😮 I worked at a major retailer for the Christmas season right after graduating high school. It just happened to be the greatest year for a mix of Christmas songs at the end of the 20th Century. I loved it!
@@Nacho-Mamma Funny, I see it right now on Amazon and could have it delivered TUESDAY, if I didn't already own it. You MAGA sheep are so pathetic. You can't help yourselves, huh? You just HAVE to spew racism and hatred even at a beloved, holiday cartoon. smfh
I am honestly baffled that Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol hasn’t been adapted to the stage. One, it’s about Mr. Magoo being in a Broadway production. Two, it’s got songs like this. Three, they got JULE STYNE!!!
For a cartoon this had some amazing songs. “I’m all alone in the world” can bring this 66 year old guy to tears. Plus after all these decades I still remember the hilarious disembodied mouths of the thieves with its clever rhymes
I just saw the live show of this in NYC. This number was done JUST like the cartoon(the actors even looked like the characters, save old Joe, who was a bit too young and handsome but had the character down) and it completely brought down the house. They even showed the mouths going 'la' projected on the wall behind the actors.
I'd just love to thank everyone involved in making some of my most favorite childhood memories, all of the unappreciated cartoon masters who never get the great recognition they all truly deserve. We never realized just how much work and how many people it takes to bring one of these shorts to life, amazingly talented people😊❤
That undertaker might be nasty, but he has the best singing in this. Figures he has flowers to throw during the song. And what is with that eyebrow wiggle?
Back in the mid 60's I got a 5" tape recorder for Christmas. This is the first thing I recorded off the TV. Even thought there was no video.. I enjoyed the music more and more upon each listening. This piece of history disappeared from my life for over twenty years or more until I found a copy available on VHS.. which I bought. Although my VHS system is no longer set up.. thanks to people like you, I am STILL able to get at least one more view and listen to my favorite christmas carol.
Clearly this is exactly what Charles Dickens had in mind when he wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL. (To be fair, I actually love this cartoon, and it’s probably my favorite CHRISTMAS CAROL.)
Actually, the short one in the hat is not a man. She is the Laundress. The green robed woman is the Charwoman, the tall man is the Undertaker, and the old man wearing an eye patch is the Buyer, or Old Joe.
Mrs. Dilber is the laundress: "What odds, then, what odds, Mrs. Dilber?" said the woman [charwoman]. "Every person has a right to take care of themselves!" "That's true, indeed!" said the laundress [Mrs. Dilber]. "No man more so."
I haven’t seen this since I was ten or so. It’s too bad that people don’t appreciate it. If nothing else this song taught me the word reprehensible and I added it to my collection. We visited relatives every Sunday after church and I was to bring Uncle Leo a new vocabulary word.
Then it’s lucky I’m not nobody, this movie has touched my heart because me and my family loved this movie. Except for my dad who didn’t like Christmas. But other than that it means a lot to me. My mom loved it when she was a kid too.
I know this is from 60 years ago, but let this still serve as a gentle reminder to us all that there are people out there waiting for the chance to steal our ticky tocks
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was on TV in November on Freeform I believe. This scene and the whole Ghost of Christmas Present was cut out. Seriously. Do we need that many ads in a TV show? Talk about despicable!
I played Scrooge in the 7th grade/had memorized all the parts. Went home and watched this Mr Magoo version & asked my Momma about it.She excplained what it was about and it was only then that I understood the meaning
When it was free your greed is taking away from the reason why my heart beats inside of me love is the greatest gift of life and memories of the days when I see will have a heart this Christmas
And Burgermeister Meisterburger, the traffic cop from frosty ⛄️, the 3 wise men, Ali, & Aaron's father (from the little drummer boy), Boris Badenov (… Rocky & Bullwinckle), and hundreds of others.
Recorded this on VHS from wpix 11 about 40 years ago, and it had this song, the most memorable of the show. I watched the movie repeatedly, mostly for this song. I'm thinking that if he knew about it, Dickens could have skipped Christmases Past and Present, and turned Scrooge with this one song.
There's an even more subtle, disturbing element to this scene, not just in this movie, but in most versions of 'A Christmas Carol': This scene takes place on Christmas Day. Early in the story, Scrooge of course made clear his contempt for Christmas and even seeing others celebrate it. In witnessing these greedy, callous scavengers only concerned with what they can personally gain and profit off of a man's death in any way they possibly can, we get a tiny little glimpse into what a world without the Christmas spirit (The sort of world Scrooge seemed to desire at the beginning) could look like.
* Calvin Questa (Steve Brentwood) as Old Joe * Lorna (Ulyssa in Mythland) as the Charwoman * Tabitha Fuller (Nestor in New York) as the Laundress * Captain Harrison Picaroon (Cyril Crawford) as the Undertaker
WE'RE DESPICABLE ("PLUNDERER'S MARCH") We're despicable. We make ourselves Plain sickable. Berate ourselves, Hate ourselves Viciously; Still none us of wishes he Would change. We're slick and shifty birds, With fingers quick As fifty birds. While stealing your purse Or your ticky-tock Just for a kick we knock You flat! La...la... La-la-la-la-la... La...la... La-la-la-la-la... La...la... La-la-la-la-la.... We're just blankety-blank-blank No good! We're not tea party blokes, No chitty-chat Or artichokes. We're twice as blood-thirsty As cannibules, And wilder than animules Are we! We're reprehensible. We'll steal your pen And pencible! Then sneer at you, Leer at you Naughtily, And really we ought to be In jail! La...la... La-la-la-la-la.... La...la... La-la-la-la-la.... La...la... La-la-la-la-la... We're just blankety-blank-blank All bad!
As a symbolic rejection of high society: 🎵 We're not tea party blokes, Chitty chat, and arty-chokes...🎵 They're 🎵...just blankety, blank-blank, No Good!🎵 *Bonk!*
after working in retail as a teenager, this is probably the only christmas song in the universe that doesn’t send me into a blind rage
Why did this comment make me laugh my ass off??????!!!
Ugh… then people wonder why I’m a Halloween person
@@hexmaniac6810 Songs in retail stores turn you off to the entire holiday?
@@spencerfrankclayton4348 im also a former jew
😮 I worked at a major retailer for the Christmas season right after graduating high school. It just happened to be the greatest year for a mix of Christmas songs at the end of the 20th Century. I loved it!
One of the most underrated Villain Songs around.
And it sounds like You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
@@shanenickell4559 Four years before How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
The "la la" part gets me and my dad everytime! 😆 (their giant mouths)
Who would ever think to rhyme "naughtily" with "ought to be"? Pure genius!
lol
What about "despicable" with "pencible"
@@jameswells8760 Actually, it's "reprehensible"with "pencible."
@@rickeuler5792 Not to mention "cannibules" and "animules." (Though I just did...)
After the emotional earlier tunes this was great comic relief.
Magoo's Christmas Carol is one the best cartoon musicals of all time. It's a shame it's so hard to find online or on TV.
Buy the DVD or Blu-ray.
It’s hard to find because it’s too wholesome! There’s no woke gay blm bull, so it’s cancelled!
@@Nacho-Mamma cry harder
I heard networks were pressured bc people thought the Magoo character ridiculed blind people. But I did a search and I think they air it now.
@@Nacho-Mamma Funny, I see it right now on Amazon and could have it delivered TUESDAY, if I didn't already own it. You MAGA sheep are so pathetic. You can't help yourselves, huh? You just HAVE to spew racism and hatred even at a beloved, holiday cartoon. smfh
I mean, one of the best Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol songs ever.
I am honestly baffled that Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol hasn’t been adapted to the stage.
One, it’s about Mr. Magoo being in a Broadway production.
Two, it’s got songs like this.
Three, they got JULE STYNE!!!
ua-cam.com/video/8rQXR9Xf3is/v-deo.html there was something close to that a few years ago
For a cartoon this had some amazing songs. “I’m all alone in the world” can bring this 66 year old guy to tears. Plus after all these decades I still remember the hilarious disembodied mouths of the thieves with its clever rhymes
It actually has been done on stage. Check youtube videos on here.
What makes you think it's never been adapted to the stage?
"We'll steal your pen and PENCIBLE!"
Greatest cartoon Christmas song of all time just for that one ridiculous line!
What about “cannibules” or “animules”? Those are good too!
@@allister-malister9179, along with "chitty-chat" and "ticky-tock!"
Hands down the best song in the special. Period, end of story.
"We'll sneer at you, leer at you, naughtily". LOL!!
I always loved that part as a kid and still do to this day. Thank you animators!
If you’re curious, Gerald Baldwin animated this entire sequence.
I've always loved the part about stealing "your tickey tock" 🤣
I quote this song all year long
Mine was, "We'll steal your pen and pencible!"
@@jenniferann7212 That's a great line in an altogether fantastic song!
"We're reprehensible...we'll steal your pen...and penci-bule!" LOVE IT
Me too!!😂
Magoo's is one of the best versions of A Christmas Carol!
facts. not opinion, fact
The tossing of the flowers at 01:47 makes me laugh every time.
Came here to say that!!
I loved Magoo's Christmas Carol as a boy, and this was my favorite. These four are a riot.
I just saw the live show of this in NYC. This number was done JUST like the cartoon(the actors even looked like the characters, save old Joe, who was a bit too young and handsome but had the character down) and it completely brought down the house. They even showed the mouths going 'la' projected on the wall behind the actors.
Ha! How was the rest of the show?
The guy playing Mr. M was a little too effete, but everyone else did a great job.
They did a live version of MMCC in New York???? Did they add anything to it (ie. bring back the nephew)?
Wait WHAT this had a stage show???? Omg
I'd just love to thank everyone involved in making some of my most favorite childhood memories, all of the unappreciated cartoon masters who never get the great recognition they all truly deserve. We never realized just how much work and how many people it takes to bring one of these shorts to life, amazingly talented people😊❤
That undertaker might be nasty, but he has the best singing in this. Figures he has flowers to throw during the song. And what is with that eyebrow wiggle?
That's his leer.
Paul Frees had a great voice
@@MaskedMan66 You're everywhere. :/
@@spencerfrankclayton4348 Me and Dr. K!
I like the part where the undertaker smashes Mrs Dilbert flat in this song. It's hilarious!
RIP 🪦 Jim Backus
I remember absolutely SCREAMING the lalalala part with my brothers.
Kills me when he starts throwing flowers around lol
Classic.
Back in the mid 60's I got a 5" tape recorder for Christmas. This is the first thing I recorded off the TV. Even thought there was no video.. I enjoyed the music more and more upon each listening. This piece of history disappeared from my life for over twenty years or more until I found a copy available on VHS.. which I bought. Although my VHS system is no longer set up.. thanks to people like you, I am STILL able to get at least one more view and listen to my favorite christmas carol.
Clearly this is exactly what Charles Dickens had in mind when he wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL. (To be fair, I actually love this cartoon, and it’s probably my favorite CHRISTMAS CAROL.)
He would've loved this adaptation.
Actually, the short one in the hat is not a man. She is the Laundress. The green robed woman is the Charwoman, the tall man is the Undertaker, and the old man wearing an eye patch is the Buyer, or Old Joe.
Correct; the Laundress's name is Mrs. Dilber.
Mrs. Dilber is the laundress:
"What odds, then, what odds, Mrs. Dilber?" said the woman [charwoman]. "Every person has a right to take care of themselves!"
"That's true, indeed!" said the laundress [Mrs. Dilber]. "No man more so."
The Charwoman looks like a real haggy old witch...
This was my childhood. Also I love “pencibule”
I haven’t seen this since I was ten or so. It’s too bad that people don’t appreciate it. If nothing else this song taught me the word reprehensible and I added it to my collection. We visited relatives every Sunday after church and I was to bring Uncle Leo a new vocabulary word.
Then it’s lucky I’m not nobody, this movie has touched my heart because me and my family loved this movie. Except for my dad who didn’t like Christmas. But other than that it means a lot to me. My mom loved it when she was a kid too.
I grew up with this on my Christmas tape. I'm now 40 and me and my son watch it every year. Nothing beats the the old stuff.
“...We’ll steal your pen...and pensible!” Hahahaha
@@drrmdjr If I remember correctly the songs were composed by Jule Styne who wrote the landmark musical Gypsy.
I know this is from 60 years ago, but let this still serve as a gentle reminder to us all that there are people out there waiting for the chance to steal our ticky tocks
Love how the little one's hat is stuck on her through most of the song so she can only do the chorus.
😆😅
She gets the least money, and gets knocked about on the noggin throughout the song
villainous looks good
It’s times like this I asked myself “why do villains get all the cool scenes?”
1:56--They're just plinkety-plank-plonk...ALL BAD!!!
I think that's blankety-blank-blank. You know, swearing, bad boys and girls that they are. :)
@@healthservethe "plinkety-plank-plonk" was how the laundress was getting hit on the head with a hammer during that part, thank you very much.
Aw, but it's fun being a tea party bloke, chitty-chat and 'earty jokes... and NOT, too! 😆
Classic....Sung by Paul Frees, Laura Olsher and Joan Gardner.
Eh? So was it Laura or Joan who sang for Old Joe? 'Cause that wasn't Frees, even though he did Joe's dialogue.
Morey Amsterdam did the guy with the eye patch
@@1mespud The singing voice?
@@MaskedMan66 Yep..
@@1mespud I wonder why he didn't do the dialogue. Great info, though! Thanks!
*The most efficient criminals of all time*
Not really; anybody can rob a dead man.
Especially the Grinch? Because this song sounds like You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Except for Mrs. Dilber, the laundress; she only gets a few pence, and then the others have probably snatched them, bonking her on the noggin
🎵 La, la, la-la, la-la, laa,
*shave and a haircut tune* We're... just, blankety, blank-blank, NO GOOD!🎵
It seems fitting that the Undertaker has the same voice actor as the Ghost Host at Disney's Haunted Mansion!
Aw that’s really cool!
Paul Frees!
Corporations in a nutshell:
Hitting on heads with a hammer? Ouch!
Actually it’s a mallet
@@guntherthequizmaster9515 Right; a hammer wouldn't be big enough.
Why are the villain songs so much better?!?!
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was on TV in November on Freeform I believe. This scene and the whole Ghost of Christmas Present was cut out. Seriously. Do we need that many ads in a TV show? Talk about despicable!
“Cheap filler”, my foot! This is one of the most memorable sequences in the whole special!
My brothers favorite song! We watch this every Christmas Eve! Love this movie it's a classic!
Worlds first rap lyrics....😅😆😁
I love this song!!! I wish we had done it in my old band!!!
Magoo's Carol? Got a copy on DVD, so it's mine forever. Great show!
We're just clankity clank clank NO GOOD!!!LOL
We're rep ree hensible!!We'll steal your pen...and pencible! Ha! Love how they worked in the rhyme!
I thought it was blankity blank, like censored
Blankety blankity blank blank means censored, so they were implying that they said some vulgar profanity
I played Scrooge in the 7th grade/had memorized all the parts. Went home and watched this Mr Magoo version & asked my Momma about it.She excplained what it was about and it was only then that I understood the meaning
This would make a great Broadway stage adaption since the fact that the events of the movie are a stage musical itself
It was performed live twice as benefits for the Actors' Fund.
There are people who have done it live. There's a sixth grade chorus on here that did it.
There are multiple musical versions of "A Christmas Carol," and I know of one stage production that uses music from all of them.
I was listening to blood (hidden track) by my chemical romance and for some reason immediately thought of this
Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff,
Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff,
Blood, blood, gallons of the stuff,
It's just blankity-blank-blank--all red
When it was free your greed is taking away from the reason why my heart beats inside of me love is the greatest gift of life and memories of the days when I see will have a heart this Christmas
Ah look… It’s the government
The voice actor for the tall guy is also the Ghost Host at Disneys Haunted Mansion
Because it's Paul Frees!
And Burgermeister Meisterburger, the traffic cop from frosty ⛄️, the 3 wise men, Ali, & Aaron's father (from the little drummer boy),
Boris Badenov (… Rocky & Bullwinckle), and hundreds of others.
Boy this really brings back memories! My family used to watch this as a transitional Christmas treat! 😊
One of the most underrated villain somgs
I try to watch this every year. Best Christmas special ever.
Recorded this on VHS from wpix 11 about 40 years ago, and it had this song, the most memorable of the show. I watched the movie repeatedly, mostly for this song.
I'm thinking that if he knew about it, Dickens could have skipped Christmases Past and Present, and turned Scrooge with this one song.
This was cut from the syndicated version for decades. No idea why.
My ALL TIME Favorite of Christmas Carol shows
My favorite 😍 song 🎶 and movie as a kid during the sixties 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Greatest Christmas song ever.
There's an even more subtle, disturbing element to this scene, not just in this movie, but in most versions of 'A Christmas Carol':
This scene takes place on Christmas Day.
Early in the story, Scrooge of course made clear his contempt for Christmas and even seeing others celebrate it.
In witnessing these greedy, callous scavengers only concerned with what they can personally gain and profit off of a man's death in any way they possibly can, we get a tiny little glimpse into what a world without the Christmas spirit (The sort of world Scrooge seemed to desire at the beginning) could look like.
This is probably the only version of A Christmas Carol where these characters actually get a song.
Jule Styne was one if the great song writers. As good as anything on broadway. Its actual title is "Plunderers March".
I remember this. For some reason I thought they were green.
They’re somewhere between a yellow-green hue
As sad as it is to say, this song is very true. There are people who chose evil, greed, and darkness. Evil does exist, and this song is the proof.
This really cracks me up, and I can't stop laughing.
This song explains what Donald Duck always was to Mickey Mouse
give it some time this is will trend on tiktok with the whole musical I’m sure
I Love this Song
k- but why is this so catchy tho?
I remember this lol funny
Sent this to all trump supporters in my family
This is Awesome.
1:36 bri ish petah grififn
the diamond dogs would sing this.
As in David Bowie?
Way cool
My favorite song from the movie
Same
* Calvin Questa (Steve Brentwood) as Old Joe
* Lorna (Ulyssa in Mythland) as the Charwoman
* Tabitha Fuller (Nestor in New York) as the Laundress
* Captain Harrison Picaroon (Cyril Crawford) as the Undertaker
I love this song so much!!
This is a very fun song
I love this song
Same
WE'RE DESPICABLE ("PLUNDERER'S MARCH")
We're despicable.
We make ourselves
Plain sickable.
Berate ourselves,
Hate ourselves
Viciously;
Still none us of wishes he
Would change.
We're slick and shifty birds,
With fingers quick
As fifty birds.
While stealing your purse
Or your ticky-tock
Just for a kick we knock
You flat!
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la...
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la...
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la....
We're just blankety-blank-blank
No good!
We're not tea party blokes,
No chitty-chat
Or artichokes.
We're twice as blood-thirsty
As cannibules,
And wilder than animules
Are we!
We're reprehensible.
We'll steal your pen
And pencible!
Then sneer at you,
Leer at you
Naughtily,
And really we ought to be
In jail!
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la....
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la....
La...la...
La-la-la-la-la...
We're just blankety-blank-blank
All bad!
Being that we're in the Dickens Universe, i always figured this bunch had to be associates of Fagin & Sikes
I heard the Hanna-Barbera "BONK" when the little man is knocked out with a hammer.
That's not a man, that's Mrs. Dilber.
@@MaskedMan66 That reminds me of the old joke, "That's no lady, that's my wife".
@@rmazzella5303 I say, I say, I say! I don't wish to know that! Kindly leave the stage!
That BONK! sound effect originated at Disney.
Love it ...LOL!!! :-D
Crazy good, funny, and often overlooked...
Directed by Abe Levitow.
I WISH I COULD WATCH THIS MOVIE AGAIN BUT ITS ONLY ON PEACOCK-
why did the dude pour his tea on the plate?
As a symbolic rejection of high society:
🎵 We're not tea party blokes, Chitty chat, and arty-chokes...🎵
They're 🎵...just blankety, blank-blank, No Good!🎵 *Bonk!*
I watched the whole movie the other day and the skipped this part.
Why does nobody cosplay/mouth the words to this?
Love this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊
i guess they are no good
0:52
This whole sequence was edited out of Freeform's airing of the special this morning.
Well, that sucked! This song was awesome
0:51
Fabulous!!!
Pencible.
Full stop.
cardi b and offset.
Lol
Beep
the best