Jack and Old Mac
Studio: Disney Release Date : July 18, 1956

Cumulative rating:
(1 rating submitted)

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."

Credits

Director

William "Bill" Justice

Animator

Al Coe
Robert W. "Bob" Carlson Jr.
Jack Parr

Story

Dick Kinney
Roy Williams

Music

George Bruns

Character Design

Xavier "X" Atencio

Producer

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney

Color

Eyvind Earle


Contains Reused Animation from:

All the Cats Join In (The dance sequence from "Jack and Old Mac" is reused animation from "All the Cats Join In.")

Included in:

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Television

Donald's Quack Attack (Season 1, Episode 48)

DVD

United States

Disney Rarities

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 6:47
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono: RCA Sound Recording

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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).