Gene Deitch

Celebrate the most enduring team in animation history with a collection fans will want to chase and catch! This highly anticipated release includes all thirteen of the Gene Deitch produced shorts that fans and collectors will surely want to own.

When George, a dog, is told to bark he says "meow", "oink", "quack-quack, " and "moo." It is up to the vet to help George gets his bark back. (1st work) The story explores just what firefighters and firedogs do all day and night. Dot knows exactly what to do when the alarm bell rings at the fire station. When she goes to a burning building, the firemen aren't the only ones saving lives. (2nd work) Harry is determined to lose his new sweater. He tries...

Harold wants to take a walk in the moonlight so he draws a moon with his purple crayon. Plus 6 more stories: A Picture for Harold's Room; Harold's Fairy Tale; The Swineherd; Time of Wonder; The Foolish Frog; and Drummer Hoff.

The story of the day-to-day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero. And why not? She walks on walls, sees in all directions at once, and can really fly.

(1st work) By the light of the Halloween moon: In this cumulative story, a host of Halloween spooks are drawn to the tapping of a little girl's toe. (2nd work) What's under my bed?: Grandpa tells his two young houseguests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination. (3rd work) Teeny-Tiny and the witch-woman: A boy outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.

Click, clack, moo: A bunch of literate cows go on strike after Farmer Brown refuses to give in to their typed demands of electric blankets when the barn gets too cold. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. The Pigs' wedding: all the pigs must get cleaned up for the big wedding. Hendrika, a Dutch cow, wants to visit the city. Charlie needs a cloak: When Charlie's old cloak becomes torn and...

Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot, " warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their food. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!

Animated presentation of 3 fairy tales retold by James Marshall.

"George likes to please his mother, but when she tells him to bark he says "meow" and "quack-quack" and "oink" and "moo"--Until she takes him to the vet, who finally figures out what's going on with George. Or does he?"--Container insert.