Old Yeller

(The Disneycember logo is shown, before showing clips from Old Yeller)

Doug (vo): By popular demand, and I do mean very, very, very popular demand, Old Yeller. This is the one I probably got the most critisism over skipping. Everyone proclaims it a Disney classic. and the reason I didn't review it before is because... quite honestly, I have never seen it before. The reason? Well, everybody ruined the ending for me. I won't give it away here, but let's just say, if you know the ending, you kind of get the idea what kind of story it is, and, even though I knew it was probably good, I kind of avoided it, saying to myself, "I much rather see a film I don't know the ending to." But Disneycember, rightfully so, has forced me to finally look at this film that's been loved by so many, and... Yeah. It is really, really, really good. Honestly, it's among one of Disney's best, the reason being that a story like this can so easily be done wrong, it can so easily be made to corny, it can so easily get wrapped up in sappy music or overly sympathetic speeches, and, especially being Disney, you would think that's what was gonna happen in this film. But it doesn't. It has a very nice, consistent tone.