Disney Family Album | Jimmy JIm MacDonald | Disney Sound | Effects | Walt Disney World | Disneyland

Originally Aired September 1984 (#4 in The Series of 20 Disney Family Albums)
Jimmy MacDonald is the man behind the sounds…the original head of the Disney Sound Effects Department. He estimated that he created over 28,000 sound effects for 139 feature films and 335 cartoon shorts. Jimmy was also the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1948 – 1977

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[neilmaccallum]

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.

[MoonRabbitCook]

As a legend, he's a very humble person. RIP James MacDonald.

[Vimacone]

I bet Jimmy had a lot of fun with the short SYMPHONY HOUR

[abdoulkarimbandatmntpowern]

😢😢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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[WWENFLfan]

wow this is history right here, what a legend

[MusicradioNetwork]

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.

[joedesena]

13:29 “Where did you get the coconuts?”

[omanimoves]

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.*
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.

[abdoulkarimbandatmntpowern]

I Miss Jimmy He Was The Original Voice Of CHIP 🐿❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 😢😢

[andy_boisky]

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.

[KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

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!

[gloriapinskerportraits]

Sheer genius...like everything at Disney in those days.

[andreapatane]

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. 😢

[dgwaters]

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!

[AndrewsMagicandMore]

"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.

[DavidHernandez-ubww]

I miss Jimmy macdonald he was a great man he in heaven with the others

[jgsmile]

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.

[MusicradioNetwork]

“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.

[seanhernandez]

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.

[gavynirving]

I want to be a sound effects editor just like Wayne Allwine.