They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies.
On December 3, 2001, Disney released "Silly Symphonies" as part of its DVD series "Walt Disney Treasures".
Silly Wizard | Silly | Silly Symphonies | The Silly Pillows | Very Silly Songs! | The Ministry of Silly Walks | Symphonies of Sickness | Silly String | Silly (song) | Silly Love Songs | Silly-en-Gouffern | Silly (band) | Silly Asses | Paris symphonies | London symphonies |
In 2001, Disney released The Cookie Carnival, in addition to many others on DVD titled Silly Symphonies as part of its Walt Disney Treasures collection.
# Walt Disney Treasures: Wave One/Silly Symphonies (DVD) 2001
Today, the Elmer Elephant short can be viewed on the Silly Symphonies DVD set in the first wave of the Walt Disney Treasures line.
The film was edited into Disneyland: Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom in 1959 with reorchestrated music, and was featured in Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory (1985), The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991), Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001), and The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009).
The short features characters from other Silly Symphonies, including The Three Little Pigs and Jenny Wren from Who Killed Cock Robin?.
Songs of the Silly Symphonies: Leonard Maltin meets with Richard M. Sherman to discuss some of the Silly Symphonies' songs, including "The World Owes Me a Livin'" and "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".