The Emerald Isle (1949)
Article 5809 by Dave Sindelar
Date: 7-12-2020
Directed by Seymour Kneitel
Featuring the voices of Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer and Mae Questel
Country: USA
What it is: Follow the bouncing ball
The world of Ireland is explored, and everyone gets to sing a song.
Famous Studios at Paramount put out a whole slew of “Screen Songs”, shorts that were half-cartoons and half “follow the bouncing ball” singalongs of some song, in this case the song being “MacNamara’s Band”. Though they were probably fun events in a crowded theater, as cartoons they were rather forgettable. I don’t think I’ve covered any of these before this, and I probably wouldn’t have reviewed this one if a few ghosts hadn’t popped up and done a jig as one of the gags. As far as I can tell, this is a typical entry of the series, and unless one of them really ratchets up the fantastic content, I probably won’t be covering another one.
Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings 
Yes, the “follow the bouncing ball” cartoons are often just cute, and would have been fun singing along with others in a theater full of patrons. I’ll watch this one!