Festival of Family Classics

Festival of Family Classics
Official logo
Directed byArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
ComposerMaury Laws
Country of originUnited States
Canada
Japan
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducersArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Production companiesRankin/Bass Productions
Mushi Production
Topcraft (eps. 4-5, 19)
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 10, 1972 (1972-09-10) –
March 4, 1973 (1973-03-04)

Festival of Family Classics is a Rankin/Bass animated anthology series that originally aired between 1972 and 1973.[1] The show originally aired in syndication.[2] It was re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang channel and on 16 June 2011 via the Teletoon Retro network.

Festival of Family Classics is a series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature. 16 of the 18 episodes were 20 minutes long. The two 40 minutes-long episodes ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days") were split into two-parters, making 20 episodes in total. The episodes were animated by two Japanese animation studios: Mushi Production and Topcraft.

Videos have been distributed by several companies, including Prism Entertainment, Starmaker Video, EBM Group, and Classic Media. 12 episodes (including the two-parters as single episodes) have been released on DVD.

A similar series, Famous Classic Tales, aired on CBS from 1970 to 1984.

List of episodes

Characters from the opening title sequence of the series.
No. Title Adapted by Air date[3]
1 Yankee Doodle[4] Fred Halliday September 10, 1972
2 Cinderella[5] William J. Keenan September 17, 1972
3 The Song of Hiawatha[3] September 24, 1972
4 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 1[6] Richard Neubert October 1, 1972
5 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 2[6] October 8, 1972
6 Jack O'Lantern[7] William J. Keenan October 29, 1972
7 Johnny Appleseed[8] Bob Littell November 5, 1972
8 Around the World in 80 Days - Part 1[9] Leonard Starr November 12, 1972
9 Around the World in 80 Days - Part 2[9] November 19, 1972
10 Robin Hood[10] William Overgard November 26, 1972
11 Puss in Boots[11] Sandy Glass December 9, 1972
12 A Christmas Tree[12] Ken Donnelly December 17, 1972
13 The American Legend: Paul Bunyan[13] William J. Keenan January 7, 1973
14 Swiss Family Robinson[14] William Overgard January 13, 1973
15 The Sleeping Beauty[15] Ken Donnelly January 21, 1973
16 The Arabian Nights[16] Fred Halliday February 4, 1973
17 Alice in Wonderland[17] Sandy Glass February 11, 1973
18 Robinson Crusoe[18] William Overgard February 18, 1973
19 Tom Sawyer[19] Bob Littell February 25, 1973
20 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[20] Stu Hample March 4, 1973

Voices

Home media

On VHS:

  • Alice in Wonderland (Starmaker Entertainment (1989, US),[22] Futurevision Ltd. (1986, UK), Prism Entertainment (1986, US))
  • Sleeping Beauty (Starmaker Entertainment (1989, US)
  • Snövit och De Sju Dvärgarna (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) (SWE-Ayamonte AB)
  • Tom Sawyer (SWE-Ayamonte AB - 1995)

Classic Media released 10 episodes on 4 DVDs in between 2006–2007.

  • The Princess Collection (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland)
  • Classic Adventures Volume 1 (Around the World in 80 Days, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
  • Classic Adventures Volume 2 (The Arabian Nights, Robin Hood)
  • Classic Adventures Volume 3 (Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe)

The 2002 DVD release of Here Comes Peter Cottontail features the "Puss in Boots" episode, and the Mad Mad Mad Monsters DVD includes the "Jack O' Lantern" episode.

References

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 204. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. p. 199. ISBN 07864-2255-6.
  3. ^ a b Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's television: The first thirty-five years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 460. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 431. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 227–228. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 323. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  12. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  13. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  14. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 404. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  15. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 372–373. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  16. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  17. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  18. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 343. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  19. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 422. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  20. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 382. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  21. ^ Crump, William D. (2013). The Christmas Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 344. ISBN 9781476605739. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Alice in Wonderland | Filmogs Database". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-04-09.


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