A Disney Halloween

**A Disney Halloween** is a 90-minute television special that included portions from both Disney's Halloween Treat and Disney's Great Villains featuring classic short cartoons and excerpts of various villains from Disney feature films.

The special has two different versions and the first aired on October 24, 1981. The second version was released on October 29, 1983.

## 1981 Version

### Plot

The special is hosted by the Magic Mirror (voiced by Hans Conried) which incorporates segments of various villains from three Disney feature films and two classic short cartoons.

At this time, this episode is lost media.

### Segments

* The Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
* The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie and Witch Hazel from Trick or Treat (1952)
* Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (1959)
* Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy from Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

## 1983 Version

### Plot

The special is hosted by an offscreen narrator (voiced by Hal Douglas) and the Magic Mirror (using re-edited vintage footage of the late Hans Conried) which incorporates segments from both "Disney's Halloween Treat" (1982) and "Disney's Greatest Villains" (1977) episodes featuring classic short cartoons and excerpts of various villains from Disney feature films. The opening and closing credits feature footage of the 1929 Silly Symphony short The Skeleton Dance, as did "Disney's Halloween Treat", but the colouring on the skeletons has been changed to green, orange, and dark green. The special was rebroadcast during October for the following years on ABC and The Disney Channel until the late 1990s.

### Introduction

In later versions, Disney's then-chairman, Michael Eisner, introduces the special along with Mickey Mouse (Wayne Allwine) and Minnie Mouse (Russi Taylor) in their incarnation as costumed characters from the Disney theme parks. Mickey tells Eisner that Goofy is on his way and "has been working on his costume for a month". There is a knock on the door we see Goofy's "costume": Michael Eisner, overdubbed with Goofy's (Bill Farmer) voice.

This intro was also used to introduce "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" which resolves the confusion Michael Eisner posed when he refers to this special as "a Disney Halloween treat;" his referral was not meant to be a title for the program but rather a generic description for any Halloween program to follow. Although an exact production date is unknown for this introduction, it was clearly made in the 1990s and for The Disney Channel as his intros for Disney Sunday Movies always used the words Disney Sunday Movies when The Disney Channel used "The Magical World of Disney" for its anthology series.

### Part 1

* "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence from Fantasia (1940)
* "Madam Mim" from The Sword in the Stone (1963)
* The Old Mill from Silly Symphony (1937)
* Clip of Mickey's Parrot (1938)
* Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944)
* "Heffalumps and Woozles" sequence from Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) as part of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
* "Pluto's Judgement" sequence featuring three Pluto cartoons assembled together:
	+ Puss Cafe (1950)
	+ Cat Nap Pluto (1948)
	+ Pluto's Judement Day (1935)
* "The Great Cat Family" from Disneyland (1956)
* "Si and Am" from Lady and the Tramp (1955)

### Part 2

* Captain Hook from Peter Pan (1953)
* Edgar Balthazar from The Aristocats (1970)
* Willie the Giant from Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
* Shere Khan and Kaa from The Jungle Book (1967)
* The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (1959)
* Lady Tremaine from Cinderella (1950)
* Cruella de Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
* The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland (1951)
* Madame Medusa from The Rescuers (1977)

### Part 3

* Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
* Trick or Treat (1952)