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Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Matthew Barber, Karen Dotrice, Glynis Johns, David Tomlinson

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ScarlettMi

Votes for Women!! This movie is how I grew up knowing what a suffragette was by kindergarten.

ScarlettMi

Speaking of LPs, the soundtrack for Mary Poppins was one of the coolest records that I owned (and regularly played on my Fisher Price record player LOL) as a kid. It had a picture imprinted on each side. One of the chimney sweeps and one of Mary & Burt out walking.

Clare Manion

Oh guys! I cannot tell you how excited I am for you to see this — and what a perfect comfort watch after the past few days. (Thank you Seth!) Fun story: So when I was very little (an infant) we lived in southern California, and my dad was a high school band director. Through a series of events, he actually met Robert B. Sherman, one of the guys who wrote the music for Mary Poppins. In his house. Saw all the Grammys and Academy Awards lined up in the living room. Nicest man in the world.

acidnova

I miss my Fisher Price record player! It had Big Bird on it!

acidnova

Yay! I've been waiting for this one ever since you put in on the upcoming movies list! Looking forward to watching your reaction!

streaky

Here in the UK this was on TV every single christmas when I was growing up, it was basically the law you had to have seen it at least 10 times by the time you left school. One of the most classic of classics. Technically an important movie too.. I recall Corridor Crew have done content on the VFX in it. I haven't seen it in like, IDK, must be at least 20 years..

Andy Schreiber

Very excited to watch this later. I may have mentioned this when this title was first added to your list, but this is actually the first movie I remember seeing in the theater. I was probably 7 years old, and thought it was the greatest thing EVER. I saw it at the Grauman's Chinese Theater, and made my parents take me THREE TIMES, I was so obsessed with it. I think it holds up beautifully, and the special effects were cutting edge at the time.

acidnova

Yes, CC did a great video showing the groundbreaking techniques for the animated scenes. Details like being able to see the animation through the gauzy fabric on Mary's hat is truly incredible. I highly recommend people watch how that was done!

acidnova

That's super cool!

Cristy

Thank you, Seth! This is going to be such a fun watch. I'm shocked the guys haven't seen it to be honest.

Erin Mileur

About his accent Dick Van Dyke later said the man who taught him how to do a Cockney accent was actually Irish. When Van Dyke was offered the lead in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang he only agreed to take the part if he didn't have to do an English accent.

Daren

Thank you for watching this movie! I was born in the 70’s but it was absolutely a part of my childhood. I would also suggest watching Saving Mr. Banks as well. It tells the story of how Mary Poppins came about and the challenges in making the movie.

ScarlettMi

Feed the Birds was Walt Disney’s favourite song. He’d call the Sherman brothers to his office every Friday and just tell them to play it and they’d play this on the piano for him and he’d tell them “that’s what it’s all about” and to have a good weekend and he’d do that all the time. It’s a lovely song.

Ben Gilbert

Julie Andrews won an Oscar for this beating out Audrey Hepburn. Some say they gave her the Oscar for being cheated out of the role of Eliza in My Fair Lady which she originated on stage.

Ben Gilbert

You’ve got some more Mary Poppins coming up in Saving Mr. Banks.

Pam Nail

My second favorite Disney song, just behind "When You Wish Upon a Star."

Pam Nail

Audrey Hepburn wasn't even nominated that year. But of course she'd already won hers ten years before for Roman Holiday.

Jonathan

It’s already on their watch list coming up soon

Jonathan

My grandmother who was an interior decorator modeled my room at her house as a toddler after the nursery here. I always wondered why I couldn’t make it clean itself.

Jonathan

Dick van Dykes sitcom only lasted 5 seasons by design because they didn’t want it to get stale. I’m sure it could have gone longer. That was probably the more influential earlier sitcom then I Love Lucy. That show has ties to most sitcoms for the next 20 years so many people started out working on that show.

I🖤Kraken

PL Travers wrote eight Mary Poppins novels. They're all incredibly lovely but also more than a wee bit dark & eerie. In my favorite chapter, she and the children go to visit an ancient shopkeeper at her magical shop and she would SNAP off her fingers to give to the children and they would turn to gingerbread. In another book, on a late night, the children sneak out to follow Mary Poppins on her night off and found her with one of the seven Pleiades sisters up on a ladder, literally painting the stars. Ms. Travers was a genius and it took Walt Disney 20 years and a truckload of money to finally convince her to let him make the movie. Cannot wait for you to watch Saving Mr. Banks.

Clare Manion

I absolutely love how much you guys loved this movie! I don’t know if you recognized her, but Katie Nanna was played by Elsa Lanchester — the nurse in ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ and the original ‘Bride of Frankenstein.’ How cool is that? The dance with the penguin waiters is my absolute favorite. It’s so impossibly charming. Although the chimney sweep sequence is a close second. ‘Feed the Birds’ always makes me want to cry. It’s not about birds at all… to be honest, I always thought it had potential as a protest song. But probably too subtle for that. Lastly, but most importantly, Mr. Banks’ revelation at the end is absolutely everything. His realizing what’s truly important in life elevates the movie so far beyond a children’s classic. And I think that’s why the story has persisted so well in the cultural psyche… Or that’s my hope anyway.

D Gyre

Another classic!

AdamPacio.art

Literally my earliest clear memory from age 4 was going to the movies with my mother to see Mary Poppins when it was out in the early 70s. I remember being very worried that the credits at the beginning of the movie meant the movie was over already and being reassured by my mom that I hadn't missed it yet. When I was 30 I got sent to San Francisco for training on a specialized server we had purchased in the ad agency I was working as a Studio Manager for. While I was there it just happened that the Castro featured Sing Along With Mary Poppins 9pm Movie Night, and that's how I ended up spending my one free night for the training weekend. Then sometime after 40, on a whim while at home alone during a particularly challenging time of life, I flipped on the TV set and caught the opening credits for "Saving Mr. Banks", with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, and I watched it to take my mind off things for a while. I know it's on the schedule for you soon. For me it turned out to be one of those life-affirming cathartic movies with one hell of a backstory and clarifying perspective on the author of the original Mary Poppins books and her story. I'm glad you both enjoyed this. Mary Poppins has always had a way of appearing in my life at ordinary times that herald great positive periods, and I'm hoping you are similar portents of good things to come. Even if not, it was fun to watch the movie through a stranger's eyes. Thanks.

Lisa Lovett

Mary Poppins was the 2nd movie I ever saw in a theater. My dad took me to see Bambi when I was 6 years old in 1964 when it had been rereleased. Then we saw Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins was one of the first movies my dad and I introduced my sons to in the 1980s. My only question is....what was wrong with your parents? lol. I'm just about ready to watch this movie with my grandson. He's 5 years old.

acidnova

I have Mary Poppins on DVD with a bunch of bonus features. It's been a long time since I've seen the extras but there was an interview with Richard Sherman talking about Feed the Birds and mentioned that after Disney died, he was performing the song. I don't remember what event it was for, but as he performed, a bird flew down and stayed for the song and after it was over, flew away. And Sherman had felt like it was Disney himself stopping by to listen to him perform it again. Very sweet.

Matt CN

Great pick whoever picked!

Tara

I love rewatching this - incredible to have been able to do this at 92

Tara

That's why I bought it for them when I saw Mary Poppins on the list :)

Youtalkingtome

I have no idea why my mom never showed me this movie! I'm gunna ask her about that

Youtalkingtome

I've been in a good mood all day. This movie was delightful and will now be a comfort film for me

Youtalkingtome

Mr. Banks' revelation really made the movie. It fills me with so much hope

Youtalkingtome

That is wild! I love that they really went for it in the movie as well

Pam Nail

Highly recommend checking out Corridor Crew's video on how Disney filmed this and several other movies using the sodium vapor light system -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk. One of the more stellar examples is in the Jolly Holiday sequence, where Andrews is wearing a hat with a sheer veil, and you can actually see the background through it!

Pam Nail

I always loved this as a kid, and it was one of those movies like The Wizard of Oz that was on television once a year and everyone would tune in (and once VCRs existed, tape it). But seeing it as an adult and realizing that it's actually about Mr. Banks and not the children hit me hard. And I love the idea that allowing yourself and others to have joy makes everything in your life better -- even the nepo baby banker learns that, and it's why George gets an even better job in the end than the one he lost.

Chemical Em

my favourite line "although we adore men individually, we agree as a group, they're rather stupid" Mrs. Banks sister suffragette

Kathy A

When I met Julie Andrews in 2000, all I could think was “I am standing three feet away from Mary Freakin’ Poppins!!” She was so gracious while I just fangirl burbled at her, and she looked AMAZING.

Juley

I grew up on Mary Poppins and Willy Wonka and The Wizard of Oz. It was a wonderful time to be a kid! Well, except for those damn flying monkeys. They were the stuff of nightmares!

shan

it was so good see a reaction to such a classic musical. these films always hold up so well. since i know it’s on your list you should react to saving mr banks sooner rather than later bc a clear memory of mary poppins will really add to the experience. also fun fact: julie andrews filmed sound of music after this was filmed but before it was released and on the set of sound of music she taught all the kids all the songs from mary poppins during the pauses

Kathy A

Jane Darwell played the Bird Woman. She was a veteran actress, winning for Best Supporting Actress as Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. Due to ill health, she had recently moved into the Motion Picture retirement home when Disney personally came to woo her for the part. On her filming day, he treated her like royalty, starting with a limo bringing her to the set. She died a few years later.

Kathy A

Reginald Owens played Admiral Boom. I knew him best as Scrooge in the first adaptation of A Christmas Carol I ever saw. He is very good in the role, but I do prefer Alastair Sim.

Rachael

Has anyone suggested watching “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” yet? Dick Van Dyke is also in that film. It’s another family musical,though maybe not as popular with others. It’s a personal favorite of mine.

Heather Armantrout

Julie Andrews’s husband did the costumes. Hence why she looks like an angel throughout.

Jamie Morgan

Yeah, growing up with a Cockney dad, I had no idea that Bert was supposed to be Cockney - or even British! - but the movie really wouldn't be the same without him. Also, this is the first time in over 30 years that I've watched the hunt segment with the sound on. We, unfortunately, lived right on a hunting trail before the UK banned it, and our dog HATED the sound of it. Every time that scene came up, I had to mute it and just watch the visuals so she wouldn't panic. Did not know the fox was Irish! I'm surprised there aren't more movies that mix live-action and cartoons. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Space Jam.

Heather

Julie Andrews is just so lovely!

Heather

Also highly, highly recommend The Sound of Music (although I’d be surprised if you haven’t seen it).

Seth Walker

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it! It's a wonderful masterclass in filmmaking from an era where it took true ingenuity to bring these types of fantastic scenarios to life in live action. As much as we can marvel at its technical prowess now I can't even imagine what it must have been like to see it back in the 60s. True next level filmmaking.

Gurdeesh Grewal

Actually I watched all these classic musicals in school in grade 4. My grade 4 teacher loved these musicals so anytime we would have a movie day we watched Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I am so grateful because these movies are classics and most people my age have never even seen them. They just feel so magical and happy but relatable at the same time. Also please watch Saving Mr Banks, it truly helps you understand how such a lighthearted and joyous film can still have a really impactful story and provides some amazing context. I honestly love that film so much!

Cosmic Slice

When people talk about timeless movies, this has to be one of them. This was peak Disney.... it's as close to a perfect family movie as you can get.

danzthename

Mary Poppins came to help the kids sure, but her real goal was to help Mr. Banks. You guys should check out "Saving Mr. Banks" starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson too. It's about the making of the movie, Disney's relationship with the author of the books, P. L. Travers, and the messages in this movie. It's really good and really emotional.

Heather

There is a clip of Julie Andrews on Jimmy Fallon describing how her grandson discovered that she was Mary Poppins. It’s as delightful as you might imagine.

Marla Mize

Wonderful! Watch "Saving Mr. Banks" as a follow up.

acidnova

Bedknobs and Broomsticks also had a section of the movie that mixes animation with live action. They also covered it on the channel. Your story about not having seen a section with sound in many years is delightful (not because your dog was upset!). I think there are a lot of us that have at least one piece of media where we don't have the full experience for one reason or another. Like having a movie on video that was recorded off the tv but didn't hit record in time and missed the first few minutes and so a person'a memory of a movie doesn't include the beginning. Or various other ways. It's always kind of funny that not everyone actually has the same experience even if we've technically watched or listened to the same thing. I love these kinds of stories!

Lisa Klug

Always enjoy the reaction! To help with pinpointing the fashion era for your next film set 100 years ago and further: Skirts down to one's ankles was the fashion before the end of WWI. As a matter of fact, that kind of skirt was the norm for hundreds of years before the 20th century in Western society. The right to vote in the U.S. was ratified in 1920 and younger women made a huge fashion statement about how their time had changed from their mother's and grandmother's. The 1920's was the age of the Flapper. The Flapper horrified society and their mothers by wearing her skirts well above the ankle (even showing knee not by accident!), cutting their hair short, replacing corsets with more elastic girdles and bras, and (gasp!) smoking! There was a gradual paring down of clothing from about 1905 until about 1920 or so until it was normal just to wear underwear and a dress on top like the Flapper and the generations after her. The ladies in this film are wearing somewhat less than their mothers had, but it's still kinda Victorian. Only a few years later, women were wearing even less. It was a shocking and revolutionary time. As you know, this film is set in 1910. So, no Flappers in sight here. We still have the long skirts, long hair, many layers of underwear including pantaloons, petticoats, a shift (for under the corset) a corset, corset cover, then the actual outer dress. This is the one big problem I have with this movie. The Suffragette movement was seen as an inconvenience, not a powerful political statement from women who knew they had very few rights compared to men. Otherwise, it's a fun fantasy. The stars are phenomenal.

Kathy A

The sequel Mary Poppins Returns is actually quite good! The songs aren’t classics like here, but they are catchy. One, simply called “A Conversation,” makes me tear up every time I watch. The actors are all great, including the kids. Several actors you’ll recognize are in the cast.

Allison O

Julie Andrews does star as a flapper in Thoroughly Modern Millie, which is a wonderfully insane movie musical you guys would love.

Allison O

And in her Oscar acceptance speech she thanked Jack Warner (who had refused to cast her in My Fair Lady because she wasn’t famous enough)

Allison O

I always forget if you guys have gotten around to While You Were Sleeping, but Glynis Johns (the suffragette mom) has a hilarious role in that. This and The Sound of Music were my favorite movies as a small child. I watched them both on constant repeat and flatly refused to believe that Mary Poppins and Maria were the same person.

kosmickrab

Mary Poppins was a childhood staple for me and remains so. I was flabbergasted at how you two hadn't seen it before, but glad you have now. I highly recommend looking up behind the scenes on YouTube. One of you wasn't sure what stage experience Dick Van Dyke has had. He was in the Broadway run of Bye, Bye, Birdie and it was actually his big break. He won a Tony award and went on to reprise the role in the feature film. It was from that show that Carl Reiner and Sheldon Leonard considered him for what would become "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

Aubrey Mayes

This is one of those movies where I feel like the magic lost watching as a child vs adult is minimal. This is my all time favorite movie, not for nothing.

Erica

I haven't seen this since I was really little! I enjoyed it overall, definitely remembered the songs! I hate to be "that guy," but i had a moment where i was reminded strongly of how of the times this movie was. When the chimney sweeps were dancing on the roof, and the weird military guys on the roof of the family's house start firing at them, they said something about "a Hottntott invasion," and it really took me out of the movie for a few minutes. The word refers to the Khoekhoe people of southern Africa, and was a name given to them by colonizing Europeans. Basically the guys saw a bunch or dirty men dancing on a roof and assumed it was a group of African people. Yikes. This isn't to say the movie's bad or anything, i really liked it! I just had a moment where i remembered (oh yeah, white English people from the 1910s as portrayed by white people from the 1960s are bound to have some racist tendencies) If anyone wants to learn more about it, here is the Wikipedia entry! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hottentot_%28racial_term%29?wprov=sfla1

Erica

Also, dick van dyke in his prime? Pretty hot, not gonna lie 😂