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Walt Disney Cartoon Classics is a video series of Disney cartoon compilations that ran from 1983 to 1996. It was the successor to Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections.
The first 14 volumes, from 1983 to 1986, came with six or seven cartoons and ran from 30–60 minutes. The titles of all 14 volumes and their cartoons are as follows.
Note: This is the only Cartoon Classics video to not be released on VHS. This video is a laserdisc reissue of an older VHS from 1981, entitled Goofy Over Sports.
In 1984 and 1985, the "Limited Gold Editions" I and II came out with a historical introduction documentary to each video, like the first series, the second series had six or seven cartoons, but with the exceptions of "How the Best Was Won: 1933-1960", which had five cartoons, and "Disney's Best: The Fabulous '50s", which had four cartoons. LGE I videos all have the documentary about Walt Disney's early start and the first original Mickey Mouse. LGE II videos each have different documentaries focusing on histories of the specific characters/themes of the video. Including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Disney's war cartoons, Silly Symphonies, and the Academy Award winning shorts. These historical introduction documentaries also include interviews with the likes of Jack Hannah, Clarence Nash, Jack Kinney, and archival footage of Walt Disney himself. In 1986, the "Limited Gold Editions I" were released on VHS in the United Kingdom, and laserdisc only in Japan, CAV, and bilingual. The 14 titles are as follows:
In 1987, another wave of "Cartoon Classics" was released, with 14 regular volumes, as well as four "Special Edition" volumes. Volumes 1-5 were released on May 19, 1987. Volumes 6-10 were released on October 6, 1987. Volumes 11 and 12 were released on May 9, 1989. Volumes 13 and 14 were released on August 28, 1990. The first "Special Edition" volume was released on October 4, 1988. The three other "Special Edition" volumes were released on June 19, 1992. The shorts featured on volumes 1-5 were all new-to-VHS in the United States and Canada at the time, while shorts featured on all subsequent volumes are duplicated from the earlier "Cartoon Classics" wave and other early Disney VHS releases. The sole exception is The Big Wash , which made its debut on Fun on the Job.
Between each short are clips from other cartoons, redubbed with new voices to link the featured cartoons together.
Linking clips reused from: Mickey's Delayed Date (1947)
Linking clips reused from: Baggage Buster (1941), Mickey's Trailer (1938)
Linking clips reused from: A Gentleman's Gentleman (1941), Brave Little Tailor (1938)
Linking clips reused from: Three Little Pigs (1933)
Linking clips reused from: A Gentleman's Gentleman (1941), Cold Turkey (1951)
Linking clips reused from: The Simple Things (1953), The Nifty Nineties (1941)
Linking clips reused from: This Is Your Life, Donald Duck (1960)
Linking clips reused from: The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
Linking clips reused from: This Is Your Life, Donald Duck (1960)
Linking clips reused from: Pluto's Heart Throb (1950), Canine Casanova (1945)
Linking clips reused from: The Pointer (1939), Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940), Donald's Ostrich (1937), Chips Ahoy (1956)
Linking clips reused from: Pluto's Dream House (1940), How to Play Golf (1944), African Diary (1945)
Linking clips reused from: Mickey's Amateurs (1937),
Linking clips reused from: Mickey's Parrot (1938), Donald's Off Day (1944), The Plastics Inventor (1944)
Linking clips reused from: The Worm Turns (1937), Daddy Duck (1948)
Linking clips reused from: Fathers Are People (1951), Fire Chief (1940), Motor Mania (1950)
Linking clips reused from: Donald's Vacation (1940), How to Fish (1942), Lion Down (1951)
Linking clips reused from: Goofy Gymnastics (1949), How to Play Golf (1944)
These three videos came out originally for Valentine's Day in 1995 and 1996. They are still released almost every year around the beginning of January through the middle of February, and are retailed for around $10.00 each.
Some volumes in the series were released in different countries.
Pluto is an American cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a yellow-orange color, medium-sized, short-haired dog with black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression. He is Mickey's pet. Officially a mixed-breed dog, he made his debut as a bloodhound in the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang. Together with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is one of the "Sensational Six"—the biggest stars in the Disney universe. Though all six are non-human animals, Pluto alone is not dressed as a human.
Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and is Max Goof's father. He is normally characterized as hopelessly clumsy and dim-witted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally, Goofy is shown as intuitive and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Pluto and Goofy as the primary members, and many other characters related to them, being most of them anthropomorphic animals. The universe originated from the Mickey Mouse animated short films produced by Disney starting in 1928, although its first consistent version was created by Floyd Gottfredson in the Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip. Real-world versions also exist in Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, called Mickey's Toontown.
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