Help a brother (literally, my actual brother) out?

[dira]

So I have two tiny nieces and one somewhat less tiny nephew, and because I am doing my part to bring them up right, they LOVE VIDS. Specifically they really, really love Charmax's Mr. Blue Sky WALL-E vid and gwyn_r's Hold on Tight Rataouille vid and kuwdora's Love Letter Lilo & Stitch vid.

And those are all AWESOME, FANTASTIC VIDS that I and the other adults in their lives have now seen WAY TOO MANY TIMES. So now we need help, internets. Please, please rec more vids for the six-and-under set.

They get pretty bored by anything that doesn't come from a source they're familiar with, or doesn't at least look like a source they're familiar with--they were reasonably receptive to watching YouTube clips of Fantasia the last time I got tired of replaying the same few vids over and over. (Sadly they were not so into the awesome Gene Kelly vid, although I think I could have Stockholmed them into it if the family reunion had lasted another day or two.)

OTOH, they are young enough that the scary parts of Fantasia are too scary for them, so, for instance, the recent very cool vid by ... somebody ... to Tragic Kingdom, with all the scary/depressing parts of Disney Movies, would not help. They were somewhat upset even by the alligators being sinister in the direction of the hippos.

Please? Internets? Save my brother's sanity and give him some new vids for the next generation of fans to watch? :D

Comments

[fan_eunice]

Do they like How To Train Your Dragon? I made one, and I specifically had 'would my niece and nephew watch it' in mind (6 and 8 at the time I made it, and it went over well with that set). http://fan-eunice.dreamwidth.org/257142.html

[norah]

There's the "I walk the line" vid for march of the penguins and the reggae Happy Feet vid and Laurashapiro's " monster" monster's inc. vid and also the one of dug from Up to fireflies. Off the top of my head & no links b/c iPhone, but I shall be following comments to this post you betcha!

[fan_eunice]

From Festivids

Absolutedestiny's Lilo & Stitch vid Beat Control: http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/12173.html

And two Narnia vids:

by Charmax: http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/37053.html

by Dogstar http://fv-poster.dreamwidth.org/22318.html

[kuwdora]

Every Penguin Dance Now by mranderson71

[kuwdora]

Fireflies by talitha78 (as recced by norah above)

Because looking up vids is MUCH more fun than drafting my thesis

[sansets]

Back to the Future - http://thingswithwings.dreamwidth.org/93932.html
Fantasia - http://counteragent.livejournal.com/58691.html
Up - http://absolutedestiny.livejournal.com/186499.html
The Muppets - http://cee-m.livejournal.com/484056.html
SPACE! - http://destina.livejournal.com/478719.html
How to Train Your Dragon - http://talitha78.dreamwidth.org/206424.html
Despicable Me - http://talitha78.livejournal.com/249244.html
Wonder Woman - http://beccatoria.babealicious.net/dc.html
Superman - http://odessie.livejournal.com/17547.html
Multi-fandom - http://vidding.livejournal.com/172572.html

And two vids that are kid friendly sources and themes, but might not be kid friendly music depending upon your brother's standards (No judgement implied either way! Just that some people are more comfy explaining random popular songs to their kids than others)

Road to El Dorado - http://some-stars.livejournal.com/2023364.html
Toy Story - http://leanwellback.dreamwidth.org/20631.html

[kass]

My two-year-old loves "Goody Two Shoes," a Due South vid by laurashapiro and pipsqueaky; and "Brick House," a multifandom Gina Torres vid by gwyn; and "Welcome Home," an FNL vid by barkley. Oh, and "I Never Go to Work," an SGA vid by grammarwoman.

♥

[petra]

There are Batman vids, but I don't know which Batman (if any) they'd know at that age.

[dira]

Definitely nothing live-action, but if there were vids for any of the toon versions they'd probably be willing to watch?

[liviapenn]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: We Rule The World by cherryice.

I don't know where exactly but there must be tons of My Little Pony vids out there besides this...

[madripoor_rose]

Passing lurker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JC24p0YsA

Maybe they'd accept the Simon's Cat cartoons?

[sara]

Hee hee hee hee hee, clearly you have not met my son. Who regularly combines his Batman hoodie with his pink capri pants.

Lego Batman is VERY BIG with the preschool/elementary set right now. Whoa nelly. And yes, there is a lot of comics canon that gets left out (we have had to explain about the difference between "grownup Batman comics" and "kid Batman comics" many a time....)

[sylleptic]

Don't know if this would suit, but there's cherryice's A:tLA vid about Appa: http://cherryice.livejournal.com/248087.html

Heya!

[missmollyetc]

How are they with dancing? ::grins:: There's:

http://youtu.be/HBU1jRlGbBs which is multi-fandom dancing set to Safety Dance, by shoopdancer.

http://youtu.be/M66m4bsIss8 another multi-fandom dancing vid set to Club Can't Handle Me, by cratemonster.

not vids, exactly ...

[molly_o]

My daughter *loved* pogo's Expialidocious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Za-V_lhwGg

She also lately has gotten really into various scenes from The Sound of Music that are on YouTube -- So Long, Farewell is an all-time favorite, but The Lonely Goatherd and My favorite Things are up there. (Fair warning: the other night I found myself reenacting So Long Farewell with her; a little Sound of Music is a dangerous thing.)

Oh, and the Pink Glove Dance is a favorite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw).

She also loves *both* actual videos to Bruno Mars' Lazy Song (the one with Nimoy & the one with the monkey masks). Some folks might not think some of the images/lyrics are kid-friendly, though.

(She has a decided preference for live-action over animation, though -- she watches cartoons now, but when she was two or so, she didn't care for them at all.)

[axiom_of_stripe]

olivia by dualbunny (last unicorn) (kissy stuff)
happiness dojo by west (ranma 1/2) (cartoon violence)

...wow, it's kind of amazing how many vids i don't know for little kids.

[merrily]

Okay, this isn't quite what you asked for (it's not a fanvid), but it was in a list of vids that thefourthvine's kid loved, so I thought it might be suitable. Plus, it's totally charming:

Obsessed by Trucks, a song by Justin Roberts [YouTube].

The only other things I could come up with are, um, sliiiiightly dubious. However, I offer them for your judgement:

jarrow's Give It Up (a montage of people dancing in John Hughes movies)

talitha78's White & Nerdy (Psych, Gus) (it's just really funny)

noxika also did a great Psych vid to Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" which is silly and I think would make kids laugh. She seems to have mostly deleted her journal, but I've got a copy, if you want to see it. (It turns out many people have vidded Psych to "Just Dance," but a cursory skim through the YouTube offerings suggest that Nox's was the best.)

Other than that, I second the Dug vid.

[spatz]

Infinity and Beyond (Toy Story): on the one hand, the vid is hilarious and the lyrics are technically clean. On the other hand, your brother might not want to listen to Ke$ha on repeat. *g*

Tamacun (ATLA) has some intense action scenes, but I think Appa the fluffy flying six-legged buffalo might balance things out.

I see they didn't like Gene Kelly, but maybe they'll like Fred & Ginger: Happiness by icepixie

[giddygeek]

...I have absolutely no recommendations (although I will be watching pretty much all of these vids just for me I think), but now I need that Tragic Kingdom vid in my life. *goes to find*

[januar]

As others said before me, the Up vid "Fireflies" is wonderful.

On the Pixar theme, such_height's Finding Nemo vid: Float On

Then there's talitha78's Despicable Me vid: Only Girl (In the World) (although your nieces would probably like it more than your nephew. But you never know!)

I wish I had more to rec. There should definitely be more light hearted vids to animated movies/shows.

[gwyn]

This made me so, so happy, you have no idea. I just love that the vid can speak to so many people. What a fantastic birthday present to read this! ;-)

[dira]

If you hadn't already tracked it down, it's here:
http://missbreese.livejournal.com/35392.html?format=light

[dira]

Yay! And happy belated birthday! Seriously, the kids kept coming up to me after I showed it to them once (and totally didn't cry because that vid TOTALLY DOESN'T MAKE ME CRY) and demanding to see "Ratatouille" by which they meant your vid. ♥