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D-TV
No.of episodes240
Original release
NetworkThe Disney Channel
ReleaseMay 5, 1984(1984-05-05)–
1989(1989)

D-TVis an old series ofmusic videoscreated byThe Walt Disney Companyand produced byCharles Braverman[1]and edited by Ted Herrmann. The series premiered on May 5, 1984,[2]by taking hit songs of the past and putting them together with various footage of vintageDisneyanimation, created out of the trend of music videos on cable channelMTV,which inspired the name of this series.[3]

Content

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Most songs used in the series were contemporary hits (e.g., "Kiss on My List"and"Private Eyes"byHall & Oates), though older songs likeSheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater" were also featured. These music videos were shown as filler material on theDisney Channel(as the network didn't air any commercials at this time), as well as being the focus of several television specials. Home video collections were also released on VHS, Beta, CED Videodisc, and Laserdisc formats. After the first run ofD-TV,in 1989, a second series was produced known asDTV².[4]

Theme music

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The main title music, known as "RPM", was created in 1981 by a recording company calledNetwork Music.[5]When the segments were shown individually on television, the title music used was from "Sunset Boulevard", also by Network Music.[6]In the show's opening, a cheese-like Moon zooms out to reveal a black background with blue musical notes. A silhouette ofMickey Mouse's head rises from the Moon, and it exits below the screen. The letter D (in the corporate Disney font) and the letters TV appear and zoom out to attach Mickey Mouse's head. Finally, after a few seconds, Mickey Mouse's head is shown, revealing several vintage Disney cartoon clips.

Home media

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Many songs listed above were released on VHS, in five separate volumes. The first three volumes, entitled "Pop & Rock", "Rock, Rhythm & Blues", and "Golden Oldies", were released in late 1984, as part ofWalt Disney Home Video's "Wrapped and Ready to Give" holiday promotion. In the Summer of 1985, two more volumes, "Love Songs" and "Groovin' For a '60s Afternoon", were released.

Television specials

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Disney aired threeDTVtelevision specials onNBCin 1986 and 1987:DTV Valentine(Feb 14, 1986, re-titledDTV Romancin'in later airings),DTV Doggone Valentine(Feb 13, 1987), andDTV Monster Hits(Oct 30, 1987).

DTV Valentine

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DTV Valentinefocused on love and romance music.

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DTV Doggone Valentine

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DTV Doggone Valentinefocused on love songs with a tribute to Disney's dog and cat characters.

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DTV Monster Hits

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DTV Monster Hitswas focused onHalloween-themed music and footage. It was also referred to as Disney's DTV Monster Hits by the show's narrator,Gary Owens.By this time,Hans Conriedhad died and the Magic Mirror, now credited at the end of the show asMan in the Magic Mirror,was played byJeffrey Jones.

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Voice characterizations

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Notes

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  • June Foray returned as the voice ofWitch Hazelto dub new lines. These can be seen when she introduces Michael Jackson and during the segment where she is reading a book about scary stories, which is a segment lifted directly from a Disneyland episode,The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte.
  • New lines for Donald Duck were dubbed during the Ghostbusters theme, where he says he's "not afraid of ghosts" is a new line.

References

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  1. ^Evening Magazine: July 4 and 5, 1984: WJZ-TV (Television Station: Baltimore, Md.) on Internet Archive
  2. ^DTV (television) - D23
  3. ^"DTV – Disney's answer to Music Television".Inside the Magic.2019-02-13.Retrieved2020-03-30.
  4. ^Lenburg, Jeff (1999).The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons.Checkmark Books. p. 254.ISBN0-8160-3831-7.Retrieved6 June2020.
  5. ^RPM - Network Music Ensemble - Topic on YouTube
  6. ^Sunset Boulevard - Network Music Ensemble - Topic on YouTube
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