Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue


Cartoon AllStars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated drugabuse prevention television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American weekday, Sunday morning, and Saturday morning television at the time of this films release. Financed by McDonalds and Ronald McDonald Childrens Charities, the special was originally simulcast on April 21, 1990 on all four major American television networks by supporting their Saturday morning characters ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, and most independent stations, as well as various cable networks. McDonalds also distributed a VHS home video edition of the special, produced by Buena Vista Home Video, which opened with an introduction from President George H. W. Bush, and First Lady Barbara Bush. The show was produced by the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences Foundation and Southern Star Productions, and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.. The musical number Wonderful Ways to Say No was written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who also wrote the songs for Disneys The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.

In Coreys bedroom, an unseen person steals her piggy bank from her dresser. The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf, who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room Garfield as a lamp, ALF from a framed picture, Baby Kermit as an alarm clock, Winnie the Pooh as a doll, Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve, and Slimer who passes through a wall.The cartoon characters track down the thief and discover that it is Coreys big brother, Michael. Simon opens a box under Michaels bed and identifies its contents as marijuana. Meanwhile, Corey expresses her concerns about Michaels change in behavior. He storms out of the house. The cartoon characters quickly realize that something must be done about his addiction and they set off, leaving Pooh behind to look after Corey. ........

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