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TaleSpin

  • TV Series
  • 1990–19911990–1991
  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 30m
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7.6/10
15K
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TaleSpin (1990)
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Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book (1967) is cast as a 1930s Pacific Islands bush pilot.Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book (1967) is cast as a 1930s Pacific Islands bush pilot.Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book (1967) is cast as a 1930s Pacific Islands bush pilot.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
15K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,474
1,943
  • Stars
    • Ed Gilbert
    • R.J. Williams
    • Sally Struthers
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  • Stars
    • Ed Gilbert
    • R.J. Williams
    • Sally Struthers
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 35User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

    Episodes66

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    Ed Gilbert and R.J. Williams in TaleSpin (1990)
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    Ed Gilbert
    Ed Gilbert
    • Balooas Baloo…
    66 episodes66 eps • 1990–1991
    R.J. Williams
    R.J. Williams
    • Kit Cloudkickeras Kit Cloudkicker
    42 episodes42 eps • 1990–1991
    Sally Struthers
    Sally Struthers
    • Rebecca Cunninghamas Rebecca Cunningham
    49 episodes49 eps • 1990–1991
    Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    • Don Karnageas Don Karnage…
    48 episodes48 eps • 1990–1991
    Pat Fraley
    Pat Fraley
    • Wildcatas Wildcat…
    31 episodes31 eps • 1990–1991
    Charlie Adler
    Charlie Adler
    • Mad Dogas Mad Dog…
    23 episodes23 eps • 1990–1991
    Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann
    • Dumptruckas Dumptruck…
    23 episodes23 eps • 1990–1991
    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Additional Voicesas Additional Voices…
    17 episodes17 eps • 1990–1991
    Tony Jay
    Tony Jay
    • Shere Khanas Shere Khan
    14 episodes14 eps • 1990–1991
    Janna Michaels
    • Molly Cunninghamas Molly Cunningham
    14 episodes14 eps • 1990–1991
    Jack Angel
    Jack Angel
    • High Marshalas High Marshal…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1990–1991
    Alan Roberts
    • Kit Cloudkickeras Kit Cloudkicker
    11 episodes11 eps • 1990
    Michael Gough
    Michael Gough
    • Colonel Ivanod Spigotas Colonel Ivanod Spigot
    8 episodes8 eps • 1990–1991
    Lorenzo Music
    Lorenzo Music
    • Sgt. Dunderas Sgt. Dunder…
    7 episodes7 eps • 1990–1991
    Michael Bell
    Michael Bell
    • Colonel Groggas Colonel Grogg…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1990–1991
    S. Scott Bullock
    • Ignatius (Ignatz)as Ignatius (Ignatz)…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1990–1991
    Danny Mann
    Danny Mann
    • Additional Voicesas Additional Voices…
    5 episodes5 eps • 1990
    Hal Rayle
    • Ice Cream Manas Ice Cream Man…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1990–1991
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Originally, the role of Baloo was supposed to go to Phil Harris, who had voiced the character in The Jungle Book (1967). However, during the first recording session, it was found that Harris, who was by then eighty-five-years-old, had aged to the point where he could no longer do the voice successfully, and the role was performed by veteran voice actor Ed Gilbert instead.
    • Goofs
      On some episodes, the front door to Hire for Higher opens the opposite way the front door normally opens.
    • Quotes

      Baloo: If it's got wings I can fly it! Sometimes even if it doesn't.

    • Alternate versions
      In the original two hour pilot "Plunder & Lightning",there was a song where Rebecca sang a lullaby to Molly while Kit listened in. It was most likely edited out due to time restraints when it divided into a four part episode for syndication.
    • Connections
      Featured in Animation Lookback: Walt Disney Animation Studios Part 5 (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Spin It
      Words and Music by Michael Silversher (as Silversher) and Patty Silversher (as Silversher)

      Produced by Robert Kraft

    User reviews35

    Review
    Top review
    One of the best and last
    I was born in '83 so I was lucky enough to be old enough to love and appreciate the old incredible Disney Cartoons from the nineties.

    The nineties were truly the best decade for animated series. Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, Duck Tales, and Tale Spin were only a few of some of the best cartoons ever made.

    While today's animated series are derivative, fluffy, shallow, and pretty dumb, these shows were epic, fun, entertaining, adventurous, funny, and exciting.

    Suffice to say they were three-dimensional cartoons. They never talked down to kids and always took them on one incredible adventure after another. Disney has never been able to re-capture such imagination.

    In this spin off from "The Jungle Book"'s most popular character Baloo, he stars as a lazy, self-centered but adventurous pilot who unwittingly gains responsibility stumbling upon Kit, an orphan. He teams up with Kit, a young cub who calls Baloo "papa bear". Their relationship is one of the main reasons to watch this show.

    Baloo's airplane is then lost and is then bought back by small business woman Rebecca Cunningham and her daughter Molly who buys the plane and hires Baloo as a cargo pilot setting up the cargo business "Higher for Hire". They all form an uneasy relationship but grow fond of one another as they go from one exciting adventure to another.

    Watch for an excellent cast of supporting characters including wildkat the odd mechanic, Shere Khan another Jungle Book character as an intimidating and powerful business mogul, and the pirate Don Karnage who's a mix of Blackbeard the pirate and Ricky Ricardo.

    Inspired by "Indiana Jones" and old time adventure serials, this swashbuckling, episodic, animated serial show gave me some of the best memories of my childhood and truly took kids on memorable adventures.

    Check it out if you get the chance, it's a can't miss.
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    • Jun 10, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Toon Disney
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Käpt'n Balu und seine tollkühne Crew
    • Production company
      • Disney Television Animation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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