IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Morgan, and Bill Roberts.
While the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of this is pretty delightful, and those beanstalk animations are really gorgeous, the Bongo segment is interminable, definitely not worth the time it spends on it. The Bergen live-action ventriloquism section is especially grating to watch, with the kinds of cheesy jokes and eye-rolling catch phrases that make this seem like an after-school special instead of an artistic film for kids. (And has the art of ventriloquism come a long way since the 40s, or was Bergen just... kind of bad at it? I don't know enough to make an accurate judgment call!) It's not a surprise to me at all that the Beanstalk segment is the one that still gets referenced. It's got a great combination of silly jokes, good music, and really lovely animation that stands out about the best Disney films. But as a whole this is a mixed bag.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Fun and Fancy Free < One, Two, Three
Fun and Fancy Free > Horton Hears a Who
Fun and Fancy Free > Snatch.
Fun and Fancy Free < Little Norse Prince
Fun and Fancy Free < Max Dugan Returns
Fun and Fancy Free < Come to the Stable
Fun and Fancy Free < Run Lola Run
Fun and Fancy Free > Cinderella (1950)
Fun and Fancy Free < Three Days of the Condor
Fun and Fancy Free < On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Fun and Fancy Free > Moms' Night Out
Fun and Fancy Free > Double Jeopardy
Final spot: #2069 out of 3338, or 38%.
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