The latter segment, "Mickey and the Beanstalk" was released on television with Disney TV star Ludwig Von Drake narrating, and dubbing over many of Charlie McCarthy's jokes. The Bongo story was inspired by a story appearing in a 1930 issue of Cosmopolitan. Both segments were being produced independently as full length features, but when wartime shortages lost the studio resources, time and animators (who were drafted), Disney made the decision to combine the two. A scene with M ...[Read Story ]