Sebastian the Crab Sleeps With the Fishes

Tuckerfan · May 25, 2021

Samuel Wright, voice of Sebastian from the Little Mermaid films, has died.

The Little Mermaid's Voice of Sebastian, Samuel E. Wright, Has Died

Disney animated films are known for their recognizable, unmistakable voices, but few fit that bill quite as much as Samuel E. Wright. Wright voiced Sebastian, the lovable crab in the 1989 smash The Little Mermaid, unforgettably singing the Oscar-winning song, “Under the Sea.” And while Wright’s voice will live in our hearts forever, he died this week at the age of 74.

Besides the voice of Sebastian, Wright originated the role of Mufasa in the stage version of The Lion King (for which he was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical) and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Dinosaur. He also reprised the Sebastian role in numerous other projects. If you heard the character in a game or direct-to-video sequel, it was usually him.

Wright had been acting for several years before he began working with Disney, appearing on TV series like The Cosby Show and Enos. After The Little Mermaid, he used his fame to great success, promoting the arts in and around New York’s Hudson Valley, where he and his family lived, at the Hudson Valley Conservatory, a nonprofit organization that puts on all kinds of shows and offers opportunities in the arts. The local Montgomery, New York Facebook page first reported the news of his passing.

“Sam and his family have impacted countless Hudson Valley youth always inspiring them to reach higher and dig deeper to become the best version of themselves,” the post said. “On top of his passion for the arts and his love for his family, Sam was most known for walking into a room and simply providing PURE JOY to those he interacted with. He loved to entertain, he loved to make people smile and laugh and he loved to love.”
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We Are Borg · May 25, 2021

Tuckerfan said: ↑

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Your Wordforge credentials are hereby revoked for not making a thread title that's a riff on "Under the Sea".

Epic fail.

Tuckerfan · May 25, 2021

We Are Borg said: ↑

Tuckerfan said: ↑

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Your Wordforge credentials are hereby revoked for not making a thread title that's a riff on "Under the Sea".

Epic fail.
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The only thing I could think of was “Bury Me Under the Sea” and that just didn’t have the pizzazz.

tafkats · May 25, 2021

Six feet under the sea?

mburtonk · May 26, 2021

Sebastian finally be on the plate?

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'

Under the sea
Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They sad 'cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's gon' be on the plate?

Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles

Under the sea (Under the sea)
Under the sea (Under the sea)
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here

Naturally (Naturally)
Even the sturgeon an' the ray
They get the urge 'n' start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea
The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they soundin' sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul

(Yeah)
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it's at
An' oh that blowfish blow

Yeah, under the sea (Under the sea)
Under the sea (Under the sea)
When the sardine
Begin the beguine
It's music to me (It's music to me)
What do they got? A lot of sand
We got a hot crustacean band

Each little clam here
Know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here
Cuttin' a rug here
Under the sea
Each little snail here
Know how to wail here
That's why it's hotter
Under the water
Ya we in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea
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Shirogayne · May 26, 2021

In all seriousness....

The Little Mermaid was the first movie I remember seeing in theaters. Between this and Eric Carle a few hours ago, a lotta people's childhoods are dying this week.

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