TaleSpin is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of The Disney Afternoon. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book (namely, some of the film's animals being given an anthropomorphic makeover while the humans are removed), which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall. Namely Baloo the Bear, Louie the ape, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on "tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. The two words in the show's name, tale and spin, are a way to describe telling a story. The show is one of nine Disney Afternoon shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Quack Pack, Aladdin, and The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa. It happens to be one of two animated television series based on the book The Jungle Book, the second being Jungle Cubs.
The series was originally broadcasted over the Disney Channel and its first-run on syndication between September 7, 1990.[1] and August 8, 1991.[2]
Cast[]
- Ed Gilbert as Baloo
- Jim Cummings as Don Karnage
- Sally Struthers as Rebecca Cunningham
- R.J. Williams as Kit Cloudkicker
- Pat Fraley as Wildcat
- Charlie Adler as Mad Dog
- Chuck McCann as Dumptruck
- Janna Michaels as Molly Cunningham
- Tony Jay as Shere Khan
- Alan Roberts as Kit Cloudkicker
- Michael Gough as Colonel Spigot
- Lorenzo Music as Sgt. Dunder