"So guys, let's think of an animal with long legs to animate Calloway's dance" "A walrus" Of course.

1. Skeletons drink liquids 2. Skeletons die from drinking liquids 3. Skeletons have ghosts

Love how that walrus shows up IMMEDIATELY. He's been fucking dying to sing that song to someone for ages.

“She was the roughest TOOOOOOOUUGHEST frail”

Don't you just hate it when you go into a cave and a ghost walrus starts singing Cab Calloway?

I love the footage of Calloway in the beginning-- he doesn't even seem to know the camera's watching him. He's just having his own private jam session. :)

1:56 RIP headphone users

1930s mentality: "Your child isn't crapping the bed enough. Allow us to remedy that."

Damn ghost walrus , he has the moves

I adore the history of animation.

For those who aren't hep to 1932 jive, "cokey" is a reference to using cocaine and "kick the gong around" refers to taking opium. The things they let kids watch in the 1930s!

Is no one questioning the background as the walrus is singing

The reason this scene was so uncanny was because an animation moved at a fluent rate, and looked like a real person as an animation. But the movement was so ghostly and smooth that it seems like movements no human can do. Thus, uncanny.

Drugs are a hell of a drug

My favorite thing about this is how hypnotic it is. I regularly loose interest midway through a video due to my lack of an attention span. But this song always puts me in a trance. I come back to it every few days or so.

The song is creepy and his dancing is magical. The combo is great

i remember my first time walking in to a cave being confronted by a singing ghost walrus. ahh, good times

Don't do drugs kids... or the singing walrus will get you.

"An animal with legs for this dance!" *a walrus-*

You know it’s old when copyright is expired.

The moral of the story: if you run away, you get to met undead blues musicians.

3:33 I don't find this animation that disturbing but this part for some reason... A mother cat dying of starvation because her children are happily taking everything away from her. It got to me...

Animator 1: Yo, we should make Cab Calloway into a ghost! Animator 2: *nods* Animator 1: Of a walrus! Animator 2: *stops nodding*

"He took her down to Chinatown" is the best line I've ever heard in a song.

love how cool and sneakily music got away with drug references back then. Smokey was "cokey" because he was a coke addict, and showed Minnie how to "kick the gong around", meaning she smoked opium. The 50's and 60's seemed to really crack down on stuff like that (at least in mainstream music) but by the late 70's onward I guess people loosened up again. Weird how that happens.

This and the koko the clown one are so entrancing.

Those rhymes are so melodic and haunting.

1:17 Y'know, my parents probably think I'm watching porn but then they come in and be watchin me groove to that smooth jazzy blues

Man this shit is disturbing. It makes Courage the Cowardly Dog look like Dora the Explorer

My dad showed me this when I was a kid, and it's still one of the freakiest cartoon I've ever seen.

I love the fact that the walrus is doing cab calloways dance moves and uses his voice

Its fascinating to me to see animation in such an early stage. There’s no lack of ambition and imagination, but it’s before a time the basic principles of animation were even established. You can tell they’re figuring it out. No squash and stretch yet. But still, you can tell they’re experimenting, I just hope that they drew the conclusion to never create a walrus rotoscope nightmares again.

1:56 calm down

I guess koko the clown's dancing was based on this

I've been here for at least two hours just replaying and over analyzing this the trance is real

Folks, here's a story 'bout Minnie the Moocher She was a red-hot hoochie-coocher She was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Whoa-a-a-a-ah (whoa-a-a-a-ah) Hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee (hee-dee-hee-dee-hee-dee-hee) He-e-e-e-e-e-e-y (he-e-e-e-e-e-e-y) She messed around with a bloke named Smokey She loved him though was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Whoa-a-a-a-ah (whoa-a-a-a-ah) He-e-e-e-e-e-e-y (he-e-e-e-e-e-e-y) Oh-oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh-oh) She had a dream about the King of Sweden He gave her things that she was needin' He gave her a home built of gold and steel A diamond car with a p-la-ti-num wheel Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Ho-dee-ho-dee-ho-dee ho (ho-dee-ho-dee-ho-dee ho) Skip-de-diddly-skip-de-diddly-diddly-oh (skip-de-diddly-skip-de-diddly-diddly-oh) Bour'rrigy-bour'rrigy-bour'rrigy-oh (bour'rrigy-bour'rrigy-bour'rrigy-oh) He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them all a million times Hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi (hi-dee hi-dee hi-dee hi) Whoa-a-a-a-ah (whoa-a-a-a-ah) He-e-e-e-e-e-e-y (he-e-e-e-e-e-e-y) Whoa-a-a-a-ah (whoa-a-a-a-ah) Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min

The reason why Cab Calloway's character was a walrus ghost was probably to make it easier for the animators to rotoscope Cab's dance moves (rotoscoping is like the old-timey equivalent of motion capture, in case you don't know.)

Cab Calloways dance is to sick lol.

Cab Calloway the original, one of my favorites and one of my top best dancers ! Him and his orchestra always played so good! 🤍

This freaking masterpiece gave me a nightmare last night

This song should come with a warning: Cab Calloway’s Voice Will Put A Spell On You!

Back then we had this, now we have things like Salad Fingers and Dog of Man. Creepiness in cartoons didn't die, people. You just don't know where to search for it.

My grandfather absolutely loved music. He always has these classics playing. I’m so great full that he shared his love of music with me.

Personal opinion, but after seeing about half a dozen other versions, this ones the best.

Highway man...

The ghosts get executed but nothing happens since they're already dead. So they just enact a grim pantomime of the ritual to mock the living. Almost exactly the description of a Rolling Stones concert BA-DA-BOOM!

KZfaq: Yo, wanna see something we think you'll like? Me: No- *12 Year old vid that dates back decades ago starts playing*

Minnie the Moocher and Infirmary Blues are the BEST 💙💫

CAB CALLOWAY with brilliant, mind bending animation. A stunning combo.

I watched this high with my friend....this is like, the greatest cartoon in existence.

I'm addicted to this video

I love how the animated characters that sing with Cab Calloway's voice in these cartoons, move exactly like he does

I can't stop thinking about this song

Wow! Cab Calloway invented the moon walk long before Michael Jackson was born! ☺

Cab Calloway dances like he doesn't have bones in his legs. I'm about it.

How did the walrus die in the cave? Why is he haunting the cave?

i like the way ghost/walrus Calloway looks at the screen at 1:46. you can even is mouth form the R when he says moocher. such attention to detail like that is one of the reasons i love this cartoon.

Why the fuck am I binge watching black and white cartoons?

I’ve been unhealthily obsessed with all 3 shorts fleischer studios made of cab Calloway. There is something to mesmerizing and haunting about this version Cab Calloway performed for this short. All the death and self destruction references, it must be about the hard times people fell on during the depression.

I love this...it brings back memories that you can't remember

I feel as though those cats are symbolic of fat cats who leach off their mothers to become businessmen. Moochers, in short. Maybe I'm overthinking this . . .

Love the coke reference. "She loved him, but he was cokey."

I don’t know what I could have watched to possibly warrant this being in my recommended 😂 12 years later

This is what I call a "Bungee Cord" moment. It's slingshoting back and forth from disturbing to funny and back again.

I was just listening to The Highwayman's Song from OTGW, and it brought me to this.

When Cab Calloway and Max Fleischer collaborated, there was so much awesome concentrated in that one building that it shifted the Earth's axis by seven inches.

Thanks!! My dad is 1932 , enjoying this childhood memory. Thanks to you 😇

When I was a kid we used to watch cartoons like this on TV. I always liked Betty Boop and any of the old cartoons with ghosts and skeletons in them. "Gypped in Egypt" was another favorite.

I saw a clip of this from an old movie when I was small, and it was the part with the ghosts singing, and I thought it was funny. I finally found it!

Minnie the Moocher kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hq6hnbCZqZaYpXU.html Folks, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher She was a lowdown hoochie coocher She was the roughest, toughest frail But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale Hidee hidee hidee hi Hode hode hode ho Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee A hidee hidee hidee ho She messed around with a bloke named Smoky She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown And he showed her how to kick the gong around Hidee hidee hidee hi Whoah Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee A hidee hidee hidee ho She had a dream about the King of Sweden He gave her things that she was needin' He gave her a home built of gold and steel A diamond car with platinum wheels Hidee hidee hidee hidee hidee hidee hi Hodee hodee hodee hodee hodee oh Scurlivou scurlivou scurlivou rlivourlivu Setetetete raburlutu scetete raburlutu toy He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses Each meal she ate was a dozen courses She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes She sat around and counted them all a million times Hidee hidee hidee hi Hooh whoaa oh oh whoa Hidee hidee hidee hi Poor Min, Poor Min, Poor Min Songwriters Gaskill, Clarence / Mills, Irving / Calloway, Cab

Music back then hits so different and I like it!

I had this on a DVD back in the day. I remember watching it when I was maybe 5 or 6. The Walrus always scared me and I vividly remember that scene of the Walrus phasing into existence. Good times.

HO DEE HOOOOOO-DE-Hooo!!!

I love Cab Calloway so much But what the fuck was the 30"s? Damn

The fluid movement of that damn walrus is just horrifying.

This is definitely one of the most video ever made

I could watch that coreography in the intro over & over and remain amused every time

its cool seeing cab calloways moves that inspired saint james and this in the beginning of the vid. dude was slick

nobody: youtube algorithm 2019: Minnie the Moocher - song only

this animation is as weird as cab calloway's performance is timeless

2:10 did the the skeletons just die... and turn into ghosts?

This is my favorite cuphead level

2:07 In fairness that blood to alcohol ratio would kill anyone just as fast.

2:51- 3:12 is my favorite part

I love everything about this video: the sound, the dance in the beginning, the creepy images. You don't entirely see it in cartoons these days :/

I'm the highwayman. I make ends meet. I work with my hands. If you cross my path, I'll knock you out, drag you off the road, steal your shoes from off your feet, I'm the highwayman, and I make ends meet.

Remember rewatching this so many times. I Love this song.

Omg I used to love this songwhen I didn't know the origin. My dad played it in the car and I learned every word

Am I the only one who totally sees this as where Michael Jackson got his moves from?!

He has the most amazing voice!

Dear Ma & Pa Im leaving home because you're not so sweet to me. I wont ever be home again. Betty.

At 3:45 he scats "daddy-o", which is a VERY early appearance of the word.

No, it's cool; not like I needed to sleep anyways.

Thanks so much! Haven't seen this since the all-night movies at the Elgin Theater in NYC in the mid-1970's. What a perfect blend of animation and music. And the rotoscoping of Cab Calloway to be a ghost is awesome.

Why can't I stop watching this?

That's some pretty dank dancing.

I first saw this on look who's talking and have searched for this since then. Thank you for uploading : )

watching this because in Looks Who"s Talking Too Mikey was watching this cartoon anyone else remember that or came here because of that.

after 15 years any buddy here?

cab callaway,may he rest in peace, coldest walk in show business..