| Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Social guidance film |
| Written by | Duane Poole Tom Swale |
| Directed by | Milton Gray Marsh Lamore Bob Shellhorn Mike Svayko |
| Voices of | |
| Music by | Richard Kosinski Sam Winans Paul Buckmaster Bill Reichenbach Bob Mann Guy Moon Alan Menken |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Roy E. Disney |
| Producer | Buzz Potamkin |
| Editor | Jay Bixsen |
| Running time | 32 min. |
| Production companies | Main: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Southern Star Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC NBC Fox CBS USA Network Syndication |
| Release | April 21, 1990 |
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Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated drama television film starring many characters from several animated television series at the time of its release.[1] The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael, a teenage boy who is using marijuana, leaving his family worried. When his younger sister Corey's piggy bank goes missing one morning, cartoon characters come to life from various items in her room and find it in Michael's room along with his stash of drugs, so they give him an intervention in the form of a fantasy journey to teach him the adverse consequences of drug use.
McDonald's released a VHS home video edition of the special distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, which opened with an introduction from President George H. W. Bush, First Lady Barbara Bush and their dog, Millie. It was produced by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and Southern Star Productions, and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions. The musical number "Wonderful Ways to Say No" was written by Academy Award-winning composer, Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, who also wrote the songs for Walt Disney Animation Studios' The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
Financed by McDonald's, Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, it was originally simulcast for a limited time on April 21, 1990, on all four major American television networks (by supporting their Saturday morning characters): ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox,[a] and most independent stations, as well as various cable networks.[2][3]
- ^ "Cartoon special: Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network, independent and cable outlets". Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1990. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ Bernstein, Sharon (April 20, 1990). "Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue,' an animated feature on drug abuse". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon". The New York Times. April 21, 1990. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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