Let's Go to the Circus!

Let's Go to the Circus! is a Disney home video, originally released as part of the Mickey's Fun Songs series on April 22, 1994, and then reissued as a Disney's Sing-Along Songs video in 1996.
==Description==
Now, your kids can join Mickey and the gang in fun-filled musical adventures while learning easy-to-sing favorite kid songs! In Let's Go to the Circus!, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and the Fun Songs Kids head to the Big Top to become a part of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus! With elephants, lions, clowns and Mickey, it's really The Greatest Show on Earth!
==Summary==
Mickey and the gang spend the day at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus exploring the show both on and off the stage.
==Plot==
The circus is coming to town, and everybody is so excited to see it. Mickey and his friends enter the big top lobby and meet David Larible, the clown captain, who invites them to a backstage tour. They see everything going on from zebras to jugglers to elephants. The circus' ringmaster, Eric Michael Gillett, enters and greets them, and Mickey warns the kids not to run off, but they leave to watch the performers rehearse and practice various circus tricks ("Rainbow World"). After that, Mickey leaves the guests and returns to the backstage. The kids enter the main circus ring. Eric welcomes the guests and introduces them to Mickey while Minnie, Goofy, Donald and the kids head into their seats. Mickey is pleased to see the audience, and then he blows his whistle to bring the amazing circus parade ("The Circus on Parade"). Later, acrobats show up and do various tricks and bounce up and down; they are joined by gymnasts ("Upside Down").
After that, a clown appears juggling his balls and then he throws them upward until he catches them again and one of the balls hits Donald Duck on the bill. Then, chimpanzees appear playing, dancing, climbing and having fun ("Aba Daba Honeymoon"), then they dance to "I Wan'na Be Like You". Another clown is seen balancing on a tightrope. Goofy tells the trapeze flyers that he will not give pixie dust so the flyer prepare themselves for the performance ("The Man on the Flying Trapeze"). A female spectator named Youlia from the audience runs to the ring but David tells her to return to the seats, but she goes back to the ring and becomes a relaxing acrobat and Youlia gets joined by the other acrobats Olga and the Tumen brothers ("Over and Over Again"). Mickey appreciates that act and Eric introduces the audience to "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" featuring the runners. And next the clowns who laugh, play, dance, juggle, and do funny things ("Make 'Em Laugh").
The next sequence is "The Bells" where people ring bells along with Donald and Goofy and they head to the spot where people appear after them dressed as clowns, but David tells them that they don't have to be clowns so Mickey and Eric wish everyone good luck for the next animal act, ("Animal Calypso"). Prior to the next act, the kids try to jump rope with the help of other kids who hold both sides of the rope. Goofy tells him to be careful, because he might fall. Later a bunch of kids get ready for the jump rope game. Then the jumping act starts ("Jump Rope").
Then, David arrives, calls the kids and leads them; and then he asks them if they want to be clowns and the kids agree. So, they go to the makeup room and put on makeup, colorful wigs, face paint and costumes and head off. The kids are able to do their clown act ("Be a Clown"). The Disney characters (who are a part of the circus) appear for the conversation and the speech, and then they prepare for the finale ("Join the Circus").
==Songs==
#"Let's Go (Mickey's Fun Songs Theme)"
#"Rainbow World"
#"The Circus on Parade"
#"Upside Down"
#"Aba Daba Honeymoon"
#"I Wan'na Be Like You"
#"The Man on the Flying Trapeze"
#"Over and Over Again"
#"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"
#"Make 'Em Laugh"
#"The Bells" (Theme from New York, New York)
#"Animal Calypso"
#"Jump Rope"
#"Be a Clown"
#"Join the Circus"
==Cast==
===Kids===
*Christian Buenaventura
*Tiffany Burton
*Toby Ganger
*Ryan Gay
*Michelle Montoya
*Tahj Mowry
*Nicole Pitts
*Shari Lynn Summers
===Voice Cast===
*Wayne Allwine - Mickey Mouse
*Tony Anselmo - Donald Duck
*Bill Farmer - Goofy
*Russi Taylor - Minnie Mouse
===Circus Performers (all uncredited)===
*Karen Bell - Clown on tightrope
*Peter Bufano - Clown
*Lucina Casartelli (David Larible's mother) - Bell ringer
*Graham Thomas Chipperfield - Animal tamer
*Dave DeDera - Clown
*Daniel Frank - Clown
*Mark Oliver Gebel - Animal tamer
*Tina Gebel - Animal tamer
*Eric Michael Gillett - Ringmaster
*Thaddeus Glenn - Clown
*Youlia Kolosova - Child acrobat
*David Larible - Lead clown
*Vivien Larible - performs upside-down sliding trick during break in "The Circus on Parade"
*Rudi Lenz - Man with chimpanzees
*Sue Lenz - Woman with chimpanzees
*Olga Pikhienko - Child acrobat
*Joshua Schulman - Clown
*Michael Simpson - Clown
*Pytor Sorutchan - Youlia's partner
*Huel Speight - Clown
*Zac Whinnem - Clown
====Families/Groups====
*The Ashton Family - Acrobats in "Upside Down"
**Leslie Ashton - mother
**Lianna Ashton - daughter
**Michael Ashton - father
**Miles Ashton - son
*The Boger Family - Animal trainers in "Animal Calypso"
*The Chicago Kidz
**Allen Grant
**Terrell Grant
**Donald Sampson
*The Children of Cherepovets
*The Españas - Daredevils
**Iván España
**Noe España
**Dessi Kehayova España
*The Flying Kaganovitch Troupe - Trapeze Artists
*The Tumen Brothers - Acrobats
**Boldbaatar Tumendelger
**Boldbaatar Tumenulzi
===Singers===
*Domenick Allen
*Scottie Haskell
*Bob Joyce
*Rick Logan
*Monica Mancini
*Barry Manilow (uncredited)
*Jan Roper
*Christine Schillinger
*Mark Schillinger
*Susie Stevens-Logan
*Joseph Vanbuskirk-Lofar
*Ryan Webster
*Dick Wells
*Samuel E. Wright (performing "Animal Calypso")
==Trivia==
*This sing-along video marks the fifth live-action sing-along video.
*Christian Buenaventura, Tiffany Burton, Toby Ganger, and Michelle Montoya are also from the Kidsongs videos. They all make returning appearances from the last Mickey's Fun Songs video.
*Barry Manilow is reported to have composed the score for this video and wrote two original songs along with Bruce Sussman, but credited as written by Andy Belling and Domenick Allen.
*This sing-along video marks the first Disney live-action sing-along video that does not take place at a Disney theme park, even though the Disney Characters walk-arounds are shown.
*This is also the only Mickey's Fun Songs video that wasn't released on DVD.
*This sing-along video marks a crossover between Disney and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
*This is the only Mickey's Fun Songs video where the credits feature an instrumental version of a song.
*Though not advertised as such, "The Bells" sequence involves a performance of the "Theme from New York, New York" on differently tuned bells by Goofy, Donald, Tiffany, Lucina Casartelli (David Larible's mother), and two other invited members of the crowd, supervised by David Larible (who rings a low-tuned bell once near the end of the sequence).
*The end credits show some behind-the-scenes stills such as Christian dressing up as a clown, Mickey and Minnie outside, Goofy lying on the floor, and a chimpanzee holding a paper plate. The end credits also show some deleted scenes that weren't seen in the actual video.
*In the late 1990s, Blockbuster Video released a triple-length VHS of the Sing-Alongs Series, available exclusively as a rental in their stores, and featured Let's Go to the Circus! on the cover. This videocassette contains the contents of the Let's Go to the Circus!, Campout at Walt Disney World, and Beach Party at Walt Disney World videos. It is also considered to be the rarest of all the Sing-Alongs releases, not being commercially sold in stores.
*The previews from this VHS are the same previews as Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Campout at Walt Disney World and Beach Party at Walt Disney World 1996 VHS.
*Production for this video took place in September 1993 during the 123rd edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
==Gallery==
LetsGototheCircusVHS.jpg|The 1996 VHS release of Let's Go to the Circus!.
Lets go to the circus uk vhs.jpg|The 1996 UK VHS release of Let's Go to the Circus!.
Pila-1438.jpg|The 1997 Japanese laserdisc release of Let's Go to the Circus!.
5105JSZT27L.jpg|The 1st Japanese VHS release.
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06492.jpg|The 1995 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind (front)
06492 back.jpg|The 1995 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind (back)
Let's Go to the Circus! 1996 opening title.jpg|Opening title card to the 1996 VHS release of Let's Go to the Circus!.
Let's Go to the Circus! 1996 UK opening title.jpg|Opening title card to the 1996 UK VHS release of Let's Go to the Circus!.
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Category:1994 films
Category:Live-action films
Category:Mickey's Fun Songs videos
Category:Crossovers
Category:Disney theme park films