I certainly agree with you that the original Chip 'N' Dale cartoons
were much better than the later "Rescue Rangers" TV show.
Unfortunately, your choices are somewhat limited at the moment. In the
late 1980s and early 1990s, a nice series of classic Disney cartoon
shorts came out on VHS. Volumes 9 and 12 of the series were
collections of Chip 'N' Dale cartoons of early vintage. The bad news
is that these are no longer being produced. The good news is that they
are not difficult to find on the used-tape market. Below I've listed
quite a few used-tape sources for you, and a couple of merchants who
may have new copies in stock.
"Walt Disney Cartoon Classics, V. 9: Starring Chip 'N' Dale"
Includes:
Working for Peanuts (1953)
Donald Applecore (1951)
Dragon Around (1954)
Half.com
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=1966982&domain_id=1877&meta_id=3
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/6300276988/all/ref=dp_pb_a/103-0434688-0261402
Ebay.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3382924501&category=1163
Ebay.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3383010100&category=1162
"Walt Disney Cartoon Classics, V. 12: Nuts About Chip 'N' Dale"
Includes:
Trailer Horn (1950)
Food for Feudin' (1950)
Two Chips and a Miss (1952)
Half.com
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpidEQ1966986AMPdomain_idEQ1877AMPmeta_idEQ3
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/6301290925/all/ref=dp_pb_a/103-0434688-0261402
"Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale"
Includes:
Two Chips and a Miss (1952)
Chicken in the Rough (1951)
Chips Ahoy (1956)
The Lone Chipmunks (1954)
Ebay.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3383529831&category=1162
I did found one place that advertises a new, unused copy of "Nuts
About Chip 'N' Dale" on VHS:
Wolverine Sports
http://www.wolverinesports.com/disney3.html
And here you may be able to purchase a new copy of "Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale":
MJ Entertainment
http://www.mjentertainment.net/shop/index.jsp?op=dt&id=8531
Here is a useful list of the 24 Chip 'N' Dale cartoons of the '40s and
'50s. This is where I found the dates that I appended to the cartoon
titles listed above:
Magical Ears
http://www.magicalears.com/films/animation/Shorts/chipndale.html
If you'd like a synopsis of a particular title, with some charming
still shots from the cartoons, this is a great resource. Just click on
the name of the cartoon short. You can also download the original Chip
'N' Dale theme music:
Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
http://disneyshorts.toonzone.net/characters/chipdale.html
"Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale" was once issued on an old-style CAV
laserdisk, and it seems likely that Disney will, at some point, bring
out a DVD collection to satisfy the many Baby Boomers who yearn for
the Chip 'N' Dale classics of their childhood. There is, as yet, no
mention of when this is likely to happen. I predict that the "Rescue
Rangers" series will appear on DVD first, since it appeals to a
younger audience; we Boomers will just have to wait our turn.
Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: "disney" + "chip 'n' dale" + "vhs OR dvd"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=disney+%22chip+%27n%27+dale%22+vhs+OR+dvd
I hope this helps you to obtain these wonderful cartoons for your
children! If anything is unclear or incomplete, or if a link doesn't
work for you, please request clarification; I'll be glad to offer
further assistance before you rate my answer.
Best regards,
pinkfreud |
