Disney's Sing-A-Long Songs - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah [VHS]

Artist: Disney Sing-Along
Studio: Walt Disney Video

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

98 reviews
Sales Rank: 89

Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 26 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1

ISBN: 6300276554
UPC: 012257480030
EAN: 9786300276550
ASIN: 6300276554

Release Date: December 16, 1994
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Purchasers of Disney's "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," the second volume of the company's Sing Along Songs series, may discover that not everything is as "satisfactchull" as it could be with this tape--it all depends on why you're buying it. If you've sought out the video because of a sentimental devotion to the musical the title tune is taken from, Song of the South, then you're bound to be disappointed. Disney's undying efforts to make nice have spilled into this segment (the first of a nine-song package), and all is sanitized so that the original film's disconcerting depictions of then-de rigueur racial inequality cause no modern-day discomfort. But that's not to say the scene of Uncle Remis strolling a hummingbird- and butterfly-lined road and singing his song isn't a sure-fire mood-lifter, or that it doesn't succeed in its mission, which is to jog joyful childhood memories. And it is the only way to see any of the film on video; Disney has no plans to ever release the controversial film. In fact each of this collection's numbers (all ingrained collectively on a generation now raising its own kids), aims to knead adult viewers' nostalgic sides (presumably part of a strategy to perpetuate Disney die-hards). Especially effective are Cinderella's "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," the Davy Crockett series' "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," and Snow White's "Whistle While You Work." --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

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why "Song of the South" is not being released July 31, 2010
nlwilly
I have asked this question many times, why "Song of the South"
has not been released. It was brought to my attention that it has
nothing to do with the Disney Company at all! Due to the "sensitive" contents of the movie (racial), Disney is not allowed to release this movie in this country. Disney has been
fighting this decision for over 20 years. I also got around this
by getting a copy off eBay. I disagree completely with the reaction of the authorities who think it shouldn't be shown here.
I think it was beautifully done without getting into the messy side
of slavery. Disney also had done a biography about the author of
the Uncle Remus stories, Joel Chandler Harris, which I saw as a child and still remember. Perhaps that has more to do with this
problem than the subject matter.

5 out of 5 stars

This movie is still available! March 13, 2010
Mary Maxwell (Illinois)
Walt Disney did not decide to stop making it: the NAACP threw a fit because Uncle Remus was a willing slave, so it was banned from USA marketing. The film is still being circulated, copied and sold new in Europe! If not available on Amazon, try eBay. Some of the sellers are passing on their copies of it in USA's VHS form. The European PAL versions do not play on most of our VHS players, but a good video conversion service can make it into a version that will play on all USA players. That's how I got our VHS copy of the movie. The film quality is not very good, but the show is still enjoyable. I agree it is a part of history, a story about how pure hearts can love one another, and shows that the slaves were kind and smart and loving. Yet the film industry is still allowed to make movies showing blacks being beaten and tortured in the 40's and 50's, which I think is sickening and harmful. Song of the South took place in the 19th century, when the slaves were free but emotionally attached to their plantation homes. Makes NO sense that this lovely film was banned. My Dad used to tell us Uncle Remus stories when I grew up in the 50's, and we loved them. It never occurred to us to be prejudiced.

5 out of 5 stars

Song of the South December 6, 2008
Tim Van Boening
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

As much as I loved watching this Disney Sing-A-Long video, when I use to own it, I wouldn't mind seeing and/or hearing Disney's CEO; Robert Iger and the Walt Disney Company talk about releasing the movie that the song Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah came from, which is the one and only, Disney's Song of the South, onto both DVD and BluRay.

5 out of 5 stars

Disney's Sing-A-Long Songs - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah August 25, 2006
yobeegee (San Antonio, Texas United States)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful

I don't know what all the fuss is about! I am not a politically correct person. I am a grandmother trying to show my grandsons what wonderful songs came out of such great movies produced by Disney. All I know is that Disney should re-release such awsome movies so that future generations can admire and enjoy what they're parents grew up with. I have most, if not all, of the sing along songs made by Disney on VHS and I would like them on DVD. My children are successful in their careers and by no means did these movies do them any harm. It taught them to enjoy beautiful music. I agree with Mr. Willert, there are alot of unappropriate movies out there that should be banned but it seems that the most innocent, patriotic, no violence, no sex and certainly spiritual movies are the ones that are criticize the most. And us as consumers, a majority, don't have a leg to stand on because of all the politically correct people, a minority, who have the power to decide what we should hear, see and believe. So please go ahead and re-release all the sing along songs on DVD and believe me you'll have a alot of devoted customers for life (including me).

4 out of 5 stars

Song of the South: a GREAT Disney film August 5, 2006
Justin Carlyle (the Midwest)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful

I'm heartened by all the reviews I read that are practically begging Disney TO BRING BACK Song of the South. It is one of the
cheeriest, most uplifting old films we have, despite the hyper-myopic views of a tiny minority that sees hate in everything. I know of what I speak: for forty years I've been a college history professor, and for most of that time I've had to put up with the hate-seeking, eternally angry, political correctness bunch. They villify Song of the South, and in their left-wing neo-McCarthyism they seek to destroy anyone who likes it (or any other wholesome film). I am especially grieved that the people at Disney have surrendered to these Neanderthals. Uncle Walt would never have permitted it.

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