Description: ‘Walt Disney’s jumpin’ jungle classic continues in this special edition of THE JUNGLE BOOK 2 – with all your favorite characters from the original toe-tappin’ classic and more swingin’ songs! Mowgli has been living in the man-village with his little stepbrother Ranjan and his best friend Shanti. But the man-cub still has that jungle rhythm in his heart and he misses his old buddies Baloo and Bagheera. When Mowgli wanders back to the wild for some swingin’ fun he soon finds Baloo isn’t the only one waiting for him — the man-eating tiger Shere Khan is lurking in the shadows and planning his revenge. If he is to defeat his nemesis Mowgli will need the help of both his old friends and his new family. With an all-new “Mowgli’s Story Time Adventure” game music videos and more THE JUNGLE BOOK 2 SPECIAL EDITION will have the whole family roaring for more!”

When I put this DVD in after lunch one day, both of my boys rolled their eyes like it was going to kill them to watch it. I said nothing, just went back to blogging, and when I looked up about 15 minutes later, they both had their eyes glued to the screen! Score!! While this is pretty much the same plot as the first movie, songs like “I Wanna Be Like You” performed by SmashMouth and “Jungle Rhythm” give the movie a fresh feel. The special edition DVD has games, music videos, and deleted scenes, too. It’s a movie that the whole family will enjoy!

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Disney has released the Classic Caballeros Collection, a new DVD containing two classics, “Saludos Amigos” and “The Three Caballeros”. I have three copies to give away, but first, let me tell you a little about these two movies.

“Saludos Amigos” is a travelogue produced in 1942 that combines live-action footage with four cartoons. The live-action sequences show Walt Disney and a team of Disney artists traveling to South America to get ideas and sketch images. The footage has not been restored so it looks a lot like an old home movie. But for Disney collectors, this is WALT DISNEY himself! The four cartoons are:

“Lake Titicaca” starring Donald Duck as a tourist in the Bolivian Andes, getting into trouble as he attempts to sail a boat, take photos, and ride a llama across a suspended bridge. “Pedro” is a twist on the classic story “The Little Engine That Could”, with a little boy airplane replacing his father on the mail run between Chile and Argentina. If you remember the “How-To” cartoons featuring Goofy from the 50s, you’ll enjoy “El Gaucho Goofy”, which has a narrator explaining Goofy’s actions as he “deftly tosses” a lasso around a horse, “quickly converts” his saddle into a bed and “gracefully” dines on barbecue. Of course, Goofy is messing each of these up in hilarious fashion. “Aquarela do Brasil” (Watercolor of Brazil) is like a tropical version of “Fantasia”, starting off as a painting of a rainforest and then coming to life with music. Donald Duck appears, meets Brazilian playboy ‘José Carioca’, and the two set off to enjoy the nightlife in Rio.

“The Three Caballeros” is a little harder to explain. It’s, well, psychedelic to say the least. Donald receives a box of birthday presents, which are three cartoons about unusual animals in South America, and two pop-up books about Brazil and Mexico. Donald’s friend Jose Carioca comes out of the pop-up book, takes Donald on a trip to Baia (now called Salvador), they meet a Cookie Lady, who turns blue, Carioca divides himself into parts, including women, it’s very strange. In the Mexico book, we meet Panchito, a six-gun-shooting cowboy rooster, who takes Donald and Jose to Acapulco beach to ogle live-action bathing beauties, and into the nightclubs to dance the night away with more lovely senoritas. This one might not be appropriate for some children

All I can say is, if you enjoy surreal animation, you’ll enjoy the movies on the Classic Caballeros Collection. I have three copies to give away. To enter, leave a comment with the following:

1. Your NAME (no keywords, your comment will be deleted!)
2. The name of your favorite Disney character (can be any, not just from this movie)

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That’s it! The contest will run for two weeks, until Thursday, May 15th. Good luck!

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