On this day in 1938, with a baa and a moo and a cock-a-doodle-doo, all the animals on the farm first went about their day while contributing to Farmyard Symphony‘s beautiful musical score. In the 1930s, Good Housekeeping magazine had a monthly page of Disney illustrations, often related to a recent Disney animated release. For Farmyard Symphony, rather than trying to tell the film’s story, which relied for the most part on audio and visual gags, the magazine focused on a little colt named Frisky. With illustrations of Frisky alongside critters from the film, the magazine published a story in rhyme which began, “A little farmyard colt, who dearly loved to run and bolt, once boasted he could jump so high that he could touch the sky.” In the end Frisky did nothing but make a fool of himself… “And Frisky’s bragging days were past — his friends laughed first and last!” Farmyard Symphony was the 71st of 75 Silly Symphonies made between 1929 and 1939.
