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Our Top 5 Favorite Disney Musical Numbers

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We really enjoyed 2013’s “Frozen,” and looking forward to its release this month. In honor of “Frozen,” and the Oscar win the excellent Idina Menzel song for the movie received at the Oscars this year, we’re listing our top five Disney Musical Numbers of All time! We grew up with Disney movies like a lot of other children, and I fondly remember seeing films like “Aladdin,” “The Lion King,” and “Toy Story” in the theaters, including a slew of other films, and Disney of course plays best in the wide theaters with amazing sound. Here’s our list, what are your favorites?

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Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 (2013)

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Any movie that begins with inexplicable opening narration from Stan Lee is an automatic win in my book. From the opening exposition from Stan “The Man,” to clips from the previous “Nuke ‘Em High” series, “Return Vol. 1” is really a return to form for people that appreciated the punk rock trash “Class of Nuke Em High” series that had no limits in bad taste and grue. It’s an entirely new generation with an entirely new subtext, and Lloyd Kaufman embraces those themes head on and without fear of controversy.

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Will Vinton’s A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)

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I have very fond memories of watching Will Vinton’s “Claymation Christmas” on CBS back when it premiered in the late eighties. At the time Vinton’s “California Raisins” mascots were still prominent in America, and I fondly recall my cousins owning some of the toys from the brand. Though the characters themselves were lukewarm mascots, I still loved Vinton’s “Claymation Christmas.”

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Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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It’s really tough to find anyone these days capable of turning a novelty song in to a great film. Not that there’s a need for it, mind you. But still, back in the days Rankin Bass took some great Christmas music and turned them in to classic movies that are still watched today. The last movie we had was “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.” And somehow a beloved matriarch being trampled to death by an animal doesn’t inspire the jollies in me.

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Frosty the Snowman (1969)

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You wouldn’t expect much from a short movie about the famous Christmas novelty song, but lo and behold Rankin Bass manage to pull off an impressive feat. “Frosty the Snowman” is a great short fantasy film that knows when to call it quits and is never a cloying over abundance of cute and obnoxious.

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A Garfield Christmas (1987)

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Yet another of the Christmas favorites that faded away from television land, “ A Garfield Christmas” is a wonderful and often times hilarious look at Garfield’s ringing in the Christmas festivities with Jon and Odie. Garfield is taken out of his beloved home and to Jon Arbuckle’s old home to celebrate Christmas with his country bumpkin family.While there, we not only garner an insight in to Jon’s odd ball personality, but we also get to see how Garfield reacts to the relationships around him.

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Kenny Rogers: Keep Christmas With You (DVD)

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This hour long special I fondly recall sleeping through in the nineties thanks to a country music obsessed mom, is now available in all of its uncut glory. Truth be told, time has been kind to this special, and tapping Kenny Rogers’ popularity in the decade, we get to see him have a ball with a group of kids.

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