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51. The Fire Fighters (1930)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Mickey and his ragtag crew of firefighters have to save a burning building and Minnie.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Purv Pullen, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 584
52. The Tangled Angler (1941)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A pelican fisherman tangles with a wise-cracking fish.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Pinto Colvig, Harry Lang, Kent Rogers
Votes: 37
53. The Steeple Chase (1933)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey is set to ride Thunderbolt in the big race; his owner, the Colonel, has bet everything. But the stable-hands goof off and incapacitate the horse. In desperation, Mickey rents a horse... See full summary »
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 312
54. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville (1921)
12 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
After eating a cheese cake, a hobo falls asleep and dreams of a vaudeville show performed by bugs.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 384
55. The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992 Video)
Documentary, Animation, Family
Stars: Julie Andrews, Roy Atwell, Pearl Bailey, Kathryn Beaumont
56. Cookin' with Gags (1955)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The boys are taking Olive on a picnic. It's April 1, and Bluto plays a series of "jokes" on Popeye, though of course they go beyond the bounds of acceptability, particularly once they get ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 238
57. Meatless Flyday (1944)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
A hungry spider is trying to catch a fly for dinner. Both pull pranks on each other until the fly is finally caught. The spider is about to eat him when the fly points out that it is Meatless Tuesday so he can't be eaten today.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Cy Kendall
Votes: 199
58. Honey Harvester (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When Donald is out collecting honey one little bee won't accept that his hard work will end up on top of Donald's pancakes.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 448
59. Uncle Donald's Ants (1952)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald spills some sugar on his sidewalk, and soon the ants are in complete control of his home, stealing the cake he was baking, building a pipeline from his maple syrup to their hill, and causing general mayhem.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 401
60. The Fly's Last Flight (1949)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye is settling in for a nap in his hammock, but every sound in the city is disturbing him until he moves indoors. Even there, he's plagued by houseflies. He chases them outdoors, except... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 141
61. Song of Victory (1942)
9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A vulture, a gorilla and a hyena (with no small resemblances to actual dictators) bully the woodland animals, who eventually fight back, using the letter V as their victory symbol.
Directors: Bob Wickersham, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Marion Darlington, Harry Lang
Votes: 44
62. Mother Pluto (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
A hen has taken up residence in Pluto's doghouse and laid her eggs. She steps out; Pluto comes home and the eggs all hatch, and the chicks take Pluto for mommy and won't let go. Then a ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Purv Pullen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig, Florence Gill
Votes: 585
63. Pink U.F.O. (1978)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A tiny insect-like UFO, armed with a ray that makes everything disappear, flies to Earth. The butterfly-collecting Pink Panther catches it, believing it to be a butterfly. When the UFO gets... See full summary »
Director: David Detiege
Votes: 130
64. What a Life (1932)
6 min | Animation, Short
Flip the Frog and his human friend are poor and hungry street musicians who have a series of unlucky run-ins with a policeman.
Director: Ub Iwerks
Votes: 87
65. You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bee returns home late after a night out having too much honey. His wife leaves him, but quickly ends up in the clutches of an evil ladybug. The whole hive turns out to fight the ladybug and get her back.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rudolf Ising, Johnny Murray, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 183
66. Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky owns a bakery. A hungry fly stares in through the window, as a bee shows up and tells him he should just go for it. The bee enters and at first intimidates Porky; when Porky finally ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers
Votes: 228
67. Porky's Ant (1941)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
In Africa, Porky tries to catch a rare pygmy ant.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 166
68. The Bears and Bees (1932)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Two bear cubs find some honey in a tree stump and escape the wrath of the bees when a big, mean bear chases them away and does the suffering for them.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Purv Pullen, The Rhythmettes, Toby Wing
Votes: 292
69. Insect to Injury (1956)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye tries to get rid of termites before they ruin his newly built house.
Directors: Dave Tendlar, Morey Reden | Star: Jack Mercer
Votes: 327
70. Unnatural History (1959)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Are animals human? Or vice versa? This is the question asked by a professor, Dr. Beest Lee, who appears on a stage in a theater to give a lecture and show a film about the human-like ... See full summary »
Director: Abe Levitow | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, June Foray, Ed Prentiss
Votes: 130
71. The Village Barber (1930)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Flip the Frog works the town barbershop.
Director: Ub Iwerks
Votes: 118
72. Bugged by a Bee (1969)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cool Cat is working his way through college at Disco Tech where he becomes a sports star, thanks to a bothersome bee who keeps stinging him on the rear-end.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Larry Storch
Votes: 121
73. Korn Plastered in Africa (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Rustic personality Trader Korn recounts his surreal adventures in darkest Africa, among the peculiar wildlife and the cannibals.
Director: John R. McCrory | Star: Don Carney
Votes: 12
74. The Soup Song (1931)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Flip the Frog is a café employee who performs with the band, makes soup and delivers food to patrons.
Director: Ub Iwerks
Votes: 119
75. Bingo Crosbyana (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A characterization of Bing Crosby as a fly, who comes down to woo all the other insects with his singing talent, and aerial skills.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Billy Paye, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 290
76. Bosko the Drawback (1932)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bosko is the star player in a wacky game of professional football.
Director: Hugh Harman | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Rudolf Ising, Johnny Murray
Votes: 129
77. Bear Raid Warden (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Barney takes his air-raid warden post too seriously, telling first an owl (shining eyes) and then a firefly to put their lights out. The firefly isn't at all happy and keeps pestering ... See full summary »
Director: George Gordon | Star: Billy Bletcher
Votes: 145
78. Dune Bug (1969)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short
Charlie Ant is spending his vacation at the beach, but the persistent Aardvark sniffs him out. The life guard mistakes the Aardvark for a dog and repeatedly kicks him off the beach. Eventually, the Aardvark is sent away to a dog pound.
Director: Arthur Davis | Star: John Byner
Votes: 59
79. The Mite Makes Right (1948)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom Thumb runs away from home to join the circus.
Directors: Bill Tytla, George Germanetti | Stars: Mae Questel, Sid Raymond, Izzy Sparber, Jackson Beck
Votes: 68
80. Stop That Noise (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
To escape her noisy city apartment, Betty Boop retreats to her country home, but the insects are against her.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 256
81. The Tantalizing Fly (1919)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
As a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.
Director: Max Fleischer | Stars: Roland Crandall, Max Fleischer
Votes: 379
82. Bumble Boogie (1948)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bumblebee (to a boogie-woogie version of Flight of the Bumblebee) is being attacked by flowers made of piano keys, flowers made of trumpets, snakes made of piano keys, the piano hammers ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kinney
Votes: 288
83. Happy You and Merry Me (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stray kitten wanders into Betty Boop's house, gets sick on candy, and is cured with catnip by Betty and Pudgy the pup.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 214
84. Flowers for Madame (1935)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A tour of the garden, where every flower dances or plays a tune, especially today, since it's the flower pageant (which looks a lot like the Rose Parade). A series of floats, including the ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: The Debutantes, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 211
85. Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A firefly with a miner's lighted helmet explores a camper's tent and the various people-sized items that, from his perspective, are gigantic, then utters the cartoon's single line of dialog.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 218
86. The Tin Can Tourist (1937)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Farmer Al Falfa and Puddy the Pup bring their gadget-filled trailer to the Tin Can Tourist Camp, but their fun is spoiled by angry bees.
Directors: Mannie Davis, George Gordon
Votes: 20
87. Doomsday for Pests (1946)
15 min | Animation, Short
Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.
88. Minding the Baby (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Scrappy gets a buffalo nickel to mind bratty baby Oscar, but quickly finds the job isn't worth it.
Director: Dick Huemer
Votes: 29
89. Beau Bosko (1933)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bosko is a soldier in the Foreign Legion out to capture the desert scourge, Ali Oop.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Rudolf Ising, Johnny Murray
Votes: 133
90. Camping Out (1932)
7 min | Animation, Short
A Columbia animated short. Scrappy and Oopie go camping.
Director: Dick Huemer
Votes: 21
91. Krazy Kat - Bugologist (1916)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
While in the woods studying bugs, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse encounter a sleeping bee and an angry elephant.
Votes: 187
92. Good-Bye Mr. Moth (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Andy Panda is very happy running his tailor shop until a huge, hungry moth flies through the keyhole, and starts making a buffet dinner out of all the clothes in Andy's shop. Andy's ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lantz | Stars: Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot, Danny Webb
Votes: 55
93. Bee Bopped (1959)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
After a short history on bees and bee-keeping, we find Windy the bear's attempts to steal honey from a bee hive (he is teaching his son the "right" way to get honey) only to be attacked by ... See full summary »
Director: Paul J. Smith | Star: Daws Butler
Votes: 26
94. The Mosquito (1922)
Animation, Comedy, Short
The Inkwell Clown watches a mosquito land on Max's nose as the cartoonist tries to take a nap, and later finds himself battling a giant mosquito in his cartoon world.
Director: Dave Fleischer | Star: Max Fleischer
Votes: 16
95. Horace (2008 Video)
4 min | Animation, Short
Horace's friends, pets and home have presented him with some challenges in his life, see how he deals with them.
Director: Marc Russo
96. Off We Glow (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A re-working (uncredited) of a 1930 Fleischer cartoon which visits the insect world and shows a dragon-fly who breathes fire, a horse-fly that whinnies and sports a saddle, and a ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Charles Irving, Jack Mercer, Cecil Roy
Votes: 14
97. Charley at the Beach (1919)
Animation, Short, Comedy
Charlie Chaplin, in animated cartoon form, visits the beach, has some fun at the expense of a female bather and gets into trouble with Mike the candy cane-loving cop.
Director: Pat Sullivan
Votes: 9
98.
Milton the Monster (1965–1967)
Episode:
Horse Shoo Fly/Gogh Van Gogh/Boy Meets Ghoul
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Goo Fee engages Fearless Fly in a deadly game of horseshoes. Muggy-Do, Boy Fox, steals an organ grinder's monkey to create modern art. Professor Weirdo tries to marry Milton off to a wealthy spinster.
Director: Hal Seeger | Stars: Bob McFadden, Herb Duncan, Beverly Arnold
Votes: 7
99.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Donald's Award
(1957)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Walt offers Donald a reward if he can remain on his best behavior for a week, and he sends Jiminy Cricket to check up on him. Segments from Donald Duck cartoons emphasize his temper.
Directors: Jack Hannah, Jack King | Stars: Walt Disney, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 12
100.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
From All of Us to All of You
(1977)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The holiday show, featuring Christmas cartoons, was changed for later runs, often by adding a segment on the latest animated feature.
Star: Eddie Carroll
Votes: 26