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Neill Shaughness

Fun! Probably my favorite song book of any Disney cartoon. I mean, c'mon! Louis frickin Prima does a track!

Nick Stark

Takes me back to the rear of our family’s station wagon watching at the Drive In with my siblings

BRENDA

The Bear Necessities ---Simple & the best part of Life:) Ok, yep..I spelled it Bear...Bare:)

dys

I dunno if this was ever one of my favorite Disney movies as a kid, some great songs but not quite as beloved as Aladdin or Lion King or Little Mermaid, but it did then (very loosely) inspire the 90s TaleSpin animated series which I was very into. I did read the book as well as some of Kipling's others, and then in Cub Scouts this was referenced a lot. Kipling's stories came about 20 years before Tarzan, these were 1890s, Burroughs started writing Tarzan in the 1910s.

Jeff

I had exactly the same experience! It was the first drive-in movie I ever saw.

Lola Lirola

Aw, guys! Such a cute one. I have felt like Bagheera soften watching my little cousins grow up.

Clare Manion

Yes! Louis Prima is one of my go-to artists for a dinner party playlist. His stuff adds such a fun energy 🙂

Erin Mileur

The reason why the vultures look and sound like the Beatles is that they were supposed to be voiced by them Disney talked with their manager but the idea was vetoed by John Lennon.

Actuarial Lurker

I saw Dumbo, 101 Dalmations, and Bambi as a little kid and Fantasia when I was around 12. I never sought out the others as an adult. Just have heard about how most of them didn't age very well...

Annie519

You guys should definitely check out The Jungle Book 1994, besides this one it's my favorite Jungle Book adaption. Not only does it completely do it's own thing, but it has a great cast. There's Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill and John Cleese. I also really admire that besides from a couple of moments, they use real animals and they had really great animal trainers. And there are moments in it that you will never forget, they have been engraved in my mind. I would also love to see you guys react to Lady and The Tramp next! It's one of my ultimate favorites! If your a dog person, you'll love it and I would also love to see Dumbo and Robin Hood. I need mention too, this was actually the last film Walt Disney worked on before his death, I don't think it was even finished yet. I used to watch this one a lot as a kid, I just loved and still love animals. And even back then they did a great job of mimicking their real movements, you can tell they studied them. I love how long they make Kaa look, the elephants are a lot of fun and I think all of the songs are so catchy, quite underrated in my opinion. Sher Khan, is such a great villain, he's hardly in it and yet you feel the danger and threat of him and when he does finally make his first appearance, he doesn't disappoint, he's got such a strong and captivating voice. But I do wish there was more of him. Many of the voice actors have done several Disney voices, like Winifred the elephant was voiced by Verna Felton, she was Flora one of the good fairies from Sleeping Beauty, the fairy godmother from Cinderella, the Queen Of Hearts from Alice In Wonderland. Kaa, was voiced by Winnie The Pooh himself. Baloo was voiced by Phil Harris and he also voiced Little John from Robin Hood and O'Malley from Artistocats.

Actuarial Lurker

Clare- Only the patrons of this reaction channel would use the phrase "dinner party playlist" in a sentence...and top it off with you having MULTIPLE go-to artists for such an occasion

Actuarial Lurker

Very 60s tone and superior "cinematic" animation...

Annie519

Dumbo and 101 Dalmatians would be such fun reactions!!

Jontor11

Yes, apparently the others wanted to do it, but Lennon was in a bad mood and thought it was silly to do an animated movie, so it never happened...

Jonathan

Tarzan was in movies before Jungle Book. There is a live action Jungle Book from the 40s that was the best known version before this.

Jonathan

This was the last animated film that had much involvement of Walt Disney he died not too long after it was released.

Jonathan

They talk about the “12 Old Men” which were the original animators that started with Disney. They had staff under them who followed their plan to animate and a large painters group to color the animation. Originally Walt’s wife did that job on the early Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Jontor11

Love this one. All the songs are great (but I actually think that 'The Bare Necessities' is the weakest one) and the animation is just wonderful. Shere Khan was voiced by George Sanders, known for 'All about Eve', 'Ivanhoe' and the Hitch movies 'Rebecca' and 'Foreign correspondent' (and lots more...), He was perfect for this.

Jonathan

I’ve seen this a few times but this movie was never a favorite of me and my parents. I mostly know the music. I had a 5 disc set of music celebrating 60 years of the Disney songbook.

Jonathan

The voice actor for Mowghli is 11. He also voiced Christopher Robin in the early Winnie the Pooh, the snake in this was the voice of Pooh.

Lisa Klug (edited)

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2026-11-07 15:00 Part of me is a snob, and likes other versions of this classic better. Kipling was an incredible writer. The original Jungle Book, the actual book, is one of the best children's novels ever. There's so much... hokey, jokey, 1960's stuff going on in this. It's just the bare bones of the original story.
2026-11-07 04:54 Part of me is a snob, and likes other versions of this classic better. The 1940's version with Sabu is probably my personal fave, although Disney has done other, better versions of this later on. Kipling was an incredible writer. The original Jungle Book, the actual book, is one of the best children's novels ever. I've always found it a magical, mesmerizing read. As for this animated version, here's so much... hokey, jokey, 1960's stuff going on in this. It's just the bare bones of the original story. The songs are catchy, and the animation is good, but Disney was going into a stagnant phase it would not pull out of until "The Little Mermaid" a few decades later, and it shows. Then again, if you're a little kid and have never read the book and just want to watch a fun cartoon, this isn't a bad choice.

Part of me is a snob, and likes other versions of this classic better. The 1940's version with Sabu is probably my personal fave, although Disney has done other, better versions of this later on. Kipling was an incredible writer. The original Jungle Book, the actual book, is one of the best children's novels ever. I've always found it a magical, mesmerizing read. As for this animated version, here's so much... hokey, jokey, 1960's stuff going on in this. It's just the bare bones of the original story. The songs are catchy, and the animation is good, but Disney was going into a stagnant phase it would not pull out of until "The Little Mermaid" a few decades later, and it shows. Then again, if you're a little kid and have never read the book and just want to watch a fun cartoon, this isn't a bad choice.

Ben Gilbert

I read the Jungle Books in the 8th grade. Most of the chapters were about Mowgli but some were about other animals, most famously Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the mongoose. Kipling was before Tarzan, but both are based on existing feral child tropes.

Ben Gilbert

The casting for the character voices was outstanding.

that girl

The baby elephant is a baby Clint Howard

rojowo

The vultures were originally conceived to be voiced by the Beatles, but they turned it down

BrummaGen

This is my era of Disney! We had the soundtrack recordings, so I'm very familiar with all the songs, but also saw the film several times in childhood. My dad once organised a home screening (super 8 reels?) for a birthday party, and I think there must have been showings at various school events or other parties, because I associate it with watching with large groups of other kids, and singing along to the songs. Pre vhs/dvd/streaming days, how different our relationship to films was! I always thought the ending was soppy though. And I did read the book as an adult, eventually. Its a collection of short stories, some if them featuring Mowgli. Can't remember what happens to Baloo but there were darker moments, for sure.

Clare Manion

A.L. — But of course 😊😄

Jamie Morgan

The 'second screen' phenomenon is definitely a chicken-and-egg situation. Are the networks making repetitive content because people are on their phones all the time, or are people on their phones all the time because networks are making repetitive content?

Sammy Fan

And The Ghost & Mrs Muir.

seth e.

this and Robin Hood were like the only two kids' VHS my grandfather owned when we were kids in the 90s. fond memories of being allowed to select a chocolate treat from Grandpa's "Bar" (a cupboard he kept stocked for grandkids at all times) before the movie. when we got a little older he'd take us for drives around the island (he had the first electrician's license in a tiny fishing island town in Nova Scotia) and talk about his two favourite hobbies: memorizing poetry and Considering the Stars Above. wonderful man!

Ben Gilbert

I liked the 2016 live action version. It's a beautiful film with an impressive voice cast for the animals; Ben Kingsley, Lupita Nyong'o, Garry Shandling, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. Bill Murray steals the show, Idris Elba is terrifying as Shere Khan and Scarlett Johansson is appropriately creepy as Kaa. Neel Sethi, the actor playing Mowgli is good enough but he can't sing, which they lean into making him seem like he's having fun singing "Bear Necessities." Then there's Christopher Walken singing "I Want to Be Like You" while the credits roll. During the movie itself he only recites some of it.

vala p

And it's crazy because the voice is the same and perfect for both. Somehow when it's Pooh he is sweet and well meaning if a bit dim and when he's Kaa he's slithery and slinky and sinister. But both are quite food motivated

seth e.

from this era Robin Hood and the Sword in the Stone have the same director and same sort of "sketchy" character outline style with more lowkey episodic plots (both are super cozy with great songs). think he did Aristocats and 101 Dalmations too

Youtalkingtome

He sounded very familiar! That's a really cool detail

Youtalkingtome

I noticed his name in the credits, but I didn't think it was really him