Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color
Season 10, Episode 7 (17 Nov. 1963): “The Truth About Mother Goose/Mickey and the Beanstalk”
by Homer Brightman, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Hamilton Luske, etc.

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - Season 10, Episode 7

Title: “The Truth About Mother Goose/Mickey and the Beanstalk”

Medium: television series episode

Original airdate: 17 Nov. 1963

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Written by: Homer Brightman, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi
Directed by: Hamilton Luske, Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman

7 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Walt Disney (lead character)  Walt Disney himself hosts this episode, talking to a scholar about the origins of a few popular nursery rhymes.	Congregationalist	[business owner; film director...]		129
Mickey Mouse (details)  Ludvig Von Drake then tells a fairy tale (Footage of the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" segment of the movie Fun and Fancy Free is used).	anthropomorphic animal	mouse [famed Disney mascot]	, etc.	4,119
Jack (details)  Ludvig Von Drake then tells a fairy tale (Footage of the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" segment of the movie Fun and Fancy Free is used).		[beanstalk-growing giant-killer of fairy tales]	Benjamin Tabart	15
Mother Goose (mentioned)  Walt Disney hosts as Ludvig Von Drake tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes "London Bridges", "Little Jack Horner", "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary."		[imagined author of fairy tales, nursery rhymes]		49
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Mary) (mentioned)  Walt Disney hosts as Ludvig Von Drake tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes, incl. "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." The rhyme's origins are discussed in detail.		[gardener]	Mary Cooper	21
My Fair Lady (mentioned)  Walt Disney hosts as Ludvig Von Drake tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes, incl. "London Bridges" (which features My Fair Lady). The rhyme's origins are discussed in detail.		[1st app: Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book Voll. II (1744)]	Mary Cooper	2
Little Jack Horner (mentioned)  Walt Disney hosts as Ludvig Von Drake tells the stories behind Mother Goose rhymes, incl. "Little Jack Horner." The rhyme's origins are discussed in detail.		[ate a Christmas pie]		28

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