From there, the series follows the ups and downs of Higher for Hire and its staff, sometimes in the vein of old action-adventure film serials of the 1930s and '40s like Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Together, they are the crew of Higher for Hire's only aircraft, a modified Conwing L-16 named the Sea Duck. An orphan boy and former Air Pirate, the ambitious Kit Cloudkicker, attaches to Baloo and becomes his navigator. The series centered on the adventures of bush pilot Baloo the bear, whose air cargo freight business is bought out by Rebecca Cunningham, and renamed 'Higher for Hire'. Also, in one episode the characters talk about the newly invented jet-motor and the possibility of flying faster than the speed of sound. World War I ended "nearly 20 years ago", and radio is the primary mass medium (in one episode, the local station is identified as "K-CAPE"). The timeframe of the series is never specifically addressed, but appears to be in the mid to late 1930s, possibly the year 1937 the helicopter and jet engine are experimental devices and most architecture is reminiscent of the art deco style of that period. Characters in the world of TaleSpin are anthropomorphic animals. The opening in the cliffs is guarded by anti-aircraft artillery, preventing flying rabblerousers or air pirates from entering the city. TaleSpin is set in the fictional city-state of Cape Suzette (a pun on the pancake dish, Crêpe Suzette), a harbor town protected by giant cliffs through which only a small opening exists. There were four production teams, each one headed by a Producer/Director: Robert Taylor, Larry Latham, Jamie Mitchell and Ed Ghertner.Įpisode list Main article: TaleSpin episode list Synopsis The series was largely developed by writers Jymn Magon and Mark Zaslove, who were also the Supervising Producers on the series as well as Story Editors. Also, the protagonists of both series fly planes named for waterfowl ( Cutter's Goose and Sea Duck) and are regular denizens of taverns named "Louie's." Kit seems to be a stand-in for Mowgli, since Baloo calls him by the same nicknames his Jungle Book counterpart called Mowgli, like "Little Britches".Īlso, many of the series concepts seem to be based on the 1982 ABC series Tales of the Gold Monkey, including the main concept of a cocky flying boat cargo pilot and his rocky relationship with his girlfriend, his scatterbrained mechanic sidekick, the era and designs of the aircraft and costumes, the Pacific Islands setting, the secondary character relationships, even the visual appearance of the lagoon. Several of the characters are loosely based on characters from Disney's animated film version of The Jungle Book: in particular Baloo, the hot-shot pilot hero of the series Louie, the owner of Baloo's favorite bar and Shere Khan, a business tycoon who appears in many episodes. Reruns continued to be shown on the Disney Afternoon through 1994, and later appeared on the Disney Channel and Toon Disney. TaleSpin ended on its 65th episode which ran in 1991, later nominated for another Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (Entire Series) in the same year. The show was often seen either on its own as a half-hour show, or as part of the two-hour syndicated series The Disney Afternoon.
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The original concept was embodied in the introductory television movie Plunder and Lightning which was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (Prime Time for Programming One Hour or More) in 1991 and was later re-edited into four half-hour episodes for reruns. After a preview of The Disney Afternoon that aired on the Disney Channel in May 1990, the series began its run in September of the same year.
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