@RUTGERS.ARPA:ddern@bbncch (01/30/85)
From: Daniel Dern <ddern@BBNCCH.ARPA> 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