I was 8 years old living at a children's home in 1984. Someone dropped off old toys that needed a new home. All I wanted was the record player and THESE books!! Some of my best days has a child was spent day dreaming in front of a hollie hobby record player!!
God Bless you... and these are great... my uncle got me all the Disney read alongs and when you turned over the cassettes you get to play the main character. I love them all. They still have them to this day.
This is awesome. Thank you. I was describing this to my kiddos and started singing "Zipidee Do Da" afterwards. My son asked why I was singing, and I said that I remembered it always coming at the end of the story. I haven't heard this thing in more than 30 years, and it's just as I remember it, including the scratched record.
This is very similar to an African story called "Anansi, the African Spider Man" where Anansi tries to capture a fairy by making a gum baby and setting it on the road with yams in front of it and the fairy asks the gum baby for some yams and she eats them and thanks the gum baby, but it says nothing and she asks why it didn't say anything and threatens to hit it if it didn't answer and she hits it, but her hand sticks to it and she hits it with her other hand and it gets stuck too and she pushes against the gum baby with her feet, but they get stuck too and Anansi succeeds in capturing the fairy.
Some quotes form reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad brought me here! I remembered “tar baby” from elementary school but I didn’t pay attention or get the lesson. I’m 20 years old & I’ve learned the lesson(s) in this children’s book today
My grandparents have this tape at their house. I used to listen to it every time we visited and I would sing zippity doo da with my grandpa. Good times :)
Omg had this and loved playing it on my Fisher Price cassette player totally loved this story. It's the giggles that brings back memories KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW ❤
Awesome video! Thanks for the upload! Song of the South was the first movie that I ever saw in a theatre and I also had this same book as a child. Brings back the memories.
I have the original first edition storybook by the original writer. It's AMAZING and they were stories from a slave and they were remembered and put into books. The story behind the books are AMAZING!! I absolutely LOVE all these beautiful stories ♡♡
I have this on cassette which I got it at a yard sale along with other cassettes on some VHS tapes. I still need to find this on vinyl with the book. Thank's for uploading this I will post this soon when I find the book and record.
I loved this book when I was a kid listening to it on my great grandmothers "hi-fi"! Didn't realize how physical it was back then though! Brer rabbit smacked the s#%t out of the tar baby and bear wanting to put a mugging on rabbit! Lol!
When I was little, this story scared me. I was only scared because of the part where the rabbit gets stuck in the tar to where he can’t move and can barely open his eyes. It was even worse that I didn’t finish the story because I was too scared, so I assumed he died.
I hear there is a group of people going to stand in front of Splash Mountain at Disneyland on the day it reopens as the Princess and the Frog ride to sing Zip-a -dee-do-da in protest of the change.
OMG, I had this too!! I immediately had to search through and find Brer Bear saying "Let's just smack him in the head!" which became an in joke with me for a while.
I have this same book and record. Thanks for recording it. I saw the story through a child's eyes. Didn't know nothing about race. I miss those days when I didn't.
I'd almost completely forgotten how many of these books I saw, heard and read till I heard the chimes ring like this. Trippy. The book does not do justice to how scary Brer Bear is in the cartoon, though!
I used to listen to this growing up. The Amos n Andy style of line delivery boggles my mind as I'm listening to it now. Until the age of ten, I thought all black people talked like the Kingfish.
I remember having this "Golden Book" when I was 6 or 7. Being born in '52, that would have meant that book was made sometime in the '50's. It's an old story.
+Michael Solano Looking at the list at the end, I also know for sure I had Peter and the Wolf and Pete's Dragon...who knows how many others. Great memories! Ah to be 4 years old again!!
heheheh looks like brer rabbit got in a fit with a grimer heheheh I love this record a lot I got a copy of it myself much scratchier though just love hearing it scratchy
+reddiamondxiv lol, awww geez, I had forgotten about that! You know, on the one hand, I really miss the creative freedom the arts had back in the day, on the other hand, nothing too good usually comes from 'baby face punching.' I guess it was ok, though - this story was intended for an audience of very small children, and they're typically not very impressionable...
This is NOT racist. If you have a problem with it then perhaps YOU are racist. This is a classic. Song of the South was awesome. I wish I had a grandfather as nice as that Uncle Remus!
Agreed. I just don’t know how people can find racism in this. If anything, this story taught me some wonderful lessons as a kid, such as not letting your anger get the best of you, and that no matter how desperate things may seem, you often can still find a way out if you use your head and look for opportunities.
I was born in the early sixty I watched the whole movie on tv until it was banded, thanks to the NAACP that said it was racist it showed slavery. This was one of the best movie Disney ever produce. 🐸🐰🐝🇺🇸
Also the theme is, leave people the hell alone if they choose not to not acknowledge you :P 'Cause it has nothing to do with being eaten - nobody is gonna dress up an animal in tar before cooking it as it would be inedible anyway lol :P
Well, the design of the cover at least dates back to 1971. This particular cover, with the record peaking out from behind the book, was released in 1977.
Yeah, there are quite a few differences in the wording between the original cartoon and the later books. I can't understand the reasoning behind most of them. In the cartoon, Brer Fox and Bear also talk about hanging, skinning and beheading Brer Rabbit in some detail. I get how that may have been "unsuitable" for children.
It's actually born and BRED in the briar patch. But yeah, I was raised on this version, too. I guess it wasn't cool to mention breeding around kids by then. "Bred" has a better lyrical beat to it, I find. Check out the cartoon if you haven't yet, and judge for yourself.
This was awesome! I had this when I was a kid and I felt like a kid again sitting here listening to it. Thanks for the trip back in time!
I was 8 years old living at a children's home in 1984. Someone dropped off old toys that needed a new home. All I wanted was the record player and THESE books!! Some of my best days has a child was spent day dreaming in front of a hollie hobby record player!!
God Bless you... and these are great... my uncle got me all the Disney read alongs and when you turned over the cassettes you get to play the main character. I love them all. They still have them to this day.
Joyel, I hope life has treated you kindly and you've had many wishes come true 💜
I had this as a child and LOVED it. Thank you for sharing!
The girls hv this movie. Air live it
So did I! I can’t believe this video exists.
@Ryder Balay Google the definition of the term, it's a metaphor for a sticky situation that's hard to get out of.
I used to listen to the story when I was a kid too and I loved it
I did too! 😢
I imagine a LOT of kids listened to Disney's read-along records on Fisher Price record players!
nothing beats it i had the micky mouse doll this was back when imagination wasnt just a thing of the past
This is awesome. Thank you. I was describing this to my kiddos and started singing "Zipidee Do Da" afterwards. My son asked why I was singing, and I said that I remembered it always coming at the end of the story. I haven't heard this thing in more than 30 years, and it's just as I remember it, including the scratched record.
My daddy told me Brer Rabbit stories every damn night as a kid. I absolutely LOVED IT. I'm grown now, and I miss those moments.
This is very similar to an African story called "Anansi, the African Spider Man" where Anansi tries to capture a fairy by making a gum baby and setting it on the road with yams in front of it and the fairy asks the gum baby for some yams and she eats them and thanks the gum baby, but it says nothing and she asks why it didn't say anything and threatens to hit it if it didn't answer and she hits it, but her hand sticks to it and she hits it with her other hand and it gets stuck too and she pushes against the gum baby with her feet, but they get stuck too and Anansi succeeds in capturing the fairy.
Dang! This really brings me back. I had this book and tape and I'd listen to it all the time with my brother when I was a kid
Some quotes form reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad brought me here! I remembered “tar baby” from elementary school but I didn’t pay attention or get the lesson. I’m 20 years old & I’ve learned the lesson(s) in this children’s book today
Alyssa’s Advice same reason I’m here lol
I read this ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!! I recently saw something about Brer Rabbit and instantly thought of this. My fiancée has never heard of this book.
My grandparents have this tape at their house. I used to listen to it every time we visited and I would sing zippity doo da with my grandpa. Good times :)
I had this story too, Br'er Rabbit is an underrated Disney character and Splash Mountain is the best Disneyland ride :)
OMG! I remember this! I LOVED IT! I had the flip open player with the orange turntable!!!
ME TOO!!!!! this is awesome, great work!
Takes me back. Loved it.
The skip in the record is hilarious!
Love it !!
Loved Brer Rabbit , we read them at school 👍🏻
These were cool, I had this story and record, it was one of my favorites!
Omg had this and loved playing it on my Fisher Price cassette player totally loved this story. It's the giggles that brings back memories KIDS TODAY WILL NEVER KNOW ❤
This brings me back to my childhood. I had this record and book to follow as a child...thank you!
I used to have this. I remember listening to this with my Dad. Thank you so much for the memories.
Awesome video! Thanks for the upload! Song of the South was the first movie that I ever saw in a theatre and I also had this same book as a child. Brings back the memories.
Brings back great childhood memories. My favorite childhood story!
My pops used to read me this story before I went to bed.
I just took a step back to my childhood! Thanks for sharing.
The stories are much older than the Disney movie.
Well, no kidding!
I have the original first edition storybook by the original writer. It's AMAZING and they were stories from a slave and they were remembered and put into books. The story behind the books are AMAZING!! I absolutely LOVE all these beautiful stories ♡♡
Thanks for posting this - I loved this record when I was kid!
I have this on cassette which I got it at a yard sale along with other cassettes on some VHS tapes. I still need to find this on vinyl with the book. Thank's for uploading this I will post this soon when I find the book and record.
I loved this book when I was a kid listening to it on my great grandmothers "hi-fi"! Didn't realize how physical it was back then though! Brer rabbit smacked the s#%t out of the tar baby and bear wanting to put a mugging on rabbit! Lol!
Ah,yes....those chimes!They bring back the memories!
OMG! I remember having this exact same book as a little boy! Thanks for uploading!
When I was little, this story scared me. I was only scared because of the part where the rabbit gets stuck in the tar to where he can’t move and can barely open his eyes. It was even worse that I didn’t finish the story because I was too scared, so I assumed he died.
I remember this book and tape! We had a whole set.
megan white Me too! We've got an entire bag filled with cassette tapes and the books that go along with em.
thanks for this,never thought i'd see it again after all these years!
the last time I heard this i was 5 yrs old i haven't.heard this in over 50yrsi also had the book as i was growing up.i just treated it like a story
Loved this as a kid. Thanks for uploading! :)
I hear there is a group of people going to stand in front of Splash Mountain at Disneyland on the day it reopens as the Princess and the Frog ride to sing Zip-a -dee-do-da in protest of the change.
i havnt read this book since i was a girl..jz had my gkids watch it..they loved it..brings bk so many memories :)
Said Br'er Fox, said Br'er Fox, said Br'er Fox, said Br'er Fox...
Said Br'er Fox, Said Br'er Fox, Said Br'er fox.
what did the fox say?
*"Said Brer Fox" intensifies*
STOP REPEATING!!!
I think brear rabbit is pretty cute for kids of all ages
OMG, I had this too!! I immediately had to search through and find Brer Bear saying "Let's just smack him in the head!" which became an in joke with me for a while.
I have this same book and record. Thanks for recording it. I saw the story through a child's eyes. Didn't know nothing about race. I miss those days when I didn't.
Said Brer Fox, Said Brer Fox, Said Brer Fox.
Thanks for uploading I love it :)
I still have my records ♥️
I remember watching this movie! Memories 😂
My god this brings back memories. Thanks for the upload
Brer Bear reminds me of Baloo from Jungle book.
*S A I D B R E R F O X*
I had this too. Thanks for sharing.
I remember hearing this story in the movie Savannah smiles told by the late Ms Bridgette Anderson
I had the story book with the record...Great memories
I had this in the early 80s
....."absolutely f*%kin fantastic"
I'd almost completely forgotten how many of these books I saw, heard and read till I heard the chimes ring like this. Trippy. The book does not do justice to how scary Brer Bear is in the cartoon, though!
I used to listen to this growing up. The Amos n Andy style of line delivery boggles my mind as I'm listening to it now. Until the age of ten, I thought all black people talked like the Kingfish.
I remember having this "Golden Book" when I was 6 or 7. Being born in '52, that would have meant that book was made sometime in the '50's. It's an old story.
"You're right!" Said Brer Fox
*Said Brer Fox
*Said Brer Fox
That's what the Fox says!
I used to have this storybook and the record (put on tape)!
OMG I had tgis exact same record when I was a kid!
I remember that old chime sound used to indicate the page-turning! I used to have a lot of read-along storybooks-on-tapes like these!
This is why you got to love records they skip instead of glitch like CDs do.
Golly,why don't they release this on DVD? As if I didn't know!
After the first "said Brer Fox", skip to 2:40!
this brings back memories :-)
The narrator sounds like the voice of the animatronic miner at Shell gas station in Cima, CA
I had this!!!
+Michael Solano Looking at the list at the end, I also know for sure I had Peter and the Wolf and Pete's Dragon...who knows how many others. Great memories! Ah to be 4 years old again!!
I had this!!!!! But I think mom took it away a long time ago, good memories!
I will miss this being on splash mountains theme
this book scared the shit out of me as a child
don't smack random babies you find in the forest kids!
heheheh looks like brer rabbit got in a fit with a grimer heheheh I love this record a lot I got a copy of it myself much scratchier though just love hearing it scratchy
Oh this is gonna be great on a specific media sight.
The book Rich Dad Poor Dad brought me here :)
Said brer fox, said brer fox, said brer fox, said brer fox. Who laughed at that?
meee! lol!
Yup....ahhh, memories
That was the record"vinyl" skipping from a scratch or something.
I memember this story from when I was a kid. I learnded how to lie and use reverse sycology.
And punch a baby in the face? lol
+reddiamondxiv lol, awww geez, I had forgotten about that! You know, on the one hand, I really miss the creative freedom the arts had back in the day, on the other hand, nothing too good usually comes from 'baby face punching.' I guess it was ok, though - this story was intended for an audience of very small children, and they're typically not very impressionable...
So what if there was no Song of the South? There’d be no Brer Rabbit, no Splash Mountain, and no Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah!
I remember this!!
Is it so shameful of me to admit I knew about this tale when I was on my late 20's and I read about it in "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" ?
This is NOT racist. If you have a problem with it then perhaps YOU are racist. This is a classic. Song of the South was awesome. I wish I had a grandfather as nice as that Uncle Remus!
Agreed. I just don’t know how people can find racism in this. If anything, this story taught me some wonderful lessons as a kid, such as not letting your anger get the best of you, and that no matter how desperate things may seem, you often can still find a way out if you use your head and look for opportunities.
critterfreek82 .....you do Black people were called Tar Babies as an insult right.....And Uncle Rumas was an slave..
@@dantemiller7193 The story is older than the insult, ya Dingus.
Orange turntable ftw
I had the one for the Haunted Mansion... it was awesome.
Kinda funny. Disney did a movie about a folk tale character that was the inspiration for their cartoon competitor's star character Bugs Bunny.
Beginning at 2:34 'said brer fox' repeated 4 times. I like to repeat it many times like I'm creating a new beat
That's what the Fox says
Song Of The South
I was born in the early sixty I watched the whole movie on tv until it was banded, thanks to the NAACP that said it was racist it showed slavery. This was one of the best movie Disney ever produce. 🐸🐰🐝🇺🇸
holy crap I had this
Also the theme is, leave people the hell alone if they choose not to not acknowledge you :P 'Cause it has nothing to do with being eaten - nobody is gonna dress up an animal in tar before cooking it as it would be inedible anyway lol :P
Well, the design of the cover at least dates back to 1971. This particular cover, with the record peaking out from behind the book, was released in 1977.
Classic 😀👌
This gives me splash mountain vibes
I’m going to see if I can buy this on ebay
Very well done. What software did you use to combine the audio and video and the page turning effect.
I do have Robin Hood. No Haunted Mansion. Perhaps I will put it on here when I have time.
@DELIVEREE I believe the narrator was Uncle Remus(James Baskett)
Yeah, there are quite a few differences in the wording between the original cartoon and the later books. I can't understand the reasoning behind most of them. In the cartoon, Brer Fox and Bear also talk about hanging, skinning and beheading Brer Rabbit in some detail. I get how that may have been "unsuitable" for children.
6:43-big drop on splash mountain
OMG I had this...
It's actually born and BRED in the briar patch. But yeah, I was raised on this version, too. I guess it wasn't cool to mention breeding around kids by then. "Bred" has a better lyrical beat to it, I find. Check out the cartoon if you haven't yet, and judge for yourself.
Narrated by Bob Holt
Such a big guy in the 70's as he was all over then!