TaleSpin

For the video games, see TaleSpin (video game) and TaleSpin (Capcom video game). Not to be confused with Tailspin (disambiguation).
TaleSpin
Genre
Created by
Based onCharacters
by Rudyard Kipling
Larry Clemmons
Ralph Wright
Ken Anderson
Vance Gerry
Bill Peet
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composerSilversher & Silversher
Opening theme"TaleSpin Theme" by Jim Gilstrap[1]
Ending theme"TaleSpin Theme" (Instrumental)
ComposerChristopher L. Stone
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesWalt Disney Television Animation[a]
Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1990 (1990-09-07) –
August 8, 1991 (1991-08-08)
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TaleSpin is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It first aired in 1990 as a preview-run on The Disney Channel before beginning its main run in syndication later that year as part of the programming block The Disney Afternoon. It features anthropomorphized versions of characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book, which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall,[2] notably Baloo the Bear, Louie the orangutan, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral, and on the fact that tale is another word for "story".[3] The show is one of nine Disney Afternoon shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Quack Pack, Aladdin, and Timon & Pumbaa. It is also one of two animated television series based on the book The Jungle Book, the second being Jungle Cubs.

A reboot of the series from Point Grey Pictures is in development for Disney+[4]

  1. ^ Ehrbar, Greg (September 25, 2018). ""The Disney Afternoon" on Records – Part 1: The Music". Cartoon Research. Jerry Beck. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ "The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1990)". Box Office Mojo. 1990-09-04. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. ^ "TaleSpin". Entertainment Weekly. 1990-09-07. Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  4. ^ ""It's been in the planning stages for a while"". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-11.


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