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Disney's Greatest Villains was a one-hour television special that first aired on May 15, 1977 on The Wonderful World of Disney. It was somewhat of an update to 1956's Our Unsung Villains, and was used to showcase Madame Medusa, who was the primary villain in the upcoming Disney animated film The Rescuers.

The special was hosted by Hans Conried, reprising his role as the Magic Mirror from Our Unsung Villains (and other Disney specials as well) and explained the importance of villains; in fact most of his dialogue was taken from Our Unsung Villains.

Clips from various Disney films were featured, with the Magic Mirror providing humorous, if not slightly biased, commentary. One sidenote is that the music featured in the Medusa segment would not be used in The Rescuers. Disney's Greatest Villains would be shown again in reruns, the last time being on the Vault Disney block of programming on the Disney Channel. In 1983, portions of Disney's Greatest Villains were incorporated into the 90-minute special A Disney Halloween.

[edit] Featured Villains with The Narrated By The Magic Mirror

• The Evil Queen - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Maleficent - Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• Edgar - The Aristocats (1970)
• Chernabog - Fantasia (1940)
• Willie the Giant - Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
  • Madame Mim - The Sword In The Stone (1963)
  • Captain Hook - Peter Pan (1953)
• Madame Medusa - The Rescuers (1977)
  • Ronno - Bambi (1942)
  • Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmatians (1961)
• Lady Tremaine - Cinderella (1950)
• Kaa and Shere Khan - The Jungle Book (1967)

[edit] Featured Disney Cartoon Villains

Capatin Cat - Three Bind Mouseketeers (1936) Big Bad Wolf - The Big Bad Wolf (1934) Lonesome Ghosts - Lonesome Ghosts (1937) The Witch - Babes In The Woods (1932)