There is a Disney classic you hardly hear about anymore. I saw a commercial that reminded me of Dumbo tonight and it made me wonder at what point in my life was Dumbo re-released and why is my memory of it so fuzzy. I couldn’t even remember if he flew in the movie or if I was imagining that.
Turns out after checking a really interesting fact filled wikipedia article about Dumbo that it was the first Disney animated fill released to home video (VHS & Betamax) when I was one and a half in 1981, and then again when I was 6 in 1985. Not sure which time my memories come from but it was a VERY long time ago. Read the wiki article if you are curious about some of the Dumbo stats like how it came out during the war in 1941.
Look for it coming to Blu-Ray in Feb of 2010 apparently (I won’t be buying it, not that sentimental). Oh and yes in case you are scratching your head too, Dumbo does fly!
I have it on VHS if you want to watch it. I haven’t watched it in years, I think I remember if from when they used to play Disney movies on Sunday night on CBC. They were always on right before dinner, I miss that.
I used to love the Disney movie on Sundays! It was a regular in our household too.
Ditto! Huge thing in our house as well. I love those Sunday’s or we also watched when Road to Avonlea took over too.