The late Joan Baxter lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

“no comparable book exists…exhaustive…will enrich television and music reference collections”—Reference Reviews; “sensibly arranged…fascinating”—Choice; “will enrich television and musical reference collections more than musicals have enriched TV”—Rettig on Reference; “a thoroughly researched and well written history of an underappreciated genre”—Past Times; “top-notch documentation”—Television Chronicles; “excellent”—Show Music; “as a reference work it succeeds admirably...valuable”—ARBA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      THE MUSICALSThe Accused      Ace Hits the Big Time      The Adventures of Huck Finn      The Adventures of Marco Polo      Aladdin (1958)      Aladdin (1967)      Alice in Wonderland or “What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This”      Alice in Wonderland Part I      Alice in Wonderland Part II      Alice Through the Looking Glass      All About Me      Amahl and the Night Visitors      Androcles and the Lion      Around the World with Nellie Bly      Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf      Art Carney Meets the Sorcerer’s Apprentice      Autumn in New York      Babes in Toyland      The Bachelor      The Ballad of Smokey the Bear      The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas      Beatrice      A Bell for Adano      The Borrowers      A Bouquet for Millie      The Box Supper      The Boys from Boise      Break of Day      Burlesque      Cabeza de Vaca      The Cage      The Canterville Ghost      Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield      A Charlie Brown Christmas      A Child Is Born      A Christmas Carol      Cinderella (1957)      Cinderella (1965)      Cinderella ’53      Cindy      Cindy’s Fella      Come to Me      Cop Rock      Copacabana      The Cricket on the Hearth      The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood      The Danny Kaye Show      The Death Goddess      The Decorator      Deseret      A Diamond for Carla      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde      Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas      Dolcedo      A Doonesbury Special      A Drum Is a Woman      Drummer Man      The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town      The Emperor’s New Clothes (1967)      The Emperor’s New Clothes (1972)      The Entertainer      Evening Primrose      Feathertop      Fenwick      The Final Ingredient      Freedom Is      Frosty Returns      Frosty the Snowman      Galileo Galilei      Gallantry      Gift of the Magi (1958)      Gift of the Magi (1978)      Gnomes      Golden Child      Goldilocks      La Grande Bretèche      The Great Man’s Whiskers      Griffelkin      Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)      Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1969)      Hansel and Gretel      The Happiest Day      Happily Ever After      Heidi      Here Comes Peter Cottontail      The Hero      He’s for Me      High Pitch      High Tor      Hi-Hat      The Hobbit      Holiday      The Honeymooners      I’m Getting Married      In Fashion      The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip      It’s a Brand New World      It’s Sunny Again      Jack: A Flash Fantasy      Jack and the Beanstalk (1956)      Jack and the Beanstalk (1966)      Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)      Jack Frost      The Juggler      Junior Miss      Keep in Step      The King and Mrs. Candle      Kingdom Chums: Little David’s Adventure      Kingdom Chums: The Original Top Ten      Labyrinth      The Land of Green Ginger      The Legend of Robin Hood      Let Me Go, Lover      The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus      Li’l Abner      Li’l Abner in Dogpatch Today      The Little Drummer Boy      Little Women      The Littlest Angel      Liza Minnelli in Sam Found Out: A Triple Play      The Lord Don’t Play Favorites      Madeline      The Magic Horn      The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red’s Head      Manhattan Tower      A Man’s Game      Maria Golovin      The Marriage      Martin’s Lie      The Mercer Girls      The Mighty Casey      Minstrel Man      Miss Chicken Little      Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol      Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree      Mother Goose      The Mouse on the Mayflower      Mrs. Santa Claus      My Heart’s in the Highlands      Myshkin      The New Adventures of Heidi      The Night the Animals Talked      The Night They Saved Christmas      No Man Can Tame Me      Noah and the Flood      O’Halloran’s Luck      Oliver and the Artful Dodger      Olympus 7-0000      On the Flip Side      On the Road to Broadway      Once Upon a Brothers Grimm      Once Upon a Christmas Time      Once Upon a Tune      Once Upon an Eastertime      Our Town      Owen Wingrave      Paris in the Springtime      The Parrot      La Pastorela      Peter Pan      The Pied Piper of Hamelin      Pinocchio (1957)      Pinocchio (1967)      Pinocchio (1968)      Pinocchio (1976)      Pinocchio’s Christmas      The Point      Polly      Polly—Comin’ Home!      Queen of the Stardust Ballroom      Quillow and the Giant      Rachel, La Cubana      Really Rosie      Return of the King      Return to Oz      The Road to Lebanon      The Royal Follies of 1933      Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July      Rudolph’s Shiny New Year      Ruggles of Red Gap      The Saga of Sonora      St. George and the Dragon      Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town      Sarah      Satins and Spurs      The Secret Garden      Sextuplets      Sing a Sign      The Singin’ Idol      Skinflint      Snow White Christmas      So Help Me, Aphrodite      The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair      A Special London Bridge Special      The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)      The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)      The Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer      Stover at Yale      Strawberry Blonde      Svengali and the Blonde      The Swing      Tell Me on a Sunday      That’s Life      The Thief and the Hangman      Think Pretty      The Thirteen Clocks      Three for the Girls      The Tiny Tree      Tippy Top      Tom Sawyer      The Trial at Rouen      The Trial of Mary Lincoln      Trouble in Tahiti      ’Twas the Night Before Christmas      Uncle Sam Magoo      A Waltz Dream      What Day Is It?      Who’s Afraid of Mother Goose?      Who’s Earnest?      The Wind in the Willows      The Year Without a Santa Claus      Young Man from Boston      Chronology      Bibliography      Song Index      Name Index

The late Joan Baxter lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

“no comparable book exists…exhaustive…will enrich television and music reference collections”—Reference Reviews; “sensibly arranged…fascinating”—Choice; “will enrich television and musical reference collections more than musicals have enriched TV”—Rettig on Reference; “a thoroughly researched and well written history of an underappreciated genre”—Past Times; “top-notch documentation”—Television Chronicles; “excellent”—Show Music; “as a reference work it succeeds admirably...valuable”—ARBA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      THE MUSICALSThe Accused      Ace Hits the Big Time      The Adventures of Huck Finn      The Adventures of Marco Polo      Aladdin (1958)      Aladdin (1967)      Alice in Wonderland or “What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This”      Alice in Wonderland Part I      Alice in Wonderland Part II      Alice Through the Looking Glass      All About Me      Amahl and the Night Visitors      Androcles and the Lion      Around the World with Nellie Bly      Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf      Art Carney Meets the Sorcerer’s Apprentice      Autumn in New York      Babes in Toyland      The Bachelor      The Ballad of Smokey the Bear      The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas      Beatrice      A Bell for Adano      The Borrowers      A Bouquet for Millie      The Box Supper      The Boys from Boise      Break of Day      Burlesque      Cabeza de Vaca      The Cage      The Canterville Ghost      Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield      A Charlie Brown Christmas      A Child Is Born      A Christmas Carol      Cinderella (1957)      Cinderella (1965)      Cinderella ’53      Cindy      Cindy’s Fella      Come to Me      Cop Rock      Copacabana      The Cricket on the Hearth      The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood      The Danny Kaye Show      The Death Goddess      The Decorator      Deseret      A Diamond for Carla      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde      Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas      Dolcedo      A Doonesbury Special      A Drum Is a Woman      Drummer Man      The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town      The Emperor’s New Clothes (1967)      The Emperor’s New Clothes (1972)      The Entertainer      Evening Primrose      Feathertop      Fenwick      The Final Ingredient      Freedom Is      Frosty Returns      Frosty the Snowman      Galileo Galilei      Gallantry      Gift of the Magi (1958)      Gift of the Magi (1978)      Gnomes      Golden Child      Goldilocks      La Grande Bretèche      The Great Man’s Whiskers      Griffelkin      Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)      Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1969)      Hansel and Gretel      The Happiest Day      Happily Ever After      Heidi      Here Comes Peter Cottontail      The Hero      He’s for Me      High Pitch      High Tor      Hi-Hat      The Hobbit      Holiday      The Honeymooners      I’m Getting Married      In Fashion      The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip      It’s a Brand New World      It’s Sunny Again      Jack: A Flash Fantasy      Jack and the Beanstalk (1956)      Jack and the Beanstalk (1966)      Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)      Jack Frost      The Juggler      Junior Miss      Keep in Step      The King and Mrs. Candle      Kingdom Chums: Little David’s Adventure      Kingdom Chums: The Original Top Ten      Labyrinth      The Land of Green Ginger      The Legend of Robin Hood      Let Me Go, Lover      The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus      Li’l Abner      Li’l Abner in Dogpatch Today      The Little Drummer Boy      Little Women      The Littlest Angel      Liza Minnelli in Sam Found Out: A Triple Play      The Lord Don’t Play Favorites      Madeline      The Magic Horn      The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red’s Head      Manhattan Tower      A Man’s Game      Maria Golovin      The Marriage      Martin’s Lie      The Mercer Girls      The Mighty Casey      Minstrel Man      Miss Chicken Little      Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol      Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree      Mother Goose      The Mouse on the Mayflower      Mrs. Santa Claus      My Heart’s in the Highlands      Myshkin      The New Adventures of Heidi      The Night the Animals Talked      The Night They Saved Christmas      No Man Can Tame Me      Noah and the Flood      O’Halloran’s Luck      Oliver and the Artful Dodger      Olympus 7-0000      On the Flip Side      On the Road to Broadway      Once Upon a Brothers Grimm      Once Upon a Christmas Time      Once Upon a Tune      Once Upon an Eastertime      Our Town      Owen Wingrave      Paris in the Springtime      The Parrot      La Pastorela      Peter Pan      The Pied Piper of Hamelin      Pinocchio (1957)      Pinocchio (1967)      Pinocchio (1968)      Pinocchio (1976)      Pinocchio’s Christmas      The Point      Polly      Polly—Comin’ Home!      Queen of the Stardust Ballroom      Quillow and the Giant      Rachel, La Cubana      Really Rosie      Return of the King      Return to Oz      The Road to Lebanon      The Royal Follies of 1933      Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July      Rudolph’s Shiny New Year      Ruggles of Red Gap      The Saga of Sonora      St. George and the Dragon      Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town      Sarah      Satins and Spurs      The Secret Garden      Sextuplets      Sing a Sign      The Singin’ Idol      Skinflint      Snow White Christmas      So Help Me, Aphrodite      The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair      A Special London Bridge Special      The Stingiest Man in Town (1956)      The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)      The Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer      Stover at Yale      Strawberry Blonde      Svengali and the Blonde      The Swing      Tell Me on a Sunday      That’s Life      The Thief and the Hangman      Think Pretty      The Thirteen Clocks      Three for the Girls      The Tiny Tree      Tippy Top      Tom Sawyer      The Trial at Rouen      The Trial of Mary Lincoln      Trouble in Tahiti      ’Twas the Night Before Christmas      Uncle Sam Magoo      A Waltz Dream      What Day Is It?      Who’s Afraid of Mother Goose?      Who’s Earnest?      The Wind in the Willows      The Year Without a Santa Claus      Young Man from Boston      Chronology      Bibliography      Song Index      Name Index