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7.5/10 TV Final episode date 1 March 1997 | 7.7/10 IMDb Developed by Walt Disney Television First episode date 8 September 1995 Presented by Lynsey McLeod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Patrick DavidsonMelissa GouldDeborah Raznick Starring Kerry Anne BradfordJacob ChaseTim GoodwinLynsey McLeodChris RoblesKirsten StormsJulie VanlueJ.J. Ward Voices of Mary Kay BergmanCorey BurtonChristine CavanaughJeff ConoverJim Cummings Opening theme "Sing Me a Story" by Lynsey McLeod Similar Timon & Pumbaa, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, The Little Mermaid, Bear in the Big Blue House, The Book of Pooh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disney's Sing Me A Story with Belle is an American live-action series created by Patrick Davidson and Melissa Gould. The series features Belle from Beauty and the Beast, who now owns and manages the bookshop in the village. She is usually greeted by children who would like to hear a story. Belle interacts with the children and narrates classic Disney stories while doing activities around the bookstore. The series premiered on September 8, 1995 on Disney Channel.
Contents
- Disney s sing me a story with belle working together better quality
- Sing me a story with belle what s inside counts
- Development
- Plot
- Cast
- Voices
- Episodes and Featured Disney Stories
- Syndication
- References
Sing me a story with belle what s inside counts
Development
According to Ken Weiner, vice president at Buena Vista Television, using classic vintage Disney animated shorts allows the show to present a higher quality of animation than would normally be feasible in an educational show that would meet the Federal Communications Commission's E/I standards.
By early 1995, it was said that the show would present two short films per episode (with updated music), which Belle and the children would sometimes interrupt for discussion purposes or to "test cognitive abilities".
Plot
Belle (Lynsey McLeod) lives in France and owns her own music and bookshop. Helping her at the bookstore are Lewis and Carroll, two magical bookworms, Harmony the Cat and Big Book, a large talking book on a book stand. The bookstore is visited by local children to whom Belle will tell and sing stories, usually with a moral relating to something that's happened that day.
Clips from vintage Disney cartoons would often be used to illustrate the stories, including:
Cast
Voices
Episodes and Featured Disney Stories
Syndication
This show premiered in First-run syndication in select markets as a sneak preview on September 8, 1995. In 1996, two videos featuring two episodes on each were released as part of the Disney Princess Collection: Chapters of Enchantment and Beauty and the World of Music. In 1999, two episodes from the first season were released with an episode of an abandoned Beauty and the Beast cartoon series featured in the 1998 video Belle's Magical World, and were released direct-to-video as Belle's Tales of Friendship. Two episodes were also featured separately as an extra in both the 2011 and 2016 re-release of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, and the 2011 re-release of Belle's Magical World.