Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun, Vol. 1

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Daughter LOVES it!, 2008-02-09
My 5 year old daughter had me renting this everytime we went to the video store, so I finally broke down and bought the series. If your child loves Mickey and all the characters...they will play this one over and over....its actually quite cute.

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A collection item, 2008-01-26
I was looking for the DVD edition of 1946 Walt Disney cartoon about Prokofieff's famous 'Peter and the wolf' and could not find it in an individual edition, like the previous VHS release. Fortunately it was available in this wonderful collection of other classics by Disney. It is a collector item and a must for all Disney lovers.

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Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun, Vol. 1, 2007-04-07
the old cartoons--brought back great memories--better than advertised on amazon

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Sweet, classic fun, 2007-03-24
These "It's a Small World" DVDs use classic Disney cartoons to take viewers around the world. They're not geography lessons, but they do make a fun complement to Disney's "The Little Einsteins." br / br /Originally shown in theaters, the cartoons feature bright animation atop gorgeous watercolors. And though they are often filled with sight gags, they're never the least bit cynical. Destinations on this "Volume 1" disk include Argentina, the Netherlands, Australia and Africa: br / br /A boy finds a flying donkey and enters it in a horse race in the charming "The Flying Gauchito," a cartoon the whole family will enjoy. Kids will crack up at the donkey; adults will like how the off-screen narrator controls the action -- and often changes his mind. br / br /All ages will also like the Pluto cartoon "In Dutch." Pluto's expressive face is irresistible when he gets embarrassed, cries and gets a sneaky idea. When Pluto meets a cute girl dog he gets so smitten his face nearly transforms into Goofy's! The plot has a simple arc any child can understand: Pluto and the girl are first treated unfairly by authority figures (they accidentally ring a Netherlands city's emergency bell and get banished from the village) but eventually become the town heroes. br / br /Pluto steals the show in his appearence with Mickey Mouse, "Mickey's Down Under." As Mickey battles an angry ostrich, Pluto tries to catch a boomerang which seems to have a mind of its own. Once it gets stuck in his mouth, Pluto's hilarious facial expressions will tickle a viewer of any age -- even a teenager. br / br /The other cartoons are pretty good, too. Goofy's "African Diary" combines silly animals with even sillier sight gags (the Goof does fire his rifle point blank at a rhino, though miraculously it doesn't get hurt). Grandparents, or perhaps great grandparents, will love sitting in on "A Cowboy Needs a Horse." It's set in a 1950s suburban home that, if you've been to Walt Disney World, combines the retro waiting area of the `50s Prime Time Cafe with the eye-popping color of It's a Small World. And everyone will succumb to the catchy theme song. The plot? A young boy's dream-like vision of what it's like to be a cowboy. br / br /A modern Japanese short, "Grievance of a Starmaker" plays out like an ancient folk tale. When a depressed starmaker (Mr. Hoshi) takes his stars out of the sky -- because pollution has ruined their beauty -- a young boy (Yasu) volunteers to clean them. As a reward, the boy gets "a future as bright as the stars." The cartoon was originally produced in Japanese but you'd never know it: the only voice comes from an off-screen (and now, American) narrator. Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation in 1992, the film's rich compositions are some of the best things that outfit has done. br / br /The set has one weak link. A tiny elephant lives in constant danger of being killed in the scary, if slow-paced, "Goliath II," a cartoon in which the characters look lazily similar to those in earlier feature films. The crocodile is identical to the one in "Peter Pan." br / br /Disney collectors often dismiss these DVDs because the cartoons often contain dust marks and other signs of age -- frustrating since the company cleaned up the shorts for the earlier "Walt Disney Treasures" series. But frankly that shouldn't discourage you. To a preschooler -- or anyone watching on a backseat DVD player -- it won't matter. br / br /Also check out Walt Disney's It's a Small World of Fun, Vol. 3.

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The Truth About What Is On It's A Small World Of Fun, Volume One, 2006-02-22
On May 16 get ready to see an all new fun collection of Disney shorts named It's A Small World Of Fun, Volume One. The animated shorts on this disc are The Flying Gauchito (1943), In Dutch (1946), Goliath II (1960), Mickey Down Under (1948), African Diary (1945), A Cowboy Needs A Horse (1956) and Grievance Of A Starmaker. The run time is fifty-four minutes. There are no bonus features or introductions for this DVD. The Japanese short Grievance Of A Starmaker is making it's debut in English on this DVD.