 | Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey [Read More ...]
Description: The wondrous story of Christ's birth is told by an unlikely source: Nestor, a gentle donkey with incredibly long ears and a first-hand knowledge of life in a stable. This simple tale, which takes place in the days of the Roman Empire, is about a humble couple about to take a long... |
 | Frosty the Snowman [Read More ...]
Description: Jimmy Durante narrates this Christmas story that is based on the song of the same name. To make up for the fact that her students are in school on Christmas Eve, the local schoolteacher hires the magician Professor Hinkle to entertain the kids. Unfortunately, he's not a very go... |
 | Donald in Mathmagic Land (Disney) [Read More ...]
Donald in Mathmagic Land:Great movie but a little hard to hear even with the volume all the way up. |
 | Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol [Read More ...]
Description: This 1962 special marked the last hurrah of Mr. Magoo, who starred in 43 cartoon shorts, including two Oscar® winners, from the UPA Studio between 1949 and 1959. Magoo appears as Scrooge in a Broadway production of "A Christmas Carol" in this minimally animated hour. The play-wi... |
 | Stingiest Man in Town [Read More ...]
Description: This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost s... |
 | Rudolph's Shiny New Year [Read More ...]
Description: Rudolph is legendary for saving Christmas, but did you know he saved the New Year as well? While Santa Claus is recuperating from his December sleigh ride, he receives a letter from an old friend, Father Time. Seems that Baby New Year is missing, and if the little tyke isn't foun... |
 | Frosty's Winter Wonderland [Read More ...]
Description: It's no secret that sequels to classic TV specials rarely stack up--they're usually guilty of getting too fancy with characters and story lines, causing irritating fissures to form in our perceptions of the originals. Lucky for a new generation of holiday viewers, that's not the ... |
 | the Ugly Dachshund [Read More ...]
Description: When a Great Dane puppy is raised with a litter of Dachshunds, it naturally thinks it's a Dachshund too--even when it grows to 10 times the size. Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star as the hapless couple who took in the galumphing dog, which wreaks havoc on their house and h... |
 | The Little Drummer Boy [Read More ...]
Description: The model animation techniques in this 1968 Rankin and Bass TV chestnut are primitive by today's standards, and picky kids may reject them out of hand. The story, however, which elaborates on the popular Christmas song about a shepherd boy who plays his drum for the baby Jesus a... |
 | Jack Frost (Animated) [Read More ...]
Description: Related by the wise old groundhog, Pardon-Me-Pete, this animated charmer tells of a girl so beautiful she melted the heart of Jack Frost himself. While visiting the village of January Junction, Jack Frost falls head-over-snowflakes in love with Elisa, the town's prettiest maiden.... |
 | First Easter Rabbit [Read More ...]
Description: Academy Award winner Burl Ives narrates in a fanciful, tuneful and color-splashed animated tale of The First Easter Rabit. That Rabit is Stuffy, a cuddly toy who magically comes to life. Stuffy goes to Easter Valley, and enchanted real where it's always springtime, where the Bunn... |
 | Santa Claus is Comin' to Town [Read More ...]
The story of how Kris Kringle got his start as the world's most famous gift giver by struggling to bring toys and happiness to the children of Sombertown. |
 | Time Machine (1960) [Read More ...]
Description: After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time travel was published in... |
 | MGM Cartoon Magic - Featuring Barney Bear and King Size Canary (Volume 1) [Read More ...]
Review: I can't believe I finally found this amazing tape!:This was my favorite cartoon tape when I was a kid, and I lost it by the time I grew up. I can't believe I finally found it! It's wonderful! I hope to share it with my kids. The cartoons are peaceful, funny, clever -they cove... |
 | The Time Machine [Read More ...]
Description: After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time travel was published in... |
 | Frosty the Snowman [Read More ...]
Description: Jimmy Durante narrates this Christmas story that is based on the song of the same name. To make up for the fact that her students are in school on Christmas Eve, the local schoolteacher hires the magician Professor Hinkle to entertain the kids. Unfortunately, he's not a very go... |
 | Twice Upon a Time [Read More ...]
Why, oh why...:Why is this movie NOT YET OUT on DVD???? As Twice Upon A Time was George Lucas's first film, you would think it would be important to release on DVD.... One of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. |
 | The Little Drummer Boy [Read More ...]
Description: The model animation techniques in this 1968 Rankin and Bass TV chestnut are primitive by today's standards, and picky kids may reject them out of hand. The story, however, which elaborates on the popular Christmas song about a shepherd boy who plays his drum for the baby Jesus a... |
 | Mouse on the Mayflower [Read More ...]
Review: Nostalgic Entertainment:I video taped this off of television for my children when they were all little. I taped it because I thought there might come a day when they would not be playing it on TV anymore, turns out I was right about that, however I never saw this on VHS for sale ... |
 | Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 2 [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful fun:This is a short tape, just an hour or so, but enjoyable in many ways. Of course, it has a variety of Avery's outrageous characters, including the screwy squirrel and others. It also shows Avery's update of classic fairy tales, with Red Riding Hood appearing as a Las... |
