Hi-Tops Video

Hi-Tops Video was a children's home video sublabel of Media Home Entertainment (a division of Heron Communications) and Kartes Video Communications (a division of E. W. Scripps Company), active from 1985 until 1992. Some releases include most Charlie Brown videos, and the "Madeline" video series produced by Cinar (now Cookie Jar Entertainment).

Outside of the United States and Canada, Hi-Tops Videos were distributed by other companies, examples being VPD (Video Program Distributors) in the United Kingdom and Family Home Entertainment in Australia (not related to the Lions Gate-owned company of the same name). (However, in Canada, some Hi-Tops Video releases were distributed by Astral Video, a now-defunct subsidiary of the present-day Astral Media.)

Products

Snoopy's Home Video Library

Hi-Tops Video was the original distributor of the first VHS releases of the majority of the Peanuts specials. These specials were distributed as part of a series, Snoopy's Home Video Library.

• A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (Volume 2)
• Charlie Brown's All-Stars (1966) (Volume 10)
• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) (Volume 11)
• He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968) (Volume 4)
• It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969) (Volume 18)
• Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971) (Volume 16)
• You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (1972) (Volume 13)
• It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974) (Volume 6)
• Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975) (Volume 5)
• It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977) (Volume 19)
• What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! (1978) (Volume 12)
• You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown (1979) (Volume 14)
• She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (1980) (Volume 7)
• Life is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1980) (Volume 15)
• Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown (1981) (Volume 17)
• It's Magic, Charlie Brown (1981) (Volume 9)
• It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown (1983) (Volume 1)
• Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (1983) (Volume 3)
• It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) (Volume 8)
• It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown (1992) (Volume 20)

Some other Peanuts specials, such as A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), were not distributed by Hi-Tops Video, as well as some early VHS releases of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. Some of the specials released in the Snoopy's Home Video Library series were earlier released by Media Home Entertainment on tapes with two or three specials appearing. The video (and DVD) distribution rights of all the Peanuts specials were later given to Paramount Home Entertainment from 1994 to 2007, then Warner Bros. Home Video in 2007-2008.

Other shows and products

• Swan Lake (1981)
• Muppet Babies (1985-1987) (KVC Reprints with Kartes Video Communications and KVC Home Video)
• Little Muppet Monsters (1986)
• Pee Wee's Playhouse (1986-1990) (original releases; later re-released by MGM Home Entertainment in 1996, and on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2004)
• Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails (1987)
• My Pet Monster (1987) (Distributed by Cineplex Odeon Video in Canada)
• Madballs (US only; distributed by Cineplex Odeon Video in Canada)
• Encyclopedia Brown (1989)
• The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (1987-1988)
• Enchanted Journey (1986)
• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World and Barbie and The Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth (1987) (co-production with DIC Entertainment, Mattel, Inc. and Saban Entertainment)
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: The Musical (1988) (a special aired on HBO narrated by Tony Randall)
• The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island (1989) (co-production with McDonald's Corporation, and Christopher Brough Production) produced by DIC Entertainment
• The Madeline videos produced in association with Cinar, now Cookie Jar Entertainment (1989) (no relation to the TV series produced by DiC Entertainment)
• Jingle Bell Rap (1990)
• The Baby Songs series (1987)
• Musical Mother Goose series (1990)

Some other original video series, such as Little Schoolhouse, were produced for Hi-Tops Video. Some of the original Hi-Tops Video releases of The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin were redesigned by YES! Entertainment to be compatible with their version of the Teddy Ruxpin doll.

External links

• Hi-Tops Video at the Internet Movie Database