Over the Garden Wall: An American Masterpiece 

Hitting you all with some history in this one. Hope you enjoy and Happy Halloween!

This story really is a masterpiece. They should teach it in literature classes.

Honestly, deserves so much more attention. Was in awe as the story unfolded throughout the video. Great job !

growing up in the old colonies really made this show hit home for me, felt like I was watching a show about my childhood

FINALLY SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS MASTER PEACE

Remembered watching this as a kid in the fourth grade right on Halloween on Cartoon Network(at the time CN released all the episodes at once).And man, I gotta say, it really felt relatable, due to having half-blooded siblings as well as the theme of brotherhood, since I have a lot of brothers. I was really sad when the series ended so quickly and we see how the remaining characters spend their lives, because i knew there were no more episodes after that and the adventures stopped.

I haven't seen anyone talk about this show since 2015. I'm glad people still find it amazing

Even though this show has left me frothing at the mouth for more, I realized that the amount we have is perfect. Every part of this show is memorable

Great analysis. I didn't realize how many pieces of art and history McHale was influenced by. I remember reading about OTGW, I don't remember if it was a comment on RU-vid or a review of the show, but someone described the show as: "If Mark Twain wrote Alice in Wonderland."

I watch this nearly every October

Over the Garden Wall is not only one of the most beautiful cartoons I’ve ever seen, but just one of the most beautiful pieces of art

Consider the utterly New England short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benét, and especially the 1941 film adaptation. You’ll find massive influence on OtGW’s art direction, especially Enoch’s creepy social, Lorna, and two backlit stills of the boys.

i’ve been recommended a bunch of over the garden wall videos this week. this one’s my favorite!

Beatrice was meant to be a ref to the Cheshire cat?? I thought she was part of the Dante's inferno tie in. OTGW directly mirror's the plot of Dante's inferno.

One thing I noticed you forgot to mention was The Magic Finger by Ronald Dahl. It's about hunters that anger a little girl, and the girl turns the hunter family into birds.

The owl house, Over the garden wall, arcane, steven universe. 4 animated masterpieces

Everyone talks about the Dante references, I never knew about the callbacks to early American colonial literature. Thanks for sharing!

This is the best video on RU-vid talking about over the garden wall. Hearing peoples theories is fine, but I love to see where the actual inspiration comes from

absolutely fantastic video! otgw is probably my favorite show and you definitely do it a ton of justice in this! i never thought about the "the fight is over" part of the story despite watching otgw countless times, honestly that really attests to how nearly every time you rewatch the show, you notice something new. btw, not to be hashtag that person but actually wirt's coat is a WWII nurse's cape! you may be getting it mixed up with the hat that was briefly seen in ep 9 when wirt takes it out, which was a union soldier cap. :)

"In [...] 'The Devil and Tom Walker,' Tom Walker takes a walk, where he meets the devil" Checks out.

this has been my favorite thing since it came out, and it’s crazy to me that I’m 20 now now and I’ve loved it and found refuge in this show since I was 12 !!

It’s like a witch getting killed by a pure natural element. It’s soooooo cool! ❤

I’ve never seen this take Amazing

Glad this video led me to your channel!

Fantastic video! Super interesting to see all the history and classic films and shorts that inspired OTGW. I've always described OTGW as "Americana Alice in Wonderland" to others, so it's nice to see I'm not the only one who makes that comparison!

I'm going to subscribe because this was very well written! You packed a ton of info in 13 minutes without the video becoming overwhelming. Even though there are a lot of video essays about Over the Garden Wall, this take was also surprisingly fresh. Keep up the good work!

That song The Fight Is Over definitely took a lot of inspiration from T. Rex Ballrooms of Mars, a song from the 80s I think.

Excellent essay! One of my favorite shows.

Probably the best OTGW video I have ever watched, I’m even sad that it was short!! Thank you so much for making this. I personally chronically relate to Wirt and I tend to worry and overthink everything. Recently I’d given up, I struggle connecting with others in fear of what they’d think and avoid work on my art portfolio due to me being terrified not being good enough for the college I so desperately want to go to, but I’m to scared. I understand the story and lesson of the show, but you translated into something at the end that made me mentally take a step back. I need to walk into the unknown in order to grow and change. Thank you so much for what you had to say, you honestly helped me. You have earned a subscriber!

THIS IS AMAZING

Well seems like I found a Diamond in the rough! Your video is amazing :D and if ya keep going im sure yall get big!

Watch it every Halloween, meaning I re-watched it a week ago. This is probably the best miniseries that I've watched. Chock full of hidden references to Dante's inferno and old 1930's cartoon art style. This will no doubt go down as not just a classic but a masterpiece.

Make a video about infinity train please!

Those are some great observations there.

amazing analysis man. I knew this short series was awesome, but I didn't know it was so much lore behind it :O sick

Katie's doing a soap collection with this theme. I've been wanting to see it.

Earned yourself a sub. Love this show. The model of context and history explanation is one of my favorites, keep going and I'll keep watching. Godspeed.

Hands down one of the best videos on this cartoon I've seen!! Good job!!

Cool channel, surprised how small your channel is considering the quality

This video is one of a kind. I'm on my second time watching, and I imagine I'll watch a third time, bc of the amount of information in the video!

Excellent job on this video. Thank you for including the side-by-side comparisons between some of the shows animation and their origins of influence. The Halloween postcards were a particularly fun thing to see.

This October was the first time I ever watched this series fully and I loved it! Might make a tradition of watching this when it’s October.

Great video.

super underrated video man, i love hearing new stuff about otgw that hasn't been talked about before

Only 12 minutes? Okay let's see

Love it man, great video!

Kudos! This was so thoroughly researched and it shows

I thought it was an orangutan that was the villain in the Edgar Allen Poe story

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It would be nice if captions were turned on

There was no first Thanksgiving.

Subscribed, keep up the good work!