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Summary: Scene missing
Review: I don't know about this being digitally edited as some other reviews have claimed but there is one verse edited out of the "Pecos Bill" segment. As I recall there was a scene in which Bill lights a cigarette by loading it into his gun and fireing it into his mouth. Perhaps Disney didn't want to encourage children to fire guns at thier faces. Though, a child would have to get a hold of a gun first.
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Summary: Wonderful animation
Review: I saw this movie in 1948. It was the first time I had met Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill. Watching it 54 years later made me feel like I was 7 years old all over again. If other reviewers hadn't commented on the editing I probably wouldn't have noticed. The combining of the music with the animation at just the right moment makes it magical. I am so happy that I found this tape. I hope the the children of today love this as much as I did thenand remember it the rest of their lives.
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Summary: Wonderful animation
Review: I saw this movie in 1948. It was the first time I had met Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill. Watching it 54 years later made me feel like I was 7 years old all over again. If other reviewers hadn't commented on the editing I probably wouldn't have noticed. The combining of the music with the animation at just the right moment makes it magical. I am so happy that I found this tape. I hope the the children of today love this as much as I did thenand remember it the rest of their lives.
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Summary: I'm so disappointed!
Review: I too, bought this video because I wanted to own these classic Disney cartoons from my childhood. How disappointing to find that they have become a victim of 'political correctness'. Disney has really lost the plot. I'm not sure I would recommend this video to anyone looking to own a piece of history but I suppose it might have some transient appeal to small children who have never seen the originals. I hope Disney considers re-releasing the original unedited versions of these cartoons (if necessary with a PG rating)for those of us who are capable of censoring our own viewing.
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Summary: Editing a cartoon? Gimme a break!
Review: I'll admit that I haven't purchased this or the other apparantly edited Disney cartoons (for the sake of political correctness) I've read about (such as Melody Time, etc.) according to customer reviews here yet, but despite this, I'm disappointed, but still interested in getting them. However, I still wanted to voice my opinion on this. Like another customer implied, rate them, don't RUIN them! If it's necessary for a Disney movie to have a PG rating because of a few unacceptable things that were perfectly acceptable at the time it was made, what's wrong with that? I've very disappointed at Disney for this... Booooo! Hsssss! Boooo! Both my thumbs are down on this...
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Summary: Bring Back the Original !
Review: I'm as disappointed with this issue as some others who thought they were buying the original masterpiece. Okay, so Pecos Bill has a ciggie in his mouth in the original (funny, I never took up smoking because of that, and I was 6 when I saw the original). I doubt that those who see this desecrated version will understand why the original was such a unique experience. It's a little strange to me that Pecos Bill can't smoke and Johnny Appleseed has to clean up his act, but the Power Rangers can violently and noisily wipe out legions of their foes with such glee. Bring back the originals, guys. This, and "Song of the South", with Uncle Remus intact.
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Summary: Interesting, yet ultimately flawed
Review: Like Fantasia, this movie features many short animated clips, but set to "modern" music -- if you consider the 40's to be modern. A number of interesting clips - the wintertime one, the bumblebee one and johnny appleseed stand out. There are unfortunately an equal number of segments that seem to drag or are incredibly dated: the trees and the samba segments come to mind.However, the worst thing about this particular DVD is that the Pecos Bill segment has been obviously edited from the original to remove a cigarette from Pecos Bill. This seems the height of hypocrisy - plenty of new Disney films have no such resistance to cigarettes appearing onscreen. This version of the film stands as a bad example of spineless political correctness for no reason that benefits the end product.
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Summary: Quackeriffic!
Review: Melody Time (1948) was the third of the Disney Orchestral cartoons.Produced and illustrated by Walt Disney (1902-1966).I remember watching this in 2nd grade.The only cartoon in this movie I remember is the "Little Toot" sequence.It's about a mischevious boat called Little Toot causing an accident for crashing into a shore and blames it on the samba.I also like it because it has that white Disney chracter with the funny quack that we all know in love,Donald Duck!It's sort of a 2nd sequel to Fantasia(1940)* but it's not.Fantasia only has one sequel:Fantasia 2000(1999).Make Mine Music (1946) was nicknamed the 1st sequel to Fantasia.If you like Melody Time,buy Fantasia,Fantasia 2000 or Make Mine Music today!
*Fantasia is short for "Fantasy Extravaganza"
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Summary: Disney's 10th Animated Masterpiece!
Review: Melody Time is the 3rd of Disney's package features and probably one of the best, I love many of the shorts featured in this film, specially "Little Toot" and "Blame it on the Samba". Little Toot is the story of a mischevious little boat getting into a lot of trouble for accidentally crashing a ship into the city by the shore and Blame ot on the Samba is a fun, musical cartoon featuring Disney's Donald Duck and Joe Carioca. The shorts are wonderfully animated and very colorful. I do believe that this package feature is one of the few that wasn't edited, so I suppose it makes a great gift to any Disney fan, or just a great addition to your own Disney collection. The DVD brings a few extra musical cartoons, not much, but I suppose there isn't much documentary on this title so I suppose this DVD edition is the best we might be getting, that's why I would recommend it.
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Summary: Trippy "Melody Time" came 15 years too early!
Review: Similar to "Fantasia" in concept, this film uses popular music from the 50's to underscore it's fabulous animation. And like "Fantasia," I'm sure this film was FAR more popular in the trippy '60's than when it was originally issued. This film may be hard for some to sit through entirely, but each of the individual segments feature animation and design at the peak of the Disney Animation Department's powers. One "PC" problem: Disney has digitally removed Pecos Bill's cigarette throughout that particular segment--and yet, in the very next segment, there's an animated parrot smoking a cigar and swimming around in a martini (through the entire segment!!). Zowie! What's next? Removing the scene in "Bambi" where his mother gets shot??
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