Cactus Swing
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- Based on a song by the Great Western Orchestra, this music animation tells of the surprise that Pete the North West Mounted Police officer feels as he is awakened in the badlands by a varmint band and observes cacti line dancing.
Directed by Susan Crandall & Beth Portman - 1995 - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I remember seeing this on O Canada in like '97. Been trying to find it for years because I haven't seen it since but it really stuck with me that first time. So happy it's been preserved.
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The desert's dry and so am I
I close one eye and try to sleep
With slumber near, I close one ear
I don't appear to hear a peep
Suddenly a shivaree
Awakens me, must be the heat
I know it's rare but as I stare, I swear the prickly pear have feet
The critters get a lick in with a peckin and a pickin and a rattle and a hissin and do their thing
Sugaro go to and fro and do-si-do
That's Cactus Swing
Then on a stand of painted sand, a varmint band began to play
To the tune Beneath the moon, the critters croon and swoon and sway
Foxes yip out something hip, sidewinders slip and flip their tales
On the stones and dried up bones, the combo moans and groans and wails
The critters get a lick in with a peckin and a pickin and a rattle and a hissin and do their thing
Sugaro go to and fro and do-si-do
That's Cactus Swing
The cacti do the two-step to the groovin hoodoo symphony
From the hill the whippoorwill will trill a Sylvan Rhapsody
My tale is tall and off the wall, don't you call me Ding-a-ling
Ol'nat and fats would tip their hats
Man those desert cats can swing!
The critters get a lick in with a peckin and a pickin and a rattle and a hissin and do their thing
Sugaro go to and fro and do-si-do
That's Cactus Swing
The critters get a lick in with a peckin and a pickin and a rattle and a hissin and do their thing
Sugaro go to and fro and do-si-do
That's Cactus Swing
Ahhh, one of my favorites! Haven't seen it in years. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I used to watch this back in 1996 sometime before bed.
This deserves way more views
Cool animation!!😆❤
Thank you for uploading this! I've been wanting to see again since Cartoon Network stopped showing O'Canada.
It's took me years to find this.
Now my search is over.
Share your pain, now we shall rest for our quest is over
this is an awesome song
Szuper,köszönöm.
Congo dance
susan crandall 1989
Nostalgic!!
Omg! I accidentally my childhood!
I wish I had the audio of this song on my iPod!
wonderfully fun I wish I could find it somewhere to download
2:16 the cactus is about to dance
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"cartoons forever.."
Wow
This would have made a good Muppet show song.
I had to do this song for a concer
Canadios! Yay
she luvs this bs ducking! yay
2023?
anyone know the lyrics for this?
Hi.
fossil rich area?
Aw.. sad.
Why were there dinosaurs?
Because magic
Explain the dancing cacti!
Magic
I was kidding.
Ik it was real !!!
But the thing is ? Are those Cactus in Las Vegas , Or are those Cactus in Arizona Please Explain Smith
Ben Smith ???
Most likely Arizona from the look of the area. Or probably New Mexico or Utah
These are obviously Arizona cactuses, not the Vegas ones because of the angle of their swing. I used to love them until I found one messing with my car and I punched and kicked it. That stupid cacti stabbed me in the toe and knuckles with it's spines, now I hate them all. Not a big fan of ferns either.
nevermind
Cactus aren't only big and dumb, they're jerks too. I once kicked one for acting stupid and the damned thing put a spine under my toenail.
It's kinda what you get for doin that.
This satisfies everyone's secret desires to dance with a cactus.
OH MY GOD, I Finally found this! I been looking for years about this short since I first saw it in the early 2000s. Thanks LSuperSonicQ!
Great to see this uploaded at its best quality- definitely one of my favorite nfb cartoons.
Sucks that O Canada hasn't been on Cartoon Network for around 15 years now :(
Bill Suszynski O CANADA IS MY NATIONAL ANTHEM
Love this so much bought the dvd ;)
lots of fun, thanks for the upload
I like all of your works.
That's so cute, I love this one!
This is Amazing!
Yeeee!!! I jumped in the bed to this song many a night when I was 'sposed to be asleep. :D
Awesome
I knew I shouldn't have had that peyote before bed!
Hahahahahahahahahaha this is amazing!
CACTUS 🌵 SWING TOTALLY AWESOME 👏 TOTALLY HOT 🥵 THIS SONG TOTALLY AWESOME 😎
we love Canadians!
This should be paired with Fievel Goes West
Much music TV
Help? I need these lyrics for my third graders!
So far, I have some lyrics as:
desert's dry so am i
i close my eye and try to sleep
suddenly i close my ear
dont appear to hear a peep..
suddenly, the shivery awakens me,
must be the heat
I know it's weird as i stare
I swear I hoo hoo hear a beat.
all the critters are a lickin
and a pickin and a pickin
and a rattle and a hissin
and a do their thing.
Soon i'll round about
to and fro
and dose do
it's cactus swing
I know a few of those are wrong. Any ideas on the rest?
There's a sing along version on here
Marina Desmarais so how did it go with your third graders?
Great Western Orchestra, the Canadian police will arrest us for exposing our varmints
she gonna hold game hostage now while she
where can i get the lyrics to this song?
ugh, I see now
Kindly sheared lyrics!!!!
Someone please tell me what this is from I watched it as slid and can't remember the show name
DownTheDrainOutoors Technically it's an independent short film produced by the National Film board of Canada. It's possible you saw it on the "O Canada" segment on the Cartoon Network back in the 90s which showed NFB shorts.
nevernind yanko!
why did this video not make the CZcams Kids Learning Center
@Theonegamefreak it's fun :) explain a talking walking mouse, duck or dog! Explain sponge bob!! :P it's just honest good for the soul fun....like the fun one cant remember having when they were 4, becuase everything was magical and honest...pure....and you loss that with time...with age....
honey? why are you doing this?
I came across this cause I'm a cactus addict! I don't really like the design of the cacti in this short though. They look like scallions with fish faces.......
Just discovered ANOTHER lie in this video: I looked it up and prospectors were in the 1800s and here's a dinosaur which died like a hundred years BEFORE then. This video is fake news!!
Im guessing you're joking.
not
Lame. It`s a cool and fun idea for an animated short, but the annoyingly toonish animation of the characters fairly spoils it for me..
You have no taste my man