Fun and Fancy Free

***Fun and Fancy Free*** is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy comedy package movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the 9th Disney animated movie and the fourth of the package movies the studio produced in the 1940s in order to save money during World War II. _Fun and Fancy Free_ was re-issued to theaters on March 26, 1997. The Disney package movies of the late 1940s helped finance _Cinderella_, and subsequent others, such as _Alice in Wonderland_ and _Peter Pan_.

## Stories

The movie features two stories.

### Bongo

The first story, _Bongo_, is hosted by Jiminy Cricket and narrated by Dinah Shore. Based on the tale "Little Bear Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis, _Bongo_ tells the story of a circus bear cub named Bongo who longs for freedom from captivity. Bongo escapes the circus and eventually forms a romantic relationship with a female bear cub named Lulubelle in the wild, realizing that he must prove himself in order to earn Lulubelle as his mate.

### Mickey and the Beanstalk

The second story, _Mickey and the Beanstalk_, is hosted by Edgar Bergen and Sterling Holloway and is a retelling of _Jack and the Beanstalk_ featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as three pheasants who discover the temperamental Willie the Giant's castle in the sky through the use of some magic beans. They must battle the greedy but lovable giant in order to restore peace to their valley. _Mickey and the Beanstalk_ was the last time Walt Disney voiced Mickey Mouse, because he was too busy on other projects to continue voicing the famous character. Disney replaced himself with sound effects artist Jimmy MacDonald.

## Voice cast

- Edgar Bergen – himself, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
- Luana Patten – herself
- Dinah Shore – singer, narrator of _Bongo_
- Sterling Holloway - narrator of Mickey and the Beanstalk
- Cliff Edwards – Jiminy Cricket
- Walt Disney – Mickey Mouse
- Clarence Nash – Donald Duck
- Pinto Colvig – Goofy
- Billy Gilbert – Willie the Giant
- Anita Gordon – singing harp
- Thurl Ravenscroft - Bull
- The King's Men – Happy Valley crows

## Rereleased

- October 18, 1957
- September 14, 1960
- December 15, 1967
- June 21, 1974
- May 23, 1980
- April 12, 1985
- May 15, 1992
- June 30, 1995

## Reception

_Fun and Fancy Free_ received mostly positive reception. Rotten Tomatoes said that the movie has a 71% approval rating based on 7 reviews, with an average score of 6/10. The site's consensus reads, "Though it doesn't quite live up to its title, _Fun and Fancy Free_ has its moments, and it's a rare opportunity to see Mickey, Donald, and Goofy together."

## Home media

_Fun and Fancy Free_ was first released on VHS in 1982. It was re-released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1997 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. It made its DVD debut in 2000 as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection. The movie was released in a 2-Movie collection Blu-ray with _The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad_ on August 12, 2014.

## Directing animators

- Ward Kimball (Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, Lumpjaw)
- Les Clark (Singing Harp, Lulubelle)
- John Lounsbery (Willie the Giant)
- Fred Moore (Mickey Mouse)
- Wolfgang Reitherman (Goofy)
- Art Babbitt (Bongo)

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Fun and Fancy Free
- **producer**: Walt Disney
- **editing**: Jack Bachom
- **studio**: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions
- **distributor**: RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures
- **runtime**: 73 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **gross**: $2.4 million (US rentals)