Positive, supportive and encouraging cards and letters couldn't hurt either. Let it be known how much you value and appreciate the Walt Disney Treasures series and which Walt era titles you'd like to see next.
I broke down the other day and bought a DVD from the Disney Educational site. The price was 50% less than when I first saw the title there but I'm still cringing at having spent so much. Anyway, I reckon this all but guarantees the continuation of the Treasures line because now those cartoons can appear on a set this year just to make me feel stupid for buying the other DVD.
Calamity 23 wrote:I broke down the other day and bought a DVD from the Disney Educational site. The price was 50% less than when I first saw the title there but I'm still cringing at having spent so much. Anyway, I reckon this all but guarantees the continuation of the Treasures line because now those cartoons can appear on a set this year just to make me feel stupid for buying the other DVD.
OH LETS HOPE SO!!! And if this does happen we will give you all the credit, an award and construct a statue in your honor in UDs Hall of Fame.
I hope the rights holders continue to re-release movies, TV shows, music and books from the Walt era, because that's what I buy from them (and Disneyland admissions).
1 The Birth of the Swamp Fox October 23, 1959
2 Brother Against Brother October 30, 1959
3 Tory Vengeance January 1, 1960
4 Day of Reckoning January 8, 1960
5 Redcoat Strategy January 15, 1960
6 A Case of Treason January 22, 1960
7 A Woman's Courage January 8, 1961
8 Horses for Greene January 15, 1961
In case newcomers to the thread don't want to scroll back - - here's a big list of potential Walt Disney Treasures material yet to be released on DVD:
1. Song of the South (plus The Joel Chandler Harris Story, Trailers, promos, TV spots, Soundtrack, outtakes, artwork, etc.)
2. Ludwig Von Drake (18 episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color)
3. Ranger Woodlore and Humphrey Bear (all shorts plus 4 hour WWoC shows)
4. Jiminy Cricket (all educational shorts, MMC shorts, plus all 6 Jiminy hosted hour shows)
5. Chip an' Dale (all shorts, plus Walt Disney Presents hour show)
6. The Magic Mirror (all 6 TV hours hosted by Magic Mirror, including Walt's first two TV specials)
7. Disneyland Volume 3 (all remaining TV hours about the park including From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow and Disneyland Showtime!)
8. Mickey, Donald and Goofy on TV (TV hours featuring all the standard characters in original animation bridges)
9. Rarities 2 (with remaining animated shorts and featurettes like It's Tough to Be a Bird)
10. The Swamp Fox (all 8 episodes)
11. The Prince and the Pauper (all 3 Wonderful World of Color episodes plus the theatrical version)
12. Disneyland: Films From Park Attractions (America the Beautiful, Mouseketeer 3-D Jamboree, Story of Oil etc)
13. Annette 2 (Horsemasters, Escapade in Florence, music sequences)
14. Kurt Russell (TV movies and featurettes like Willie and the Yank, Secret of Boyne Castle, Disneyland Showtime and Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?)
15. Best of Disneyland Series Season Sets
16. Best of Walt Disney Presents Series Season Sets
17. Best of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Season Sets
18. Best of The Mickey Mouse Club
19. Moochie (Moochie of the Little League, Moochie of Pop Warner Football, Mooncussers, Johnny Shiloh)
20. Spin and Marty 2 and 3
21. The Hardy Boys 2
22. Corky and White Shadow
23. People and Places
24. The Fabulous 40's (uncut versions of all the 1940's animated package features)
25. Animal Stories (best of the TV hours like Sammy, the Way Out Seal)
26. The Mouse Factory - Complete Series
27. Disney Family Album - Complete Series
28. A Walt Disney Christmas
29. A Walt Disney Halloween
(And that doesn't even account for all the lesser known TV limited series and TV movies like Elfego Baca, Texas John Slaughter, Kilroy, Gallegher, et al).
...and how about a volume saluting Roy E. Disney and his TV work?
There is also the 1962 limited summer series "Meet Me at Disneyland" that was broadcast live on KTTV in Los Angeles with guest stars like Walt, Annette and others. I've never seen this - - and wonder if kinescopes survive at the studio or at the station? That would be so cool! Sadly, I've heard they aren't known to exist. Anyone know better?
MEET ME AT DISNEYLAND
1961 - 1962 SEASON
KTTV, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM, 1-HOUR FORMAT
6/09/62 Main Street U.S.A.
6/16/62 Plaza Gardens
6/23/62 Rhythm on the River
6/30/62 Swingin' Through Space
7/07/62 There's Something About a Band
7/14/62 Tahitian Terrace Show
7/21/62 Fun in Frontierland
7/28/62 Music on the Mall
8/04/62 Fun in Fantasyland
8/11/62 This Was the West
8/25/62 Swingin' at the Magic Kingdom
9/01/62 Dixie on the Delta
9/08/62 Talent on Parade
merlinjones wrote:There is also the 1962 limited summer series "Meet Me at Disneyland" that was broadcast live on KTTV in Los Angeles with guest stars like Walt, Annette and others. I've never seen this - - and wonder if kinescopes survive at the studio or at the station? That would be so cool! Sadly, I've heard they aren't known to exist. Anyone know better?
Have you contacted the station? They may be able to tell you. I am assuming this was a series native only to KTTV?
Maybe third party companies could license and release the remaining Walt Disney Treasures on DVD -- This seems to be increasingly happening with classic TV box sets as smaller companies such as Shout Factory and MPI pick up long running series from the majors to complete the runs.
After the Anchor Bay deal, Disney pulled back from this, but more recently licensed the ABC library Hitchcock films to Fox for DVD - - and now allow Disney films to be shown on TCM and Hallmark on cable.
One of those niche DVD companies would be thrilled to get the numbers the Treasures sell at with no advertising...
For example, Shout Factory is picking up Leave it to Beaver DVD sets from Universal beginning with Season 3 - - and also issuing a complete series box set that includes the 2 seasons Universal already released. No reason the Walt Disney Treasures couldn't be the same...
merlinjones wrote:In case newcomers to the thread don't want to scroll back - - here's a big list of potential Walt Disney Treasures material yet to be released on DVD:
1. Song of the South (plus The Joel Chandler Harris Story, Trailers, promos, TV spots, Soundtrack, outtakes, artwork, etc.)
2. Ludwig Von Drake (18 episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color)
3. Ranger Woodlore and Humphrey Bear (all shorts plus 4 hour WWoC shows)
4. Jiminy Cricket (all educational shorts, MMC shorts, plus all 6 Jiminy hosted hour shows)
5. Chip an' Dale (all shorts, plus Walt Disney Presents hour show)
6. The Magic Mirror (all 6 TV hours hosted by Magic Mirror, including Walt's first two TV specials)
7. Disneyland Volume 3 (all remaining TV hours about the park including From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow and Disneyland Showtime!)
8. Mickey, Donald and Goofy on TV (TV hours featuring all the standard characters in original animation bridges)
9. Rarities 2 (with remaining animated shorts and featurettes like It's Tough to Be a Bird)
10. The Swamp Fox (all 8 episodes)
11. The Prince and the Pauper (all 3 Wonderful World of Color episodes plus the theatrical version)
12. Disneyland: Films From Park Attractions (America the Beautiful, Mouseketeer 3-D Jamboree, Story of Oil etc)
13. Annette 2 (Horsemasters, Escapade in Florence, music sequences)
14. Kurt Russell (TV movies and featurettes like Willie and the Yank, Secret of Boyne Castle, Disneyland Showtime and Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?)
15. Best of Disneyland Series Season Sets
16. Best of Walt Disney Presents Series Season Sets
17. Best of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Season Sets
18. Best of The Mickey Mouse Club
19. Moochie (Moochie of the Little League, Moochie of Pop Warner Football, Mooncussers, Johnny Shiloh)
20. Spin and Marty 2 and 3
21. The Hardy Boys 2
22. Corky and White Shadow
23. People and Places
24. The Fabulous 40's (uncut versions of all the 1940's animated package features)
25. Animal Stories (best of the TV hours like Sammy, the Way Out Seal)
26. The Mouse Factory - Complete Series
27. Disney Family Album - Complete Series
28. A Walt Disney Christmas
29. A Walt Disney Halloween
(And that doesn't even account for all the lesser known TV limited series and TV movies like Elfego Baca, Texas John Slaughter, Kilroy, Gallegher, et al).
...and how about a volume saluting Roy E. Disney and his TV work?
Merlin Jones, whomever you are, I think Disney should put you in charge of classic home video releases.
My priority wants are:
The Prince and the Pauper
The Sword and the Rose
Ludwig Von Drake
Elfego Baca 2
Swamp Fox 2
The Hardy Boys 2
Song of the South
Dr Syn / The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh -- a new transfer with the day-for-night scenes properly timed.
I hope it works. I cant imagine a Christmas without getting my new Disney Treasures! 
