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Rating:  - Wonderful animation
I saw this movie in 1948. It was the first time I had met Johnny Appleseed and Pecos Bill. Watching it 54 years later made me feel like I was 7 years old all over again. If other reviewers hadn't commented on the editing I probably wouldn't have noticed. The combining of the music with the animation at just the right moment makes it magical. I am so happy that I found this tape. I hope the the children of today love this as much as I did thenand remember it the rest of their lives.
Rating:  - Hypo(or is it Hyper?)-criticism in the Disney studios
This is a nice glimpse of what Disney passed as a "feature" during and after the war, and it shows a willingness by whoever's in charge of the Disney studios to be faithful to Disney's original intentions(it would have been easy for the money men to chop up this feature, "Make Mine Music", "Salugos Amigos" and other collections, bundle them up with other shorts and release them separately).
BUT...
That honour only goes so far! They're willing to reissue a feature as Walt originally intended, but that feature has been "edited for content"(as the green screen at the beginning of the feature says). And it's not just "Melody Time"; "Make Mine Music", "The Three Caballeros" and others all carry that familiar distinction.
Why do they persist in "homogenizing"(for lack of a better word)Disney's classic works, while the modern studios are going full force in what they're censoring from the past? I mean, they take out a few seconds worth of Pecos Bill's cigarette, but the old lady character from "Atlantis" smokes like a chimney!
This says to me that there are too many cooks in the kitchen; doesn't everyone wish that there was someone who could be the strong head of Disney the way Walt was? Overseeing everything from story construction in animated features to the foundation and expansion of Disneyland, all without missing a step?
Rating: - one of the best i have ever seen
This melody time has the story of Johnny apple seed in a well liked and simple told eazy for my 5yr old to even understand.
I also like the story of little toot , that teaches to be good.
many newer disney film seem to miss the mark of old fastion truth. Faith, Love, Hope.
ionly wish they come out with a dvd in this melody time, for my son is wareing out his tape already.we bought this VHS about a year ago.
Rating: - Melody Time Gold Collection DVD
Despite what I read in other reviews at Amazon.com, I decided to buy this movie and I'm glad that I did.
Walt Disney's 10th Animated Feature is nicely paced, and you are almost never caught in a place were you want to skip chapters. While the "censoring" does seem like a wrong move, it really does not effect "Pecos Bill" unless you force yourself to notice it. True that this is tampering w/ Walt Disney's original work, but it's done and there really isn't much of a difference.
This Package Feature opens up with "Once Upon A Wintertime", a wonderfully animated piece of a couples day in a winter wonderland. "Blame It On The Samba" (Was this segment something left over from "The Three Caballeros"?), starring Donald Duck & Joe Carioca is terrific. The only part that slows things down is "The Legend Of Johnny Appleseed", it's good but a little bit too long.
Great movie, should'nt be compared to Fantasia though.
Rating:  - Disney editing wrong and unnecessary
I couldn't wait to get Melody Time on DVD; I already had a taped copy from when it ran on The Disney Channel. The animation and stories in it are great. The music and singing are great, too. And then, the disappointment set in as I learned that the DVD version of Melody Time has portions edited out. I thought that one of the potential features of the DVD format was that a viewer could select a rating (G, PG, etc.) for a program that would be suitable to the audience. Why didn't Disney produce a DVD with this option instead of editing, and thereby ruining, Melody Time? I, for one, will not purchase any more Disney DVD releases that have been wrecked in this fashion. It is wrong for Disney to do this to their lifelong fans and customers and totally unnecessary given today's technology.
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