Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel, Full 25-Minute Movie
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- At last, after downloading this film from OneTrueThomasFan, I put this into a full movie for all to see.
I hope you all enjoy this.
Disclaimer: I do not own this film or any of Virginia Lee Burton's books.
Okay but "No Steam Shovels Wanted" is a BOP
That was my favorite song too! Mean Girls Shovel Edition.
Goes harder than the rumor weed song from veggie tales
The other shovels have me acting strange
Been saying this since I learned how to talk.....
“someone wants us, someone needs us…” that line always brings tears
Henry B. Swapp: _Someone wants you... all the same._
To this day, same.
i agree it was a happy ending
I remember watching this with my grandma when i was 6, i remembered about it a few days ago and tried looking for it. I’m watching it crying uncontrollably
Same, in fact, I think we still have the vhs in a box somewhere lol
Hey me too! Glad to see others having this connection to this lovely piece.
"uncontrollably" ? Lol that's hilarious
@@alexstewart9068 i wasn’t in the best place mentally when I made this comment
@@Noble06DSI'd say not.
I cried out of nostalgia.
You're not the only one
Much love
🦊 💕 U
This is the 1st time I saw an animated movie of this Old Favorite of mine... My Mom read this to me in 1961...I was 4 years old. When I became a man I joined the Operating Engineers Union Local 3 (Northern California & Hawai`i)... This story sealed my fate to be a Heavy Equipment Operator...
I used to watch this and have it read to me as a child at my grandma's. This will always have a special place in my heart. 32 years old, relatively stoic and emotionless, this movie hits me even today.
Such a good message.
9:41
That song was my first tearjerker as a kid. Even as a thirty-three year old man, it makes me cry.
Same, bud. I used to watch this all the time as a kid and this song made me cry.
yep even the ending of the show
Holly cow I haven't seen this movie in over 15 years. I was in the second grade when I first watched this movie. Thanks for that trip down memory lane.
Deorse I remembered seeing this on HBO maybe about 25 years ago and this was my second time seeing this. I still have the book and I still go back and read the story to myself.
Deorse Same!
I remember reading the child's book of Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel as a little kid myself (I'm now 69!) 😄 Our local public library has a HUGE poster of Mike Mulligan & Mary Ann just outside the children's section still today! Old stories like this never really age; & the animated version here was excellent as well.
Used to rent this on VHS from the local library, 30 years old now.
Same, but I'm 31.
Me too 38 years old
29
Same!
I’m 25, going on 26, this September. I don’t think I got it from any library, but I definitely remember having this on VHS when I was 3-5 years old.
My favorite book in elementary school, circa '71. Living in Florida it stoked my imagination about life further north, and cold winter mornings where a wonderful man and his steam shovel resided to provide heat and warmth to that city hall. As a kid, my love for all things Americana was strong, from Plymouth Rock, Valley Forge, Transcontinental Railroad, Kitty Hawk and The Greatest Generation. People say simple times must pass to more complex and hectic paces.... Yet nails still hold houses together. Keep it simple and share yourself with those you meet!
It was my favorite book in 2003! A good story never gets old.
@@ke1vin my fav book in 1992! (learned to read and draw in 1991)
i thought the internet was made so all humans can work together 2 gather like Stick Indians
i was WAY OFF
I remember when my mom readed this book to me when it was a library I use to go too and I never forget about this steam solve book.
Oh God, the nostalgia...☹😟😢😭
I remember reading this as a young kid in first grade. It was so popular that my artist mom chose to paint Mike and Mary Anne on the boiler room door of my elementary school. There it stood for decades after with each group of 1st graders asking if Mike and Mary Anne were really behind the locked, fire-proof door. The last time I visited that school in 2010 the door had been painted over in black! Seems there is a critic in every bunch!
This film definitely is the definition of America it shows you what progress is, it shows you how things were done back in the day and how things slowly evolved. The real heartbreaking part of this movie is No one wants us. No one needs us. That part is probably the most saddest part of the entire film. You cannot help but shed a tear or break down. This film shows what being a blue collar worker is it shows all trades that were popular and now have faded away, or have evolved. But I think also this film shows another side of I kind of noticed it when I was watching that sad part it makes you think of a loved one that you were very close to and now they have passed on and it’s very hard not to get emotional, case in point when I watch that sad part today it made me think of my grandfather, I lost him last year, and there is not one day that goes by that I wish that I could’ve spent more time with him.
I have this video on VHS still from when I was three, and that was almost 20 years ago. *blissfull sigh as a tear rolls down my cheek* I watched this video so many times I can recite it by heart and I still remember the songs too. Those were the good old days. How I miss them dearly
*****:) Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Keep a watch on my story since I will be writing some backstories very soon. You'll see what I mean
If you were 3 20 years ago and this post was 2 years ago then we are both 25. This was a huge part of my childhood too
Some Women: "If guys don't cry at _Titanic,_ what WILL they cry at?!"
Me (as an adult man): _bawling like a baby all during "No One Wants Us Anymore"_
Of course, unlike Mike and Mary-Anne, there are no small towns that we can retreat to that will take us.
My favorite book as a kid growing up. Thank you!
Same, one of many that I read
Wow, I had no idea John Dilworth (Courage The Cowardly Dog) animated this. Even more surprised, my Intro To Animation Teacher Doug Compton was one of the other animators! Small world!
I'm had No idea too
Cool thanks for the information.
Henry B. Swapp’s personality rubs off on Eustace Bagg, don’t you think?
I am 46 now. I remember my mom reading this to me when I was 5. I did not know this story was still around today. It was a touching story then; and a touching story now. It is almost like real life too, these situations. Thank you for uploading.
At times, truth is stranger than fiction.
Found a copy of the book at a yard sale just today! Brought back memories of of being a kid in the 50s. All this lead me to this video! Every generation picks up jargon from the previous one. To this day, in passing a construction site, I still call them "steam shovels"!
Air date: September 10, 1991
1991? The Year that I was born!
Whoa I was not even a thought.
First book I've ever read, 30 years later this will be the first book my little one will read!! Thank you for this video my kid loves it, just watched it for the 4th time today...THANK YOU!!!
I remember watching this as a kid! I also remember reading the book. Ahh, the memories... back when I was into construction equipment, tractors and trucks.
I remember this book from when I was in Kindergarten in 1974. I couldn't remember the name so I had to Google "Steam engine that digs itself into a hole" then this video popped up. Omg. I was amazed. Every young boy I knew was fascinated with heavy machinery and still are today. Thanks for sharing.
I used to be obsessed with this movie when I was 5 or so. Watched it over and over and over again.
Very, very sweet. Mike & Mary Anne have a great work ethic. Great story.
My father used to read this to me in the early 90s. Good memories
Remember this movie and book as a kid. Thank you
If the economy goes against you just try harder!
But forreal, my childhood. Love this!
I think we still have the old VHS tape of this 30 years later... gotta love when kids stories were just nice and sweet.
Nice video on my favorite children's story "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" by Virginia Lee Burton. She also wrote "The Little House" and others, stories about quality, change, endurance, compassion and happy endings. Read this story as a kid and I remember my joy suddenly finding it again about 25 years ago at work! Great story of life, working hard, production, changes, one last push, a problem and the little boy figures out a solution. "Out of the mouth of babes..."Need more of this positive message today.
I remember my kindergarten teacher reading the Virginia Lee Burton book (along with some of her other stories) to class when I was a kid...I didn't realize until later in life that the steam shovel's name was derived from the Marion Power Shovel Company, which made steam and power shovels, and other excavating machinery from 1884 to 1997... This animated _had_ to have been made at least 15 to 20 years after Burton's passing in 1968...
I remember this as a book the teacher would read to us in Kindergarden in the early '60s. She would read a page and show us all the pictures. Man this takes me waaaaaaaaaaay back.......
My 22 year old son recently mentioned his favorite video as a child - this is it. Borrowed the library's VHS copy until we wore it out and they couldn't replace it :-( Can't find it anywhere on DVD just for ol' times sake....very sad.
but here it is on youtube tho you see marylene this is why i like youtube i can always find stuff like the video here tgfyt thank god for youtube lol
I remember when childhood vhs has a certain quality. Very 80s - 90s, how people dressed and looked, the grainy quality of the TV... Ah good times
Anybody else kind of teary eyed at all?
I had the children's circle Vhs tape in the early 2000's when I was little. I also saw this version once in school. I watched the vhs tape so many time it broke. I was so upset. My grandmother gave me a small red box a few days later. Inside the box were two small matchbox toys, one was a green 1950's style dump truck. The other was a red steam shovel. I still have both, wrapped in my old baby blanket.
I will admit I read the book back in elementary school, but I never saw the movie based on it until a little while ago, which was say about a year or two. Anyway I still enjoy it and I'm glad Mary Anne became a furnace in the end so she could stay useful forever.
I was cleaning my bookshelf when I found the book and tape of this movie and I had to watch it for the memories
I've always loved how jazzy/soulful the music is 🎤😀🎶🎶🎶
My favorite song was "No Steam Shovels Wanted!"
Lynn Stoller Ditto.
Lynn Stoller For the longest time I've been looking for this song. Now I have. I used to love listening to it when I was a kid. This takes me back!
same :)
I love the strut he does as he rips the poster off the wall at the jobsite! Like a boss!
I hate those new shovels!
My two favorite books,from the time I was in Kindergarten,and the lower grades,were Mike Mulligan,and Katie,and the Big Snow! Thankfully those books are still in print,the last time,I checked! Thanks for those awesome memories! Even at my advanced age[had those books in the 50's],you never outgrow those sidewalk superintendent tendencies! That helped me,get into history,technology,and being a railroad buff,plus other tangential subjects! Thanks guys,for the great movie,and those evergreen memories! Thank you 😇 😊!
im literally having a nostalgia related anxiety attack from watching this
Thank you! What a great memory. Remember when kids shows were wholesome and hopeful?
This was one of favorite books in grade school.
Thanks for the great memories.
I remember being a kid and going to see this at a library showing when I was 4. It seemed like the event of the century for me... Memories!!
Was born in 93 and this is a foundational core memory
born in 94 same for me very much a foundational core memory from my childhood
i had this on VHS as a kid and watched it every day...now its 4am in 2018 trying to go back to sleep and i start thinking of mike mulligan and had to watch it again xD thanks for uploading!
Staightenin' the curves
Flattenin' the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will
I remember seeing this in the 3rd grade as a kid, One of my all time favorite stories, Yes i am a 47 year old kid, LOL!!!
I was a little disappointed when Mary Anne changed from a steam shovel to the cellar’s furnace, but I know now that no matter what she is, she will always be really useful indeed.
That’s right
I don't know why but this just popped into my head at work and I had to look it up. Talk about nostalgia, loved the no steam shovels wanted song was my fave but looking back, why did she become a furnace at the end just because some kid said so. They just literally buried her alive and guess what? The other shovels won.
Oh my God, the memories of my childhood when I'd watch this on my VHS over and over and dance to "No Steam Shovels Wanted."
It must now be 65 years since I first read this story - its as well known in GB as it is stateside., but I never knew it had been turned into a film. This is absolutely charming. Well done to all involved, and the little boy and his mum who created a timeless classic. (I'm fortunate to live near to a real, live working Erie steam shovel. Fascinating machines.
PS Thank you too, to the artists who ensured that Mary Anne is drawn, and works, correctly. It adds to the charm.
A great bit of childhood nostalgia for me, but I always felt a little sorry for Mary Anne in the end. It was good that she got a new lease of life and got to be useful again by being the furnace for the town hall instead of being cut up for scrap, but I imagine sitting still all the time would get to be a little disheartening after a time. Realistically Mike Mulligan wouldn't be around forever to look after her, and steam boilers eventually have to be replaced, they wear out like anything else.
I know it's just a kid's story, but in my heart of hearts I always imagined sometime in the future when the town hall might upgrade its heating plant or otherwise not be able to keep Mary Anne anymore, that she got bought by a steam enthusiast or perhaps a museum and was taken out of the cellar and put back to being a working steam shovel again, mostly as a working museum piece for demonstration purposes, but she'd get at least one opportunity to go back to work for real on a job and show she could still dig as much in a day as 100 men could dig in a week.
this made me cry when i was little
Why?
Well, I'm sure for a kid the "No one wants us" song might have been pretty depressing, I could see her crying at that part.
Yeah, after listening to that song, it reminds me about those old days.
Mike is quite the hunk!
I consider this to be more of a tragedy because Mary Anne's boiler being put under the constant stress of being in steam continuously, never seeing the sun again, being fed poorer quality coal, she is completely immobile, and is forced to continuously produce sufficient steam to keep the radiators of the town hall working.
They could have dug a trench at a 22° angle, and gotten the shovel out instead, but that one kid showed up and decided that buying a kerosene heater was too big of a stretch.
I read way too deep into this, but still, they did that earlier in the story with the skyscraper, and in real life to an extent.
this may be the greatest internet comment of all time.
this guy is the real life mike mulligan, but clearly more practical.
Yes! They could of built an inclined trench to escape the cellar. On the contrary, this is a children's story, so it defies many facts of reality. Just think, if they had escaped the pit, where would Mike and Mary Ann go for work? None of the big businesses wanted them anymore, and all because of those new, rude, and conceited gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels. I understand that they could of continued digging for rural and suburbanite towns. But, I believe it would only be a matter of time before those new power shovels invade the peace. In the end, it was their decision alone. You saw that Mary Ann and Mike were content. Mary Ann had a new job that none of the other power shovels could take over.
I believe that Mary Ann was lucky to finally find a job that none of the new shovels could ever take away from her. It doesn't really matter that she's not mobile anymore. At least she'll always be needed, loved & cared for this way.
You might enjoy the "herzog" version. :)
Hi rocky, I see you are a fan of Mike Mulligan as well, it's such a classic story. Do you think you're over-analyzing it a little too much?
I knew this existed! I saw this in Kindergarten, and for some reason it stuck with me, that was over 20 years ago.
When Mike sings the reprise at the end, I always tear up
I remember watching this on HBO, I will never forget this show ever
I had worn the vhs out watching this as a kid! Still remember all the words!
(^◇^;)
Same her I got it 15 years ago and watched that tape at least 200 times
I watched this close to fifteen years ago or more, now. The songs always had me tearing up, and the story on the whole always gave me an appreciation for a machine and its operator. So when watching this, I wrote down the lyrics of the final song to sing to myself when working, regardless of the job, when things could use a little more pep.
I could post them here, if anyone felt like singing along. Who's going to give you grief for that, really?
I Think Many Would Like That.
@@alphadragon4347 Then as at least one has thought it a well idea, I shall follow through on my promise. Here it is.
A Cellar In a Day:
If they say it's impossible
Tell 'em it just takes longer
'Cause no one but you knows what you can do
And believing it makes you stronger
(chorus)
A cellar in a day
A cellar in a day
Even if it can't be done
Do it anyway
It always helps when there's someone else
Standing there beside you
If you forget your way, it'll be okay
'Cause you got a friend to remind you
(chorus)
You can dig a cellar in a day
A cellar in a day
Even if it can't be done
Do it anyway
If things get tough, and you've had enough
And you just feel like crying
Don't give in, and you'll always win
'Cause there's nothing to lose by trying
(chorus)
You can dig a cellar in a day
A cellar in a day
Even if it can't be done
Do it anyway
When you're out of time, and way behind
And the sun is disappearin'
Keep diggin' away, and you'll make it some day
And the whole world will be there, cheering
(chorus)
You can dig a cellar in a day
A cellar in a day
So if you're scared, don't try to run
Do your best, and have some fun
So even if it can't be done
Do it anyway
Do it anyway
Do it anyway
Do it anyway
Do it anyway
@@mahazkei7709 👍👌Nuff Said.
All these songs are great. I love the last song, and also love the lyrics too.
@@GMdieselman They're all great, but I find the last especially good, as it's not dependent on numbers. The first is good, but relies on two people being the focus, as opposed to the last, which can count for any number of people at the same time.
Oh wow... this suddenly came back to my mind and I had to look it up; too much nostalgia! I remember borrowing the VHS from the library when I was little! This movie combined with the Snort from "Are You My Mother?" really got me into steam shovels for a time... still like them now actually!
this cartoon of Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel is much better then someone reading the book about it that you can find here on youtube videos..
The steam shovel in the cartoon was named to sound like the name of the real company that built the real ones, The Marion Steam Shovel Company of Marion Ohio, Mary Anne/ Marion.
+Jerry Rudd I found that out 17 years later and was pretty surprised.
Mind blown.
She is indeed. I wonder if the Marion on Sodor is Mary Anne's rail-mounted cousin.
I live an hour south of Marion! They ended up becoming the Marion Power Shovel Company competing with the Bucyrus Erie company. Both would end up being bought out by Caterpillar in the early 2010’s
I remember reading the book when I was a kid growing up like 25 years ago and I was looking up Bucyrus Erie shovels and this just popped up in my head! The good old days!
That Movie Remind Courage The Cowardly Dog Episode Remembrance of Courage past.
Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel Soundtrack
1. 2:30 Workin' Together
2. 7:35 No Steam Shovels
3. 9:39 No One Wanta Us
4. 15:49 A Cellar in a Day
5. 23:53 Some One Wanta Us and Awesome Credits
That's because John Dilworth(Courage's creator) was an animator on this.
I read the book, but never thought they made it into a movie.
Don't know how my mom found this, but dang... this was one of my favorites! Best mom ever!
I remember reading this as a kid all the time. This still sticks in my mind as a simple blue collar story, as someone who works in a trade every day.
Went to see a play of this in first grade loved it my mom who was a English teacher got it for me as a joke present at Christmas I will always cherish it love u mike and Mary Anne
My second grade teacher used to play this on our school TV back in the 90s. I read the book first, but when it was adapted for TV, it was something I enjoyed even more those years ago!
A cellar in a day is the most inspiring song!!!!
No Steam Shovels Wanted was my jam
dig a cellar in a day was my favorite song so inspiring!
I remember this too well, and it is a very sad story to be honest, but personally I think that anything steam-powered having become obsolete is sad.
Someone once said that "the closest thing man ever made to a living thing is the steam locomotive". I tend to agree.
I Remember This. For Some Reason I Think About Mike Mulligan And Mary Anne As Mike Nelson And Gypsy From MST3K.
+Sydney Hamilton Wow, now THAT is a movie I've been trying to remember for 10-15 years almost.
I recall seeing this on Captain Kangaroo. Probably an edited (shortened) version that was maybe 8-10 minutes long. It tells a good tale and gets youngsters ready for the harsh reality of the cold world we live in.
I Am The Only One Wanting This In Samurai Jack's Animation?
I haven’t seen this in nearly a decade and a half at least. Just remembered it.
Even though I've never seen this before and don't have the nostalgia factor, it still looks really nice, reminds me of babar or the busy world of Richard Scary.
I loved this book and movie as a kid, and just showed my 3yo daughter! She loves it, and It made me smile in a way that wasn’t mean at all 😛
It's funny, in the end, for Mary Anne it was Retirement, but for Smudger it was a Punishment.
Now that I think about it... Mary Anne worked hard every day of her mileage; giving everything she had in her boiler.
I suppose... she finally accepted that the world had moved on from steam traction and wanted to give something in the only way she could.
Thanks for putting this up!!! This was a highlight of my childhood!!!!
This brings back memories. My parents used to read me this book when I was a kid. Guess I know where my career started.
I remember reading this book as a child then later started googling things on the internet then found it on UA-cam and watched it as I was starting to use the internet more.
Good times.
I have this on VHS at home, just don't remeber what we did with it, or where it is.
One of my favorites as a kid. Glad it's on here, so I can watch it whenever I want. Thanks...
My favorite song was Working together and Do it Anyway! Someone need us!
Had the "cellar in a day" song stuck in my head on and off since 4th grade (1991). I had forgotten the exact words and where it actually came from. But then 25 yrs later in 2016 randomly played an animated show (this episode) to my daughter and as it played it all started coming back. Couldn't believe it, always wanted to see that show that got that song in my head.
the song and animation in this is so criminally good!!!
Idc if they're the antagonists but the No Steam Shovel song still slaps!
Yeah, that and Cellar in a Day are both real catchy
I remember watching this as a kid and seeing it again now brought back those memories. It also makes me wonder what it would be like if it is remade in a way Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and the Lorax (2012) did.
Wow. . I haven't seen this for years. Thank you for posting it.
Let's Celebrate the alphabet's best years of seeing it up. Close
Cellar in a day is sooooo good!
I used to watch this as a young child all the time.
Love this. It brings me back. The songs are so catchy :)
The shovel's is fate similar to that one tank engine from Thomas and friends,
Only this one is WAY more wholesome.
Smudger