The Wacky World of Mother Goose

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Wacky World of Mother Goose

| image = The Wacky World of Mother Goose release poster.jpg

| caption = Official release poster

| director = Jules Bass

| producer = Arthur Rankin Jr.

| writer = Romeo Muller

| story = Arthur Rankin Jr.

| based_on = {{Based on|Tales of Mother Goose|Charles Perrault}}

| narrator =

| starring = Margaret Rutherford

| music = George Wilkins
(music)
Jules Bass
(lyrics)

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Videocraft International Limited

| distributor = Embassy Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1967|9|27}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = United States
Japan

| language = English

| budget =

}}

The Wacky World of Mother Goose is a 1967 animated musical fantasy film made by Rankin/Bass, written by Romeo Muller and directed by Jules Bass based on Charles Perrault's stories and nursery rhymes.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b785648c9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921035115/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b785648c9 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-21 |title=The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1966) | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2014-06-26}} The movie is the first cel animated theatrical feature by Rankin and Bass.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/212/mode/2up |page=212}} It features Humpty Dumpty, the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, and the Crooked Man (the villain). Mother Goose is voiced by Margaret Rutherford in her final film role.