animating the hallway scene must have taken a freaking eternity

The animation on the 3D animated walls was absolutely incredible for its time.

@JM-bi6ue

3 жыл бұрын

3d did not exist in the 30s They only spent hours animating in 2d walls that look like 3d

@98voteforpedro

Ай бұрын

mickey mouse reuses the same animation

Seeing the angles of the tunnel reminds me how hard it was to make a cartoon back then.

@DoctorEdgarMcQuack

5 жыл бұрын

They adopted rotoscoping from max fletcher studio at the time

@hyyacinthus

5 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorEdgarMcQuack Fleischer*

@ainirahim5689

4 жыл бұрын

Tiny and winy Tiny and the other day

@dinodisneylover1

3 ай бұрын

They also did it in The Mad Doctor in 1933.

all of these silly symphonys are really ahead of there time.

@amandaguerra5004

6 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it's just us who have the wrong idea about their time

The two things that made me laugh the most about this were the gloves and shoes on the spider and the fact that the mummies had trapdoors in the back :)

@SQUIDWORD15

5 жыл бұрын

There holes like in pajamas so you can poop without taking them off

@LanternIsARainwing

7 күн бұрын

@@SQUIDWORD15 I don’t know if I should laugh, cry, or scream at this knowledge I have gained

@SQUIDWORD15

7 күн бұрын

@@LanternIsARainwing It is the truth...

The spider is adorable.

@bradyanderson8654

7 жыл бұрын

why is it like a bug instead of an arachnid?

@maryfreebed9886

7 жыл бұрын

Birth defects?

@charlesmolineaux9436

7 жыл бұрын

Simply enough, eight legs would be more work to animate. Call it artistic license. Animator Ray Harryhausen's classic "It Came From Beneath The Sea" featured a giant octopus that was actually more of a pentapus since it only had five tentacles. Same issue. Guess they figured audiences wouldn't notice or would just understand and suspend disbelief.

@elizabethalvarado8698

7 жыл бұрын

+Charles Molineaux Same when most cartoon characters have four-fingered hands instead of five.

@presidentsnow7315

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder where the spider buys his shoes?

This cartoon is notable for the irony of a spider basically going "nope".

The spider in this short is just so cute, I can’t even resist him! I wish he made several appearances in other classic Silly Symphony cartoons!

Animation back then was pretty amazing I must say, for instance the 4th wall with the spider, the camera angle going down the sarcofagus, etc.

@hyperion3145

8 жыл бұрын

It was much "smoother" too.

I love how they depicted the fans at the chariot race fighting. chariot races DID cause revolts and fights in ancient history!

@meatcrust3621

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares it’s a cartoon give us a break max vieralilja

@knightofarkronia8652

3 жыл бұрын

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

1:12 the same tunnel from Mickey Mouse - The Mad Doctor 1933

@ainirahim5689

4 жыл бұрын

Kacper Wróblewski Monday night definitely mouse

@CapraCorn2006

4 жыл бұрын

It's the opposite ... Egyptian Melodies came first in 1931. The tunnel animation is re-used in The Mad Doctor (1933)

@actuallyNo...

4 жыл бұрын

Yes , it's the same one. They used this film slide on that animation. [Damn, sorry...old comment.just saw that.]

@michaelpalmieri7335

4 жыл бұрын

The tunnel looked almost real.

@user-rn6kq5qd5v

4 жыл бұрын

I knew it looked familiar

Funny to think this entertained children back In the day when I couldn't make my five year old brother sit through it for more than 30 seconds. In my opinion, these cartoons are much better then our cartoons now days XD

@ishmaelm1932

7 жыл бұрын

Brynn Bowen kids today have adhd

@Phoenixesper1

6 жыл бұрын

Virtually all cartoons were made for adults until about the late 1950's. Theres a reason our grandparents love tom and jerry... all the soldiers in WW2 watched cartoon films overseas all the time!

@kumozumo

5 жыл бұрын

Brynn Bowen yO I’m 16 and I used to love silly symphony when I was 5-6, and I can’t thank my mom enough cause I couldn’t have gotten a better childhood 🙂

@kumozumo

5 жыл бұрын

Although this episode kinda creeped me out I still enjoyed it, man I was a weird kid haha

@birdflox1337

5 жыл бұрын

these old cartoons had more of a charm to it, but there's no denying that some of the great cartoons that were made these years had more interesting stories

I feel so bad for that little spider! He's so scared! I wanna give him a big comforting hug!

Exceptionally made, especially for its time! Love the detail of the Sphinx and the perspective of him coming up and down the tunnel/stairs.

2:39 Who knew that ANCIENT and BANDAGED mummies can bust a dance moves that smooth and groovy without breaking their bindings :-)

If only spiders were that cute..

@constuctivecritisism8393

8 жыл бұрын

+Alaska1925 But spiders have 8 legs .... this guy has 6 ... maybe when this was made attention wasn't given all it was due ... who knows ... i took the character as a spider too

@Alaska1925

8 жыл бұрын

Constuctive Critisism Well, we see its web in the beginning.. maybe the animator/s didn't want to draw an extra pair of legs? Though I find it odd..

@constuctivecritisism8393

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe so - didn't spot that - but it is interesting that scientific PC wasn't important - the emotive was (and that's the way it should be) gotta say I love this .... would love to see a modern rendition to compare and I bet the message wouldn't even come close in the same time frame or budget ... a simpler time and a better time if you ask me because people had time and political correctness or intellectual overload wasn't even on the cards ... today ... our society is an ass by comparison ... Kudos Alaska and thanks for replying

@nina1522

8 жыл бұрын

+Alaska1925 Apparently, it's a lot cheaper to animate fewer legs, so it was probably to cut costs. I've heard that anyway.

@JesterOfDestiny

8 жыл бұрын

+Alaska1925 They are.

The mummies having there legs tied together was more realistic than most depictions.

@mikela1341

4 ай бұрын

I heard they took the brains out of mummies too, through their noses.

@BadaTropi

2 ай бұрын

I don't want realistic. It's a cartoon...

Step 1: Go to egypt Step 2: Go to an acient pyramid or tomb Step 3: Consume a large quantity of LSD and you will se this shit.

@nanoukawoods

6 жыл бұрын

+DemonicGoat lmao?

The camera angles are unbelievable.

@TheRubberWolf

10 жыл бұрын

Feels like I'm going through the Death Star trench all over again, in the tunnel part.

@124VAM

10 жыл бұрын

We don't get cartoons like this anymore.

@BabsChannel

10 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately.

@MouseGoat

10 жыл бұрын

124VAM I call bullshit. the internet is full of stereotypical egyptians and dancing mummys. the only thing that has changed is that is not disney that's behind it anymore. they to busy now, with polishing there already over fed golden goose, until every last glimpse of golden flake in its fathers is scraped off and sold off. leaving nothing behind but the bar mechanical gray skeleton, with its cold and metallic surface and soul less eyes. as lifeless as its creator is R.I.P.W.D.

@user-sc6xk6hd4q

9 жыл бұрын

tps live toon action?

In real life, I hate spiders but in this cartoon, I love!!!

@BingoBangoBongo2903

7 жыл бұрын

6 legs, not 8. it's not an actual spider ;D

@gillismatt

7 жыл бұрын

aa bb Kinda silly, imao.

@Sammyyaam

6 жыл бұрын

Its so cute

5:24 is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. *Looks to the left to see moving paintings* *Looks to the right to see moving paintings* *Turns around* AAAIIIEE-

@ShadowbirdOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

5:24

So much more amazing when done by hand. This deserves to be coloured in.

It's cute how the spider said 'mommy'

@sophieswaney8233

9 жыл бұрын

I think the critter said "mummy".

@gnikcohs

9 жыл бұрын

kanages murugan I think he did say 'mummy.' It was a spoof of Al Jolson's performance of the song "My Mammy" which Jolson and others had been singing since 19 teens and which became very famous in the movie The Jazz Singer (1927) when Jolson sang it in blackface, hence 'Mammy'. It was a big hit, and that movie is the first US movie with synchronized sound, but only in parts. It's here on YT and I am pretty sure Jolson also went down on his knees and spread his arms to the audience like the Spider.

@jazlyn7590

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys, I guess I heard it wrong. gnikcohs thanks for the history :)

@michaelpalmieri7335

4 жыл бұрын

@@gnikcohs I didn't realize it was a parody of Al Jolson singing "Mammy" in "The Jazz Singer." Come to think of it, the spider's face did look somewhat like a white man in blackface, which is how Jolson sometimes performed. You'll notice how "mummy" not only sounds like "mammy," but "mommy," as well, and that's the joke. It's a pun, or a play on words. It reminds me of an episode of "Arthur" (PBS) where Buster tells the following joke: "What did King Tut say when he was scared? 'I want my MUMMY!' "

@RaTedXtremeHardy

3 жыл бұрын

Damn I’m Latino so I really in my youth I thought he said “Mami!”

Fantastic hand- done animation- when Disney was in his prime- none of the new stuff compares!

I want an Egyptian one piece mummy suit with a butt flap now XD.

@garethalford682

3 жыл бұрын

That needs to be a thing

Oh my goodness. I used to watch this years ago as a child…❤ Best Parts: 5:02 5:17 5:24 5:25

Watching some cartoons with an Egyptian motif, just came back to watch this little gem again. I didn't realize that the Spider was so audience aware. He shushes the audience and gesticulates for us, or the camera, to follow him, and when he points and laughs while turning to us. Don't know if it is the first time, but if so, once again, DIsney did it first. Although Tex Avery did it best.

@kimifw58

8 жыл бұрын

gnikcohs I think Felix the Cat was the first to wink and laugh at the audience while things happened, though I don't think he ever beckoned us to follow him.

@gnikcohs

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know why I never replied to this but, Felix was definitely one to break the 4th wall. He did some great stuff like that in his old comic strips too. Cartoons and comic strips were way ahead of most mainstream art for the metafictional.

@P.p.03

6 жыл бұрын

The first of ALL who broke the 4th wall, was Luigi Pirandello, an Italian writer, who was historically the first of all. The Cartoons were inspired by him, a Verism Writer who talked with the readers

that was better than today's cartoons

The camera as a subjective pov, like, inviting us to enter the chamber with it, the immersion, the perspective through the tunnels and stairs, how smooth these cartoons are... I mean... This is gold guys! 😍 So inventive and ahead of its time!

you know what's ironic. the old shows like this has much more animated than the modern shows.

Woah!!! That part going down the staircase and when the brick falls was so crazy, i was stunned! 🤯

So this is how Windows got the idea of their wall-screensaver.. ^^

@nina1522

8 жыл бұрын

+Backofen Pommes I was just going to post that very thing LOL

@LadyCoyKoi

8 жыл бұрын

I don't get it? I was thinking more of the corridors and hallways of the game Wolfenstien. :P

@PatrickRsGhost

5 жыл бұрын

There was a 3D maze screensaver that came with Windows 95 and 98, which gave a first-person POV of going through a maze. The user could control what the walls, floor, and ceiling looked like, with different patterns. A common one was similar to what a level of Wolfenstein 3D looked like, but there was also a psychedelic setting as well.

This is way much more epic than cartoons created nowadays.

Mommy's have butt flaps 😂😂😂😂 God i miss old cartoons

Gotta love how the dancers had 1 cymbal on each hand and 1 on their butts. Funny stuff, yo!😆

It was already in 3D ! Amazing effects!

what a work!! timeless classic..love it!

Follow the spiders... why can't we follow the butterflies?

@miroslavkozolka4385

6 жыл бұрын

Aragog!

@splat-tastic

6 жыл бұрын

Lol, Harry Potter references! XD

Oh that poor spider lol, the poor thing. But a nicely done piece...and just to think I never knew of this yet.

The DOOM-like perspective was truly visionary.

This was simply brilliant.

2017.....eh I am and always was addicted to this

I like this one cause of the music

Don't the spiders have 8 legs?

So scary it even scares the spiders.

This short is so good, especially at the time it was made. I think it was 1931. I might be wrong but that’s ok! The spider is also so adorable! The animation itself is perfect. I miss this time of animation/cartoons. Wish we could bring it back. ALSO this may seem out of context but I can’t with the cut off of the spiders scream at 5:24😭

@ellenino

2 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅 lmao the spiders scream! 😂🤣🤣

1:12 this scene just like Mickey mouse episode "Mad Doctor"

@CapraCorn2006

4 жыл бұрын

Egyptian Melodies came first in 1931. The tunnel animation is re-used in The Mad Doctor (1933)

3:27 prince of Egypt inspiration

That is getting crazier and crazier every instant.

Wouldn't it be cool if they remastered this into some sort of ride? Y'know, like that Spiderman 3D ride in Universal? They could show this original piece as you're waiting to get on. I'd love it!

"Mummy"!!!! :)

i love silly symphony cartoons they were simple lovely & full of messages

Silly #21 1931. Brilliantly thought out and executed cartoon. The 3D video game tunnels were outstanding. Disney reused it in a much shorter version, in 1933 in The Mad Doctor (including the falling stone), but here the extended scene was a major part of the toon. And not only was it visually powerful, it was a brilliant exposition of the Spider as a strange, adventurous, little character. The part where he tumbled down the stairs and scampered back up to walk down again with his weird little gait was perfect. And who is he shushing? The following scenes with the mummies are great, but the animation really takes off at 3:21 when the wall and pillar drawings take on a life of their own and become a sustained cartoon within a cartoon. The two dimensional gait (with one guy sashaying) of the sideways Egyptian figures was a hilarious piece of genius animation as was one of them stepping briefly into the 3D world and only being onesided. The whole thing turned into a masterful over the top climax with the flat figures going round and round on cylinders and all of it spinning. That Spider reminded me of Gus Arriola's six legged beatnik psychedilc webslinger, Bug Rogers. Like in Fantasia one could speculate on what the animators here were imbibing (maybe just imagination) and this Spider also seemed to be an artist, playing his web (Bug made visual art with his) and certainly psychedelic in his behavior/character.

@jonathanwilson5011

10 жыл бұрын

How do you know so much about cartoons?

@DaviLu

9 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Wilson watch them all :D

@gnikcohs

7 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I never answered this but. 1) I have seen a million cartoons but without making myself an expert. And I often read professional and nonprofessional material about cartoons. And 2) I do know a fair amount about literature, painting, and film. Again without being an expert, but if ever I get ambitious enough I think I know enough to blog with a fairly original POV. I rarely get as carried away as with this little gem though.

@DaviLu

6 жыл бұрын

@gnikcohs Hey man, I'd like to ask if you know how the tunnel animations were done? When I first saw this I had already seen hundreds of pre 1950s cartoons and this one really blew my mind. It looks so real even though the texture is obviously far from reality. It kinda reminds me of rotoscoped Cab Calloway so I thought they might've "rotoscoped" a camera movement through a corridor and used fix points in the video to put their animation on?

The animation in this cartoon is amazing particularly the technical aspects of it.

I just love the way one of the marchers accidentally becomes 3 dimensional and then goes back on the wall to become 2 dimensional again

man I'll be honest this was way ahead of it's time!

I like the Egyptians in the wall

I'm surprised how macabre some of these old cartoons could be the descent into the pyramid tunnel. WOW. I didn't expect that. That seems really ahead of the game for 1930s...

5:24 I love that little scream

wow! Ancient secrets revealed: mummies had butt flaps!! Gotta love those early Disney cartoons! :) poor spidey....

I remember this omg so happy I found this 😭😃

I found this vid!!! Finally! I remember this from so long ago

YES!!!!!❤❤❤

The mummys feet remind me of an elephant trying to find food on the floor

@estere.n.9916

8 жыл бұрын

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8 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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6 жыл бұрын

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@DutchSpanishMan

4 ай бұрын

​@@ImCrazyWoo Fuck

I love this!

I'm 11 and i love these cartoons so much.

Классный паук с 6ю ногами🤣 и юмор 👍

I was just thinking the same thing. That sort of animation where the spider is going down the steps is the kind of animation you never see today or any time in between. That scene must have wowwed audiences back then.

This is so amazing! :)

The only thing I could stare at in Walt Disney Studios' merchandise store :P

This is so well technically executed its hard to believe the year it came out

what an awesome 3D-like effect!!!

Very Cute Little Spider

Notice how the opening title says the film is licensed under the Bray-Hurd Patents. John Bray and Earl Hurd invented the process of using cels in animation. Before that process was invented, the background had to be redrawn on every animation drawing. This is why early animated films have such simple backgrounds. Bray and Hurd patented their process, and charged a licence fee to anyone who wanted to use it.

2:25 "Mummy!" omg sooooo funny hahahahaha

1:22 OMG! these just so amazing!!

Господиииии! Как я обажаю эти мультики! Просто. Всё детство смотрела их.

Wow, this animation is incredible! :o

God as a 15 year old whos been obbsessed with thr 40s and 50s his whole life this is awesome

I loved it when it said, "mummy"!!

Surrealism and Ancient Egypt, two of my many favorite things! :D Yeah, I've always been fascinated with surrealism, including Dali as well as cartoons. Also, Ancient Egypt has always been my favorite ancient culture. Did you know that their idea of the afterlife was an exact copy of their own life, except with no pain, illness, or death (obviously)? Imagine having a life so perfect that your afterlife turns out to be the same, definitely proves that the Ancient Egyptians did many things right.

I was hoping for more

Also the dance that the mummies do is a sand dance.

This stuff was ancient even when I was little - but I still enjoy it.

Do you think it's sometimes a little scary .

@pauls9331

5 жыл бұрын

Image watching this while high....

MY CHILDHOOD AHHHH😍😍😍

♫Walk like an Egyptian♫

These are great

Very nice 3d effects. looks almost rotoscoped except when the spider turns corners. Still very well done, especially when the walls and columns have animated textures and the camera is rotating. insane amount of work for old school.

Hey T it's Reggie keep up, we watching you always

i love most of these old cartoons

Full of enjoyment.

Funny, cute, clever, and yet...Somewhere an Egyptologist is crying😂😂😂

you´re right! impressive!

love it

amazing!

so cool

I want these cartoons back...

5:24

@dredgenmoist1464

6 жыл бұрын

The way it cuts off lol

Love! So cute other than the mummy's being in the wrong coffins this is great.