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.
Episode 1
Based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Episode 4
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Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
Based on the original novel by Daniel Defoe.
Episode 8
Based on the original story by Mark Twain.
Episode 9
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Episode 10
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Episode 11
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Episode 12
Based on the novel by Jules Verne and produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia.
Episode 13
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Episode 14
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Episode 16
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Episode 18
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Episode 19
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Episode 20
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Episode 21
Based on the original novel by Jules Verne.
Episode 22
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Episode 23
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Episode 24
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Episode 25
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Episode 26
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Episode 27
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Episode 28
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Episode 38
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Aladdin (11/16/1992))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/357528-aladdin
Episode 39
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Pinocchio (1992))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/134434-pinocchio
Episode 40
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Sinbad (1992))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72870-sinbad
Episode 41
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Little Mermaid (1992))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/209792-the-little-mermaid
Episode 42
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Three Musketeers (1992))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/337077-the-three-musketeers
Episode 43
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Timeless Tales: Thumbelina)) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/585134-timeless-tales-thumbelina
Episode 44
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See The Jungle King (1994))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/274003-the-jungle-king
Episode 45
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
Episode 46
Aesop's Fables (Not a part of Famous Classic Tales) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/136169-aesop-s-fables
Episode 47
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales (See Timeless Tales: Puss in Boots) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/585164-timeless-tales-puss-in-boots
Episode 48
(Not a part of Famous Classic Tales. (See Jack and the Beanstalk (1967))) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72762-jack-and-the-beanstalk
Episode 49
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
Episode 50
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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