Originally Posted By alexbook I rented "Make Mine Music" yesterday, and I was surprised to see that the video has been edited not only to fit the screen, but also "for content." I'm curious if anyone knows what content was edited out? If it makes a difference, it was a "Gold Collection" videocassette.
Originally Posted By DlandDug A complete segment, The Martins and the Coys, has been edited from most recent releases of Make Mine Music. The segment features comic hillbillies who spend the entire cartoon shooting each other. There has also been a bit of digital tweaking of the side of a coed's breast in All the Cats Join In. When the girl emerges from the shower, you could originally see more than you can in present releases. That's all I know about. <a href="http://www.geocities.com/disney_laserdiscs/0110.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/disne y_laserdiscs/0110.html</a>
Originally Posted By DAR I never understood the cutting of that entire segment in MMM when plenty of Disney films have featured: Villians falling to their death: Snow White Beauty and the Beast Hunchback? Villians turning into monstrous creatures and then being run through with pointy objects: Sleeping Beauty Little Mermaid And let's not forget some films like Atlantis(coolest death ever by a villian)Treasure Planet and the Incredibles in which several characters meet their demise.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Hard to say whether the alarms are raised over the gunplay, or because the Martins and Coys are offensive stereotypes. Bear in mind that villains tend to fall to their death, or meet a somewhat "fantasy" demise. People shooting each other to death is a little too close to reality these days.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs ^^^The reason for the Martins and the Coys editing was indeed for the violence. I think it had to do with the school shootings that happened a few years ago (ie Columbine), and this was when Disney was starting to release more and more of their films (MMM, Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Melody Time). Saludos Amigos and Melody Time have also been tweaked a bit: Pecos Bill and Goofy were smoking cigarettes in their respective shorts and those sequences were removed...although it IS okay to show Pinocchio, Lampwick, Foulfellow, Baltus van Tassel, The Caterpillar, Captain Hook, Cruella De Vil, Merlin, Sykes, Grimsby and Ratigan smoking. And I just can't resist...to expand on DAR's list, here are the Villains whom we have lost throughout the years: IN MEMORIAM -The Evil Queen/Hag: Fell to her death -Maleficent: Stabbed -The Horned King: Sucked into the Black Cauldron/disintegrated -Professor Ratigan: Fell to his death -Sykes: Killed in a car/train accident -Ursula: Impaled -Percival C. McLeach: Fell to his death -Gaston: Fell to his death -Scar: Attacked/eaten by hyenas -Frollo: Fell to his death -Shan Yu: Killed in a fireworks explosion -Clayton: Accidentally hung himself -The Jack-in-the-Box: Thrown into a fireplace -Commander Lyle T. Rourke: Crystallized and exploded/blew up PIXAR -Hopper: Eaten by a family of birds -Syndrome: Sucked into a jet turbine/blew up With the exception of the Evil Queen and Maleficent, all the Villains until 1985 survived; most of them were "never seen again".
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Pecos Bill and Goofy were smoking cigarettes in their respective shorts and those sequences were removed<< Adult Pecos had a cancer stick in most of that cartoon, which was photoshopped out, frame by frame. A verse of his song got axed completely.
Originally Posted By basil fan Every time I watch Casey at the Bat, it seems as if a little bit is snipped out. There is a place where one of the Bimbettes, that is, one of Casey's female fans aims her hatpin at the ref. It looks as though there ought to be more of this, but maybe not. Does anyone have the Timeless Tales version so we can compare? For Disney Girls Only <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/girls.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/girls.html</a>
Originally Posted By alexbook The feuding families sound familiar. Is it possible that this was reissued to theaters in the 1960's with the Hatfields still in there? Maybe that's why I'm so messed up today, from seeing all that violence as a kid. ;-)
Originally Posted By mawnck >>The feuding families sound familiar. Is it possible that this was reissued to theaters in the 1960's with the Hatfields still in there?<< It aired on the Disney Channel several times. The DVD release was the first time it had been snipped, AFAIK.
Originally Posted By Inkan1969 I'm glad I recorded the movie before they edited it. If only Disney would release an unedited version, perhaps marketed to collectors.
Originally Posted By basil fan That's why I never bought Make Mine Music on DVD--I'm waiting for the uncut version. Disney Mouse Tales <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/mice.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/mice.html</a>
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 You might have seen the shorts as stand-alone items too. They were broken up from all the package films and shown seperately with the rest of the Disney cartoons. I know I saw the Hatfiels and the Coys that way along with Mickey & Donald shorts.
