Oo-De-Lally
Disney Robin Hood Spotlight

by Allen W. Wright


Revisiting that Disney Magic

Disney's 1973 classic cartoon film Robin Hood -- that's the one with the cartoon fox (voiced by Brian Bedford) -- premiered on November 8, 1973. As I write this, the movie is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and the Walt Disney Studio is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Oo-de-lally, golly what a day -- and what a year.

So, I thought it only fitting to revisit the film that has defined Robin Hood for generations of children with a special spotlight.

And to add to the fun, there's also a new spotlight on Disney's earlier Robin Hood movie, 1952's The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men. Plus you'll find a link to another spotlight I wrote many years ago on the Disney TV movie Princess of Thieves, about Robin's daughter.

Disney Robin Hood items
The Story of Robin Hood with Richard Todd and Joan Rice

The Story of Robin Hood (1952)

The live-action Disney adaptation of the Robin Hood legend starring Richard Todd and Joan Rice.

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The 1973 Disney Robin Hood cartoon

Robin Hood (1973)

The classic Disney cartoon with Robin Hood as a fox, voiced by Brian Bedford. A childhood classic for multiple generations.
Princess of Thieves starring Keira Knightley

Princess of Thieves (2001)

Keira Knightley stars as Robin Hood's daughter Gwyn in this TV movie that premiered on The Wonderful World of Disney.

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Robin Hood from the Disney cartoon

Robin Hood Tweet-Alongs


This page was originally used in 2020 to promote some tweet-along events on Twitter (now called X). 

Emily Cook had introduced very popular Twitter rewatch parties for Doctor Who to bring cheer in those troubled times, and I decided to launch a couple tweet-alongs for Robin Hood -- and also help promote another.

If you search Twitter/X, you can probably find the posts.

The page's title Oo-De-Lally comes from a song in Robin Hood. And it was the hashtag used for the tweet-along.

Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
Date: Saturday, May 2, 2020
Time: 2pm Eastern Daylight Time (Toronto, New York, etc)
Hashtag: #oodelally

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) with Errol Flynn
Date: Saturday, April 11, 2020
Time: 1:45pm Eastern Daylight Time
(possibly a few minutes delay)
Hashtag: #1938Robin

Robin of Sherwood: The Inheritance
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020
Time: 7pm British Summer Time / 2pm Eastern Daylight Time
Hashtag: #RobinsRoundTable
Website: https://nothingsforgotten.freeforums.net/
(Run by Barnaby Eaton-Jones. This site just helped promote it.)

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