Festival of Family Classics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Festival of Family Classics |
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| Directed by | Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass |
| Composer(s) | Maury Laws |
| Country of origin | United States Canada Japan |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass |
| Production company(s) | Rankin/Bass Productions Mushi Studios Topcraft |
| Distributor | Tomorrow Entertainment |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | January 1, 1972 – November 26, 1973 |
Festival of Family Classics is a Rankin/Bass animated series that originally aired between 1972 and 1973. The show originally aired in syndication. It was re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang channel and on 16 June 2011 via the Teletoon Retro network.
Festival of Family Classics is a series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature. 16 of the 18 episodes were 20 minutes long. The two 40 minutes-long episodes (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days) were split into two-parters, making 20 episodes in total. Many episodes were animated by two Japanese animation studios: Mushi Production and Topcraft.
Videos have been distributed by several companies, including Prism Entertainment, 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.
A similar series, Famous Classic Tales, aired on CBS from 1970 to 1984.
List of episodes
- The Song of Hiawatha (January 1, 1972)
- Yankee Doodle (September 10, 1972)
- Cinderella (September 17, 1972)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (October 1 and 8, 1972) (two-parter)
- Jack O' Lantern (October 29, 1972)
- Johnny Appleseed (November 5, 1972)
- Around the World in 80 Days (November 12 and 19, 1972) (two-parter)
- Puss in Boots (December 9, 1972)
- A Christmas Tree (December 17, 1972)
- The Ballad Of Paul Bunyan (January 7, 1973)
- Swiss Family Robinson (January 13, 1973)
- The Sleeping Beauty (January 21, 1973)
- The Arabian Nights (February 4, 1973)
- Alice in Wonderland (February 11, 1973)
- Robinson Crusoe (February 18, 1973)
- Tom Sawyer (February 25, 1973)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (March 4, 1973)
- Robin Hood (November 26, 1973)
Voices
- Carl Banas
- Len Birman
- Bernard Cowan
- Peg Dixon
- Keith Hampshire
- Peggi Loder
- Donna Miller
- Frank Perry
- Henry Raymer
- Billie Mae Richards
- Alfie Scopp
- Paul Soles
