Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities is a Disney's Sing-Along Songs video released on October 6, 1987, and then on DVD in 2006. Released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Jungle Book, it is notably the first Sing-Along Songs video in which Jiminy Cricket appears as the host instead of Professor Owl, who appears at the beginning to introduce Jiminy. It is also the first Sing-Along Songs video in which the featured songs all have a central theme - in this case, the animal kingdom.
Description[]
Get set for a tuneful time with Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book as well as other Disney characters in a brilliant, song-filled program of sing-along singing fun! You'll learn the words to a sparkling collection of magical songs with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities. Gather up the entire family for a captivating songfest that is highlighted by a rainbow of scenes from best-loved animated Classics, movies and cartoons. Voices ready? Everybody sing!
Sing along with songs from The Jungle Book, Cinderella, The Aristocats, Dumbo...and more!
Songs[]
- "Disney Sing-Along Songs Theme Song" (Regular)
- "The Bare Necessities" (The Jungle Book)
- "You Are a Human Animal" (Mickey Mouse Club)
- "Cinderella Work Song" (Cinderella)
- "Old Yeller" (Old Yeller)
- "Figaro and Cleo" (Figaro and Cleo)
- "Winnie the Pooh" (Winnie the Pooh Featurettes)
- "I Wan'na Be Like You" (The Jungle Book)
- "Look Out for Mr. Stork" (Dumbo)
- "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" (The Aristocats)
- "The Ugly Bug Ball" (Summer Magic)
- "The Bare Necessities" (Reprise)
Trivia[]
- Known as El Libro de la Selva: Ritmo en la Selva in Spanish, released in Spain and in limited quantities in the United States.
- Known as Le Livre de la Jungle: Il En Faut Peu Pour Être Heureux in French, released in France.
- "You Are a Human Animal" uses footage from Make Mine Music, For Whom the Bulls Toil, The Aristocats, Farmyard Symphony, You and Your Sense of Touch, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Birds in the Spring, and Figaro and Cleo.
- Professor Owl's introduction to Jiminy Cricket is entirely stock audio from Heigh-Ho (from the introduction to "Theme from Zorro") and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (from the introduction to "Give a Little Whistle").
- Jiminy Cricket's segments use stock footage from This is Your Life, Donald Duck, You, the Human Animal (with original audio of Cliff Edwards), You and the Living Machine, Fun and Fancy Free, I'm No Fool Having Fun, You and Your Eyes, You and Your Five Senses, and You and Your Senses of Smell and Taste.
- During "Winnie the Pooh", a clip of the opening scene from Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too runs, then after a clip of Pooh bouncing on the lyrics to the chorus, Jiminy says "You can do better than that, so I'll give you more words. Let's do it over!" and the rest of the song lyrics appear on the screen during a montage of clips from all the featurettes.
- After the song, Jiminy then says "Great! Part of this song doesn't have real words. So have fun with it! Ooh-bee-doo with Baloo! Just make them up as you go along." which then leads into "I Wan'na Be Like You".
- During "I Wan'na Be Like You", at one point, Jiminy says "Baloo and Louie are singing whatever they want, and you can too!"
- During "Look Out for Mr. Stork" Jiminy says "Hmmm...Poor Mrs. Jumbo! All those babies and no sign of her little pachyderm."
- The 2006 DVD features the original post-credits promo, but Jiminy's narration is missing.
- "The Ugly Bug Ball" uses the original footage from Summer Magic, then it also contains footage from classic Disney bug cartoons like Woodland Café and Mickey's Garden throughout the rest of the song, including new original animations for the middle and end lines of the song, it also takes out the instrumental breaks making the song a bit shorter than it normally is.
- "Old Yeller" uses a montage of clips from the movie of the same name.
- The closing credits use the still background from The Jungle Book instead of the normal blue one with G-clefs embossed.
- One of the last Disney videocassette releases to have the print logo sandwiched between blue lines on the tape label.
- However, the 1994 re-release had a surprise appearance on the 1984 Red FBI Warning screens at the beginning instead of the 1991 Green FBI Warning screens.
- The full version of the "Cinderella Work Song" is included on Disney Princess Sing-Along Songs Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess.
- The 1994 re-release still features the 1987 title card before the intro plays.
- The French and Dutch versions from 1996 featured the 1994 title card albeit without the film's name.
With the Talents of[]
- Corey Burton - Professor Owl
- Sebastian Cabot - Bagheera (archive footage)
- Eddie Carroll - Jiminy Cricket
- Dean Clark - Berlioz (archive footage)
- Kevin Corcoran - Arliss Coates (archive footage)
- Jerome Courtland - Singer (archive footage)
- Scatman Crothers - Scat Cat (archive footage)
- Gary Dubin - Toulouse (archive footage)
- Cliff Edwards - Jiminy Cricket (archive footage)
- Liz English - Marie (archive footage)
- Verna Felton - The Elephant Matriarch (archive footage)
- Eva Gabor - Duchess (archive footage)
- Phil Harris - Baloo, Thomas O'Malley (archive footage)
- Sterling Holloway - Mr. Stork, Winnie the Pooh (archive footage)
- Lord Tim Hudson - Hit Cat (archive footage)
- Burl Ives - Osh Popham (archive footage)
- Tommy Kirk - Travis Coates (archive footage)
- Nancy Kulp - Frou-Frou (archive footage)
- Jimmy Mathers - Peter Carey (archive footage)
- Louis Prima - King Louie (archive footage)
- Thurl Ravenscroft - Russian Cat (archive footage)
- Bruce Reitherman - Mowgli, Christopher Robin (archive footage)
- Vito Scotti - Italian Cat (archive footage)
- Paul Winchell - Chinese Cat, Tigger (archive footage)
- Ilene Woods - Cinderella (archive footage).
Uncredited[]
- Harry Arends - Bertie Birdbrain (theme song only)
- Jimmy MacDonald - Gus, Jaq (archive footage)
- Clarence Nash - Figaro (archive footage)
Gallery[]
The 1990 VHS release of The Bare Necessities.
The 1994 VHS release of The Bare Necessities.
The 2006 DVD release of The Bare Necessities.
1st UK VHS release
2nd UK VHS release
The Japanese VHS release of The Bare Necessities.
Brazilian VHS cover
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The 1988 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly! (front)
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The 1988 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly! (back)
Dutch version
German version
Opening title card to the 1987 VHS release of The Bare Necessities.
Closing title card to the 1987 VHS release of The Bare Necessities.
Opening title card to the JP release of The Bare Necessities
Opening title card to the 1993 Spanish VHS, known as "Ritmo En La Selva"
Closing title card to the 1993 Spanish VHS, known as "Ritmo En La Selva"
Opening title card to the 1995 French VHS, known as "Il en faut peu pour etre heureux"
Closing title card to the 1995 French VHS, known as "Il en faut peu pour etre heureux"
Post-credits promo for all SAS videos available at the time of release
"The Bare Necessities"
"You Are a Human Animal"
"Cinderella Work Song"
"Old Yeller"
"Figaro and Cleo"
"Winnie the Pooh"
"I Wan'na Be Like You"
"Look Out for Mr. Stork"
"Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat"
"The Ugly Bug Ball"
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