This is a list of all five Jiminy Cricket educational serials that originally aired on The Mickey Mouse Club TV series. The serials feature Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio's conscience, providing general education and science information in an entertaining and accessible manner. The serials 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.
= 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, this series was also known as Animal Autobiography, generally these had only intro sequence featuring Jiminy Cricket, the rest was live-action of real Animals.
Filmography
Animal Champions
Cansdale
The Camel
The Horse
The Elephant
''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".
Filmography
Cork and Wheelwright
Milk
Tuna
Railroads
Steel
Curiosity
The following Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel Specials were aired under the Encyclopedia banner but didn't feature Jiminy Cricket.
In 1984, Disney Educational Inc. produced a film called Jiminy Cricket, P.S. which recycles animation from other Disney shorts. The film was 10 minutes long, and also stars Goofy, Donald Duck, and Ludwig Von Drake. It was originally released on VHS
