Corey Burton Narrations

A collection of narrations from Corey Burton.

101 Dalmatians (1961) 1982 Read-Along Book Narration as Pongo the Dalmatian

• "This is the story of 101 Dalmatians. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page, when the chimes ring like this..."
• "Let's begin now."

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) Read-Along Book

• "Well, friends, here we are for what is perhaps the most spine-tingling ever weaved. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle."
• "When you hear this incredible sound...turn the page."

Aladdin: Iago Returns (1994) Read-Along Book (Narration as the Peddler)

• "Aaahh..welcome to Agrabah, thy worthy friend. Much has happened since we last visited. Iago has managed to escape from the lamp, leaving the evil Jafar inside and has returned to the palace. But don't worry––all is well. In fact, at this very moment, Aladdin is the Royal Chief of Etiquette. Shall we drop in on them? Every time you hear this sound..it will be a signal to turn the page. Let us begin."
• "Fassade, the Royal Chief of Etiquette, was trying to teach Aladdin the royal bow. But Abu, Aladdin's pet monkey, slid across the marble floor and distracted our poor friend. Fassade clenched his fists. Aladdin scowled at Fassade."
• "Meanwhile, Jasmine was in her sitting room, being fitted into a gown by her dressmaker, Daleene. And with that, Jasmine walked out of the room, leaving Daleene alone in her pin cushion and measuring tape."
• "Jasmine found Aladdin in the Great Hall, looking very unhappy."
• "At dawn the next morning, Jasmine silently waited for Aladdin by the palace gates. Just as she was about to give up, she spied him hurrying toward her with something hidden under his cloak. Aladdin dashed into the street, and Jasmine hurried after him."
• "As Agrabah faded into the distance, Aladdin and Jasmine fell asleep in the back of the haywagon. Suddenly, Iago peeked out of Aladdin's cloak."
• "Suddenly, the driver spun around. Aladdin, Jasmine and Iago quickly jumped out of the wagon and the driver took off, leaving them in the middle of the desert."
• "Hours later, they were still trudging across the hot desert. Finally, they came to a tent that said 'Ranchid's Rent-a-Flying-Creature.' A man in a white robe came out. Iago began rummaging through his pouch for some change. Ranchid spotted a large diamond in the pocket of the pouch, and he snatched it away."
• "Very carefully, Aladdin, Jasmine and Iago mounted the enchanted horse. Then with a single beat of its giant wings, the horse lifted off the ground and sailed across the sky. Far below them, the desert stretched for miles in all directions. Iago studied the map, but they flew on and on without seeing anything. Finally, Iago took a beautiful jeweled necklace out of his pouch. One jewel was missing––the diamond."
• "Aladdin was puzzled. Jasmine whirled around. The necklace's jewels began to glow, and the sky shook with thunder."
• "Before they knew what was happening, our trio found themselves on the dock of a huge sailing ship. From across the ship, a thin man in a captain's uniform marched up to Aladdin. As Aladdin was led away, he signaled Iago and Jasmine to follow. Not a mean sailor got in their way. He motioned to another sailor."
• "Later that night, when everyone was asleep, Aladdin sneaked down to where Jasmine and Iago were in chains. Aladdin quickly picked the locks. As soon as they were free, Aladdin wanted to use the necklace, but Jasmine grabbed his arm."
• "Aladdin, Jasmine and Iago rowed and rowed until finally, they came to a dark tropical island. As they set off throught the jungle, Jasmine was reminded of another story in 1,001 Arabian Nights."
• "Suddenly, they were snapped up in a net and were dangling thirty feet off the ground! A giant, one-eyed monster was ogling them and smacking his lips. Jasmine shrunk back against the net."
• "As Aladdin and Jasmine dropped through the hole in the net, Iago turned to the Cyclops. Iago quickly flew over to Aladdin and Jasmine."
• "At that moment, the ground began to shake and three more Cyclopes came thundering through the jungle. Aladdin, Jasmine and Iago took off running. But Aladdin felt the Cyclopes gaining on them. Iago tossed him the pouch. Aladdin dropped the necklace and all the jewels fell out. With the Cyclopes just seconds away, he got down on his hands and knees and scooped them up. Jasmine looked around nervously."
• "They climbed the steep, narrow path, which took them deep into the mountains. Suddenly, they found themselves trapped in a canyon. Aladdin quickly put the jewels in place and pressed each one, but nothing happened. Aladdin switched the two jewels, but this time when he pressed them, Abu suddenly appeared. In his hand was the diamond that she took from Iago."
• "But Abu held the diamond tightly and looked orderly at Aladdin. Abu scowled at Iago. Aladdin gently put his arm around the little monkey, and Abu shyly turned over the diamond. As the Cyclopes entered the canyon, they all disappeared."
• "This time, the necklace took them to a valley of rocks. There was a trail that cut through the rocks with a sign that said 'Valley of Insults. Proceed at your own risk. Five miles to Fountain of Truth.' Iago bristled. Cautiously, Aladdin, Jasmine, Abu and Iago entered the valley."
• "Soon the valley echoed with insults. Abu turned to answer and was instantly changed to stone! Jasmine grabbed Aladdin's arm. Before Jasmine could stop him, Aladdin whirled around to answer and immediately was turned to stone. Sadly, Jasmine waved no."
• "Iago hopped along after Jasmine. Iago turned and met the same fate as the others. Scared and shaking, Jasmine kept walking. The rocks now sounded like a chorus of servant girls."
• "Jasmine refused to hear her insults. She kept her eyes focused on the far end of the valley..and ran as fast as she could."
• "Tears running down her cheeks, Jasmine finally made it to the Fountain of Truth. The sparkling water bubbled out of a jeweled basin. She knelt before it. After taking a long, cold drink, Jasmine filled a silver goblet and slowly carried it back through the valley to her friends. This time, rocks were silent."
• "When Jasmine reached her friends, she gave each of them some water. Instantly, they came alive. Before Iago could say anything more, Jasmine smiled. Jasmine took the necklace from Aladdin, rearranged the jewels and put it around her neck."
• "That evening, Aladdin and Jasmine strolled through the palace. Just then, Fassade entered the room."
• "So, you see? All is well at the palace - until the next adventure."
• "That was the end of the story. I hope you liked it. If you would like to hear it again, just turn the tape over. That's all."

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) TV Spot

• "Alice. Rated PG."

'Bambi': The Magic Behind the Masterpiece (1997 Documentary)

Walt Disney's 'Bambi' The Magic Behind the Masterpiece (Video 1997)

• "Of all Walt Disney's animated classics, the heartfelt story and natural wonders of Bambi seem to touch more people more deeply than any of the fantasy worlds created in his fairy tales. Now, through music, footage and artwork, never before seen by the public, we will celebrate the making of this Disney masterpiece."
• "Walt Disney started planning Bambi in 1936, while still in production on his first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the following rare excerpt from the original Disneyland television series, Walt explains how his artists finally achieved Bambi's breathtaking realism."
• "At first, animals were brought into studio art classes for close-up study by the Disney artists."
• "A pair of baby deer, appropriately named Bambi and Faline, were imported from Maine and happily housed behind the studio where the animators could have access to real moving inspiration."
• "To create a realistic look, nature photographers documented the hidden textures of the forest environment. Disney artists created hundreds of paintings and drawings that capture the many moods required to bring the forest to life. What makes many of these drawings even more remarkable is that despite their incredible detail, they're actually extremely small. Pastels and watercolors capture the seasonal colors and emotions of life in the forest."
• "If you ever wondered how the artists perfected such realistic details as a single drop of rain, here's the secret: Animators studied slow motion photography of drops of milk that reveal the elaborate splash patterns that usually disappear in the blink of an eye. Strange shapes begin appearing on the animator's drawing boards. Drawing by drawing, drop by drop, a rainstorm was created."
• "While the images for this rain drop sequence always remain the same, an early concept considered a different song to be sung from the point of view of the falling rain drops. Even here, the technique of using vocals is a scoring tool as evident. Presented here for the first time is the original test demo of the Rain Song from June of 1938, illustrated with concept and storyboard art."
• "Once the animators were comfortable with drawing real animals, they had to adapt them into characters that could supply the range of expression and emotion needed to tell the story."
• "A cute baby rabbit character was developed to give the story much-needed comedy relief."
• "Here in rare newsreel footage, we see a group of studio visitors watch as Frank Thomas animates a sequence with Thumper. Characters were animated using pencil drawings on paper that were then photographed to test the flow of movement and expression."
• "Disney Studios's ink and paint department created all their own paints. For Bambi, nearly 250,000 cels were drawn and painted. When you combine that figure with the animation drawings, concept art, layouts, character designs and backgrounds, over a million drawings went in to making a little fawn come to life. Pretty amazing, isn't it, Bambi?"
• "To heighten the realism of Bambi, the multi-plane camera was used extensively. By painting different layers of a scene on separate sheets of glass and moving them independently as they're photographed one frame at a time, flat art could create the illusion of depth. This opening sequence is an excellent example of the magic of the multi-plane camera."
• "When Bambi was first released in 1942, it was an immediate triumph, and was recognized as one of animation's all-time greatest achievements. Even now, over half a century later, Bambi continues to delight audiences. Perhaps because of its stark realism, it also lives on as one of childhood's most vividly memorable family classics."
• "Bambi stands out as one of the first environmentally conscious films ever made. It shows that without responsible thinking, man can easily become the enemy of nature."
• "The careless hunter's campfire almost destroys everything we've come to care about, and serves as a valuable lesson for everyone to respect all of nature's creatures and habitats. Despite the inherent traumas and heartbreaks of the struggle for survival in the wild, Bambi and his friends give us a life-affirming example of the resilience of the spirit."

Bill Cosby's Picture Pages Videos Promo (1995)

• "Bill Cosby's Picture Pages with a learn along color workbook, included with every video. It's recommended by the National Education Association. You can learn along with Bill Cosby and collect all four Picture Pages. They're available wherever videos are sold."

Chicken Little (2005) Trailer 2

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• "What if you found out the sky was falling? Would you tell anyone? Would you be scared? Maybe even a little chicken?"
• "On November 4...something really big is going down."
• "Walt Disney Pictures presents...Chicken Little...Abby Mallard aka Ugly Duckling...Fish Out of Water...Runt of the Litter...Morkubine Porcupine...Buck Cluck...Turkey Lurkey."
• "This November. Some heroes are born great. Others have greatness dropped upon them. Disney's Chicken Little."

Cinderella (1950): The Making of a Masterpiece 1995 Featurette

• "Once upon a time in an enchanted kingdom where dreams come true. Walt Disney took one of the world's best-known stories and created and unforgettable masterpiece of family entertainment. Join us for the making of Walt Disney's masterpiece: Cinderella. The tale of a beautiful young maiden goes from rags to riches with the help of her fairy godmother is over 300 years old. Since its release in 1950, for generations of children, Walt Disney's version has been the best-loved and most familiar telling of the story. The magical glass slipper world of Cinderella marked the renaissance in Disney animated feature films. After World War II, the studio was just starting to get back on its feet and Walt knew he needed a hit. With Cinderella, Walt chose to return classic storytelling. As he had with Snow White in 1937, Walt once again placed the fate of his studio on the shoulders of a fair maiden."
• "Walt Disney's association with Cinderella, actually dates back to the beginning of his career in the days of silent films. In 1921, while still in Kansas City, Missouri, Walt was producing short promotional cartoons that were run in movie theaters. The following year, he made his first attempt to telling the Cinderella story. His company had been contracted to produce six animated shorts for Victoria Clubs Incorporated. These were planned as modernized adaptations of classic fairy tales. Cinderella was the sixth and last of that series. It was thought to be a lost film until recently, when a British collector found a copy of it at a local flea market. Thanks to his good fortune, we're able to see the starting point for what was to become a long relationship between Walt Disney and this classic fairy tale. In their day, the Laugh-o-Gram cartoons distinguished themselves for their lavish look, including detailed backgrounds. A full range of gray tones and an abundance of gags and story ideas. These innovations are not commonly found in animation of this period. Victoria Clubs went out of business before paying for these cartoons and Walt's company went bankrupt. In less than one year, Walt would be moving to California. By 1932, Walt was established in Hollywood with a thriving animation studio. His highly popular Silly Symphony series of cartoons, frequently used fairy tales or subjects. Disney had learned from experience that the public always responded well to familiar stories: Hansel and Gretel, The Pied Piper and The Ugly Duckling were among the tales featured in these cartoons. It is not commonly known, but as early as 1933, Cinderella was also under development as a Silly Symphony. And carefully maintained files in the Disney archives are the scenes that would eventually grow into one of Walt's most popular and successful feature films. All that exists to this version are a few concept sketches. This Silly Symphony version was to start with Cinderella aiding her stepmother and stepsisters to prepare for the ball, helping them dress, polishing their shoes, mending their clothes and fixing their hair. After they leave her behind, she dreams about going to the ball and dances with her fancy prince made from a kitchen mop. Her fairy godmother materializes from the fireplace and sends her to the ball. Upon her arrival, the Prince abandons all others to dance with Cinderella. Just as the Prince is about to kiss her, the clock strikes twelve and Cinderella runs away, leaving her glass slipper behind. Later, when the Prince comes to try on the glass slipper, the stepsisters try to hide Cinderella behind a curtain. Even in these very early concept sketches, we can see many of the ideas that 17 years later would eventually be incorporated into the feature, including the transformation of the pumpkin into a coach, heir utilizing sunflowers for wheels. And the gags of how the ugly sisters will try to squeeze their feet into the dainty glass slipper. These colored pencil drawings also show a fantasy sequence where the Prince and Princess dance in the clouds. This dancing in the cloud's concept was one of Walt's favorites. He even considered it for use since Snow White, ultimately it was used in the final sequence of Sleeping Beauty in 1959. In 1937, convinced that Snow White would be a success, Walt began exploring ideas for other feature productions and Cinderella was among the most promising. Since the earlier ideas were only for a gag-driven short subject, multiple versions of a new feature-length script were developed. A couple of years later in 1940, a rough storyboard was created, outlining a full-length version of the story. Here we see the stepmother and stepsisters gleefully ordering Cinderella around. While carrying their dirty limits, Cinderella trips over her cat and falls down the stairs. Her stepmother accuses her of wasting her time. And early in the story, Cinderella sees the Prince outfox hunting, but the project was put on the shelf for a time."
• "The outbreak of World War II in Europe cut off all foreign markets for Disney's films. With the loss of this major studio income, the studio plummeted deeply into debt."
• "With the country at war, Walt followed his patriotic duty and enlisted his studio in the service of the armed forces, producing films for the war department."
• "With so many of his staff in the armed services, full-length features were difficult to produce. So Walt searched for alternatives. Fantasia had been conceived as a series based on classical music and Walt was encouraged to develop similar features, this time based on popular music. From this idea came a series of package features, like Make Mine Music, Melody Time and Fun and Fancy Free. Each comprised of several animated segments who loosely linked together. The short length of each of the segments made them relatively affordable to make. They did not require the uniformity of story and design of the full-length features and they could be produced with a smaller staff."
• "To that end, Walt once again returned to Cinderella. This time based on a moral realistic telling of the story, keeping the best of the earlier gags and story points. New scripts were developed between 1945 and 1947. From the new scripts, rough storyboards were created."
• "The most significant development during the early story sessions was the addition of Cinderella's animal friends. They were the only characters to whom Cinderella can express her real feelings in dreams. These cute lovable characters endear themselves to the audience and give comic relief from the realistic human characters."
• "Walt always understood the importance of using music to advance the story. For Cinderella's successful popular blacksmiths, Mack David, Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman were hired. 'Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo' became a hit and was nominated for an Academy Award. Mark Davis, who animated the Cinderella character helped to develop this sequence."
• "Another song 'Sing, Sweet Nightingale' is sung by Cinderella while scrubbing the floors as the soap bubbles create a chorus of Cinderellas."
• "An earlier concept to which was discarded, called for Cinderella to sing a work song, where she is overwhelmed by all the work she has to do in order to attend the ball. In a fantasy sequence, she imagines herself becoming first two Cinderellas, then four, then eight and finally, an entire regiment of Cinderellas, illustrated here by storyboard art and a new recording of the song that was originally written for this sequence."
• "The idea for this song evolved from a song sung by Cinderella into the version we know today where the mice sing a different work song about Cinderella."
• "Another deleted song and story idea showed Cinderella and the Prince in a fantasy dance in the clouds. The audio here is the 1946 demo for the song 'Dancin' on a Cloud'."
• "Casting and recording the voices for an animated film always comes before any of the animation has begun. The search for the voice Cinderella was like finding the girl who fit the glass slipper."
• "Actress Eleanor Audley was cast as the voice of the wicked stepmother."
• "Although her name may not be very familiar, Verna Felton's voice has livened up many Disney classics."
• "In Cinderella, she provided the voice for the Fairy Godmother."
• "Singer Mike Douglas who would later become nationally known as a talk show host, provided the singing voice of the Prince."
• "Creating the voices for the mice presented a new challenge for Disney's studio sound effects wizard, Jimmy MacDonald, who was the voice of Mickey Mouse at this time. In addition to providing the voices for Gus and Jaq, his experiments were changing the speeds of recording gave personality to the lovable mice."
• "Cinderella was the first of the Disney animated features to be completely photographed and edited, using live actors. Always the innovator, Walt Disney realized that in this way. The pacing of the story could be fine too and the editing tightened using the live-action footage before the costly animation process began. Unfortunately, none of the live-action footage had survived."
• "The live-action sequences were filmed, based on the layouts."
• "Working with prerecorded audio tracks, the actors worked on a bare sound stage with only the most essential props. The placement of the props and camera were based on the proportions established in the layout. The storyboards were usually there for the director's reference and often the animators would attend to suggest ideas while watching the actors work. Since the dialogue had already been recorded, the directors and animators were free to cast wherever they felt could give the best physical performance. Helen Stanley, who would later play Polly Crockett in the Davy Crockett films was cast to portrayed Cinderella. In 1956, she talked about having been the model for Cinderella on the Mickey Mouse Club."
• "'The Dream is a Wish' sequence was filmed with only a simple bed and a white wooden frame to establish the window location. When Cinderella dresses the mice, a tiny wired frame model was used and in scenes were Bruno the dog was present, he was represented by a large dog model with a stuffed Goofy head."
• "Rhoda Elaine Williams, in addition to providing the voice for Drizella, worked as the live-action model. With Helen Stanley in a second role as Anastasia, the stepsisters were animated by Ollie Johnston."
• "After the live-action footage was approved, the drawings in the storyboard were replaced by photo staff frame blowups. Often the layout artists will draw directly onto these to illustrate how the action will integrate into the animated setting. For the scenery of Cinderella bathes behind her dressing screen, we can see Helen Stanley pretending to bathe, wearing a swimsuit. A second copy of the same frame indicates where the screen will obscure her and where the birds will squeeze the water from the sponge."
• "Stylistically, the design for Cinderella had a distinctly different look than the previous features. Architectural detail is transformed from reality to wild exaggeration in a totally believable way. Art designer John Hench was a major influence on the style and color of the film."
• "Mary Blair was a well-known American modernist painter who Walt Disney greatly admired. She was working at the studios as a colorist and stylist during this time and the strongly influence at the look of the film."
• "She helped bring a feminine touch to the character designs and a unique perspective for costuming as illustrated in these early concept paintings. Other designs for the Cinderella character were provided by Mark Davis, who offered many options for her work clothes and her ball gown."
• "While early concept art can be attributed to Mary Blair and Mark Davis among others, the final character design is appropriately credited to Milt Kahl. The design of the animals was done with great care to be certain that they were based on the basic anatomy of real animals."
• "With the live-action footage as reference and the layout is a guide, the animators could now begin to create the individual drawings that would become the final film."
• "It would take almost three years for Disney's experience team of more than 750 artists to create over 1 million drawings, using 1500 radiant colors to bring this animated love story to life. Poised on the brink of financial disaster, once again, Walt had risked everything on his belief that audiences wanted him to return to classic storytelling. If Walt was right, he would be back in business. If not, the dream was over."
• "When it premiered on February 15, 1950, Cinderella triumphantly reestablished the animated feature as a popular art form and put the studio back on its feet. Audiences took Cinderella to heart, earning $700. It was the sixth highest grossing film of 1950 and received three Academy Award nominations. Children clamored for all the toys, clothes, records and other merchandise that brought the movie into the public's daily lives."
• "It's not surprising that Walt Disney always had a special place in his heart for Cinderella. She helped save his studio."

Countdown (2019) Trailer

Countdown - Official Trailer -HD- - In Theaters October 25, 2019

• "Our phones have become essential. Apps keep track of our schedules, our fitness, our love lives. But what if an app could tell you how long...before you die? Would you want to know?"

Deja Vu (2006) Trailer

Deja Vu - Official Trailer

• "It's a phenomenon known as Deja Vu. You arrive at a place you've never been, but it feels familiar. You look into the face of a stranger and you feel like you've known her, all your life."
• "Deja Vu is believed by many to be a trick of the mind, but the truth is far more extraordinary. He has been shown a secret...the government doesn't want you to know."
• "This Thanksgiving, the key to stopping a disaster starts by unraveling the mystery of Deja Vu. If you think it's just a feeling, go back and look again."

Disney's Sing-Along Songs Promo

1988

• "Now, all of you out there can sing along with all of these Disney's Sing-Along Songs. There's 'Heigh Ho', with those kooky dwarfs, those little guys are so cute! (Heh.) 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah', and 'The Bare Necessities'. And you gotta have those. And you can sing along, or dance, or go in the kitchen to get a snack, whatever. (chuckles) Oh, "You Can Fly"! Hey, that's done a song! (chuckles) No, you can't fly, but you can listen to the song, whether you think it, please."

1990 (A)

• "Now all of you out there can sing along with all of these Disney's Sing-Along Songs. And first volume is Volume 1, (chuckles) which is 'Heigh Ho'. That's with all those kooky dwarfs, you know. And then there's 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah', and 'You Can Fly'! Well, I don't know if you can fly, Peter Pan can fly! (Heh.) He's very good at it, I've seen him. (Ho.) And then...would you---would you get the other title there? There--oh, 'The Bare Necessities', and you gotta have those, you know. And 'Fun with Music'; that's what we're having, it's fun with music--all right, I'll get on with it. And 'Under the Sea', which is much better than being on top of the sea with the choppy waves and the wind and the icy season. (chuckles) So have a good time singing!"

1990 (B)

• "Ooh, look at this! We've got all these other Sing-Along Songs that you can sing songs along with sing--with the sing-songs. (chuckles) Anyway, what we got here, we got 'Heigh Ho' with Snow White and those cute little guys, and then there's 'Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay'! (chuckles) Ah-ah-and with Peter Pan, 'You Can Fly' with everybody, but actually, you can only fly when you're on an airplane. Ah-ah-and look for 'The Bare Necessities' with Baloo the bear, oh watch out for those! And then we got--oh, wait a minute, we got more volumes than this. Herman! Wake up and show us the other--the--(chuckles) that's better! There's 'Fun with Music'! (chuckles) I always had fun with music, didn't you? Then you can sing 'Under the Sea', but be sure to bring your swimsuit for that one. (chuckles) Then you can have a lot of fun singing at Disneyland with 'Disneyland Fun', 'cause that's as much fun as singing and laughing with the Professor on 'I Love to Laugh'! (chuckles) I'm beginning to laugh all over again! (laughs) Oh, stop the show already! (laughs) I can't take it...! (laughs)"

1992-1995

• "♪ La da la da dee bah bah ♪ Oh, that's beautiful. ♪ Sing Along Heigh Ho ♪ Oh, i'm trying to find the right note here because we got a lotta other Sing Along Songs to sing along with. ♪ Heigh Ho ♪ Oh, no, I gotta get ready here. ♪ Heigh Ho-o ♪"
• "Oh, there it is. Those little guys is so cute."
• "And we got Zip a Dee Doo Dah Zip a Dee Ay."
• "And then, You Can Fly, or better still, sing, with Peter Pan and the Wendy person."
• "And look for the Bare Necessities, those kooky Bare Necessities."
• "And there's fun with Ludwig? Ha-ha, no, I mean Fun with Music. And with that Dodger from Oliver & Company, you gets nothin' to worry about."
• "We can also sing along Under the Sea and other wet places."
• "What else we got there? Oh, Disneyland Fun. Ah, you're gonna have a lotta fun singin' on Disneyland, 'cause, you know, Disneyland's a good place to have fun."
• "And then, there's I Love to Laugh. Ho, ho, ho. Actually, I love to laugh, you love to laugh, we all love to laugh, we all love to laugh. Everybody loves to laugh and sing about it and...whatever."
• Alt: "Then there's Superfragical...oh, it's Superexpicali...uh, no, it's a super-duper tongue twister is what it is. Ho-ho! I better let Mary Poppins tell you about it... (Bert and Mary Poppins [singing]: Oh! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!)"
• "And from Beauty and the Beast, there's Be Our Guest. Hmm, that's an award winner. Of course, you can always be our guest and sing along and dance with everybody and, and have a real good time."
• Alt: "And from Beauty and the Beast, we can all sing along with the pots, and the teacups, and the vases. Everything but the kitchen sink in Be Our Guest."
• "And you ain't never had a friend like this one. He's that big, blue kooky fella. It's the very friendly Genie from Aladdin. And he's got some wishes to grant in a Friend Like Me. Now you at home...yes, you can join in the fun. Sing, dance and play along to your favorite Disney Songs."

1995

• "♪ A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪ Gee, I love to sing. ♪ La la l-- ♪ But I think I could use a little bit of help. Like maybe somebody to sing along with. ♪ La ♪♪ Like you and myself, singin', dancin' and playing along with all of the peoples on this here Disney's Sing Along Songs."
• "How 'bout we start Under the Sea with Ariel and Sebastian?"
• "And from Beauty and the Beast, we can all sing along with the pots, and the teacups, and the vases. Everything but the kitchen sink in Be Our Guest."
• "And you ain't never had a friend like this one. He's that big, blue kooky fella. Ha, it's the very friendly Genie from Aladdin. And he's got some wishes to grant in a Friend Like Me."
• "Now, from the Lion King...whoo, one of my favorites, that terrific song, the Circle of Life. And I Just Can't Wait to Be King. Whoo, what am I saying? I can't wait to sing some more with the little Lion King. Boy, that Little Simba can Sing. And I'm gonna tell you we could be singin' and dancin' and playin' with lots of other Disney folks too. There's Baloo from The Jungle Book, Snow White and all seven those friends of hers, little Simba, that Lion King, and whoo, boy, if I keep going on with this list, I'll be too pooped to sing with any of them. Not even Simba, and that's 'no lion.' Ha-ha."

Disney's Sing-Along Songs (1986-2006)

The Bare Necessities (1987) Hosting Segment (Narrations as Professor Owl)

• "And now, he's our friend, Jiminy Cricket."

Be Our Guest (1992) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "Voices ready, it's time for your host, Jiminy Cricket."

The Circle of Life (1994) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "And now, he's our friend, Jiminy Cricket."

Collection of All-Time Favorites: The Early Years (1997) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

• "Is everybody ready to sing along? Here's a song guarantee to turn any frown upside down. Want to smile every day? Let's sing about having a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day."

Give a Little Whistle

• "Here's our friend, Jiminy Cricket. If you give a whistle his should to be there. So whistle right in, I sure you know where."

Collection of All-Time Favorites: The Magic Years (1997) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

You Can Fly

• "Join us on a musical flight with Peter Pan. And let's sing along on our trip to his magical home in Neverland."

Mickey Mouse March

• "Here's Mickey Mouse to lead the band. If the words you can't recall, follow along with the bouncing ball."

Collection of All-Time Favorites: The Modern Classics (1997) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

The Circle of Life

• "Let's help the animals in the jungle greet the new day. And celebrate The Circle of Life in their own unique way."

Be Our Guest

• "We serving of a feast of songs that you like best. The table set for you to sing along and Be Our Guest."

Colors of the Wind (1995) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "And now, here's our host, Professor Ludwig Von Drake."

Disneyland Fun (1990) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "Today, we're going to the happiest place on Earth."
• "So, sing along, everyone. We're gonna have some Disneyland Fun."
• "Let's begin on Main Street, Just before the Magic Kingdom opens."

Fun with Music (1989) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

Fun with Music

• "Today, we're going to have fun with music. Music's always lots of fun. So sing along, everyone!"

Why Should I Worry

• "Music is made of sounds called notes! Take two, or three, or four. You can always add more. Follow the notes and you got a song! Now everybody try it! Great! Think of this tune when you're out on the street. Just sing out loud and dig the beat!"

With a Smile and a Song

• "See? Quite fun. Music's everywhere and every word you say! Often time singing can help to make you feel better."'

Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

• "Now, of all the creatures on this Earth, only two species can sing. Us... birds, and you humans! Since birds can't sing like you, let's all sing like the birdies do."'
• "Now everybody whistle!"'

All in the Golden Afternoon

• "What are some fun things to sing about?"'

A Lesson in Popular Musical Styles

• "Now for a lesson in... Popular musical styles! I want you all to meet the world's almost expert on everything, the legendary Professor Ludwig Von Drake."

Old MacDonald Had a Band

• "Sweet dreams, Professor Von Drake. Now listen to this!"'
• "Did you ever stop to think, when the band plays rink-a-tink, Where all the music comes from? From the Toot, and a Whistle, and a Plunk, and a Boom. (Bird students: That's where the music comes from!) And every band uses the same sounds."

Scales and Arpeggios

• "Now let's explore a little more about music, about Scales and Arpeggios. A scale is made up of eight notes, do re mi fa so la ti do. Combinding notes can make a cord. Play them in quick succesion, and you have an arpeggio."'

Why Should I Worry (Reprise)

• "Music is fun, as we now know! So keep it with you, everywhere that you go. Let's sing along!"'

Fun with Music (1989) Hosting Segments (Narration as Ludwig Von Drake)

Introduction by Ludwig Von Drake

• "Hello, there! Welcome to my modest home! And what can I do for you? Oh, yes! Ha ha ha, I forgot! I invited you here to answer in one fell swoop all da questions you've been bugging me about popular music. And you came to da right place, because I know all about music. They don't call me "Pops Von Drake" for nothin'."

Heigh Ho (1987) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

Heigh Ho

• "The songs that I have planned today, will help us have fun at work or play. (Bertie Birdbrain: How are we gonna do that?) Well, think of something everybody loves! (Bertie Birdbrain: Like money?) No, Everybody loves to sing. So the subject for today will be a Melody."
• "Take a couple of notes and make a song, Then you at home can sing along. Sing out loud, one and all! Follow Mickey our bouncing ball.".

Up, Down and Touch the Ground

• "When I fly home from school and I have nothing to do, I like to hang out with Winnie the Pooh. He likes to jog and jump and fall, but he says he likes junk food, best of all! Junk food?!? Come on, Winnie. Do your exercises."

Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee

• "With a song, you got a lot."
• "Join right in, if you know how, I think I hear Pinocchio, now!"

Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

• "He's pretty good, for just a lad. But these next guys are really bad! On a little island far from everything, lived some jolly pirates, who loved to sing."
• "That was sure a blast!"

The Dwarfs' Yodel Song (The Silly Song)

• "Next, we'll learn to yodel, with the help of Snow White. And while we sing, we'll play a little game, we all know there are seven dwarfs, but how many can you name?"
• "How many of you were able to reconzie Happy, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful and Doc?"

A Cowboy Needs a Horse

• "Singing is fun, when you know how to read. Roberta Robin, please proceed."

The Three Caballeros

• "In many countries around the globe, A cowboy is called a Caballero. So let's fly south for a song with my friends, Donald. José and Panchito!"

Theme from Zorro

• "Now for the most famous caballero... QUIET!!! And now, for the most uh... FAMOUS CABALLERO!!! (Clears throat) The masked avenger of early California, Zorro!"

The Siamese Cat Song

• "In this song, we will sing about an animal we birds could live without. So if you see one, you'd better watch out!"
• "And I'm never really quite that ease, especially if they are siamese."

Let's Go Fly a Kite

• "Now stay very close behind me and keep me in sight. Heh, not that close. As we all sing a song about flying a quite."

Heigh Ho (Reprise)

• "Here's one more chance, before our show ends, to sing along with our little dwarf friends."

Honor to Us All (1998) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

Honor to Us All

• "Now, let's meet the newest member of our Disney family, Mulan."

I Love to Laugh (1991) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "And now, our host, Professor Ludwig Von Drake."

Let's Go to Euro Disneyland (1993) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "Today, we're going to the happiest place we know."
• "So, sing along, everyone. We'll have some Euro Disneyland Fun."

Let's Go to Disneyland Paris (1997) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "Today, we're going to the happiest place we know."
• "So, sing along, everyone. We'll have some Disneyland Paris Fun."

Under the Sea (1990) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "And now, a musical cruise with Captain Ludwig Von Drake."

You Can Fly (1988) Hosting Segment (Narration as Professor Owl)

• "Now, here's our host, Professor Ludwig Von Drake."

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1986) Hosting Segments (Narration as Professor Owl)

Mickey Mouse March

• "In case you need a helping hand. He's Mickey Mouse, to lead our band. So if some words you can't recall, follow Mickey our bouncing ball."

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

• "The song can chase the blues away. Just like Uncle Remus on that Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah day."

Following the Leader

• "You sang so loud, you should be proud! I knew you understand. So follow our lead, that's all that you need, as we fly off to Neverland."

It's A Small World

• "Music makes the world go round. The globe's a bouncing ball. When voices join in harmony, It's a small world, after all!"
• "Throughout the world, kids sing this song! Now it's your turn! Sing loud and strong!"

The Unbirthday Song

• "Now off to Wonderland! What do you say? Where everyday is a holiday."

Casey Jr.

• "Next, let's sing about a train! (Bertie Birdbrain: What train?; Bird Students: Casey Junior!) Right! I think I hear him coming, coming down the track."
• "Come on, everybody, let's help Casey up this big hill. When the going gets tough, confidence can help pull you through. Let's all say "I think I can, I thin I can.""

Dave Crockett theme song

• "Now then. Why do we remember Davy Crockett?"

Give a Little Whistle

• "Next, he's our friend, Jiminy Cricket. He'll teach us to whistle, and just what to do. And you'll see before long, you'll be whistling, too."

Whistle While You Work

• "Whistling can turn your work into play."'
• "So whistle along on our next little tune, as we learn from Snow White how to clean up a room."

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Reprise)

• "When you need a smile, what do you say?"
• "Let's all have a Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah day."

Dudley Do-Right (1999)

Trailer

Dudley Do-Right (1999) Official Trailer - Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker Movie HD

• "From the creator of George of the Jungle and the star of George of the Jungle and the acclaimed director who saw George of the Jungle comes a new kind of hero."
• "Brendan Fraser. Sarah Jessica Parker. Alfred Molina."
• "Dudley Do-Right!"

All of the Narration Scenes

• "Once upon a time in Canada, there a four look."

Energizer Bunny Boris and Natasha 1995 Commercial Equitable Financial Companies Sponsorship (1996)

• "This program is made possible by Equitable Financial Companies, dedicated to the presentation and advancement of public art."

Flubber (1997) Read-Along Book

• "Phillip Brainard was a chemistry professor and an inventor. To find out about his wacky inventions, you can read along with me. You'll know it's time to turn the page when you hear this sound. Ready? Let's meet Professor Brainard. He has just joined Weebo, his personal computer, for breakfast."
• "It showed Sara Jean Reynolds, Medfield College president and rich man Chester Hoenecker. The headline read, financier set to foreclose on Medfield College. But the Professor didn't see '6:30 p.m. marriage to Sara Reynolds.' He was thinking of his invention."
• "Sara Jean Reynolds was modeling her wedding gown for her secretary, Martha."
• "Wilson Croft, a teacher from the rival college of Rutland, dropped in on the Professor."
• "Chester Hoenecker was in his library when son Bennett and the two security guards, Wesson and Smith, burst in. Smith spoke up."
• "Hoenecker glared at his son. Hoenecker gave Wesson and Smith their final orders."
• "That evening, Weebo was helping the Professor get ready for the wedding. Suddenly, he threw out his tuxedo jacket and ran to the basement."
• "Inside a small tank, two fluids were mixing. He called to Weebo. The Professor attached two wires to the terminals."
• "Sara stood alone at the church altar, waiting for the Professor. From the third cue, Wilson Croft looked on. Later, after everyone had given up and gone home, Wilson met Sara on the church steps."
• "Across town, the Professor was now working on fluid Flubber. The green goo ricocheted around the basement, smashed through a window, bounced up and down the neighborhood and sailed back through the window. The Professor caught it in his catcher's mitt."
• "The Professor looked at his watch. Weebo displayed the day and the time––Saturday 6:30 a.m.…on her screen."
• "The Professor raced to Sara's office. He held up the Flubber. The Professor climbed out a window with the Flubber in his pocket. But his pocket split, and the Flubber shot out. When the Professor jumped, he hit the ground."
• "As the Professor was testing the fluid Flubber, Hoenecker's guards were spying on him through the basement window. He lathered a golf ball with the stuff and let it fly. It cocked Smith in the head. Then Wesson got banged with a bowling ball. As the guards hurried away, the Professor sprayed the driveway. It vaulted them into the sky and they crashed down into a tree."
• "Next, the Professor put fluid Flubber into his T-bird and flew to Sara's. Wilson Croft was there. The Professor landed his car on Sara's roof and listened to them."
• "Meanwhile, Wesson and Smith were telling Chester Hoenecker about Brainard."
• "Back in his laboratory, the Professor was spraying Flubber on a board of thumbtacks."
• "It was the big day; the Medfield Squirrels vs. the Rutland Rangers. In the locker room, Coach Willy was prepping the squirrels, while the Professor––hiding behind the lockers––was inserting Flubber-sprayed thumbtacks into the players' shoes."
• "By halftime, Medfield was getting smeared 54-3. Some of the fluid Flubber had rubbed off the thumbtacks. As the Squirrels filed off the court, Professor Brainard gave them another "dose" by applying it to his hand and high-fiving each team member."
• "When the Squirrels came back, they blasted the ball around the court and jumped five feet in the air! Wesson and Smith, in their seats with Chester and Bennett Hoenecker, recognized the work of Brainard. Finally with only fourteen seconds to play, the score was Rutland. 66, Medfield. 67. The Professor whispered to Wilson."
• "Then the Squirrels' center discovered the thumbtacks on the bottom of his shoe and removed them. The Professor ran to courtside and swabbed the bottom of the center's shoe with Fluid Flubber. Finally the Squirrels won, but when the Professor tried to tell Sara about Flubber, she was outraged."
• "The Professor was heartbroken. When he got home, he spoke to Weebo. Without the Professor knowing it, Weebo recorded his feelings and played the tape back for Sara. It worked. To talk things out, they took a ride in the T-bird. When they returned, Hoenecker, Wesson and Smith were in the Professor's garage."
• "The next day, the Professor and Sara demonstrated the flying car to Pacific Aerospace, and a deal was sealed. Meanwhile, Wesson and Smith had broken into the Professor's house, destroyed Weebo and stole the Flubber."
• "Armed with a squirt gun of newly-created fluid Flubber and thumbtacks in their shoes, the Professor and Sara paid a visit to Chester Hoenecker––and his partner, Wilson Croft! After tricking them into giving the Flubber back, they took on Wesson, Smith, Bennett, Chester and Wilson in one big fistfight and escaped to the flying T-bird. After the battle, the Professor and Sara went home to Weebo."
• "The Professor typed the word in and found the file. It was written to the Professor. So, Phillip created Weebo's daughter––Weebette."
• "Sara and Weebette stood at the altar. On Weebette's screen, the Professor was dressed in his tuxedo, hard at work on his next invention. After the ceremony, he did take a little break to go on a honeymoon with Sara. And when they returned, they lived a quiet life......that is, until the Professor's next invention––KA-BOOM!!"

The Fox and the Hound (1981) 2000 Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "The Fox and the Hound. A Read-Along Story."
• "Crack!"

A Goofy Movie (1995) 2000 DVD Storybook

• "A Goofy Movie. A Read-Along Story."
• "Their conversation was interrupted by a loud boom!"

Goofy in How to Stay at Home (2021) All of the Narration Scenes

• How to Wear a Mask "There maybe times when you must venture into the outside world."
• "These times that one might wear a mask."
• Learning to Cook "Fine art and cooking."
• "The true master chef."
• Binge Watching "Binge-watching."
• "Without a break."

The Haunted Mansion (2003) Teaser

The Haunted Mansion Teaser Trailer

• "The Gracie mansion. 52 bedrooms...67 bathrooms...999 ghosts...and one unsuspecting guest who will come face to face with every one of them."
• "The Haunted Mansion."

Home on the Range (2004) TV Spot

• "An impossible mission. A secret plan. An unstoppable force."
• "On April 2nd, Walt Disney Pictures unleashes a new breed of hero."
• "Home on the Range. Rated PG."

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

2016 NBC Promo

• "This is the 50th anniversary of The Grinch...and NBC has restored into its original length in all his original nastiness."
• "The 50th Grinch. Next Friday at 8/7 central on NBC."

2022 NBC Promo

• "All your gifts, protect your holiday. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is coming to NBC."
• "Here's neat and he's steal all your holiday delight. So don't miss his green face, Friday night."

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 and 2000 Versions) 2020 NBC Promo

• "Where have you been naughty or nice? This Christmas night, catch two holiday favorites. A Grinchmas delight. It's the animated classic, followed by Jim Carrey in the Holiday blockbuster. It all starts Christmas night on NBC."

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (Read-Along)

• "Greetings, all Whos! Gather 'round the Who's sound machine! I'm going to tell you about the nasty, nasty Grinch. He disliked Christmas so much, he almost stopped it from coming! Now the words that I say will match the words in your Who book, so please turn the page when the Who harp does this. Let's get started!"
• "In the whimsical town of Whoville, all the Whos liked Christmas a lot. But just north of Whoville lived the Grinch and his dog, Max. The Grinch detested and despised Christmas! Staring down at Whoville, where happy Whos scurried here and there, he bristled."
• "Meanwhile in Whoville, postmaster Lou Lou Who was purchasing presents with his five-year-old Who, Cindy Lou Who. Lou purchased two snoozlephones for Cindy's two brothers. He also grabbed gifts for Who-aunts, uncles and cousins. But his sweet little tot was puzzled. Was all this really Christmas?"
• "Then who should the father and girl meet than teenaged Whos Christina, Stu, Junie and Drew. The four teens told a terrifying tale. They had been exploring Mount Crumpit, and the Grinch himself had scared them silly! Cindy's eyes opened wide."
• "Just saying the name Grinch filled the townsfolk with fear, even though Mayor May Who told them not to worry. Still, Cindy wanted to know more. She decided to discover the forgotten facts about the Grinch."
• "The Grinch often slithered through Whoville, pulling pranks so naughty and nasty they would make a skunk hold its nose! He'd sit like a chair and push Who-sitters out of his seat. Or he'd roll a ball at the mall to make Whos slip, skip, trip and flip!"
• "When Cindy and Lou arrived home, Who-mom Betty Lou Who was festooning their Who-house with lights. She wanted to was the Whoville decorating contest. Betty Lou thought of nothing else during the holiday season. She felt her fats was to finally finish first, far ahead of their neighbor, Martha May Whovier. Martha was sweeter than the sweetest Who-pudding, though she wished to win, too. As Lou got twisted and tangled in the lights, Martha May called from across the street."
• "Returning to his cave, the Grinch was happy to behold heaps of rubbish piling up from the town below. For you see, this rancid refuse provided the power for the Grinch's dank dwelling."
• "Cindy, in her search for Who-truth, asked doddering Who-biddies Clarnella and Rose about the Grinch's peculiar past. They had raised him from Grinch baby to Grinch boy. Clarnella claimed he came the way all Who-babies come."
• "As a boy, the Grinch loved Christmas, almost as much as he adored young Martha. Martha thought he was quite cute, too. But the furry, green Grinch was teased, especially by the young May Who."
• "Undaunted, the young Grinch began to fashion something special to make Martha merry at the school gift exchange. Tinkering and thinkering, he took some silverware, a bicycle beeper and other oddities and made them into an enchanting angel. Then he switched on the shaver and sloppily sheared his face."
• "Unfortunately, the Grinch's grooming was grotesque. He skulked back to school, sporting a small sack on his head. There, everyone was exchanging gifts. The future mayor scoffed at the angel and the sack."
• "Teacher Miss Rue Who asked the Grinch to take off the bag. The Who-children laughed and leered at the Grinch's horrible haircut until he could stand it no more. He stamped and stomped! He tore and tossed! He shouted and shattered! He lifted their tremendous tree like it was a twig! Then the lampooned lad loped to lonely Mount Crumpit."
• "With all this knowledge gnawing at her noggin, Cindy made a decision. As the Whos wondered who their next Holiday Cheermeister should be, Cindy spoke up. May Who and the townspeople cringed at her idea. But Cindy quietly quoted from The Great Book of Who."
• "Little Cindy crept cautiously to the Grinch's cave to invite him. The Grinch greeted her with a growl. Cute but courageous, Cindy was not crushed. She simply stated the information about the Who-bration, adding."
• "At the Who-bration, Betty was close to claiming the contest crown. But sneaky May Who stated that Martha had won! The Grinch then entered, to the boos of Whos. But true to Who-tradition, he was made Cheermeister. Hoisted high on the Chair of Cheer, his initial honor was having gallons of Who-pudding sent galloping down his Grinch-gullet."
• "On May Who's command, the Grinch was dragged into dizzying dances. He was fed piles of pies, carts of cakes and crates of cookies. He slogged through sack races. Suddenly, mean Mayor May Who presented one more present. Gales of giggles greeted the grimacing Grinch."
• "Then May Who festooned Martha with fabulous gifts, including an engagement ring. This was too much for the Grinch. In his fury, he torched the town tree and blasted back to Mount Crumpit."
• "Around his place, the Grinch paced and paced. Then he got an awful idea. He'd suit up like Santa Claus. He'd slap together a sleigh. He'd rig up Max as a reindeer! Soon they were flying off so fast, they almost collided with a faintly familiar fellow."
• "At the first Who-house, the old Grinchy-Claus grabbed his bags and bounded below. The chimney was more cramped than he'd counted on, but he crammed his body down, getting stuck just once. Soon the Who-stockings inside the house were history, the tree was taken and the gifts were gone."
• "These same horrors happened at every Who-house. The Grinch grabbed gifts from bicycles and tricycles to drums and plums. Upon entering Mayor May Who's mansion, the Grinch glimpsed the Whoville Cheermeister award and rightfully recaptured it. He even visited marvelous Martha's home, making off with the engagement ring from May Who."
• "The Grinch stole undiscovered until he was uncovered in the house of none other than Cindy Lou Who. Cindy stared at the Grinch."
• "Beneath his green fur, Grinch blushed red as a ripe radish! Just the same, he shinnied up the chimney, even lugging the log from the fire. No food for the feast, no gifts for the giving, no light strings that stay lit even when one goes out. No anything. His booty bagged, it was time to travel ten thousand feet to the tip-top of Mount Crumpit to dump it, like so much Who-trash!"
• "At the top, he lingered to listen for every Who-wah nad bask in every Who-bah. Though Mayor May Who did moan that Christmas was ruined, it was Lou Lou Who, who stood to speak for the true spirit."
• "Then the Grinch heard a sound in the soul of the season that slowly slid over the snow. Singing! Without toys, treats or tinsel and trappings, all Whos of all ages, of all sizes, were singing with bells ringing!"
• "The Grinch had not stopped Christmas from coming. It came swifter, sweeter and stronger than anyone in Whoville could recall! Just imagine the perplexing puzzlement that now plagued the pondering Grinch! He simply stood still, struggling and straining."
• "Then he thought of something he hadn't before. The Grinch finally figured out how the Whos happened to be so happy. Maybe Christmas, he sighed to himself, isn't store bought stuff, nor simply stockings, tempting treats or presents in pretty paper."
• "He scrambled to stop the sleigh from slipping over the snowy mountain. Suddenly, the situation grew worse, for sitting on top of the sleigh was a sweet little Who. The Grinch shuddered. The Grinch grinned at the girl. And the gentle, genuine joy of this magical moment made the Grinch's tiny heart grow ten tremendous times! Now, the spirit of Christmas surged strongly in the Grinch. His super-strength became so spectacular, he scooped up the whole sleigh and saved Cindy!"
• "The sleigh whisked back to town like the wind. Seeing the sleigh sliding toward the city, Betty and Martha May forgot their feud and stretched their light strings so the sleigh could be stopped!"
• "In his soiled Santa suit, the Grinch said he was sorry, and he was fully forgiven by the fair-minded Whos. All the while, Martha was searching the sack on the sleigh. When she found the engagement ring, she returned it to a red-faced May Who. Martha stood by her Grinchy sweetheart, who gleefully got all the town lights glowing gloriously again!"
• "Little Cindy, the Who who knew there was more to Christmas than credit cards and more to the Grinch than growls, gave her furry friend a kiss."

How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007) Narration Scenes

• "Ah, the greatest in sporting spectacles. The most sacred of all pastimes, Watching the big game."
• "On these glorious occasions, there is no greater love than that between the average man and his television. Modern sports fans, however, can fully immerse themselves in game day, with a new home theater system. The advanced technology practically puts the viewer on the field."
• "A convenient trip to the neighborhood electronics boutique will fulfill all the average consumer's needs."
• "Here lies a high-tech wonderland, where audio-video dreams come true. The heavenly journey begins with just a few key components. The DVD, the CD, the LD, the DVR, the VCR, audio receiver, AV cables, TV cables, satellite dish with satellite, the Blu-Ray, the Green Ray, the Who Ray, the Hi-Fi I-Y, HDMI, the heebie-jeebies and E=MC². Oh! And don't forget the batteries. They're not included."
• "Selecting the proper television is of utmost importance, and there are many models from which to choose. A conservatively-sized unit is the most prudent selection."
• "Lets move on, shall we, to delivery day! The wait is over! Kickoff in high-definition is just a few connections away. And any moment now, the sights and sounds of the big game will fill the home. The delivery truck will arrive promptly, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Any moment now, the roar of the stadium crowd will reverberate 'round the room. Any moment now, the viewer will be hopelessly lost in pure televised wonderment!"
• "Any moment now. Ah, right on time. As the friendly drivers delicately deliver the electronics with their usual professional precision, one should take great care in unpacking the fragile components. Items can shift slightly during shipping."
• "The enclosed instruction manuals are of great assistance to the average man. Be sure to read all the provided literature."
• "After removing the audio/video cables from their consumer-friendly, hassel-free packaging, connect them to the appropriate cable jacks, which are conveniently located in the back."
• "The modern sound system includes a multitude of speakers, to provide the perfectly balanced soundscape. The center channel, left and right front speakers, a-bit-more-to-the-left and a-bit-more-to-the-right speakers, surround speakers, surrounding-surround speakers and various-overkill-to-ensure-eventual-deafness speakers! And the all-important subwoofer. One should carefully mount each speaker in it's proper, yet discreet location."
• "And now, the marvel of the most modern home... Oh! For Pete's sake, look at the time! The big game's starting! Quick, quick! The remote control! Wait! You did purchase a universal remote!"
• "At last! Installation is complete! Gaze upon that pristine picture. Savor the surround sound."

The Jules and Doris Stein Foundation Sponsorship (1996)

• "The Jules and Doris Stein Foundation...and Gerald and Virginia Oppenheimer."

'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece (1997 Documentary)

The Jungle Book- The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

• "It swings. It sings. The jungle is jumpin', with the behind-the-scenes story of Walt Disney's masterpiece, The Jungle Book."
• "Rudyard Kipling's 1894 classic first caught Walt's attention in the late 1930s, but Disney didn't acquire the film rights until 1962. The Jungle Book was the last animated feature that Walt Disney personally supervised. As was often the case with his animated features, Walt's first approach to the story was through music."
• "The music that we know today wasn't the first score written for the film. For an early version of The Jungle Book, composer Terry Gilkyson created a dark and mysterious song score."
• "At the same time, veteran story man Bill Peet created a lush and moody visual approach to the classic story, firmly based in Kipling, but it seemed that this literal approach to the story wasn't what Walt had in mind. All the initial development was abandoned, except for one song..."
• "Walt called on staff songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman for a fresh musical start."
• "With The Jungle Book, what most interested Walt were the memorable characters and exotic settings. In re-approaching the story development, Walt gave an unusual instruction to his staff."
• "Since it was Walt's idea to disregard the original Kipling story, he became personally involved in solving story problems for the Disney version of The Jungle Book."
• "Following these instructions from the boss, director Wolfgang Reitherman began developing the characters."
• "But selecting a credible voice for a character wasn't as easy as simply casting the latest popular actor."
• "While discussing voice casting with his team, Walt had an inspiration."
• "Another inspiration came in the casting of King Louie."
• "In this rare film footage shot during the recording session for I Wanna Be Like You, Louie Prima and his band display their trademark eccentricity. Director Woolie Reitherman recalled the spark of an idea."
• "Inspired by Prima's band, the animators took over."
• "The unconventional approach to voice casting continued with the villainous tiger, Shere Khan."
• "The voice of Kaa was provided by veteran Disney voice actor Sterling Holloway, who had played Mr. Stork in Dumbo...the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland...and the beloved Winnie the Pooh."
• "Filling out the voice cast were Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera...J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Haithi...Verna Felton as Mrs. Haithi...and director Woolie Reitherman's son Bruce Reitherman was cast as the voice of Mowgli."
• "Bringing friendship to the screen seemed natural for two of Walt's top animators and lifelong best friends, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston."
• "When his team was stumped for an ending to the film, Walt again stepped in, suggesting the final sequence."
• "Sadly, Walt Disney would not live to see this happy ending. He passed away shortly after making this final story suggestion."
• "Disney executives took notice when The Jungle Book premiered and was an immediate blockbuster hit."
• "Though it was the end of an era at the Disney studio, in many ways, it was a new beginning. Because of the success of The Jungle Book, the Disney studio began its first formal recruiting and training programs for a new generation of Disney animators, and a triumphant future lay ahead."

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) 2000 Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
• "Slowly, Ichabod turned to look. It was the Headless Horseman!"

Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991) Opening and Closing Narration Scene

• "This is Hollywood, land of make-believe...with screens of bitter and dreams. Our guest of motion picture and television stars, where all the famous and how do they life? From Tinseltown to Toontown on this program, we will believe the ancient greets and observe, the Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated. Your host, the very rich and very animated, Professor Ludwig Von Drake."
• "And there you have the Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated, remember at Rainbow 2-800, at the word from our sponsor."

Lilo and Stitch (2002) Read-Along Book

• "This is the story of Lilo and Stitch. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear this sound… Let's begin now."
• "In a distant, remote corner of the galaxy, the Grand Councilwoman listened to a scientist plead his case. Dr. Jumba described his illegal creation. Captain Gantu grew tired of Jumba's antics and had him arrested. The Grand Councilwoman then ordered Captain Gantu to get rid of 626 as well."
• "Gantu's crew prepared to escort 626 to a far off asteroid by securing him in a holding cell on a transport ship. Just as they took off, 626 broke out. The guards tried to stop 626 with plasma blasters but he charged the guards, head on. In the chaos, 626 seemed to vanish. A frantic search came up empty. Back at Galactic Control, they tracked 626 as he hurtled toward an unfamiliar part of the galaxy. A control operator pinpointed Stitch's destination. A giant overhead screen showed the blue planet. The Grand Councilwoman smiled."
• "Then tiny islands suddenly appeared in 626's path. Agent Pleakley, an expert on planet Earth, rushed in. Rather than destroy Earth, Jumba was paroled where he could anticipate his creation's actions and swiftly apprehend 626. Pleakley was given the job."
• "On a small island of Hawaii, a young girl, Lilo, swam in the rolling waves. When she realized that she was late for Hula dance class, Lilo dashed from the water and tried, unsuccessfully, to slip into class unnoticed by the teacher. The other students rolled their eyes and one girl, Mertle, taunted Lilo. Lilo lunged at Mertle, but the teacher caught her. After class, Lilo forgot to wait for her older sister, Nani, and walked home alone."
• "Not finding Lilo at the hula school, Nani rushed home to find that Lilo had locked herself inside. Cobra Bubbles arrived in time to see Nani breaking into her own house. He was evaluating Nani as a guardian for Lilo. Lilo put on her best smile and recited the answers she and Nani had practiced. Suddenly, Lilo mixed up what she was supposed to say. Cobra was not impressed. He gave Lilo his business card. As he left, Cobra turned to Nani."
• "Nani was upset with Lilo. The two sisters had a big fight. Later that night, Lilo questioned Nani when she returned to Lilo's bedroom. Suddenly, Lilo saw a shooting star and pushed Nani out of her bedroom so that she could make a secret wish. Hearing Lilo's wish, Nani sensed how lonely Lilo was and that she could use a playmate."
• "Lilo did not know that the shooting star was actually 626's space ship crash landing in a field of sugarcane. 626 emerged from the wreckage and walked onto the road where he was moved over by a convoy of trucks. The spikes on his back caused all their tires to burst. The drivers got out to investigate. Next thing he knew, 626 woke up in a kennel without his blaster or uniform. Within seconds, he escaped from his kennel cage and sneaked out of the building passing, unnoticed, by Lilo and Nani, who were arriving at the kennel to adopt a new friend."
• "Outside, a scorching energy blast narrowly missed 626. He dashed back to his cage. Just then Lilo entered to pick out her new pet. Recognizing that he would never get out of the kennel alive on his own, 626 quickly concealed his back spikes, extra set of legs and antennae to look more like a dog. Lilo picked him and proudly showed him to Nani. She was shocked. As Lilo and Stitch left the kennel together, Jumba leapt to capture 626, but Pleakley stopped him."
• "Nani had to go to work so Lilo introduced Stitch to her world. It was all foreign to him. Stitch kept trying to escape while Lilo tried to keep him out of trouble. Jumba, still trailing them, was amused as Stitch grew increasingly frustrated. That night, Lilo and Stitch ate at the Luau where Nani worked, Lilo showed Stitch her drawing. Lilo barely got her words out before Stitch was off trying to steal food from a woman's purse. It turned out to be a Jumba trap! Pleakley tried, but Stitch escaped again. He caused such a commotion that Nani got fired."
• "Lilo eagerly brought Stitch home. Stitch proceeded to destroy anything in his path. Lilo objected when Nani disciplined Stitch. Lilo took Stitch up to her room. Stitch found an old photo under Lilo's pillow. Later, Stitch found a book about an ugly duckling. He was curious about it. Lilo explained that in the end, the duckling was happy because he knew where he belonged."
• "The next day, Nani was startled when Cobra appeared at her door. Stitch ran by and threw a book, hitting Cobra squarely on the head. As he left, Cobra told Nani that his patience with their situation was wearing thin. All that day, Nani dragged Lilo and Stitch along as she interviewed for jobs. Lilo used the time to teach Stitch about her hero. However, as Stitch excitedly practiced such things as dancing and playing guitar, he disrupted every interview."
• "When the day drew to a close, Nani still had not gotten a job. Lilo, Stitch and Nani were sitting quietly on the beach when Nani's friend David walked up. Nani agreed so they all joined David in the sparkling water. Each new wave carried them farther and farther away from their troubles. Despite his dislike of water, Stitch became captivated by this sport and when they returned to shore, he dragged over a board asking for another ride."
• "Meanwhile, Pleakley was on his space communicator, updating the Grand Councilwoman on the status of their mission. As Lilo, Stitch and Nani headed out into the water, Jumba saw an opportunity. As the trio surfed through the green barrel of a wave, Jumba swam up from underneath. The white water of the crashing wave hid Jumba as he pulled Stitch beneath the tide. Nani and Lilo surfaced and looked around."
• "Stitch struggled frantically and broke out of Jumba's grasp. Before he could reach the surface, he ran out of air and started to sink. Fortunately, David was nearby searching for him. He rescued the waterlogged Stitch and carried him up the beach to where Lilo and Nani were waiting. Soon, Stitch exploded back to life, disoriented and fighting. Nani pulled Lilo out of the way, but then noticed that Cobra had observed the whole fiasco. She tried to explain."
• "Cobra just shook his head. Defeated, Nani took Lilo in her arms and started home. David felt heartbroken. Stitch felt hurt and guilty because he knew that he was to blame."
• "That night, Nani tried to tell Lilo that she was going to be taken away. Nani just couldn't find the strength to do it. Stitch returned to Lilo's bedroom and uncovered the photo underneath Lilo's pillow. It was a picture of Lilo, Nani and their parents. When Lilo walked into the room, she saw Stitch. Stitch took the Ugly Duckling book and started walking toward the window. Stitch walked deep into the forest, desperately hoping to find his own family."
• "The next morning, Jumba and Pleakley finally made it back to shore. The enraged Grand Councilwoman called on the space-phone. Pleakley was shocked, but Jumba was excited. Meanwhile, the Grand Councilwoman notified Captain Gantu."
• "Jumba caught up to Stitch in the middle of the forest. Stitch told Jumba that he was waiting for his family. Back at the house, Lilo told Nani about Stitch. Nani knew it was time for the difficult talk. Nani was interrupted when David arrived, announcing that he'd found her a job. Nani excitedly turned to Lilo."
• "Seconds after Nani left, Lilo was shocked to see Stitch burst through the dog door. He tried to sneak Lilo out of the house, but Jumba rushed in. Pleakley arrived to see Jumba and Stitch fully engaged in a reckless battle. Lilo ran to the phone. Pleakley was horrified. Stitch found Jumba's plasma blaster, but before he could use it, Jumba plugged the end with a carrot. Pleakley grabbed Lilo and ran out of the house. Jumba's plasma blaster exploded, blowing up the house with it!"
• "In town, Nani graciously thanked her new boss when sirens stopped her speech. A fire truck raced up the road toward her house. She ran home to find the remains of the house in smoldering ruins and Lilo safe in the arms of Cobra Bubbles. When Cobra saw Nani coming, he gently put Lilo in his car. Nani pleaded with him. While they argued, Lilo slipped out and ran into the forest. Stitch crawled from the rubble of the house and saw Lilo's scorched family photo. Knowing that this was Lilo's most valued possession, he grabbed it and went to find her in the woods."
• "Lilo ran as fast as she could, trying to get as far away as possible. In her path, Stitch popped out from the bushes and presented Lilo's half-burned family picture. Stitch revealed his true self as he bared his back spikes, antennae and extra legs. Without warning, Gantu's net burst out of the bushes, entangling Lilo and Stitch. Nani arrived just in time to see Gantu load Lilo and Stitch onto his ship. Stitch worked his way out of the containment pod, but fell from the ship as it took off with Lilo still trapped inside. Seeing that Stitch was indeed an alien, Nani confronted him. Before Stitch could answer, a plasma shot struck him. Stitch was stunned long enough for Jumba and Pleakley to contain him."
• "Nani was shocked to see more aliens. Jumba was unsure if he should interact with this human. Stitch shuffled over to Nani and spoke the words Lilo had taught him. Everyone piled onto a motorcycle and raced off to Jumba and Pleakley's hidden spaceship."
• "Once in the air, Jumba used his ship to bump Gantu's and sent it spinning out of control. Stitch blew the door off of Jumba's ship, was sucked into the sky and landed on Gantu's windshield. Lilo watched helplessly as Gantu blasted Stitch off the speeding ship! Stitch was knocked out briefly, but was energized when he heard Lilo's call. Just then, Stitch saw a gas tanker driving towards him. He jumped in, scared away the driver and drove it into a pool of molten lava. When the tanker exploded, it rocketed Stitch toward Gantu's ship. He crashed through the windshield and rescued Lilo."
• "The ship splashed into the ocean and David, who was surfing nearby, helped everyone ashore. There, they met by Cobra and a fleet of aliens. The Grand Councilwoman prepared to take Stitch back to prison at once. To her amazement, Stitch wanted to say good-bye to Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman demanded an explanation. Cobra stepped in. The Grand Councilwoman made a new proclamation. Nani, Lilo and Stitch were now an official family. The spirit of ohana proved that anyone can belong…even a little six-legged alien named Stitch."

The Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 2000 Featurette

• "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas."
• "The final layering of atmospheric effects include snow, smoke, shadows, fire and electric lightning bolts."

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh': The Story Behind the Masterpiece (2002 Documentary)

The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh The Story Behind The Masterpiece

• "When you think of the most popular character from literature for children, who do you think of? (Winnie the Pooh: "Think, think, think.") Here's a clue: He's a bear. (Winnie the Pooh: "Winnie the Pooh?")"
• "The stories about Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood have become beloved classics, translated into dozens of languages, and adored by children around the world. For them, he's the lovable, huggable friend who shares their innocence and endless curiosity. For adults, Pooh represents the most admirable traits of childhood, a perception of a world filled with simplicity and beauty, and the loyalty of a steadfast friendship."
• "When Walt Disney began plans for an animated version of Winnie the Pooh in 1961, he realized that children in Britain and Europe were more familiar with these stories than children in America. If that was the case then, it is far from true today. Winnie the Pooh toys, games, and the cuddly stuffed animals are many a child's best friend. This is only appropriate since that is how Winnie the Pooh came to be."
• (Alternative version) "Here in New York at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, a retrospective exhibit in 1995, it's in indication of the overwhelming popularity of this chubby, little stuffed bear. Thousands of children and adults have come here to experience or remember the charms of these beloved characters. Children play in a huge playroom designed as the Hundred Acre Wood and read or hear the stories that were favorites of their parents and grandparents."
• "This stuffed bear was a gift to A. A. Milne's son Christopher Robin on his first birthday. Edwin Bear was renamed Winnie the Pooh, based on a Canadian black bear at the London Zoo named Winnipeg, and a swan named Pooh. Mr. Milne was a successful author and playwright, and the friendship between Christopher Robin and Pooh was the inspiration for a set of verses for children. These stories also featured other characters from Christopher Robin's nursery, including the timid Piglet, the ever-gloomy donkey named Eeyore, and the constantly bouncing tiger called Tigger."
• "A frequent visitor to the Milne family's Sussex estate was English artist Ernest H. Shepard. His affectionate sketches of Christopher Robin and his menagerie of stuffed toys were the perfect complement for the classic A. A. Milne stories. In 1924, A. A. Milne's first verses were combined as a book, titled When We Were Very Young. It was an immediate success in Britain, and would be the first of Winnie-the-Pooh books that would be published over the next four years. The adventures in these stories started out as bedtime stories told to Christopher Robin, but soon they were being read to boys and girls everywhere. A continent away, Walt Disney was one of those parents who fondly recall sharing these stories with their children."
• "Walt acquired the rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh books in 1961, and started plans for a musical animated feature-length film, to be produced and directed by Disney veteran Wolfgang Reitherman."
• "The talented songwriting team of Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman are renowned for their songs for Mary Poppins in 1964 and The Jungle Book in 1967. Walt personally enlisted them to work their magic for Winnie the Pooh."
• "For many thousands of people, the characters from the Winnie-the-Pooh stories were defined by Ernest Shepard's charming book illustrations. Walt realized the value of staying consistent with his audience's childhood memories of these tales, and insisted his artists adhere as much as possible to the original designs of the characters."
• "To complement these characters, the overall art design for the film attempted to also keep the feel of Shepard's line-drawn backgrounds as well. Most of these chalk and watercolor concept pieces have never before been seen by the public."
• "The story to be animated is broken down shot by shot in drawings called storyboards. These allowed the staff to study the flow of the story, and to see where problems might exist."
• "Once the story and characters are approved and before the animation can begin, the dialogue is recorded. Casting the voices for this stuffed menagerie brought out many of Hollywood's most interesting voices."
• "Actor Sterling Holloway, who had provided the voice for the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, was cast as Winnie the Pooh."
• "Howard Morris, who was a regular on TV's Your Show of Shows and played Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show, provided the voice for Gopher."
• "Jon Walmsley, who starred as Jason on The Waltons, was one of three actors who provided the voice for Christopher Robin."
• "Sebastian Cabot, who was familiar to American TV audiences as Mr. French on A Family Affair, was cast as the narrator."
• "Other voices included character actor John Fiedler as Piglet...and multi-talented Hal Smith, who played Otis on The Andy Griffith Show, provided the voice for Owl."
• "After the dialogue was recorded, the animators could begin the task of bringing the characters to life. Once the pencil animation was approved, the drawings were traced onto clear celluloids and painted. These were photographed against the hand-painted backgrounds, one frame at the time, to create the final footage. Here is a reconstruction of Tigger's song, tracing the evolution from storyboard, through pencil animation, to the final color footage."
• "Buddy Baker wrote, arranged and conducted the musical score to complement the songs written by the Sherman brothers. As with Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Baker designed it so the different musical instruments represent each of the major characters."
• "On February 4, 1966, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree was released theatrically. Shortly afterwards, Walt started production on the second featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, but he did not live to see the fulfillment of his prophecy about the popularity of the Pooh characters."
• "In keeping with Walt's original intention, the first three shorts were combined into a full-length feature in 1977."

Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi (1999) 2000 Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi."
• "Mickey had a job at Crazy Pete's Christmas Tree Lot."

Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) 2000 Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "Mickey and the Beanstalk."
• "Suddenly, the Giant entered the room!"

National Endowment for the Humanities Sponsorship (1996)

• "The National Endowment for the Humanities."

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) Trailer

National Treasure Book Of Secrets - Official® Trailer 1 HD

• "Benjamin Gates has spent a lifetime hunting treasures that had been lost in history. And if a secret from the past is uncovered, history will be rewritten."
• "Now, his search to clear his family's name has uncovered a secret he never expected to find. Every clue leads one step closer...to unlocking the mystery the world isn't ready to believe."
• "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."

Over the Edge (1979) Trailer

Over the Edge (1979) Original Trailer -FHD-

• "Welcome to New Granada, where people come to escape city life. It has safe streets, clean air, good schools. It's a perfectly planned community, but something strange is happening. Something that wasn't part of the plan. Something that could drive this town over the edge."
• "Tension is rising...tempers are raging...time is running out...and something's got to explode."
• "They were old enough to know better, but too young to care. And now this town is over the edge."

Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Trailer

Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Trailer -1 - Movieclips Classic Trailers

• "150 miles outside of Las Vegas...there is a place where unexplained phenomena occur. It is known as Witch Mountain."

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) 2000 DVD Storybook

• "The Rescuers Down Under."
• "Just then, there was a loud boom!"

The Return of the King (1980) Read-Along Book (Narration as Gandalf the Wizard)

• "This is the story of The Return of the King and I am Gandalf the Wizard. You can read along with me in your book. You will know it is time to turn the page, when you hear the chimes ring like this...let's begin now."

Robin Hood (1973) Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "Robin Hood."
• "There are many legends about the outlaw Robin Hood, who robbed from the rich to feed the poor. But this is the real story of what happened in Sherwood Forest."
• "'Gee whiz!' Skippy shouted. 'It's Robin Hood!'"

Robot Chicken Season 11 Promo

TRAILER- Robot Chicken Season 11 - adult swim

• "After 15 + years of insanity and absurdity...playing with our toys never gets old...don't miss the season premiere of Robot Chicken Season 11! Monday September 6th at midnight...only on Adult Swim."

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937): The Making of a Masterpiece 1994 Featurette

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- The Making of a Masterpiece (1994)

• "It doesn't take a magic mirror."
• "The brilliance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."'

Spot at the Playground (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Let's play a game like Spot and his friends. Hello, Joe and Francesca. When I say your name do what I say. But if I don't say Joe or Francesca first, don't do it. Are you ready? Joe, crawl inside the tunnels. Francesca, you stay outside. Now, Francesca, go inside while Joe comes out. Okay. Hello. Now, Francesca, go to the top of the tunnels. Hello there. Joe, you crawl through to the bottom hole. Well done! Joe, you're in front of the tunnels and Francesca, you're in front of the tunnels, and Francesca, you're behind. Now, change places. Well, I didn't say your names. Joe and Francesca, go fast. Joe and Francesca, go inside the tunnels. Meet in the middle. And pop out the top. Great job! See you later."

Spot Cleans Up (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look, what a mess! Spot and his friends have made. Can you help clean up and put the balls back in the right boxes? The blue balls go in the blue box. The red balls go in the red box. The yellow balls go in the yellow box. And the green balls go in the green box. There's a green ball for the green box. And more red balls. Quick, a blue one on the table! And some more green balls. Good, the last one you've sorted all the colors and cleaned up at the same time."

Spot Finds a Key (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Oh, no. It seems there's no one home. And there's Sam's toolbox, but his tools are hidden. Oh, good, here's Tasha. Can you help find Sam's tools and put them away? There's the hammer. That's where it goes. And the pliers. Place them carefully in the toolbox. They're used for many different things. No, that's a chef's whisk, that's something you use in the kitchen. What else can you find that belongs in Sam's toolbox? That's right, a wrench is a tool for tightening bolts. And the screwdriver belongs in the toolbox, too. Is there anything else that belongs in the toolbox? There you go, the screws belong in Sam's toolbox. Now, close it carefully. Good job."

Spot Follows his Nose (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, you two. Listen. What makes this sound? And where is it coming from? No, it's not a frog. It's not a cat. Listen again. It's not a bee, either. Do you think there might be anything by the fence? No, I don't think so. What about a tree? Yes, it's a bird singing in the tree. Well done! Listen again. Yes, that's a cat. But what's this? Yes, that's bee. But can you find this one? Yes, it's a sheep. Well done!"

Spot Goes Splash (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Tasha. Hello, Ben. Oh, no. It's raining. What should you wear to keep warm and dry? You'll need more than a sweatshirt, Tasha. And not that hat, Ben. No, no, those hats are for sunny days. And I don't think you'll need sunglasses today. But you do need your raincoats, and your boots, and rainhats, and your umbrellas. Bye-bye. Stay dry."

Spot Goes to the Beach (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Oh, look! It's a picture puzzle of the seaside. But some of the pictures are missing. Hello. Can you find the missing pieces? A frog. Are you sure? No, he doesn't live at the seaside. Try something else. Yes, the boat. You could see that sailing on the sea. Yes, you'd find a starfish at the seaside. And a crab. You'd find a seagull at the seaside, too. Now, what else would you find at the seaside? A bucket. It goes with the spade. Good. Well done! That's great!"

Spot Goes to the Circus (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look at this big puzzle of Spot at the circus. How many circles can you find in the picture, Peter? Steve's unicycle wheel is a circle. And so, is his red balloon. And the big colored ball the seal is bouncing on his nose. Spot's brown spot is a circle, and so are the balls he's juggling in the air. Make sure you get them all. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven circles all together. Well done."

Spot Goes to the Farm (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Tasha. Look at these pictures. There's a pig, a cat, a chicken, a cow, and a duck. Can you match the babies with their mothers? What mother goes with a baby chick? A duck? No. A hen? The hen goes with the baby chick. What about the duck? There's the baby duck. It's called a duckling. A pig. Good. A piglet is a baby pig. And the calf is a baby cow. Right. Only one more. It's a cat. And that's right. A baby kitten goes with a mother cat. You've matched all these animal families. Great job, Tasha!"

Spot Goes to the Park (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Lots of pigeons like to play in Spot's Garden. Hello, Lisa and Chris. All the pigeons have flown away to hide. How many pigeons can you find in Spot's Garden? Look around. There are some pigeons on the roof. Let's count them, one, two, three. And two pigeons are in the bush. One, two, three, and two makes five. Can you find anymore pigeons? No, not in there. There's one, five and one, that makes six. And one more makes seven. Have you looked in the other tree? Look, there are three more pigeons in the tree. That makes ten. You found them all! Congratulations!"

Spot Goes to School (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Here's a picture of Spot. Helen. Tom. And Steve. It's time to do some painting. But what color should they be? Purple, blue, or pink. That's right! Helen is blue. What color is Steve? Orange, yellow, or brown. Yes, Steve is brown. And Tom? And Spot? Is Tom red, blue, or green? Tom is green. That's right! Is Spot yellow, purple, or brown? Of course, Spot is yellow. Spot's spot is a different color. Can you guess what it is? That's right! Spot's spot is brown. And so, is his tail. Beautiful!"

Spot Helps Grandma (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look at all these pictures. Can you find which of these things go together in pairs? That's a brush for scrubbing the tile. Does it match a bucket? Or a bowl? That's right! It matches the bowl. What goes with Grandma's glasses? Good. The glasses case. They go together. The dustpan and, yes, there's is dust brush. The mop, hmm. What do you think? That's right! The mop goes into the bucket. What's left? The cup? The cup and saucer make a pair, don't they? Yes, you've matched up all the pair's. Terrific!"

Spot in the Woods (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look at all these wild animals. Some have stripes, some have spots, and some are plain. Can you sort the animals that have the same patterns into groups? Let's start with the tiger. The tiger has stripes. And the giraffe. Yes, the giraffe has spots. Can you find any other animals with spots? A bee? No, the bee doesn't have spots. That's better. The bee has stripes. What about the lion? Yes, the lion is one solid color. He has no spots or stripes. But the zebra. Has stripes. What else do you see? The deer has spots. And so, does the leopard. But the elephant is a solid color. Just like the lion. No, the bear has no stripes. Try again. Yes, the bear is one color, Too. Brown. Great job!"

Spot Makes a Cake (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Linda. Hello, Jack. Can you find five blocks with pictures of things that belong in Spot's kitchen? Look around, carefully. A pitcher and a bowl, that's right. They belong in Spot's kitchen. And so, does the teapot. Good, the kettle. And an egg in an egg cup, yes. Not that one. The frying pan certainly belongs in the kitchen. Well done, that's all five things!"

Spot Plays Hide and Seek (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Some animals are hiding in Spot's garden. You may be able to their tails. Can you find a squirrel? Is that a squirrel's tail? No, that's a fox. Where is the squirrel's hiding? Can you see it's brown furry tail? There it is! Now can you find a duck. Is that a duck's feathery tail? Yes, it is a duck. Can you see where a mouse is hiding? Look, carefully. A thin gray tail. Could this be a mouse? Yes, it's a mouse. There's one more animal hiding on rabbit. What does a rabbit's tail look like? There's a white fluffy tail. Is that a rabbit? Yes, a rabbit. Well done! You found them all!"

Spot Sleeps Over (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Jane and Nancy. Spot is having a sleep over at Tom's house tonight, but he can't find his Teddy Bear. See if you can find him. Is Spot's Teddy Bear under the stairs? Nope, just the broom. Is it inside the chest? No, there's nothing there. No luck. Teddy bear isn't hiding underneath the rug. Where else can we look? Is Teddy Bear hiding inside the grandfather clock? No, but there's Spot's toy train. Well, how about the window? What is Spot's toothbrush doing behind the curtain? You'll need to bring that with him to Tom's house. What about the cupboard? Just Spot's rubber ball. Where, oh, where can Spot's teddy bear be? Say, what about that chair pillow? There it is! Hooray!"

Spot's Band (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look at all these different musical instrumentals. Do you know how to play them? Choose an instrument that you have to blow. A whistle? That's good. A trumpet. Yes. And a harmonica. Yes, good. Now try them. That's right! You blow into them. Good job! Now, find the instruments you have to band to play. Choose carefully. A drum, yes. And a triangle. And a tambourine, yes. They're all musical instruments you can band. Now, choose something you can shake. A tambourine that can be shaken and band. And bells. And maracas. And even yourselves. It's very good."

Spot's Bath (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, kids. Look, it's nearly time for Spot's bath. I wonder which of these things will float and which will sink. Let's put them in the tub and find out. Yes, Spot's duck floats because it's light and it's empty in the middle. The soap sinks. It's heavy. What about Spot's ball? Yes, the ball floats. It's light and empty, too. And the boat floats. Just like the duck and the ball. Let's try Spot's washcloths. Look, it's floating! Oh, no! What's happening? It's sinking because it's getting wetter and wetter. So it's getting heavier. The plug sinks down, too. So, that makes three things that float. And three things that sink to the bottom. Terrific! See you later!"

Spot's Birthday Party (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hi, Mary. Can you find five green balloons on the building blocks and stack them up? Yes, there's one. Is there one over there? Good, that's two green balloons. Can you find another one? There's one. Yes, that makes three green balloons. Are there anymore? Yes, there's another. Good, that makes four. You're tower is getting very tall. Do you see anymore green balloons? Yes. How many green balloons did you find? One, two, three, four, five. Terrific."

Spot's Breakfast (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "It's breakfast time! Can you find out what the animals in Spot's garden are having for breakfast? Yes, the rabbit is eating a carrot. Who else is there? Ooh, yuck! The frog is eating a fly. I wonder if there's anything in the flowers. Yes, it's a butterfly eating nectar. What about in the tree? Ah, it's a squirrel eating an acorn. And over here, it's a bird eating some seeds. Good time for your breakfast, now."

Spot's First Walk (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Amy and John. Welcome to Spot's Garden. Just look at all the fruits and vegetables. Apples, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, pumpkins, and green beans. They all grow in Spot's Garden. But do you know where they grow? Pick up the apples, and find the place where they grow. That's right, the apples grow on the apple tree. Aw, there's one more. That's where it goes. And that's a round red tomato. Can you find the tomato plant? There it is. It grows lots of red tomatoes on one plant. Look for all the tomatoes. That's it, there are five tomatoes on this plant. Can you find the carrots? You can't see the orange part of carrots when they're growing. Carrots grow deep in the ground. All you can see are the leafy green tops. There are one, two, three. And lettuce. Lettuce grows on top of the ground. How many in this row? Three, right. Pumpkins are big. This one is so big it takes both of you to carry it. Pumpkins grow on vines on top of the ground. What about the green beans? Where do they grow? Are those the beanstalks? Yes, beans grow up the tall stalk. Very well done. You've correctly placed all the different fruits and vegetables that grow in the garden."

Spot's Grandpa (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "There's a ladybug hiding somewhere in Spot's garden. Can you find it? No, that's a butterfly. Where can it be? Up in the tree. No, that's a squirrel eating an acorn. What's hiding in the tall grass near the pond. A snail. Is it in the bush? Nope, that's a bumblebee. Where can that ladybug be hiding? It's in Spot's garden somewhere. Here it is! Look at all, it's Spot's. Oh, it was hiding in the flowers. Now you found a ladybug just like Spot did. Good job!"

Spot's Hobby Horse (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Look! Here comes some horseback riders. It's Naomi, Dale and Blake on their hobby horses. Let's see how they ride. Can you make your horses trot? Giddyap, horses! And faster. And even faster. Ah, that's a good gallop. But I think your horses are getting tired. Maybe you should slow down to give them a rest. Whoa-ho-ho! Ohh, very good. Time to ride home now. See you soon!"

Spot's Magical Christmas (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Wow! Look at this holiday paper chain! It's long and it's very colorful. It takes careful work, and will look beautiful on the Christmas tree. And the next color will be yellow. Yes! The paper chain is growing longer from both ends, and the kids are working on it together. What a lot of licking and sticking. Add a blue loop by putting it through the one before, and closing it up. How about a green loop now? Red is a good color. The paper chain is all done. Let's surprise Spot by decorating his Christmas tree. It's beautiful! Happy Holidays!"

Spot's School Trip (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Here's a puzzle of the ocean creatures we saw in the aquarium and here are some mixed up puzzle pieces. Can you find which creatures live in the aquarium? Ah, now you can do it. Does a ladybug live in the aquarium? No. But a crab does. An octopus live in the aquarium, too. Do you think a cat lives in the aquarium? Mmm. Try the fish. That's right! A starfish lives in the aquarium, too. Now, there's one space left. What else lives there? A lobster? That's right! You found all the aquarium creatures! Hooray!"

Spot's Show (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Hello, Tasha. Hello, Nancy. What's in Spot's toy box today? Wow, lots of hats for playing dress-up! Oh, look! That's a clown's hat with pink polka dots. That's a funny hat with horns. That's a princess crown like Helen's. And a white nurses cap with a Red Cross. What else can you find a warm hat or a cold wintry day? A yellow stocking hat. A sun hat for the beach. A flowered swim cap as a funny hat. Are those your favorites? They're great!"

Spot's Tent (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "It's time for bed. So Jack and Amy have come to say good night to Spot's friends. Can you find them? Some animals go to sleep at night. But others are just getting up. The duck is asleep. And so, it's the squirrel. What are the other animals and Spot's garden doing? The fox isn't sleeping, he's wide awake. And so, it's the rabbit. The owl stays awake at night, too. Hoo, hoo. I wonder if there are any animals in the shed. Oh, yes, look, there's a mouse and he's awake. But the little bird is fast asleep. Time for us to go to bed, too."

Spot's Treehouse (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Oh, it's Jessica and Emily. Look at Spot's puzzles! The animals are missing from their homes. Can you find them? Ah, there's the fish. And the squirrel. The fish lives in Spot's pond. And the squirrel lives in a hole in the tree. There's the ladybug. Only one more to find. Ha-ha, it's the rabbit. The ladybug lives on the flower and the rabbit lives in the hole in the ground. Very good!"

Spot's Umbrella (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Which of these animals lives in Spot's pond? Can Jack find the right ones for the puzzle. A fish? Yes, that's right! The fish lives in the pond. A ladybug? Hmm. I don't think so. What about the frog? Yes, the frog! He lives in the pond. The duck. That's right, ha-ha! The duck lives in the pond, too. Well done, Jack!"

Spot's Windy Day (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Oh, no! Spot has lost his kite, but which string is it attached to? Can you follow the colored strings to find Spot's kite? Hello, Francesca. Where does the blue string go? Through the tubes, around the bushes, along the fence, around the blocks, back through the tubes. And up into the tree. Is that where Spot's kite is? No, it's the cat with a ball of string. Try the red string and find out where it goes. Through the tubes, and up to the garden shed. Is that where Spot's kite is? Ha-ha! Well done! You found Spot's kite!"

Spot's Winter Sports (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "It's cold outside today. Francesca needs to put on warm clothes to go outside. What should she put on first? How about a sweater? That's right, button it up. That sweater will keep her warm under her coat. Coat next? It's important to zip it up. And do all the snaps. Well done! Now her hat. How does it stay on? Good, tying it is easy. What next? A warm woolly scarf. It will keep you really warm if you wrap it around your neck. And what shoes do you need to wear when it's cold? That's right, those boots will keep your feet warm and dry. Ooh, don't forget your gloves, your hands will get very cold without them. Pull them up to keep out the cold. That's right! Now, you're ready to go out and play. Keep warm. Have fun."

The Story Behind 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997 Documentary)

The Story Behind "Fun & Fancy Free" - 1997

• "Leave your worries behind and join us for a special behind-the-scenes story of the making of Walt Disney's merry masterpiece, Fun and Fancy Free."
• "Walt Disney's 1947 feature, Fun and Fancy Free is composed of multiple segments, a format called a package feature. The two stories, Mickey and the Beanstalk and Bongo, were originally developed as full-length feature films. Here's the behind-the-scenes story of how they were paired up to create a Fun and Fancy Free feature."
• "To keep his successful film series going, Walt Disney was constantly on the lookout for stories to bring to the screen."
• "Disney was certainly familiar with the classic fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. He had used the well-known story as the basis for a 1922 silent cartoon produced by his Laugh-O-Gram film company in Kansas City. Unfortunately, no prints of this film are known to exist. In 1933, he revisited the tale in Giant Land, a short with Mickey Mouse assuming the role of Jack. In 1938, Walt pitted Mickey against the giant again, this time as The Brave Little Tailor."
• "With his experience as an adversary to giants, Mickey was a natural for the lead in this giant new feature-length film. His co-stars would be Donald Duck and Goofy."
• "Development of Mickey and the Beanstalk as a full-length feature began on May 2, 1940. During that year, Walt Disney and several of his key story men developed many of the ideas that would be contained in the finished film: The growth of the beanstalk while Mickey, Donald and Goofy are asleep, the gags at the Giant's dinner table, and the role of the singing harp."
• "At the same meeting, the suggestion was also made to use Foulfellow and Gideon from Pinocchio as the phonies who swindle Mickey out of his cow. Since they don't appear in the final version, just who does Mickey trade his cow to in exchange for magic beans?"
• "Here is the answer, in a never-before-seen sequence developed in 1940, but dropped when the story was tightened for Fun and Fancy Free."
• "Archival evidence of the early development of the feature version of Mickey and the Beanstalk ends in the summer of 1941."
• "At the same time, work on Bongo was begun. The story was written in 1930 for Cosmopolitan Magazine by novelist Sinclair Lewis. Bongo was an unusually light-hearted story to come from Lewis, who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature."
• "Since Bongo was a circus bear, there were early story notes suggesting that Bongo might even be a follow-up to Dumbo, using the same circus settings and some of the supporting cast, including the gossipy elephants."
• "Early story sketches show a character design for Bongo that differs radically from the final one. The female bear who catches Bongo's eye went through similar revisions, as well as a couple of name changes, from Suzie to Silver-ear to her final name, Lulubelle. Bongo's nemesis, Lumpjaw, was always a big hulking brute, but in some early designs, he wore street clothes. In these early sketches, a few extra characters were present. Bongo had a chimpanzee for a valet, first named Beverly, then Chimpy. In addition, Bongo and Chimpy had a series of comic encounters with a pair of mischievous country cousin bear cubs."
• "A partially completed script of Bongo was delivered on Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Just as Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk were at the height of their development, the world changed."
• "Walt looked back to Fantasia, and the idea of combining unrelated music and story segments into a feature-length film."
• "In 1946, Make Mine Music was released. It consisted of several animated segments featuring popular music of that era, provided by Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, and The Andrews Sisters."
• "With the end of the war, Walt revived Mickey and the Beanstalk for his first and most famous star, and decided to pair it with Bongo. The introduction of the lovable little circus bear would make Mickey's return to the silver screen an even more sensational event."
• "Since his debut, Mickey Mouse's voice had been provided by his creator, Walt Disney."
• "Here in a recently discovered rare film clip, Walt Disney performs as Mickey Mouse, with Billy Blecher in a recording session for Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip."
• "Walt had recorded Mickey's voice for Mickey and the Beanstalk in the spring and summer of 1941. This film would be the last time that Walt would regularly provide Mickey's voice."
• "Jiminy Cricket, the popular supporting character from Pinocchio, was recruited to set the light-hearted tone for Fun and Fancy Free."
• "Giving voice to Jiminy was his original voice, Cliff Edwards."
• "This spritely song I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow, which opens Fun and Fancy Free, had actually been written for, but dropped from Pinocchio nearly a decade earlier."
• "What follows, presented publicly for the first time, is Billy Gilbert's original test recording for the role of Willie the Giant."
• "A human host was chosen to tell the story of Mickey and the Beanstalk: Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen."
• "Bergen and Walt Disney were longtime friends. Walt had even featured Bergen's Charlie McCarthy in several short cartoons. In 1950, Bergen would also be a guest on Disney's very first television program."
• "Co-starring in the live action segments was child actor Luana Patten."
• "Telling the story of Bongo was Dinah Shore."
• "Fun and Fancy Free premiered on September 27, 1947. Package films like Fun and Fancy Free kept the Disney magic alive in the eyes of movie audiences. And with these films, the Disney studio built up its creative strength to produce a whole new series of feature animation successes."
• "For war-weary audiences, Fun and Fancy Free was a refreshing tonic, a tuneful and carefree jaunt with friendly and familiar characters, under the guiding hand of favorite storyteller Walt Disney. The same holds true today... (Leonard Maltin: To just an entertaining film that's really well done.)"

The Story Behind 'Toy Story' (1999 Documentary)

The Story Behind 'Toy Story' (1996)

• "Buckle your seatbelts as we launch into cyberspace for an insider's look at the world of Toy Story. The art of animation went to infinity and beyond with Toy Story, the world's first completely computer animated movie. With an all-star cast of voice talent headed by Tom Hanks and Tim Allen with a score by Grammy winning Randy Newman, the film became the #1 box-office champion of 1995 and won a Special Academy Award. Toy Story also represents an amazing breakthrough in the way movies are made. When the Walt Disney Studio joined creative forces with the computer pioneers at Pixar, they didn't just make a movie, they made history. Until now, feature animation meant hand-drawn cartoons shot one frame at a time. But instead of using traditional ink and paint, Toy Story's 27 animators gave their characters life by moving three-dimensional images created inside a computer. From there, state-of-the-art computers build the geometric shapes into lifelike puppets before rendering them with color, texture and shadows. Director John Lasseter and his computer artists and scientists spent four years designing everything you see. Every character, house and car, down to each of the 1.2 million leaves on the trees in Andy's neighborhood. In fact, the more you know about how it was made, you'll never be able to watch Toy Story the same way again. It wasn't just computer magic that made Toy Story such a success, it was the heart and spirit of fun that the filmmakers put into the characters and story."
• "The best toys of all were the computer programs they invented to put high-tech graphics into the hands of cartoon animators."
• "Tron was the first feature film to explore computer graphics. Set inside a video game, the environments, vehicles and special effects were all computer generated imagery. Walt Disney Feature Animation continued utilizing computer-assisted animation to create elaborate three-dimensional architecture, like the ballroom in Beauty and the Beast. The massive stampede in The Lion King is another good example of how computer-generated models can be combined with hand-drawn characters for a spectacular effect. Back in 1990, Disney teamed with the high-tech innovators at Pixar to invent a computer-assisted production system. The CAPS process revolutionized the way animation is colored and layered. First showcased in The Rescuers Down Under, it's been used on every Disney animated feature since. Meanwhile, Lasseter and the artists at Pixar were also inventing new techniques for making character-based movies by computers. Therefore experimental short films were unlike anything audiences had ever seen."
• "Tin Toy was the first computer-animated film to ever win an Oscar as the Best Animated Short of 1989. Its success fueled their dreams of creating a full-length movie by computer."
• "In their original idea for Toy Story, Tinny the Tin Toy is accidentally left behind at a highway rest stop. Desperate to get home, he befriends an old ventriloquist dummy. They hit the road together and find a kind of toy heaven at a preschool where they'll never get lost or outgrown. Early on, it became obvious that Tinny was too old-fashioned to be a child's favorite toy. So Tinny was out and a brand new high-tech action figure was in."
• "In contrast, the ventriloquist dummy began to evolve into an old-fashioned cowboy rag doll named Woody Pride."
• "Early character models were created and put through their paces. For a while, the undersized spaceman was called Lunar Larry and later Tempus from Morph. Toy Story was off and running. By June of 1992, it was time for a screen test to see if the toys would be believable on the big screen."
• "These tests proved the technology would work, even though the early Wood seemed a bit mean-spirited to his rival. As for the cute little roly-poly spaceman, he needed more stature. So to bolster his appeal, they decided to open the movie with a cartoon version of the Buzz Lightyear TV show."
• "As much as everyone liked the Buzz Lightyear cartoon, it wasn't the right way to start the movie. It was so impressive, how could they hope to convince an audience that the old cowboy doll could be Andy's favorite toy? So the idea was abandoned and never completed. This assembly of storyboard drawings is all that remains."
• "Restructuring the story to get the right emotional beat meant going back to the drawing board, or in this case, the storyboard."
• "As with every Disney animated film, writers and storyboard artists start by creating comic book-like drawings that describe the action shot by shot."
• "For months, the creative team kicked around different ideas to revise and improve the characters, humor and story structure. 25,000 cartoon panels later, their final script would bring them an Oscar nomination. As the story took shape, it came time to cast the voices that would breathe personality into the toys. From the start, they only had actor in mind for the voice of Woody."
• "The perfect touch for the voice of deluded space toy Buzz Lightyear was provided by Home Improvement star Tim Allen."
• "With the voices recorded, the editor puts together a version of the movie using only story sketches. From here on, the computer process differs from the way animation has been made for the last century. No more drawing, tracing or painting. Instead, computer animators manipulate quickly rendered polygons, then send each frame through the incredibly complex computer process of overlaying shaders of color, texture maps and reflectivity as they're rendered one frame at a time. But let's not get ahead of ourselves."
• "Every setting, toy and prop starts out as a hand-drawn design created by art director Ralph Eggleston and the art department. The colors and mood of the scenes were defined in the pastel drawings and concept paintings many years before they ever came to life on the big screen. The approved designs are assembled into model packs that serve as a blueprint for the technical directors who construct objects inside the computer. Then computer art leaves traditional hand-drawn animation in the dust as the almost 2,000 computer-generated models used in the film are built from scratch using wireframe geometry completely within virtual reality."
• "To get believable organic curves and human shapes like those in Buzz's face, actual three-dimensional clay statues were sculpted and then scanned into the computer. This handheld 3D digitizer translates the object into data the computer can interpret by connecting the surface dots. Once the shape of the model is mapped into the computer, it can be viewed from every perspective."
• "Layout artists are the cinematographers of animation. They arrange the models into position and choose interesting camera angles to heighten the drama and action. The stagings can be moved and manipulated beyond what real cameras can do, taking us right through the ceiling if need be. Sometimes it's fun to borrow a classic shot like in this homage to the rolling boulder scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark."
• "Together, they developed some of the most complex moving shapes ever generated by computers. Yet sometimes you could find them consulting motion studies made a hundred years ago. The points of this grid called articulated variables, or avars for short, are used by animators to make Scud run in a reusable cycle. Supervising animator Pete Docter helped new animators trade in their pencils and paint for a keyboard and mouse."
• "The trick of good animation acting is getting the audience to believe that the toys have emotions and a mind of their own. To achieve this, supervising technical director Bill Reeves gave Woody over 700 animation controls. 212 inside his face including 58 for his mouth alone."
• "In order to capture realistic movement for the green army men, the animation staff took turns hobbling around the office with their shoes nailed to a board. Believe it or not, they got paid for doing this."
• "The human characters provided animators with some of their greatest challenges. Computer scientists figured out how to give skin an oily texture and how to layer 15,000 individual hairs. Piecing Sid together meant balancing reality and caricature in a way that would do justice to the first all computer-animated screen villain."
• "Details such as the burn mark on Woody's head were created with shaders, literally an overlay of texture which the computer wraps onto existing animation. Other examples of these shaders include the scratches which cover Sid's desk, the shiny aluminum surface of the air duct and the rough graininess of the asphalt of the street. In fact, every color, texture and pattern is a shader right down to the reflections in Buzz's helmet and the decals on his suit. Details too time-consuming and expensive to be drawn frame by frame in cel animation. Lighting was accomplished by breaking the shot down into the various light sources, then combining them until the desired effect was achieved. Only then is a shot is ready for final rendering where a specially invented digital film printer takes over from the humans and combines the shapes, colors and effects for each of the 110,000 frames. This is how they created the first all-digital motion picture."
• "With millions of bits of data safely recorded on film, it was time to work on the soundtrack."
• "Grammy winner Randy Newman also wrote the score and conducted Toy Story's 97-piece orchestra on the same stage where The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain where recorded."
• "By the fall of 1995, the only process left was to mix the final audio. On most movies, sounds are recorded live on the set. For Toy Story, there was only silence. Sound designer Gary Rydstrom had to create unique sound effects for each individual character. Then he expertly layered them."
• "Toy Story was set for a Thanksgiving 1995 release. And as the date neared, the volume of work exploded. What had started a series of hand-drawn pencil sketches was evolving into a finely layered masterpiece. In the end, over 800,000 hours of machine time would be required to render the final elements for the 77 minutes of film."
• "As to the future of computer animation, perhaps the toys sum it up best."

The Swan Princess (1994) Read-Along from Sony Wonder

• "The Swan Princess."
• "'I've got it!' Puffin announced one day."

Sweet Dreams, Spot (Live-Action) (2000) Activity Sheets

• "Oh, it's dark outside. It's getting late. Time to get ready for bed. You must be feeling tired. Good night. Sleep tight. It's morning. Time to wake up."

Target Rocky and Bullwinkle 1992 Commercial Tarzan (1999) 2000 Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "Tarzan. A Read-Along Story."
• "The next day, Tarzan returned to the humans' camp."

The Tigger Movie (2000) Read-Along DVD Storybook

• "The Tigger Movie."
• "Eeyore's friends all rushed over to help."

Tron (1982) Trailer

Tron (1982) 35mm film trailer, flat hard matte, 1440p

• "The Encom 511 computer...center of the most calculating intelligence on Earth. Within it, their exists an unknown civilization where man has never been...a startling new world where time and distance defy the laws of logic."
• "Kevin Flynn, computer genius searching for answers inside the system."
• "Propelled into the digital world of the computer itself."
• "Trapped inside an electronic arena where love...and escape do not compute."
• "The journey begins across an electronic sea on cycles made of light."
• "Tron. Enter its world this summer."

Where's Spot? (Live-Action) Recap (2000) Activity Sheets

• "There are mixed of puzzle pieces in Spot's Garden. Look at these animals. Do you know what they eat? Hello, Linda. See if you can match each animal with the thing they like to eat. Who likes to eat acorns? No, a mouse doesn't eat acorns. That's right, the squirrel eats acorns. What does a mouse eat? Yes, the mouse eats cheese. What about the butterfly? What does it eat? That's right, the butterfly eats nectar from the flower. And what eats the leaf? The caterpillar eats the leaf. And now, what's left? The rabbit eats the carrot. Great! You've done the puzzle and shown us what the animals like to eat. Thanks, Linda. See you later."

You Can Fly! - The Making of 'Peter Pan' (1998 Documentary)

You Can Fly - The Making of Peter Pan (1998)

• "Fly away with us, second star to the right and straight on till morning, and discover the behind-the-scenes story of how the timeless tale of Peter Pan was transformed into a soaring Disney classic."
• "The story of Peter Pan began its life on the London stage in 1904. It was written by Scottish novelist and playwright James Matthew Barrie."
• "In 1913, a touring company of Peter Pan was seen by this youngster. The boy was Walt Disney. He never forgot this epic of boyhood and its unique combination of fantasy and swashbuckling adventure. In 1924, Walt also saw a silent film version of Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson as Peter. The film contained many innovations, such as a live actress playing Tinker Bell, and special effects that were the state of the art for their day. The silent film, however, adhered to many of the conventions of the stage version of Peter Pan, including the stars rather obviously flying on wires, a performer in a dog suit as Nana, and a costumed actor as the crocodile."
• "In 1913, a touring company of Peter Pan was seen by this youngster in a small town of Marcellaine, Missouri. The boy was Walt Disney. He never forgot this epic of boyhood and its unique combination of fantasy and swashbuckling adventure. In 1924, Walt also saw a silent film version of Peter Pan, starring Betty Bronson as Peter. The film contained many innovations, such as a live actress playing Tinker Bell, and special effects that were the state of the art for their day. The silent film, however, adhered to many of the conventions of the stage version of Peter Pan, including the stars rather obviously flying on wires, a performer in a dog suit as Nana, and a costumed actor as the crocodile. (Alternate Version)"
• "Walt Disney's efforts to make Peter Pan as an animated feature actually began in the late 1930s, during the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in an era when Disney's filmmaking imagination was at its peak."
• "Walt Disney himself noted, 'The cartoon method gave us many advantages over the stage craft of Barrie's day, which no amount of pixie dust could cure.'"
• "In 1939, Disney acquired the screen rights, and by early 1940, storyboards were begun. These never-before-seen watercolor illustrations by renowned British artist David Hall were part of Disney's initial work. Hall had also done extensive visual development of Alice in Wonderland for Disney in 1938."
• "In this early version of the story, Nana traveled with Peter and the children to Neverland, as seen in these rare original story sketches."
• "Much of the art created at this time was also darker than the original play, and far more sinister than a typical Disney effort."
• "Another part of this early work was an elaborate musical number for Captain Hook's pirate crew, which was ultimately replaced by a different song, The Elegant Captain Hook. An attempt to persuade the Lost Boys to join the pirates' reigns, this earlier song, written by studio music director Frank Churchill along with Ray Kelly, is reconstructed here, using a rare song demo recording coupled with never-before-seen storyboard drawings of the original sequence."
• "By 1941, a basic story structure was completed. However, the onset of World War II stopped the development. After the war, Walt Disney brought Peter Pan back into development. Progress continued throughout the 1940s, including extensive concept art by renowned color stylist Mary Blair."
• "Walt assigned the character of Peter Pan to animator Milt Kahl."
• "Young Bobby Driscoll was assigned to the role of Peter."
• "Driscoll had debuted in Song of the South, after which Disney cast him in several projects, including So Dear to My Heart, and as Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island."
• "Walt also didn't have to look far for the voice of Wendy. He found what he called 'the gentle and gracefully feminine voice', in the same actress who had played Alice in Wonderland: Kathryn Beaumont."
• "Hans Conried, seen here as the face in the Magic Mirror, was cast in the tradition of the stage play as both Captain Hook...and Mr. Darling."
• "To bring the villainous Captain Hook to animated life, Walt assigned veteran animator Frank Thomas."
• "Walt knew that for his version of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell would have to be developed as a fully realized character. From the late 1930s on, character sketches traced Tinker Bell's development, and each reveals the then-current conception of feminine beauty."
• "The use of Margaret Kerry as a live model for Tinker Bell was only part of the considerable reference used by Disney animators to bring Peter Pan to the screen."
• "After nearly two decades of work, dozens of story treatments and thousands of drawings, Walt Disney's Peter Pan was finally finished. It was first released on February 3, 1953, and was an immediate audience favorite. It has remained one of Disney's greatest animated achievements, and a beloved classic."