What nobody here seems to realize is that not only are five of these episodes an adaptation of "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold," but also five of them don't even feature Pinocchio or Chirping Cricket at all! These five are based on the movie "Stanley" and feature a man with spectacles whose best friend is an invisible creature who can change shape and teleport him anywhere through his bedroom closet. Eight out of ten for including these bizarre episodes.
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The show is great but I have one problem with it.
jesuselanimadorgrande31 December 2019
The voices were outsourced in Canada. One of the creators Arthur Rankin II was born to a family of actors. I wonder why didn't he voice any of the characters and hire some other US voice actors like Arthur Anderson or Earl Hammond.
Early Stop-Motion Animation From RANKIN/BASS
josephbrando12 December 2007
This series consisting of five minute episodes was the first stop-motion animated show produced by Rankin/Bass, who would later go on to become icons of holiday programming with Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Here Comes Peter Cottontail and Mad Monster Party, just to name a few! The stop-motion animation ("Animagic") is a little primitive but quite charming. The show has lots of 1960's influences including hippie jargon and beatniks. Pinocchio is really cute and each episode finds him getting into trouble and usually being aided by "Cricket". Sometimes, five of the 5-minute episodes were strung together to make one 25-minute show, other times each individual episode was shown as a bumper between Saturday Morning cartoons. This really deserves to find its way onto DVD, hopefully it will.
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