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The Smurfs? Gargamel had this habit of breaking into a short song about how he'll use smurfs as spell ingredients to create gold.
"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
No, but thanks. I will try to search for the vhs tape but I do not know where it is.
Bump. I remember the sorcerer wearing a robe and speaking in a deep voice. If that helps.
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Could it have been an adaptation of the old fairytale "Rumpelstiltskin?"
Edited by GitarooHero Saving the world, one fret button at a time.
No. He was not short, he was tall. I am pretty sure he was a warlock or wizard. He looked like a male witch, but it has been a while since I saw it. He had a deep voice, not scary though, and I remember him sprinkling dust on the ground singing about a gold while outside a barn. I cannot remember any other characters. The entire short was a song. I saw this in the early 90s. It was not the Smurfs.
O-k, I browsed through all our VHS tapes and did not find the video this was recorded on. Here is all I know. I saw this in the early 90s. It was in color. The animation is quite similar to A Cowboy Needs a Horse, a Silly Symphonies Disney short, it might be another Silly Symphonies cartoon. It is not the Smurfs, but the main character is a singing wizard or warlock (wearing a black robe), I do not think he had warts, probably did, he was obviously a male witch if not similar to one. He was singing about gold, sprinkling stuff onto the ground. It was outside a barn. I cannot remember any other characters or anything else. It was night time in the cartoon not day, and it was a short, musical short. Please help, thanks.
I looked through a list of Silly Symphonies cartoons and didn't see anything that sounded like this. Was the entire cartoon about the warlock, or was it just one scene?
It was the entire cartoon, if I remember correctly, but it has been a while since I last saw it and as said, I cannot locate the VHS tape. The tape was just recorded shows. It might not have been a Silly Symphonies cartoon, but as pointed several times, the animation is quite similar to the Silly Symphonies short, a Cowboy Needs a Horse, same musical style, same animation. I am not entirely sure if it was Disney though,
If this helps. The warlock/wizard sounds much like the Ace of Clubs from Disney's Alice in Wonderland. I was listening to Disney songs on a CD to work today, Painting the Roses Red, and when I heard the card sing, "in fact, they will soon be dead", it made me think of the voice of this character, a deep monotone. The short was not sinister, and was definitely for kids.
Bump. I am still trying to locate the VHS tape. I asked this on Reedit, two responded, but neither the right answer. I appreciate the help. Unfortunately, I cannot remember much of the warlock/wizard, but he was brown with a black robe. I cannot remember if he had warts. As he sprinkled dust, he did not use a wand, but his hands.
Someone suggested the Sorcerer's Apprentice (not Fantasia) and someone else suggested a Wizard of Oz short, but neither is what I am searching for. I cannot remember if the male character as a warlock or a wizard, but it clearly looked like a male witch, his clothing, his evilness, his voice. Does this ring no bells to anyone?
bump, saw it in 1993-1996, though the short was most likely from much earlier in the U.S. if that helps
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I am starting to think it was a Smurfs episode, but if so then which one.
The animation is similar to A Cowboy Needs a Horse, the animated Disney short, so this could very well be another Disney animated short. All I remember is seeing this sorcerer, I think a warlock, similarly dressed as a traditional witch, singing, and being in what I think was a barn. He was singing about gold. My folks recorded a bunch of shows on a VHS tape that we have, so I will try to the tape to identify more, but that could take a while (we are moving soon and put things away), but hopefully someone here will remember this. I know it is not much to go on, but please help, thanks.