomes more dangerous than the previous one. You start off with the conniving yet comedic Honest John and Gideon, then you move onto the more aggressive Stromboli, then you get the Coachman who's absolutely despicable and sadistic and finally you end on Monstro, a nigh unstoppable force of nature you can't reason with.

In Italy we have a classic comic called “Mickey’s Inferno”, a parody of the Inferno part of the Divine Comedy. Plenty of Disney character cameo: Mickey plays Dante and Goofy is Vergil, but there’s also a cameo of the likes of Peg Leg Pete, Donald Duck, Clarabelle Cow, Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, the Three Little Pigs, Zeke Wolf, Dumbo and Pluto. There a part where we are shown the suffering of all the misbehaving children turned into trees. The wood is cut by devils and carved by Geppetto into school desks. Said desks are placed in a classroom of small donkeys (with Doc from Snow White teaching for whatever reason) and eventually kicked into pieces, so that the devils can pick them up again and make them into trees to repeat the cycle. When Mickey/Dante meets them, they are saved by a prompt intervention of the Blue Fairy, who turns them back into humans and has them promise to never misbehave again. Honest John and Gideon show up to tempt the children into abandoning their good propositions and going back to misbehaving. But Dante/Mickey scolds them and calls into Jiminy Cricket to further mark his point. The villains fled and the children were sent back to earth.

I would love to see Stromboli's reaction when he finds that Pinocchio is missing. That would be hilarious. Here's how it would be played out: Stromboli: (singing) I buy a new suit and I swing-a the chain. I eat-a best and I drink-a champagne. I got-a no strings on me. (he notices Pinocchio is gone) Yeah-- uh, huh? What?! (curses in Italian)

I don't know about you but when I was little, that evil face the Coachman makes when they're in the tavern, I seriously thought that's what Satan looks like. That description you gave of him not being fully human… I guess I was right!

Actually, there are a few things about Monstro. * In the original 'Pinocchio' story, it was a giant shark known as "The Terrible Dogfish" (which are a type of shark) that ate Pinocchio and Geppeto, and they escaped from it not by setting it's stomach on fire & making it sneeze, but wait until night time while the dogfish was asleep because it goes up to the surface at night due to it's breathing problems. *It's possible the reasons why Disney changed Monstro from a giant shark to a whale is not only because not it makes much more sense for the sea creature to go on the surface to breathe, but because of the Biblical story 'Jonah and the Whale' (which the sea creature in the original tale was a giant fish too). And just like Jonah, Geppeto has been stuck inside a whale's stomach hoping for a miracle to happen & rescue him. *Monstro may be unintentionally based on a real prehistoric animal known as the Leviathain, a giant carnivorous whale that towers over & eats blue whales and Megalodon. *Monstro is a rare type of creation that is both a character & a location at the same time. Which is why Monstro is a world in the Kingdom Hearts games instead of a boss (mostly), and featured as entrances in dark boat rides as a tunnel to escape from. *Like Fowlfellow & Gideon, Monstro is also a most used Pinocchio villain in other Disney media. *Before Monstro met his demise with the rocks, (if you have good hearing) he shouts out "I'll crush you!" as he swam straight towards Pinocchio & Geppeto. Making the line be the only time he spoke in the movie. *Monstro appears in an episode of the Disney Afternoon cartoon "Bonkers," where it reveals that Monstro can not only talk, but is actually a nice guy & good actor.

The Coachman and Stromboli always made me feel disgusted and they always gave me the creeps and gave me BIG CHILLS.

"A writer doesn't need to scrutinize every single detail about a story's magical world. It often takes away from the mystery and wonder surrounding it." And then of course with the Disney live-action remake, they'll probably do just that considering that responses to nitpicky criticisms seems to be what the live-action remakes do. There is actually one American comic that features that Coachman as a villain. It's a Christmas comic where Honest John and Gideon steal Santa's sleigh and the Coachman wants to use the sleigh to take the boys to Pleasure Island. It's kind of fitting since he has a deceptively Santa Claus like figure (minus the beard). Of course, the plan is overheard by Toad, Ratty, and Mole, who take back the sleigh. The villains try to catch them, but Toad flings some money at them and Honest John, Gideon, and the Coachman fight over the money in an almost Three Stooges like fashion, showing another version of the Coachman getting his just deserts.

Kind of surprised you didn't mention how the coachman was part of what inspired King Dice from Cuphead.

10:47 The axe hitting the puppet was always the moment in "Pinocchio" that I found most horrifying as a kid. 16:27 I suspect the scary face the Coachman made was the inspiration for the "horror clown" genre of films.

"Even the veggietales one." I realized this earlier on, but I just noticed that the veggietales adaptation is more closer to the book than the Disney one.

1:54 - Foulfellow and Gideon 8:59 - Strombuli 14:54 - Couchman 21:20 - Monstro

15:23 that animated donkey transformation was scarier than seeing the original Disney animation as a kid and to be quite honest, i am triggered. I love this retrospective!

Dang, that original, original story of Pinocchio is messed up.

Re: the suggestion that the evil Coachman represents the devil because of the reference to "meeting at the crossroads at midnight." There's a legend about a famous jazz or blues singer (or musician) who made a deal with the devil to become a even greater singer (or musician), and that the devil collected the man's soul at some "crossroads" in New Orleans. I forget who this fellow was, though.

I can understand your opinion on Monstero. And, to a degree I can kind of agree with you. But I'm sure we can both agree that, with the possible exception of the coachman, Monstero is perhaps the most frightening antagonist in the entire Pinocchio movie.

"I was originally going to say a lot about Monstro." It's a shame you didn't in the end. I would love to hear what you've figured out about the whale.

Unpopular opinion, or rather unpopular theory/headcanon, but I’ve always seen the Coachman as a malevolent fae rather than a demon. I mean, he doesn’t go by his real name (just a title), abducts young boys (reminding me of Changelings), has unclear/inhuman motives and morality - he’s also sort of a foil to the Blue Fairy, who is, well, a fairy. Also, the fae have ties to demons - some have said that the fae were fallen angels or demons themselves, and according to the Ballad of Tam Lin the fae have a tithe to Hell. And the crossroads were associated with a lot of supernatural things, not just the Devil.

Ah, "Geppetto", God's gift to the Whose Line Is It Anyway cast. Anyways, I'm not that surprised that the Fox and Cat, in the comics, don't get away with anywhere near as much; even if they never met Mickey or Donald, who tend to be more on the ball than Pinocchio, after twice being endangered listening to them, Pinocchio is probably at least a tad more cautious around them. And finally, show of hands, who else finds that storyboard version of the Coachman's promise of no squealers even creepier, where he just shifts back to beatific-looking?

Pinocchio has been much on my mind in these coronavirus days. As I've watched Disney vlogs urging people to go back to the park and enjoy the magic, I always think of The Coachman luring Pinocchio and the other errant boys to climb on board for Pleasure Island, of course making no mention of the dangers that await them. It is at this point in the movie that Jiminy Cricket jumps on board the coach and says a line that is well suited to today, as Disney World re-opens this afternoon: "Here we go again".

OMG the storyboard pics of the coachman look as sinister as the finished look for the films! Plus Lampwick’s donkey transformation still scares me 😨😨

Honest John and Gideon are my favorite duo

What I have noticed is the escaltion of villains is nicely done. With Honest John and Gideon being obvious conmen due to their overly friendily demenour but thir attire marks them as vagrents or such so they have something to gain. Stromboli is more of a mix of the coachman and honest john gideon; he's friendily to a degree but is only evil due to business, then we have the coachman who is just evil. So far the main motivation with these 3 is money. Honest John/Gideon are vagrent like so they are after money even if it's a small amount, Stormboli see's the future profits in his purchase of pinocchio and the coachman turs kids into donkets and sells them. Monstro is almost like evil in it's purest form. Yes Monstro is a whale and doing what animals due but in trying to escape and survive he can be seen as a villain in that repsect and thus monstro is pure evil in that he is driven by instinct and has no movtive other then the catch and comsume. SO we go from fairly obvious and light hearted sort to villains to what one could call pure evil.

Since my childhood I was impressed of how big and scary Monstro was. I believe she is one of the scariest Disney's creatures. Please do a video where you can talk more about her!

*Fun Fact:* In Cuphead the grin that King Dice does in his boss fight was based off of the grin pulled off by the coachman in this movie

Pinocchio NEEDS a dark “Something Wicked This Way Comes” style spinoff movie about Pleasure Island and The Coachman’s backstory.

I found this trivia on Disney Wiki and Villains Wiki about Pinocchio: "Monstro, though even for him his ultimate fate is left unclear, is the only antagonist of Pinocchio who gets any sort of final comeuppance onscreen. Honest John Worthington Foulfellow and Gideon conned Pinocchio and were never seen again afterwards, though in a deleted scene, they were taken into police custody by the law enforcement and it is implied happened offscreen due to Geppetto having learned of Pinocchio's presence on Pleasure Island and because Pinocchio escaped from it as Honest John feared could happen, Stromboli left the town with his caravan, though it is implied that his new show was ruined as Pinocchio escaped, and the Coachman was last seen locking up the kids turned donkeys on Pleasure Island to sell them into slavery."

The Coachman is just the stuff of nightmares

14:48 "YOU WANT FUN? STROMBOLI SHOW YOU FUN!!!!"

The donkey transformation sequence freaked me out so much as a kid I literally blocked it from my memory. I completely forgot about it until I was watching "Pinocchio" again years later in my 20s. As it started to unfold, the memory was unlocked and I was like, "Oh, THIS fucking scene!"

I really enjoyed this video! The Pinocchio villains really are interesting. As much as i disagree with his actions, i dont think a disney character makes me laugh as hard as Gideon does! He’s my favorite villain!

The Pleasure Island scene where all the kids turned into donkeys used to scare the pants off of me as a kid. Disney would have been great at making animated HORROR movies if he actually dared to make them.

I met Stromboli a few times in Disneyland in Paris and whoever was in the costume took the role very seriously, not giving out an autograph until I called him "MONSIEUR Stromboli" and even at one time painfully butting my brother's head and mine against each other. Luckily, the pain didn't last for long and it didn't ruin our magical experience either.

The thought of those boys being turned into donkeys makes me feel very agitated, especially in the way that they are treated by the evil Coachman.

I like that Stromboli (Mangiafuoco) and the Coachman ("il Postiglione" in Italian) are voiced by the same person. It reminds me of "Dracula" and "Nosferatu" (1922). The coachman („der Kutscher“ in German) that takes Jonathan Harker (Thomas Hutter in "Nosferatu") to Count Dracula (Count Orlok in "Nosferatu") is actually the count („der Graf“ in German) in disguise. They are the same person.

Honest John actually does refer to him as “the coachman” in the Disney movie when they show them plotting about pleasure island.

Brent Spiner's Data was also a Pinocchio type wishing to be more human.

I thought this would be one of those typical "top villains" type things, but it's so much more and better!

It's funny because in the original Pinocchio book The Fox and cat are defeated, the cat pretends to be blind and the fox pretends to be lame (or vice versa I don't remember) but near the end of the book they actually do become blind and lame, but Pinocchio, who has now learned to not trust them, berates them for being so deceitful and leaves them to live out there now ruined lives.

There's just something weird about Mel Blanc voicing an original Disney animated character. June Foray's career took her to all the different studios to the point where she initially turned down playing Witch Hazel in Looney Tunes cartoons because she was afraid that it would be too similar to the Witch Hazel in that one Donald Duck cartoon. But Mel is so distinctly rooted in Looney Tunes at that point, it felt unnatural. Sure, he was Woody Woodpecker in the very early shorts before being recast, and they still used his laugh for a while after, but just imagine his distinct voice coming out of a Disney cartoon.

This is from Villains Wiki, Wickedpedia, Disney Wiki and TVTropes: Honest John and Gideon aren’t seen again for the rest of the film, but in a deleted scene, they are arrested by the police for their dishonest actions (though it's not clear for what exactly), which can also be easily deduced by the viewers, since Pinocchio came back from Pleasure Island as Honest John feared could happen and he's an inhabitant of the same village. However, considering that in the script and in book and comic book adaptations it’s specified that Geppetto went to search for Pinocchio on Pleasure Island and Honest John and Gideon were the only ones who knew about Pinocchio's whereabouts on said island (possibly along with other villagers who could have heard Honest John singing the song about Pleasure Island in the late evening while taking Pinocchio to the coach for it out of town, another sign of John's stupidity[kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gs6abLaL3JPOcp8.htmlsi=pJDZiyN-0wBOKpnm kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gs6abLaL3JPOcp8.htmlsi=pJDZiyN-0wBOKpnm|14:37 ]), it can be inferred that they were arrested offscreen or wanted by authorities for that. It can also be inferred that he and Gideon may have suffered the same fate as their book counterparts or trying to escape from the law in fear.[kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb2Xp61-ypyUiYU.htmlsi=8xSpsKUMYaDLmUBn kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb2Xp61-ypyUiYU.htmlsi=8xSpsKUMYaDLmUBn|50:44 ] *Although their ultimate fate in the film is left to the interpretation of the viewers, like for the rest of the other antagonists, it is suggested that Honest John and Gideon suffered some sort of comeuppance offscreen during the days Pinocchio stayed on Pleasure Island, since Geppetto, before being swallowed by [[Monstro (Disney)|Monstro the whale]], sailed to said island after learning that Pinocchio was taken there, and the only people who could knew that were Honest John and Gideon and probably some villagers who heard the already notorious crooks singing loudly the song about Pleasure Island in late evening while taking Pinocchio to the coach. *There are few clues that suggest that Honest John and Gideon got a final comeuppance off-screen like the other villains (except for the [[Coachman]]), whether they got arrested or have been running from the law: **Geppetto found out of Pinocchio's location on Pleasure Island, and the only ones who could know this were the aforementioned two crooks or the villagers who may have heard them taking Pinocchio to the coach at the crossroads.[kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gs6abLaL3JPOcp8.htmlsi=oKuFN9UeerjJ9Trz kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gs6abLaL3JPOcp8.htmlsi=oKuFN9UeerjJ9Trz|14:37 ] David Koenig, Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks. [archive.org/details/mouseunderglasss0000koen ISBN 0-9640605-0-7 ] "Geppetto, Figaro and goldfish Cleo, sailing over the choppy Sea to rescue Pinocchio, take a short cut through the Narrows; it's dangerous but they have to get there quickly. Within sight of Pleasure Island, Geppetto says, '''''Nothing can stop us now!''''', when they are swallowed by Monstro, guardian of the Terrible Straits." **Alternatively, Pinocchio escaped from Pleasure Island, the only boy who made it, and this was the biggest fear of Honest John back at the Red Lobster Inn. **The Blue Fairy transformed Pinocchio into a real boy as a reward for being "truthful". There's no scene on-screen in the movie that shows this, so this implies that Pinocchio told Geppetto the whole story of his misadventures off-screen while in the Monstro's belly before planning to escape. In fact, various events happen off-screen in the movie and in many films of the Walt Disney's era, usually to focus the most on the protagonists.

I cannot believe that these two films both bombed at the box office on the day of their releases, despite receiving positive reviews from critics.

16:03, Honest John did say alright "Coachman", what's your proposition?, so that counts as his name is said on screen.

I love the Disney villain series!

Stromboli is like the Disney version of Wario. (Fun fact: They are both Italian characters)

For the record, Little Roxie was always rather fond of her inflatable Monstro bath toy, and didn't see him as evil. This was a great video, Colin! I like that you included Geppetto and clips from the Italian Pinocchio movie I grew up with. PS: If you ever need help with Italian pronunciation, I'm your girl.

For some reason the pediatrician office waiting room I went to as a kid thought it was a good idea to put a model of pinnochio in the cage hanging in the corner. The rest of the waiting room had books and fish tanks to look at

Fun Fact: The donkey boy that can still talk ( Alexander ) has the same voice actor as Pinocchio ( Dickie Jones )

Funny you should mention that Foulfellow and Gideon were in a storybook adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes. A Pooh storybook from the mid-80s was also a riff on The Emperor's New Clothes--Pooh got tricked the same way. The trickster was a fellow named Sly Fox--who was a dead ringer for Foulfellow.

And Monstro has appeared in the Kingdom Hearts franchise not once, not twice, but FOUR times. In the original Kingdom Hearts game, he swallowed Geppetto, yes, and apparently Pinocchio, too, when Sora and his friends left Pinoke after encountering him in Traverse Town, only for the heroic trio to get swallowed by the whale themselves, finding the puppet, meeting Geppetto, encountering Riku, and fighting a Heartless that attacks the little fella. In Chain of Memories, it's kinda more or less the same, except Pinocchio was trying to find a way to get out of the whale, saying that it's his fault for not going to school like he was supposed to, the Heartless boss attacks Pinoke again, but this time, after Sora and the others defeat it, Pinocchio is the one who gets it to spit him out, and he gets the idea of doing the same thing to Monstro. In Dream Drop Distance, Pinocchio tells Jiminy the false story of him meeting monsters that tie him up, but that he got away from them, and mentioning a guy in a black coat who told the puppet to play a trick on Sora (which was true). Sora chases after Pinoke and Jiminy in the ocean, and see them get swallowed by Monstro, but then a giant Dream Eater freezes the whale, but after Sora thaws out the whale, Monstro swallows the Dream Eater for good measure, then Riku finds himself in the whale, and going after Pinoke who was seen walking off with a stranger in a black coat (which was Riku's dark side), then Riku fights the Dream Eater that Monstro swallowed earlier, and Pinocchio's reunited with his father. In Birth By Sleep, you actually fight him. This is only in the Final Mix version, but it's pretty cool.

Glad you mentioned Brent Spiner's Stromboli--one of the saving graces of that rather blah movie. (Brent Spiner in a story about an artificially created being who wants to be human? Come on, who would buy that?)

When I was a little kid. I always thought that the cigarettes and beer they drank were tainted. And that's what turned them into donkeys.

8:00 oh dear God you've just released my nightmares. That film was so disturbing

I spent a large part of my childhood being TERRIFIED of turning into a donkey. I was also super afraid of Stromboli (I grew up to be an actor/ singer 😂) always afraid of being trapped in a bird cage.

He's the cat, And I'm the fox, You can trust us!

It's funny you mentioned that one Emperor's New Clothes adaptation where Foulfellow and Gideon trick Prince John. A friend of mine used to have this series of Disney stories and one of them had Foulfellow pulling the Emperor's New Clothes routine again, this time on Pooh and as a solo act, no Gideon involved.

Pinocchio never really scared me as a kid. My grandparents showed it to me when I was 4 and it didn’t really phase me, my parents used to let me watch R rated horror movies with them on tv. I had already saw the chunky movies, Halloween, and the shining by that point. But as an adult this movie is so damn unsettling me once you actually understand the themes.

18:30 There is a separate Pleasure Island for adults: It's called Las Vegas.

And the moral of the story is be honest and work hard, or sleazy types will take advantage of you ... And also that the law apparently won't do anything about all those sleazy types engaging in blatant child abduction

I thought up the idea that The Coachman and his crew are just one of many henchman used dark forces and that the boys becoming donkeys is just the first step in them ultimately becoming Demons, who will then devour The Coachman and another takes his place: a horrible cycle for all!

My mom: *the food isn't that hot!* The food: 9:00

What a pity. I'd so have loved to see the other Disney's Pinocchio villains get their well deserved defeats for their actions. I wonder if we'll see that happen in the live action remake of Pinocchio.

Monstro has always been my favorite in the movie.

Yes you reuploaded it!

I have a theory: Stromboli proved to be hardly friendly and paid Honest John and Gideon very low. Whereas the Coachman knows about Stromboli’s exploits (perhaps even met him at one point) and sees that as child’s play. The Coachman one-ups him big time as the most cunning, ruthless villain of Pinocchio.

I wonder if the look of the coachmen’s henchmen inspired the look of the Phantom Blot.

It has been five hundred years but it has returned! Cant wait for the next part keep up the good work

While I agree on some level that Monstro may not be considered a true villain, when Pinocchio mentions him to the fish in the sea, they all look shocked and run away, implying that Mosntro is feared across the ocean. We also see some sea-wrecked ships close by Monstro in the first scene where we actually see him. Jiminy also warned Pinocchio not to go after Monstro before they enter the sea. Also, in the original book, Monstro was an unnamed shark instead of a whale, and instead of using fire, Pinocchio and Gepetto just sneak out of his belly while he was sleeping with his mouth open and he never finds out they escaped. In the remake, he does give a villainous laugh as he is chasing Pinocchio and Gepetto at the end after they escape.

i always wondered why Gedeon did not have any lines but now i get it

Thank you, thank you, _thank you_ for using footage from Giuliano Cenci's 1970s animated movie to illustrate scenes from the book that are absent in the Disney version. It's a gem of European animation that needs more attention.

I watched Pinocchio a lot when I was little, and I honestly don’t remember the scary scenes that much. I didn’t realize how scary those moments were until I watched it again years later, wondering “How was I not terrified by this as a kid?”

Cinderella also violated the Haze Code as we see Cinderella's nude silhouette which was a violation. They seemed not to pay as much attention to animated films at the time.

WOW, the Monstro section is kinda short. You didn't mention that he's based on The Terrible Dogfish, a giant shark from the original book, not even his other appearance, such as: Comics, ice shows, attractions, the Kingdom Hearts series and Once Upon Time.

Interesting that Commander Data Would Play Stromboli Since On When Riker Meets Data on Star Trek The Next Generation, Commander Riker Calls him Pinocchio.

Hiiiigh Didely dee, an actors life for me!

Oh my is Gepetto a bad movie, but Spiner is clearly having a ball hamming it up and his performance is thoroughly entertaining.

Most Disney movies have one main villain, but Pinocchio has three, not counting the fox and cat. They are more like secondary villains in the Disney version.

God, you consistently make top-quality content. Keep it up man. I really love these Disney Villain videos

Thank you for uploafing this!

You should have mentioned the fact that in the original book as well as the Geppetto film, Pinocchio becomes a full blown Jackass. And then Pinocchio was sold to a antagonist that did not make it into the film, the ringleader. Though he would kind off get fused with the coachman in Geppetto.

Delightfully thorough research, as always. I love how you contextualize the characters through many pieces of media.

I can't believe how rebellious the literary Pinocchio was. I believe the 'turn into donkeys' bit is adult humor of asshole becoming real asses. The literary Monstro was a shark.

You for disney's live action remake of Pinocchio and with Robert zemeckis directing I want the coachman to be play a much larger role with stromboli as his sidekick each one getting their own comeuppance. and Monstro, Honest John, and gideon become enemies turned good friends.

Awe, yes: another Fantastic video! Very informative, indeed.

the coachman is underrated as hell

My favorite bit in the original novel never makes it into the movies. It's when Pinocchio, just after being robbed by the Fox and the Cat, goes to court to report the thieves to the magistrate. The magistrate (who is an aging gorilla) listens very sympathetically to Pinocchio's complaint, and then announces to the court: "You heard him - he admits that he was robbed. So, lock hiim up!" And Pinocchio gets locked up in jail, for having been the VICTIM of the crime. He stays in jail until he manages to persuade the jailer that he (Pinocchio) is also a dangerous criminal. When the jailer is persuaded of this, he lets Pinocchio go.

Speaking of Fun and Fancy Free Willie might have been the villain but he was so childish that latter appearances made him more on the good side ,

The new Pinocchio remake has Foulfellow voiced by Keegan-Michael Key and Gideon once again silent; Stromboli played by Giuseppe Battiston; and the Coachman played by Luke Evans (who also plays a vendor on Pleasure Island). As for Monstro, he has been changed from a whale to a sea monster.

First episode I’ve found of this retrospective, and I’m really enjoying it so far. Can’t wait to catch up and can’t wait to see more.

thanks for this video, i especially enjoyed your notice of Pinocchio's flouting of the hays code. one of many reasons this film has perhaps fueled more nightmares than any other