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Famous Classic Tales

Season 1 1967 - 1992

  • 1970-11-01T05:00:00Z on CBS
  • 42m
  • 1d 8h 28m (42 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation
Famous Classic Tales is a series that airs cartoons from production companies such as Filmation, Rankin-Bass, Ruby-Spears, Air Programs International, Hanna-Barbera, Hanna Barbera Australia, and Southern Star Group. Famous Classic Tales was shown on CBS, and distributed by Kids Klassics Home Video and Storybook World. It had cartoons from API's Family Classic Tales. Featured cartoons included adaptions of classic literature such as Gulliver's Travels, Treasure Island, Black Beauty, Moby-Dick, and many others. The creation of a series of animated features based on classic children's stories was conceived by Jack Thinnes, Media Director at Sive Advertising in Cincinnati, Ohio. The series was created for a Sive client, Kenner Products, and each program was fully sponsored by Kenner on CBS Television Network on Sunday, late afternoon or early evening, during the prime toy selling season before Christmas. The idea to use classic children's books sprang from Thinnes' viewing of a two minute demo of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which was produced by Walter Hucker's studio, API, of Sydney, Australia. API was purchased later by Hanna-Barbera Studios after Thinnes introduced the owners of the studios to one another. After the series ran on CBS for nearly ten years, it was moved into local syndication by Sive's syndication department. However, their adaptation of A Christmas Carol was such a favorite that it continued to run on the network for fifteen years.
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44 episodes

Series Premiere

1970-11-01T05:00:00Z

1x01 Tales Of Washington Irving

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Series Premiere

1x01 Tales Of Washington Irving

  • 1970-11-01T05:00:00Z — 46m

Based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving

1970-11-29T05:00:00Z

1x02 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

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1x02 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

  • 1970-11-29T05:00:00Z — 1h 13m

This animated version updates this classic story to a modern day Connecticut factory worker who is transported back in time to the year 528 and the days of the court of King Arthur.

1970-12-13T05:00:00Z

1x03 A Christmas Carol

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1x03 A Christmas Carol

  • 1970-12-13T05:00:00Z — 53m

An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

1971-11-14T05:00:00Z

1x04 The Legend Of Robin Hood

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1x04 The Legend Of Robin Hood

  • 1971-11-14T05:00:00Z — 46m

1971-11-28T05:00:00Z

1x05 Treasure Island

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1x05 Treasure Island

  • 1971-11-28T05:00:00Z — 45m

1972-01-02T05:00:00Z

1x06 Travels of Marco Polo

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1x06 Travels of Marco Polo

  • 1972-01-02T05:00:00Z — 47m

1972-11-19T05:00:00Z

1x07 Robinson Crusoe

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1x07 Robinson Crusoe

  • 1972-11-19T05:00:00Z — 47m

Based on the original novel by Daniel Defoe.

1972-11-26T05:00:00Z

1x08 The Prince and the Pauper

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1x08 The Prince and the Pauper

  • 1972-11-26T05:00:00Z — 46m

Based on the original story by Mark Twain.

1973-09-23T04:00:00Z

1x09 The Count Of Monte Cristo

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1x09 The Count Of Monte Cristo

  • 1973-09-23T04:00:00Z — 46m

1973-10-21T04:00:00Z

1x10 Kidnapped

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1x10 Kidnapped

  • 1973-10-21T04:00:00Z — 48m

1973-10-28T04:00:00Z

1x11 The Swiss Family Robinson

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1x11 The Swiss Family Robinson

  • 1973-10-28T04:00:00Z — 46m

1973-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x12 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

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1x12 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

  • 1973-11-22T05:00:00Z — 44m

Based on the novel by Jules Verne and produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia.

1973-11-23T05:00:00Z

1x13 The Three Musketeers

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1x13 The Three Musketeers

  • 1973-11-23T05:00:00Z — 46m

1973-12-02T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Black Arrow

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1x14 The Black Arrow

  • 1973-12-02T05:00:00Z — 48m

1974-01-13T04:00:00Z

1x15 The Gentlemen Of Titipu

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1x15 The Gentlemen Of Titipu

  • 1974-01-13T04:00:00Z — 47m

1975-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x16 Moby Dick

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1x16 Moby Dick

  • 1975-01-01T05:00:00Z — 50m

1975-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x17 The Mysterious Island:

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1x17 The Mysterious Island:

  • 1975-11-15T05:00:00Z — 48m

1975-11-27T05:00:00Z

1x18 The Last Of The Mohicians

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1x18 The Last Of The Mohicians

  • 1975-11-27T05:00:00Z — 45m

1975-11-27T05:00:00Z

1x19 Ivanhoe

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1x19 Ivanhoe

  • 1975-11-27T05:00:00Z — 48m

1976-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x20 From The Earth To The Moon

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1x20 From The Earth To The Moon

  • 1976-01-01T05:00:00Z — 45m

1976-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x21 Off On A Comet

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1x21 Off On A Comet

  • 1976-01-01T05:00:00Z — 56m

Based on the original novel by Jules Verne.

1976-10-23T04:00:00Z

1x22 Master Of The World

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1x22 Master Of The World

  • 1976-10-23T04:00:00Z — 48m

1976-11-20T05:00:00Z

1x23 Davy Crockett On The Mississippi

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1x23 Davy Crockett On The Mississippi

  • 1976-11-20T05:00:00Z — 45m

1977-11-13T05:00:00Z

1x24 A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

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1x24 A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

  • 1977-11-13T05:00:00Z — 46m

1977-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x25 Five Weeks In A Balloon

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1x25 Five Weeks In A Balloon

  • 1977-11-24T05:00:00Z — 47m

1978-10-28T04:00:00Z

1x26 Black Beauty

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1x26 Black Beauty

  • 1978-10-28T04:00:00Z — 45m

1979-11-18T05:00:00Z

1x27 Gulliver's Travels

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1x27 Gulliver's Travels

  • 1979-11-18T05:00:00Z — 48m

1979-11-23T05:00:00Z

1x28 The Adventures Of Sinbad

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1x28 The Adventures Of Sinbad

  • 1979-11-23T05:00:00Z — 47m

1981-11-27T05:00:00Z

1x29 Daniel Boone

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1x29 Daniel Boone

  • 1981-11-27T05:00:00Z — 48m

1983-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x30 The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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1x30 The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

  • 1983-11-24T05:00:00Z — 44m

1983-11-25T05:00:00Z

1x31 Beauty And The Beast

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1x31 Beauty And The Beast

  • 1983-11-25T05:00:00Z — 48m

1992-04-27T04:00:00Z

1x38 _

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1x38 _

  • 1992-04-27T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Aladdin (11/16/1992)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/357528-aladdin

1992-05-11T04:00:00Z

1x39 _

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  • 1992-05-11T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Pinocchio (1992)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/134434-pinocchio

1992-05-18T04:00:00Z

1x40 _

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  • 1992-05-18T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Sinbad (1992)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72870-sinbad

1992-05-25T04:00:00Z

1x41 _

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  • 1992-05-25T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Little Mermaid (1992)))

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/209792-the-little-mermaid

1992-06-01T04:00:00Z

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  • 1992-06-01T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Three Musketeers (1992)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/337077-the-three-musketeers

1992-06-08T04:00:00Z

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  • 1992-06-08T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Timeless Tales: Thumbelina))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/585134-timeless-tales-thumbelina

1992-06-15T04:00:00Z

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  • 1992-06-15T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Jungle King (1994)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/274003-the-jungle-king

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  • no air date — 42m

Tabitha And Adam And The Clown Family (Not a part of Famous Classic Tales. See episode 12 of the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/10599-the-abc-saturday-superstar-movie/season/1/episode/12

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  • no air date — 42m

Aesop's Fables (Not a part of Famous Classic Tales)
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/136169-aesop-s-fables

1991-09-26T04:00:00Z

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  • 1991-09-26T04:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Timeless Tales: Puss in Boots)
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/585164-timeless-tales-puss-in-boots

1967-02-26T05:00:00Z

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  • 1967-02-26T05:00:00Z — 42m

(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales. (See Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)))
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72762-jack-and-the-beanstalk

1984-01-22T05:00:00Z

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  • 1984-01-22T05:00:00Z — 42m

The Amazing Bungee Venture (Not a Part of Famous Classic Tales. See ABC Weekend Special s07e06 to s07e08.)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/6683-abc-weekend-special/season/7

1984-01-29T05:00:00Z

1x50 _

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  • 1984-01-29T05:00:00Z — 42m

The Return Of The Bungee (Not a Part of Famous Classic Tales. See ABC Weekend Special s08e06 to s08e07.)
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/6683-abc-weekend-special/season/8

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