Full VHS Willie the Operatic Whale 

Thanks for posting this - I had the Willie the Whale album and picture book when I was a little kid - probably 1968 or 1969 - and never actually saw the full story. I visited my mom at the nursing home today and for some reason thought of the old Willie the Whale record/book she bought me over 50 years ago - and RU-vid didn’t fail!

There’s something so appealing about the design and smile. Not to mention the singing voice is just the best choice.

RIP Paul Smith (1906-1985)

Every opera, no matter how cute, always ends with a bittersweet tragedy…

Just a shame that Willie didn’t appear in Once Upon a Studio.

This was a great story but it was a sad mini classic.

R.I.P. Walt Disney & Nelson Eddy.

Something that I think makes this story both sweeter and sadder is that it is somewhat reflective of real life. This short came out in in 1946, when the whaling industry was still in full swing, with up to 80,000 whales being killed each year and many species nearing extinction. Then, in the late 1960's, people from the US military that were listening for Russian submarines on hydrophones sent recordings of strange sounds to a pair of marine biologists called Robert Payne Scott McVay, who identified them as the vocalizations of whales. The discovery that whales sing gained extreme public interest and caused the foundation of new conservation movements, eventually leading to the ban of commercial whaling in most countries during the 1980's.

The Make Mine Music home video excluded the last segment which is about Hill Billies..and so. ..this beautifully tragic segment becomes that anthology movie's Finale!

My sister and I had this on VHS. So many memories

This is something that would mark the start of the whale conservation movement.

14:08 😢 willy is in heaven and 10000 voices behind him and it is SOLD OUT 🥰

Willie is the best underrated Disney character in Disney 😊

Are we going to talk about the thumbnail? 😂😂😂😂

Hey, wasn't there supposed to be other shorts after that, such as "Ferdinand the Bull" and"Lambert the Sheepish Lion"?

Well, what did you expect from the opera? A happy ending?

Now that is what I call a the end

RIP Oliver Wallace (1887-1963)

I Thought That There Was ALSO A Favorite Stories Version Of “Willie The Operatic Whale”

That because people ever Experience Miracles or see a miracle 13:54

2:37

Now That’s A Dark Toons And This Is What Happened At The End Of The Story And Wilie The Operatic Whale’s Dream Of Miracle Has Turns Into A Nightmare When Willie The Operatic Whale Has Met The End Of His Life He Was Harpooned To Death By Misunderstanding Professor Tetti Tatti The Impresario

What piece is that from, the end angel whale sings?

What if he was in the public domain (not you steamboat willie)

I remembered that this movie was on Walt Disney presents and in the movie Make Mine Music. But that movie isn't on Disney plus.

Monstros cousin

Oh my god! He got shot!

i wonder if anyone knows that nelson eddy came from my home state of rhode island?????!!!!!!!!!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Damb back when Disney was good ay?

I Hope You Don't Get A Copyright Strike From Disney.

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