Today! Because when the ghosts have a midnight jamboree/They break it up with fiendish glee –
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Directed by James Algar (x2), Clyde Geronimi (x3), Jack Kinney
Starring Bing Crosby (x2), Basil Rathbone (x4), Eric Blore, J. Pat O’Malley (x2), Oliver Wallace
The only movie I’m guaranteed to watch every Halloween (which is kinda awkward, as The Wind in the Willows isn’t scary in the least), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, I’ll admit, is not the way I’ve always seen it. Growing up, I had no idea it existed in this combo fashion, only having a copy of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow portion recorded off TV, I want to say. And that is primarily why this movie made the list still – but that’s not necessarily to shortchange the opening half of the film.
Ah, that classic tale of a playboy amphibian
Knowingly Undersold 