“Disney’s Halloween Treat” is a 1982 Halloween-themed episode of Walt Disney which originally aired on October 30, 1982.
This special was also released under an alternative title, “Scary Tales of Halloween”, and was also available in both syndicated and network versions.
The episode is narrated by a jack-o’-lantern puppet (voiced by Hal Douglas) and features a compilation of Disney short cartoons involving spooky or supernatural themes and excerpted segments of various villains from Disney feature films. The opening and closing credits feature an orange-colorized version of the 1929 Silly Symphony short The Skeleton Dance and its title theme song sung in the opening and closing credits. The lyrics were written by Galen R. Brandt, with music by John Debney.
An updated version of this program, the Disney Channel exclusive “A Disney Halloween,” aired in 1983, which incorporated segments from both “Disney’s Halloween Treat” and “Disney’s Greatest Villains” (1977). “Disney’s Halloween Treat” was rebroadcast throughout the 1980s until the mid-1990s.
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