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- ↑ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 . Scarecrow Press. pp. 341–342. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
