Noveltoons - Old MacDonald had a Farm (1946)

[ttmarlene]

"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, his fleece was white as snow....."

"MARY HAAAAAD A LIL O'LE LAMB! FLEECE WAS BLACK AS COAL!!!!!"

[DrWheelz]

@ttmarlene

Can't do that any more, huh?

[johned1956]

Thank you so much for the post. Memories of my childhood. Such a good time in America.

[VealParmigiana]

Guess the conga line laid an egg, but I like it.

[dearmalika]

This is great! Love it!

[weapon13WhiteFang]

OMG!! Memory lane at warp speed! I LOVED this when I was younger! I had it on VHS from my Grandma! Awesomeness!! Thnxs for posting it!

[JNT737]

Omg i just this video under my bed, strange

[missuniworld]

sigue la bolita...

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

When Paramount Pictures fired Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer, and renamed their studio Famous Studios, one of the things kept by Max Fleischer's son-in-law Seymour Kneitel was the Screen Songs series. These were the first bouncing ball sing-along films made in Technicolor. When U. M. & M. TV Corp. retitled the cartoons, NTA retitled the cartoon.

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

Then the animals go in a conga line, the iris circle moves in a funny position, and it ends with the Paramount or NTA logo

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

The horse goes jazzy with the trumpet, and the chicks do the jitterbug, and after the dance sequence, Old Macdonald asks the audience to sing along with the Bouncing Ball to "Old McDonald Had a Farm". The version of the song featured in the cartoon still exists, yet it's not sung as much as the version today. Each animal sung is sung in every verse, and the boys and girls alternate, not done during the latter day Screen Songs.

[ELMERFUDDBUDD]

Old Macdonald is tired, and he gets happy as soon as the music starts. The duck snores, causing the rabbit to play by choking the duck. The pig plays the stovepipe like a tuba, and the ewes sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb". He blows smoke revaling a racist blackface gag, that was cut out in some prints. The duck is annoyed by the horse, in the end he blows a balloon,with a jar wrap. The cat tries to eat the mouse with a violin, but the mouse plays the harp in his mouth using the cat's whiskers

[MrCanuck]

In modern time, this cartoon would never be released because of the "racism" cry (1:49)

[NeoCortex34]

Couldn't they just remove it.

[CartoonCookie93]

@MrCanuck Unless somebody who remembers the Paramount cartoons well like this would even want this to preceed a Paramount film for reissue that may or may not contain the racial stereotypes depending on whether they should be left alone. WB put out Popeye cartoons with scenes like in (1:49), though it's certianly not a Popeye cartoon we're watching. And this comes from a public domain NTA print despite the soundtrack being protected by Sony-ATV/Paramount (formely owned by Famous Music).

[CartoonCookie93]

@MrCanuck Sure, you can use your own version of every song cued in the soundtrack by Winston Sharples because they're all public domain. But if you use THEIR versions of the songs (including "Old MacDonald" in the sing-along) taken directly from this film for your mass-produced CD aimed at preschoolers without giving credit, Micheal Jackson's estate and Sony/ATV will sue you. And so will Viacom, because Paramount is a subsidary of Viacom.

[MrCanuck]

There was supposed to be a "Shine on Harvest Moon" after this one. Anybody know where I can find it?

[nikegirl2012]

I'm looking for it too!!! When I was little I had tons of kids videos, kids klassics and we sing, but nothing compared to this, I just love it, thanks

[dekor1]

did the original vhs have some sort of cartoon where a red or brown autumn leaf is falling into the lake or river? thats all i remember from it.. lemme know

[CartoonCookie93]

If you mean the UAV tape of this cartoon, dekor1, proabaly there wasn't, but some other tapes might have the original titles with the proper opening Paramount Majestic Mountian opening. I think you are refering to "Farm Frolics" or some other WB cartoon, maybe a Max Fleischer Color Classic.

The way I remember seeing the complete original Paramount opening was via a UAV tape long ago.

[CartoonCookie93]

Great! Would you upload it on YouTube, cs112pk?

If you don't have a VCR capture, then you can take it off a screen....

[tony5224]

I still have my tape of this, classic!

[CartoonCookie93]

tony5224- does your copy have the original Paramount titles?

[CartoonCookie93]

Nobody happens to have a VHS circulating with the orginial titles and Paramount Majestic Mountian, is there?