Walt Disney and You

[Big Disney Fan]

This segment always played at the ends of Disney films released on VHS between 1981 and 1984. It's a part of the 80s that no one quite knows about, yet if you mention a couple of details about it, it'll flood your memory all over again. Do you remember this ad? I'll explain more at a later date, but right now, I have to go carve pumpkins.

[Flanger-Hanger]

I saw the ad on youtube, its neat and far more interseting than the previews they have on DVDs now

[akhenaten]

what's the link in youtube.?

[Big Disney Fan]

what's the link in youtube.?

Just click here. Enjoy.

[Big Disney Fan]

You can also view some interesting reviews of this ad on some websites.

Click this link here for a rather cynical, negative review (it's down at the very bottom of the page, so you'll have to scroll down).

Or you can click this link here for a more enthusiastic look at the ad.

[Big Disney Fan]

Nowadays, if that ad was shown today, it would be shown at the beginning of the video instead of the end.

[Big Disney Fan]

I heard tell of a significantly shorter version of the ad somewhere, clocking in at two minutes (the full version is over five minutes). Does anyone have a video of that? Also, can anyone put up any pictures of videos that have the ad on it?

[Big Disney Fan]

Oh, and just for the record, here is the complete list of films displayed in order on the ad:

• 1. The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
  2. The Watcher In the Woods
  3. Gus
  4. Treasure Island
  5. Dumbo
  6. The Shaggy Dog
  7. Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
  8. Condorman
  9. The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
  10. The Devil and Max Devlin
  11. The Absent-Minded Professor
  12. Goofy Over Sports
  13. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  14. Herbie Rides Again
  15. Pete's Dragon
  16. A Tale of Two Critters
  17. The Black Hole
  18. The Sign of Zorro
  19. The Love Bug
  20. Pollyanna
  21. Escape To Witch Mountain
  22. Old Yeller
  23. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
  24. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  25. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  26. Mary Poppins
  27. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  28. Alice In Wonderland
  29. The North Avenue Irregulars
  30. A Dream Called Walt Disney World
  31. The Apple Dumpling Gang
  32. A Day At Disneyland
  33. Hot Lead and Cold Feet
  34. A Walt Disney Christmas
  35. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (from "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad")
  36. Amy
  37. Swiss Family Robinson
  38. Snowball Express

Do you remember any of these films from this impressive list? I'm surprised neither Tron nor The Three Caballeros are included.

[PixarFan2006]

I've seen this ad a few times on Youtube. The quality looked really bad in some areas, especially on the clip from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (see it if you don't believe me)

[Big Disney Fan]

I've seen this ad a few times on Youtube. The quality looked really bad in some areas, especially on the clip from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (see it if you don't believe me)

Yeah, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of the more atrocious prints. For the record, others include Boat Builders, Mary Poppins and Lonesome Ghosts. By the same token, however, some prints are really quite impeccable, such as Thru the Mirror and The Watcher In the Woods.

[banjoboy]

Great ad, thanks for the link! Was that Goldie Hawn dancing in costume in one of the clips? What movie is that scene from?

[Big Disney Fan]

Great ad, thanks for the link! Was that Goldie Hawn dancing in costume in one of the clips? What movie is that scene from?

That would be The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band. And Hawn did star in that movie, so maybe that is her.

BTW, did you know that one of the clips from Watcher In the Woods is the infamous unseen alternate ending, where one woman screams, "What did you see?!"

[Lazario]

I was also thinking about this earlier. There was another post about this video promo and I remember it being one of the first posts I got really involved in when I first arrived last year. But it's good for a post about this promo to finally have a NAME for the actual promo itself.

I will definitely watch the YouTube vid again because the VHS I have it on is still really old.