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Show #96 of 107 shows.

Three Tall Tales (1/6/63) Professor Ludwig Von Drake, with his assistant Herman (a Bootle Beetle), introduces three "larger than life" stories.

Cartoons: (1) Casey Bats Again [1954] (2) The Saga Of Windwagon Smith [1961] (3) Paul Bunyan [1958]. Short clip from: (1) The Brave Engineer [1950].

Scenes from animated films: Short clips from (1) Melody Time [1948] - Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed. (2) Make Mine Music [1946] - Casey At The Bat.

TV animation created: (1) Ludwig's lectures and introductions to each story, with Herman assisting. They attempt to play baseball, be cowboys, and be lumberjacks.
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Show #97 of 107 shows.

The Title Makers / Nature's Half Acre (6/11/61) Walt Disney introduces the Title Department, which creates the titles for the Disney films. This time, the animation creative process is shown for the title to the 1961 film The Parent Trap. This is followed by the 1951 featurette Nature's Half Acre. Black and white program.

TV animation created: (1) Models for the title of The Parent Trap are posed and filmed by stop-motion animation.
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Show #98 of 107 shows.

Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom (3/27/59) Walt Disney talks about the origin of various musical instruments and turns the show over to Professor Owl.

Cartoons: (1) Adventures In Music: Melody [1953] (also known as Melody) (2) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom [1953] Note: Scenes from "(1)" and "(2)" also used to lead into other cartoons. (3) Jack And Old Mac [1956] (4) Music Land [1935] (5) A Cowboy Needs A Horse [1956].

TV animation created: (1) Music shatters the show's title. (2) Professor Owl appears with Walt to take over the show and lecture on music. Professor Owl flies to a bird schoolhouse - leads into scenes from Adventures In Music: Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom. (3) Professor Owl lectures on harmony and pulls down a map of Music Land. He plays the keys of "Piano Island", shows the "Isle of Bop" in which the palm trees clap their "hands", and shows the "Isles of Swing" with playing clarinets - leads into Music Land. (4) Professor Owl lectures on how to farm the modern way - leads into Jack And Old Mac. (5) Professor Owl has the students read. In a book, a boy pans for gold in a sink and shoots a toy dog with a pop gun - leads into A Cowboy Needs A Horse.
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Show #99 of 107 shows.

A Tribute To Joel Chandler Harris (1/18/56) Walt Disney introduces this show on the life of the author of the Uncle Remus stories. Black and white program.

Scenes from animated films: (1) The Adventures of Ichabod And Mr. Toad [1949] - the camera films through a stained glass window with a lit candle and book scene before the scene dissolves to show Walt. (2) Song Of The South [1946] - The Tar Baby.

TV animation created: (1) The opening title has art of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear. (2) Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Uncle Remus art shown on the wall. (3) Art from a book shows Joel Chandler Harris, his town, his home, the grocery store/post office, the plantation, and the printing building - the art leads into the live-action scenes of Joel Chandler Harris' life.
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Show #100 of 107 shows.

Tricks Of Our Trade (2/13/57) Walt Disney gives a behind the scenes look at the technical improvements in animation. Black and white program.

Scenes from animated films: (1) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs [1937] - Snow White's first meeting with the dwarfs. (2) Fantasia [1940] - Rite Of Spring earthquake scene and erupting lava scene; Dance Of The Hours. (3) Bambi [1942] - raindrop sequence; scene of the forest animals first meeting Bambi.

TV animation created: (1) Art drawings flipped to show dwarf Happy dancing, a baseball breaking a window, lava erupting, and a rain drop splashing. (2) Blueprints shown for the multiplane camera. (3) Cels and background shown of Mickey holding a fishing pole and walking along to show the flatness of the background once Mickey is not in the picture. (4) Moonlit countryside background is shown to demonstrate how flat it is, then parts of the picture are shown on different levels for the multiplane carmera, and then the depth of the scene is shown after using the multiplane camera. (5) Bambi forest background is shown on different levels using the multiplane camera. (6) Animators use a live ballet model to draw animals for Fantasia's Dance Of The Hours. Art drawings are flipped to show the alligator's movements.
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Show #101 of 107 shows.

Trip Through Adventureland / Water Birds (2/29/56) Walt Disney introduces the contruction of the Disneyland Adventureland, followed by the 1952 nature featurette Water Birds. Black and white program.

TV animation created: (1) Art of Adventureland entrance shown on the wall. Model of the Jungle Cruise boat is shown. (2) Drawings of animals and a painted Jungle Cruise map are shown.
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Show #102 of 107 shows.

The Truth About Mother Goose (11/17/63) Ludwig Von Drake hosts this look at nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

Note: Ludwig narration replaces part or all of the original narration.

Cartoons: (1) The Truth About Mother Goose [1957].

Scenes from animated films: (1) Fun And Fancy Free [1947] - Mickey And The Beanstalk. Short scenes from: (1) Cinderella [1950] - fairy godmother (2) Pinocchio [1940] - the Blue Fairy (3) Sleeping Beauty [1959] - Maleficent (4) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs [1937] - the evil queen.

TV animation created: (1) Ludwig, with the help of his bootle beetle friend Herman, claims that Mother Goose was Ludwig's grandmother. Ludwig states that the rhymes were based on real people. Ludwig and Herman reenact "Jack Jump Over The Candlestick" - setting Ludwig's tail feathers on fire. This leads into The Truth About Mother Goose. Ludwig appears within the cartoon to sing "London Bridge Is Falling Down" to lead into that section of the cartoon. (2) Ludwig and Herman introduce fairy tales. Ludwig talks about good and evil magical beings - leads into the short scenes from the Disney films. Herman irritates Ludwig by believing all the fairy tale scenes. Ludwig talks about giants - leads into Mickey And The Beanstalk. Ludwig and Herman appear within the story with Ludwig accidentally almost squashing Herman. (3) At the end of Mickey And The Beanstalk, Ludwig and Herman take the place of the original characters with Herman sad at the giant's death until Ludwig convinces Herman the giant was just an imaginary character. The giant then lifts the roof of the house as the story ends.
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Show #103 of 107 shows.

Two Happy Amigos (2/5/60) Walt Disney reads a telegram saying Jose' Carioca is coming for a visit. Walt remembers when Donald Duck and Jose' first met.

Cartoons: (1) Honey Harvester [1949] (2) Morris The Midget Moose [1950] (3) The Pelican And The Snipe [1944].

Scenes from animated films: (1) The Three Caballeros [1945] - Aves Raras and The Flying Gauchito. Short scenes from: (1) Saludos Amigos [1943].

TV animation created: (1) Title shows a framed cel of Donald and Jose'. (2) A framed cel on the wall of Donald and Jose' changes to just Donald - leads into their first meeting in Saludos Amigos. At the end, Donald and Jose's dancing ends within the cel frame - returning to the original cel. (3) Walt calls Donald at home, and talks to him by split screen about Jose' coming to visit. Walt suggests Donald cook up a surprise for Jose'. Donald decides to bake a cake, but is out of honey - leads into Honey Harvester. (4) Donald receives a package. Jose' breaks out of the package. Jose' teaches Donald the Cha Cha. Smoke from Jose's cigar changes into pretty "smoke girls". Donald makes his own smoke girls, who combine into large women - who pull on Donald in a tug of war. Jose' blows a smoke ring, which changes into an outline of the U.S.A. Donald pulls out travel postcards - first Baia. Jose' enters the postcards of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, and the Everglades where is he confronted by - in order - a mountain lion, a grizzly bear, and an alligator. Jose' escapes harm each time and tells each of them to "have a cigar" as Jose' sticks a cigar in their mouths. Jose' then meets a moose in the Maine North Woods - leads into Morris The Midget Moose. (5) At the end of Morris The Midget Moose, Jose' gives cigars to both moose. Jose' shows a film of the South American coastline - leads into The Pelican And The Snipe. (6) Jose'
uses a projector to show scenes leading into Aves Raras and The Flying Gauchito. (7) Jose' says goodbye, whistles to the flying donkey - which flies out from the screen. Jose' rides the flying donkey into the screen - flying further away as Donald waves goodbye.
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Show #104 of 107 shows.

Von Drake In Spain (4/8/62) Ludwig Von Drake lectures on the dances of Spain.

TV animation created: (1) Ludwig throws a bucket of paint on the wall - it turns into a map of Spain. Ludwig paints various scenes on the map and later on the wall - each turns into live-action dance scenes. (2) Ludwig paints a guitar on the wall; pulls the guitar off the wall; and starts playing the guitar, singing, and dancing the Flamingo.
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Show #105 of 107 shows.

Where Do The Stories Come From? (4/4/56) Walt Disney hosts this show about the ideas behind the stories. Scenes with Walt are in black and white; the rest of the show is in color.

Note: Although not animation, of importance is extensive black and white live-action footage of Ollie Johnston, Ward Kimball, and Walt Disney with their hobby trains and layouts.

Cartoons: (1) Crazy Over Daisy [1950] (2) R'Coon Dawg [1951] (3) Donald Gets Drafted [1942] (4) Fall Out - Fall In [1943] (5) Out Of Scale [1951].

TV animation created: (1) A drawing of Daisy Duck in a frame and a Donald Duck statue are both on a piano. (2) A storyboard of Bee At The Beach is on the wall in the background. (3) A Donald animation drawing is reversed to erase his sailor suit to change it to a Gay 90s outfit. Candy, flowers, and a bike are added - leads into Crazy Over Daisy. (4) Pluto watches a film of live-action raccoons and watches an artist draw a raccoon. Farm scene background art leads into R'Coon Dawg. (5) Black and white scene of the building Draft Board No. 13 leads into Donald Gets Drafted and Fall Out - Fall In.
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Show #106 of 107 shows.

Wind In The Willows (2/2/55) Walt Disney introduces two stories written by Kenneth Grahame. Black and white program.

Scenes from animated films: (1) The Reluctant Dragon [1941] - the cartoon The Reluctant Dragon. (2) The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad [1949] - Wind In The Willows section.

TV animation created: (1) Art from a book shows Kenneth Grahame and the Bank of England; plus Grahame leaning against a tree telling a story to two children.
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Wow, José giving everybody cigars... That would have never been done in today's politically correct world!
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Show #107 of 107 shows.

Your Host, Donald Duck (1/16/57) Walt Disney agrees to let Donald Duck host his own show after Donald bombards Walt with numerous requests. Black and white program.

Cartoons: (1) Clown Of The Jungle [1947] (2) Uncle Donald's Ants [1952] (3) Test Pilot Donald [1951] (4) Timber [1941].

Recycled scene from previous TV show: (1) Man In Space [3/9/55] - the beginning of "(7)" of the space trip from the start to the take off.

TV animation created: (1) Donald and his nephews are camped outside Walt's door in a live-action campsite. (2) Donald sails a paper airplane memo to Walt - Walt catches real paper. (3) The nephews set up Donald with a microphone attached to a record player to improve Donald's voice so he can host the show. (4) Donald hands Walt an introduction speech - Walt takes a real sheet of paper. (5) Donald chases away Tinker Bell and introduces his "The Duckland 4 in 1 Show" himself. He continually has various speech and production problems presenting the show. (6) Donald, as an explorer, emerges from a stuffed alligator and stands on a world globe as he introduces Adventureland. After bragging about filming mermaids, a flying donkey, a singing whale, and a fight between dinosaurs (he mistakingly calls a Stegasaurus...a Brontosaurus), Donald invites the audience to join him in his next expedition to the dense jungles of South America - leads into Clown Of The Jungle. (7) Donald, as a cowboy, introduces Frontierland. After scenes of pioneers in wagon trains traveling west, Donald introduces the "most important" pioneer - his ancestor Rufus Duck - who transported maple syrup to the West. Rufus, his wife, his baby, and his horse cross mountains, rivers, endure hot summers (in a "convertible" conestoga wagon), freezing winters, and Indian attacks. The "Indians" are ants, which chase the wagon - leads into Uncle Donald's Ants. (8) Donald (as Professor Duckenheimer) "flies" in a flying saucer to introduce Tomorrowland. His German accent is even worse than his real voice. Donald uses a raygun to make the nephews change the record to a better voice. He lectures on space travel - leads into scenes from the TV show Man In Space. Donald is included within the scenes as an astronaut. Instead of launching, the spacecraft burns up and falls into ashes. The professor blames the astronaut, who the professor thought was a qualified jet pilot - leads into Test Pilot Donald. (9) Donald, swinging from a star on a rope, chases away Tinker Bell and introduces Fantasyland. He introduces the world's greatest actor...himself. He imagines his next role from his script - a king or Julius Caesar. He role turns out to be ... a hobo - leads into Timber. (10) Donald goes wild acting the greatest Musketeer when the show is supposed to end. The nephews put on a special sound effects record to get Donald to quit. Donald gets punchy from all the violence of the sound effects, pulls off the microphone, and stomps on it as the show ends.

That is my research on the shows. My next post will include the TV shows I checked, but did not include any animation.
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There are 47 shows that I checked for animation, but did not contain any animation.

And Chase The Buffalo (12/11/60)
Antarctica Operation Deepfreeze (6/5/57)
Adios El Cuchillo (11/6/60)
Auld Acquaintance (4/2/61)
Backstage Party (12/17/61)
Battle For Survival (4/9/61)
Beaver Valley / Cameras In Africa (12/29/54) (later shown as Cameras
In Africa / Beaver Valley)
Behind The Cameras In Lapland / The Alaskan Eskimo (10/24/56)
Behind The Scenes With Fess Parker (5/30/56)
Behind The True-Life Cameras / Olympic Elk (9/21/55)
Bristle Face (1/26 & 2/2/64)
Cameras In Samoa / The Holland Story (11/7/56)
Chico, The Misunderstood Coyote (10/15/61)
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood (12/19/65)
The Crisler Story / Prowlers Of The Everglades (2/27/57)
Disneyland After Dark (4/15/62)
El Bandido (10/30/60)
Escape To Paradise / Water Birds (12/18/60)
Flash, The Teenage Otter (4/30/61)
The Golden Horseshoe Revue (9/23/62)
Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (1/7 & 14/62)
His Majesty, The King Of Beasts (11/7/58)
The Horse Of The West (12/11/57)
Ida, The Offbeat Eagle (1/10/65)
Killers Of The High Country (10/16/59)
The Legend Of El Blanco (9/25/66)
Little Dog Lost (1/13/63)
Minado The Wolverine (11/7/65)
Moochie Of The Little League (10/2 & 9/59)
One Day At Teton Marsh (11/6/64)
An Otter In The Family (2/21/65)
Perilous Assignment (11/6/59)
The Pigeon That Worked A Miracle (10/10/58)
The Postponed Wedding (1/1/61)
The Promised Land (3/19/61)
Rapids Ahead / Bear Country (10/16/60)
Run, Light Buck, Run (3/13/66)
Rusty And The Falcon (10/24/58)
Sancho, The Homing Steer (1/21 & 28/62)
Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh (2/9, 16, & 23/64)
Searching For Nature's Mysteries (9/26/56)
Survival In Nature (2/8/56)
The Wahoo Bobcat (10/20/63)
The Warrior's Path (12/4/60)
The Wilderness Road (3/12/61)
Wonders Of The Water Worlds (5/21/61)
The Yellowstone Cubs (9/19/65)

That leaves 115 shows that I have not been able to check for animation. Most of these likely do not contain any animation, being westerns, theatrical films shown on TV, nature films, and other general live-action stories.

There are five shows of the 115 that I know do contain animation. If any of the forum members have information on these, I would much appreciate if you would send me the information (in the format I have listed for the shows) or you could just post the info yourself on this topic.

The shows are:

Four Fabulous Characters (9/18/57)
The Goofy Success Story (12/7/55)
How To Relax (11/27/57)
On Vacation (8/19/60)
Saludos Amigos (1/8/58)

Hope those of you interested in this subject were entertained and informed. This is the end of my posts on this topic, except for replies and any information received on the above 5 shows.
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Thanks for providing us with such rich material! It was very enlightening, specially for those (like me) who has seen just a few of these show.

It is a pity you don't have "Saludos Amigos". I was really curious to know if they showed the whole film or only the animated sequences and if they created all-new animation for the show.
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It is very interesting and I hope to own them on DVD or at least to be able to watch them. Also I would assume Saludos Amigos is the movie.
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Thanks a lot for all the informative you've given, Jebsdad. I've enjoyed reading them and committing to memory some of the provided trivia and info. It's a shame it's ending, but you've certainly put in a lot of work to this project, and 5 pages of posts (mostly your own) is impressive!

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Joe Carioca wrote:Thanks for providing us with such rich material! It was very enlightening, specially for those (like me) who has seen just a few of these show.

It is a pity you don't have "Saludos Amigos". I was really curious to know if they showed the whole film or only the animated sequences and if they created all-new animation for the show.
Although I have never seen this TV show, from what information I have seen on it - the entire film was not included. Which is a shame, since this film is only 42 minutes long and would have fit fine within the approximately 50 minute program. It appears some of the scenes of the Disney staff's trip to South America from "The Three Caballeros" was also included in this show, which required some editing of the Saludos Amigos.
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Ludwig Von Drake wrote:It is very interesting and I hope to own them on DVD or at least to be able to watch them. Also I would assume Saludos Amigos is the movie.
Yes, the Saludos Amigos TV show was mainly the film. See my comments to Joe Carioca on this.
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awallaceunc wrote:Thanks a lot for all the informative you've given, Jebsdad. I've enjoyed reading them and committing to memory some of the provided trivia and info. It's a shame it's ending, but you've certainly put in a lot of work to this project, and 5 pages of posts (mostly your own) is impressive!

-Aaron
Thanks for the kind words. Although it was a lot of work sharing this research with UltimateDisney, it did provide an additional side benefit. Although I thought I had proofread the research very well, I still caught several mistakes as I was retyping this for this site. I will make the corrections to my original research and sent a corrected copy to the Disney Archives to replace my original submission.
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