Rock & Roll Farm

Wednesday! Apr 30 2003 // 3:24 pm //

jiminy cricket

in response to a query in the comments section the other day about an umbrella-toting insect:

little known western film sidekick, Cliff Edwards, a.k.a. Ukelele Ike from Hannibal, MO, was the voice of Jiminy Cricket - the conscience of a little wooden boy in Disney’s 1940 film Pinocchio (originally a serial for italian children by Carlo Collodi) - making famous the song When You Wish Upon A Star.

semi-related: John F. Borowski’s criticism of Disney’s Jiminy Cricket’s Environmentality Challenge at mindfully.org, and eatthestate.org, (and at utne webwatch on 11.26.02)