TaleSpin – Toonsville

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. The opening in the cliffs is guarded by anti-aircraft artillery, preventing flying rabblerousers or air pirates from entering the city. Characters in the world of TaleSpin are anthropomorphic animals. The timeframe of the series is never specifically addressed, but appears to be in the mid to late 1930’s, probably the year 1937; the helicopter and jet engine are experimental devices and most architecture is reminiscent of the art deco style of that period. 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”). Also, in one episode the characters talk about the newly invented jet-motor and the possibility of flying faster than the speed of sound.

The series centered on the adventures of bush pilot Baloo the bear, whose failing air cargo freight business is bought out by Rebecca Cunningham, and renamed ‘Higher for Hire’. An orphan boy and former Air Pirate, the ambitious Kit Cloudkicker, attaches to Baloo and becomes his navigator. He sometimes calls him “Papa Bear”. Together, they are the crew of Higher for Hire’s only aircraft, a modified Conwing L-16 named the Sea Duck. 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.

Their adventures often involve encounters with a gang of Air Pirates led by Don Karnage, representatives of Thembria, which is a parody of the Stalinist Soviet Union inhabited by anthropomorphic warthogs, or other, often even stranger obstacles.
The relationship between Baloo and Rebecca owes something to the screwball comedy films of the 1930’s. It’s even more closely patterned after the later years of the television sitcom Cheers—in both shows, a buttoned-down businesswoman named Rebecca takes the reins of a struggling company, then hires its previous owner (a fun-loving but irresponsible slacker) to do most of the work for her.

Genre: Action Adventure Comedy 

Orignal release: 7 February 1990 

Theme music composer: Christopher Stone 

Country of origin: United States 

No. of seasons: 1 

No. of episodes: 65 

Original network: The Disney Channel 

Running time: 22 minutes 

Production company: Walt Disney Television Animation 

Distributor: Buena Vista Television

"Plunder & Lightning: 
Episodes 1 through 4"

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"From Here to Machinery"
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"It Came from Beneath the Sea Duck"
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"Time Waits for No Bear"
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"Mommy for a Day"
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"I Only Have Ice for You"
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"Molly Coddled"
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"Polly Wants a Treasure"
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"Vowel Play"
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"The Idol Rich"
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"Stormy Weather"
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"Bearly Alive"
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"Her Chance to Dream"
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"All's Whale That Ends Whale"
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"The Golden Sprocket of Friendship"
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"For a Fuel Dollars More"
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"A Bad Reflection on You 
(Episodes 1 and 2)"

Baloo 

Rebecca Cunningham

Kit Cloudkicker

Frank Wildcat

Louie

Shere Khan

Don Karnage

(hahahahaha) (Spin it!)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oohooh ...

(Let's begin it)
(Bear 'n grin it!)
(Spin it!)

Oh-ee-yeah (Tale Spin)
Oh-ee-yoh (Tale Spin)
Friends for life, through thick and thin
With another tale to spin
Oh-ee-yeah (Tale Spin)
Oh-ee-yoh (Tale Spin)
All the trouble we get in
With another tale to spin

(Spin it!)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ...
(Spin it, my friend!)

Oh-ee-yeah
Oh-ee-yoh
Oh-ee-yeah
Oh-ee-yoh
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Spin it
Let's begin it
Bear 'n grin it
When you're in it
You can win it
In a minute
When you spin it, spin it, spin it!
(hahaha) So spin it!
Tale Spin!


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