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Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated television film starring many characters from several animated television series at the time of its release.[1] Financed by McDonald's, Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, it was originally simulcast for a limited time on April 21, 1990 on all four major American television networks (by supporting their Saturday morning characters): ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, and most independent stations, as well as various cable networks.[2][3] McDonald's released a VHS home video edition of the special distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, which opened with an introduction from President George H. W. Bush, First Lady Barbara Bush and their dog, Millie. It was produced by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and Southern Star Productions, and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions. The musical number "Wonderful Ways to Say No" was written by Academy Award-winning composer, Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, who also wrote the songs for Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Promotional poster
GenreSocial guidance film
Written byDuane Poole
Tom Swale
Directed byMilton Gray
Marsh Lamore
Bob Shellhorn
Mike Svayko
Karen Peterson (supervising)
Voices of
Music byRichard Kosinski
Sam Winans
Paul Buckmaster
Bill Reichenbach
Bob Mann
Guy Moon
Alan Menken
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRoy E. Disney
ProducerBuzz Potamkin
EditorJay Bixsen
Running time32 min.
Production companiesMain:
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
Southern Star Productions
Release
Original networkABC
NBC
Fox
CBS
USA Network
Syndication
Original release
  • April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21)

The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael, a young teenage boy who is using marijuana as well as stealing, and drinking alcohol. His younger sister, Corey, is worried about him because he started acting differently which becomes a concern for their parents (who are also starting to notice his changes). When Corey's piggy bank goes missing one morning, her cartoon toys come to life to help her find it. After discovering it in Michael's room along with his stash of drugs, they proceed to work together to do an intervention and take him on a fantasy journey to teach him the risks and consequences a life of drug abuse can bring.

Plot

In Corey's room, an unseen person steals her piggy bank off her dresser. The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf, who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room (Alf from a framed picture, Garfield from a lamp, Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve, Winnie the Pooh from a stuffed animal, Baby Kermit from an alarm clock, and Slimer who passes through a wall).

Alf, Garfield, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore track down the thief and discover that it is Michael, Corey's brother. Alvin opens a box under his bed and Simon identifies its contents as marijuana. Meanwhile, Corey expresses her concerns about his change in behavior, causing him to storm out of the house. The cartoon characters realize that something must be done about his addiction and they set off after him, leaving Pooh behind to look after Corey.

At the arcade, Michael smokes pot with his old "friends" and "Smoke", an anthropomorphic cloud of smoke, who try to convince him to try harder drugs. They run out and are chased into an alley by a police officer, who is revealed to be Bugs Bunny wearing a police officer's hat. He traps Smoke in a garbage can and uses a time machine to see when and how Michael's addiction started. It turns out that it did so through peer pressure by some older high school kids. After he has returned to the present, he meets up with his "friends" and they decide they want to do some crack. He is hesitant until one of them steals his wallet. He and Smoke chase after her, until they fall down a manhole and meet up with Michelangelo, who tells them that the drugs are messing up his brain. Baby Kermit, Baby Miss Piggy, and Baby Gonzo take him on a tour of the human brain. There, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and Tigger join the rest of the cartoon characters in trying to teach him the many "Wonderful Ways to Say No".

Michael wakes up in his room, believing the whole thing to be nothing but a nightmare. Corey walks in and tries to talk to him, but he loses his temper and angrily yells at her, nearly breaking her arm and hurling her to a wall. He comes to his senses and tries to apologize to her, but she runs out frightened. Smoke appears and tells him he did the right thing, but he is not sure. Saddened, he looks at himself in a small mirror and is shocked to see Alf looking at him. Alf grabs him and pulls him into the mirror. Inside a hall of mirrors, Alf shows him his reflection of how he is today, then the one if he does not stop taking drugs: an aged, corpse-like version of himself. When he insists that he could quit if he wants to and that he is in charge of his own life, Alf takes him to see the "man in charge". He is horrified to see that it is Smoke.

Corey and Pooh go back into Michael's room and find his box of marijuana. Smoke appears, throws Pooh into a cabinet, and starts tempting Corey into trying it. She believes that if she does so, then maybe she and Michael could have fun together like they used to before he started doing drugs.

Meanwhile, the drug-induced carnival in Michael's mind leads him to Daffy Duck who reads his future in his crystal ball - after failing to read it from a bowling ball - and it is a sicklier version of himself than before. After one last warning from the cartoon characters, he, now ashamed of himself and his drug addiction, comes back into his room just in time to stop Corey from using the drugs herself. He tells her that he never wants to see her end up like him, and admits he was wrong for using them in the first place, though he is unsure if he can change despite his obvious desire to do so. She advises him to talk about his problems with her and their parents. Smoke tries to persuade him otherwise, but he grabs him and throws him out the window, as he feels that he has "listened to {him} long enough". After falling in a garbage truck, Smoke vows to return, but all of the cartoon characters appear on a poster on Michael's wall as a reminder to always say no when confronted by drugs. He releases Pooh from the cabinet and smiles down at Corey as they go talk to their parents about his drug addiction.

Characters

The characters, from 10 different franchises, are:

Voice cast

The various character owners licensed them freely due to the public service aspect of the special.[4][5]

The special marked the first time the characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were voiced by someone other than Mel Blanc, who had died shortly before the production,[6] prompting Warner Bros. to enlist Jeff Bergman in his place.[7]

Broadcast

The special was screened in Australia in November 1990. Like the U.S. broadcast, it aired simultaneously on Australia's major commercial networks (Seven Network, Nine Network and Network Ten). Prime Minister Bob Hawke introduced the Australian screening.[8] It was screened in New Zealand in December on both TV One and Channel 2 simultaneously. Prime Minister Jim Bolger introduced it instead of the U.S. president. It was screened in Canada on the CBC, CTV, and Global Television Networks and most independent stations shortly after its original U.S. broadcast, although all of the characters had their respective shows aired on either CTV or Global but not CBC. Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney introduced it. The special was broadcast in Brazil in 1994, as Rede Manchete made Portuguese Brazilian dubbing in Herbert Richers Dubbing Studios.

In the United States, all superstations and a handful of independent stations (mainly in selected cities) aired the special, but some stations aired the special at a different period during the week the special aired on the Big Four stations and a number of cable networks. Superstations WPIX in New York City, WGN-TV in Chicago, KTLA in Los Angeles, KTVT in Dallas, WKBD-TV in Detroit, KHTV in Houston, WVTV in Milwaukee, KSTW in Tacoma/Seattle, and KWGN in Denver premiered the special at the same time the big four networks and cable systems premiered, with St. Louis' KPLR-TV premiered the special two hours later after its television premiere. New York's WWOR-TV and Boston's WSBK-TV would later premiere the special the following morning on April 22.

References

  1. ^ "Cartoon special: Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network, independent and cable outlets". Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1990. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Bernstein, Sharon (April 20, 1990). "Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue,' an animated feature on drug abuse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon". The New York Times. April 21, 1990. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Sharon (April 20, 1990). "That's Not All, Folks—Cartoons Join Drug War: Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue', an animated feature on drug abuse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  5. ^ Gerstenzang, James; Decker, Cathleen (March 3, 1990). "Bush Praises TV for Enlisting Cartoon Heroes in War on Drugs President's visit: He brings his anti-drug message to Southland entertainment executives and schoolchildren". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  6. ^ Flint, Peter B. (July 11, 1989). "Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2008. Mel Blanc, the versatile, multi-voiced actor who breathed life into such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester and the Road Runner, died of heart disease and emphysema yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81 years old.
  7. ^ "Jeff Bergman". behind the voice actors. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  8. ^ Toons join the drug war! TV Week, November 3, 1990

External links

  • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue at AllMovie
  • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue at IMDb
  • Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue at The Big Cartoon DataBase
  • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue: joint hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on an entertaining way of enlightening children about the dangers of substance abuse, April 19, 1990

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Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated television film starring many characters from several animated television series at the time of its release 1 Financed by McDonald s Ronald McDonald Children s Charities it was originally simulcast for a limited time on April 21 1990 on all four major American television networks by supporting their Saturday morning characters ABC CBS NBC and Fox and most independent stations as well as various cable networks 2 3 McDonald s released a VHS home video edition of the special distributed by Buena Vista Home Video which opened with an introduction from President George H W Bush First Lady Barbara Bush and their dog Millie It was produced by the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences Foundation and Southern Star Productions and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions The musical number Wonderful Ways to Say No was written by Academy Award winning composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman who also wrote the songs for Disney s The Little Mermaid Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin Cartoon All Stars to the RescuePromotional posterGenreSocial guidance filmWritten byDuane PooleTom SwaleDirected byMilton GrayMarsh LamoreBob ShellhornMike SvaykoKaren Peterson supervising Voices ofRoss Bagdasarian Jr Jeff Bergman Townsend Coleman Wayne Collins Jim Cummings Joey Dedio Danny Goldman Georgi Irene Janice Karman Aaron Lohr Jason Marsden Don Messick Lorenzo Music Laurie O Brien Lindsay Parker George C Scott Russi Taylor Frank Welker Joe RanftMusic byRichard KosinskiSam WinansPaul BuckmasterBill ReichenbachBob MannGuy MoonAlan MenkenCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerRoy E DisneyProducerBuzz PotamkinEditorJay BixsenRunning time32 min Production companiesMain The Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences FoundationSouthern Star ProductionsReleaseOriginal networkABCNBCFoxCBSUSA NetworkSyndicationOriginal releaseApril 21 1990 1990 04 21 The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael a young teenage boy who is using marijuana as well as stealing and drinking alcohol His younger sister Corey is worried about him because he started acting differently which becomes a concern for their parents who are also starting to notice his changes When Corey s piggy bank goes missing one morning her cartoon toys come to life to help her find it After discovering it in Michael s room along with his stash of drugs they proceed to work together to do an intervention and take him on a fantasy journey to teach him the risks and consequences a life of drug abuse can bring Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Voice cast 4 Broadcast 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditIn Corey s room an unseen person steals her piggy bank off her dresser The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room Alf from a framed picture Garfield from a lamp Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve Winnie the Pooh from a stuffed animal Baby Kermit from an alarm clock and Slimer who passes through a wall Alf Garfield Alvin Simon and Theodore track down the thief and discover that it is Michael Corey s brother Alvin opens a box under his bed and Simon identifies its contents as marijuana Meanwhile Corey expresses her concerns about his change in behavior causing him to storm out of the house The cartoon characters realize that something must be done about his addiction and they set off after him leaving Pooh behind to look after Corey At the arcade Michael smokes pot with his old friends and Smoke an anthropomorphic cloud of smoke who try to convince him to try harder drugs They run out and are chased into an alley by a police officer who is revealed to be Bugs Bunny wearing a police officer s hat He traps Smoke in a garbage can and uses a time machine to see when and how Michael s addiction started It turns out that it did so through peer pressure by some older high school kids After he has returned to the present he meets up with his friends and they decide they want to do some crack He is hesitant until one of them steals his wallet He and Smoke chase after her until they fall down a manhole and meet up with Michelangelo who tells them that the drugs are messing up his brain Baby Kermit Baby Miss Piggy and Baby Gonzo take him on a tour of the human brain There Huey Dewey and Louie and Tigger join the rest of the cartoon characters in trying to teach him the many Wonderful Ways to Say No Michael wakes up in his room believing the whole thing to be nothing but a nightmare Corey walks in and tries to talk to him but he loses his temper and angrily yells at her nearly breaking her arm and hurling her to a wall He comes to his senses and tries to apologize to her but she runs out frightened Smoke appears and tells him he did the right thing but he is not sure Saddened he looks at himself in a small mirror and is shocked to see Alf looking at him Alf grabs him and pulls him into the mirror Inside a hall of mirrors Alf shows him his reflection of how he is today then the one if he does not stop taking drugs an aged corpse like version of himself When he insists that he could quit if he wants to and that he is in charge of his own life Alf takes him to see the man in charge He is horrified to see that it is Smoke Corey and Pooh go back into Michael s room and find his box of marijuana Smoke appears throws Pooh into a cabinet and starts tempting Corey into trying it She believes that if she does so then maybe she and Michael could have fun together like they used to before he started doing drugs Meanwhile the drug induced carnival in Michael s mind leads him to Daffy Duck who reads his future in his crystal ball after failing to read it from a bowling ball and it is a sicklier version of himself than before After one last warning from the cartoon characters he now ashamed of himself and his drug addiction comes back into his room just in time to stop Corey from using the drugs herself He tells her that he never wants to see her end up like him and admits he was wrong for using them in the first place though he is unsure if he can change despite his obvious desire to do so She advises him to talk about his problems with her and their parents Smoke tries to persuade him otherwise but he grabs him and throws him out the window as he feels that he has listened to him long enough After falling in a garbage truck Smoke vows to return but all of the cartoon characters appear on a poster on Michael s wall as a reminder to always say no when confronted by drugs He releases Pooh from the cabinet and smiles down at Corey as they go talk to their parents about his drug addiction Characters EditThe characters from 10 different franchises are The Smurfs Papa Smurf Brainy Smurf Hefty Smurf Although Smurfette is seen on the poster and VHS cover she actually does not appear in the special ALF The Animated Series ALF Garfield and Friends Garfield Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin Simon Theodore The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh Tigger Muppet Babies Baby Kermit Baby Miss Piggy Baby Gonzo The Real Ghostbusters Slimer Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Wile E Coyote is mentioned but not seen but his time machine was used by Bugs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo Although he appears in the special he is not shown on the poster or VHS cover DuckTales Huey Dewey and LouieVoice cast EditThe various character owners licensed them freely due to the public service aspect of the special 4 5 The special marked the first time the characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck were voiced by someone other than Mel Blanc who had died shortly before the production 6 prompting Warner Bros to enlist Jeff Bergman in his place 7 Jason Marsden as Michael Paul Fusco as Alf Ross Bagdasarian Jr as Alvin and Simon Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Wayne Collins as Additional Voices Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Townsend Coleman as Dad and Michaelangelo Joey Dedio as The Dealer Georgi Irene as Additional Voices Janice Karman as Theodore Danny Goldman as Brainy Smurf Frank Welker as Slimer Hefty Smurf and Baby Kermit Aaron Lohr as Additional Voices Joe Ranft as Additional Voices Don Messick as Papa Smurf Lorenzo Music as Garfield Laurie O Brien as Mom and Baby Piggy Lindsay Parker as Corey George C Scott as Smoke Russi Taylor as Baby Gonzo Huey Dewey and LouieBroadcast EditThe special was screened in Australia in November 1990 Like the U S broadcast it aired simultaneously on Australia s major commercial networks Seven Network Nine Network and Network Ten Prime Minister Bob Hawke introduced the Australian screening 8 It was screened in New Zealand in December on both TV One and Channel 2 simultaneously Prime Minister Jim Bolger introduced it instead of the U S president It was screened in Canada on the CBC CTV and Global Television Networks and most independent stations shortly after its original U S broadcast although all of the characters had their respective shows aired on either CTV or Global but not CBC Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney introduced it The special was broadcast in Brazil in 1994 as Rede Manchete made Portuguese Brazilian dubbing in Herbert Richers Dubbing Studios In the United States all superstations and a handful of independent stations mainly in selected cities aired the special but some stations aired the special at a different period during the week the special aired on the Big Four stations and a number of cable networks Superstations WPIX in New York City WGN TV in Chicago KTLA in Los Angeles KTVT in Dallas WKBD TV in Detroit KHTV in Houston WVTV in Milwaukee KSTW in Tacoma Seattle and KWGN in Denver premiered the special at the same time the big four networks and cable systems premiered with St Louis KPLR TV premiered the special two hours later after its television premiere New York s WWOR TV and Boston s WSBK TV would later premiere the special the following morning on April 22 United States ABC USA Network CBS NBC FOX Univision Telemundo Nickelodeon MTV Disney Channel Lifetime TBS TNT Syndication PBS participating stations Australia Seven Network Nine Network Network TenNew Zealand TV One Channel TwoCanada CBC CTV Global Radio Canada TVA TQS Canadian syndicationBrazil Rede Manchete source ABC George H W and Barbara Bush anti drug message promo source source source source source source 7 Network Bob and Hazel Hawke anti drug message promoReferences Edit Cartoon special Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network independent and cable outlets Los Angeles Times April 19 1990 Retrieved August 24 2010 Bernstein Sharon April 20 1990 Children s TV On Saturday networks will simulcast Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue an animated feature on drug abuse Los Angeles Times Retrieved August 24 2010 Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon The New York Times April 21 1990 Retrieved August 29 2010 Bernstein Sharon April 20 1990 That s Not All Folks Cartoons Join Drug War Children s TV On Saturday networks will simulcast Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue an animated feature on drug abuse Los Angeles Times Retrieved January 22 2011 Gerstenzang James Decker Cathleen March 3 1990 Bush Praises TV for Enlisting Cartoon Heroes in War on Drugs President s visit He brings his anti drug message to Southland entertainment executives and schoolchildren Los Angeles Times Retrieved January 22 2011 Flint Peter B July 11 1989 Mel Blanc Who Provided Voices For 3 000 Cartoons Is Dead at 81 The New York Times Retrieved June 26 2008 Mel Blanc the versatile multi voiced actor who breathed life into such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny Woody Woodpecker Daffy Duck Porky Pig Tweety Pie Sylvester and the Road Runner died of heart disease and emphysema yesterday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles He was 81 years old Jeff Bergman behind the voice actors Retrieved 6 June 2014 Toons join the drug war TV Week November 3 1990External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue Film portal Television portal United States portal 1990s portal Cartoon portal Cannabis portalCartoon All Stars to the Rescue at AllMovie Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue at IMDb Cartoon All Stars To The Rescue at The Big Cartoon DataBase Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue joint hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on the Judiciary One Hundred First Congress second session on an entertaining way of enlightening children about the dangers of substance abuse April 19 1990 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue amp oldid 1146079246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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