Melody Time (DVD, 2000, Gold Collection Edition)

I bought this DVD just for the Johnny Appleseed portion. I remember watching this in grade school and I loved it. It was one of my favorites that we used to always watch along with the "Im no fool" series with Jiminy Cricket. This is a classic when God was actually still allowed in school and we had prayer every morning with the pledge of allegiance. This movie references going to heaven, praise to the Lord with a song "The Lord is good to me", a guardian angel, and Johnny Appleseed is portrayed as a vegeterian. I cant wait to watch this with my granddaughter. Im surprised that it was still available do to its religious references. An awesome video..you will love it.

I use to belong to a film club and purchase and show films in the house. I came across this title and bought it and enjoyed it immensly. The Technicolor and the amount of drawings to accomplish the complex display on the screen were very impressive. I later found out that the Disney Studio's were in financial problems and this was the last in a series of features that contained several songs and stories. I was very impressed by the amount of color and live action with Donald Duck and Ethel Smith at the organ sequence. And who does not like Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers. It is very enjoyable short feature with a variety of items to please most people.

One of our all time Disney favorites. Enjoyable for the whole family, adults and kids. Very nostalgic and I got this as an extra copy to share with others.

MELODY TIME, one of the three Disney DVDs of animated music (or four, if you count FANTASIA). Most of it is animated, that is. For some reason, Ethel Smith is there in person, playing the organ for one piece (“Blame It on the Samba”), and Roy Rogers and a cast of too many are around for “Pecos Bill” segment. Some are very clever; some are drawn out way too long.

There are three bonus cartoons, “Casey Bats Again,” “Donald Applecore” and “Lambert, The Sheepish Lion,” amusing single entries not from the movie. Most of the creations work. (Donald Duck, as always, is totally unintelligible.) Voice talent isn't mentioned in the shorts.

It's strange that Donald Duck is the sole figure on the cover of the DVD case, since he appears only in one of the bonus features and not in the movie itself.

Still, it's a piece of Disney history and certainly well worth buying and watching.

Bought it specifically for the Johnny Appleseed cartoon for my son's class. And these cartoons bring back happy childhood memories! Thanks Disney!

I but vhs videos for my autistic grandson. They have become harder to find, especially here in the southeast. I have been able to supply him with his favorite music on the Melody Time vhs. He cannot speak clearly but he can sing along with the songs on the old Disney tapes and it is a delight for me to hear him. The tape was in excellent condition and he will get a lot of use from it.

I was really disappointed with the Pecos Bill feature. The part where Pecos Bill rode the Tornado was cut out, it was very obvious that it was taken out, and I wanted this complete as it was originally made. It really angered me to find that it had been cut.

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