The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You (1992)

Original title

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

Directed by

Gerald Potterton

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

23 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated short tells the origin story of the song Happy Birthday to You. A group of characters discovers how the tune came to be a birthday tradition.

whimsicalcheerfullightheartedplayfulsimplemusicalanimatednostalgic

What happens

The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You is a French Canadian children's animated short film directed by Gerald Potterton as part of The Real Story of... / Favorite Songs animated anthology series. The short was produced by Cinar and France Animation in association with Crayon Animation and Western Publishing and was released in January 1992 in the United States. It also features the voices of Ed Asner and Roger Daltrey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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