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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 10:18:58 EST
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From: Daniel Dern 


We turned up an obscure gem in the Children's section of the local
video rental store:

   WHERE THE TOYS COME FROM

This is an animated documentary/entertainment, detailing the quest of
two of those little $1.98 wind-up toys to discover where they (and
all other toys) come from.  They ask their owner (as a child, they can
talk with one another).  They go to the toy museum, the store, and
ultimately, to the factory in Japan.

This is high on charm.  The animation is stop-action or simply voice-overs
to toys doing their normal thing, I suspect.  It's surprisingly delightful.
The chief animator's father worked for Disney.  For children of all ages.

This reminded me faintly of Mike Jitlov's Disney/Mickey Mouse short with
all the Mousiana -- except, of course, without the mind-boggling, sensory
overloading attack on the boggled mind.  Are there any Jitlov tapes being
released?

Also: 3 episodes of the Prisoner are being released, on a single tape.
Wa-hoo!

Daniel Dern
ddern@bbn.arpa