Disney Sing-Along Songs: Friend Like Me

This is probably my all time favourite video in the Disney's Sing Along Songs collection. My favourite song on the video is The Best Of Friends as The Fox and the Hound is 1 of my cutest Disney films along with Dumbo. It's a shame there is no Dumbo on the video, but I don't think there were any friends songs in the film. Perhaps the deleted song Are You A Man Or A Mouse could have been on this video. The songs in order from my favourite to least favourite are:

1 The Best Of Friends 2 Let's Get Together 3 Friend Like Me 4 Something There 5 How Do You Do 6 In Harmony 7 Friendship 8 That's What Friends Are For 9 A Whole New World

The Best Of Friends and Let's Get Together are my only 2 favourites on this video I'm afraid. From Friend Like Me to In Harmony are songs I like, but are not favourites of mine. And Friendship, That's What Friends Are For and A Whole New World are songs I don't like, although I don't hate them.

Why did Professor Owl not introduce Jiminy Cricket at the beginning after the main Disney's Sing Along Songs song was sung by the birds?