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The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 2

Every episode of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 2!

The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 2

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday...

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  1. 9.4/10(19 votes)

    #1 - The Adventures of Mickey Mouse

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    S2:E5

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

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  2. 9.4/10(18 votes)

    #2 - The Story of the Silly Symphony

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  3. 9.4/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Stormy, the Thoroughbred [1954]

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    S2:E23

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  4. 8.8/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Behind the Scenes with Fess Parker

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    S2:E26

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  5. 8.6/10(24 votes)

    #5 - Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo

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    S2:E3

    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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  6. 8.6/10(65 votes)

    #6 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [1948]

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    S2:E7

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

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  8. 8.6/10(27 votes)

    #7 - On Vacation

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    S2:E22

    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. 8.5/10(35 votes)

    #8 - Dumbo [1941]

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    S2:E1

    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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  10. 8.3/10(13 votes)

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

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    S2:E4

    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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  11. 8.2/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Survival in Nature

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  12. 8.1/10(30 votes)

    #11 - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 1

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    S2:E8

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

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  13. 8.1/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Our Unsung Villains

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    S2:E20

    "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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  14. 8.0/10(12 votes)

    #13 - A Trip Thru Adventureland/Water Birds

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    S2:E21

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  15. 7.9/10(20 votes)

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

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    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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  16. 7.9/10(27 votes)

    #15 - The Story of Robin Hood: Part 2

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    S2:E9

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

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  17. 7.9/10(20 votes)

    #16 - A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris

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    S2:E17

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

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  18. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #17 - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1

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    S2:E15

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

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  19. 7.7/10(102 votes)

    #18 - Davy Crockett: The Keelboat Race

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    S2:E10

    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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  20. 7.7/10(31 votes)

    #19 - The Goofy Success Story

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    S2:E12

    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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  21. 7.6/10(116 votes)

    #20 - Davy Crockett: The River Pirates

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    S2:E13

    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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  22. 7.6/10(109 votes)

    #21 - Man and the Moon

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    S2:E14

    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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  23. 7.4/10(16 votes)

    #22 - When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2

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    S2:E16

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

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  24. 7.4/10(46 votes)

    #23 - A Day in the Life of Donald Duck

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    S2:E18

    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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  25. 7.4/10(41 votes)

    #24 - The Goofy Sports Show

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    S2:E24

    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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  26. 7.3/10(168 votes)

    #25 - The Story of the Animated Drawing

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    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Adventures of Mickey Mouse" is the best rated episode of "The Wonderful World of Disney" season 2. It scored 9.4/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/12/1955. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Story of the Silly Symphony".