Sing Me a Story with Belle
| Disney's Sing Me A Story with Belle | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Walt Disney Television |
| Written by | Patrick Davidson Melissa Gould Deborah Raznick |
| Directed by | Steve Purcell |
| Presented by | Lynsey McLeod |
| Starring | Kerry Anne Bradford Jacob Chase Tim Goodwin Lynsey McLeod Chris Robles Kirsten Storms Julie Vanlue J.J. Ward |
| Voices of |
Mary Kay Bergman Corey Burton Christine Cavanaugh Jeff Conover Jim Cummings |
| Opening theme | "Sing Me a Story" by Lynsey McLeod |
| Ending theme | "Sing Me a Story" (Instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Patrick Davidson |
| Producer(s) | Tim Gaydos (associate producer) Jimbo Marshall (associate producer) Jeff Palmer (associate producer) |
| Editor(s) | Lisa Bianco Pete Opotowsky Gary Woods |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Patrick Davidson Productions (USA) |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | September 8, 1995 – March 1, 1997 |
Disney's Sing Me A Story with Belle was an American live-action series created by Patrick Davidson and Melissa Gould. The series features Belle from Beauty and the Beast, who now owns and manages the bookshop in the village.
According to Ken Weiner, vice president at Buena Vista Television, using classic vintage Disney animated shorts allows the show to present a higher quality of animation than would normally be feasible in an educational show that would meet the Federal Communications Commission's E/I standards.
By early 1995, it was said that the show would present two short films per episode (with updated music), which Belle and the children would sometimes interrupt for discussion purposes or to "test cognitive abilities".
Belle (Lynsey McLeod) lives in France and owns her own music and bookshop. Helping her at the bookstore are Lewis and Carroll, two magical bookworms, Harmony the Cat and Big Book, a large talking book on a book stand. The bookstore is visited by local children to whom Belle will tell and sing stories, usually with a moral relating to something that's happened that day.
Clips from vintage Disney cartoons would often be used to illustrate the stories, including:
This show premiered in First-run syndication in select markets as a sneak preview on September 8, 1995. In 1996, two videos featuring two episodes on each were released as part of the Disney Princess Collection: Chapters of Enchantment and Beauty and the World of Music. In 1999, two episodes from the first season were released with an episode of an abandoned Beauty and the Beast cartoon series featured in the 1998 video Belle's Magical World, and were released direct-to-video as Belle's Tales of Friendship. Two episodes were also featured separately as an extra in both the 2011 and 2016 re-release of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, and the 2011 re-release of Belle's Magical World.
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