Nothing can beat without Jimmy McDonald. One of the many SFX guy at Disney for many decades along with Treg Brown at WB for their “Looney Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies” and Hanna-Barbera for tons of sound effects used for these cartoons.
I was able to get some items from MacDonald's sfx collection and these are the following: Growling bear, Hook's headache, horse hooves & squeaky footsteps.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I remember Disney Family Album WAY back when The Disney Channel was still new (and still good) and this episode with Jimmy MacDonald is my favorite!
17:01 Jimmy MacDonald doing Dopey's crying is definitely true, but the confusing part about MacDonald doing Dopey's squeaky hiccuping is that while it sounds similar to Dumbo's hiccuping (also done by MacDonald) when he gets drunk in Dumbo (1941), it also sounds slightly similar to the hiccups of Hortense the Ostrich (voiced by Pinto Colvig) in Donald's Ostrich (1937). There is a video of Adriana Caselotti (who voiced Snow White) giving a tour of her house in 1992. In it she mentions that Colvig did the hiccups. Either... A. This might imply that MacDonald's hiccups weren't used in the final version of the film. *B. She might just be misremembering and assumed that Colvig did the hiccups instead of MacDonald based on the fact that some of Colvig's characters like Goofy having a hiccup-like laugh.* Links: th-cam.com/video/Nttag8HAefg/w-d-xo.html&#t=4m49s (Colvig as Dopey) th-cam.com/video/q9PN36q_7po/w-d-xo.html#t=1m02s (Colvig as Hortense) Keith Scott's book Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Volume 2 (2022) states that Colvig did Dopey's various vocal effects and MacDonald provided the character's miscellaneous noises.
Yeah there's lots of confusion and speculation between many roles from MacDonald, Colvig, Clarence Nash, and Candy Candido. For example, the Saturday Morning Rewind video on Candido had tons of animal noises and only like one turned out to actually be from Candido. The rest were from MacDonald and possibly one or two were from Nash. There are just so many sources that conflict each other on all that. This also makes me wonder if some of the very high-pitched character voices from the Colvig video were actually from MacDonald, namely the flamingo from Alice in Wonderland.
Don’t forget Mel Blanc (The Man Of A Thousand Voices) because some of the animal sounds in some of the Disney movies and shorts they think that was really Mel blanc but was Actually from Clarence Nash.
"A cartoon without sound is hardly a cartoon at all..." I would only wonder if Buddy Ebson (or the series/episode writer) has ever heard of silent films.
@@AnimationNation2004 Yep, and whatever calls for sound effects would have been recreated through the music played on the organ/keyboard...assuming that's all the live music for movie theaters required.
“My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” was the one show that mostly used Jimmy McDonald sound effects that it was borrowed from Disney, but they allowed permission to use most of Disney sound effects that Jimmy McDonald was used for MLP G4.
His sound effect was heard in many non-Disney medias notably, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, The PowerPuff Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Pokemon anime (although it was heard in a few episodes), Tom And Jerry, We Bare Bears, Barney & Friends, Sid the Science Kid, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Loud House, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Sonic X, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Hey Arnold!, Pingu, Sesame Street, Teen Titans, etc, R.I.P James MacDonald.
13:44 is this sound effect where he used, and it was later used in every episode of “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” where this sound effect was reused using Jimmy McDonald sound effects without Disney’s permission.
11:51 This sounds a lot more like an actual bell [judging by its harmonic structure] than it does the brake drums Same with 12:30, and ESPECIALLY this one If anything 12:48 sounds more like the drums!
Wow, both a man in charge of all of the sound effects in Disney films, and was also Mickey Mouse's second voice actor. This just goes to show that not all the artists at Disney were the ones that could draw.
It was the same sound effect that was used for KOVR-TV where the McClatchy Bee was the station’s mascot during sign-offs and sign-ons during the 1950’s.
If Jimmy MacDonald was still alive, he would have been 85 years in 1991 (if it hadn’t been for that he died 3 months prior to his birthday), 90 in 1996, 95 in 2001, 100 in 2006, 105 in 2011, 110 in 2016 and 115 in 2021. And most recently in 2024, he would have been 118 years old.
That has to be the horse gallop sound effects which was introduced in “Snow White” in 1937, but reused countless times, including “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”.
The Sonovox. A very early version of the Vocoder. The way it worked was you would play a source sound, in this case a train whistle, and play it through a record player. You would then use the 2 small speakers (sometimes there was only 1) to place against your throat and silently speak, resulting in you speaking as the sound that's being played. Today there's now a portable version called the Bozavox and there's some being sold on eBay.
I had the privelidge of having dinner with Mr MacDonald. He described how he did mant sound effects before synthesizers. The best evening of my life.
Nice! Care to share the magic? I've always been inspired by his theatrical works in Disney
Wonderful memory. Thanks for sharing
As a legend, he's a very humble person. RIP James MacDonald.
Jimmy MacDonald
I bet Jimmy had a lot of fun with the short SYMPHONY HOUR
😢😢RIP Jimmy MaCDonald You We’re Truly The Best Sound Effecter In Many Disney Movies And Shows And The Best Voice Actor We’ll Never Forget You ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, indeed. Jimmy MacDonald was to Walt Disney, what Treg Brown was to Warner Bros.
wow this is history right here, what a legend
Nothing can beat without Jimmy McDonald. One of the many SFX guy at Disney for many decades along with Treg Brown at WB for their “Looney Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies” and Hanna-Barbera for tons of sound effects used for these cartoons.
100%
All of Jimmy McDonald SFX can be found on one of the Sound Ideas SFX CD’s.
His chimney lamp growls were iconic to Disney's cartoon shorts, true life adventures and feature films.
I was able to get some items from MacDonald's sfx collection and these are the following: Growling bear, Hook's headache, horse hooves & squeaky footsteps.
So interesting. Love it. Thanks for the talent and imagination that entertained us all so well Jimmy. Love Walt Disney and all his great creators.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I remember Disney Family Album WAY back when The Disney Channel was still new (and still good) and this episode with Jimmy MacDonald is my favorite!
17:01 Jimmy MacDonald doing Dopey's crying is definitely true, but the confusing part about MacDonald doing Dopey's squeaky hiccuping is that while it sounds similar to Dumbo's hiccuping (also done by MacDonald) when he gets drunk in Dumbo (1941), it also sounds slightly similar to the hiccups of Hortense the Ostrich (voiced by Pinto Colvig) in Donald's Ostrich (1937). There is a video of Adriana Caselotti (who voiced Snow White) giving a tour of her house in 1992. In it she mentions that Colvig did the hiccups. Either...
A. This might imply that MacDonald's hiccups weren't used in the final version of the film.
*B. She might just be misremembering and assumed that Colvig did the hiccups instead of MacDonald based on the fact that some of Colvig's characters like Goofy having a hiccup-like laugh.*
Links: th-cam.com/video/Nttag8HAefg/w-d-xo.html&#t=4m49s (Colvig as Dopey)
th-cam.com/video/q9PN36q_7po/w-d-xo.html#t=1m02s (Colvig as Hortense)
Keith Scott's book Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Volume 2 (2022) states that Colvig did Dopey's various vocal effects and MacDonald provided the character's miscellaneous noises.
Yeah there's lots of confusion and speculation between many roles from MacDonald, Colvig, Clarence Nash, and Candy Candido. For example, the Saturday Morning Rewind video on Candido had tons of animal noises and only like one turned out to actually be from Candido. The rest were from MacDonald and possibly one or two were from Nash. There are just so many sources that conflict each other on all that.
This also makes me wonder if some of the very high-pitched character voices from the Colvig video were actually from MacDonald, namely the flamingo from Alice in Wonderland.
Don’t forget Mel Blanc (The Man Of A Thousand Voices) because some of the animal sounds in some of the Disney movies and shorts they think that was really Mel blanc but was Actually from Clarence Nash.
All of the unforgettable sounds are the best to find out so much more about, with our deepest voice having Mickey Mouse. Stay safe everyone!
I Miss Jimmy He Was The Original Voice Of CHIP 🐿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 😢😢
And don't forget Mickey Mouse
@@mattheweskender7781 Yes Man
13:29 “Where did you get the coconuts?”
“We found them.”
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
Sheer genius...like everything at Disney in those days.
"A cartoon without sound is hardly a cartoon at all..." I would only wonder if Buddy Ebson (or the series/episode writer) has ever heard of silent films.
Silent films had a music track playing under it or had a live person playing music
@@AnimationNation2004 Yep, and whatever calls for sound effects would have been recreated through the music played on the organ/keyboard...assuming that's all the live music for movie theaters required.
Fantastic talent. 😄😁
Absolutely amazing and brilliant. I'd love a job like that :D
so talented and humble.
Jimmy MacDonald was a lean, mean sound designing machine. He shared a birthday with my grandfather which was May 19 as usual. God rest their souls. 😢
That he was…. The man
@@SamsDisneyDiary LOL, he sure was.
I miss Jimmy macdonald he was a great man he in heaven with the others
Very interesting and fun! It says the narrator is Buddy Ebsen, but it also sounds like Hugh Downs! Same voice inflections.
Best one may be the episode Buddy is in….
“My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” was the one show that mostly used Jimmy McDonald sound effects that it was borrowed from Disney, but they allowed permission to use most of Disney sound effects that Jimmy McDonald was used for MLP G4.
23:00
Jimmy & Wayne sounding Mickey's car!
His sound effect was heard in many non-Disney medias notably, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes, The PowerPuff Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Pokemon anime (although it was heard in a few episodes), Tom And Jerry, We Bare Bears, Barney & Friends, Sid the Science Kid, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Loud House, Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Sonic X, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Hey Arnold!, Pingu, Sesame Street, Teen Titans, etc, R.I.P James MacDonald.
And don’t forget “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” where they reused Jimmy McDonald’s sound effects.
I'm pretty sure Warner Brothers cartoons had sound effects by Treg Brown.
r.i.p jimmy macdonald
The bear sound also works with those glass flower vases. Not just lamp chimneys.
The bear growl sound effect was also used as the growling sound for Bruno the dog in “Cinderella,” and Butch the Bulldog from the “Pluto” cartoons.
@@andy_boisky4325 And Ajax the Gorilla in 1944's "Donald Duck and the Gorilla"
13:44 is this sound effect where he used, and it was later used in every episode of “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” where this sound effect was reused using Jimmy McDonald sound effects without Disney’s permission.
And also “My Little Pony: Harmony Quest” app game where the ponies controls the move where it does reused Jimmy MacDonald sound effects as well.
11:51 This sounds a lot more like an actual bell [judging by its harmonic structure] than it does the brake drums
Same with 12:30, and ESPECIALLY this one
If anything 12:48 sounds more like the drums!
Such a cool guy.
Wow, both a man in charge of all of the sound effects in Disney films, and was also Mickey Mouse's second voice actor. This just goes to show that not all the artists at Disney were the ones that could draw.
25:15 jimmy Macdonald sound effect symphony
a real art form!
I want to be a sound effects editor just like Wayne Allwine.
Yet the dude becomes mickey in 1977 till his death
@@realandrewcinque22 well in my universe he’s still alive.
I have to admit that I wished that I had the chance to take a look at the sound effect things that he made in person.
A few are part of the Disney100 traveling expo, it’s in Philadelphia right now, but will be traveling.
Kurt Douglas? That’s the guy that inspired John Kricfalusi to envision those crazy expressions that Ren and Stimpy would make.
In addition to the wild expressive animation from Rod Scribner and Jim Tyer, and countless other inspirations.
Also, it's Kirk Douglas.
Oh yeah. I got mixed up with the lettering sometimes.
@@inaciosthirdstudio Okay.
😢 I Hope Jimmy Had Fun Voicing CHIP 🐿❤️He Was The The Best #ChipAndDale #ChipAndDaleDisney #ChipAndDaleFans
14:54 Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, bee buzzing into Pooh house.
It was the same sound effect that was used for KOVR-TV where the McClatchy Bee was the station’s mascot during sign-offs and sign-ons during the 1950’s.
If Jimmy MacDonald was still alive, he would have been 85 years in 1991 (if it hadn’t been for that he died 3 months prior to his birthday), 90 in 1996, 95 in 2001, 100 in 2006, 105 in 2011, 110 in 2016 and 115 in 2021. And most recently in 2024, he would have been 118 years old.
Old Macdonald had a sound
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Jimmy MaCDonald Died 1991 And Tress MacNeille Is The New Voice Of Chip 🐿 ❤️❤️#CHIPNDALE #ChipAndDale #CHIPANDDALE #Disney
13:59 I’m disappointed that this music didn’t make it into the soundtrack.
That has to be the horse gallop sound effects which was introduced in “Snow White” in 1937, but reused countless times, including “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”.
You Can Fly from Peter Pan 11:59
what's the device the lady puts on her vocal cords called
The Sonovox. A very early version of the Vocoder. The way it worked was you would play a source sound, in this case a train whistle, and play it through a record player. You would then use the 2 small speakers (sometimes there was only 1) to place against your throat and silently speak, resulting in you speaking as the sound that's being played. Today there's now a portable version called the Bozavox and there's some being sold on eBay.
@@ciscotheinkboi oh that's cool. never heard of it but i'm glad i did.
@@ciscotheinkboi cheers man, I was really wanting to know how that sound was achieved, so thanks for the explanation!
Casey Jr: 1:33, 1:39, 1:41, 2:00, 2:07, 2:14, 7:01, 23:32, 24:20
Jimmy and Wayne were a great team when they created the sound effects for that vehicle from Dumbo.
@@andreapatane4204 I would like to know how the steam rig and wheel rig was set up. I really wanna replicate these devices
@@ciscotheinkboi You would?
@@andreapatane4204 Absolutely
@@ciscotheinkboi me too.
2:40 bear sound
Yes! It was reused in “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” in most of the series.
Train sounds from Dumbo 24:20
What's the big idea?! 9:13
Drum rolling 25:33
Has the Disney Studios ever done stop motion?
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Not sure if there are more.
@@SamsDisneyDiary James And The Giant Peach and frankenweenie (2012)
Father Noah's Ark in 1959
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24:38 👍😍🥹
Automobile sound effects 23:00
What if Jimmy MacDonald Was Still Alive And Then He Would Been Died In February 1, 2015
He passed away in 1991
@@mattheweskender7781 yeah
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He should work at McDonald's