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Walt Disney
"Disney's Halloween Treat"

Season 29

Number 6

Episode information

Original airdate

October 30, 1982

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"Disney's Halloween Treat" is a 47-minute Halloween-themed clip show which first aired on Walt Disney in 1982 and featured a compilation of Disney animated shorts involving spooky or supernatural themes as well as excerpted segments from Disney feature films. The credits also featured footage from the Haunted Mansion ride. It was narrated by a talking jack o'lantern, which was also used in an educational short to talk about Halloween safety called "Disney's Haunted Halloween". The opening and closing credits feature a colorized version of the 1929 Silly Symphonies short, "The Skeleton Dance", as well as its own theme song, sung in the credits. The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt with music by John Debney.

It was shown throughout the 1980s up until the mid-1990s. It was also released on VHS in 1984, but has not been released on any subsequent format since, nor is it available on Disney+.

Voice Cast

Hal Douglas - Jack O'lantern
Hans Conried - Magic Mirror

Segments

Madam Mim - The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Night on Bald Mountain - Fantasia (1940)
Clip of Pluto's Sweater (1949)
Clip of Mickey's Parrot (1938)
Donald Duck and the Gorilla - Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie (1944)
"Pluto's Judgment" sequence, consisting of three individual Pluto cartoons assembled together
- Puss Café (1950)
- Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
- Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
Captain Hook - Peter Pan (1953)
Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmatians (1961)
The Evil Queen as Old Hag - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Si and Am - Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Headless Horseman - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Trivia

In 1983, this program would serve as the inspiration for A Disney Halloween, which aired in 1981, and ran on the Disney Channel for many years (it also contained footage of Disney's Greatest Villains). It would open and close with the same theme song as this one, as well as feature the colorized version of "The Skeleton Dance".

Gallery

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+|next       = "[[No Deposit, No Return]]"}}"'''Disney's Halloween Treat'''" is a 47-minute Halloween-themed clip show which first aired on ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Walt Disney]]'' in [[1982]] and featured a compilation of Disney animated shorts involving spooky or supernatural themes as well as excerpted segments from Disney feature films. The credits also featured footage from the [[Haunted Mansion]] ride. It was narrated by a talking jack o'lantern, which was also used in an educational short to talk about Halloween safety called "[[Disney's Haunted Halloween]]". The opening and closing credits feature a colorized version of the [[1929]] [[Silly Symphonies]] short, "[[The Skeleton Dance]]", as well as its own [[Disney's Halloween Treat (song)|theme song]], sung in the credits. The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt with music by [[John Debney]].
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-}}[[File:Disneys_Halloween_Treat.jpg|thumb|250px|The cover to the VHS release]]
-"'''Disney's Halloween Treat'''" is a 47-minute Halloween-themed clip show which first aired on ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' in [[1982]] and featured a compilation of Disney animated shorts involving spooky or supernatural themes as well as excerpted segments from Disney feature films. The credits also featured footage from the [[Haunted Mansion]] ride. It was narrated by a jack o'lantern puppet, which was also used in an educational short to talk about Halloween safety called "[[Disney's Haunted Halloween]]". The opening and closing credits feature an orange colorized version of the [[1929]] [[Silly Symphonies]] short "[[The Skeleton Dance]]", as well as its own theme song, sung in the credits. The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt with music by [[John Debney]].
-It was shown throughout the 1980s up until the mid 1990s. It was also released on VHS in [[1984]], but has not been released on DVD.
+It was shown throughout the 1980s up until the mid-1990s. It was also released on VHS in [[1984]], but has not been released on any subsequent format since, nor is it available on [[Disney+]].
 ==Voice Cast==
-*[[Bob Holt]] - Jack-o'-lantern, Narrator
+*Hal Douglas - Jack O'lantern
+*[[Hans Conried]] - Magic Mirror
 ==Segments==
-*[[Madam Mim]] - ''[[The Sword in the Stone (film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' ([[1963]])
+*[[Madam Mim]] - ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'' ([[1963]])
-*[[Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria|Night on Bald Mountain]] - ''[[Fantasia (film)|Fantasia]]'' ([[1940]])
+*[[Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria|Night on Bald Mountain]] - ''[[Fantasia]]'' ([[1940]])
-*Clip of "[[Pluto's Sweater]]" ([[1949]])
+*Clip of ''[[Pluto's Sweater]]'' ([[1949]])
-*Clip of "[[Mickey's Parrot]]" ([[1938]])
+*Clip of ''[[Mickey's Parrot]]'' ([[1938]])
-*"[[Donald Duck and the Gorilla]]" - [[Donald Duck]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] ([[1944]])
+*''[[Donald Duck and the Gorilla]]'' - [[Donald Duck]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] ([[1944]])
-*"Pluto's Judgment" sequence, consisting of three individual [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] cartoons assembled together
+*"Pluto's Judgment" sequence, consisting of three individual [[Pluto]] cartoons assembled together
-**"Puss Café" ([[1950]])
+**''[[Puss Café]]'' ([[1950]])
-**"[[Cat Nap Pluto]]" ([[1948]])
+**''[[Cat Nap Pluto]]'' ([[1948]])
-**"Pluto's Judgment Day" ([[1935]])
+**''[[Pluto's Judgement Day]]'' ([[1935]])
-*[[Captain Hook]] - ''[[Peter Pan]]'' ([[1953]])
+*[[Captain Hook]] - ''[[Peter Pan (film)|Peter Pan]]'' ([[1953]])
-*[[Cruella De Vil]] - ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' ([[1961]])
+*[[Cruella De Vil]] - ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]'' ([[1961]])
-*[[The Evil Queen]] as Old Hag - ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' ([[1937]])
+*[[The Evil Queen]] as [[Old Hag]] - ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' ([[1937]])
 *[[Si and Am]] - ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' ([[1955]])
 *[[Headless Horseman]] - ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'' (1949)
+==Trivia==
+*In [[1983]], this program would serve as the inspiration for ''[[A Disney Halloween]]'', which aired in [[1981]], and ran on the [[Disney Channel]] for many years (it also contained footage of ''[[Disney's Greatest Villains]]''). It would open and close with the same theme song as this one, as well as feature the colorized version of "The Skeleton Dance".
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center">
+-disney-halloween-treat-03.jpg
+-disney-halloween-treat-04.jpg
+-disney-halloween-treat-05.jpg
+-disney-halloween-treat-06.jpg
+Disneys_Halloween_Treat.jpg|Cover to the VHS release
+</gallery>
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