Disney's scrappiest wartime fever dream — puppets, package films, and pure chaos.
From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy free . Learn the story of how ww2 Changed bongo and the rest of the cartoons . How Edgar burgan got to play himself and his puppets.
Production
Wild WWII context behind Disney's first 'package' feature.
Acting
Edgar Bergen playing himself AND his puppets — unhinged.
Corey Burton
Narrator
Billy Bletcher
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Cliff Edwards
Self (archive footage)
Joe Grant
Self
Leonard Maltin
Self
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Driscoll
Self (archive footage)
Billy Gilbert
Self (archive footage)
Luana Patten
Self (archive footage)
Dinah Shore
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fun and Fancy Free was originally two separate features — Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk — smashed together when wartime budget cuts hit.
This doc reveals how Disney's 'make do' wartime mentality accidentally invented the anthology format that would dominate 1940s animation.
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