Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Promotional poster.
Genre	Social guidance film Children's film
Written by	Duane Poole Tom Swale
Directed by	Milton Gray Marsh Lamore Bob Shellhorn Mike Svayko Karen Peterson (supervising)
Voices of	See full below
Theme music composer	Richard Kosinski Sam Winans Paul Buckmaster Bill Reichenbach Bob Mann Guy Moon Alan Menken
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Buzz Potamkin
Editor(s)	Jay Bixsen
Running time	27 min.
Production company(s)	Southern Star Productions Wang Film Productions (animation) Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Distributor	McDonald's (sponsorship) Ronald McDonald Children's Charities (sponsorship) Buena Vista Home Video
Release
Original network	ABC NBC Fox CBS USA Network Syndication
Original release	April 21, 1990 (USA) June 22, 1990 (UK) January 1, 1991 (Japan) April 1, 1991 (Australia)
Chronology
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Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is a 1990 American animated drug-abuse prevention television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American weekday, Sunday morning, and Saturday morning television at the time of this film's release. Financed by McDonald's and Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, the special was originally simulcast on April 21, 1990 on all four major American television networks (by supporting their Saturday morning characters): ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, and most independent stations, as well as various cable networks. McDonald's also distributed a VHS home video edition of the special, produced by Buena Vista Home Video, which opened with an introduction from President George H. W. Bush, and First Lady Barbara Bush. The show was produced by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and Southern Star Productions, and was animated overseas by Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.. The musical number "Wonderful Ways to Say No" was written by Academy-Award winning composer, Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, who also wrote the songs for Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.