Sorry to report that we made another little mistake yesterday when we revised our announcement that Disney had announced a series of all-new short cartoons. We said that the titles of the shorts would be Disney feature film titles with one letter changed, and this is not the case. In fact, it’s such a silly idea that we deserve to be slapped silly for not having questioned it in the first place.
Instead, the title of each of these parody shorts will be a "mashup" of a classic Disney film and a famous musical, play, or other stage production. For example, "Tangled" might be combined with Shakespeare’s "All’s Well That Ends Well," giving us "All’s Well that Ends Tangled."
Disney hopes that fans will enjoy trying to puzzle out what the original film and play were and what the parody will be like from the "mashup" title and then tune in to see what it’s like. Our again revised sources deep within Disney report that titles currently in production include:
- The Absent-Minded Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Alice Get Your Gun
- All’s Well that Ends Tangled
- Annie Poppins
- Aristo-Cats
- Arsenic and Old Yeller
- Atlantis!
- Beauty and the Chorus Line
- Bedknobs and Magic Flutes
- The Best Little Hunchback in Texas
- Bring in ‘da Monsters, Bring in ‘da Inc.
- The Brother Bear of Seville
- Bye Bye Bambi
- Cabaret on the Range
- The Cat from Avenue Q
- Cirque du Saludos Amigos
- Death of a Condorman
- Ernest Goes to Swan Lake
- Flubber on the Roof
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered High School When the Musical is Enuf
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Black Hole
- Guys and Cars
- Gypsy-Force
- H.M.S. Pocahontas
- Hairspray: Fully Loaded
- Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Characters in Search of an Author
- Haunted Mansion of the August Moon
- Hello, WALL-E!
- Herbie and the Angry Inch
- Honey, I’m Waiting for Godot
- Hot Lead and Cold Grease
- How to Succeed in the One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band Without Really Trying
- The Importance of Being Enchanted
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Squanto
- Kiss Me, Bolt
- The Last of the Red Hot Little Mermaids
- Les Incroyables
- Lilo & Bess
- The Lion King and I
- Love Bug aux Falles
- M. Bug’s Life
- Make Mine the Music Man
- The Many Adventures of Wagner’s Ring
- The Marriage of Dumbo
- Mars Needs Mama Mia!
- Mikado O’Gill and the Little People
- The Miracle Worker’s Apprentice
- My Fair Lady and the Tramp
- No Deposit, No Glass Menagerie
- The Nutcracker Before Christmas
- Oedipus Tex
- Oh, Cinderella!
- Oliver & Company Are Dead
- Operation Elephant Man Drop
- Our Town Chihuahua
- Peter Pan Superstar
- The Pinocchio of Second Avenue
- Pirates of Penzance of the Caribbean
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Flying Dutchman
- The Princess Deathtrap
- The Producers Wore Tennis Shoes
- Rent in Toyland
- Rigoletto Down Under
- The Rocketteers
- Same Tron Next Year
- Seven Brides for Seven Dwarves
- Stop the Country Bears — I Want to Get Off
- A Streetcar Named Dinosaur
- Sunday in the Park with George of the Jungle
- That Darn Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!
- West Side Toy Story
- Who’s Afraid of the Mighty Ducks?
Did we miss any? If you’ve heard of any additional titles in this series (or if you hear that we got one wrong), be sure to immediately let us know in the comments!