Festival of Family Classics
Festival of Family Classics is a Rankin/Bass animated anthology series that originally aired between 1972 and 1973. The show originally aired in syndication. It was re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang channel and on 16 June 2011 via the Teletoon Retro network.
Festival of Family Classics is a series of television versions of famous folk tales and classic literature. 16 of the 18 episodes were 20 minutes long. The two 40 minutes-long episodes were split into two-parters, making 20 episodes in total. The episodes were animated by two Japanese animation studios: Mushi Production and Topcraft.
Videos have been distributed by several companies, including Prism Entertainment, Starmaker Video, EBM Group, and DreamWorks Classics. 12 episodes have been released on DVD.
A similar series, Famous Classic Tales, aired on CBS from 1970 to 1984.
List of episodes
| No. | Title | Adapted by | Air date |
| 1 | Yankee Doodle | Fred Halliday | September 10, 1972 |
| 2 | Cinderella | William J. Keenan | September 17, 1972 |
| 3 | The Song of Hiawatha | William J. Keenan | September 24, 1972 |
| 4 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 1 | Richard Neubert | October 1, 1972 |
| 5 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Part 2 | Richard Neubert | October 8, 1972 |
| 6 | Jack O'Lantern | William J. Keenan | October 29, 1972 |
| 7 | Johnny Appleseed | Bob Littell | November 5, 1972 |
| 8 | Around the World in 80 Days - Part 1 | Leonard Starr | November 12, 1972 |
| 9 | Around the World in 80 Days - Part 2 | Leonard Starr | November 19, 1972 |
| 10 | Robin Hood | William Overgard | November 26, 1972 |
| 11 | Puss in Boots | Sandy Glass | December 9, 1972 |
| 12 | A Christmas Tree | Ken Donnelly | December 17, 1972 |
| 13 | The American Legend: Paul Bunyan | William J. Keenan | January 7, 1973 |
| 14 | Swiss Family Robinson | William Overgard | January 13, 1973 |
| 15 | The Sleeping Beauty | Ken Donnelly | January 21, 1973 |
| 16 | The Arabian Nights | Fred Halliday | February 4, 1973 |
| 17 | Alice in Wonderland | Sandy Glass | February 11, 1973 |
| 18 | Robinson Crusoe | William Overgard | February 18, 1973 |
| 19 | Tom Sawyer | Bob Littell | February 25, 1973 |
| 20 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Stu Hample | March 4, 1973 |
Voices
Home media
On VHS:- Alice in Wonderland, Futurevision Ltd., Prism Entertainment )
- Sleeping Beauty
- Snövit och De Sju Dvärgarna
- Tom Sawyer
- The Princess Collection
- Classic Adventures Volume 1
- Classic Adventures Volume 2
- Classic Adventures Volume 3