As such, while traveling on a circus train, his natural instincts (the call of the wild) urge him to break free. Bongo is raised in captivity and is praised for his performances, but is poorly treated once he is off stage. The story follows the adventures of a circus bear named Bongo who longs for freedom in the wild. Jiminy decides to set up the record player to play the story of Bongo. Jiminy Cricket first appears inside a large plant in a large house, exploring and singing 'I'm a Happy-go-Lucky Fellow', until he happens to stumble upon a doll, a teddy bear, and a record player with some records, one of which is Bongo, a musical romance story narrated by actress Dinah Shore. Though the film is primarily animated, it also uses live-action segments to join its two stories. The film is a compilation of two stories: Bongo, narrated by Dinah Shore and loosely based on the short story ' Little Bear Bongo' by Sinclair Lewis and Mickey and the Beanstalk, narrated by Edgar Bergen and based on the ' Jack and the Beanstalk' fairy tale. Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American live-action animated musical fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on Septemby RKO Radio Pictures.
