7:02 i love how the one guy at the end is just like pleading "I wanna be sad!" and the happy dude just socks him in the face

I watched this many, many years ago so I have periodically found my walking around singling, “Sunshine. Sunshine. It’s just the thing that keeps you feeling fine”

@killermoney1511

2 жыл бұрын

BRUH SAME ! I always hummed the song, and finally I googled it and found it!

@SOULRELIEF22

9 ай бұрын

@chuemmmeechuemmmee1347 It's sun worship. I only noticed today that they are saying hail his majesty the sun. Pitiful. The song gets stuck in children's minds and they're so young they don't even know what they're saying! And if they don't go to church, that will be all the god they'll have! THE BLOOD OF JESUS SHALL PREVAIL! ST JOHN 3:16! ❤️✝️❤️ ALL HAIL KING JESUS! JESUS IS RETURNING SOON! HE MADE THE SUN AND THE MOON. JESUS MADE THE STARS ALSO! "ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANY THING MADE THAT WAS MADE." JOHN 1:3! 🙏🏼🙌🏼✝️ HALLELUJAH! ✝️❤️✝️

I remember loving this as a kid, but not gonna lie it's lowkey terrifying now

@randomplotbunny

Жыл бұрын

Same

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419

9 ай бұрын

Hooray for forced positivity.

@JPdraws_

3 ай бұрын

Nah I still love it. I really like this style of animation and feel

@LowellLucasJr.

2 ай бұрын

6:55 I agree!😂 They literally got tackled into submission!❤

@christianmoralesortiz4688

17 күн бұрын

​@@LowellLucasJr. In all fairness, the blue guys attacked first

Really sharp image, and the color is great. I saw this on TV as a kid, back when TV was in black & white. Wonderful that now people around the world can see what's really a commercial for the Borden Milk Company.

@fromthesidelines

6 жыл бұрын

Borden's distributed this as a promotional film AFTER it was originally released as a "Burt Gillett's Rainbow Parade" cartoon (produced by Van Beuren Studios) in early 1935. Apparently, they liked the idea of "bottled sunshine", and tied that into their own dairy products.

@pilis318

2 жыл бұрын

I did see this when I was about 9 years old on a local TV channel from Romania, in 2012.

This has always been my favorite little cartoon. Finding the lyrics for it was another thing. After a few hours, I finally think I came up with the complete lyrics. The Sunshine Makers Song - Ted Eshbaugh 1935 A new day is dawning and here is the sun, hail his majesty the sun. 1, 2, 3 ,4, 1, 2, 3 ,4, 1, 2, 3 ,4 The sun is above who fills you with love and shoos your blues away. And we are the ones who bring in the sun and do it every day. Hail his majesty Hail his majesty Hail his majesty the sun. Sunshine! Sunshine! I just love the good old golden sunshine. Sunshine! Sunshine! It’s just the thing to keep you feeling fine. Sunshine! Sunshine! I just love the good old golden sunshine. Sunshine, Bah! Joy, Bah! We're happy when we're sad, we're always feeling bad, How are ya -Terrible -That's fine. We're happy when we're sad. Tra la la la la la la la, Tra la la la la la Tra la la la la la la la, Tra la la la la la I don’t want to be happy; I want to be sad. I don’t want to be happy. . . I want to be happy, I want to be gay I want to be happy and glad, and never again be sad. I never will cry; I never will sigh, ‘cause I want to be glad. He never will cry, he never will sigh ‘cause he wants to be glad. And now the world looks bright and fair, because there’s sunshine everywhere.

@samanthadean1083

4 жыл бұрын

Bob A I heard "The sun is the one, who fills you with fun and shoos your blues away." And "Sunshine, Sunshine, I got lots of good old golden sunshine."

Over 60 years ago this was my favorite cartoon, with only one TV channel in those days you could catch it a couple of times a week. Looks great in color!

@BansheePrinzess

7 жыл бұрын

Ditto! And, yeah, it was originally black and white, but still a favorite.

RIP Nick Sand, Pioneer of LSD & Consciousness, Bringer of the famous Orange Sunshine and Member of the Brotherhood of eternal Love

The sad guys look like Professor Snape

@christianmoralesortiz4688

5 жыл бұрын

...... the RESEMBLANCE is uncanny

@veijiouuuu

3 ай бұрын

I though I was the only one that saw that!!!

As a kid I really liked this cartoon, I thought it was funny, but now... I'm terrified of the lessons I was unconsciously taking in from things like this.

Thanks! I've been looking for this video for years. I remember watching it as a kid so many times but never remembered the name. We used to have it on a tape but it disappeared =(

@BeastlyGamer

7 жыл бұрын

Madelyn Bonilla same here

@halim6150

7 жыл бұрын

Same here, but I remember it used to scare the shit out of me.

@alison7196

7 жыл бұрын

Madelyn Bonilla holy shit me too.

@mandel12

7 жыл бұрын

Ha me too! It was a VHS at my grandmas house.

@rubysantana4433

7 жыл бұрын

Sameeee the struggle was real

Always loved this cartoon. They used to show it at the Fillmore East in between acts!

I saw this cartoon at intermission between acts at a Fillmore East concert. Back in the Sunshine acid days.

@Bogframe

7 жыл бұрын

Alan Arkush, who worked at the Filmore East used a clip from this in his movie Get Crazy (1983).

This a beautiful print of this classic toon. Thank you for posting this!

Souvenir de gosse ! Merci beaucoup !!!! Thanks a lot !!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🍶🍶🍶☀☀☀☀🎩🎩🎩🎼🎼🎼📽📽📽

I grew up to this!!!! I loved it so much ❤

Truly amazing restoration

LOVE this cartoon! It is trippy in the true sense of the word! I've watched it umpteen times and never get tired of seeing it. Love it from the very beginning (introduction and credits) to the very end. Love the lyrics to the desultory song, "We're Happy when We're Sad" It makes me laugh out loud. The animation is so imaginative and clever!

@BansheePrinzess

7 жыл бұрын

I love it, too. We kids back in the day just took it at face value. Happy vs gloomy, with lots of pretty colors! Actually, I only saw it in color in recent years; it was originally black and while, but still a favorite with all the kids.

@user-qf7ud5de9h

4 ай бұрын

Beautiful😂🎉

Simply hilarious, ancd brilliantly composed. A true classic!

I always love the short as a kid and now as an adult, I am marveled at the beautiful Artistry and Brilliant lighting they gave the short!❤

3:17 - either A) the inspiration for the Blue Meanies or B) the first-ever Goths!

@okamijubei

7 күн бұрын

I think the first goths are actually during the Victorian Era.

One of my favorite childhood cartoons. They showed it a lot on TV in the 1950s.

Looked this up on a whim (Sunshine Makers). I still remember seeing it when I was little....give or take...about SIXTY years ago. I've seen it over the years...even. bought it for my grand daughter.. but NEVER in such perfect shape.... It's always had a special place in my heart. Thanks so much for preserving 'all the little guys' so beautifully....& that goes for us 'sad guys' too...even WE deserve to be happy sometimes!

@fromthesidelines

9 жыл бұрын

This was a "promotional" film for Borden's milk, originally released theatrically in early 1935.

@darliskawhitaker1979

5 жыл бұрын

💗💞💖

Actually, there's a new documentary using this very same title, and it's all about LSD.

@reubenwalker9279

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha good reply. lol

I was born in 2001 and we had a bus with all these old cartoons on it and I just watched these all the time

@mattlydon3531

8 жыл бұрын

I want that bus!

@theilnapp2222

8 жыл бұрын

CartoonLover5 AAHC AVGCP EDCP Haha my bad i meant either vhs or dvd i have no idea how i wrote bus

@mattlydon3531

8 жыл бұрын

Oh, sorry.

@looneysprig

7 жыл бұрын

I have a DVD that has this cartoon and I got it a long time ago I was probably 2 or 3 years old and I still have it and still watch it

The world needs this

The original We Happy Few

@user-hf5bz8lk3n

4 жыл бұрын

Rainbow Parade - The Sunshine Makers (1935) Opening Title & Closing (Tom and Jerry Vol.15)

@user-hf5bz8lk3n

4 жыл бұрын

A Van Beuren Cartoon Release On January 11, 1935

@101Volts

4 ай бұрын

I got that reference... Not that the game seems to be that great. The story idea is great, but the execution of "We Happy Few" is a bit lacking. Maybe they just didn't have enough of a budget, or enough time, to make it well.

i was trying to think of this for over 20 years i had a lot of these old cartoons back in the 90s and i can only recall certain scenes to a few of them, omg so much nostalgia.

OMG, I used to see this when I was a kid. We had this movie in a video tape. Thanks for sharing it! I love it.

I'm 14. I grew up on these cartoons. so glad I found this, so much nostalgia!

To explain what I was talking about; sunshine is like orange juice because they have it in the morning and is full of vitamin c and it wakes you up.. While I theorize that moonshine (or moonlight) is like milk and it calms you down.

@Egalitariat-likesecretariat

2 ай бұрын

Maybe that's why the gnomes are beating up the gloomy sad people. Prohibition.

@christianmoralesortiz4688

2 ай бұрын

@@Egalitariat-likesecretariat pretty much!!!

A wagon pulled by a grasshopper driven by a munchkin/gnome-y whom is delivering liquid sunshine? Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiippppppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyy

@christianmoralesortiz4688

6 жыл бұрын

Edgar Allan Lovecraft YEP, AND THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIPPINESS!!!!XD

@Carly8Corday

4 жыл бұрын

WHO.

For anyone who might be too young to know, the bit when the Sunshine Maker reads the note in the empty bottle left on the step and then puts two bottles down? That is what they used to do when milk was delivered to your door in the mornings. They would usually leave one and reclaim the old bottles. But if you left a note asking for more in the empty bottle, then they would leave however many that you required, and your account would be charged extra. Just a little history for you! 😋

I was smiling watching this cartoon it is full of positive vibes.. we must be sunshine makers tooooooo..

this cartoon is so unintentionally dark and scary.

@BansheePrinzess

7 жыл бұрын

Well, most of the cartoons in the early days were violent. Think Tom & Jerry. Kids loved them.

@SOULRELIEF22

9 ай бұрын

@@BansheePrinzess And now MANY acting out what they've seen!

Originally produced as part of Burt Gillett's "Rainbow Parade" series for Van Beuren (co-directed by Gillett and Ted Eshbaugh), and initially released in January 1935. Borden Milk later reissued this in 1940 as a promotional film for their dairy products.

I'm glad I found a restored version of this cartoon

Thanks for posting this! I haven't seen this since i was a child in the 40's in NYC. This brought back many memories. No one is doing cartoons like this anymore. It is and always will be an art form. In my opinion, this is animation at it's best!

I was always low key scared of this but the music kept me coming back

Great quality copy! Thanks, have loved this cartoon since I was a kid in the early 50s. My brother and I still sing the Sunshine Song. Great memories.

can't get enough of the 'Sunshine' song XD

thanks, it's probably been 60 years since I last saw this on NY television in the early 50's

I’m here from watching that scene in The Ring 2 where Aiden is watching this cartoon on the television ! 😎. “We’re happy when we’re sad” fit the tone of the scene.

What a great little cartoon. Thank you for uploading and sharing. Very cute, indeed!

Hey I didn't know there were Emos in the 30s

@Official_King_Penguin

9 жыл бұрын

ROBERT MCGRATH More like goths.

@krypten_bekk7247

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess your right

I love this so much !

again............IS NO ONE GOING TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE SAD GUYS IS THE REASON WHY THIS WHOLE WAR HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!! Also this whole thing is symbolic so.....

@christianmoralesortiz4688

6 жыл бұрын

Nate Ladd good point

Anyone in 2018

@lx4847

5 жыл бұрын

Deandra 13 2019 tho

@deshaun9729

5 жыл бұрын

2019

This one is the best reproduction I've seen on KZread yet. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for sharing.. This is a really good print..

*This video is my childhood. Nostalgia.*

Brings back so many memories, thanks for this.

If only we had real sunshine drinks...

@nazihahere

6 жыл бұрын

But wouldn't the glass of water/sun have germs inside it since it was also exposed to the air for so long??? But wouldn't it evaporate???

@christianmoralesortiz4688

6 жыл бұрын

Fujoshi Here we do already, it's called orange juice!!!XD #YOUPRECIOUSCINNAMONBUN

@nazihahere

6 жыл бұрын

Nate Ladd Thanks for that knowledge! That was honestly one of the most interesting things I've heard of.

@nazihahere

6 жыл бұрын

Christian Morales Ortiz #YOURPRECIOUSCINNAMONBUN

@CrimsonHelldrake

4 жыл бұрын

we do, its called LSD in real life though

amazing animation and color!

Excellent cartoon. One of the Van Beuren Studio's best.

Pee Wee's playhouse brought me here.

In addition to the the explanation earlier, unlike sunshine that is common and abundant in NATURE, moonshine is rare and it can only be cultivate during the full moon where it is the most richest, sweetest, and most creamy and concentrated. And the moonshine has similar affect as SUNSHINE, except it calms you down or relaxes you as sunshine wakes you up,

Thanks for posting!!! A favorite of mine from a long time ago!!

Paul sent me.

@IgnarHusky

6 жыл бұрын

Mendacious C Praise be the mighty Saltlord, PaulsEgo!

@aenima72826

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, glad he showed us this.

*HAIL* His Majesty The Sun!. *HAIL* Ted Eshbaugh.

@Ian16545

6 жыл бұрын

And *HAIL* Elsie and her family!

@fromthesidelines

6 жыл бұрын

AND hail Burt Gillett!

I used to watch this all the time on an old Felix the Cat dvd and I still love it

Omg I've been looking for this since the 90s. My cousin had his on VHS and we never remembered the name of it

@joeguy1092

5 жыл бұрын

Omega Zeero we had this on VHS too and it had several other cartoons on there also.

This is a prophetic allegory for the situation between Israel and the Palestinians. A weaker power makes a minor attack of the stronger one, perhaps because the stronger power is encroaching on their territory, and the stronger power responds with a massively disproportionate retaliation, and ultimately annexes the weaker power

i remember watching this on dvd on an old school macbook💔 Im a junior now dawg💔

É sensacional esses desenhos

Praise the sun! Caress the sun! *EFF* THE SUN

I never seen it as a kid, but it's interesting that there's a cartoon about sun worshippers.

im 20 right now. i watched this, one about a rooster fighting a duck for a gypsy queen, humpty dumpty, the little train, the three pigs, and one about the fly hotel and another about a barn dance with pigs in a sauna. another on the tea kettle party that goes awry due to a cow, and one about carrots and potatoes/vegetables getting kidnapped by mice + felix the cat. an unorthodox childhood to pay the least.

Back in the Fillmore East days, this cartoon was shown in between sets. The reference to sunshine and its acid implications was hilarious. It's still just a great cartoon.

Don't the goblins look like Nixon?

Is this a Prozac commercial?

@draconiclady0610

7 жыл бұрын

Could be viewed as one now, but back in the day, this was a MILK commercial.

@pavettoo

5 жыл бұрын

LSD fits best

This always reminds me of the Israeli Palestinian conflict.

In 1946, Official Films released a 16mm black and white "home movie" edition of "Sunshine Makers" (without the original opening and closing titles) as part of their "Merry-Toon" series. Eventually, it was released by them for television in the 1950's.

Love this one ❤️

omg!!! I haven't seen this cartoon since I was in 3rd grade❤❤

By, the way the gnomes are the good ones. The sad guys attack one gnome for no reason. He attacks back and they start a war. So yeah. It is still converting them from teenage goth don't come in my room or I'll steal your soul kid to a Willie Nelson fan in Austin, Texas celebrating a garden gnomes party.

looked for this, thanks for posting

What if the Sunshine is liquor, like _Moonshine_ ? And when you drink it, it makes you happy, like liquor. Those dwarves were on a drug business.

@SOULRELIEF22

9 ай бұрын

Many folks become depressed when they drink!

Excellent!

We tortured my mom with this cartoon as kids 🤣🤣 we used to act out the scenes

Beautiful print!

Sweet childhood. I never understood what was happening. All a knew was it was colourful there were good guys and bad guys and everyone was happy in the end!

WOW what a great cartoon, trying to make people happy, thats really cool! love it! 👍👍🤗

My memory 😄,like this !!

i loved this toon so much

This is excellent

They're literally making ultraviolet radioactive mutagen which must be why their bellies start glowing. lol

I'm a little sad that there are so many comments making this something other than happy vs sad; sunshine vs darkness; love vs hate. That's exactly how we thought of it when we watched it in black and white 60 years ago. Innocence was sweet, and so was this cartoon.

@herbfenton2668

2 жыл бұрын

Yup Just a pure allegory Tremendously entertaining as are all early to mid twentieth century cartoons

I think this must have been during WWI ..... trying to uplift humanity! thanks 😍😍😍😍

the happy guys were forcing their lifestyle onto the sad guys, but they were happy being sad, leave 'em alone :(

@kichiwas-hargan4775

Жыл бұрын

We can't be sad all the time, we just need to move on from bad thoughts.

This was a recurring viewing at the Fillmore East, Lower East Side, NYC back in the '60's and '70's. East coast sister to Fillmore West, run by rock impresario Bill Graham. Of course in those days, the word "sunshine" had it's drug connotation. But I thought of it more as a generational statement against the rigidity of "The Establishment."

does anyone know the movie that had this video in it. (the movie had all kinds of other stories too like one with a dog that wanted to be a hunting dog and another with a boy with a magic horn and this one guy who wanted to marry this girl so her father made him do all these crazy tests like pick up and count rice grains and some woodland creatures helped him since he was so kind to them before)

Saw this at a Grateful Dead show intermission at Radio City Music hall in 1980.

I've seen this when I was a kid.

Wow!😀I have never seen this! thanks 😃

Someone put this on Spotify!

@cloudmellie8293

7 жыл бұрын

King Penguin agreed !

I wonder how exactly Bourden's Dairy approached Van Beuren with the concept for this cartoon.

After "Dick Whittington's Cat" there's this cartoon "The Sunshine Makers" and to follow "Neptune Nonsense" in the video titled "Felix the Cat Color Cartoon Hour"

loved it

aww i used to watch this

A war between joy and sadness