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Fun and Fancy Free

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.

Top Cast

  • Edgar Bergen

    Edgar Bergen

    Himself / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

  • Dinah Shore

    Dinah Shore

    Narrator (voice)

  • Luana Patten

    Luana Patten

    Herself

  • Walt Disney

    Walt Disney

    Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

  • Anita Gordon

    Anita Gordon

    Singing Harp (voice)

  • Cliff Edwards

    Cliff Edwards

    Jiminy Cricket (voice)

  • Clarence Nash

    Clarence Nash

    Donald Duck / Cat (voice)

  • Pinto Colvig

    Pinto Colvig

    Goofy (voice) (uncredited)

  • James MacDonald

    James MacDonald

    Lumpjaw (voice) (uncredited)

Overview

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.

Rating

6.3 / 10
530 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • lwpcolonel
    lwpcolonel
    6 Jan 14, 2018

    After World War 2 the Disney studio had difficulty getting back to where they were prior to the war's disruptive affects on the studio's operations. Having said that, they produced what they called "Package Features", which contained multiple stories rather than just one feature, as was the case with "Snow White", "Pinocchio", and "Fantasia", prior to the war. This one, "Fun And Fancy Free", uses 2 story lines that were in development prior to the American declaration of War, in December of 1941. "Mickey & the Beanstalk", pictured on the cover, plus "Bongo" the 'Circus Bear'. 2 films that weren't fleshed out sufficiently to be a feature, on their own, but put together with Edgar Bergman and his act for narrative and time filling purposes. I have this and the others in this series on DVD for children and grandchildren, but this isn't Disney's best effort. There are special features on some of both the Video & DVD editions which does make the "Package Feature" worthwhile. Other "Package Features" include, "Melody Time", "Make Mine Music", "Three Caballeros", "The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad". All produced in the late 1940s and having somewhat pieced together though highly watchable formats made to suit a young audience.

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