Running Time 6:47

Synopsis

A two-part short; the first part a telling of "The House that Jack Built", the second, a hillbilly family sings the song "Old MacDonald" as "Old MacDonald Had a Band."

Characters

Old MacDonald

Mrs. MacDonald

Credits

Director : Bill Justice

Character Styling : Xavier ("X") Atencio

Color Styling : Eyvind Earle

Animation

Al Coe

Bob Carlson

Jac Parr

Story

Dick Kinney

Roy Williams

Music : George Bruns

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s

Television

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode #48

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard animation

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by Buena Vista Pictures, Inc.

Comments

The dance sequences in the "Old Mac" section is reused animation from "All the Cats Join In." Some side by side examples can be seen here : Reused Animation.

From Jerry Edwards : Drawn mainly in UPA-type limited animation, I've always much enjoyed this unusual cartoon "double bill." The first part of The House That Jack Built is interesting due to the characters being drawn from the ACTUAL WORDS - the dog is drawn using the word "dog", the cat is drawn using the word "cat", etc. I really enjoy that inventiveness. The Old MacDonald Had A Band (instead of a farm) is fun too.

From Ryan : I first saw this cartoon on Toon Disney a few years ago. I really did not care too much for it. The animation is rather poor even for this time. The song just went on and on and on in the cartoon, which got rather tiring for me. Overall, I feel that this short is rather boring, but I do enjoy the ending where Jack's wife hits him on the head with her rolling pin and drags him home.

From Baruch Weiss : I thought than this was an enjoyable cartoon, I actually first saw the second segment on the DIsney sing along video 'Fun with Music.' Overall, a fun musical cartoon.

From Billy Joe : This short does not have the Disney look. The backgrounds, characters, and animation are abstract.

"The House That Jack Built" is my favorite part. I like how they built the characters from words.

"Old MacDonald had a Band" (a take of "Old MacDonald had a Farm") was okay. I thought it was too long, but it had funny parts. It had reused animation from "Make Mine Music" (the "All the Cats Join In" short).

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