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** Walt actually planned to release three Harman-Ising Silly Symphonies, but in the end only ''Merbabies'' was released as a Silly Symphony with the other two, ''The Little Bantamweight'' & ''Pipe Dreams'' being released as Happy Harmonies instead. There are also many other Silly Symphonies that were less lucky and ended up being scrapped outright.

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** Walt actually planned to release three Harman-Ising Silly Symphonies, but in the end only ''Merbabies'' was released as a Silly Symphony with the other two, ''The Little Bantamweight'' & ''Pipe Dreams'' being released as Happy Harmonies instead. There are also many other Silly Symphonies that were less lucky and ended up being scrapped outright.outright, such as ''The Emperor’s New Clothes'' (which would later be retooled into a Mickey Mouse cartoon before being scrapped outright), ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'' (which would have combined multiple stories from the book), sequels to ''The Water Babies'' and ‘’Elmer Elephant'', and remakes for several older shorts in the series.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]'', ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for ''Donald's Golf Game'' also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]'', ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for ''Donald's Golf Game'' also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.well, though this is most likely a mistake as Donald solo shorts had been well-established by then.
** Walt actually planned to release three Harman-Ising Silly Symphonies, but in the end only ''Merbabies'' was released as a Silly Symphony with the other two, ''The Little Bantamweight'' & ''Pipe Dreams'' being released as Happy Harmonies instead. There are also many other Silly Symphonies that were less lucky and ended up being scrapped outright.
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* FollowTheLeader: This is hands down one of the most influential series of cartoons in the HistoryOfAnimation... and also one of the most ripped-off as a result. Almost ''every'' studio in the 1930's, sans Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, was trying to rip off of these cartoons -- none of them were successful, however. ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny with a certain]] {{Expy}} of Max Hare, might be considered an exception.

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* FollowTheLeader: This is hands down one of the most influential series of cartoons in the HistoryOfAnimation... and also one of the most ripped-off as a result. Almost ''every'' studio in the 1930's, TheThirties, sans Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, was trying to rip off of these cartoons -- none of them were successful, however. ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny with a certain]] {{Expy}} of Max Hare, might be considered an exception.

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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.

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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", ''Literature/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.


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* FollowTheLeader: This is hands down one of the most influential series of cartoons in the HistoryOfAnimation... and also one of the most ripped-off as a result. Almost ''every'' studio in the 1930's, sans Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, was trying to rip off of these cartoons -- none of them were successful, however. ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny with a certain]] {{Expy}} of Max Hare, might be considered an exception.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Jenny Wren from "Who Killed Cock Robin?" is a caricature of Creator/MaeWest, and was so well done that her performance was praised by West herself.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]", "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull", and "Disney/{{Cinderella}}" were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for "Donald's Golf Game" also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck ''[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]", "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull", Donald]]'', ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'', and "Disney/{{Cinderella}}" ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for "Donald's ''Donald's Golf Game" Game'' also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]" and "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull" were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for "Donald's Golf Game" also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]" Donald]]", "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull", and "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull" "Disney/{{Cinderella}}" were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for "Donald's Golf Game" also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Don Donald]]" and "WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull" were initially planned as Silly Symphonies. The poster for "Donald's Golf Game" also mentions it as being a Silly Symphony as well.
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* {{Directors}}:
** Ben Sharpsteen: Directed three shorts in the series: "The Cookie Carnival", "Cock o' the Walk", and "Broken Toys".
** Burt Gillett: Directorial debut on the series was "Cannibal Capers", last short was "Moth and the Flame". Directed 16 Symphonies.
** David Hand: First directorial effort on the series was "Birds in the Spring", last Symphony was "Little Hiawatha". He directed 11 shorts by himself, and co-directed one of them, "More Kittens", with Wilfred Jackson.
** Dick Rickard: Sole directorial effort on this series was "The Practical Pig".
** Graham Heid: Sole directorial effort on this series was "Wynken, Blynken and Nod".
** Jack Cutting: Directed "Farmyard Symphony" and the 1939 remake of "The Ugly Duckling".
** [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]]: Directed one short in the series, "Merbabies", which was outsourced to his studio by Disney in exchange for inkers and painters to help Disney complete Snow White. He co-directed the short with Vernon Stallings.
** Creator/UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", and "Autumn".
** Vernon Stallings: Sole effort on the series was co-directing "Merbabies" with Rudolf Ising.
** Creator/WaltDisney: Directed "WesternAnimation/TheSkeletonDance" "Terrible Toreador", "The Merry Dwarfs", "Night", and "WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch".
** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. His last Symphony was "WesternAnimation/MotherGooseGoesHollywood". Due to his musical talents, he was the most prolific director on the series.
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* ScheduleSlip: The production of several 1930 shorts were delayed due to the sudden departures of Ub Iwerks and Carl Stalling, resulting in them being delivered late to distributor Columbia Pictures.
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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of {{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.

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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of {{Goofy}}, WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.
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* CrossdressingVoices: All child characters are voiced by women in the shorts.
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* CreatorCameo: Creator/WaltDisney himself supplies the voice of the little elf Santa gives the Christmas list to in "Santa's Workshop".
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Tillie Tiger, the love interest in ''Elmer Elephant'' (1936), was voiced by Bernice Hansen. Who is also known as the voice of some of the female WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: Cookie (the love interest of Buddy), Little Kitty (love interest of Beans the Cat), and Petunia Pig (love interest of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig).

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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of {{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from "The Grasshopper and the Ants", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.

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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of {{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from "The Grasshopper and the Ants", ''WesternAnimation/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.



** UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", and "Autumn".

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** UbIwerks: Creator/UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", and "Autumn".



** WaltDisney: Directed "TheSkeletonDance" "Terrible Toreador", "The Merry Dwarfs", "Night", and "TheGoldenTouch".
** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. His last Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood". Due to his musical talents, he was the most prolific director on the series.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Tillie Tiger, the love interest in ''Elmer Elephant'' (1936), was voiced by Bernice Hansen. Who is also known as the voice of some of the female WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: Cookie (the love interest of Buddy), Little Kitty (love interest of Beans the Cat), and Petunia Pig (love interest of PorkyPig).

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** WaltDisney: Creator/WaltDisney: Directed "TheSkeletonDance" "WesternAnimation/TheSkeletonDance" "Terrible Toreador", "The Merry Dwarfs", "Night", and "TheGoldenTouch".
"WesternAnimation/TheGoldenTouch".
** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. His last Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood"."WesternAnimation/MotherGooseGoesHollywood". Due to his musical talents, he was the most prolific director on the series.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Tillie Tiger, the love interest in ''Elmer Elephant'' (1936), was voiced by Bernice Hansen. Who is also known as the voice of some of the female WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: Cookie (the love interest of Buddy), Little Kitty (love interest of Beans the Cat), and Petunia Pig (love interest of PorkyPig).WesternAnimation/PorkyPig).
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** [[HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]]: Directed one short in the series, "Merbabies", which was outsourced to his studio by Disney in exchange for inkers and painters to help Disney complete Snow White. He co-directed the short with Vernon Stallings.

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** [[HarmanAndIsing [[Creator/HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]]: Directed one short in the series, "Merbabies", which was outsourced to his studio by Disney in exchange for inkers and painters to help Disney complete Snow White. He co-directed the short with Vernon Stallings.
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* ActorAllusion: Pinto Colvig, then voice of {{Goofy}}, would sing the tune "The World Owes Me a Living" as Goofy, which was the song from "The Grasshopper and the Ants", where Pinto voiced the eponymous grasshopper.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Tillie Tiger, the love interest in ''Elmer Elephant'' (1936), was voiced by Bernice Hansen. Who is also known as the voice of some of the female LooneyTunes: Cookie (the love interest of Buddy), Little Kitty (love interest of Beans the Cat), and Petunia Pig (love interest of PorkyPig).

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Tillie Tiger, the love interest in ''Elmer Elephant'' (1936), was voiced by Bernice Hansen. Who is also known as the voice of some of the female LooneyTunes: WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes: Cookie (the love interest of Buddy), Little Kitty (love interest of Beans the Cat), and Petunia Pig (love interest of PorkyPig).
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Iwerks did not direct Arctic Antics. He left the studio before it even went into production.


** UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", "Autumn", and "Arctic Antics".

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** UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", "Autumn", and "Arctic Antics"."Autumn".
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** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. His last Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood".

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** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. His last Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood". Due to his musical talents, he was the most prolific director on the series.
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** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. Lasy Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood".

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** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. Lasy His last Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood".
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* {{Directors}}:
** Ben Sharpsteen: Directed three shorts in the series: "The Cookie Carnival", "Cock o' the Walk", and "Broken Toys".
** Burt Gillett: Directorial debut on the series was "Cannibal Capers", last short was "Moth and the Flame". Directed 16 Symphonies.
** David Hand: First directorial effort on the series was "Birds in the Spring", last Symphony was "Little Hiawatha". He directed 11 shorts by himself, and co-directed one of them, "More Kittens", with Wilfred Jackson.
** Dick Rickard: Sole directorial effort on this series was "The Practical Pig".
** Graham Heid: Sole directorial effort on this series was "Wynken, Blynken and Nod".
** Jack Cutting: Directed "Farmyard Symphony" and the 1939 remake of "The Ugly Duckling".
** [[HarmanAndIsing Rudolf Ising]]: Directed one short in the series, "Merbabies", which was outsourced to his studio by Disney in exchange for inkers and painters to help Disney complete Snow White. He co-directed the short with Vernon Stallings.
** UbIwerks: Directed "Springtime", "Hell's Bells", "Summer", "Autumn", and "Arctic Antics".
** Vernon Stallings: Sole effort on the series was co-directing "Merbabies" with Rudolf Ising.
** WaltDisney: Directed "TheSkeletonDance" "Terrible Toreador", "The Merry Dwarfs", "Night", and "TheGoldenTouch".
** Wilfred Jackson: Directorial debut on the series was "Midnight in a Toy Shop", he directed 29 Symphonies on his own, and co-directed one of them with, "More Kittens", with David Hand. Lasy Symphony was "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood".

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