Dr. Seuss was more stern in that his was very much a political agenda at times, no matter how much we hate to admit that. Charles Dodgson in the mid 1800s england vs. Theodore Geisel mid 1900s US pre-war post-war pre-war post-war etc etc. Dr. Seuss took it upon himself to actively engage in racist/xenophobic propaganda material but I will forgive him of that (trying to make a living out of working for the post during that period).. due to the work that shortly followed. Both political in nature.. Dodgson pointed out the futility in all of it and Seuss was geared more towards hate mongering at times. I apologize, I promise not to ruin the Giving Tree for you lol. However the information is fascinating. Dodgsons Nonsensical Mathematics.
Its funny, reading this poem was one of the best experiences of my life, I don't know why, its been a while we've studied it, but still I listen to it and know it.
@@MrParkerman6 she was talking about the poem and not the voice of Benedict, also that was very rude of you, and I can't believe you just insulted Jeremy Irons
this is my favorite thing on this site. My life is complete. I want to cry because this is so beautiful. Benedict's voice was MADE to read poems like this...well and a long list of other things. This is so amazing!! My two favorite things have finally collided. Okay, this is the end of my fangirling...(lies)
I first heard a college friend of mine recite this more than 40 years ago.I had absolutely NO IDEA what he was saying but for some reason it remains with me to this day. Thanks, Graham!!
I memorized this poem for school in the 5th or 6th grade and know it by heart to this day. At least I though I had. I've been saying Borogroves since I first memorized it.
Thank god it wasn't just me who knew this poem. I remember having to study this poem in primary school but nobody else seems to remember it. It was driving me mad
"So rested he by the tumtum tree" is probably the funnest part to say IMO... But there's a lot of fun things to say, like "Oh frabjous day!Callooh! Callay!"
I have this memorized. My mother had it memorized and said it to us growing up. Love this, Benedict, but the background music is a bit loud and your amazing voice is a tad bit lost. Not that I want to complain. I adore it and the artwork. Thank you!
I feel so proud to be the descendant of John Conyers hen I hear this, to think my ancestor inspired this piece of such art. You can see the Conyers Falchion in Durham cathedral to this day, my families sword that inspired the vorpal blade.
His voice suits the poem perfectly. I already knew the poem but it took a dark turn when I watched an episode of Chicago Med recently (Season 3 Episode 15) that revolves around the poem..
our teacher was reading this to us in english class and whenever she read out tumtum tree we all couldn’t stop laughing and the boys wouldn’t shut up about it 😂😂😂
Lord of the Rings Grandalf : “you shall not passssss !!!” Or dexter laboratory in a mormon episode where the pastor says to dexter after he was partially blinded by dexter’s inventions : “ i have enough with your wicked heresies works.... evil you must be punished “
In high school English literature, we had to write a two page essay analysing the meaning of this extract. A pointless exercice, because while it’s fun to read, it’s complete nonsense. Much like the whole book.
I believe the reason for mispronunciations are actually a love tribute to Benedict's father, a distinguished actor himself, who would often read to him in character. Benedict sites his father's inspiration for his characterization/portrayal of Smaug (the most calamitous and unaccessibly wealthy ... )
WONDERFUL WITH ONE EXCEPTION. IT'S PRONOUNCED, "OH FRABJOUS DAY! CALLOOH! CALLOY! IT'S CALLOY NOT CALLAY. IT'S CALLOY AND IT RHYMES WITH "HE CHORTLED IN HIS JOY." AND "MY BEAMISH BOY!" I KNOW. I LOVED THESE BOOK AS A GIRL IN 1963 AND I MEMORIZED JABBERWOCKY AND WOULD RECITE IT TO MY FATHER TO HIS GREAT DELIGHT. I HOPE THE ORIGINAL HASN'T GOTTEN DISTORTED SOMEHOW.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
The moonrata out grave idea really did get me in house incline then I sit up. Till chronicles progressive showing greater margins. She said I write to her for years but couldn't reconnect myself by damages were critical
![Christopher Lee Reads Lewis Carroll's The Jabberwocky [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GVoBra0I4jU/mqdefault.jpg)
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It’s cool that they were able to get the actual Frumious Bandersnatch to read this
It doesn't matter the amount of misspelling everyone will always know it's Benedict kimbersnap
Bandersnatches aren't Frumious, Comids are!
@@MrParkerman6 be sure not to get Comid-19
A.k.a., Bandersnatch Cummerbund. As he has been called before.
@@jimabs3317 shun him.
So he can pronounce all the gibberish in this poem but can't say penguins 😂👏🏻
Well, he butchered "borogoves", too. He added an extra 'r' to make it "borogroves".
And fucked up on Tulgey
Except the word borogoves lol
Jess Fae loser
Jess Fae pengwings
Beware the Benedict, my son!
The cheekbones sharp, the looks that catch!
Beware the Sherlock and the Smaug,
The mighty Cumberbatch!
He took this uffish poem to tell,
But mangled many of its words;
This Doctor Strange
Sounded quite deranged.
This guy is for the birds!
@valkyriecain1157 That was great!!!!!!!! 😉
'Twas Turing! And the Actor's Guild,
Did gyre their gimble in the Wabe.
Strange became the borogoves
And the Necromancer outgrabe.
👏🌟👏🌟👏🌟👏🌟💗💗💗
Dr. Seuss: I make the best classic nonsense literature
Lewis Carrol:
Hold my bandersnatch
Dr. Seuss was more stern in that his was very much a political agenda at times, no matter how much we hate to admit that. Charles Dodgson in the mid 1800s england vs. Theodore Geisel mid 1900s US pre-war post-war pre-war post-war etc etc. Dr. Seuss took it upon himself to actively engage in racist/xenophobic propaganda material but I will forgive him of that (trying to make a living out of working for the post during that period).. due to the work that shortly followed. Both political in nature.. Dodgson pointed out the futility in all of it and Seuss was geared more towards hate mongering at times. I apologize, I promise not to ruin the Giving Tree for you lol. However the information is fascinating. Dodgsons Nonsensical Mathematics.
Yo
@@humane143imperfection6 thank you for the answer to a question no one asked....
🙄
@@mkv2718 You're bottom feeding on a two year old comment. Not a good look if you want to appear cool in front of the macramé club.
@@humane143imperfection6 Dangg, mind if I use that one in any future cases?
I don't want to scare anybody, but I just realised that the jubjub bird and the bandersnatch are still out there!
Ok but where are all the "Benedict Bandersnatch" jokes
Piggy Oink Oink it is if that Smaug is reading the poem to the dwarve corpses, how sadistic
I was waiting for this...
This "poem" ruined my life. I am 63, and 50 years ago a teacher made me read this disturbing rant. It still pops in my mind.
I don't know why but I think this this funny
My teacher taught me this year about pomes and he made me read this and it stuck in my head
Its funny, reading this poem was one of the best experiences of my life, I don't know why, its been a while we've studied it, but still I listen to it and know it.
I have to do that for English and recite it for class
At least you’re not a homie if you eat guacamole .
so this is what the Cheshire cat was singing!
From heartless?
In the original Disney animated Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat's song is the opening/closing verse of The Song of the Jabberwocky
YES
I hate when my borogoves get all mimsy.
ChiliConQueso don't we all
so you know what "borogoves" means?
Same it's so annoying ughhh
but I do enjoy a good galumphing from time to time.
Eu odeio quando minhas pintalouvas ficam mimsicais
Weirdest jumble of words ever + Benedict Cumberbatch’s voice = masterpiece
He tells this to his children at bedtime.
This sounds like Tim Burton got a hold of Dr. Seuss' books!😮
Sounds nothing like Tim Burton, dumb fuck! If anything he sounds like Jeremy Irons!
@@MrParkerman6 ehem! I was stating my opinion, jerkass! There's no need to be rude!😡😡😡
@@MrParkerman6 she was talking about the poem and not the voice of Benedict, also that was very rude of you, and I can't believe you just insulted Jeremy Irons
yes
tim burton ruined the books. Why can’t people see that you utter c words
This poem predicted the future: snicker IS a snack
FBI OPEN UP
this is my favorite thing on this site. My life is complete. I want to cry because this is so beautiful. Benedict's voice was MADE to read poems like this...well and a long list of other things. This is so amazing!! My two favorite things have finally collided. Okay, this is the end of my fangirling...(lies)
Listening to Smaug read this poem is just plain awesome.
My favorite actor with a voice that could win an Oscar by itself reading my favorite poem. I feel bless.
Shakespearian narrative
Oh my God. This is amazing.
I wish I had Benedict's voice. Best voice in the world.
except Alan Rickman!!
MY JAWS THAT BITE, MY CLAWS THAT CATCH
-Shudderwock
Gianfranco Fonseca snicker snack
MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS
I first heard a college friend of mine recite this more than 40 years ago.I had absolutely NO IDEA what he was saying but for some reason it remains with me to this day. Thanks, Graham!!
I like Benedict's reading of this. However, he added an 'R' to "borogoves" and pronounced "tulgey" as "tugley".
Good spotting! he also transposes 'he rested' in the third verse; perhaps to create an internal rhyme? But his performance is otherwise exemplary.
pengwengs
same! i noticed that too
Siddharth Mehrotra it’s supposed to be like that.
I memorized this poem for school in the 5th or 6th grade and know it by heart to this day. At least I though I had. I've been saying Borogroves since I first memorized it.
This is the first time I've heard this poem and I really love it.
Most Excellent, Lewis Carroll speaks to the imagination, and Benedict Cumberbatch really makes this treasure come to life.... thanks for sharing!
We read this in 6th grade.Back when education supported creativity and got kids to think and read! Got to do that again!
Thank god it wasn't just me who knew this poem. I remember having to study this poem in primary school but nobody else seems to remember it. It was driving me mad
Was your primal school... IN WONDERLAND?
"So rested he by the tumtum tree" is probably the funnest part to say IMO... But there's a lot of fun things to say, like "Oh frabjous day!Callooh! Callay!"
“Hy there ! I’m Elvis and i got a fan in Boston.” (kind off)
“Oh frabjous day, calloou callay” sounds exactly like something C3PO would say. I can even hear him in my head saying it
Who else watched this cuz of a school work?
i think we all have some time
Yep
Yes I have to read it myself
Yh
Read this cause of school work. Haha
I am watching this because it was one of my school lessons
I need to memories this by tomorrow and say this out loud to my class #prayforme
Hope it went well
omg how’d it go
Just gonna leave us hanging? How mimsy
@@PhotonPnk i ended up crying lol
I have this memorized. My mother had it memorized and said it to us growing up. Love this, Benedict, but the background music is a bit loud and your amazing voice is a tad bit lost. Not that I want to complain. I adore it and the artwork. Thank you!
My God......
After all these years......
I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHESHIRE CAT WAS SAYING IN LEVEL 3 OF DRAGON'S LAIR 2!
we are currently learning about lewis carrol and his poems (mostly this one) in my class ^^ so i came here to study
me too :D
@@susanelcho6506 epic (ง'̀w'́)ง
I feel so proud to be the descendant of John Conyers hen I hear this, to think my ancestor inspired this piece of such art. You can see the Conyers Falchion in Durham cathedral to this day, my families sword that inspired the vorpal blade.
oh wow that is epic!!!
that voice is perfect for that poem
Best explanation of what poetry is…ever.
It has been 8 years since the day I first read this poem and never once has it exited my mind.
And i also can understand why .
It has been over 65 years since I first heard it, and it is still one of my favorites!
His voice suits the poem perfectly. I already knew the poem but it took a dark turn when I watched an episode of Chicago Med recently (Season 3 Episode 15) that revolves around the poem..
Finna listen to this on repeat I gotta perform this tommorow in theater
our teacher was reading this to us in english class and whenever she read out tumtum tree we all couldn’t stop laughing and the boys wouldn’t shut up about it 😂😂😂
Rocky
Colt
Tum-Tum
I have to learn this for online school 😂 just reading comments instead-
procrastination is an art form too.
@@LaughingCynic Indeed... One of which I am maître...! 😏😉
@uniquecz same for English poetry right?
@@UNDERTALE-_ yes haha what year are you in?
Same
Man, i love Benedict Bandersnatch
The ‘V’ of vorpal looks like the sharp end of a sword
John Blanche art of the Jabberwock. Supposedly it's about a child chasing away badgers eaten trash. The Vorpal Blade went snicker-snack!
I'm just waiting for Benedict to recite The Raven! Would love to hear him say "Nevermore!"
qUoTh ThE rAvEn NeVeRmOrE, i rememeber this
Lord of the Rings
Grandalf : “you shall not passssss !!!”
Or dexter laboratory in a mormon episode where the pastor says to dexter after he was partially blinded by dexter’s inventions : “ i have enough with your wicked heresies works.... evil you must be punished “
Siri's favorite animal is a jabberwocky😂
I will create a puppeteering story on this poem one day!
JOHN LENNON , was a big fan of Lewis Carroll , Come Together and I Am The Walrus were in the style of Carroll's Jabberwocky.
What I hear when someone says something after I've just woke up:
...this is nice. very calming.
I loved this as a child, and now my children......
Really so frabjous, it has made me chortled with mimsiness.
Beware the Judderman, my dear, When the moon is fat."
I see where that commercial for Metz got its poem from i loved that commercial too
beware the frumious Benedict Bandersnatch
Bandersnatches aren't Frumious, Comids are!
because benedict read this, i passed
In high school English literature, we had to write a two page essay analysing the meaning of this extract. A pointless exercice, because while it’s fun to read, it’s complete nonsense. Much like the whole book.
Lol that’s the most highs school English teacher shit ever “let’s take a beautiful funny poem, and make kids over analyze it till they hate it” lol
comments divided in two types:
1) It's masterpiece
2) It's nonsence
3) LOL Benedict Bandersnatch reads himself))
Brilliant!
Ahhh... that voice!😩😩
I believe the reason for mispronunciations are actually a love tribute to Benedict's father, a distinguished actor himself, who would often read to him in character. Benedict sites his father's inspiration for his characterization/portrayal of Smaug (the most calamitous and unaccessibly wealthy ... )
Nicely narrated Mr cucumber patch!
Shakespearian narrative.
Benedict Cumberbatch could read the 'Q' section of the dictionary and make it sound epic.
I am in a Alice in Wonderland play and have to recite this poem hahaha
I JUST LERAEDBD THIS IN ONE HOUR
When you want an epic fantasy fight but also have a good sense of humor.
Jabberwock, best Villain
had to memorize this like 5 years ago and i still remember
Too good to be true!
Came here for my favorite poem got my fav actor!
I actually learned this at school
He sounds like the narrator for the Chuck Jones "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
No he doesn't, dumbass. Not even close. His voice isn't anywhere near that low as the grinch. He sounds like Jeremy Irons.
WONDERFUL WITH ONE EXCEPTION. IT'S PRONOUNCED, "OH FRABJOUS DAY! CALLOOH! CALLOY! IT'S CALLOY NOT CALLAY. IT'S CALLOY AND IT RHYMES WITH "HE CHORTLED IN HIS JOY." AND "MY BEAMISH BOY!" I KNOW. I LOVED THESE BOOK AS A GIRL IN 1963 AND I MEMORIZED JABBERWOCKY AND WOULD RECITE IT TO MY FATHER TO HIS GREAT DELIGHT. I HOPE THE ORIGINAL HASN'T GOTTEN DISTORTED SOMEHOW.
I’ve learned this poem in school and I can memorise it
This is not a nonsense poem at all, but advanced puns
this is cool morian jones
Fun Fact!
In the cartoon version of Alice and wonderland the scene with Cheshire Cat he was singing this poem
I got you .🤨
Pov: you have to say these lines for theater class tomorrow so you have replayed this for 6 hours 💀👍
"Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gire and gimbel in the wabe"
Bro I really like how bendylick Choruswatch read this
👌👌👌👌👌
Or is it lendyflick cocostash?
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
It's a Fruvious bandersnatch,
Benedict Cumberbatch!
Bandersnatches aren't Frumious, Comids are!
A real Classic! I remember this poem in one of my books from grammar school. (Did anyone notice the Jabberwock wears a button down vest?)
I can't remember those times but will be on standby to cache the cohabitation area back to get back in synch
Everybody gangsta until Vopal blade snicker-snack
Memorized this in 5th grade... I have no memory of it haha
We listened to this poem in my 6th grade class.
Fabulous reading
The moonrata out grave idea really did get me in house incline then I sit up. Till chronicles progressive showing greater margins. She said I write to her for years but couldn't reconnect myself by damages were critical
My jaws that bite, my claws that catch! My battlecries last the entire match!
I saw this picture of The jabberwock in a children's book and I was when I saw it
im just here for english class.
Somewhere in the Multiverse, a Doctor Strange works part-time as a storyteller to pay the rent of the Sanctum Sanctorum.
This is most definitely NOT "Nonsense" in the sense that it carries more Truth than the "wise of this world" will ever know!
I still say “snicker-snack” and madly roll my eyes when I win. We all need a snicker-snack from a vorpal sword. Oh frabjous day!
Oh yeah GO Dr. Strange read Jabberwocky for us
Amazing I going to make me cry
Jaune Arc is that nameless knight that will kill the Jabberwocky
The best recitation of this is the one in the third season of Fargo imho.
wes parsons the second season episode 6 - Mike Milligan
John Conyers and the Sockburn Worm.
This jabberwocky today's special was an allies eight ball they relay
Scott's movie The Flex
I learnt this in yr 4 ✌
It's a tricky disguise a foxy Fowler snare a culled jabberwocky
Burbling as it came
Jabberwock - Burble burble! Burble burble!