Everybody Rides the Carousel


Everybody Rides the Carousel is a 1976 American independent animated film based on Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. It was directed by John Hubley and written and produced by Hubley and his wife Faith. Among the cast are Meryl Streep, Dinah Manoff, and Lane Smith and other members of the Hubley Family. The film was broadcast on television by CBS on September 10, 1976. Cicely Tyson hosts the special.

Plot

This animated special follows the eight stages of human development, from birth to death, according to Erikson's Eight-Stage [Theory Of Psychosocial Development]. The stages are: trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame and doubt, initiative versus guilt, competence versus inferiority, identity versus role confusion, intimacy versus isolation, generativity versus stagnation, and integrity versus despair.

Cast

Prologue