The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(36 votes)

   #1 - Dumbo [1941]

   S2:E19/14/1955

   This is an airing of the beloved 1941 animated feature, edited to run in the allotted time slot. Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant receives a baby with large ears. The other elephants ostracize him, and his mother is locked up for attacking a heckling human. As Dumbo, the mocking nickname for the baby elephant given to him, finds himself without any friends, an ambitious mouse named Timothy befriends him and helps him overcome his problem.

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   7.9/10(20 votes)

   #2 - Behind the True-Life Cameras, Olympic Elk

   S2:E29/21/1955

   James Algar takes us behind the scenes of a True-Life adventure in The Everglades and in a desert with Bob Crandall.

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   8.6/10(24 votes)

   #3 - Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo

   S2:E39/28/1955

   A little circus bear runs away and finds more of his own kind. Rejected at first, he soon becomes a hero after standing up to a bully named Lumpjaw. This is actually the first half of the animated film, Fun and Fancy Free (1947)

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   8.6/10(13 votes)

   #4 - People and Places: Tiburon, Sardinia, Morocco/Icebreakers

   S2:E410/5/1955

   This episode is from the People and Places theatrical series filmed by William N. Smith about his adventures in these exotic places.

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   9.4/10(20 votes)

   #5 - The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

   S2:E510/12/1955

   Walt looks at the career of Mickey Mouse through a collection of his short cartoons.

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   9.4/10(18 votes)

   #6 - The Story of the Silly Symphony

   S2:E610/19/1955

   This compilation of several of Disney's ""Silly Symphonies,"" a series of short cartoons from the 1930s has Walt telling viewers about the respective origins of many of the stories.

   Director:Clyde Geronimi

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   8.7/10(68 votes)

   #7 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1948]

   S2:E710/26/1955

   Features The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), originally from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949).

   Director:James Algar

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   8.1/10(30 votes)

   #8 - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1

   S2:E811/2/1955

   The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

   Director:Ken Annakin

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   7.9/10(27 votes)

   #9 - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2

   S2:E911/9/1955

   The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

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    7.8/10(104 votes)

    #10 - Davy Crockett: The Keelboat Race

    S2:E1011/16/1955

    The fourth of five programs about Davy Crockett involves Davy and Georgie ending a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the self-proclaimed "King of the River", Mike Fink, and a band of renegade Indians that have been notorious for attacking passing boats.

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    7.3/10(172 votes)

    #11 - The Story of the Animated Drawing

    S2:E1111/30/1955

    The first of three shows based on Disney's ""Art of Animation"" book. Walt Disney explores the history of Animation from primitive cave drawings, to Windsor McKay's ""Gertie the Dinosaur"" and Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, up to Fantasia. Two cartoons are featured: The Skeleton Dance (1929) and the Nutcraker Suite segmest from Fantasia. This episode is avalible on the ""Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios"" 2-disc DVD.

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    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #12 - The Goofy Success Story

    S2:E1212/7/1955

    Goofy's rise to stardom is featured here, starting with a look at Hollywood, where talent scouts seek out the next superstar. They find Goofy in a movie theater watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon and laughing at it, and he is "discovered". And so begins the career of an actor with a unique laugh.

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    7.6/10(119 votes)

    #13 - Davy Crockett: The River Pirates

    S2:E1312/14/1955

    The final Davy Crockett story (the second ""Legend"" tale) has Davy and ex-foe Mike Fink on the same side, fighting some nasty pirates who are passing themselves off as Indians in order to start a war. This episode is avalible as part of a 2-disc DVD set.

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    7.5/10(114 votes)

    #14 - Man and the Moon

    S2:E1412/28/1955

    This installment tells of many age-old legends and fantasies about the moon, upon which, at the time of this episode, man was still trying to land.

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    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #15 - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1

    S2:E151/4/1956

    Sword and the Rose, The (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

    Director:Ken Annakin

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    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #16 - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2

    S2:E161/11/1956

    Sword and the Rose, The (1953) re-edited into a two-part television presentation.

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    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #17 - A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris

    S2:E171/18/1956

    Walt looks at the history of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories.

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    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #18 - A Day in the Life of Donald Duck

    S2:E182/1/1956

    This episode follows the events of Donald Duck as he struggles through a typical day at the Disney Studio. Along the way, he meets Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers and the actor that does his voice, Clarence Nash.

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Survival in Nature

    S2:E192/8/1956

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    8.4/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Our Unsung Villains

    S2:E202/15/1956

    "Our Unsung Villains" is a 1956 episode of Walt Disney anthology television series. The program has Walt Disney handing over the hosting duties to the Magic Mirror, who promptly decides to do a show devoted to the Disney villains. Hans Conried plays the role of the Magic Mirror and would reprise the role in many Disney television specials, including the 1977 followup "Disney's Greatest Villains." In this program, the Magic Mirror only focuses on four villains, whereas he covers twelve in "Disney's Greatest Villains."

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    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #21 - A Trip Thru Adventureland/Water Birds

    S2:E212/29/1956

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    8.6/10(28 votes)

    #22 - On Vacation

    S2:E223/7/1956

    Walt Disney, who is on vacation, gives Jiminy Cricket a phone call to take over hosting duties for one TV episode while he is away. Jiminy decides to gather the other Disney stars together to help him out. Unfortunately, they, too, are on vacation, but how they are spending their respective vacations helps put the show together for him.

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    9.4/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Stormy, the Thoroughbred [1954]

    S2:E233/14/1956

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    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #24 - The Goofy Sports Show

    S2:E243/21/1956

    Walt introduces the narrator, Spyrus Olympopolus, to demonstrate how the ancient sports practiced in foreign countries have evolved into the games of today. Spyros illustrates this using Goofy.

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    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #25 - Where Do the Stories Come From?

    S2:E254/4/1956

    Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.

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