Richards Favorite Videos

Quack Pack was a cartoon that debuted in September 1996 as a part of the Disney Afternoon weekday afternoon programming block. It lasted for one season that comprised 39 episodes.

Called the “Real” Ghostbusters so as not to be confused with the Filmmation Ghostbusters franchise.

Eek and Annabelle go for a picnic in the park, Elmo enters a race and Sharky stays at home watching Platinum wrestle on TV.

Featuring some While E Coyote type shenanigans and some decent parodies of American Gladiators (Patriotic Warriors) and of course the title being a parody of Chariots of Fire.

Rasputin rules Russia by hypnotizing the czar and suffers from a toothache. The Warner Brothers (and sister) comes to help.

Rough English Translation:

Let’s go, Animaniacs!
C’mon, act nonsensically!
Once laughter begins
It cannot be stopped!
Go, Animaniacs!

We’re the Warner Brothers
I’m the Sister, Dot!
Our movie job makes us cheery.
We like to do things at the spur of the moment
But keep getting caught.
Let’s sneak away slyly and wreak havoc!

Go, Animaniacs!
Yakko’s along with Dot
When Wakko makes us complete
We have nothing to fear.
Go, Animaniacs!

Pinky and the Brain’s
Sinister plot.
Goodfeathers also are fired up
With an outrageous
Group of friends.
We’ll ignore the libretto and perform without rehearsal.

Go, Animaniacs!
We’ve entered into a contract
So anything goes.
C’mon, act nonsensically!
Indeed, we
Are too much to handle
(But we’re cute!)
Animaniacs
begins!

From 1959, Soviet Union. A beautiful adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. It’s the only one that doesn’t replace the Black Goblin character that lives in the cigar box, and keeps the full 3 acts of the story and keeps the tragic ending.

Regrettably though, the best part of the story’s ending is not shown: the next day the maid is cleaning the fireplace and finds the remains. Of the ballerina, only ash, and of the soldier, a lump of tin that had melted in the shame of a heart.

The ending is also changed from the Andersen original in that the paper ballerina is not gusted into the fire by chance, but willingly leaps to her death so she can embrace her love before they both are engulfed by the flames.

I’ve watched the end a hundred times and go back to play it again every once in awhile. It’s just flipping beautiful. His calling out to her while he melts. Her sadness which turns to resolve as she knows the choice she wants to make (very much like the Titanic scene where Rose gives a long stare back at Jack as she is lowered in the lifeboat and decides to jump back onto the sinking ship where they embrace to meet their doom together). Everything about it is great. The cuts back and forth between in the fire and safe on the table. The anguish of the black goblin after she makes her final choice. He loses. But in a way, they all lose.
If only they included the melted heart ending, it would be a 5 star rendition.