Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! See you next for The Incredibles and a surprise movie!!

The scene where his mom comforts him and sings to him from the inside the cage with her only being able to touch him with her trunk makes me cry everytime I see it I'm so glad she got a happy ending

Back in the day, they used to tell children that babies came from a stork, rather than tell them where they actually came from. A stork would fly in and drop off their babies. So, that’s what the opening scene was depicting 🙂

Love this movie. A classic. Fun Fact: The lullaby "Baby Mine" from this film has become one of Disney's best remembered and regarded songs. It has been covered by several artists over the years, often with commercial success. The American Film Institute has included it in its list of nominees for 100 best film songs.

As much as I love Dumbo, Timothy is probably my favorite character in this movie. He owed Dumbo nothing, hadn’t shared a single word with him, and all he knew was what he had heard from gossip. However, he saw that Dumbo was alone and took it upon himself to be his friend, caretaker, and manager doing whatever he could to get him to the top. Everyone needs a friend like him.

IMO Dumbo is both one of the most endearing Disney movies but also one of the weirdest and sometimes most depressing because of how cruel the world around him is. The ending is such a relief after all that’s happened

I love this movie but the “Baby Mine” scene will ALWAYS turn into a sobbing mess 😂

the scene where Dumbo first got separated from his mom, he is rocking side to side, that's actually what happens to abused caged animals... I'm glad I don't really remember much of this film when I watched it as a kid because its traumatizing to see it now as an adult knowing that was really happening to circus animals...

It's cute that Dumbo was holding onto Timothy's tail when he was walking behind him.

Timothy is one of my favourite Disney characters. Him scaring those snooty elephants is one of my favourite scenes.

This is actually one of my favorite classic Disney movies. I've always had a soft spot for Dumbo. His Mom's lullaby (Baby Mine) makes me cry every time.

"Baby mine" will ALWAYS destroy me. Just thinking about the scene and the tears start running.

The pink elephants sequence remains one of the most influential moments in animation. Voice actors Thurl Ravenscroft (who would sing the Grinch song over 25 years later) and Looney Tunes voice actor Mel Blanc all lend their voices to that sequence Which wasn't his first time recording lines for Disney. He had previously voiced Gideon The Cat in Pinocchio, only to have all his lines cut when they made Gideon a mute character.

The idea of storks delivering babies is a slightly old fashioned. It was how people would explain to kids, where babies came from.

Also, as about the pink elephants... there is a saying "to get drunk till pink elephants / little devils", which means hallucinating after getting drunk. (There's also a saying "dead bees don't buzz, and if they do, they do it very very quietly" which means someone is so drunk that they can't even talk. A funny thing, those sayings)

Oh Dumbo 😢 The cruelty of humans, separating a mom and her baby and abusing them both. It made me cry as a kid and it makes me cry now.

This was Disney's 4th animated feature. The last one to be completed before WWII. Then they managed to finish Bambi before doing a series of package films to avoid bankruptcy and compensate for the animators who were drafted into the army. To anyone who is unaware of the historical context, these six package films, from "Saludos Amigos," to "The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad," might look out of place if you watch them today.

Mr. Stork was voiced by the lovable Sterling Holloway, who was also the voice for Roquefort from The Aristocats, the Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland, Kaa from The Jungle Book, and his most famous role, Winnie The Pooh!

"Even though they're old, I find the animation amazing." Kid, the 1940s were Disney Studios at the height of their technique. Zillions of artists making bazillions of hand-painted cels, led by artists who felt limited only by their imaginations in what they could put on the screen. And this film is even more fanciful than the other Disney offerings of that era (while being less 'painterly' than, say, Pinocchio). Don't fall for chronological snobbery.

Hey Nick! Great video! You may not have known, which is perfectly fine, but storks are often depicted bringing babies to people (or in this case animals). It's something parents would say to kids when they ask "where do babies come from?" "The storks bring the babies!"

Omg this movie would make me cry like no other with the scene with Dumbo and his mom. I'm getting misty just think about it 😭

The "Baby Mine" scene always makes me cry. It's also the lullaby that I sang to all my nieces and nephews when they were babies.

My grandmother LOVED elephants. She took care of me ever since I was a newborn and this and her watching with me saw the value in an animal's feelings and also how much a mom loves her baby. My grandmother passed away at 74 years old and the "Baby Mine" scene makes me think back on the love she gave me as a child. Absolutely wonderful movie 😭❤❤🥺

The distorted voice of the train engine was done by combining the actual sound of a steam engine’s pistons with the sounds of a microphone placed down a person’s throat while the actor mouthed the words. This technique was later used in the TV series The Twilight Zone to give a sinister voice to an evil slot machine, only there it was combined with the sounds of coins clinking into a jackpot tray.

19:15 the matriarch elephant and Mrs Jumbo are both voiced by Verna Felton. For a fact that Disney used her warmful voice throughout her career at Disney and her job comes to full circle who voiced another matriarch elephant as Winifred from the Jungle Book.

Let's not kid ourselves here. The "Pink Elephants On Parade" isn't fondly remembered for the song, but for it's visuals. Still amazing that they were able to pull off this kind of animation back in the 1940s. And I don't care what anyone says. I totally dug the crows. These guys had class. They had style.

I never thought of this before, but seeing how high they were gonna make Dumbo jump at the end there 35:45, he definitely wouldn't have survived that. The humans said he was basically "rubber" and didn't have feelings. If Dumbo hadn't learned to fly he would've died right there.

Some people felt like the crows were too stereotypically offensive. Personally, I'm a black man and I was never bothered by it growing up. In fact, I love the song "When I See An Elephant Fly" though I do understand some of the controversy.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney’s first animated feature film. I believe Dumbo was their 4th. I’d highly recommend watching Fantasia if you want a truly different Disney animated film.

No matter what advances have been made since then, the early Disney cartoon features remain the most exquisitely beautiful and technically impressive ones ever made.

this may seem strange to say but, every time you say "how are you doing today?" even though we all know we can't talk about our day because you can't hear, it's really nice to hear that question and think "this is directed to me" because it makes me feel important and cared for, anyone else or just me? :3

This movie was meant during a time of financial hardship of Disney. It was not the first (Snow White was), but it was made during a time where money was tight and they needed more cash flow. It’s one of the shortest films Disney has ever made as a result. Short and sweet

The scene when Dumbo's mom comforts him always kills me... The song always brings tears to my eyes.

Your reactions to these classic Disney movies are so innocent and sweet, like seeing them through a child’s eyes again. Thank you ✨

Even as a kid you could tell very early (like 10:35) that something's wrong.. using the animals to build the circus is wrong. Keeping animals for the sake of entertainment is wrong. Keeping them in cages is wrong.

The "Baby Mine" song always makes me tear up every single time. But it's a childhood nostalgic film so I still enjoy watching it time to time. Also! If you are curious about how that train sound was made, look up "casey jr voice" and the first video (about 1:15 in length and the title being from the Reluctant Dragon) should be the one.

Fun Fact: The Stork character, voiced by Sterling Halloway, also appears in the very adorable short “Lambert the Sheepish Lion”. That short was also narrated by Sterling Halloway.

The whole drunk, dancing elephant scene gave me nightmares as a child. I always pressed forward on that one. 🙈

For the the scene where they take his mother away, is one of the most heartbreaking scenes for me. Followed with the baby of mine scene. My heart still hurts thinking about it.

I really like Dumbo! Sometimes, I find it hard to come back to it because of one thing, the feels! This film is a rollercoaster of emotions to me. You have those moments when we see Dumbo and his mother having their happy times, then those moments with those gossiping elephants are shunning Dumbo, and of course the “Baby Mine” sequence, which destroys me. I do love how Dumbo was able to overcome these obstacles, with the support of Timothy Mouse and become a real icon with his ability to fly using his wing-like ears. Again, I really like this film, truly a feels-worthy and uplifting story. And yes, Dumbo is definitely one of the cutest Disney animals.😊 Thanks a lot for the reaction, Nick!

Pink Elephants are actually a common hallucination with being really drunk. My father used to work in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and he would talk with this one guy who was getting treated. He had bad shakes from the withdrawal of not drinking but he would still hallucinate. He would tell my dad about ‘pink elephants’ watching him from the corner of the ceiling. It’s a trippy scene but it’s one of my favorites. Also, I love the accuracy that this movie had with the behavior of elephants. It’s widely known that an identifier of an elephant in any distress will show a repetitive and monotonous motion of head bobbing, weaving, and swaying. Both Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo are swaying to show their emotional distress at being separated.

Despite all the controversy, The Crows actually became a very important part in the Movie. Instead of seeing them as offensive stereotypes, I prefer to just see them as regular talking animals. Btw, how come Dumbo gets the most controversey about black stereotypes, but the Black Fish from Little Mermaid got a free pass?

Dumbo Facts: this was the fourth animated film the studio made, after Snow White, Pinocchio and Fantasia, but after the failed box office results of Pinocchio and Fantasia and the cut off market because of World War 2 Walt knew they had to make a smaller and less expensive film thus Dumbo and it has one of the shortest runtimes of any Disney feature another way they saved money was the use of watercolor backgrounds something that wouldn’t be seen again until Emperor’s New Groove. Because the film was such a big hit when it came out and raising the spirits of the people during World War 2 Time Magazine was going to have Dumbo on the cover for Mammal of the Year in place of Person of the Year, but then Pearl Harbor happened and so the Japanese General took that place, The film was nominated for Best Original Song for Baby Mine and Best Original Score, it didn’t win either, One factor I want to bring up is the Crows people think they are racist when they are not. First of all the lead crow is not named Jim like many people think and second even though the lead is voiced by Cliff Edwards who voiced Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio the rest are voiced by actual Black Men and after they make fun of him like everyone else and are straightened out by Timothy they realize Dumbo is an outcast just like them and help him as if it wasn’t for them he wouldn’t have had the confidence to fly and they are even happy for him when he is reunited with his mom and the reference choreography for the animators was done by the Nicholas Brothers a famous Black dance duo and even had a black choir for the background vocals, If there is anything that is made a statement of it is during the Roustabouts song with a whole bunch of faceless black men who risk their lives to make sure the circus is set up, When the film was being made the studio was going through an animators strike for better pay and Walt was against it and so in this film the animators are portrayed as clowns saying “Gonna hit the big boss up for a raise”, When Timothy is sneaking into the ringmaster’s room and you see his huge shadow on the wall that is a reference to the silent film Nosferatu and hoe Count Orok’s shadow went on the wall, The voice of the haughty elephant (the one with the purple they had putting in the train car) was Verna Felton this was her first voice for Disney and would go onto hearing her in Cinderella as the Fairy Godmother, Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora in Sleeping Beauty and her last role you still have to see as Winifred in The Jungle Book, Sterling Holloway also had his first role for Disney in this film as Mr. Stock and would go on to be as the adult voice of Flower in Bambi, you heard his voice also as Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, and Roquefort the mouse in AristoCats, and a few other films you need to see, So in terms of films from Walt Disney Animation Studios before 2000 you still need to see in order: Fantasia (1940), Saludos Amigos (1943) and Three Caballeros (1944) since Saludos is only a little over 40 minutes you could watch both together as a double feature, Make Mine Music (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947), Melody Time (1948), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), The Jungle Book (1967), And The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), I didn’t include Rescuers or Rescuers Down Under since Nick will be watching them,

It‘s actually incredibly common for a circus to put up their own tent in every new town they get to. At least it’s like this where I’m from. And when they are done, they take everything with them to the next town. I couldn’t think of a circus, that has a tent that stays at the same place (or one that travels to already built tents), as it would be a lot harder to earn money, when you’re always in the same town. Plus they show the same show in every town ( often it only changes once a year). They do the training mostly before they even start their journey. Of course they’d keep training and maybe sometimes switch some things around, I could imagine.

It’s been so long since I’ve seen this movie I forgot his name was Jumbo. I agree, it feels wrong to call him Dumbo. It’s just mean. He’s adorable! This movie is seriously a heartbreaking in so many ways. So much cruelty. I like the creativity with the train through.

The stork, Sterling Holloway, is also the original voice of Winnie the Pooh.

Not 3 min in and I’m losing my mind over how anyone who sounds like English is their first language have not heard of the Stork that delivers babies, not even that it’s a household story parents tell kids, but just the the fact that’s used so damn much in cartoons and other media. Like, it’s Toothfairy levels of folk figures told to children at some point. I truly cannot love watching people’s reactions to anything more than I love watching this man experience things that are so common to me for the first time. I feel like I’m watching what kids who are experiencing TV actually think of while watching in ways they can’t actually verbalize.

You know, I could be stating the obvious, but as Dumbo's mother is Mrs. Jumbo. . .could that mean Dumbo's father was THE Jumbo himself? That would add a bit of emotion since we all know what happened to him.

Nick: "I'm going to watch Dumbo for the first time." Me: Oh no, not this one.... (I'm sorry but this movie traumatized me in more ways than one so I'm going leave this comment here and I'm gonna to go. Hope you like it though😅)

Timothy saying "Lots of peoples with big ears are famous." is probably a reference to Clark Gable, a movie star in the 30's and 40's who was known for having big ears. As a side not, Pixar director Pete Docter also have big ears. Coincidently he's on the commentary track on Dumbo DVD and Bluray.

An animation instructor recently said that the Pink Elephants sequence was added to stretch out the running length to 70 minutes, which is the length that a film must be to be consider a Feature Length Film. It was given to a single animator, who was told to let his imagination run wild. This is why you have so much surrealism in the sequence, which was unheard of in an animated film at the time.

"The very thing that held you down are going to bring you up." -Timothee Mouse What a beautiful message.

37:55 Yeah, you're really not kidding about the length. Back when VHS was a thing, it was common for Disney to bundle an animated short onto their tapes of the feature films - however, when _Dumbo_ was released on VHS, it had *three* shorts play after the movie: one about Noah's Ark, a sequel to their _Three Little Pigs_ short, and one about three kittens that mess up some poor lady's house. That's how much room the tape had to spare, this movie's that short.

I swear, Nick's reactions are so precious.

Fun fact: Dumbo was the movie that has saved Disney studios from going under especially when they didnt make much money from the earlier movies because of the great depression.

The scene with the pink elephants is one I always remember so well from my childhood for some reason, but it weirds me out more as an adult now 😂

Just so you know, Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs was Disney’s very first animated film, and then films like Dumbo, Pinocchio, and all of those were released just a few years later. Anyway, yeah, I loved how characters like Tiny Tim came in, and showed compassion for characters like Dumbo after Dumbo got ridiculed for his large ears. I also liked how others learned to appreciate Dumbo’s large ears at the every end, and realized that they were a gift that made Dumbo much more unique, and special from others. Well, great reaction once again, and looking forward to Incredibles, and other reactions along the way!

I actually got pretty mad at the scene where Mrs.Jumbo got locked up for protecting Dumbo from those mean bully-kids. SHE DID NOT DESERVE TO GET LOCKED UP JUST FOR PROTECTING HER CHILD! THOSE KIDS WERE BEING MEAN AND BULLYING DUMBO, SO SHE TAIGHT THEM A LESSON THAT THEY PROBABLY WON’T EVER FORGET, AND WHAT DID SHE GET IN RETURN?! A PUNISHMENT FOR LIFE, AND GOT SEPARATED FROM DUMBO AS WELL. NO MOTHER DESERVES TO BE LOCKED AWAY JUST FOR PROTECTING THEIR CHILDREN! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡!

I always love your reactions!! And Dumbo always used to get me once I learned about how circus's used to treat animals. Happy to say many don't anymore and rely on people's feats of grandeur instead. I am also really glad to hear you will be doing Hook because it was another movie that really connected with me growing up😊

Always reminds me of a murderous Mary. Mary (c. 1894-September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary",[1] was a five-ton Asian elephant[2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing a keeper on his second day at work, in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1916, she was hanged in nearby Erwin. She had a bad tooth infection, that they didn't know but still shouldn't be hitting them like he or most of them did all the time. The details of the aftermath are confused in a maze of sensationalist newspaper stories and folklore. Most accounts indicate that she calmed down afterwards and did not charge the onlookers, who began chanting "Kill the elephant! Let's kill it." Within minutes, local blacksmith Hench Cox tried to kill Mary, firing five rounds with little effect.[3] Meanwhile, the leaders of several nearby towns threatened not to allow the circus to visit if Mary was included. The circus owner, Charlie Sparks, reluctantly decided that the only way to quickly resolve the potentially ruinous situation was to kill the wounded elephant in public. On the following day, a foggy and rainy September 13, 1916, Mary was transported by rail to Unicoi County, Tennessee, where a crowd of over 2,500 people (including most of the town's children) assembled in the Clinchfield Railroad yard. The elephant was hanged by the neck from a railcar-mounted industrial derrick between four o'clock and five o'clock that afternoon.[5] The first attempt resulted in a snapped chain, causing Mary to fall and break her hip as dozens of children fled in terror. The severely wounded elephant died during a second attempt and was buried beside the tracks. A veterinarian examined Mary after the hanging and determined that she had a severely infected tooth in the precise spot where Red Eldridge had prodded her. I my self would rather have dead circus workers than ever having that happen again. Never support animal acts where ''people'' get payed to make an animal perform.

Let’s be honest here: First time we watch Dumbo being a clown everyone laughed (even dare myself that was my favorite moment. Damn. I regret it; but the revenge part is awesome). I had this movie on VHS, aww good times

This was actually the first Disney movie I’ve ever watched and the sequence where the mother terrorizes the people at the circus was also the first time I went physically spastic. Dumbo was in production at the same time as Bambi, so Walt had basically all his animation staff working separately. Animator Eric Larson was part of the Bambi team (the owl) but he actually contributed to the lullaby sequence and he commented that the spontaneity emotionally contaminated his colleagues.

The baby mine song still brings me to tears.

When I was little all the other kids had teddy bears, but I had a gray stuffed elephant with red ears I called Dumbo! I slept with that thing like forever but have no idea what happened to it. Two years ago my hubby gave me a gray stuffed elephant for my birthday! It sits at the head of our bed. 😊

That used to be a thing, when kids asked where babies came from the answer was storks. So the storks in the beginning is was bring them their new baby.

My son's nursery was done in Dumbo. I love this movie. ♥️

Names like Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, and Thurl Ravenscroft were longtime contributors to Disney in the following years after Dumbo.

I think the mouse was crying because of the entire situation. That Jumbo is this sweet beautiful creature who’s is being bullied for no reason except something he was born with and can’t change. What’s worse that he was taken away from his mother and not even having any other elephant to live or comfort. The entire relationship between the mom and jumbo makes me cry every time

23:35 you’re not wrong about it. “Sometimes cheerful/sympathetic words, makes matters worse” I’m a optimistic person, but even I know where are the times when you shouldn’t be looking the bright side of bad stuff

Hi! Maybe someone has already explained it to you, but the reason that the babies arrive by storks is this: When a parent has yet to have told their children where babies come from, some parents tell them that a stork delivers the baby (almost like a package), often in a basket. You could call it an old myth, I guess

Hello! I absolutely love your reactions and reviews. Just wanted to point out that Snow White (1937) was Walt Disney's first full length animated feature film. Dumbo (1941) was his fourth 💗💗💗💗. Blessings and keep up the good work. I can't wait to see your next reaction.

Fun Fact: Jumbo was the Barnum and Bailey (circus the Greatest Showman is based on) elephant.

Timothy Mouse is one of the best Disney characters and few people can recall his name. His name is never spoken. Its only visible on the contract he signs at the end of the movie and even then is upside down and backwards so many people never read it.

Fun Fact:Disney planned to make a sequel to Dumbo. Unfortunately, they decided to cancel it.

I think Tails and Dumbo would be great friends and good at comforting each other 🦊🐘With Dumbo having big ears and Tails having two tails. And they can both fly

Kudos to Danny Devito for making the Ringmaster,in Tim Burton’s Dumbo remake, soooo much nicer than the ringmaster in the original animated one that you are watching, Nick.

I think it's adorable you didn't know the fable of the storks delivering babies to expectant parents. XD

In the short film Winnie The Pooh and the Blustery Day, there’s a song called Heffalumps and Woozles that not only took inspiration from Elephants on Parade but also recycled some of the animation from the song.

The Baby Mine song is so personal to me because I would always watch this movie with my mom when I was little and she would hold me close and play with my hair during that scene and sing me this song while putting me to sleep

I believe this is one of the animated films by Disney in their canon that didn’t go beyond the 70-minute mark to count as a full-length feature film (at least to Oscar standards).

I love how genuine your reactions always are in your videos! You're by far one of the best reaction channels i've come across

“Baby Mine “ is one of the most beautiful songs ever in any movie. Very very moving.

My very absolute favorite. In one of the introductions Walt Disney said that people often ask him which movie is his favorite. He said it was Dumbo.

This came out in 1941, the depiction of the circus arriving is pretty accurate, as is the treatment of Dumbos mother sadly. Its likely that IRL his mother would've been killed rather than just locked up. Different times.. 😢

The first animated movie made by Disney was Snow White. And all the old animated movies were in color which, at the time was unheard of. People called Walt crazy, thinking that no one would pay to see a full length animated movie in color.

Fun Fact: Its success was such that Time Magazine originally planned to feature Dumbo on the cover of its December 8, 1941 issue honoring him as "Mammal of the Year." Unfortunately, the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 postponed it (it would later be published on December 29 later that year).

The creepy shadow that Timothy makes as he sneaks towards The Ringmaster is a referene to the Germany Expressionist Horror film Nosferatu, where the vampire cast that very same shadow.

There’s a Dumbo ride located in Fantasy Land at Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando,Florida. It’s always been my favorite ride at Magic Kingdom. I’ve ridden it every single time I went to Disney World.

Disney’s very first animated feature film was Snow White And the Seven Dwarfs. That movie came out in 1937. So Dumbo came out a year after Pinocchio and Fantasia.

This was one of my favorite cartoons when I was little. I really connected with Dumbo and his mom. The pink elephants scared me silly, but now it’s one of my favorite scenes. So creative!

My absolute Disney character of all time!! Perfection... In the introduction on tv, Walt Disney said Dumbo was his favorite (although I'm sure he probably had many favorites). He said it was a happy picture from the very start. I lovevit!!!

Darn! I was late to this one because I was busy today. I love this movie SO MUCH! It's my favorite old Disney movie. Fun fact: after every bright scene, there is a dark scene. In the early days, they thought watching the vibrant colors for too long might make people sick. So there is a good balance between dark scenes and bright scenes

I think the ‘Pink Elephants…” sequence highlights the movie’s versatility. For the time, creatively taken together, the movie is its present and the future.

Just so you know, Nick. Dumbo is Disney’s 4th film and 4th animated film. The first 3 were Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia

Watching your reactions to classic Disney movies is so refreshing.

13:19 That part I hate that. It wasn’t her fault. It is the boy who started it to make her angry. She is protecting her baby Dumbo. 32:44 That part is my favorite song

The pink elephants on parade sequence scared me when I was a kid. Now I can see its basically an acid trip the animators went on. I'm surprised you didn't like the songs. "Baby of Mine" and "When I See an Elephant Fly" are two iconic Disney songs.

I love that Jumbo got revenge on the characters that made fun of him

I remember being very connected to the Lullaby Baby Mine and hearing it as an adult makes me cry so much because it reminded me of how much my Mother would sing it to me as a child, which makes me more sadder because I don’t have a not so good relationship with her now (we still see eachother but it’s now different) and every time I was sad I would always hum the Lullaby

Dumbo is the shortest Disney movie ever, I think, unless it's longer than Saludos Amigos. Fun fact about the crows: The movie was made in 1941, and the crows were specifically designed to be stereotypical African-Americans. All but the lead crow were played by black actors. The one thing that really kills me is that the lead crow was called Jim. For anyone who doesn't know, Jim Crow was what segregation laws were called. They were still in place at the time of the movie, when a black person could be prosecuted for drinking at a white person's fountain. They used to call it "separate but equal", but somehow I just know they were making that up. The crows without the stigma are harmless and they're actually among the good guys of the movie, but I think they're actually more harmless now that we live in an integrated society than they were back when they were invented.