Festival of Family Classics (1972)

Directed by

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Genre

anthology series

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

classicnostalgicwhimsicallightheartededucationalfamily-friendlysimpleanimated

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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