I love this video - the same as the tv special years ago
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This is my favorite version of Alice and Wonderland. I remember watching it as a kid in the 80's - now I have kids and I wanted to get it for them. Even though the effects are not as up to date as what is out there now, this is such a wholesome, wonderful version of Alice and Wonderland and there are a lot of famous cameos.  I hope you enjoy.
4690307
Whats good about alot of these Christmas DVD's that have come out in the last few years is that they present the specials in their original form. One hour TV specials from the sixties and seventies have gone through some edits over the years, most notably the Rankin Bass specials, such as Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, and this: Santa Claus is Comin To Town.

I watched this one on TV the other night with my kid. He really enjoyed it, as it is one of those timeless Christmas shows that every kid loves at Christmas.

But there was an entire musical number cut from the TV presentation. Perhaps you remember when Jessica (the sexy puppet, who eventually becomes Mrs. Claus) has to free Kris Kringle from jail. And in doing this, she is struck with intense liberation and sexual feelings for him, that cause her to let her hair down out of it's bun for the first time ever (she was kind of a stuck up school teacher at the beggining, remember?) and dance around and sing in this psychedelic flower garden-fantasy sequence.

It is the most out of place scene in the movie, and I guess I can understand the network execs desicion in leaving it out (ABC is Disney owned these days) it's probably considered either too controversial, or just too dated,... or the fact that it looks like most cartoon animators in the seventies were on tons of acid, I'm not sure. But at any rate, as somewhat of an obsessive when it comes to small details, I couldn't get over the fact that the scene was just gone. This happens alot lately on TV. I watched Willy Wonka on TV with my kid one time and noticed that the entire psychedelic boat ride scene was chopped.

But thats what really makes the DVDs a good bet with these spcials. I'm a kid of the eighties. I have no real recollection of what the sixties/seventies were all about but I like the style. For you peeps out there that do remember, you should appreciate the uncut renditions of these specials found on DVD. It is the only way to ensure that your kids, and your kids kids, never forget just how flipping strange you people were in the seventies. Thank you. Much love and Merry Christmas. Now put that foot in front of the other and get this thing...
3109999
I was so excited that the China Beach videos are now available. I love therm! The series is like a trip back to the 60's and a whole new series, some 25 years after its production
3545721
I love this video....My aunt actually gave me a copy of this when i was in fifth grade almost 15 years ago....Much props to Amazon for having it available cuz it's brought back so many great memories.  I've been a Gwar fan ever since, but I've only got the Scumdogs of the Universe album.
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Am very glad that I got the chance to buy this series. My husband and I are watching this now. These was back in the good old days when I was growing up and they need more tv shows like this today then what they have now for these kids to watch. We are enjoying every bit of this and it brings back memories !
152822
It's been years since I've seen this episode.  Watching it made me feel young again and remember my childhood fondly.
338810
I bought the set and I'm so happy to get to watch the show all over again brings back lovely memories but it's not the original videos so if you want the authentic videos these are not it
369376
Interesting to see these old videos.  To tell the truth, I had seen only a couple of them before.  I think it is wonderful to take a look back to a time when I was younger, and yes, it was pretty silly.  As an older person now, it is great to see when our generation had our turn to act and dress silly.  Mind you, Pat is a little cutie and can belt 'em out, too.  Nice disc if you want to take a look back.
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Although the Halloween special has been slightly changed, it's still awesome! I am so glad I bought this DVD, I loved these specials as a kid. The Halloween special is the standout, and Christmas was a close second. The Thanksgiving one is funny, too, just not as entertaining to me persoanlly. The Halloween special was recently written on a Cracked article that made me think about how awesome it was to grow up with these and other specials. They were just scary enough to be fun, and the holiday ones were simple reminders to be nice and do good. If you can get your hands on this, please do! You will never regret the purchase!
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One late night my brother called me and said, "You should watch TV right now!". When I turned TV on quickly, Sarah Brightman was singing with her beautiful voice in this wonderful concert. As I really liked the  concert, I started to record it on VCR. However, I could not but buy this  video for my own since I didn't want to miss previous parts. Actually I  bought 3 copies, two of which were for my brother and sister who also love  this concert.
How I love this video! It shouldn't be better. I've already  enjoyed another Andrew's video "Premere Collection", but this one  is a lot better; exciting, absorbing and mersmerising. I do like all the 24  songs and tunes performed mostly with beautiful chorus, exciting dances and  harmonic accompaniment by the great orchestra. In particular, "The  heart is slow to learn" by Kiri Te Kanawa is too beautiful to express  with words. And it's good to see Donny Osmond and Bonnie Tyler again. I  never knew before Glenn Close and Antonio Banderas were such good singers.  And Michael Ball, Elain Paige..... Yes, it's a night of a thousand stars.  Only one thing this concert misses I think is the original Phantom: Michael  Crawford.
How funny it is that my nephew and nieces aged 8 to 10 got  crazy for  Boyzone with the song "No matter what". They are even  eager to learn  English and play the song with their instruments: piano and  violin. (Is there  anyone who can advise me how to get the score?) This  video really is my  family's favorite.
I'd like to urge  "PolyGram" to release this video to DVD very soon. And  thank you  Andrew for your marvelous works!!
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I absolutely love this video!  I felt as though I was returning to Ireland again.  And the music - what can you say?  It's perfect.  The video doesn't have to have a plot and characters; in fact, it's actually better that it doesn't.  You never tire of seeing this again and again, the way you would if it did.  On a scale of one to ten, it's a twenty.  It's perfect.
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I owned a VHS copy of this for several years and it was one of my favorite videos.  It introduced me to Enya and other Irish groups at the time and helped me to see Ireland in a different way as an island because it circled from one end of the island to the other and showed the different sides to the steep cliffs on the west and more gentle ascents on the south, the rough seas of the west and north, then it would go in on fields and photographic pictures of monastery hallways or swoop over castles or stop in on people at a village pub or working in the fields or show the thatch on a house.  Now most of this is showing picturesque and not urban centers, but I loved how it took a photographic approach without narration, so it was like a quilt or slideshow of Ireland.  It spoke for itself and I found it at the time ahead of its time and still do.  I loved bicycling to this at home or using the treadmill with it.  The motion was perfect for that.  I gave the VHS to the library when I moved, but still love this particular video.  I would own it again.  It was the first of the Tapestry series.  The one on Africa was also good.  What you see about it is the land and the people that goes beyond countries and narration.  Africa can also look like an Island.
1479374
One of my all-time favorite "old" shows - glad I purchased and have watched all 8 seasons of commercial-free, high-quality video
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This video and also the cassette tape were developed long before my son was born.  He was given the video as a child from a very dear friend.  We also got the tape and used the songs for Christmas programs at our church.  Over the years the tape wore out so we were so happy to find it on Amazon.  We love it!
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I really enjoyed this video.  It brought back many memories of the TV series.  Tim Allen is a great actor.
2925049
I have been looking for this for ages... Unfortunately, my kids were already too old to appreciate it by the time I found it.  Oh well. I'm just glad to have a copy.  It takes me back to my childhood!  Video quality is great (way better than the VHS I wore out after watching it over and over), and the special features are sort of interesting, including an interview with Tim Noah.
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I've loved this video for years, so much so that I ordered it again recently when I realized that I had loaned it out at some point. The scenery is lovely and the flow is peaceful yet challenging. It's a keeper.