Underplayed Gems

Festival of Family Classics (1972)

Festival of Family Classics poster
Directed by
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Genre
anthology series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 20 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a collection of short animated movies based on famous folk tales and classic books. Each episode tells a different story like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Around the World in 80 Days.

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What happens

Festival of Family Classics is a Rankin/Bass animated anthology 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. The episodes were animated by two Japanese animation studios: Mushi Production and Topcraft. Videos have been distributed by several companies, including Prism Entertainment, Starmaker Video, EBM Group, and DreamWorks Classics. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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