List of Jiminy Cricket educational serials
This is a list of all four Jiminy Cricket educational series that originally aired on The Mickey Mouse Club TV series. Each series features Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio's conscience, providing general education and science information in an entertaining and accessible manner. The series also have a strong focus on the importance of books and learning on one's own. The I'm No Fool and You series were later updated in the 1980s and 1990s as stand-alone shorts, and were shown in schools and occasionally on the Disney Channel.
''I'm No Fool'' series
Each short is less than 10 minutes in runtime and begins and ends with the theme song, "I'm No Fool", with the lyrics to the closing number reworked to include the lessons taught during the short. Jiminy presents each hypothetical situation by drawing chalk outlines of the primary participants on a black board. The drawings then come to life and get into various questionable situations, with Jiminy steering them in the right direction.Filmography
I'm No Fool with a Bicycle *I'm No Fool with Fire *I'm No Fool as a Pedestrian *I'm No Fool in Water *I'm No Fool Having Fun I'm No Fool with Electricity *= Updated in the mid through late 1980s with additional live-action footage
''You and Your'' series
Similarly to the I'm No Fool series above, Jiminy Cricket teaches children about the human body.Filmography
You - the Human Animal You - and Your Five Senses *You - and Your Eyes *You - and Your Senses of Smell and Taste You - and Your Food You - the Living Machine You - and Your Ears You - and Your Sense of Touch *= Updated in the mid through late 1980s with additional live-action footage
''Nature of Things'' series
Jiminy Cricket teaches children about the animals of nature, in a similar manner to the I'm No Fool series. This series also had live-action footage lifted from True-Life Adventures, and was also known as Animal Autobiography. Generally these had only intro sequence featuring Jiminy Cricket, while the rest was live-action of real animals.Filmography
Animal Champions Cansdale The Elephant The Camel The Beaver- ''The Horse''
''Encyclopedia'' series
Jiminy Cricket teaches children how to spell, also in a similar manner to the I'm No Fool series. The series had a catchy theme song from which many children learned to spell "encyclopedia", most likely inspired by Paul Whiteman's novelty hit, "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E". At least five or six shorts aired under the Encyclopedia's banner featured Jiminy Cricket. Additionally further nine Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel Specials were aired under the Encyclopedia banner but didn't feature Jiminy Cricket.Filmography
Curiosity Cork and Wheelwright Milk Tuna Railroads- ''Steel''