"A Star is Torn" is the twenty-fifth episode of The Disney Afternoon animated series, TaleSpin. It premiered on October 4, 1990.
Plot[]
Baloo is starstruck when he meets film star Kitten Kaboodle, and immediately signs on as her stunt pilot. Concerned for Baloo as his friend, Rebecca learns that the "accidents" on Kitten's set are, in fact, not accidents at all.
Cast[]
- Jack Angel as Chauffer
- Pat Fraley as Wildcat
- Ed Gilbert as Baloo, Director #2
- Tress MacNeille as Kitten Kaboodle
- Robert Ridgely as Director #1, Bouncer
- Sally Struthers as Rebecca Cunningham
- R.J. Williams as Kit Cloudkicker
Gallery[]
Home video releases[]
DVD
- TaleSpin: Volume 1
Trivia[]
- The title "A Star is Torn" is a reference to the 1937 American Technicolor romantic drama film, A Star Is Born, which was remade in 1954 and 1973.
- Tantamount Studios is a pun on Paramount Studios.
- Famous Hollywood stars can be seen parodied in animal form:
- Charlie Chaplin as a cat
- Mae West as a pig
- The Marx Brothers as foxes
- Laurel and Hardy as a pelican and a walrus
- Clark Gable as a monkey
- Pomfrey Hogart is a pun on the actor, Humphrey Bogart.