Mary Poppins vs. Wall Street

Mary Poppins relates the founding of the United States with a run on a bank:

Mr. Dawes: In 1773, an official of this bank, unwisely loaned a large sum of money, to finance a shipment of tea to the American colonies. Do you know what happened?

Mr. Banks: Yes, sir. Yes, I think I do. Uh, uh, as the ship lay in Boston harbor, uh, a party of the colonists dressed as Red Indians, uh, boarded the vessel, behaved very rudely, and, and threw all the tea overboard. This made the tea unsuitable for drinking, even for Americans.

Mr. Dawes: Precisely. The loan was defaulted. Panic ensued within these walls. There was a run on the bank!

Mr. Dawes (Snr): From that time to this, sir, there has not been a run on this bank until today! A run, sir, caused by the disgraceful conduct of your son. Do you deny it?

It then goes on to equate humanity's emancipation from capitalism to the liberation of words we utter, the languages we speak:

Mr. Banks: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Mary Poppins was right. It's extraordinary. It does make you feel better!

Mr. Dawes (Snr): What are you talking about, man? There's no such word.

Mr. Banks: Oh, yes. It is a word. A perfectly good word, actually. Do you know what there's no such thing as? It turns out, with due respect, when all is said and done, that there's no such thing as you!

[jannemarie]

When I was a kid, I thought the whole display with tearing up carnations, turning umbrellas inside out and punching holes in hats was how it would normally go any time someone was fired.

[byronic-heroine]

As a kid, I just thought they were plain old punishing Mr. Banks by destroying his things, but years later I learned it was specifically supposed to resemble military cashiering to show us how seriously this bank took itself and what a stuffy, regimented life he was stuck in.

[JB-vqxv]

“It’s not the children she’s come to save, it’s their father”

[marvinthemaniacaldancingap]

A wooden leg named Smith, so THAT'S what Monty Python's funniest joke in the world was. The joke was lethal, for no one could read it and live. And so, the joke's first victim was Mr. Dawes Senior of the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank in London, England on May 21, 1910.

[docdave]

I don't know why, but I like the one banker who screams "No not that" when they're about to mess up his umbrella. Shows a bit of humanity in them.

[SouthJerseySam]

I always laugh at the guy who says "No, not that!" when the son is about to wreck Banks' umbrella.

[MegaEzpwnU]

This made the tea unsuitable for drinking, even for Americans! - best line by far

[spiritgirl]

2:46-4:21 I was cracking up all throughout this part because of how hilarious what Mr. Banks was saying:
"Do you know what there's no such thing as? It turns out, with due respect, when all is said and done, that there's no such thing as you!"
And the way he was skipping off and singing "A Spoonful of Sugar"

[wtvideos]

As I kid I used to die laughing when the guy wrecked the umbrella and punched a hole through his hat. Kudos to Disney for making a somber moment nonetheless funny and ridiculous in the spirit of the movie.

Also kudos to Disney for making a 7-yr kid understand what a bank run was without even realizing he was learning something :)

[mkaplan]

I can sympathize with Mr. Banks. I gave 5 years of my life into the call center as Workforce Management, and just like that in 2019 I was discharged (or laid off to be specific) on economic reasons not by company violation without notice. But I did say this as I walked out:






Mary Poppins was right, you do feel better when you say it!

[officergregorystevens]

"Banks don't you dare strike my father!" lmao.. Sigmund Freud on helium..

[horrorfan]

I love his boss's face at 4:39 he finally gets the joke

[credendovides]

After a terrible job interview for a summer work it was clear I didn't did well, so when the interviewer asked me if there was anything I liked to add, I stared at him really seriously and simply told: "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", then left without saying anything else.
Bloody hell, it did work! They took me for the job! XD

[Sparrowcompass]

4:13 - 4:20 Mr.Banks's dance on the way out is fantastic!


The way his umbrella opens and closes gives tribute to new recently created "Inverted Umbrellas".

[MadameTamma]

the next time you get fired, say the most magnificent word that comes to mind and tell your boss "there's no such thing as you!" 

[sceaux]

"Father died laughing."
I have to wonder how that might have looked under the circumstances...
"WHUMP!"

[Booker]

"No, not that!"
"Steady on"
*Turns umbrella inside out

I just find this just insanely funny for some reason

[WillScarlet]

It amazes me how many ways the 'Feed the Birds' theme is used in this sequence - it plays over his walk to the bank, then when he arrives it's played like a dirge as he walks to what he thinks is his doom - and then, at 2:42 - his rebirth.

[cabootle]

"This made the tea unsuitable for drinking, even for Americans." lol

[garethwiseman]

R.I.P David Tomlinson the best actor of his age.