History Trivia / NewmanLaughOGrams

* ShortLivedBigImpact: The cartoons were a flop when they were first released, but they also provided the earliest foundation for Walt Disney's animated cartoons, and everything else beyond.

** ''Cinderella'' plays with this: The 7.5 minute version made its way onto almost every disc-based release of Disney's 1950 ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' movie since the 1995 Deluxe CAV [=LaserDisc=], meaning it falls into this trope whenever the movie goes into the Disney Vault, then becomes "rescued" when the film reaches a new format. However, the longer version has yet to hit home video.

** While all the cartoons are in Public Domain, the copies that are shared are very poor quality. Higher quality video of the unreleased shorts are known to exist but have never had a physical release. The D23 website does have high quality videos of ''The Four Musicians of Bremen'', ''Puss in Boots'' & ''Newman Laugh-o-Grams''[[note]] Which was never released on home media.[[/note]] on their website.

** While all the cartoons are in Public Domain, the copies in Public Domain are very poor quality. Higher quality video of the unreleased shorts are known to exist but have never had a public release.

** ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' and ''Goldie Locks and the Three Bears'' have never been leaked online. ''Jack the Giant Killer'' footage that is online is a pirated copy that someone took at a movie theater. All of the shorts has been shown at museums throughout the year and at D23.

* MissingEpisode: ''Martha'', Disney's 2nd to last film, has been lost. It was billed as "Song-O-Gram" and only an image of the title card is known to exist along with some behind the scene photos. There is also ''Lafflets'', which were small 20-30 seconds animation shorts that have all been lost. The only information that is known are the title of the series along with interviews of some of the animators who worked on the shorts.

** The first short ''Newman's Laugh-o-Gram'' has missing scenes and there are also other shorts that Walt made for the Newman's theater before he started Laugh-O-Gram Studio that are missing. Interviews with residents of Kansas City at the time confirmed that Walt made at least 12 shorts, including his very first recurring named character called ''Professor Whosis''.

** The first short ''Newman's Laugh-o-Gram'' has missing scenes and there are also other shorts that Walt made for the Newman's theater before he started Laugh-O-Gram Studio that are missing.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Walt was originally wanted to make 12 films, he had 8 completed before the studio went belly up.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Walt was originally obligated to make 12 films in the series, but only 9 were completed before the studio went belly up.

* MissingEpisode: ''Martha'', Disney's 2nd to last film, has been lost. It was billed as "Song-O-Gram" and only an image of the title card is known to exist along with some behind the scene photos. There is also ''Lafflets'', which were small 20-30 seconds animation shorts created between Cinderella and Tommy Tucker's Tooth that have all been lost. The only information that is known are the title of the series along with interviews of some of the animators who worked on the shorts.

* MissingEpisode: ''Martha'', Disney's 2nd to last film, has been lost. It was billed as "Song-O-Gram" and only an image of the title card is known to exist. There is also ''Lafflets'', which were small 20-30 seconds animation shorts created between Cinderella and Tommy Tucker's Tooth that have all been lost. The only information that is known are the title of the series.

* MissingEpisode: Martha, Disney's 2nd to last film, has been lost. It was billed as "Song-O-Gram" and only an image of the title card is known to exist.

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* EditedForSyndication: After Disney unearthed a longer version of the ''Cinderella'' Laugh-O-Gram in 2010, the next time the short received an official Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo release (as a bonus feature for the 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie's 2012 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray), it still ran only 7.5 minutes, due to Disney using the same edited print included on past releases of the 1950 ''Cinderella''.

** The ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' 2010 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray included ''Little Red Riding Hood'', ''The Four Musicians of Bremen'', ''Puss in Boots'', and ''Cinderella''. However, the 2016 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray contains none of them, and they also became some of the few Diamond Edition extras absent from the Disney Movies Anywhere website and app.
** ''Alice's Wonderland'' often gets included with ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', but only in an 8-minute presentation, with a {{Cliffhanger}} ending. The longest surviving version (which runs 12.5 minutes, and provides an actual resolution), only became available on the 2005 Walt Disney Treasures DVD ''Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s''.
** ''Cinderella'' plays with this: The 7.5 minute version made its way onto almost every disc-based release of Disney's 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie since the 1995 Deluxe CAV [=LaserDisc=], meaning it falls into this trope whenever the movie goes into the Disney Vault, then becomes "rescued" when the film reaches a new format. However, the longer version has yet to hit home video.

** ''Cinderella'' plays with this: The 7.5 minute version made its way onto every disc-based release of Disney's 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie since the 1995 Deluxe CAV [=LaserDisc=], meaning it falls into this trope whenever the movie goes into the Disney Vault, then becomes "rescued" when the film reaches a new format. However, the longer version has yet to hit home video.

** The ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' 2010 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray included ''Little Red Riding Hood'', ''The Four Musicians of Bremen'', ''Puss in Boots'', and ''Cinderella''. However, the 2016 25th Anniversary Edition/Signature Edition Blu-Ray contains none of them, and they also became some of the few Diamond Edition extras absent from the Disney Movies Anywhere website and app.

* EditedForSyndication: After Disney unearthed a longer version of the ''Cinderella'' short in 2010, the next time the short received an official Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo release (as a bonus feature for the 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie's 2012 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray), it still ran only 7.5 minutes, due to Disney using the same edited print included on past releases of the 1950 ''Cinderella''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Disney has only given five ''Laugh-O-Grams'' official DVD and/or Blu-Ray releases, and some of the discs in question have gone out of print.

* EditedForSyndication: After Disney unearthed a longer version of the ''Cinderella'' short in 2010, the next time the short received an official Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo release (as a bonus feature for the 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie's 2012 Diamond Edition Blu-Ray), it still ran only 7.5 minutes, due to Disney using the same CutShort print included on past releases of the 1950 ''Cinderella''.

** ''Alice's Wonderland'' often gets included with ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', but only in a CutShort 8-minute presentation. The longest surviving version (which runs 12.5 minutes, and ends less abruptly), only became available on the 2005 Walt Disney Treasures DVD ''Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo has only given five ''Laugh-O-Grams'' official DVD and/or Blu-Ray releases, and some of the discs in question have gone out of print.

** ''Cinderella'' plays with this: The 7.5 minute version made its way onto every disc-based release of Disney's 1950 ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'' movie since the 1995 Deluxe CAV [=LaserDisc=], meaning it falls into this trope whenever the movie goes into the Disney Vault, then becomes "rescued" when the film reaches a new format. However, when Disney unearthed a longer version in 2010, they didn't include it on the 2012 ''Cinderella'' Diamond Edition Blu-Ray, which still presented only 7.5 minutes of the short.