And also those teenagers know more about vehicle maintenance than her first owner and her second owner, both of who can go pound sand for not treating Susie with the respect she deserves.
As a car enthusiast, this hits very close to home. Never thought of shedding a tear for Susie, or for any car that shared the horrible fate of being abused, not taken care of to the point that it only belongs in a junkyard. Be it a Vocho or an old JDM or even an old Euro... but that happiness in the end...... feels like renovating or restomodding an oldie to become one unique piece of machinery. My W211 will be forever thankful 😭😭😭
Loved this short as a kid in the 80s. I own what was once a very neglected E30 (325is) that is almost fully restored now. I feel good giving her a second life.
7:00 *Whoever thought of using car grilles as tombstones and the telephone pole as a cross to resemble a graveyard in the junk yard was pure genius!* 😮🤩
That was 1951 according to the titles. Reality was all around. Now you put a fox tail on your antenna, load up your rifle and wait for the ork hoards...
Well, they call auto salvage facilities _boneyards_ and many auto-makers used distinctive radiator shells (Packard comes immediately to mind, among others) referred to irreverently as _tombstones._ Come to think of it, the famous 810/812 Cord automobiles are commonly called _Coffin Nose._
@@samthesmith88, it was subtle .. at one point within the last decade , there was talk of renaming one of the bathrooms In Fantasy land FROM Prince and Princess to ?
Country kids in the 50s saved "hopeless junkers" like this to have a fun hotrod. Nowadays country kids go out and do this in order to have any wheels at all. Planned obsolescence is backfiring now that theyve imposed depression-like financial conditions on a whole generation who's having to learn how to repurpose "junk" and fix everything themselves again (all the while they complain about us not keeping up appearances and we arent buying enough)
@@P7777-u7r. Those of us who did buy new or leased and bought out the lease are taking steps to ensure it’s not going to be rust that kills out vehicles. I bought this wonderful stuff for my 2022 Toyota Tacoma SR called Waxoyl hardcoat. I’m planning to do the entire chassis and rust prone areas with it. Even comes with stuff for your inner fenders and doors. The 2022 is among the last Tacomas that as long as you can get parts for them will keep going. I bought it new at 41 years old and I’m planning to drive this truck until I retire. Stick to older vehicles like the ford panther cars ( crown Vic/ grand Marquis). The older GMT-400 GM trucks and pre 2024 Toyota trucks and SUVs ( ideally anything with a full steel frame ) and with proper care and maintenance and rustproofing 300 or 400k is not outside the realm of possibility
@user-xg8yy7yl1d It's working as intended; the end goal is that we don't have ANY cars, and are reliant on government-owned transport. They just underestimated people's ability to salvage junkers.
Hopefully Susie's first owner takes this lesson to heart when he sees Susie doing so much better with the teenage mechanic who literally saved her from rotting away in Sam's Scrap Yard, though don't count on it.
@@thecajunphoenix Her first owner had her for years but eventually like all things mechanical the parts wear out to the point where they need a complete overhaul which means she would've needed a new engine and other parts and I highly doubt he would've been able to afford that
I always try to take care of the car that I drive (a 2015 Chevy Sonic LT). We bought it in December 2015, when it still had only about 9000 miles on her, but it's got almost 79,000 miles on it now. However, I always take it in for regular maintenance, and if something goes wrong with it, I get her fixed right away. It's still going strong as a result. Yes, there will come a point where it will have to be traded in or sold for scrap (especially if the cost of repairs exceeds the Kelley Blue Book value of the car), but hopefully I'll be able to get at least another 79,000 miles out of it. We actually had to get a new car for my mother last year. Even though we take good care of our vehicles, the timing chain in her 2011 Chevy Traverse shattered. Pieces got inside the engine and wrecked it. The cost of a new engine far exceeded the value of the car (which had over 150,000 miles on it). In fact, the value was so low that we scrapped it instead of trading it in. We then got her a brand new Nissan Pathfinder, which she loves, especially for its camera features when parking. The irony is that the day prior to my mother's car dying, my parents had decided to sell my father's pickup truck (a diesel-powered 2009 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500 HD with dually rear tires, which was having trouble with its transmission control module), buy a new one, and drive my mother's car around until it died. And then the very next day, my mother's car died. So we had to get her a new car right away. Fortunately, a replacement transmission control module was installed in my father's truck soon after, so he is hanging on to his truck for a little while longer.
I blame this short (and the Brave Little Toaster) for the fact I cannot get rid of my first car; a 2005 Subaru Forester. His name is Jesse and he sits in my garage. He saved my life in an accident once, got his whole engine replaced, and I can't bring myself to abandon him. It's really quite rude of past animators to anthropomorphize inanimate objects cause now everything has some level of sentience and I'm a borderline hoarder!!
you put enough miles on a vehicle, put enough work into it, it becomes akin to family. I've had this old Yamaha motorcycle, a silver 1977 Xs750, for about 5 years, I've put over 130,000 miles on it, I've rebuilt the carburetors on park benches, I've replaced spark plugs in the desert, I've done oil changes at over 9 thousand feet of elevation. there's more of my blood in that bike than all but 2 people on this planet. it's the horse I rode in on for countless little towns across the US, and it's gotten me home through some of the nastiest weather I've ever seen, and that's saying something because I'm from Florida! from the frigid snows of the north to the 120+degree heat of the southwest, it's been my trusty steed. I cried, cried like I cried when my father died, when I wrecked it in summer 2022. went down in the grass off I-10 in north Florida at about 65 mph. it took me a week to source the parts in the tiny town I tumbled in, walking with a set of crutches around to various parts places and junkyards, but I was able to get it going again and make it home. it's right outside my window as I type this now, waiting for the next adventure on the open road.
I see abandoned cars, junkers, wrecks, and I think that that heap was once somebody's dream car, and that with a little TLC it could be a boulevard queen again.
The old driver should have fixed her years ago the new driver did the right thing I love it with renewed confidence. 7:35 the man who was thinking about discount for him is genuine.
That smoothness was Disney’s signature and stock-in-trade. It’s what set them apart from other studios. They achieved that smoothness by having more frames for action. Other studios (e.g., Hanna-Barbera) didn’t have as many frames, in an attempt to speed production and to keep down production costs.
I remember as a kid when I went to my grandmother's house. She would put this on while we ate dinner, and I remember always loving this story. But I had forgotten about it years ago. As I got old I fell in love with cars and now I love hotrodding. I live for fixing old cars who were abandoned and deserve a new chance. Then, today, I stumbled upon this gem again, and I realized that a big reason why I am the way I am is because of this animation.
@@austinshoupe3003 It actually is more adult. Mainly because of the dark subject matter and the social issue represented here through allegory. Toys and Cars are child material compared to this. Also even during that time Disney was still known for kids stuff, not allegories for prostitution and female exploitation portrayed through car symbolism.
I remember seeing this as a young girl. I've always loved this cartoon short. It's hard to believe it was made 72 years ago. But yet it's as if. I am seeing it for the first time. May the classics never go out of style! 🥰 🚙 💝
I agree.. Now in my 70s ❤ and still a Disney park fan . My 1st visit to DisneyLAND was in 1955 ! AFTER our B&W TV finally gave up , Wonderful World of Disney debuted , Wonderful World of COLOR ! Greetings from Rural San Diego county 🎈 EDIT: The young girl is still there !
@marksommers6764 Thank you and greetings from La Mesa! 🙂👋 I am 64, and yes, I remember the debut. Of Wonderful World of Disney as well. The burst of color on a new TV. Was a sight to behold. It felt as though. My family and I won the lottery. And this young girl (at heart) is still here too! 😁
This animation is beautiful. It shows very nicely and coolly that a young person can give new life to an old car and not every car ends up in a scrapyard to be destroyed.
My Toyota is 22 years old. I bought it 2nd hand in 2004 (it is a 2002 model). Never caused me any problems, reliable and very economic. I will probably die and that car will still be going strong.
Watching this as a kid is has always been in my mind and helped me to get the inspiration to buy and restore a 1952 Buick special. I’ve won best Buick in show at the NSRA, best in show in the 30 under 30. Something about the car gives me the sense that almost like it’s living and I’m her care taker lol. It’s what only us gear heads understand. My dad’s got a 1954 ford Victoria, my brother a 68 barracuda, the list goes on with close friends and family with our little car club. No better feeling than getting everyone together and go driving around cruising to a car show. Lots of fun.
While the film’s images entered the public domain because Disney didn’t renew the copyright, the soundtrack remains under copyright. So, the short won’t fully enter the public domain until 2048
There's a lot to be said for loyalty when it comes to machines. My present car is a grandfather in automotive years, but has served me for 16 years. We've been through a lot together, and this is the first one I've had the time, money and space all at the same time to restore. While the restoration isn't finished, the old workhorse is getting better by the day. Each "component" of the restoration seemingly winding back the years.
i remember this cartoon.. Susie got a new makeover. She's a beautiful blue coupe. Great now that song by The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe is playing on the fm radio. 😊
I loved this cartoon as a kid. Everyone wants to say this has a lesson to it like 'take care of your car' or something like that. But for me it kind of humanized so many things to me. Helped me respect and love the things I had like my guitar or even a nice pair of pants. I stopped treating things I owned simply as tools or products that can eventually just be tossed away for newer ones. But rather as special parts of my life that helped shape who I am. Of course they weren't alive, but simply contributing to my life in the way they did, well they will always live in my heart.
I remember watching this as a kid. Not that I am very old but it was on a VHS tape of some random cartoons. I've always wanted to watch it again but never knew how to find it. Now that I am an adult, I finally understand everything in the story. Such a fun trip down memory lane!
@@reubenguttenberg7405 In this case, the third time was definitely the blessing and the rescue Susie needed. Susie's first owner and second owner can both go pound sand because they will never get Susie back.
Love the Sound Effects in this Short. So many of the Same SFX that were in the Herbie films were in this short. I especially love that particular Bell they used for the sound of the Red Trolley /Tram car. (Total play on the famous "Red Cars " of Los Angeles and surrounding areas) And they re used that same Clanging Bell effect for the sound of Old # 22 the Cable Car from Herbie Rides Again. Always did love that Susie got picked up by a couple Hot Rodders and given New life. Would love to have seen another sequel short about Susie , only have it centered Racing. Some of the Hot Rodders take it too far. Showing the legitimate Dangers and not so nice downsides of Racing in the street and drag racing light to light. They then discover a new drag strip near their hometown and it ends with Susie and her Owners being crowned Champions of the Drag Strip and given a Trophy which they proudly place upon Susie as she smiles contentedly.
I saw this at 5 yrs old, i always loved cars anyway, but this made me ADORE them as see them as not just objects, but something to love….. years later ive rescued many Suzy’s, and as an adult man on autism spectrum, they gave me a purpose, i will forever be grateful to this cartoon!
My mom bought me and my sister a discount 2 hour VHS with tons of cartoons on it back in 89 or 90 and we watched it all the time waiting for this particular one. Loved it as a kid, especially the scene where her driver comes out of the bar and she staggers on each side lol. Old cartoons just have an irreplaceable vibe.
I finally have a ride of my own. I took custody and ownership of her after my uncle died, and she was previously owned by both my late grandmother and my uncle. Her name is Scarlett because of her red color, and she's a red minivan. She may need a new paint job, but I look after, and take care of her as if she was my own little girl. I sometimes spend time with her, too, just sitting in her passenger seats, talking to her, and giving her all the love she deserves. To put it in human terms, I adopted her after the last family member had died.
I don't think any of those other vehicles liked Susie at all. That big red one she bumped into even gave a big loud "VRRROOOM!!!😤" All she wanted was to make friends.
Agreed. Many of those cars had no love or respect for Susie at all, especially when her first owner chose to abandon her rather than pay to have her fixed and repaired and her second owner was even worse. Still, some of those cars who gave her attitude also ended up in the used car lot along with her. I wonder how that surly trolley will react to seeing the new Susie.
This cartoon was on a VHS collection of classic shorts I had as a kid and it was always one of my absolute favorites. I never noticed the grill tombtones when I was little!!!
So for anyone who knows their Disney, that's Sterling Holloway (Winnie The Pooh, Chesire Cat) narrating, but for anyone who really had a good ear, the sounds are from Jimmy MacDonald, he's done sounds for Disney since Snow White all the way into the 1989, his last reported role is Chip and Dale Resuce Rangers as Humphrey the Bear. He was good for bears quite a lot, he's also the bear in The Fox and the Hound.
This is still a classic short SEVENTY years later
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I remember watching this growing up in the 80s.
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It would take about 7 years to make each of these short films.
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Fun Fact: the narrator is Sterling Holloway aka Winnie the Pooh, Kaa the snake, Professor Holloway etc…
We can see that in the credits
Oh, that's why I thought it was jim Cummings.
@@Animus5134 (Take it as a joke) If it was Jim Cummings, then you’d be puzzled with my knowledge if it’s Jim Cummings or Sterling Holloway
I was about to ask! Lovely performance, thank you.
@@Cramhead43 No problem, Disney Trivia captures the fan’s reaction and attention
The lesson is: Support your local car enthusiast guys, they are saving cars and giving them a new life :)
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Europe hates car enthusiasts
@@dazeen9591 sad but true
So much sweet memories for this animation episode
What is your favorite character from the movie
I have respect for those who fix up and repurpose older things❤ just wonderful.🤗
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I love that she ended up with teenagers. They worked hard on her and ended up having fun.❤️
And also those teenagers know more about vehicle maintenance than her first owner and her second owner, both of who can go pound sand for not treating Susie with the respect she deserves.
Back when teenagers were real teenagers.
The first one wasn't really a teen, but still a good man
I swear that is Jim Cummings narrating this story.
@@reeganevans6707 It's Sterling Holloway, the original voice of Winnie the Pooh. Holloway also voiced Roquefort in "The Aristocats".
As a car enthusiast, this hits very close to home. Never thought of shedding a tear for Susie, or for any car that shared the horrible fate of being abused, not taken care of to the point that it only belongs in a junkyard. Be it a Vocho or an old JDM or even an old Euro... but that happiness in the end...... feels like renovating or restomodding an oldie to become one unique piece of machinery. My W211 will be forever thankful 😭😭😭
Loved this short as a kid in the 80s. I own what was once a very neglected E30 (325is) that is almost fully restored now. I feel good giving her a second life.
Absolutely! Saved my E39 and R129 from the junkyard!
@@SamAbrahamCool
And after years later, She finally returned in Once Upon a Studio.
Wait!? What!?
@@semine6601 You've probably figured it out by now, but she's on the far left at the end when all the characters are together.
She was also in The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse too, as a cameo in Daisy’s story
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She also had a cameo in House of Mouse, alongside Herbie and a Lightcycle. 💙
7:00 *Whoever thought of using car grilles as tombstones and the telephone pole as a cross to resemble a graveyard in the junk yard was pure genius!* 😮🤩
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That was 1951 according to the titles. Reality was all around. Now you put a fox tail on your antenna, load up your rifle and wait for the ork hoards...
Well, they call auto salvage facilities _boneyards_ and many auto-makers used distinctive radiator shells (Packard comes immediately to mind, among others) referred to irreverently as _tombstones._
Come to think of it, the famous 810/812 Cord automobiles are commonly called _Coffin Nose._
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This reminds me of a certain movie ....
This was from when Disney was still good... the magic was still there. Never forget.
When Disney wasnt woke
@@jaimeplaza7277yes but when exactly did it went woke . which year
@@samthesmith88, it was subtle .. at one point within the last decade , there was talk of renaming one of the bathrooms In Fantasy land FROM Prince and Princess to ?
@@marksommers6764 👍
@@jaimeplaza7277you mean when Disney still had racist stereotypes?
This really makes me feel sad for aging cars.
Just don’t forget to take better care of your car as it gets older. Remember what you ask of it and be sure you put it back in
Same, i just walked into a junkyard not too long ago to get parts for my moms old car, made me sad seeing how they ended up there
I wonder how Susie, would look like in the Cars style.
Like "Worthless" from Brave Little Toaster
@@gordoncamacho8649 Oh.
These older style animations are just something else 🙌
I didn't even know about this until I saw Susie in the 100th anniversary group photo.
I thought it was really nice that they included her in the picture. Plus, size-wise, she's one of the bigger characters too.
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Group foto?
@@shaynewheeler9249 1952
Planned obsolescence hates this cartoon.
Country kids in the 50s saved "hopeless junkers" like this to have a fun hotrod. Nowadays country kids go out and do this in order to have any wheels at all. Planned obsolescence is backfiring now that theyve imposed depression-like financial conditions on a whole generation who's having to learn how to repurpose "junk" and fix everything themselves again (all the while they complain about us not keeping up appearances and we arent buying enough)
Japanese cars are safe from it (for now)
@@P7777-u7r Those on top are of course seriously out of touch with reality, and the plight of those who put them there.
@@P7777-u7r. Those of us who did buy new or leased and bought out the lease are taking steps to ensure it’s not going to be rust that kills out vehicles. I bought this wonderful stuff for my 2022 Toyota Tacoma SR called Waxoyl hardcoat. I’m planning to do the entire chassis and rust prone areas with it. Even comes with stuff for your inner fenders and doors. The 2022 is among the last Tacomas that as long as you can get parts for them will keep going. I bought it new at 41 years old and I’m planning to drive this truck until I retire. Stick to older vehicles like the ford panther cars ( crown Vic/ grand Marquis). The older GMT-400 GM trucks and pre 2024 Toyota trucks and SUVs ( ideally anything with a full steel frame ) and with proper care and maintenance and rustproofing 300 or 400k is not outside the realm of possibility
@user-xg8yy7yl1d It's working as intended; the end goal is that we don't have ANY cars, and are reliant on government-owned transport. They just underestimated people's ability to salvage junkers.
Important lesson. Make sure to take care of your car.
Hopefully Susie's first owner takes this lesson to heart when he sees Susie doing so much better with the teenage mechanic who literally saved her from rotting away in Sam's Scrap Yard, though don't count on it.
That was a good cars
@@thecajunphoenix Her first owner had her for years but eventually like all things mechanical the parts wear out to the point where they need a complete overhaul which means she would've needed a new engine and other parts and I highly doubt he would've been able to afford that
I always try to take care of the car that I drive (a 2015 Chevy Sonic LT). We bought it in December 2015, when it still had only about 9000 miles on her, but it's got almost 79,000 miles on it now. However, I always take it in for regular maintenance, and if something goes wrong with it, I get her fixed right away. It's still going strong as a result. Yes, there will come a point where it will have to be traded in or sold for scrap (especially if the cost of repairs exceeds the Kelley Blue Book value of the car), but hopefully I'll be able to get at least another 79,000 miles out of it.
We actually had to get a new car for my mother last year. Even though we take good care of our vehicles, the timing chain in her 2011 Chevy Traverse shattered. Pieces got inside the engine and wrecked it. The cost of a new engine far exceeded the value of the car (which had over 150,000 miles on it). In fact, the value was so low that we scrapped it instead of trading it in. We then got her a brand new Nissan Pathfinder, which she loves, especially for its camera features when parking.
The irony is that the day prior to my mother's car dying, my parents had decided to sell my father's pickup truck (a diesel-powered 2009 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500 HD with dually rear tires, which was having trouble with its transmission control module), buy a new one, and drive my mother's car around until it died. And then the very next day, my mother's car died. So we had to get her a new car right away. Fortunately, a replacement transmission control module was installed in my father's truck soon after, so he is hanging on to his truck for a little while longer.
@@astrofan1993 not all cars can talk to you. ones that do, look after them like family
I remember watching this when I was 11 years old. I'm 73 now. Memories ..
I blame this short (and the Brave Little Toaster) for the fact I cannot get rid of my first car; a 2005 Subaru Forester. His name is Jesse and he sits in my garage. He saved my life in an accident once, got his whole engine replaced, and I can't bring myself to abandon him. It's really quite rude of past animators to anthropomorphize inanimate objects cause now everything has some level of sentience and I'm a borderline hoarder!!
you put enough miles on a vehicle, put enough work into it, it becomes akin to family. I've had this old Yamaha motorcycle, a silver 1977 Xs750, for about 5 years, I've put over 130,000 miles on it, I've rebuilt the carburetors on park benches, I've replaced spark plugs in the desert, I've done oil changes at over 9 thousand feet of elevation. there's more of my blood in that bike than all but 2 people on this planet. it's the horse I rode in on for countless little towns across the US, and it's gotten me home through some of the nastiest weather I've ever seen, and that's saying something because I'm from Florida! from the frigid snows of the north to the 120+degree heat of the southwest, it's been my trusty steed. I cried, cried like I cried when my father died, when I wrecked it in summer 2022. went down in the grass off I-10 in north Florida at about 65 mph. it took me a week to source the parts in the tiny town I tumbled in, walking with a set of crutches around to various parts places and junkyards, but I was able to get it going again and make it home. it's right outside my window as I type this now, waiting for the next adventure on the open road.
Guys, CMON YOU CAN DO IT. I restored multiple motorbikes that were abandouned in the fields since the 90s, all support for you
I feel the same way about my blue Chevy hatchback.
Same here. Idk if it was cartoons like this. But I can never get rid of anything now..
Hey, that's a good car though.
Every car has a story.
I see abandoned cars, junkers, wrecks, and I think that that heap was once somebody's dream car, and that with a little TLC it could be a boulevard queen again.
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Not just humans cars too
@@raccoon.878 Look up the movie _The Yellow Rolls Royce_ made around 1964, id I remember correctly,
New movie
My daughter loved this one, I've watched it at least a hundred times with her. Thank you
That's wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Did she ever see pixar cars?
@@MediaArchive2-z9f Sure, but Susie was special, still is
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I missed the era where Cartoon has look like this 🫶🏻❤️
Yeah, good old 2D animation, the true magic of Disney.
Somethng was lost when they ditched pen and pencils for cgi and cell shaded animation
@@bartfourie8359 It was the magic. 3D and live action remakes don't have the magic of creation and life, unlike 2D hand drawn animation.
@@dreamguardian8320 that's very true, I miss those days
@@bartfourie8359 Me too.
子供の頃、テレビで観た記憶がある。懐かしい。
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The old driver should have fixed her years ago the new driver did the right thing I love it with renewed confidence.
7:35 the man who was thinking about discount for him is genuine.
Plot twist: the boy is actually the mans son all grown up
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Good Old time
As someone who animates frame by frame, this level of smoothness and quality in the animation is insane!
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@@shaynewheeler9249 CGI animation doesn't count.
That smoothness was Disney’s signature and stock-in-trade. It’s what set them apart from other studios. They achieved that smoothness by having more frames for action.
Other studios (e.g., Hanna-Barbera) didn’t have as many frames, in an attempt to speed production and to keep down production costs.
I LOVE the ending!!🙆♂️🎉🥰
I haven't seen this cartoon in decades. Thank your for sharing.
Remember watching this Cartoon with My Late Mother on a Sunday afternoon many years ago She Enjoyed Completely 😉
It sounds like some happy times with your mom
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Now this is a real car-toon.
Ba-dum bum 🥁
Dad, get out.
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It's enough to make a grown man like me cry 😭
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I remember as a kid when I went to my grandmother's house. She would put this on while we ate dinner, and I remember always loving this story. But I had forgotten about it years ago. As I got old I fell in love with cars and now I love hotrodding. I live for fixing old cars who were abandoned and deserve a new chance. Then, today, I stumbled upon this gem again, and I realized that a big reason why I am the way I am is because of this animation.
You are the real life version of the guy at the end of the video. 👍🏻
Hard to believe that Disney once made something like this.
Why, they were already making animated films where never married men somehow aquired 'Nefews'
Why? This is exactly what their brand was. Still is if you look at the Pixar stuff.
@@austinshoupe3003 This cartoon is more adult themed or rather coded compared to traditional Disney content.
@denniszaychik8625 not compared to what they released at the time. And honestly, compare this to toy story or cars and tell me this is more adult...
@@austinshoupe3003 It actually is more adult. Mainly because of the dark subject matter and the social issue represented here through allegory. Toys and Cars are child material compared to this. Also even during that time Disney was still known for kids stuff, not allegories for prostitution and female exploitation portrayed through car symbolism.
The fact the teen bought a junk car from the scarp yard for $12.50 is insane to hear. Inflation sucks.
yeah, especially in the used car market.
And generously marked down from the original $15.
Far too many lack kindness for their fellow man.
@@alexisdominey6487 its overpopulation. people is nicer when they don't need to compete for scraps with their fellow man.
It's a cartoon. $12.50 wasn't something to sneeze at during Susie's time.
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Since childhood, this has been my most favorite cartoon ever.
Same
This cartoon was a bonus feature on the love bug DVD!
It was also included on The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad DVD.
@@jamesfields4722 Huh, didn't know that. Thanks
@@Lucasfan375 Sure
Yeah! specifically the 2003 release where it had the 2nd disk with this on it!
That’s my childhood right there
One of the many animations I saw when I was little that sparked my love for cars
I remember seeing this as a young girl. I've always loved this cartoon short. It's hard to believe it was made 72 years ago. But yet it's as if. I am seeing it for the first time. May the classics never go out of style! 🥰 🚙 💝
I agree.. Now in my 70s ❤ and still a Disney park fan . My 1st visit to DisneyLAND was in 1955 !
AFTER our B&W TV finally gave up , Wonderful World of Disney debuted , Wonderful World of COLOR !
Greetings from Rural San Diego county 🎈 EDIT: The young girl is still there !
@marksommers6764
Thank you and greetings from La Mesa! 🙂👋 I am 64, and yes, I remember the debut. Of Wonderful World of Disney as well. The burst of color on a new TV. Was a sight to behold. It felt as though. My family and I won the lottery. And this young girl (at heart) is still here too! 😁
This animation is beautiful. It shows very nicely and coolly that a young person can give new life to an old car and not every car ends up in a scrapyard to be destroyed.
My Toyota is 22 years old. I bought it 2nd hand in 2004 (it is a 2002 model). Never caused me any problems, reliable and very economic. I will probably die and that car will still be going strong.
Must be a corolla😂
Which type?
@@AXAND3R Toyota IST.
This inspired the Pixar movie Cars.
This is better than that movie.
I 100% agree
And all the sights of Route 66.
You're truly right about this!
It also inspired Humongous Entertainment's Beloved Putt-Putt
Watching this as a kid is has always been in my mind and helped me to get the inspiration to buy and restore a 1952 Buick special. I’ve won best Buick in show at the NSRA, best in show in the 30 under 30. Something about the car gives me the sense that almost like it’s living and I’m her care taker lol. It’s what only us gear heads understand. My dad’s got a 1954 ford Victoria, my brother a 68 barracuda, the list goes on with close friends and family with our little car club. No better feeling than getting everyone together and go driving around cruising to a car show. Lots of fun.
A classic.
I haven't seen this in over 35 years.
What a flash back!
I love this Disney classic short film
Love this tuneful bit 0:25
While the film’s images entered the public domain because Disney didn’t renew the copyright, the soundtrack remains under copyright. So, the short won’t fully enter the public domain until 2048
Just re-dub it then
I can not believe I am crying thanks to this car... Is so inspiring
Watched this when I was a kid but completely forgot about it many decades later and when I saw this, the nostalgia hits me again
We watched this back in middle school. Never got to see the ending until years later. awww memories.
There's a lot to be said for loyalty when it comes to machines. My present car is a grandfather in automotive years, but has served me for 16 years. We've been through a lot together, and this is the first one I've had the time, money and space all at the same time to restore. While the restoration isn't finished, the old workhorse is getting better by the day. Each "component" of the restoration seemingly winding back the years.
One of the best.
My little son loved this one when he was 2 or so.😄❤️
The predecessor to the Cars series
Am 55yrs old and I still have the golden book of this from childhood my fave
I just realized that watching this as a child is probably why I keep my cars so long.
I watched this short story as a boy. Now many years later here it is, wow. I still enjoy it.
i remember this cartoon.. Susie got a new makeover. She's a beautiful blue coupe. Great now that song by The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe is playing on the fm radio. 😊
I loved this cartoon as a kid.
Everyone wants to say this has a lesson to it like 'take care of your car' or something like that.
But for me it kind of humanized so many things to me. Helped me respect and love the things I had like my guitar or even a nice pair of pants. I stopped treating things I owned simply as tools or products that can eventually just be tossed away for newer ones. But rather as special parts of my life that helped shape who I am. Of course they weren't alive, but simply contributing to my life in the way they did, well they will always live in my heart.
This was an emotional roller-coaster, I truly felt bad for the car during its neglected stage. I also have a blue coupe, I'm never selling it now!!!
The greatest movie ever made. The narration was perfect, his speech timing was awesome. I still have my little blue coupe (1962 Plymouth).
I remember watching this as a kid. Not that I am very old but it was on a VHS tape of some random cartoons. I've always wanted to watch it again but never knew how to find it. Now that I am an adult, I finally understand everything in the story. Such a fun trip down memory lane!
Every classic car enthusiast/owner can relate. We feel something nobody else does. We love those pieces of metal.
It’s Cars before Pixar came along.
Also with a narrator.
@@MrSupercar55, but not just any narrator. This short is narrated by Pooh Bear himself, Sterling Holloway.
It's the og of cars
@@joshmontemayor1212 he's a seriously good narrator.
Cars 3
I remember watching this cartoon as a little kid... inspired me to take care of my car when I grew up! 😊
Poor susie, she's not feeling so good
No thanks to her neglectful first owner.
@@thecajunphoenix she's Been abused by her second owner. But she's been restored by her third owner
@@reubenguttenberg7405 In this case, the third time was definitely the blessing and the rescue Susie needed.
Susie's first owner and second owner can both go pound sand because they will never get Susie back.
Core memory unlocked. I thought I was never going to find this. And it just showed up in my feed randomly.
The narrator seemed to have enjoyed narrating this. RIP Sterling Holloway. 1905-1992.
My god I remember watching this as a kid, surreal, sad and wholesome
Love the Sound Effects in this Short.
So many of the Same SFX that were in the Herbie films were in this short.
I especially love that particular Bell they used for the sound of the Red Trolley /Tram car.
(Total play on the famous "Red Cars " of Los Angeles and surrounding areas)
And they re used that same Clanging Bell effect for the sound of Old # 22 the Cable Car from Herbie Rides Again.
Always did love that Susie got picked up by a couple Hot Rodders and given New life.
Would love to have seen another sequel short about Susie , only have it centered Racing. Some of the Hot Rodders take it too far.
Showing the legitimate Dangers and not so nice downsides of Racing in the street and drag racing light to light.
They then discover a new drag strip near their hometown and it ends with Susie and her Owners being crowned Champions of the Drag Strip and given a Trophy which they proudly place upon Susie as she smiles contentedly.
One of my favorite cartoons as a child.
It's amazing how you look at a cartoon that you watched as a kid and then you see it as an adult and you just look at it completely different😅😅😅
I saw this at 5 yrs old, i always loved cars anyway, but this made me ADORE them as see them as not just objects, but something to love….. years later ive rescued many Suzy’s, and as an adult man on autism spectrum, they gave me a purpose, i will forever be grateful to this cartoon!
This must have inspired Cars!!!!
My mom bought me and my sister a discount 2 hour VHS with tons of cartoons on it back in 89 or 90 and we watched it all the time waiting for this particular one. Loved it as a kid, especially the scene where her driver comes out of the bar and she staggers on each side lol. Old cartoons just have an irreplaceable vibe.
*I miss these old time cartoon intros. A music is awesome.*
This is the Disney I remember! No politics, just a good story with a positive ending for everyone!
Always loved this one and it clearly influenced my love of restoring old things.
Shame Modern cars are intentionally designed to be unfixable these days. Everyone deserves a Susie in their lives.
I miss these shows…. Very much needed today.
I misread the title as “susie the little blue corpse” as tbh the plot sort of made sense
XD
This is my absolute favorite time period from Disney. Two Chips and A Miss, Casey at Bat and Susie. This was their peak in my opinion.
6:36 fun fact the whistle was born in 1950 called the brave engineer
Very beautiful car. Susie reminds me of my little ford ka!! A 2006 ford ka!!
Lovely little vehicles!!
Think of all the kids who grew up to be car enthusiast because of this cartoon.
Incredible ! I remember watching this on TV during the 1950s when I was a kid. I think it was "The Wonderful World of Disney".
I remember this cartoon from when l was a kid & 40 years later, l STILL enjoy watching it from time to time.
Couldn't have happen to a nicer little car. Thanks, Joe S
That Memories my friends. That Nostalgic. Thanks.
Okay who here feels that THIS is what Cars should been about? Cars and the people they take care of?
This would be an outstanding concept for a Pixar like movie, i totally agree!
@@moesabawi4437Disney Pixar
Remember being just a little kid watching this brings back a lot of memories
Imagine buying a car for $12.50
Ya that's like $200 today!
Now you can't even buy a potato for that
Russet potatoes, avg potatoes over
3.00 @@AvenValkyr
Well... Now you can buy it... but at 1/43 or 1/64 scale.
Man, I wish Disney would make stuff like this again. This was good animation, good storytelling, and fantastic voice work.
I miss old Disney. :(
I finally have a ride of my own.
I took custody and ownership of her after my uncle died, and she was previously owned by both my late grandmother and my uncle.
Her name is Scarlett because of her red color, and she's a red minivan.
She may need a new paint job, but I look after, and take care of her as if she was my own little girl.
I sometimes spend time with her, too, just sitting in her passenger seats, talking to her, and giving her all the love she deserves.
To put it in human terms, I adopted her after the last family member had died.
I haven’t seen this for 30 years. It brings me back memories
That boy looked similar to Peter Pan
I had no idea this was made in 1952, i watched this in the 90's when i was around 10 years old. Brings back memories.
I don't think any of those other vehicles liked Susie at all. That big red one she bumped into even gave a
big loud "VRRROOOM!!!😤" All she wanted was to make friends.
Yes! Such a moving cartoon!
@@DavidMWilliams hello hello
@@besnikzogaj9887 Hello
Agreed. Many of those cars had no love or respect for Susie at all, especially when her first owner chose to abandon her rather than pay to have her fixed and repaired and her second owner was even worse.
Still, some of those cars who gave her attitude also ended up in the used car lot along with her.
I wonder how that surly trolley will react to seeing the new Susie.
Titanic
This cartoon was on a VHS collection of classic shorts I had as a kid and it was always one of my absolute favorites. I never noticed the grill tombtones when I was little!!!
So for anyone who knows their Disney, that's Sterling Holloway (Winnie The Pooh, Chesire Cat) narrating, but for anyone who really had a good ear, the sounds are from Jimmy MacDonald, he's done sounds for Disney since Snow White all the way into the 1989, his last reported role is Chip and Dale Resuce Rangers as Humphrey the Bear. He was good for bears quite a lot, he's also the bear in The Fox and the Hound.
I watched this as a child, and Im glad to see it again.
Watching this at 47 years old. I remember it as a kid. Probably why I prefer having older cars.
8:03 Hollywood squares time’s up sound
When I was a kid in the 80's, my elementary school had this and several other old Disney films. This was always one of my favorites.
6:44
STOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!
Man in vehicle: OH SH**
*crashed on train* man: oh man I got arrested damnit
Tram : 😠😤
@@FemboySprite101 actually it’s a trolley
@@ryandalton2834 aren’t they the same thing? Anyways why was he so mean 😭