Magic Paintbrush (McDonald's Family Theater) 2 of 4.avi

The Magic Paintbrush is about an orphan who receives an enchanted brush that makes his paintings real. According to a press release I found, McDonald's Family Theater debuted the cartoon on Thursday, April 22, 1993 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on CBS to mark National Library Week (April 18-24, 1993). (The cartoon is based on a book.)

This version of The Magic Paintbrush contains the McDonald's Family Theater bumpers and PSAs about the value of reading. It just so happens that I don't have the actual McDonald's commercials that aired during the cartoon.




For anyone interested, what follows is my best deduction of the orphans' names based on the credits listing which characters speak and sing in this cartoon.

* Nib - Of course, he's the main character, the boy who receives the magic paintbrush
* Sara - Nib's sister
* Reuben - The boy with the military outfit
* Anthony - The boy with the top hat & umbrella
* Haley - The little girl clutching the doll
* Nicholas - The boy with the harmonica
* "Unicycle Twins" (my own name for them) - They are seen, but they don't speak. They are drawn to sing, but apparently no one performed their specific voices. They are not listed in the credits.

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Film & Animation

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• Magic Paintbrush
• McDonald's Family Theater
• Orphan
• Artist
• Evil
• Greedy
• King