My mom used to buy me Mel-O-Toons movies in the late 80's on VHS. I was born in 1980 and I still love Mel-O-Toons! They also always creeped me out but I couldn't stop watching. Makes me wanna show them to my 5-year-old son now! Bwahahahaaa!!
I'm 24 now, but I never forget old random cartoon VHS tapes I had as a kid. This was an absolute favorite of mine! But now I always remember it as creepy haha
"I'm hungry." "Let's go into the woods to pick strawberries." "How'll we get home?" "We'll drop breadcrumbs and follow them back out." Here's a better idea....EAT THE BREAD!
Man, it's amazing to see how much stuff our brain can cling onto, and this blast from my childhood is a sobering example. As much as I appreciate these old obscure cartoons, I can't help but find something ineffably creepy about some of them, this one included.
Richard Canipe Yes, you're right, especially the dancing song at the beginning and end ("With your foot, you tap, tap, tap," etc.). I remember seeing this cartoon on TV when I was a kid, but I don't remember Hansel and Gretel's skins being so dark.
They had to kill the witch before she killed and ate them. It was the only way they could save themselves. Remember the old saying, "self-preservation is the first law of nature." The witch got what was coming to her anyway, especially since she probably did the same things to other children, not to mention the fact that her cottage was made partly from kids she had turned into gingerbread and other sweets. Besides, what did you expect Hansel and Gretel to do, run to the police, or call 911? This is an old fairy tale that was written long before those things even existed! In those days, it was every person for himself or herself. People had to rely on their own wits to survive. Also, Hansel and Gretel and their parents, like a lot of people at that time, lived out in the middle of the forest, which means they were obviously miles and miles away from the nearest authorities (which would probably be the King and his soldiers, or the High Sheriff, who was probably as corrupt as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the stories about Robin Hood). As for the way they "cleaned out her house," by which you're apparently referring to the "food and precious things" that Hansel, Gretel, and the other children had brought home from the witch's home, how do you know that the witch herself didn't steal those things from other people, perhaps from the parents of the other kids, and that they weren't simply taking back what was rightfully theirs? In any case, the witch was dead, so she obviously couldn't stop them -- unless you expected someone to report them to the ACLU, or to sue them for violating the dead witch's constitutional rights? You can't always judge things from the past by modern day standards, not even beloved fairy tales. So, just sit back and enjoy the story. Is that too much to ask for?
My mom used to buy me Mel-O-Toons movies in the late 80's on VHS. I was born in 1980 and I still love Mel-O-Toons! They also always creeped me out but I couldn't stop watching. Makes me wanna show them to my 5-year-old son now! Bwahahahaaa!!
Yes!!!! We grew up watching these and they're so eerie but give me such good nostalgia so it feels good watching them again.🥰🥰🥰
Yep. Some of those clips gave me slight anxiety
Born in '87 and I watched this vhs more times than I can count. Love it.
weird together made it popular
#SaveTVNZU
90’s baby and loved it too!
Me too!
Born in 2001 and I still watched this on VHS lol
This was sooo scary to me as a child still gives me goosebumps
I was born in 04 but i would watch this all the time as a kid
I used to have this on VHS!! MEMORIES!!!
Me, too
I'm 24 now, but I never forget old random cartoon VHS tapes I had as a kid. This was an absolute favorite of mine! But now I always remember it as creepy haha
wow I'm 25 and I love this cartoon
For some reason, 4:12-4:20 scared me so much as a kid.
I see her piercing eyes in my nightmares
For me it was the “Peter and the wolf” Mel-O-Toons. That stupid wolf haunted me for years!
Those hands!
I was born in 96 and still remember watching this almost everyday lol
Cartoons back then used to be super-abstract in terms of animation, and this is one of those examples.
I was born in 2000 and I watched this as a kid.. and I'm forever grateful
Thanks for the upload! I had this on tape when I was little
"I'm hungry."
"Let's go into the woods to pick strawberries."
"How'll we get home?"
"We'll drop breadcrumbs and follow them back out."
Here's a better idea....EAT THE BREAD!
draconiclady0610 It's a fairy tale. It's not supposed to be realistic.
OMG y am I just thinking of that lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣
You just ruined my childhood! lol
Man, it's amazing to see how much stuff our brain can cling onto, and this blast from my childhood is a sobering example. As much as I appreciate these old obscure cartoons, I can't help but find something ineffably creepy about some of them, this one included.
yeah and the animation quality is rather terrible. It makes Thundarr: the Barbarian look 3-D!
well the animation reminds me of UPA that work on Mr. Magoo and Gerald Mcboing Boing!
I remember this from when I was 3 years old. The fact that I found it again is nothing short of a miracle
Eric van Wageningen Hey, we can't all be like Walt Disney.
Omg this took me way back when I was like 5 I use to watch this everyday.
I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON MY VSH TAPPEEE!!!! THE MEMORIES!!!
I would always watch this at my gramma's house when I was a little kid. This video is so nostalgic
Thank you so much for uploading this.. My gosh the memories.. I've watched this god knows how many times with my brother growing up 💞💞💞
I was born in '86 and ironically this was our first ever VHS tape.
HOCUS POCUS
BONUS JOKUS
MANUS NOKUS
HOCUS POCUUSSS!!!
I wish I was as happy as Gretel lol
oh i remember this as a toddler
it's the same music that was from the Hansel and Gretel opera!
Richard Canipe Yes, you're right, especially the dancing song at the beginning and end ("With your foot, you tap, tap, tap," etc.).
I remember seeing this cartoon on TV when I was a kid, but I don't remember Hansel and Gretel's skins being so dark.
it's nice to find others who know about the opera ^_^
I saw this as a kid along with the Pinocchio cartoon
Originally issued as a "Bluebird" "45"/"78" recording in 1954. Adapted By Martin Weldon and Norman Leyden. Conducted by Harry Sosnik.
these used to be shown on Garfield Goose back in the early 60s.
Mel-O-Toons
Mann! I always found this cartton episode creepy it gave me anxiety lol.
Didn't know that New World Pictures made cartoons!
That was a different company.
Mel o toons first episode was made in 1960
Oh so they killed her and cleaned out her house moral of the story eat before you leave the house🍽
They had to kill the witch before she killed and ate them. It was the only way they could save themselves. Remember the old saying, "self-preservation is the first law of nature."
The witch got what was coming to her anyway, especially since she probably did the same things to other children, not to mention the fact that her cottage was made partly from kids she had turned into gingerbread and other sweets.
Besides, what did you expect Hansel and Gretel to do, run to the police, or call 911? This is an old fairy tale that was written long before those things even existed! In those days, it was every person for himself or herself. People had to rely on their own wits to survive. Also, Hansel and Gretel and their parents, like a lot of people at that time, lived out in the middle of the forest, which means they were obviously miles and miles away from the nearest authorities (which would probably be the King and his soldiers, or the High Sheriff, who was probably as corrupt as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the stories about Robin Hood).
As for the way they "cleaned out her house," by which you're apparently referring to the "food and precious things" that Hansel, Gretel, and the other children had brought home from the witch's home, how do you know that the witch herself didn't steal those things from other people, perhaps from the parents of the other kids, and that they weren't simply taking back what was rightfully theirs? In any case, the witch was dead, so she obviously couldn't stop them -- unless you expected someone to report them to the ACLU, or to sue them for violating the dead witch's constitutional rights?
You can't always judge things from the past by modern day standards, not even beloved fairy tales. So, just sit back and enjoy the story. Is that too much to ask for?
do you have little johnny everything
I jus found it I have a playlist with all of them
I want to buy threes for my kids and I can't find the mel o tunes series anywhere
*these
Was this the first female that narrated Mel O Toons
Sanitised version,,
I am a beautiful person.