Thursday, November 22, 2018

Where is the "Mouse on the Mayflower"?

It is great that ABC still airs "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" which just turned 45, however a look across broadcast and cable schedules shows that Thanksgiving specials are largely forgotten. MeTV has posted two really great lists of vintage family Thanksgiving specials that have not aired in decades.

MeTV - 8 forgotten animated Thanksgiving Specials of the 1980s

MeTV - These nine Thanksgiving specials will take you back to childhood

One this writer fondly recalls from classroom viewings was "The Mouse on the Mayflower", a Rankin and Bass special that turns 50 this television season.
Birmingham Press, November 23, 1968. Television press for "The Mouse and The Mayflower". 
According to some sources it was last released on home media in 1998 on VHS. There has not been a DVD release to date and all YouTube posts are copied from home VHS copies. Maybe next year.

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