"The Grasshopper and the Ants" Disney's Silly Symphony ***42/75*** (1934)

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The Grasshopper and the Ants is a 1934 American animated short film directed by Wilfred Jackson. Part of the Silly Symphonies series, the cartoon was produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on February 10, 1934 by United Artists.

The story is a retelling of The Ant and the Grasshopper, itself part of Aesop's Fables. The voice of the grasshopper was performed by Pinto Colvig, the voice of Goofy. The film introduced the song "The World Owes Me a Living," which later became somewhat of a theme song for Goofy.

According to Leonard Maltin on the Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies DVD, this was the first short to use the idea of having a character turn blue with cold.

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