A Touch of Glass

TaleSpin"A Touch of Glass"
Season 1
Number 3
Episode information
Production code	004
Written by	Libby Hinson
Storyboards by	Rich Chidlaw Jim Mitchell John Norton
Directed by	Jamie Mitchell
Original airdate	May 13, 1990 (Disney Channel) October 5, 1990 (syndication)
TaleSpin Episodes
Previous	"Time Waits for No Bear"
Next	"It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck"

"A Touch of Glass" is the third episode of The Disney Afternoon animated series, TaleSpin. It first premiered on May 13, 1990 on the Disney Channel before making its syndication premiere on October 5, 1990, making it the twenty-fourth episode.

Synopsis

Wanting to cater to only the upper class, Rebecca puts up the Sea Duck as collateral insurance for what appears to be a valuable jewel shipment. However, Baloo loses the shipment and the Sea Duck to what turn out to be two con artists posing as a wealthy couple.

Cast

• Jim Cummings as Louie
• Linda Gary as Muffy Vanderschmere
• Ed Gilbert as Baloo
• Danny Mann as Fred, Mechanic
• Sally Struthers as Rebecca
• Frank Welker as Buffy Vanderschmere

Home video releases

VHS

• TaleSpin: Jackpots and Crackpots

Laserdisc

• TaleSpin: Jackpots and Crackpots/Fearless Flyers

DVD

• TaleSpin: Volume 1

Trivia

• The title is a pun on the saying "A Touch of Class".
• The following shots were used for the show's opening theme:
  • The shot of Baloo breaking down the door.
  • The shot of Rebecca and Louie high-fiving each other over Muffy's unconscious body.

Gallery

Meet Muffy and Buffy Vanderschmere...

Louie reveals the pair's ulterior motives: plane theft.

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Media TaleSpin (Videography/Soundtrack) • Reboot • Walt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live! • Raw Toonage • NES game • Genesis game • Comic book Characters Baloo • Kit Cloudkicker • Rebecca Cunningham • Molly Cunningham • Wildcat • Louie Lamount • Airplane Jane • Clementine Clevenger • Katie Dodd • Princess Grace • King Amok • Lotta Lamour • Prince Nevarhas Bin-Broak • Bandar-log • Captain William Stansbury • Joe Magee • Doctor Cooper • Rick Sky • Whistlestop Jackson • Myra Foxworthy • Detective Thursday • Inspector Burrow • Oscar Vandersnoot • Shere Khan • Khan's Pilots • Don Karnage • Air Pirates • Ivanod Spigot • Sergeant Dunder • Jack Case • Daring Dan Dawson • Ace London • Heimlich Menudo • Weazel • General Patton • Trader Moe • Thaddeus E. Klang • Kitten Kaboodle • Ignatius • Dr. Axolotl • Dr. Zibaldo • Buffy and Muffy Vanderschmere • Douglas Benson • Prince Rudolf • Chancellor Trample • Emperor Wan Lo • Professor Martin Torque • Seymour • Covington • MacKnee • Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn and Deputy Wendell • Crazy Edie • Cool Hands Luke • Hans and Helga Episodes "I Only Have Ice for You" • "Time Waits for No Bear" • "A Touch of Glass" • "It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck" • "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" • "The Idol Rich" • "Stormy Weather" • "Plunder and Lightning" • "From Here to Machinery" • "Mommy for a Day" • "Molly Coddled" • "Polly Wants a Treasure" • "Vowel Play" • "Bearly Alive" • "Her Chance to Dream" • "All's Whale That Ends Whale" • "The Golden Sprocket of Friendship" • "For a Fuel Dollars More" • "A Bad Reflection on You" • "On a Wing and a Bear" • "A Star is Torn" • "A Spy in the Ointment" • "The Balooest of the Bluebloods" • "A Baloo Switcheroo" • "Whistlestop Jackson, Legend" • "Double or Nothing" • "Feminine Air" • "Last Horizons" • "Flight of the Snow Duck" • "Save the Tiger" • "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" • "War of the Weirds" • "Captains Outrageous" • "The Time Bandit" • "For Whom the Bell Klangs" • "Citizen Khan" • "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" • "Jolly Molly Christmas" • "My Fair Baloo" • "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" • "Flight School Confidential" • "Bringing Down Babyface" • "Jumping the Guns" • "In Search of Ancient Blunders" • "Louie's Last Stand" • "Sheepskin Deep" • "Pizza Pie in the Sky" • "Baloo Thunder" • "Bullethead Baloo" • "Destiny Rides Again" • "Mach One for the Gipper" • "Stuck on You" • "The Sound and the Furry" • "The Road to Macadamia" • "The Ransom of Red Chimp" • "Your Baloo's in the Mail" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Incredible Shrinking Molly" • "Bygones" • "Flying Dupes" Locations Cape Suzette • Higher for Hire • Louie's Place • Wildcat's Houseboat • Khan Industries • Thembria • Pirate Island • Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang • Macadamia • Tinabula • Panda-La Songs Spin It • I'm Gone • Home is Where the Heart Is • Sky Pirates • Monkey In Your Tank • Friends for Life Objects Sea Duck • Khan Transport • Iron Vulture • Spruce Moose • Pirate Fighters • Idol of the Spirit-Switcher • The Ruby Wings • The Three Bells of Tinabula See also The Jungle Book • The Disney Afternoon