Festival of Family Classics

Festival of Family Classics was a Rankin/Bass animated series that originally aired between 1972 and 1973. It was re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang and 16 June 2011 Teletoon Retro network.

Festival Of Family Classics is a series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature. Sixteen of the 18 stories were half-hour long. The two hour-long episodes (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days )were split into two-parters.

Videos of them have been distributed by several companies, including Anchor Bay Entertainment's Starmaker Video, EBM Group, and Classic Media (now known as DreamWorks Classics due to purchase from DreamWorks Animation in 2012). 12 episodes (including the two-parters as single episodes) have been released on DVD.

Voices

List of Episodes

  1. The Song of Hiawatha (1972)
  2. Yankee Doodle (1972)
  3. Cinderella (1972)
  4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1972) (two-parter)
  5. Jack O' Lantern (1972)
  6. Johnny Appleseed (1972)
  7. Around the World in 80 Days (1972) (two-parter)
  8. Puss in Boots (1972)
  9. A Christmas Tree (1972)
  10. The Ballad Of Paul Bunyan (1973)
  11. Swiss Family Robinson (1973)
  12. The Sleeping Beauty (1973)
  13. The Arabian Nights (1973)
  14. Alice in Wonderland (1973)
  15. Robinson Crusoe (1973)
  16. Tom Sawyer (1973)
  17. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1973)
  18. Robin Hood (1973)

DVD releases

Classic Media released 10 episodes on 4 DVDs in between 2006-2007.

Also:

-The 2002 DVD release of Here Comes Peter Cottontail features the Festival of Family Classics episode, Puss in Boots.

-The Mad Mad Mad Monsters DVD includes the Festival of Family Classics episode, Jack O' Lantern.

References

IMDB page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246619/

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