Our Unsung Villains

"Our Unsung Villains"
Disneyland episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 20
Directed by	Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson
Written by	Carl Cons Hamilton Luske
Featured music	Oliver Wallace
Original air date	February 15, 1956 (1956-02-15)
Guest appearance
Hans Conried (Magic Mirror)
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"Our Unsung Villains" is a 1956 episode of Disneyland which originally aired on ABC on February 15, 1956. ^[1] 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 – Three Little Wolves (1936)
• The Evil Queen – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear – Song of the South (1946)
• Captain Hook – Peter Pan (1953)

Credits

• Disney's Sing-Along Songs I Love to Laugh clips courtesy of Walt Disney Home Video

See also

• "Halloween Hall o' Fame" (1977)
• "Disney's Greatest Villains" (1977)
• "Disney's Greatest Villains" (1984)
• "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982)
• "A Disney Halloween" (1983)
• "Scary Tales" (1986, varies)
• Mickey's House of Villains (2002)
• Once Upon a Halloween (2005)

References

1. Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 145, 540–541. ISBN   0-7868-6359-5.

External links

• "Our Unsung Villains" at IMDb