Extra! Extra! Read all about it! It was on this day in 1939 that Disney Studio employees could read all about the happenings in their company with the first issue of The Bulletin. Why was it called The Bulletin? According to the newsletter, it’s “as good as any name, we thought. We assure you that …

On this day in 1938, a Silly Symphony cartoon short was released that was particularly silly. Mother Goose Goes Hollywood depicts a collection of Mother Goose rhymes, as portrayed by some of the time’s biggest stars. Katherine Hepburn is Little Bo Peep, who cannot find her sheep throughout the film. Merry ol’ Hugh Herbert is …

In this sequel to 1935’s Water Babies, Merbabies depicts the activities of the adorable aquatic beings as they hold an underwater circus, complete with elephant-style octopi, an underwater band, and a shark tamer, proving that life is the bubbles under the sea. Just a year after the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, …

The Academy Award® winning cartoon short Ferdinand the Bull, released on this day in 1938, was based on the story by Munro Leaf and illustrations by Robert Lawson. When the character of Ferdinand the Bull needed a voice in Disney’s cartoon version of the story, Walt Disney took the bull by the horns and voiced …

Donald’s Golf Game, released on this day in 1938, knocks out more antics with Donald Duck, the leader of the club… the golf club, that is. When everybody’s favorite birdie sets out for a nice relaxing game of golf, his rascally nephews set out to have their own fun. In fact, the less-than-angelic trio is …

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 …

In Mickey’s Parrot, a talking parrot shows up at the home of Mickey Mouse and Pluto just as the two hear a radio report of an escaped killer. Hearing the parrot’s voice, the dashing duo assumes it is the criminal’s voice they are hearing. It isn’t until the cartoon ends that they realize it was …

After the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney likely whistled while he worked at the Hyperion Studio where the film was made, but also realized that more space was needed to increase production. With the profits from the film’s success, and perhaps with a Heigh Ho, on this day in 1938, …

With Mickey, Donald, and Goofy at sea aboard a whaling ship, hilarious monstrous mishaps are a certainty. Just a year and a half before Pinocchio and Geppetto found themselves inside a whale, Donald and Goofy beat them to it, ending up there when harpooning attempts went awry in the cartoon short The Whalers, which dove …