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Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel: the musical
- Title
- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel: the musical [videorecording] / HBO Project Knowledge in association with Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. and Italtoons Corp. ; produced by Michael Sporn.
- Publication
- New York : Ambrose Video, 1990.
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- Description
- 1 videocasssette (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Virginia Lee Burton's timeless tale is retold in this animated musical version. Mike Mulligan is exceedingly proud of his steam shovel, Mary Anne, and boasts that "she could dig as much in a day as a hundred men could dig in a week." Indeed, the more people watched her, the harder and faster she dug. Sadly, when the new gasoline, electric and diesel shovels came along, no one wanted the old-fashioned steam shovels any longer; many were abandoned or sold for scrap iron. Mike couldn't do that to his Mary Anne. One day, Mike Mulligan heard that the town of Popperville was building a new town hall and a huge cellar had to be excavated. Mike begged the curmudgeonly selectman for the job saying that if Mary Anne could not dig the hole in one day, the town would not have to pay. Starting at dawn, Mike and Mary Anne dug nonstop and as more of the townspeople gathered to watch, they dug quicker and quicker. They dug so quickly and neatly that they forgot to provide a opening so that Mary Ann could get back out. Today, Mary Anne is the furnace that keeps the Town Hall comfortably warm and Mike is the janitor that keeps her in good working order.
- Series Statement
- (HBO Project Knowledge)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Films for preschoolers, Fiction.
- Note
- Based on the book by Virginia Lee Burton.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Michael Sporn; animators, Doug Compton, Mark Mayerson, John R. Dilworth, Steven Dovas; editor, Bruce Knapp; music, Bob Stein; adapted and narrated by Robert Klein.
- Title
- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel: the musical [videorecording] / HBO Project Knowledge in association with Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. and Italtoons Corp. ; produced by Michael Sporn.
- Imprint
- New York : Ambrose Video, 1990.
- Series
- (HBO Project Knowledge)
- Credits
- Producer, director, Michael Sporn; animators, Doug Compton, Mark Mayerson, John R. Dilworth, Steven Dovas; editor, Bruce Knapp; music, Bob Stein; adapted and narrated by Robert Klein.
- Performer
- Voices: Jason Biggs, Tina Fabrique, Sherryl Marshall, Catherine Russell, Heidi Stallings, Rachel Graham, Gina Marie, Tony Andresakis.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.Sporn, Michael.
- Branch Call Number
- J VTH 1961 M