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A Disney Halloween (Walt Disney)
"A Disney Halloween" is a 60-minute Halloween-themed episode which originally aired as part of television series ''Walt Disney'' on CBS, October 24, 1981. The special is hosted by the Magic Mirror (voiced by an uncredited actor) which incorporates segments of various villains from three Disney feature films and two classic short cartoons. Featured segments with the Magic Mirror * The Headless Horseman - '' The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' (1949) * The Evil Queen – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937) * ''Trick or Treat'' (1952) * Maleficent – ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1959) * ''Lonesome Ghosts'' (1937) Trivia * The title during the pre-show is written as "A Walt Disney Halloween." * The announcer during the pre-show for the broadcast referred to the special as "A Walt Disney Halloween" but never by its title. See also * " Our Unsung Villains" (1956) * "Halloween Hall o' Fame" (1977) * " Disney's Greatest Villains" (1977) * " Disney's Greatest Villains" (1984) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney (TV Series)
The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology series, anthology television program, television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, ''The Wonderful World of Disney'', was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The program moved among the Big Three television networks in its first four decades, but has aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since 1997 and Disney+ since 2020. The original version of the series premiered on American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984–85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's purchase of the network in 1996. From 1997 to 2008, the program air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney's Greatest Villains
"Disney's Greatest Villains" is a 1977 episode of ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' which originally aired on NBC on May 15, 1977. Synopsis A follow-up to the 1956 episode " Our Unsung Villains", this updated version was used to showcase Madame Medusa, the newest villainess in the then upcoming animated film, ''The Rescuers''. Hans Conried reprises his role as the Magic Mirror from "Our Unsung Villains" and other television specials to host the program. The Magic Mirror explains the importance of villains and introduces clips of various Disney villains while also providing biased, yet humorous, commentary. Most of the villains received a good-sized clip from their respective films, although some were featured in very brief 30-second segments. One sidenote is that the music featured in Madame Medusa's segment was not used in ''The Rescuers''. "Disney's Greatest Villains" would be shown again in reruns, the last time being on the Vault Disney block of programming on the Disney Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s American Television Specials
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1981 American Television Episodes
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Halloween
''Once Upon a Halloween'' is a 2005 British animated fantasy film featuring the Evil Queen (from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'') and Disney Villains. The film is an anthology that features clips from Disney animated films plus shorts and songs. While the scenes shown as flashbacks are from traditional animated films, the original scenes of the film featuring the Evil Queen with her cauldron were animated in CGI. Plot On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you several villains, to which one of them helps her in her plan, such as Peg Leg Pete from '' Mickey & Friends'' (in his role as Tiny Tom in '' Officer Duck''), Ursula from ''The Little Mermaid'', Captain Hook from ''Peter Pan'', Yzma from ''The Emperor's New Groove'', Professor Ratigan from ''The Great Mouse Detective'', Alameda Slim from ''Home on the Range'', and Judge Frollo from ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey's House Of Villains
''Mickey's House of Villains'' (also known as ''House of Mouse: The Villains'') is a 2002 American direct-to-video animated comedy-horror film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is based on the animated television series, '' House of Mouse'' and serves as a stand-alone sequel to the direct-to-video animated film '' Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse'', starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Daisy Duck, and Disney Villains that have appeared in past Disney productions. It was released on both VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on September 3, 2002. Plot It is Halloween night at the House of Mouse and a lot of villains are showing up. Jafar has a trick in store for the usual heroes, but the villains have to wait until midnight for him to unleash it. After a series of cartoons, Jafar, along with his new henchmen Captain Hook, Cruella de Vil, Ursula, Kaa, the Queen of Hearts, and Hades take over the house wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scary Tales
"Scary Tales" refers to several different versions of a Halloween-themed compilation of Walt Disney shorts, as well as an alternate and condensed version of "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982) by the same name or derivation debuting in different years across various formats and countries: # Scary Tales is a compilation of Walt Disney shorts. The compilation was released in 1983 on both VHS and laser disc and is the third volume in a release of Walt Disney Cartoon Classics. The running time is 52 minutes, not 43 minutes as the artwork contains this error.http://www.cartoonreviewsite.com/videos/disney/cc/v3st.html # Scary Tales is a compilation of Walt Disney shorts released exclusively in Japan on LaserDisc in 1986. The running time is 91 minutes. # Disney's Scary Tales of Halloween, as it referred to sometimes by the channel announcer, refers to an alternative title and condensed version of "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982), released in 60-minute block formats as both syndicated and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Disney Halloween (1983 Special)
''A Disney Halloween'' is a 90-minute Halloween-themed television special which originally aired as an exclusive on The Disney Channel on October 1, 1983. The special is hosted by an offscreen narrator (voiced by Hal Douglas) and the Magic Mirror (using re-edited vintage footage of the late Hans Conried) which incorporates segments from both "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982) and " Disney's Greatest Villains" (1977) episodes featuring classic short cartoons and excerpts of various villains from Disney feature films. The opening and closing credits feature footage of the 1929 ''Silly Symphony'' short ''The Skeleton Dance'', as did "Disney's Halloween Treat", but the coloring on the skeletons has been changed to green, orange, and dark green. The special was rebroadcast during October for the following years on The Disney Channel until the late 1990s. Introduction In later versions, Disney's then-chairman, Michael Eisner, introduces the special along with Mickey Mouse (Wayne Allwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney's Halloween Treat
"Disney's Halloween Treat" is a 1982 Halloween-themed episode of '' Walt Disney'' which originally aired on October 30, 1982. Plot The episode is narrated by a jack-o'-lantern puppet (voiced by Hal Douglas) and features a compilation of Disney short cartoons involving spooky or supernatural themes as well as excerpted segments of various villains from Disney feature films. The opening and closing credits feature an orange colorized version of the 1929 '' Silly Symphony'' short ''The Skeleton Dance'' as well as its own title theme song, sung in the opening and closing credits. The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt with music by John Debney. Alternate title This special was also released under an alternative title, " Scary Tales of Halloween", and was also available in both syndicated and network versions. Updated version An updated version of this program, the Disney Channel exclusive, " A Disney Halloween" aired in 1983 which incorporated segments from both "Disney's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloween Hall O' Fame
"Halloween Hall o' Fame" is a 1977 Halloween-themed episode of ''Walt Disney anthology television series, The Wonderful World of Disney'' which originally aired on October 30, 1977. Synopsis Jonathan Winters stars as a night watchman working late at Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios on Halloween night. He is accompanied by his dog, Peanuts. The night watchman, bitter about working on Halloween night, stumbles upon the prop room at the studio and begins acting out scenes with various props. Eventually, he finds a crystal ball and removes a blanket containing a talking Jack-o'-lantern (also played by Winters). Jack-o'-lantern is hiding out from Halloween because it's no longer scary like it was back in "the olden days". The night watchman disagrees with Jack and tells him that he oughta be ashamed of himself for hiding out on Halloween. The dialogue between the night watchman and the jack-o'-lantern is interspersed with four Halloween-related Disney cartoons that ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Mirror (Snow White)
The Magic Mirror is a mystical object that is featured in the story of ''Snow White'', depicted as either a hand mirror or a wall-mounted mirror. Fairy tale The Magic Mirror belongs to the Evil Queen, who constantly asks it – usually in a rhyming phrase – who is the fairest in the land. When the mirror eventually identifies her young stepdaughter Snow White as the fairest, the Queen jealously tries to have her killed, first via her huntsman, then several personal attempts concluding with a poisoned apple. The mirror is key to her plots; it tells her Snow White's location, and after each attempt, she checks with the mirror and is again told that Snow White remains the fairest. At the very end, when Snow White is married, the mirror tells her that the young queen is the most beautiful. The Evil Queen is terrified but her jealousy drives her to attend the wedding, where she is caught and executed. Analysis In other versions of the tale from around the world, a person, an animal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Unsung Villains
"Our Unsung Villains" is a 1956 episode of ''Disneyland'' which originally aired on ABC on February 15, 1956. It was repeated on June 10, 1960. Synopsis The episode has Walt Disney handing over the hosting duties to the Magic Mirror, who promptly decides to do a show devoted to the Disney villains. Hans Conried plays the Magic Mirror from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and would reprise the role in many Disney television specials, including the 1977 follow-up episode "Disney's Greatest Villains." In this episode, the Magic Mirror only focuses on four villains, whereas he covers twelve in "Disney's Greatest Villains." Featured villains * Big Bad Wolf (Disney), Big Bad Wolf – ''Three Little Wolves (film), Three Little Wolves'' (1936) * Evil Queen (Disney), The Evil Queen – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937) * Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear – ''Song of the South'' (1946) * Captain Hook (Disney), Captain Hook – ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'' (1953) Credits * Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
