Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the May 8 article: Jim on Film at <a href="News-ID180300.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID180300.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By DZNYGUY11 Would love to see the ones you mention Jim, my wife would absolutely KILL for Family Band. I owuld love to get my hot little hands on a copy of Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow. Cmon Disney...get these titles out to the public!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By BrnardM Say Jim, you said that Dick Van Dyke was in three Disney movies, what was that other one? Also I too liked Those Calloways.
Originally Posted By TENORDRUMMER I would love to see the release's of the following Disney Movies: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Son of Flubber The Monkey's Uncle The Misadventures of Merlin Jones In Search of the Castaways The Apple Dumpling Gang The Boatniks The Shaggy Dog
Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations Jim, I agree with your idea, especially concerning "Third Man on the Mountain". I think that Disney could make some real money with their higher quality classic films. MB
Originally Posted By mgmguy Two of my favorites are Snowball Express and Bon Voyage.Are they available on DVD?
Originally Posted By Jim Tenordrummer, many of the titles on your list have recently been available. See below: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (not) Son of Flubber (I believe this was fairly recently) The Monkey's Uncle The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (Both of these were made available in the later 90s--you still might be able to find copies) In Search of the Castaways (You probably won't find copies of this, but it was available for much of the 90s) The Apple Dumpling Gang (currently available). The Boatniks (I think available through Anchor Bay or Columbia--also available from Disney mid-90s) The Shaggy Dog (This was available, still may be). Hope that helps!
Originally Posted By pecos bill Lots of gems out there just waiting to be seen by a whole new generation, and the older one too! I am a big Third mountain fan, but would love to see all of these titles available. I think Song Of The South will make it out there eventually.
Originally Posted By usmclass I agree with all of Jim's choices.... of course, he didn't bother to mention SONG OF THE SOUTH, probably since he did a full article on it not too long ago. I also would like to see the DISNEY'S TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES released as a box set..... like the Disneyland set was(but with better promotion). Also, there were several episodes that took place in Disneyland (like the 25th Anniversary) that were left out of the Disneyland set.... I would like a completer set, thank you! The Mickey Mouse Club was released at one time on VHS...I could like to see a good representation of TMMC on DVE.... maybe a full week of shows plus the intros and some episodes of the short serials they had, THE BOYS OF THE WESTERN SEAS, THE ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY, THE HARDY BOYS, And ANNETTE.......or at least the intros and an overview of each. But, like many others, My BIG passions will always be the True-life adventures and the PARK.
Originally Posted By BrnardM Forgot about Crusoe, thanks, and I am also a fan of boatniks. That one is so funny!
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh "I owuld love to get my hot little hands on a copy of Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow." Just wanted to second this. But the tile should be "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh".
Originally Posted By mgmguy Thank you MADHATTER.I think Bon Voyage is one of the most overlooked Disney classics of all time.Is it safe to say that most if not all of these will make their way to DVD eventually?
Originally Posted By TheMadHatter >> Is it safe to say that most if not all of these will make their way to DVD eventually? << I wouldn't hold my breath on that. ;-) I'd be happy if they did some of the ones that were ONLY released on VHS. I've got most of the LD ones (ie. "Song of the South", "The One and Only...", "Third Man on the Mountain" as well as others.) But they really need to release some of the more hard to finds. "Bon Voyage" for one, as well as "Gnome Mobile", "Dr. Syn, alias the the Scarecrow" (BTW, that is the title of the movie version, the 3-part WDP version is "Scarecrow of Romney Marsh"), "Adv. of Bullwhip Griffen" as well as many others. These tapes are getting old, and expensive. They won't last much longer. I'm even willing to buy (dare I say it) P!ss & Sh!t... err Pan & Scan versions of these movies. That's just my opinion, others may vary.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby I heartily agree with Jim on all these choices, but especially a DVD and CD of "The One & Only, Genuine Original Family Band" ... what a lost classic.
Originally Posted By saddegen A movie I would LOVE to see re-released is "FOLLOW ME BOYS" starring Fred McMurray & a young "Whitey". Can you help me with this? It was released once upon a time, but . . .
Originally Posted By jpj You've probably already run into this but one thing I've had luck with is with consolidation in the industry a lot of mom and pop video stores have gone the way of the dinosaur. While this makes unique titles harder to rent it brings a lot of old tapes on the market if you can find out how they are liquidated. Some sell straight from the shop, some wind up in used video retail specialty shops, some end up in the sale racks of larger video stores. The same applies when older stores begin to devote more of their space to dvds. I've gotten older releases of Family Band, Merlin Jones, Wonderful World of Disney and others this way for nice prices. It's not dvd, it's used, but it's better than nothing. Plus, have you ever held a 80s era video cassette in your hand compared to a current VHS tape? It's like holding a brick! The cover art and cases are nice. I've worked in the broadcast industry for a good number of years and my feeling is the quality of video tape and vcr manufactured a decade or more ago is quite superior to most of what you get off the shelf today so you're usually in o.k. buying an older or used tape.
Originally Posted By -em I have been on a quest to watch all the old disney movies my goal right now is all up to 1967 and I have less than 16 left -- 5 have never been on video and of the rest- 4 of those I'm having a rough time finding (Legend of Lobo, Ten Who Dared, Bon Voyage, Jungle Cat) Of those Ive seen I would love Toby Tyler, Follow Me Boys, Emil and the Detectives, and Miracle of the White Stallions -em
