Festival of Family Classics

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Festival of Family Classics
Festival of Family Classics logo.jpg
Official logo
Directed by Arthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Composer Maury Laws
Country of origin United States
Canada
Japan
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducersArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Production companies Rankin/Bass Productions
Mushi Production
Topcraft (eps. 4-5, 19)
Original release
Network Syndication
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.

Contents

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. Festival of family classics.jpg
Characters from the opening title sequence of the series.
No.TitleAdapted byAir date [3]
1Yankee Doodle [4] Fred HallidaySeptember 10, 1972
2Cinderella [5] William J. KeenanSeptember 17, 1972
3The Song of Hiawatha [3] September 24, 1972
420,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 1 [6] Richard NeubertOctober 1, 1972
520,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 2 [6] October 8, 1972
6Jack O'Lantern [7] William J. KeenanOctober 29, 1972
7Johnny Appleseed [8] Bob Littell November 5, 1972
8Around the World in 80 Days - Part 1 [9] Leonard Starr November 12, 1972
9Around the World in 80 Days - Part 2 [9] November 19, 1972
10Robin Hood [10] William Overgard November 26, 1972
11Puss in Boots [11] Sandy GlassDecember 9, 1972
12A Christmas Tree [12] Ken DonnellyDecember 17, 1972
13The American Legend: Paul Bunyan [13] William J. KeenanJanuary 7, 1973
14Swiss Family Robinson [14] William Overgard January 13, 1973
15The Sleeping Beauty [15] Ken DonnellyJanuary 21, 1973
16The Arabian Nights [16] Fred HallidayFebruary 4, 1973
17Alice in Wonderland [17] Sandy GlassFebruary 11, 1973
18Robinson Crusoe [18] William Overgard February 18, 1973
19Tom Sawyer [19] Bob Littell February 25, 1973
20Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [20] Stu HampleMarch 4, 1973

Voices

Home media

On VHS:

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

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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