@@evilsharkey8954 There was a time when it was. Some Hungarian kings had the mints give out money that had less and less gold or silver in them, and there are stories about one of them (Don't ask which, can't remember the name since my history classes were decades ago.) outright having money recalled and reminted with less precious metal in them.
They could never cheat each other not becouse they were friends. They were friends becouse they COULD NEVER cheat eachother. They would not be old friends if one could cheat another.
Oh I get it Its not that they could never bring themselves to cheat the other, it's that they're both so clever, they couldnt get one over on the other
Krisztina Kapuvari True, I understand your point, but with of these fairytales, it appears that the children are all relatively born around the same age. Which means they can’t work as much as the house would need them to. I am not saying that children aren’t a blessing back on those times, but it seems like it would be more work to try and feed all those hungry mouths instead of trying to sustain just themselves for the time being. :)
Plus kids died all the time. You could have 20 kids yet by age of ripe age of 40 you could only have two or three surviwe eighter to starvation,sickness or work accident.
We have the same social dynamics we see in evolution as humans. Some have very few children but growing very old (MEDCs) some have many children but die early (LEDCs) and some are in between.
And that’s how poor people entertained themself in times without TV or internet: by stealing, cheating on their best friends and pretending to be dead.
"Koma" (the original title for "old friend") is an interesting word in Hungarian. It does generally mean best friend, childhood friend, pal, chum. But this "best friend" was also an institution of rural life who'd do things like act as your children's godparent; your "koma" and their family'd effectively become adopted extended family through their participation in these big family events. Of course beneath this formal "bffs for life" role you'd occasionally find jealousy or rivalry, especially if both families were opportunistic. For the folks who created these stories this was common knowledge, and so these serve both as a parody of people they knew and witnessed, and cautionary tale for others on how not to be such fools as these two "best friends".
i have watch at least 100 of these in like 4 day, an one of the things i like about this is how they phase thier words u can tell English is not his native language an i love the music 2 it way out there...
It sounds very much like English is the narrator's first language/one of their native languages if they speak another. The English is old and translated from Hungarian cartoons so that's why it sounds quite different from today's common and modern language.
Brother you have the best animation which is absent in this era. Like courage the cowardly dog, SpongeBob SquarePants etc... Your every episode gives me the old ❤ vibes please! Never change the graphics of your stories they are the very essence of your art!. And will there be horror stories in your cartoon ? I would love to see them.😊
Ramona Hylton pardon me but you misspelled it It's "They're NOT friends" Yes they are but not GOOD nor LOYAL friends at all But they learn that they should to help each other out at the end among that it benefited both of themselves and both of their families
Chad Von Deucheburg - I think the other person might know they are edible, I think they are wondering why you’d eat a handful of them. They are not raisins or pumpkin seeds. They probably taste foul alone.
Welp, they're definitely Roma like me. (I'm Hungarian Roma. I was born in Hungary, but put up for adoption by the Hungarian government for obvious reasons...)
@@victorlolxd7347 there are various reasons but that happened in Romania as well in the 80s and 90s. The government would illegally take the babies from those families and put the for adoption without their consent. In my opinion the real reason was racism.
@@cristinabajdechi3743 I seem to have heard a similar story with Australian Aboriginal children (taken from their families to be adopted by white foster families)
I don't get it - if they hadn't bumped into one another, what were they both going to try to do, sell that junk without anybody looking inside? Are they daft?
Oak apples are a knobbly growth on oak trees formed by a little parasite. They make their nests inside and hatch out as little wasps - you saw one fly out when the child stomped on it.
And also a real life reflection. Sometimes, back in those days, people did have to beg, cheat, and steal just to make ends meet. If you want to give a accurate impression of those days, you gotta include those things. Plus, it can also act as a warning. This is what you'll be reduced to if you don't work hard and if society doesn't take measures to ensure there are less "poor" people.
![Tifusari (Typhus Victims) - Yugoslav Animated Film, 1963 [ENG subtitles]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HDYDToynzko/mqdefault.jpg)
I feel bad for the guy who paid them fairly and got robbed for it.
If he even notices the gold is missing. That was a big pile.
A plate of gold for three days’ work? I’d say he paid them pretty darn well unless gold is dirt cheap In Hungary!
@@evilsharkey8954 There was a time when it was. Some Hungarian kings had the mints give out money that had less and less gold or silver in them, and there are stories about one of them (Don't ask which, can't remember the name since my history classes were decades ago.) outright having money recalled and reminted with less precious metal in them.
He deserved. #eattherich
"We could never cheat each other!"
Proceeds to cheat each other.
They could never cheat each other not becouse they were friends.
They were friends becouse they COULD NEVER cheat eachother.
They would not be old friends if one could cheat another.
I am aware. I was merely commenting on their repetitive futile attempts at cheating.
Relationships today
@@Rudevald goals.
I think you have to take it literally, as in: any attempt at cheating the other always fails
This story should be named "Two Old Fools"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what else would you call a couple of friends?
....but they worked-WORKED- for three days and got a plate of gold. Why not just work?
seems to me like more of a prank war than them actually trying to cheat each other.
Because the morale of the story is: if you work you get a plate of gold. If you steal you get half bag of gold. So learn to steal hungerian kids...
it was the last 3 days of the year i think it was a temp job.
More drama
@@danielreick9904 As one commenter said, it was more of a cultural thing, and a cautionary tale not to act like these two idiots.
Oh I get it
Its not that they could never bring themselves to cheat the other, it's that they're both so clever, they couldnt get one over on the other
I think they're old friends because they're very forgiving.
Yes they are!
I think theyre old friends because they know they're a martch for eachother
Keep your friends close and enemies closer ?
They could never cheat each other because they always catch each other cheating.
Funny enough, I could imagine how they were friends
I just feel bad for their wives' having to put up with whats probably a running issue with these guys lol
Moral of the story:
If you can't successfully cheat your partner in crime, then settle on a compromise instead.
7:59 - That is not how you sit on a chair!
Ikr. I was thinking the same
Maybe that's how they sit in Hungary. Speaking of which, those two sure were Hungary!
He sits like L from death note cause he thinks 40% better
@@resart5445 well not quiet but that's a good one.
Unless you're Krem!
Add in one more “old friend”, and you’ll have the Three Hungarian Stooges! 😆
An interesting case of the villains winning in the end. Usually they'd either get their comeuppance or one or both of them dies in the end.
If those two spent half as much effort into working rather than cheating and stealing, they would each be richer than the rich man.
So your reward for giving two men honest wages is to be robbed by them?
It's a folk tale, in reality the opposite is true.
That's what you get for putting all your money in a pit instead of putting it back in the market
Narrator: "Once upon a time, there was a poor man, and he was very poor"
Me: YoU doN'T SAaAaYYy
Sharing is caring. That's what they always say.
Go to hell nooooo!! Sharing is not caring do not trust
@@arpadveres9927
Get lost!
These stories taught me an important lesson.. reproduce less.. good family planing is important
Takes them a whole lot to figure that they can't cheat each other
I love the animation.
Thank you, in the name of Pannónia Film Studio! :)
Thank you so much for making these stories for us.
ohh these are 50 year old television cartoons! he is just making english dubs! :)
This sounds remarkably similar to the story of the man who sold his son to the devil for a magic nut that let him feed his poor family.
Best Christmas story ever.
This one is superb ! It's like watching Tom & Jerry 😂😂😂
i could understand why they are "friends"
My theory is that when they were younger they cheated each other so much they became friends
4:07 - 4:09: What a kind gesture.
The flower?
@@aokimika9249 yes. Why am I replying now? This was 3 years ago.
Why is it common for poor men to have a lot of kids? Nothing better to do?
Ifkr
Krisztina Kapuvari True, I understand your point, but with of these fairytales, it appears that the children are all relatively born around the same age. Which means they can’t work as much as the house would need them to.
I am not saying that children aren’t a blessing back on those times, but it seems like it would be more work to try and feed all those hungry mouths instead of trying to sustain just themselves for the time being. :)
Plus they like to cheat and steal!
Plus kids died all the time. You could have 20 kids yet by age of ripe age of 40 you could only have two or three surviwe eighter to starvation,sickness or work accident.
We have the same social dynamics we see in evolution as humans. Some have very few children but growing very old (MEDCs) some have many children but die early (LEDCs) and some are in between.
And that’s how poor people entertained themself in times without TV or internet: by stealing, cheating on their best friends and pretending to be dead.
"Koma" (the original title for "old friend") is an interesting word in Hungarian. It does generally mean best friend, childhood friend, pal, chum. But this "best friend" was also an institution of rural life who'd do things like act as your children's godparent; your "koma" and their family'd effectively become adopted extended family through their participation in these big family events. Of course beneath this formal "bffs for life" role you'd occasionally find jealousy or rivalry, especially if both families were opportunistic. For the folks who created these stories this was common knowledge, and so these serve both as a parody of people they knew and witnessed, and cautionary tale for others on how not to be such fools as these two "best friends".
Hahaha I enjoyed this one. They were a good match for eachother XD
1:18, "I've got some nuts in this sack"
i have watch at least 100 of these in like 4 day, an one of the things i like about this is how they phase thier words u can tell English is not his native language an i love the music 2 it way out there...
It sounds very much like English is the narrator's first language/one of their native languages if they speak another.
The English is old and translated from Hungarian cartoons so that's why it sounds quite different from today's common and modern language.
+Ребекка Rebecca
cool, nice name 2
True, no-one says "Gods Blessings to you" as a greeting or "what say you, brother mouse?"
These men deserved to be poor. They robbed the very man who hired them. No wonder they couldn't care for their families.
I love these tales so much...
Brother you have the best animation which is absent in this era. Like courage the cowardly dog, SpongeBob SquarePants etc...
Your every episode gives me the old ❤ vibes
please! Never change the graphics of your stories they are the very essence of your art!. And will there be horror stories in your cartoon ? I would love to see them.😊
This is actually a cartoon from Hungarian TV, it was produced soooo many years ago, so trust me, nothing is changing :)
Cheatch and Chong 😂
Moral of the story.... to each on his own.
There not friends
Ramona Hylton pardon me but you misspelled it
It's "They're NOT friends"
Yes they are but not GOOD nor LOYAL friends at all
But they learn that they should to help each other out at the end among that it benefited both of themselves and both of their families
It was their greediness that got the better of them.
Some friends. They cheat each other.
yep. they are like brothers from another mother. split from the same pod.
You used the wrong there/they're/their in your comment. So I'm NOT YOUR friend. 😠 *Hmphfff*
I'm just kidding, I'm lonely😭, stick with me buddy 😁
adoravo questo episodio❤❤ mettelo in lingua italiana grazie
Moral of story fuk honest work and true friendship
Spy vs Spy! But with a cute ending :)
i dont think these two like each other enough to be called friends
This story is a trip an a half I love it
This reminds me of the Bahamian tale Ber Bouki and Ber Rabbi: The master trickster🇧🇸
the poor stealing from the rich? my kind of story!
Let’s join forces and work together - and that’s how communism got invented
8:00 Thats not how you sit on a chair 😄 Edit: even someone mentioned it in the comments
I didn't even notice until I saw this comment
Why the man didn't fake the grave and hide somewhere else? Why go through the trouble burying himself?
Lets join forces and cheat someone else
Poppy seeds are itty bitty little specks of seeds. Why would you want to eat them?
Opium
They are edible and it is a common dish in Hungary and in east european countries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poppy_seed_pastries_and_dishes
Chad Von Deucheburg - I think the other person might know they are edible, I think they are wondering why you’d eat a handful of them. They are not raisins or pumpkin seeds. They probably taste foul alone.
@@connie1wilson they grind them up to a blackish paste add a little sugar its good and good for you. Seeds are nutritious and so are nuts.
Christmas without snow?! Im pretty sure one of them is Polish because "Polak Węgier dwa bratanki"
Moral: you cannot cheat ur old friend
Hungarian peasant folk were mightily strong.
Boy I really love ..the Flut music intro ...where can i learn more
[Let's come back and rob him later]
*CHEESES before trundling off in a weird tip toe*
Old cartoon made me look up Oak apple!! ~~THe more you know~~
Welp, they're definitely Roma like me. (I'm Hungarian Roma. I was born in Hungary, but put up for adoption by the Hungarian government for obvious reasons...)
What reasons? Sorry i do not have a lot between the ears 😅
@@victorlolxd7347 there are various reasons but that happened in Romania as well in the 80s and 90s. The government would illegally take the babies from those families and put the for adoption without their consent. In my opinion the real reason was racism.
@@cristinabajdechi3743 I seem to have heard a similar story with Australian Aboriginal children (taken from their families to be adopted by white foster families)
It doesn't seem like they are good friends, since they both tried to cheat each other, even if it worked out in the end.
I don't get it - if they hadn't bumped into one another, what were they both going to try to do, sell that junk without anybody looking inside? Are they daft?
Why didn't they do that in the first place... As clever as they are you would think they would
Certainly not the Christmas stories I am used to... strange message 😊
*Two* *old* *friends* *meet* *again* ~
leson of the story: be good to your crime partnes
Why are they friends in the first place?
2:36-2:51 My Reaction And My Revenge From David Zaslav To David Zaslav's Desicions.
“Oak apples”? Acorns?
Oak apples are a knobbly growth on oak trees formed by a little parasite. They make their nests inside and hatch out as little wasps - you saw one fly out when the child stomped on it.
@@fidelisfaber4961 look up "gubacs"
Cool
... I have... no words Oo
Are these Hungarian gypsies ?
Old Man: The people in town sure are gonna love DEEZ NUTS! HA!
why do poor mans always have a lot of children..
and I was here thinking kingle.all the way was intense
They were not All friends
What are thy saying stealing is bad. Just a couple of thief's!!!
Thieves*
Funny
Aki MAGYAR az likeolja
No punishment for the theft, that's not right. I don't see actual moral in it cheating and theft that's it .
Not a moral, just a story to entertain
And also a real life reflection. Sometimes, back in those days, people did have to beg, cheat, and steal just to make ends meet. If you want to give a accurate impression of those days, you gotta include those things. Plus, it can also act as a warning. This is what you'll be reduced to if you don't work hard and if society doesn't take measures to ensure there are less "poor" people.
They are not clever enough to fool each other that's y they can never cheat each other
So...Honor Amongst Thieves
GOODMORNING OLD FRIEND 👹
No honor amongst thieves.
The fool friends
0:23 skip
hmmmmmmm poppy seeds interesting
Once upon a time there was a man and he had many children... Why??
Poor?
@@sandrajovic9304 exactly... I Skipped the word poor 😅 i wonder why poor men have LOTS and LOTS of children
If you're poor, can you afford contraception? xD
@@jakeryker546 Contraception? In the middle ages? Good luck with that.
Look carefully from 8:29 to 8:34
that looks like something else, doesn't it? 😜
Franco e Ciccio.
Be lazy and greedy and steal your generous employer, and live happily ever after. What a lesson!
Right thieves
😂
Why didn't they just do the right thing?
A lot of these are nonsense stories
But i enjoy them
Fact or fiction otherwise
Bullshit artists to the end.😍😍
The moral is: don't have nine children!
There mad
That's a very bad story. Stealing is not acceptable
Hungarians are very rebellious
I think one of them is Romanian, and the other is a Gypsy. Do to... obvious reasons.
Really?
One looks Hungarian and one looks gypsy
But could be Romanian-gypsy
My least favorite so far, and I've watched quite a few.
I didn’t really like this one, I dunno... I just didn’t like it.