I’m Asian myself, and I’m marveled by Peggy Lee’s amazing ability to carbon-copy the Asian accent. Look, whatever happened back then happened, we can still enjoy art without getting so butt-hurt offended.

I love how the "Behind the scenes" is scripted, storyboarded and filmed. I want to see the behind the scenes for the behind the scenes.

4:38 her handwriting for the lyrics! gorgeous!

The cats hysterical and not really villains. They were just two troublesome kids.

Oh yeah, Peggy Lee was so great. Wonderful lyrics for this and what she did with the cat voices, she really captured a mischievous mood there that enhanced the visuals of those two cats. Terrific harmony.

I had no idea it was Peggy Lee this whole time!!! How awesome

I remember back the Disney channel used to play vintage footage, I remember this one in particular.

for years, she didn't get any royalties from this song/film. yet here's the documentation for her creative role.

People assume this because cats generally played the role of the villain in Walt´s films. But really, I don´t think he was a cat hater. Figaro from Pnnochio, the cat from Peter and the Wolf, and the fact that he did approve the Aristocats, a movie all about cats, show that he did not hate cats. Maybe he just thought that cats made good villains. I love cats and I have to say that cats can make really good bad guys (and good guys too, of course) :)

Those cats freaked me out!

haha this seems so staged. love it. it's like a movie on it's own

What a talent was Miss Peggy lee - a class act!

This recording method and the process of making the song is amazing!

I love this song. It stuck in my head for over 15 years until my friend sang it at work one day and I had to search for the song. Singing : we are Siamese if you please, we are Siamese if you don’t please...

Sad knowing that Walt’s team’s masterpiece has turned into a live action remake that took away to art and magic of the animation these animators and actors have done when this movie was being made.

This was cool to watch. Peggy Lee was pretty and talented.

I NEVER would have guessed that she sang that....I'm still having trouble with it

Wonderful little snippet of the making of that soundtrack from that very amusing part of the movie. Peggy Lee was quite a talented singer and as mentioned lyricist. The quality of animation when Walt himself was there is far superior to what you see now!

love the song and peggy lee's voice

This is so scripted, it's hilarious

Those cats are frickin hysterical.

WOW! Peggy Lee sings so good and she is so pretty!

AAAAHHH I'D SCREAM IF I MET THIS PEOPLE THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE MOVIE

Siamese cats were breed by the royal family of Siam.

I love the teamwork.

For me, nothing beats a good ol' smooth female jazzvoice with a bit of attitude

Awww I miss hand drawn disney animated films :(

i like how walt disney documented everything by filming it by filming everything really shows the fun of making a film

These people were too pure for this world 😢

I love to hear Peggy Lee talk

One of my favorite songs! !!

As a 42 year old adult, I ended up inheriting a Siamese cat, and I keep thinking of this song.

Peggy lee is amazing! i love Siamese though... Siamese are good cats unlike what they have portrayed in the movie..

I don't care if the song is inpolitically correct, its an awesome song, an awesome movie, and the cats are cool

6:39 The music was great. I love the ending part of this, that we hear the music that wasn't on the movie and we see Si and Am dance to it.

HAHA...he says "Well their Siamese! How about an Oriental Number! "

There is a lot of problems here, but this song is cemented in my head from childhood. Out of context, it’s just about actual Siamese cats!

I love how after he has explained the entire plot, he goes over it AGAIN just for exposition purposes.

I loooove this this is my favret Disney songs

Siamese Cat Song is example of earlier electronic music

the song begins at 5:42 thank me later!

As someone who’s had cats all my life I can guarantee that cats can be very mischievous and that’s what I love about them.

I KNEW I wasn't crackin'! They changed the song!

back when entertainment was entertainment.

Lmao 😂 this movie made me love cats 🐈

I was 5 when the movie was released. We had a kid' s record with the Siamese cats song on one side, and the serenade at the restaurant on the other. We played both sides many times on our "record player".

This is why I named my own Siamese cat Peggy.

I'm Love siameses cats, ever. Great work done. 😻😘😍🐈🐶💝💞

Whats even more striking about how she recorded the song isnt just the accent but the use of words. Lived in thailand 10 years now and thai english has a very distinct sound and use of grammar...often adding -ing to verbs coupled with out of tense verbs. Amazing for the time period this was produced. The world was a lot bigger place back then....

Too bad for Miss Peggy Lee. I would've got her autograph! R.I.P. Peggy Lee

5:44 - 5:58 è incredibile come negli anni 50 ci fosse una ricca tecnologia in grado di appassionare tante persone. Noi si pensa che i film di Disney siano fatte così, però è incredibile vedere il lavoro che c'è dietro le quinte.

This video is fascinating!!!! Greetings from Chile

They could have used this song in the remake, they might have to forgo the accents and change the character design, but they still could have used it.

This is how Walt Disney did things! He'd give you a taste so you would go see the movie.

This song use to creep me and sis out when we were small XD

Wicked! Awesome

simply classic. peggy lee rules.

So awesome!!!!!

Love the song

wo That's a great piece of history right there.. Fantastic post! Thank you! Rare stuff

Una maravilla poder ver esto. 😍

LOVE HER!

I love how they act like they practice for a long time.

Walt Disney and Peggy Lee are the best!!

@MrsCamui EXACTLY! I hate how people get upset over racial remarks in these classics without thing about the time period they were created in. BTW Indian Chief FTW! He is so badass!!!

Wow, this is so amazing to watch. Makes me wish I was born in that time!!!

Awesome!!! ❤

2019 anyone? ♥️

Wow.. memories.

This Is So Cool :D She Also Played Peg In This Movie :D

"So Peggy and Sonny went to to work..." (4:10) "Peg, I think it calls for a certain Oriental kind of rhythm" (4:14) And then he plays a simple 4/4 WESTERN rhythm. Nothing "Oriental" there. What WAS "Oriental", however, was the use of the fourths in the melody line, later sung in harmony by the two Siamese cats. Also, just think about how cumbersome was Peggy's attempt to re-record her voice singing two lines (a fourth apart). And today - there are hundreds of APPs out there that can do the same job for ya! Moreover, there are apps where you only have to record ONE voice and the app will do the rest - as in, what do you need? A third, a fourth a fifth? A CHOIR?? Just name it!

Do you know that Peggy Lee died 10 years ago...YESTERDAY??? In fact, today Heath Ledger died 4 years ago - it's just UNBELIEVABLE!!! ***R.I.P. Walt Disney R.I.P. Peggy Lee R.I.P. Heath Ledger...Amen.

"Well, they're Siamese. How 'bout an Oriental number?" If you said that today, you'd gets a lawsuit for racism!

Lol, I remember this song used to freak me out when I was a kid.

5:47 is when she sings

great and interesting to know all that they did to make it real

@MrsCamui I' black so im just going to say thats rediculious. They aren't bieng racist. Just listen to the song. They say there from Siam and there the best cats ever If you please or if you don't please.

cool.

Fasinating video - a real insight into song writing and it's relationship with the moving image. I wish there was more film available of the making of the Cat sequence. I think the film - 'Cats and Dogs' borrowed the idea with it's Ninja Cat sequence. Can you imagaine how the Diseny artsists must have sweated over the sequence - true craftmanship in songwriting and animation

And the rest is history 🤭🥰

peggy lee is way hotter than i remembered her being. Just as talented...

OMFG complete with the gong?! ROFL

5:46 if u only want the song

6:07 did they change that? Also what did she say before the "there are no finer cats than I am" i didnt understand

This 1955 lady and the tramp is way better than the live action movie 2019

they completely overlooked how racist the whole idea was. they drew the cats like japanese, gave them japanese accents and everything.

no. The first feature length (about 1 and a half hours long) was Snow White, released in 1937. Disney is explaining that Lady and the Tramp was the first feature length cartoon released in Cinemascope, a widescreen format popular in the 50s and 60s.

I think it's considered rasicm because the people singing it probably weren't Siamese or Scottish so when they talk or sing, they over exaggerate it the stereotypes. By today's standards, it's not politically correct. Then again, it was in the 50s so they weren't as concerned with PC standards as we are. And though I do agree that things should be more PC, this song pretty much rocked!

ah, thanks!

Great! Where did you you get this?

we are siamese if you please the cats names si and am so it can also be read we are si and am if you please

Interesting.

Thanks so much for this video, it was so helpful I'm going to feature it in my upcoming video on "Film Reviews: Lady and the Tramp [1955]" on my 2nd channel "Skeleton Keys Production SKP: Film". Check out the rest of my videos for more on the style of Film analysis!

agreed

Snow White was Disney's first full length animated movie, I believe it was in 1938.

I believe that that was a common thing back then.

Siamese cats

God ,😭😭😭

Jeez, they started with a spoiler!

What movie/documentary is this from?