DISNEY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS: GREENLIGHT THIS SHOW! NOW. Ahem, The Muppet Show returns with a special episode that perfectly matches the original series.
The Bootleg Files: Swabbies
BOOTLEG FILES 929: “Swabbies” (canceled Disney animated short that survives as an animatic video).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: This was never meant to be seen publicly.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
The history of the Walt Disney Company is littered with projects that were aborted in various stages of concept and execution. Some of these canceled projects could have been truly fascinating, such as a feature-length animated film based on “Don Quixote.” Other pulled-plug endeavors would have been more than a little peculiar, such as an animated version of “The Catcher in the Rye” with an all-canine cast.
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Scarlet [2025]
A princess embarks on an odyssey of revenge for her slain father in Mamoru Hosada’s uneven anime Scarlet.
Dracula: A Love Tale [2026]
Dracula searches for his lost love, while a priest seeks to destroy him, in Luc Besson’s romantic take on the Bram Stoker story, Dracula: A Love Tale.
1981 (short) (2026)
A teenage boy goes to his friend’s birthday party where the parents are surprising all the boys attending with a gift for their son that will change all these boys forever.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: People Are Bunny (1959)
People Are Bunny (1959)
Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation by Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray, Ted Bonnicksen, George Grandpré, David R. Green
Music by Milt Franklyn
Daffy Duck is watching television and dials into “The QTTV Sportsman Hour” where the host promises $1,000 for the first viewer who brings a rabbit into the station. Daffy tries to lure Bugs with free tickets to a television show, but when Bugs declines Daffy grabs a rifle and forces him to travel to QTTV. Once at the station, Bugs and Daffy have separate experiences with game shows – Bugs enjoys a profitable outcome while Daffy’s excursion ends painfully.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) [Underrated Gems]
What begins as a scientific inquiry into folklore and pharmacology quickly unravels into a nightmarish descent into political terror and spiritual unrest.