5 Responses to “Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 8 – Holiday Celebration With Mickey & Pals”

• By Baruch Weiss on Mar 12, 2010

  Well it looks like my question regarding why these two “Classic Cartoon Favorites” DVD’s are being released in September has been answered! Anywhey being honest, I do own one DVD of this series and that is called “Starring Chip N Dale” that is because there has never been a Chip and Dale collection on DVD before so i own it despite the bad resterration on all of the cartoons!
  Rating: 1 / 5
• By Mom to 3 3.5 and younger on Mar 12, 2010

  I made the mistake of not watching this before allowing my 3.5 year old to. I don’t consider myself overprotective, but these stories have a kid abusing a dog (Pluto), a kid having his pants pulled down and being spanked over someone’s knee (including showing the kid’s bottom from above), and Donald chasing Chip & Dale with a revolver in the first 2 cartoons among other things. I turned it off after that. Talked to several other friends to see if I was overreacting & they recall seeing that kind of stuff when we were little but all agreed they don’t want their toddlers seeing it anytime soon. Was a little surprised this made it out of Disney especially in today’s day & time….May be okay for older kids, but I don’t really want to explain guns or why it’s not funny/okay to abuse our dogs to my 3.5 year old.
  Rating: 1 / 5
• By Red Wood on Mar 12, 2010

  It’s true that not all the shorts here are technically Christmas related, but neither was the original ‘From All of Us to All of You’, for anyone who goes back far enough to recall this one. It debuted on ‘Walt Disney Presents’(as it was called at that time) back in 1959. Basically, this is one of the earliest Christmas specials for children(predating ‘Mr.Magoo’s Christmas Carol’ and ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’, both from the early 60s). I actually caught it on both ‘The Wonderful World of Disney’(the show’s title during the ’70s) and, later, on the Disney Channel(back when it wasn’t just ‘Saved by the Bell’-styled kiddie shows). ‘From All of Us to All of You’ did offer a currier and ives scene from, I believe, the film ‘Melody Time’(available on DVD). However, no Christmas identification was specifically given to this winter excerpt, borrowed from the previous film, and it oddly didn’t affect the cheerfull holiday mood of the show one bit.
  
  Also, I realize that everything from film to stage theater to the funny papers were far from politically correct in the day, but if that’s all that ‘modern’ parenting has to worry about, turn on ‘Barney’. It’s pathetically annoying and, quite likely, will raise your toddler to become a goofy moron, but it beats having to explain to them that dogs tails are for themselves to wag only, guns are for adults, and cartoons are…well, cartoons.
  Rating: 3 / 5
• By Adam Kruger on Mar 12, 2010

  This collection was terrible. I thought the first cartoon was so so idiotic. Chip and Dale made me laugh a little but the rest made me snore. Buy something else with your money! There are plenty more cartoons; dont waste your time with these simplistic and uninspiring stories.
  Rating: 1 / 5
• By A. Belzinskas on Mar 12, 2010

  I have purchased two other Disney Christmas videos for my three year old son, and he and the whole family enjoys them tremendously. However, I was shocked and disappointed by this video. I am not a conservative person, but I do monitor what my young child watches. And while I may be a little conservative about what he watches, this was really too much. There were several racially derogatory scenes and Donald and the Chipmunks get into a military style battle over popcorn. Some parents don’t mind animated violece, and I will tolerate a scuffle or two, but for me, this was too much. In my oppinion, pass on this video and look into Classic Holiday Stories VOL 9 or Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas. After all, isn’t Chrismas about peace and kindness?
  Rating: 1 / 5

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