Disney's Coyote Tales

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Disney's Coyote Tales is a television special that aired on the Disney Channel on March 24, 1991. It is an extended remake of the Disneyland anthology series episode "The Coyote's Lament", using archive footage of said episode as bridging material plus an addition of classic cartoons not included in The Coyote's Lament to extend its original 50-minute runtime to a total run-time of 1 hour 25 minutes.

Plot

Through redubbed footage of The Coyote's Lament, the coyote's relationship with man and dog is shown from the coyote's point of view, as seen in various Disney cartoons, where through this Bent Tail Junior's young son learns to be proud to be who he is - a coyote.

Featured cartoons

• Camp Dog
• Beezy Bear (*)
• Lambert the Sheepish Lion (*)
• Pests of the West
• The Whalers (*)
• Good Scouts (*)
• Sheep Dog
• The Ugly Duckling (*)
• Pluto's Fledgling (*)
• Goliath II (*)

(*) - New addition to the film, originally not included in The Coyote's Lament

NOTE: The Coyote's Lament also originally featured the cartoons "The Legend of Coyote Rock" and "Primitive Pluto", both which are not included in this film. Also originally found in The Coyote's Lament but omitted from this extended film version are live-action wraparound sequences hosted by Walt Disney.

Voice Cast

• Jim Cummings - Bent-Tail the Coyote, Bent-Tail Junior

Archive footage (from shorts only)

• Pinto Colvig - Goofy, Pluto
• Billy Bletcher - Bent-Tail the Coyote
• Clarence Nash - Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie
• Jimmy MacDonald - Humphrey the Bear, Bear, Wolf, Orville the Baby Bird, Tick-Tock the Crocodile, Raja and Lambert Lion
• Bill Thompson - J. Audubon Woodlore
• Sterling Holloway - Narrator, Mr. Stork
• Kevin Corcoran - Goliath II
• Barbara Jo Allen - Goliath II's mother
• Reta Shaw - Eloise
• Paul Frees - The Mouse and Goliath I