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Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

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GenreSocial guidance film
Running time27 min.
Director(s)Milton Gray
Marsh Lamore
Bob Shellhorn
Mike Svayko
Karen Peterson
Producer(s)Buzz Potamkin
Writer(s)Duane Pool
Tom Swale
StarringRoss Bagdasarian
Jeff Bergman
Jim Cummings
Aaron Lohr
Jason Marsden
Don Messick
Lorenzo Music
Russi Taylor
Frank Welker
Country of origin United States
Language(s)English
Original channelABC
NBC
CBS
Original runApril 21, 1990 –
No. of episodes1
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Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is an animated drug prevention television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American Saturday morning television. Financed by McDonald's, the special was originally simulcast on April 21, 1990 on all three major American television networks: ABC, NBC, and CBS, along with most independent stations. McDonald's also distributed a VHS home video edition of the special, produced by Buena Vista Home Video, which opened with an introduction from President George H. W. Bush, and First Lady Barbara Bush. The show was co-produced with Walt Disney Television Animation and Southern Star Productions, and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions.

Plot

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The characters gather around Michael to sing a song about "saying 'no'."
The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael, a teenage boy who is using marijuana. His sister, Corey, is worried about him because he's started acting differently than he used to. Many of her cartoon tie-in toys come to life, to help find her stolen piggy bank, ending up in the boy's room, finding Michael's stash of drugs, and also finding out the Michael was the one who stole Corey's money to buy marijuana. The various cartoon characters then proceed to band together, and take Michael on a fantasy journey to teach him the risks a life of drug-use can bring.

The special was able to get so many characters from various franchises because the license holders gave producers royalty-free access due to the public service aspect of the special.

Cartoon all-stars

The characters, from 10 different franchises, are:

Other characters

The other main characters are:

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Social guidance films constitute a genre of films attempting to guide children and adults to behave in certain ways. Typically shown in school classrooms in the USA from the 1950s through the 1970s, the films covered topics including courtesy, responsibility, sexuality, drug use,
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Jeff Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American voice actor who is one of the modern day voices of various classic cartoon characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, George Jetson, Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and many more.
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Birth name James Jonah Cummings
Born November 3 1952 (1952--) (age 55)
Youngstown, Ohio
Occupation(s) Voice actor
Notable Roles
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Aaron Lohr (born April 2, 1976) is an American actor and singer. He is best-known for his role as one of the "Bash Brothers" in The Mighty Ducks movies. He has also appeared in the movie-musicals Newsies, and Rent
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Jason Marsden

Birth name Jason Christopher Marsden
Born January 3 1975 (1975--) (age 32)
Providence, Rhode Island
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Donald "Don" Messick (September 7 1926 – October 24 1997) was a voice actor, one of the most prolific voice actors of the second half of the 20th century.

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Lorenzo Music

Birth name Gerald David Music
Born May 2 1937(1937--)
Brooklyn, New York
Died July 4 2001 (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Russi Taylor (born on May 4, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is the current voice actress for Disney's Minnie Mouse character. She has held this role since 1986, longer than any other voice actress.
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Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
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Official language of: 53 countries
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ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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