The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show open/close

[PumpkinKingMatt]

This is so bad compared to Disney, I'm going to favor it! XP

[CosmicFunkOSMOSIS]

Man, I HATED that little "Daisy" girl!! Got on my nerves every Saturday (at 9:30--that's when RD&MT aired). Glad you uploaded though, 'cause I haven't seen it since the first run. Looooooong Time.

[XimenaConstanza]

Haha, I hated her toooo!!!!!! It was sooo desperant!

I didn't remember she did that cause she loved him though, I just thought she was pushing his buttons XD

[unscrewthis1]

It came back, I was 7 then.

[7DARKHELLS]

Please post some episodes please.

Specially the one where he was bullied by another dragon!

[bigg3469]

Paul Cloker Jr (of MAD Magazine fame) did the charater designs for this fantastic show "The Reluctant Dragon & Mr Toad". series

[meusapi]

I liked the music...

[RJRanke]

I did,too.I did see this show,wondering if any of the cartoons would be faithful to Kenneth Ghrame's original concepts.i can't remember any that were.

[wiley207]

Didn't Mushi Studios also do some of the animation for the "Heathcliff" cartoon series by DiC in 1984? I recall seeing that name in the credits

[bakertoons]

Mushi is probably best known for "Astro Boy."

The studio was founded by Osamu Tezuka, mostly to animate his manga properties. Eventually, they started animating other people's manga. Before it went bankrupt in 1973, they also animated this for Rankin/Bass (along with Frosty the Snowman)

[wiley207]

This obviously appears to be animated in Japan, judging by the slower frame rate than most standard American cartoons. Was "Tales of the Wizard of Oz" also animated in Japan?

[toontracker]

Yes, this was animated in Japan. "Tales of the Wizard of OZ" was animated in Canada.

[wiley207]

OK. I can kinda tell if a cartoon was animated in Japan because they have a slower framerate that is common in various Anime cartoons (at least until the 2000s).

[MrStereo10]

"Tales of the Wizard of Oz" was animated at Crawley films in Ottawa. Sadly the studio no longer exists. A friend of mine actually had a summer job painting cels of the muchkins!

[MightySaturn5]

do you have the intro to the Mr Toad show?

[ShunGuan]

Aww, I was expecting the RD to be a bit more dainty than this. :) Shame they massacred the Disney version from way back when.

[radamail]

LOL! It just occurred to me that the dragon probably vaporized that poor girl with the daisies into ashes.

[Montork]

absolutly charming, i love the dragons hair stile

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

By the way, the Rankin/Bass TV frame logo was shown at the end of all Christmas specials.

[oquinori]

Estelar!!!!!!

[tifosabella]

I have to admit I liked Paul Coker Jr's MAD Magazine installments more than these weird-ass low-budget cartoons. Though Messrs. Rankin and Bass have a lot to do with that. Not without its charm though.

[heine71]

These are the color opening/closing "Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show" credits since I have seen them in B&W in 4 R.D.A.M.T.S. 1/2 hour episode w/o/c prints on the trading circuit!

[MIGHTOR2007]

Excelent cartoon too!!! Can you upload some episode of King Kong Cartoon, Rod Rocket or Colonel Bleep??? Are you Mr. Ron Kurer, webmaster of the Toon Tracker Site???

[toontracker]

Yes.

[KeijiKG]

I love Paul Coker Jr.'s art

[boru25]

So thats the cartoonists name? It kinda looks like anime with buck tooth cuteness> Very interesting video!

[KeijiKG]

Well, most Rankin-Bass properties are animated in Japan. Mostly different studios. Reluctant Dragon is probably one of the few that wasn't handled by TopCraft.

[radamail]

Heh. Yeah, the buck tooth "wide-eyed kid on Christmas morning" look of many of the Rankin-Bass characters really hooked me into watching a lot of them. I still enjoy catching the cartoons when I have a chance.

[wiley207]

I don't get it why many Rankin-Bass characters had buck teeth :P

[KeijiKG]

Paul Coker had that way of making characters.

[SteveCarras]

Yeah, he's familiar if you read a Hallmark cark or a Mad magazine.

[cbrubaker]

Thanks for posting!

Do you have any "Clint Clobber" cartoons?