Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice

"Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice" is a 90-minute television special, that originally aired on November 25, 1994 on CBS as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. In the special, several all-star figure skaters and ice dancers interpret the music of Disney. The show was taped on a soundstage at Paramount Studios with an ice rink built just for this special. The special was narrated by an uncredited Mark Elliott, featured musical arrangements and musical direction by the late Glen Rogen, was written by Stephen Pouliot and executive produced and directed by Steve Binder.
==Synopsis==
===Overture===
The announcer introduces the maestro of the special (actor Denis Lacombe) who conducts an unseen orchestra in an overture including the songs "A Whole New World", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", "I'm Late", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" and "Friend Like Me". During the overture, a recreation of the Walt Disney Studios appears on the ice as the skaters portray different people who work there such as actors, businesspeople, animators, and tourists.
===Cinderella===
Ekatarina Gordeeva, Sergei Grinkov, Nancy Kerrigan, Marina Klimova, and Katarina Witt interpret the story of Cinderella. Gordeeva plays the title character, Grinkov the Prince, Witt the Stepmother, and Kerrigan and Klimova the Stepsisters.
===Mickey Mouse Music===
With guest conductor Michel Mouse, Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton skates in a tribute to the famous mouse. Songs include "Mickey Mouse March", "Turkey in the Straw" (from Steamboat Willie), "William Tell Overture" (from The Band Concert) and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (from Fantasia). Interspersed throughout is footage of Mickey conducting from Symphony Hour as well as brief shot of Mickey conducting from the roof of the Disneyland train station.
===Love Songs===
Kerrigan, Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko, Maia Usova & Alexander Zhulin skate to a medley of Disney love songs. Songs featured include "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (skated by Kerrigan), "Bella Notte" (skated by Klimova & Ponomarenko), "Kiss the Girl" (skated by Usova & Zhulin) and "A Whole New World", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (skated by all five).
===Mary Poppins===
Gordeeva & Grinkov with Witt and Paul Wylie and "the Chimney Sweeps of London" pay tribute to Mary Poppins. Witt plays Mary Poppins, Wylie plays Bert, and Gordeeva and Grinkov interpret "Step in Time".
===Peter Pan===
Michelle Kwan (14 years old at the time and not yet an Olympic medalist) plays the boy who wouldn't grow up.
===Songs of Adventure===
Usova & Zhulin, Witt and Wylie skate to songs with an adventure theme. This is interspersed with footage of the ship Columbia at Disneyland, and narrated by an unseen old pirate. In a brief gag, the maestro wears a pirate's hat and eyepatch and takes a swig of rum. Songs include "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)", "A Whale of a Tale", "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (skated by Wylie), "Theme from Zorro" (skated by Witt), and "Friend Like Me" (skated by Usova & Zhulin).
===Silly Songs===
Hamilton and Yuka Sato, with a special appearance by Goofy, skate to a medley of nonsense songs from the Disney catalog, including "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)", "Lavender Blue (Dilly, Dilly)", "Hakuna Matata", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?", and "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)".
===Fantasia===
Klimova & Ponomarenko, Usova & Zhulin, and Wylie skate to the music of Walt Disney's concert feature. In a brief gag, the maestro pulls several batons out of his pants and eats a sandwich.
===Snow White===
Kerrigan concludes the program with a tribute to the fairest of them all, Snow White.
===Finale===
The Walt Disney Studios closes up shop during the credits as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "A Whole New World" play and the skaters go home.
==External links==
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*Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice (television) on D23
Category:Television specials