DefunctTV: The History of Dumbo's Circus
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In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin looks at The Disney Channel's Welcome to Pooh Corner spin-off, Dumbo's Circus.
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Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed this episode. The topic was actually picked by this year’s Charityland auction winner Craig Jessup! Hope everyone is well and have a great day!
Great pick Craig! I didn't win a charity auction but I'm really hoping for a Eureka's Castle or Today's Special episode someday!
Hey Defunctland can you do a episode of where in the world is carmen sandiego next
Hey defunct land can you do the History of Barney and friends?
Can you do the history of Arthur? That show used to scare me when I was a kid lmao but now I actually love it because going back and watching it, it’s actually pretty funny
Hey Defunctland! Please do a DefunctTV episode about Playhouse Disney’s Jojo’s Circus next!
Turns out Sebastian has the feather because HE IS A LIAR
I remember that episode. I saw it before the movie and it later bugged me. Not to the point I'd lie in bed wondering how come he had the feather in the show. But why it changed colors.
He Tifa'd before Tifa even existed
@@samuelmeasa9283 Someone at the costume dept didn't see the movie
@@SuperWolsey FF7 reference?
Second-best utterance next to "Homosexual fast-dancing"
Kevin....you're sponsored by Topps? Topps is 50% owned by The Tornante Company, owned by Michael Eisner. Defunctland confirmed approved by Eisner.
That's hilarious
Yes
NOOOOOOO
I wonder if he’s seen these videos
@@Awesomesufff an interview with the man himself would be amazing!
"it is revealed that sebastian has the feather because he is a liar" I don't know why but your tone is what really makes these videos I couldn't imagine them being narrated by anyone else
Thank you :)
Of course he'd know liars. He is a Perjurer.
10:03 "The episode ends with the group punishing Sebastian by exploiting his acrophobia."
- cut to wide shot of Sebastian flailing around and being hoisted up by a forklift as everyone points and laughs -
LMAO that deadpan with that visual was amazing. My sides hurt
I like it, instead of forgiving him for doing wrong without any regret or signs of repentance, they actually do make him face punishment for his deeds. It's refreshing when it seems like so much media these days focuses on forgiveness, even when unearned.
Frizzurd 🎵He tried to kill me with a forklift Olé🎵
Mystery theater science 3000 reference, FYI
Old puppets could really just look like anything and no one got nightmares I guess
That isn't always true... Pinwheel, Pinwheel where have you been?
The Muppets spoiled us all!
@@shinyagumon7015 well, just know that in the 1st season of Sesame Street, Big Bird's head looked more like s traffic cone...
@@marcusblackwell2372 Hello! How are you? and May I come in?
@@boxhead8514 I actually don't know that reference. I only know of Pinwheel via CZcams
Thing I remembered from this video:
"What's a zzub zzub?"
"A bee that flies backwards"
Phillip almost, it’s Zug Zug
So, like Gus from Cinderella?
I just had a Banjo-Kazooie flashback, really.
QT: Hey, can I copy your homework?
King Louis: Sure, just don't make it obvious
did you come up with this comment yourself? Whats your favorite Rick and Morty episode dude?
I'll never say a word against *Robin Hood* again.
First off, it's amazing that THIS is where Jim Cummings started his voice acting career.
Second, this series seems like a prime candidate for a Disney+ release.
Personally, I'd rather have it on DVD.
Too bad most episodes are lost though.
Yeah, that was the big mind blow of this episode for me. Jim freaking Cummings started off in Dumbo's Circus of all things.
Well, that's only if people manage to salvage all episodes. Well, they might. Why? Michael Eisner! 😂😂😂😅
Joking but still, it probably will be hard to find them all
if Disney aint got the original sources for the show, then it aint being put on
@@JeskidoYT that's kinda what meant
I still find the actual puppets to be a little offputting, but the concept art is really cool. Has that classic Disney feel to it.
Yes exactly
The way Dumbo's nose moves is unsettling and I can't really explain why.
The eyes, and the movement of the characters is visually uncanny. Avoided the show as a kid. Like Chuck E. Cheese creepy. Btw cool first name.
Off-putting is being overly polite. This could be released as horror without changing anything.
I'll take puppet suits over CGI any day.
"Dumbo's Circus huh? Never heard of it before" (Proceeds to sing the theme song word for word) It's amazing what memories these unlock.
Me at the start of the video: “Dumbo’s Circus? I’ve never heard of it.”
Halfway through the video: “Holy crap, I did see this as a kid! How could I have forgotten this?”
Yeah, I was getting wracked by waves of forgotten childhood memories this WHOLE episode! Thanks for this one, Kevin!
I was thinking that this was the first TV series I ever saw, as it came out when I was 2, but then I remembered that we couldn't afford to pay for Premium channels like Disney, & I most likely watched the reruns in the early 90s when the channel switched to a basic model with commercials in a few states.
I haven't forgotten this show! I watched this as a kid as much as I watched Welcome to Pooh Corner!
For me, the "Oh dang, I do remember this!" came somewhere between the theme song (which promises "Lots of good adventures" and I remember kid-me always thinking, "Just 'good'? Not 'great'?"), the cat lady's greenscreen tightrope act, and Dumbo's whirly eyes, twirly little trunk, and stuffy-nosed voice (still less terrifying than live-action Night King eyes Dumbo).
There's so much shit I forgot seeing as a kid that it's amazing that I do remember it after watching reviews and episodes from TV shows
Pooh's Corner flew so Dumbo's Circus could SOAR!
(not without the feather though)
Disney just paid Kevin to make content.
Let that sink in everyone
Topps. Topps paid Kevin to make content. Topps is the maker of the app and they license Disney for this product, and then would have sponsored Kevin to do the promotion.
More fascinating is that Topps is 50% owned by The Tournate Company, owned by Michael Eisner - a frequent Defunctland target.
@@verminjerky Topps is owned by Tornante Company, whose board member is Michael Eisner.
So you could say Eisner paid for this episode.
As an Aussie, I can confirm "Fair Dinkum" is a cultural phrase. It just means it's the truth.
I find it interesting that Disney doesn't just dump all of these old shows onto Disney+, I could understand them not wanting to spend money converting it to HD but I don't see why they just don't put it on as is.
Some of these old shows are just not very good by modern standards. A bit embarrassing. Not all shows age well.
@@Attmay I'd be surprised (with my admittedly lacking knowledge in video production from the 80s) if they weren't recording the show onto film as opposed to tape, which is much easier and cheaper to digitize and release in an HD format.
@@vylbird8014 Last I checked the plan for Disney+ is to have ALL flims/tv shows owned by Disney to be under one streaming service.
@@daredrogers3884 All the ones they are willing to publicly admit to, anyway. Disney have a brand to maintain, and sometimes they need to maintain that brand by quietly pretending certain things do not exist - either because they are out of step with modern culture, or because they are just very poorly made.
They might've lost the original videos, sadly. There's so much lost media out there, it's kind of depressing to think about it.
It's too bad that a lot of the episodes are lost. This is TV history! And it has it's charm.
There usually be tap dancing in these kind of movies. Oh Lord
Defunctland gives you your daily dose of defunct Disney during quarantine.
These Disney shows were abandoned because they knew the coronavirus would come in 2020. They PREDICTED it!!!
What?
@@pate7899 That's a joke XD.
Perfectly executed as all things should be
Yep. Sebastian the Cat is TOTALLY not Oscar the Grouch. Not at all. Totally an original character singing about how he loves trash.
I have a theory about Oscar the Grouch: he loves trash because he has no nose and thus no sense of smell.
Eh, you probably wouldn't be wrong. There's like one or two grouches that actually have a nose.
Just put them in a room together with Templeton from Charlotte's Web.
@Frizzurd Or _Eureeka's Castle_ co-created & head written by kid's horror guru R.L. Stine (of _Goosebumps_ fame).
They say that if Oscar wasn't already an established character they wouldn't be able to have him and neuer Sesame Street because He's too aggressive for modern children now Actual producers have said that
This show would be perfect for a Disney+ release
W.I.T.C.H. is a more bingeable show, in my opinion
TokenBricks Exactly! I also wanna see Dumbo get an animated sequel/spin-off series on Disney+ called “Dumbo’s Circus Adventures” that takes place after the events of the first movie!
@@carminecdinoproductions I just want this lost media to be found. Their disney, not Nick, lol
I regularly request this show on the app. It is the perfect place to finally unveil the dozens and dozens of lost episodes.
OMG Yes. Disney If You're Watching This, Pull A Adventures In Wonderland And Make This No Longer Lost Media, Just F---ing Release The Episodes Of Dumbo's Circus On Disney+!
Imagine the Star Wars Holiday Special being your main notable credit.
I loved this show! I know my dad made us a VHS tape full of episodes for us to watch when we were little. But then he recorded over it with his stupid wedding. What a travesty.
Was the marriage at least a happy one?
Lilli’s character design reminds me of the white, sexy burlesque mice from _that_ one scene from The Great Mouse Detective...
THAT'S what it was! The entire episode I kept looking at her going, "Man, I feel like I've seen her animated before" and you are So right! I love Great Mouse Detective
I actually remember there being an episode with a love triangle between Lilly, Sebastian, and the dog dude whose name I forget. Seriously.
Makes me think of Cleo from Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats, but bald.
& then Cleo makes me think of Callie from Swat Katz.
Lilli probably awakened things in some kids.
@@tahvohck For me, it awakened the infatuation to female felines......
FACT: The actor who played QT the Orangutan went on to invent the Furby.
Oh god!!!
that’s rlly interesting! lol
Holy moly
OOP-
I- thank you for that info
FORK YOU this show put a song in my head when I was 4 that didn't leave until I was 14! AND YOU REMINDED ME. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Ah Nostalgia. Truly the modern prison.
And now it's stuck in mine too... I hadn't heard it or thought about this show since the 80's...
Hand up if you used to hum Dumbo's Circus theme for years after seeing it.
Put your feeeeet up and step 2 3 4 you're in the big parade....
“Pooh’s Corner will not show reruns on Chinese TV:
Fuck em!
*Dumbo breaks the 4th wall*
@@SuperWolsey hey no cuss words on defunctland
Yeah China is weird when it comes to American cartoon characters. If they're naked or have no pants (like Pooh & Donald Duck) they're considered "porn"...even though they're animal characters. Like for example Garfield (who is a cat) is banned there. But that's only 1 example of why some cartoons get banned in certain places...even here in the US.
@@ToneeRhianRose well also hong kong made fun of mainland china saying the leader looked like pooh n ye
Dumbo sounds like Rudolph. I half expected him to say “I’m independent!” Actually both characters had a physical feature they were bullied for that later gave them magic powers lmao.
Dumbo Didn't Sounds Nothing Like Rudolf He Sounds More Cute
@@alanashy3514HOW DARE YOU-
@@alanashy3514oh wait you mean rudolph was cuter
@@TalpaTulpa i mean dumbo's voice is very beautiful too bad they didn't dub this show in other languages
I was born in 1981. There was a period of time when I was in elementary school when the closing credit music of “Dumbo’s Circus” meant that it was time to go to school. What an awesome episode, great job Kevin, and thanks Craig!
I also have memories of watching *Dumbo* and *Pooh* before school when I was little. Also reruns of *The Mary Tyler Moore Show.*
I never watched "Dumbo's Circus" but when you showed the hand puppets I nearly fell off my bed in shock. Many of those same puppets were used in "The Mother Goose Video Treasury", which I did have on VHS as a child, and a quick IMDb check confirms they had the same producer.
Whoa, this gave me a flashback. I have a memory of a puppet saying "rain rain go away, come again another day, like Thursday or Saturday" (or maybe he said other days of the week.) Pray, kind stranger, do you know if it's from Mother Goose Video Treasury?
@@Claubuza I don't remember that one but looking on CZcams there were a couple different episodes besides the volume we owned so it may have been on one of those.
I think I saw that one years ago is that the one show with mother goose has those three goslings and she tells them the "true stories behind popular nursery rhymes" and they are all puppets?
@@daredrogers3884 No that was Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories. The Mother Goose Treasury volumes featured a combination of hand puppets and human actors, plus Bertram, a giant goose puppet large enough for Mother Goose to ride on.
@@MeganKoumori Thanks for giving the right name for TMGS I've been kinda looking for it for a while.
“If we don’t sell those tickets, we can’t pay the rent.” Since I am a performer, this quote resonates with me so much haha.
Can we just take a second to appreciate how God damn great this entire channel is?
This is one of the most professionally made shows on CZcams. It just feels like something that you would see on actual TV.
90% of the time, I have absolutely zero interest in any of the shows or attractions that are talked about on this channel, like "Dumbo's Circus" for instance, but I still always become invested in every episode of Defunct.
Thank you for such a great channel and series. Keep up the amazing job. And please stat safe and healthy during these hard times.
Man I truly miss this show as a kid and even my Introduction to Jim Cummings himself! ^^
THIS is the one I've been waiting for ever since DefunctTV started! I to this day (I'm 36) can sing every single line to this opening theme song. Few shows stuck with me like this one did. The visuals are just too bizarre to ever forget.
Every time I brought up this show in conversations about kids TV from my youth people looked at me like I was crazy. But it stuck with me for thirty plus years. Glad I’m not the only one.
This was one of a small handful of series he's reviewed we actually grew up on. We'd have been in highschool when the rest came out.
Same. I went to elementary school every day after a morning of Dumbo's Circus, Welcome to Pooh Corner, and Alice in Wonderland.
This channel deserves to be 1000 times more recognized. This is tv quality stuff.
"100 episodes were remain lost."
Someone, get Blameitonjorge on the phone!
And start a The Disney Channel (pre-1996) Appreciation Society
Exactly what I was thinking!!!
or get Disney to release the series on Disney+ I know, that'd be crazy talk to Disney. Disney? having Disney content? on its Disney branded streaming service??!!
Defunctland uploads are just what i need this quarantine season
This was my most favorite show ever from my childhood. SO happy you did this episode. It means so much. If you get the chance, would you please do an episode on Rollie Pollie Ollie?
Y'know, it is interesting how Disney tried to keep their franchises alive even before the Live-action remakes: between video-games, edu-tainment CD-Roms, Spin-offs, TV shows and the Direct-to-video sequels (to which Dumbo was supposed to get one, but it was cancelled).
Only the properties that didn't have any sort of cultural impact are ignored in these experiments like Oliver and Company, Great Mouse Detective, their pre-Tangled CGI movies.
101 Dalmatians did get a resurgence from the public in the 1990s thanks to the two Live-Actions films. The series gained an animated show in 1997, and recently "101 Dalmatians Street" which has a new set of dalmatian hinted to be the offspring of the originals dalmatians.
That's really interesting, almost as interesting as the Disney Junior Lion King Spin-off Lion Guard being directly linked to LK's direct-to-video sequel Simba's Pride.
A whole generation taught to hoard by Sebastian.
At least Dumbo didn't teach kids about "Good touch and bad touch."
wstine79 Oh, but he did. My only memory of an episode of this was Dumbo singing a song about not talking to strangers
Lilli though
tbh we should be teaching kids that. :/ it help keep kids from getting abused. If if abused that they can tell. Adult give kids too many mixed signals ion what is and isnt ok and kids end up being in situations and get abused.. and threats to not tell.
@@azadalamiq True, but I think parents should be the ones teaching them, not a cartoon bear not wearing any pants.
@@jeremyriley1238 parents don't always have the awareness, the knowledge, or the energy. Plus, in some cases parents *are* the ones doing the "bad touch" :/ The more resources kids have, the better. This shouldn't be taboo.
This show was my first introduction to Dumbo. It's likely why I remember him always being able to talk, even in the movie. I'm so excited you covered it!
I definitely saw this before the movie too.
Oh my god, this is totally one of those "did that actually happen" vague childhood memories deep in the back of my mind for decades.
I really hope you eventually get to the Alice in Wonderland show, just to confirm I didn't make the show up in the middle of a 2 year long fever dream when i was a kid.
I vaguely remember that show! I have a very specific memory of watching it while sitting in bed on a Saturday morning during one of the "Disney Channel Free Weeks" that they would have every so often to advertise why you should sign up for the channel.
Adventures in Wonderland.
The rapping Tweedles? Best. Ever.
Thank you for covering this show❤️, I am getting close to turning 39 and have very fond memories of watching this show. It's cool to see it covered and introduced to younger Disney and lost media fans who may not have know about this beloved children's show. Awesome work guys😘
I have the opposite problem from most people, apparently: I remember this show from when it first aired, but I just assumed people never mentioned it because it had maybe a dozen episodes and never really caught on, not because it had fallen off the face of the earth.
Well this is a strange one.
Vary
Boy, imagine your most noteworthy role being "Lumpy in the Star Wars Holiday Special" rip
Katie Leigh and Hal Smith went on to voice the lead characters (Connie and Whit) in Adventures in Odyssey, a Christian radio series. The series began in the late 80's and is still going today with more than 900 episodes to date. Sadly Hal Smith passed away in the 90s but Katie Leigh is still with the show. Will Ryan who is also mentioned during the episode is also one of the main characters throughout the entire series of Odyssey.
Eugene Meltsner! Ah...R.I.P. to Will Ryan.
Wow! I'm shocked! Another video you've made about a lost media wiki article that I made! Like I started this search for this show and I'm so happy people are actually getting some attention to this and maybe it will be found someday
Yeah, Defunctland can be to lost puppet shows what Kenny Lauderdale is to lost anime.
@@LikaLaruku I just meant that he also made a video on my lost media wiki article on Welcome to Pooh Corner (did he make one on bear and the big blue house? I don't remember but I made that article too) and just seeing these lost media cases getting a lot of attention is really special to me because it feels like my efforts did actually matter to people out there and I played a part in helping find what's lost
I’m so glad you covered this! Ever since the video on Welcome to Pooh Corner I kept saying “they gotta talk about Dumbo’s Circus”. I hope more episodes are recovered over time. Great video as always. :)
*Adventures in Wonderland* should be next. That did get video releases and unlike the others had actual humans in it.
It’s crazy how familiar every character’s voice is to me. 😱 I remember loving this show when I was little but I couldn’t have told you any of the character’s names, this was a lovely, nostalgic reminder. Thank you!
3:00 Timothy's running the circus? No, Timothy became Dumbo's agent and signed a Hollywood contract for Dumbo.
As a toddler when this was repeated, I had a crush on Lilly.....
GODDAMN IT, RON MILLER!!! You made me a Furry!!!
I feel ya, same thing happened too me.
ME, TOO. Between her and Robin Hood...
Did they greenlight this before or after he left? He turned in his resignation in September 1984, and even (and especially) with multiple episodes a week it sounds like they'd need more than six months to get from conception to airing.
Seeing her do her tightrope act here, special feelings definitely came flooding back.
@Simple Weirdo 🥺
Disney's always been real bad about releasing their tv shows on home media, but I'm also hoping disney plus will fix this.
1:59
You telling me they'll add this disclaimer to Dumbo but won't do that for Song of the South?
With Song Of The South their solution is to pretend it never exists.
(Except with Splash Mountain)
At least Song of the South still has a Disney Attraction. As far as I know, Black Cauldron hasn't had one since the Mystery Tour in Tokyo.
@@bluekewne That obviously hasn't worked and it didn't make racism go away.
THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD! I still have some episodes on VHS that my mom had taped for me and my siblings
yoooo digitize those while you can
@@madelyncompton318 I really should. They're just sitting in the garage and I need to do something with them
@@princesskristan You can a device that converts vhs to dvd or even digital I have them.
@@littlesongbird1 Oh what do you use? I could use some suggestions
@@princesskristan I was luck enough to get one of those dvd and vcr combos that convert vhs to dvd..you can probably find one second hand..I also have a device that basiclaly lets you hook up a vcr to your computer and convert to digital...so it depends on what you have. Do you have a working vcr?
I've never seen this show, but it makes me irrationally annoyed that even though Timothy was such a good friend to Dumbo they apparently left him out of this show entirely.
Hope you do one on the history of Sagwa and especially Out of the Box.
It's great to finally hear more about this show. This is the kind of experimental stuff I like to see from Disney. I appreciate this a lot more than their more modern approach of buying out and coasting off other properties.
I said it on the Pooh Corner video, and I'll say it here too; that show, this show and Mousercise would actually get me to consider Disney Prime.
My parents had a strict rule that I was only allowed to watch the show if they were out of the room, because they absolutely could not stand it. Watching it as an older kid, it really did seem kind of inane.
I have four ideas for future episodes: Out of the Box, Stanley, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, and Crashbox.
The latter has a bit of a cult following, an educational, unique, and interesting show that used to be on HBO Family. Happily Ever After showcases classic stories in different cultures. Like Goldilocks set in Jamaica. Famous stars like Raven have done the show
I remember that Happily Ever After show. HBO'S cartoons were really neat, but also I don't know a single one that is still talked about today.
I LOVED Crashbox as a kiddo! I'd love to see an episode on it!
Eisner has Spoken!!
Yessss Crashbox! That fat guy with the beans used to terrify me as a child
Lambchop was a popular puppet show that played reruns for decades. That'd be another good one.
I was honored to see my footage of “Sebastian’s Treasure” used here - thank you!
I think he only other show I can really remember from this era is Under the Umbrella Tree. It’d be cool to see an episode on that some day!
I remember that show. I remember specifically an episode where Holly spoofed *My Fair Lady* with a musical number in a costume similar to Eliza Doolittle's and a fake Cockney accent.
I remember this show! Thanks for the nostalgia! 👍🏾
WOOHOO IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEXT EPISODE FOREVER!!
Ahh just what I needed during these uncertain times: nightmare elephants.
Would be great to see one on Adventures in Wonderland. That show was a trip.
The bloopers are golden
He just did one! In going to watch that next
I absolutely loved that show! And the songs were such bangers!
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Such a great episode!!! You should do an episode on Adventures in Wonderland, that weird live action Alice in Wonderland show I thought was a fever dream for the longest time
I LOVED THAT SHOW. it makes me sad that hardly anyone seems to remember it. I wanted to be Alice SO BAD. I *loved* her room and her outfits
Melissa Marquette it’s funny because I had this VHS tape my parents had recorded with Dumbo and Alice and I only remembered because of this episode. But looking up that show man it is so 90’s
@@kendalcuster1010 And it was glorious lol
I loved that show.
Dumbo did speak in the comics for many, many years before.
I was hoping for this as soon as Pooh Corner came out!!
Jeez, feels like I just got hit over the head with the nostalgia stick. I was less than ten years old and remember enjoying it and thinking that Lilli was really pretty.
"Come one, come all" to find out how this interesting take on our fly elephant started one of my favorite channels growing up. Another informative and entertaining video. Keep it up!
The next episode on Disney Channel shows just has to be “The Secret Life of Toys,” right?
I’ve got probably at least 10-15 episodes of Dumbo’s Circus myself. We recorded a lot of Disney Channel free previews from 1992-1996.
We were lucky to have basic cable when I was a kid. I lived for Disney Channel Free Preview weekends.
Omg I wish I would have recorded them as a kid I’d love it if they would release all their episodes I loved this show when I was little. Your lucky to have those 😊
I find it hard to believe that Disney doesn't have the ability to release the full series of both Dumbo's Circus & Welcome to Pooh Corner on video or even Disney+. Surely they have the recordings somewhere in their "vault"...unless they were destroyed. I've heard they have Adventures in Wonderland on Disney+.
I actually remember this show QUITE vividly and for a while it was one of those "Was this a real show or was it a dream I had?" shows. In particular, i remember one of the songs was "Every Lion Ought To Have A Mane" (which I later found out was a parody of "Everybody Ought To Have A Maid" from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) from an episode when Lionel's hair was falling out.
And not to wax nostalgic here, but the subject of this video, plus that recreation of the old Disney Channel logo really brought me back to sitting on my parents' bedroom floor watching Disney Channel on that crappy TV they used to have (which always had a stain on the speaker because I put silly putty on it once).
a lion needs a mane?
Someone on Reddit saw the episode of that one you were talking about and he never got to see the end of the question about if he was losing his fur or something else. He wanted to know how that episode of dumbo's circus ended and he's looked everywhere for an answer as it seems dumbo's circus is lost.
This was the first Disney project that Jim Cummings ever worked on. I wonder why he hasn't been named a Disney Legend yet.
I really love watching the Defunctland Channel and all of its shows.
Oh my god! Two minutes ago!
I saw the new upload from Defunctland and my heart started pounding!
Grace Wenzel iKR?!
I remember this show as a child and I honestly hated it. Everything looked cheap and creepy to me even as a kid. That said, thanks for the video, Kevin. Excellent work as always.
Haven’t watched the dumbo movie since I was a kid
Still the greatest ending of any Disney movie
Tugs at the hearts strings every time I remember it
I did not know Jim Cummings' first role was in this show. Hard to believe that he is still going to this day, even having a role in the DuckTales reboot.
Jim Cummings is legend
If your 40 or younger, Jim Cummings is the voice of your childhood.
Dang, I totally remember this show (and Pooh Corner and the Raccoons, if ever there was a show that could use a DefunctTV episode, its The Raccoons). It's another one of those shows I watched for about only about 6 months in the early early 90s when my family happened to have the Disney Channel for a very brief window. I really remember the closing theme and its visuals specificity.
OH MY GOSH. You just reached way back into the far reaches of my brain and pulled out a memory I had nearly forgotten. Chills. Thank you!
Another staple of my childhood.
I never realized how many eps there was of this series, or that it was lost media.
Ah yes! Jim Cummings’ voice-acting debut! Great video, Kevin! Would you guys be up for covering Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears cartoon in the future?
Hopefully, they'll cover how and why they kept bouncing from a new network to the Disney Afternoon in its last two seasons.
More than likely, this would be part of a marathon dedicated to the shows of the Disney Afternoon block. Also, nice pun!
Aw, this was one of my favorites growing up. I remember one episode where the lion was going on about how much he hated the color red because it made him "jumpin' mad". It's weird the things that stick with you 30 years later.
As I recall, the "feather anxiety" episode involved Dumbo's mother coming to visit and see his show. That was one of the reasons he was so nervous about finding his feather. However, I never got to see if they showed his mother, because the focus on the magic feather bugged me so much that I changed the channel :D.
My memory is about shot, but I do believe there was a Mrs. Jumbo puppet we did get to see on the rarest of occasions. I'm not sure if she was in this episode.
Such a cute looking Thumbnail. 😍
Very interesting! I remember watching "Dumbo's Circus" growing up, as well as The Disney Channel in general. Also, if possible, how about doing an episode on another classic Disney Channel show, "DTV"?
I was 12 years at the time and I'm glad I missed ALL OF THIS. Emmet Otter youth.
I have been waiting for this forever! Thanks Defunct & thanks Craig!!
Maybe it's just me but the concept of digital trading cards seems kind of pointless, part of the appeal comes from having the physical object.
I would have agreed with you at some point, but I've sunk so much time into collecting digital clothing in Love Nikki Dress Up Queen that I've gotta say that some people are into it. And mind you, I just collect what I can get for free. Some people put money into these things.
8:09 that exact freaking spider puppet is used in an old direct to VCR show called Mother Goose Treasury. What the heck 😂
Yup, Wikipedia says that a lot of background puppets from Dumbo went to that show.
@@LikaLaruku Well hey, that's pretty cool.
It’s truly fantastic going through your classic videos. I love all the special wonderful details and memories you find out about old Disney projects, tv shows and rides. Terrific job! This looks like a fantastic series! I hope that Disney rereleases it someday!
Yessss!!! I was wondering how long it was gonna take you guys to get to this! 🤗🤗🤗 THANK YOU!!! Childhood memory!
Even as a small child, it bugged the heck out of me that Dumbo still needed his "magic feather" to fly in this series, contradicting the movie.
Oh man, have I ever been waiting for this! I watched it all the time when I was a kid, then forgot about it for like 20 years aside from occasionally humming the theme to myself and wondering what show it came from. Then it just suddenly sprang back to memory a couple years ago. Same with Pooh Corner.
Quarantine video...MUUUUUUUUCH appreciated. I look forward to your content!!
I used to love this show as a kid and would’ve never been reminded of it without this video! Thank you!