The Game

The Game

October 18, 1994 TV Episode Disney's Aladdin: The Series

Studio
Walt Disney Television Animation
Animation studio
Kennedy Cartoons, Inc.
Distributor
Buena Vista Television

Synopsis

A pair of wizards show up to play deadly games with the gang.

Characters

Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Iago, Abu, Razoul, Wizard

Credits

Directing

Director
Alan Zaslove

Producing

Producer
Tad Stones, Alan Zaslove
Associate Producer
Maia Mattise

Writing

Writer
Richard Stanley
Story Editors
Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley

Animation

Animator
Chris Derochie
Assistant Animator
Roy Sato

Voices

Voice
Scott Weinger (Aladdin), Linda Larkin (Jasmine), Dan Castellaneta (Genie), Gilbert Gottfried (Iago), Frank Welker (Abu), Jim Cummings (Razoul), Jonathan Freeman (Wizard)

Music

Music
Harvey Cohen, Mark Watters

Crew

Storyboard Artist
Floro Dery
Inbetween Artist
Tony Quelch
Background Key Designer
Jim Schlenker
Story Editor
Kevin Campbell
Dialogue Editor
Elliot Anders
Sound Effects Editors
Michael Gollom, Peggy McAffee, Otis Van Osten
Production Sound Mixer
Deb Adair
Scoring Assistant Engineer
Jamie Luker
Scoring Mixer
Malcolm Luker
Digital Optical Supervisor
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Music Editor
Alex Wilkinson
Singer ("Arabian Nights")
Bruce Adler
Scoring Production Supervisor
Daniel Brock
On-Line Editor
David Klandrud
Overseas Supervisor
Brad Goodchild

Production notes

Originally aired as one of 65 episodes in The Disney Afternoon in syndication. An additional 21 episodes aired on CBS on Saturday mornings.

Disney's animated adventures of a young "street rat," his royal girlfriend, pet monkey, flying carpet, and personal genie crossed over to TV in the fall of 1994, two years after the theatrical feature Aladdin. Coming on the heels of the direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, the series picked up where that installment left off, with Aladdin still living on the streets of Agrabah, still unwed to beautiful and spunky Princess Jasmine.

Disney's Aladdin continued the fantasy/magic adventures of the feature films, carrying "Al" and Jasmine into peril among sorcerers, mermaids, thieves, and more. Monkey sidekick Abu and the fast-talking, shape-shifting Genie came along to help, as did sassy, complaining parrot Iago, formerly Jafar's pet but now a grudgingly good guy. In place of movie villain Jafar, the series introduced evil sorcerer Mozenrath, inventor Mekanikles, and weaselly thief Abis Mal, among others.

Debuting simultaneously on Saturday morning and as part of the syndicated weekday Disney Afternoon, the show set a pattern for several future Disney series. Many of the films' stars provided the voices of their TV counterparts, with Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson) filling in for Robin Williams in the Genie role.

Aladdin was a hit, capturing the films' clever mix of fantastic adventure with off-the-wall comedy, usually from cynical Iago and the wisecracking Genie. After a successful run of original programs, the show continued in syndicated repeats and in a third feature, the direct-to-video Aladdin and the King of Thieves.

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