American Legends DVD

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 6:56 am

Are there only 4 shorts featured and can anybody tell me whether they are shown on any other Disney releases, perhaps as bonus features, etc?

Thanks.

Prince Adam · Post by **Prince Adam** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:20 am

I know that Johnny Appleseed is a segment of "Melody Time", but that's all I know of.

Chernabog · Post by **Chernabog** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:56 am

"John Henry" is only availible on this DVD

"Paul Bunyan" is availible on the ordinary videorelease Favorite Stories: Paul Bunyan, not on another DVD

"Johnny Appleseed" is availible on all releases of the feature film Melody Time

"The Brave Engineer" is availible on the ordinary videorelease Cartoon Classics: Volume 12: Disney's Tall Tales, not on another DVD

This is up to today in USA, as far as I know about - hopefully this will change in the future since AMerican Legends not is a very good DVD.
They have erased the main and end titles to every short - so they are not fully complete, as I see it.

Hope this helps!

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 6:31 pm

Thanks a lot, I think I'll hold off on this dvd than, Johnny Appleseed was the only short I really cared about anyways. Are these considered Silly Symphonies btw?

feedmelinguini · Post by **feedmelinguini** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:03 pm

STASHONE wrote:Thanks a lot, I think I'll hold off on this dvd than, Johnny Appleseed was the only short I really cared about anyways. Are these considered Silly Symphonies btw?

No. All of these shorts have been released as "specials," meaning without a series designation. Johnny Appleseed was first part of Melody Time, then rereleased (I believe) without any particular series being named. They are all post-Silly Symphonies shorts.

Lon

feedmelinguini · Post by **feedmelinguini** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:07 pm

feedmelinguini wrote:
STASHONE wrote:Thanks a lot, I think I'll hold off on this dvd than, Johnny Appleseed was the only short I really cared about anyways. Are these considered Silly Symphonies btw?
No. All of these shorts have been released as "specials," meaning without a series designation. Johnny Appleseed was first part of Melody Time, then rereleased (I believe) without any particular series being named. They are all post-Silly Symphonies shorts.

Lon

P.S. Please see Patrick Malone's excellent Disney Animated Short site at http://www.teemings.com/shorts/disney/index.html for more about series designations.

feedmelinguini · Post by **feedmelinguini** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:11 pm

STASHONE wrote:Thanks a lot, I think I'll hold off on this dvd than, Johnny Appleseed was the only short I really cared about anyways. Are these considered Silly Symphonies btw?

No. All of these shorts have been released as "specials," meaning without a series designation. Johnny Appleseed was first part of Melody Time, then rereleased (I believe) without any particular series being named. They are all post-Silly Symphonies shorts.

Lon

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 5:48 am

feedmelinguini wrote:
feedmelinguini wrote: No. All of these shorts have been released as "specials," meaning without a series designation. Johnny Appleseed was first part of Melody Time, then rereleased (I believe) without any particular series being named. They are all post-Silly Symphonies shorts.

Lon
P.S. Please see Patrick Malone's excellent Disney Animated Short site at http://www.teemings.com/shorts/disney/index.html for more about series designations.

It's already in my favorites list.

spies13 · Post by **spies13** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:09 pm

Given the fact that Disney loves to double dip and repackage their cartoons, does anybody want to see an American Folk Heros DVD featuring such cartoons as Casey at the Bat, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Peter and the Wolf, Johnny Appleseed etc....I know that all these shorts are out on DVD already but i kind of would like to see them all on one DVD.

orestes. · Post by **orestes.** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:43 pm

Well they sort of have a DVd like that out but it doesn't contain all that you mentioned...

...maybe they could come out with American Legends 2.

dvdjunkie · Post by **dvdjunkie** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:43 am

Orestes, you beat me to it. Yeah, I own this DVD and it is pretty cool. I think that a volume two might be in order, but I am sure that Disney has other plans for a way to milk us out of our hard-earned cash. Let's sit back and see what rolls off the Disney money-making machine next.

jamminjake245 · Post by **jamminjake245** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:45 am

That looks really intresting. Maybe more releases will be scheduled.

jebsdad · Post by **jebsdad** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:46 am

I would like the contents of Disney's American Legends (DAL) to appear elsewhere - hopefully a Walt Disney Treasures set.

I seriously hate the format of DAL due to the credits being deleted - I still have my video copy of John Henry from the Disney Channel because the start of the short is missing due to the missing credits, including part of the opening song.

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