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Summary: The title says it all.
Review: Jimminy Crickett is your host for a collection of two stories told in Hollywood, first up Diana Shore ( ...) tells the story of " Bongo", a bear who runs away from Fame and into his own kind, but when he falls in love with an attractive bear, he figures out that the Boyfriend is jealous and wants to duke it out with Bongo.Then next, famed Ventriloquist Edgar Bergan with his popular charlie Mccarthy and Mortimer Snerd tell the story of " Jack and The Beanstalk" only with Mickey Mouse and Donald with Goofy going to save a Harp from a shapeshifting but witty Giant named " Willy". A very entertaining collection of stories well drawn and it was known as Disney's list performance as Mickey Mouse. But nevertheless this is a fun movie, but The Harp and Lulu Bear are both preety hot.
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Summary: GOOD BUT NOT A GREAT VALUE
Review: My main problem with the Disney Gold series is that at $19.99 a pop (before any type of sales) I just don't see it as a great money value for what you actually get on the discs.
In Fun and Fancy Free we get two Disney shorts, the classic "mickey and the Beanstalk" and the not so classic, "Bongo". It's almost like Disney is forcing you to get the Bongo short to vastly superior Mickey short.
Bongo" is of almost no interest - a vapid, directionless account of a circus bear who must adapt to life in the wild, complete with songs. People interested in the history of animation should see every Disney production they can get their eyes on; there's no other reason to see this one. The sheer POINTLESSNESS of pairing "Bongo" with "Mickey and the Beanstalk" makes this Disney's most bizarre compilation feature of the decade. -I wish I'd seen the linking segments. They can't possibly JUSTIFY the film's arbitrary nature, but it might be entertaining to see them try.
Mickey in the Beanstalk is a valid classic. Three zany farmers - Mickey, Donald & Goofy - attempt to rescue the stolen Singing Harp from a temperamental giant.
While it technically does not match the quality of their classic cartoons from the 1930's, MICKEY AND THE BEANSTALK is a most enjoyable two-reeler and provides the trio with one of their liveliest adventures. The sequence of the growing beanstalk up lifting & breaking apart the farmhouse is pure magic. Comic veteran Billy Gilbert provides the voice for Willie the Giant; Clarence Nash does the honors for Donald.
The extras are slight and compared to Disneys recent special edition releases, just doesn't have the return value.
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Summary: Great, Feel-Good Movie
Review: My son has loved this movie since he was less than 2 years old. It's a wonderful, sweet story, and it's lovely to hear Dinah Shore's sweet voice narrating the segment. This video is safe and enjoyable for young children and nostaligic for their parents. I love Edgar Bergman with Charlie Sneed and Mortimer and even Louanna Patton. If you even feel the slightest desire to get this movie, do. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Only the best movie that I have ever seen
Review: Okay, I have been reading the other reviews on this movie, and they all say things like "went on for too long"..."Way overhyped"...and things like that. I beg to differ. The two movies in this wonderful DVD, Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk, are two family classics. As a child, I watched these two movies (on VHS, of course) over and over and over again. Willy the Giant characterizes my childhood in three words..."Potroast! Chocolate potroast!" And now, I know for a fact that my two little brothers have memorized the whole movie of Mickey and the Beanstalk. I don't want to ramble on forever, but I just want to say that these two are the best movies that I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of movies.
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Summary: Fun and Fancy Free
Review: The animation and story aspects of Fun and Fancy Free are as good as I remember them being, except for the annoying snippets of a ventriloquist and his two dummies inserted into the Mickey and the Beanstock segment of the film. The version I remember as a kid had Ward Kimball (the voice similar to Winnie the Pooh) narrating, with no inserts of live action. All in all, not bad, except for all the trailers in the beginning you can't skip.
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Summary: Too Many Forced Previews
Review: The cartoons are okay, but I don't really care for all the previews. I have to hit the next button severl times before I can get to the main menu and if I don't do this I will end up owning the entire Disney library.
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Summary: Mickey's Second Time On The Big Screen
Review: The Disney Studios didn't have much money at the time of this release, so Disney made two short films, "Bongo" and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," and packaged them together with in between animation featuring Jiminy Cricket, Figaro, and Cleo from "Pinocchio." This formula works if your a fan of the old Mickey Mouse cartoons. If you aren't, I don't recomend that you buy this film. The picture and sound isn't much better than the home video release.
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Summary: Mickey's Second Time On The Big Screen
Review: The Disney Studios didn't have much money at the time of this release, so Disney made two short films, "Bongo" and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," and packaged them together with in between animation featuring Jiminy Cricket, Figaro, and Cleo from "Pinocchio." This formula works if your a fan of the old Mickey Mouse cartoons. If you aren't, I don't recomend that you buy this film. The picture and sound isn't much better than the home video release.
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Summary: Where is the Ward Kimball Naration?
Review: The Mickey and the Beanstalk portion of the DVD is fine, except for the fact that the live action keeps popping in. While this is all fine and well for those with nostalgia for that type of thing, it absolutely ruins the flow of the movie. A much better version (the version I remember seeing) had Ward Kimball narating. There were no interuptions in the animation and it flowed a lot better. Unfortunately, there is no DVD out there with the Ward Kimball naration, so if you love the animation like I do, you're kinda stuck.
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Summary: Disney's 9th Animated Masterpiece!
Review: The second of Disney's package features, Fun and Fancy Free, brings together the tales of Mickey and the Beanstalk and The Adventures of Bongo. Mickey and the Beanstalk tells the classic story with Mickey Mouse, the animation is great, the storyline is easy but entertaining, so out of the two features in this package, this one is clearly the best. Bongo is the story of a little circus bear cub, finding himself alone in a scary forest. Fighting a lot of different challenges, Bongo soon finds love, and I can't remember what else since I don't really remember it, all I know is that this cartoon was pretty boring. This DVD does not bring many bonuses, like all the other Gold Collection titles, so for a package and no really celebrated title like this one, I suppose it is pretty decent. Just a little trivia game, an interactive storybook and a song is all that's included.
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