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I found a few cool VHS on ebay, and haven't been able to find them referenced in any Disney resource. I figured someone on here might remember.

Are these films actually made by Disney? If so, did they air on television or were they just made for video? What is this whole "Stories and Fables" VHS line anyway......

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Disney-VHS-Sto ... dZViewItem

Looks like it's accurate. I did some quick research and found a whole bunch of these at amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8 ... ative=9325
And yet, I'm not finding anything on wikipedia about them...

I know that in the early days of Walt Disney Home Video, they released a handful of other production companies' work. But I don't have a clue where these shows fit in!

I remember that video line. Maybe they were aquisitions made for the early Disney Channel (in case you are too young, the Disney Channel, when it was a successful pay premium channel, was once centered on the entire Walt Disney film and TV library, plus new programs, aquisitions and films from other studios that complimented the Walt shows - - it really was a "Disney" channel before going wide as basic cable with ABC and the tween thing - and those early aquisitions often ended up on video too, like "Anne of Avonlea" and such).

merlinjones wrote:I remember that video line. Maybe they were aquisitions made for the early Disney Channel (in case you are too young, the Disney Channel, when it was a successful pay premium channel, was once centered on the entire Walt Disney film and TV library, plus new programs, aquisitions and films from other studios that complimented the Walt shows - - it really was a "Disney" channel before going wide as basic cable with ABC and the tween thing - and those early aquisitions often ended up on video too, like "Anne of Avonlea" and such).

Actually I think Anne of Avonlea was a co-production between Sullivan Entertainment, the CBC, and The Disney Channel. I think Disney actually had some intellectual influence on that one (as opposed to the first, or its final installment).

I vaguely remember when The Disney Channel was a premium pay channel. We never actually got it, but every year they would have a free week of the Disney Channel and try to get people to subscribe. I can't tell you how many of our taped off TV programs from my childhood came from those ONE weeks a year.......

The old Disney Channel also aired a LOT of non-Disney programming (a la Turner Classic Movies now). Shirley Temple Films, Humphrey Bogart Films, and even splashy MGM musicals were all publicized as part of the family programming available with The Disney Channel. There were concert series (The Going Home specials), and original dramatic series (Danger Bay, Emerald Cove, etc.). But my favorite of all; they DID air classic Disney films.

However it wasn't until the 1990s that Disney aired "Vault Disney" a late night lineup that showed almost every single Wonderful World of Disney episode out there........and then some! I guess it's true that you don't know what you have while you have it, because I hardly taped anything that was airing then

>>However it wasn't until the 1990s that Disney aired "Vault Disney" a late night lineup that showed almost every single Wonderful World of Disney episode out there........and then some! I guess it's true that you don't know what you have while you have it, because I hardly taped anything that was airing then.<<

The anthology shows (Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, Wonderful World of Color, Wonderful World of Disney) were heavily featured on the channel from the start - and aired under the banner "Walt Disney Presents" most of the time, no matter which show they came from - - this was due to The Wonderful World of Disney title having been co-opted in the 80's for a syndication package that was more about recut theatricals than actual episodes of WWoD.

"Vault Disney" showed up when the Channel went basic and started to "ghetto-ise" the Walt Disney era shows as "old" in a move of planned obsolescence that took the block later and later ala Nick at Night in order to reduce ratings and finally do away with it completely. Back when the Channel was premium, those shows were run throughout the day, as was Zorro and Mickey Mouse Club and movies and cartoons (under various titles).

Vault Disney was the last gasp of the good stuff as what's-her-name got to be in charge of programming and decided the Disney Channel should get rid of the Walt.

Speaking of Vault Disney,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNOSg9iHghQ

Was this intro ever released on home video/DVD in America? I'm trying to track down a higher quality version, and obviously I can't tape 80s Disney Channel...