Simply Mad About the Mouse: A Musical Celebration of Imagination is a 1991 direct-to-video release showcasing top contemporary singers performing classic Disney songs. Released on September 27, 1991, this 35-minute feature consists of a series of music videos available on VHS and LaserDisc. The music videos were exclusive to the video and the Disney Channel.

Performances

The disc features the following performances:

Production notes

As evidenced in the descriptions of the music videos, while Simply Mad included new animation, it made great use of existing animated footage. Most new animation in Simply Mad is rotoscoped, a technique highly disregarded by Disney's animators, who, while sometimes referring to video footage for reference, prefer to create their character's motion from scratch. The video begins in a set created of "the Disney Vault", where the camera pans around various objects and pictures, including "props" from the animated movies, such as Cinderella's glass slipper, or the submerged skull from The Rescuers. An animator's pencil drawing of Sorcerer Mickey slowly comes alive, and enchants five musical notes out of a baton; the notes proceed to whip around the room at varying speeds. The vault is entered through a dark and slightly industrial side; at the end, it exits onto an English garden. Created by Garen Entertainment and Stellar X Productions, it was distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, the Walt Disney Company's distribution company. An album of the music was created by Columbia Records, and released on LP, cassette and Compact Disc. Also on the record was En Vogue with "Someday My Prince Will Come" and Kirk Whalum with "Mad About the Wolf". The title is not currently in stores but is available through digital download distribution.

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