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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Jack Kinney and Clyde Geronimi and produced by Walt Disney.

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) (2)

By Kristen on Dec 8, 2012 From Journeys in Classic Film

You might call this cheating, but this review ran already. ?It originally ran as part of my Halloween films, so if you missed it the first time here it is. ?I can’t be any happier that the package films are done. ?None of them were particularly great, and it seemed that the animators were limp... Read full article


The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) (1)

By Kristen on Oct 13, 2012 From Journeys in Classic Film

The film starts off by presenting a?truncated version of Kenneth Grahame‘s The Wind in the Willows by following the manic whims of Mr. Toad (voiced by Eric Blore). ?Toad gets “motor mania” and in his bid to drive a motor car ends up on a path of petty crime and prison. ?The second ... Read full article


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[while trying to get Toad Hall in order, MacBadger gets interrupted by two knocks on the door, the second one, thankfully, from Rat and Mole]
Angus MacBadger: Oh, it's you, Rat. And Mole, too. Thank goodness, lads. You've come at last.
[they go into Toad Hall]
Narrator: Poor MacBadger, he'd reach the end of his rope, or as he said himself...
Angus MacBadger: I'm feelin' like a nervous wreck.
Rat: I say, MacBadger, what seems to be the trouble?
Angus MacBadger: [upset] Something's got to be done about Toad! This time, he is goin' too far!
Mole: But he promised us.
Angus MacBadger: Promises? Ha! What good are his promises when these wild manias take him? Now look, you're his dearest friends, are you not?
Rat: Yes.
Mole: Very dear friends.
Angus MacBadger: Then, lads, you've got to find Toad and stop him.
Rat: What's he doing?
Angus MacBadger: He's got a new mania. He's rampagin' about the county in a canary yellow gypsy cart with a horse named Cyril.


Mr. Toad: Gad! What is it?
Cyril Proudbottom: Lumme, Guv'nor! It's a motorcar.
Mr. Toad: Motorcar?
[the motorcar passes by, knocking the cart over and leaving Toad on the ground]
Mr. Toad: A motorcar. Gad! What have I been missing.
[Starts making car noises]


Mole: Ratty, is isn't... he hasn't...
Rat: It is, and he has. A new mania: motor mania.


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During the Ichabod tale, the title character is frightened by some reeds whistling in the wind. The same drawings were first used in the Disney short The Old Mill.
In "The Wind in the Willows", Angus MacBadger tells Ratty and Mole that something has to be done about Toad as he's spending too much money. This was a sly dig at Roy O. Disney who was always complaining to the animators about his brother Walt Disney for spending too much money.
The two segments featured herein were subsequently released as independent featurettes on video.
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