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{{short description|1990 animated TV film directed by Milton Gray}}
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| image                = Cartoon All-Stars.jpg
| image_size           = 200
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| caption              = Official poster
| genre                = [[Social guidance film|Social guidance television film]]
| creator              = 
| based_on             = 
| writer               = Duane Poole<br />Tom Swale
| screenplay           = 
| story                = 
| director             = Milton Gray<br />Marsh Lamore<br />Bob Shellhorn<br />Mike Svayko
| starring             = [[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]], [[ALF: The Animated Series|Alf]], [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]], [[Alvin (Alvin and the Chipmunks)|Alvin]], [[Simon (Alvin and the Chipmunks)|Simon]], [[Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks)|Theodore]], [[Winnie the Pooh]], [[Tigger]], [[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]], [[Slimer]], [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]], [[Huey, Dewey and Louie]]

| voices               = {{plainlist|
* [[Ross Bagdasarian Jr.]]
* [[Jeff Bergman]]
* [[Townsend Coleman]]
* Wayne Collins
* [[Jim Cummings]]
* [[Joey Dedio]]
* [[Danny Goldman]]
* Georgi Irene
* [[Janice Karman]]
* [[Aaron Lohr]]
* [[Jason Marsden]]
* [[Don Messick]]
* [[Lorenzo Music]]
* [[Laurie O'Brien]]
* [[Lindsay Parker]]
* [[George C. Scott]]
* [[Russi Taylor]]
* [[Frank Welker]]
}}
| narrated             = 
| music                = [[Richard Kosinski]]<br />[[Sam Winans]]<br />[[Paul Buckmaster]]<br />[[Bill Reichenbach Jr.|Bill Reichenbach]]<br />Bob Mann<br />[[Guy Moon]]<br />[[Alan Menken]]
| country              = [[United States]]
| language             = English
| executive_producer   = [[Roy E. Disney]]
| producer             = [[Buzz Potamkin]]
| editor               = Jay Bixsen
| cinematography       = 
| runtime              = 32 min.
| company              = '''Main:'''<br />[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]]<br />[[Southern Star Productions]]
| budget               = 
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]<br />[[NBC]]<br />[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<br />[[CBS]]<br />[[USA Network]]<br />[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
| released             = {{Start date|1990|04|21}}
}}
'''''Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue''''' is a 1990 American animated children's [[comedy-drama]] [[social guidance film|social guidance television film]] starring many characters from several animated television series at the time of its release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cartoon special: Congressmen treated to preview of program to air on network, independent and cable outlets.|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 19, 1990|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-19-ca-2260-story.html|access-date=August 24, 2010|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009102043/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-19-ca-2260-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The plot follows Michael, a teenager who is using [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], leaving his family worried. When his younger sister Corey's [[piggy bank]] goes missing one morning, cartoon characters come to life from various items in her room and find it in Michael's room along with his stash of drugs, so they give him an [[intervention (consulting)|intervention]] in the form of a fantasy journey to teach him the adverse consequences of drug use.

McDonald's released a [[VHS]] home video edition of the special distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]], which opened with an introduction from President [[George H. W. Bush]], First Lady [[Barbara Bush]] and their dog, [[Millie (dog)|Millie]]. It was produced by [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation]] and [[Endemol Australia|Southern Star Productions]], and was animated overseas by [[Wang Film Productions]]. The musical number "Wonderful Ways to Say No" was written by [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning composer [[Alan Menken]] and lyricist [[Howard Ashman]], who also wrote the songs for [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]' ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.<ref name="CartResearch">{{cite web|title=Drawn Together - Remembering "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/drawn-together-remembering-cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue/|date=April 25, 2025|publisher=Cartoon Research|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref>

Financed by [[McDonald's]], [[Ronald McDonald House Charities|Ronald McDonald Children's Charities]], it was originally simulcast for a limited time on April 21, 1990, on all four major American [[television network]]s (by supporting their Saturday morning characters): [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]], and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]],{{efn|Fox did not have a Saturday morning schedule at the time, but [[Fox Kids|would launch one]] that September.}} and most [[Independent station (North America)|independent stations]], as well as various cable networks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Sharon |date=April 20, 1990 |title=Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue,' an animated feature on drug abuse. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-19-ca-2260-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009102043/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-19-ca-2260-story.html |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 21, 1990 |title=Hollywood and Networks Fight Drugs With Cartoon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/movies/hollywood-and-networks-fight-drugs-with-cartoon.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515160416/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/movies/hollywood-and-networks-fight-drugs-with-cartoon.html |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2010 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
An unseen person steals a piggy bank off the dresser in the bedroom of a young girl named Corey. The theft is witnessed by [[Papa Smurf]], who emerges from a [[Smurfs]] comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the different cartoon characters in the room: [[ALF: The Animated Series|Alf]] from a picture, [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] as a lamp, [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] from a [[record sleeve]], [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]] as a stuffed animal, [[Kermit the Frog|Baby Kermit]] as an alarm clock, and [[Slimer]], who arrives through the wall.

Alf, Garfield, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore identify the thief: Michael, Corey's older brother, who has a box of [[marijuana]] hidden under his bed. Meanwhile, Corey expresses her concerns about Michael's change in behavior since they used to have a close sibling relationship, which he angrily denies, causing him to storm out of the house. The cartoons set off to take action regarding Michael's addiction, leaving Pooh behind to look after Corey.

At an [[Amusement arcade|arcade]], Michael smokes marijuana with his friends and "Smoke", an [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] cloud of smoke personifying temptation, who try to convince him to take harder drugs. They are chased into an alley by [[Bugs Bunny]] disguised as a police officer. He traps Smoke in a garbage can and takes Michael back in time using a time machine borrowed from the absent [[Wile E. Coyote]]. It is shown that Michael's addiction started through peer pressure from older high school students when he was around Corey's age. Back in the present, Michael is hesitant to smoke crack with his friends before one of them steals his wallet. He and Smoke chase after her until they fall into a sewer and encounter [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]], who tells them that the drugs are harming his brain and that listening to Smoke is putting him in serious danger. Baby Kermit, [[Miss Piggy|Baby Miss Piggy]], and [[Gonzo (Muppet)|Baby Gonzo]] take him on a [[roller coaster]]-esque tour of the human brain. Michael finds himself at a park, where [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] as well as [[Tigger]] join the rest of the cartoons to sing about how to refuse drugs.

Michael wakes up in his room, believing his interactions with the cartoons to be a nightmare. Corey tries talking to him, but he snaps and shoves her against his bedroom wall. He tries apologizing, but she runs out of his room, frightened. Smoke approves of Michael's actions, but he starts having regrets. Michael then looks at himself in a small mirror, from which Alf grabs and pulls him inside. Inside a [[House of mirrors|hall of mirrors]], Alf shows Michael his current reflection, then an aged, sickly version of himself severely affected by drugs. When Michael insists that he can easily quit and is in control of his actions, Alf reveals that Smoke is actually in charge. Back in Michael's room, Smoke traps Pooh in a cabinet to keep him out of the way and tempts Corey to try Michael's marijuana for herself. She considers the possibility that it could mend her relationship with Michael.

The drug-induced carnival in Michael's mind leads him to [[Daffy Duck]], who reads his future in a [[crystal ball]] and sees an almost skeletal Michael on his deathbed. After one last warning from the cartoons, an ashamed Michael stops Corey from using the drugs just in time. When he apologizes and expresses concern over whether he can change, she advises him to seek help from his family. Smoke tries to persuade him otherwise, but Michael throws him out a window into a garbage truck, deciding to no longer listen to him. Refusing to be defeated so easily, Smoke vows that he will return someday for revenge. All the cartoons appear on a poster on Michael's wall, and they agree to be prepared for if and when Smoke returns. Michael releases Pooh from the cabinet, who jumps into the poster with the others before the siblings go downstairs to talk to their parents.

== Characters == 
The characters, from 10 different franchises, are (in order of appearance):

*''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]'': Papa Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf and some other unidentified Smurfs (although [[Smurfette]] is seen on the poster and VHS cover, she is not seen in the special; Harmony Smurf and Baby Smurf make picture cameos)
*''[[ALF: The Animated Series]]'': ALF
*''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': Garfield
*''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'': Alvin, Simon and Theodore Seville
*''[[The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'': Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
*''[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]'': Baby Kermit, Baby Miss Piggy and Baby Gonzo
*''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'': Slimer
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'': Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck ([[Sylvester the Cat]] and [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Road Runner]] make cameos in a poster in Michael's bedroom; [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]] is mentioned but not seen; his time machine is used by Bugs Bunny)
*''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'': Michelangelo (although he appears in the special, he is not shown on the poster and VHS cover)
*''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'': Huey, Dewey and Louie

== Voice cast ==
The various character owners licensed them freely due to the public service aspect of the special.<ref>{{cite news|title=That's Not All, Folks—Cartoons Join Drug War: Children's TV: On Saturday, networks will simulcast 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue', an animated feature on drug abuse.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 20, 1990|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-20-ca-1433-story.html|access-date=January 22, 2011|first=Sharon|last=Bernstein|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009102043/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-20-ca-1433-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bush Praises TV for Enlisting Cartoon Heroes in War on Drugs President's visit: He brings his anti-drug message to Southland entertainment executives and schoolchildren.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 3, 1990|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-03-mn-1422-story.html|access-date=January 22, 2011|first1=James|last1=Gerstenzang|first2=Cathleen|last2=Decker|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505211653/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-03-mn-1422-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The special marked the first time the characters [[Bugs Bunny]] and [[Daffy Duck]] were voiced by someone other than [[Mel Blanc]], who had died shortly before the production,<ref>{{cite news |title=Mel Blanc, Who Provided Voices For 3,000 Cartoons, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 11, 1989 |access-date=June 26, 2008 |quote=Mel Blanc, the versatile, multi-voiced actor who breathed life into such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester and the Road Runner, died of heart disease and emphysema yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81 years old. |first=Peter B. |last=Flint |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719084451/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/obituaries/mel-blanc-who-provided-voices-for-3000-cartoons-is-dead-at-81.html |url-status=live }}</ref> prompting [[Warner Bros.]] to enlist [[Jeff Bergman]] in his place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bergman|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jeff-Bergman/|website=behind the voice actors|access-date=6 June 2014|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426130209/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jeff-Bergman|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CartResearch"/>

{{castlist|
* [[Ross Bagdasarian Jr.]] as [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|Alvin Seville]], and [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|Simon Seville]]
* [[Jeff Bergman]] as [[Bugs Bunny]], and [[Daffy Duck]]
* [[Townsend Coleman]] as Dad, and [[Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo]]
* Wayne Collins as Kid
* [[Jim Cummings]] as [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]], and [[Tigger]]
* [[Joey Dedio]] as The Dealer
* [[Paul Fusco]] as [[ALF (character)|ALF]] (uncredited)
* [[Danny Goldman]] as [[Brainy Smurf]]
* [[Georgi Irene]] as The Kid
* [[Janice Karman]] as [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|Theodore]]
* [[Aaron Lohr]] as The Kid
* [[Jason Marsden]] as Michael
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Papa Smurf]]
* [[Lorenzo Music]] as [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]]
* [[Laurie O'Brien]] as Mom, and [[Miss Piggy|Baby Piggy]]
* [[Lindsay Parker]] as Corey
* [[George C. Scott]] as Smoke
* [[Russi Taylor]] as [[Gonzo (Muppet)|Baby Gonzo]], [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]]
* [[Frank Welker]] as [[Slimer]], [[Hefty Smurf]], and [[Kermit the Frog|Baby Kermit]]
}}

== Broadcast ==
[[File:Anti-drug message featuring George H. W. and Barbara Bush from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990).ogg|thumb|ABC George H. W. and Barbara Bush anti-drug message promo]]
[[File:Anti-drug message featuring Bob and Hazel Hawke from Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990).ogv|thumb|7 Network Bob and Hazel Hawke anti-drug message promo]]
The special was screened in Australia on November 9, 1990. Like the U.S. broadcast, it aired at 4.30 p.m. simultaneously on Australia's major commercial networks ([[Seven Network]], [[Nine Network]], and [[Network 10|Network Ten]]). Prime Minister [[Bob Hawke]] introduced the Australian screening.<ref>''Toons join the drug war!'' [[TV Week]], November 3, 1990</ref> It was screened in New Zealand in December on both [[TVNZ 1|TV One]] and [[TVNZ 2|Channel 2]] simultaneously. Prime Minister [[Jim Bolger]] introduced it instead of the U.S. president. It was screened in Canada on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]], [[Global Television Network|Global]] and most English and French independent stations, as well as [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]] shortly after its original U.S. broadcast, although all of the characters had their respective shows aired on either CTV or Global but not CBC. [[Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]] introduced it.<ref>Cartoon All-Stars use TV to warn kids about drugs: [FINAL edition]. (1990, Apr 13). The Gazette</ref> The special was broadcast in Mexico as offered by major outlet [[Televisa]] on both major and independent stations (including [[Las Estrellas]] and [[Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)|Canal 5]]), on the same day as the original U.S. and Canada broadcast, with introductions by then-President [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]]. The special later aired in Japan by [[TV Tokyo]] with Emperor [[Akihito]] introducing it. It was also broadcast in Brazil in 1994, as [[Rede Manchete]] made Portuguese Brazilian dubbing in Herbert Richers Dubbing Studios, and in Chile by major networks organized by the [[National Television Council (Chile)|National Television Council]] the following year in September 1995. Chile's broadcast was introduced by [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]]'s First Lady [[Marta Larraechea Bolívar]]. A [[Russian language|Russian]] dub was planned including an introduction by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] but was scrapped due in part to the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]]. He was replaced by film actor [[Nikolai Karachentsov]].

In the United States, all [[superstation]]s and a handful of independent stations (mainly in selected cities) aired the special, but some stations aired the special at a different period during the week the special aired on the [[Big Four television networks|Big Four stations]] and a number of cable networks. Superstations [[WPIX]] in [[New York City]], [[WGN-TV]] in [[Chicago]], [[KTLA]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[KTVT]] in [[Dallas]], [[WOIO-TV]] in [[Cleveland]], [[WKBD-TV]] in [[Detroit]], [[KIAH|KHTV]] in [[Houston]], [[WVTV]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[KSTW]] in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]/[[Seattle]], [[KSHB-TV]] in [[Kansas City]], and [[KWGN]] in [[Denver]] premiered the special at the same time the big four networks and cable systems premiered, with [[St. Louis]]' [[KPLR-TV]] premiered the special two hours later after its television premiere. [[New York City|New York]]'s [[WWOR-TV]] and [[Boston]]'s [[WSBK-TV]] would later premiere the special the following morning on April 22. The special also aired on selected cable systems, including [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]], [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], [[USA Network]], [[Nickelodeon]], and [[The Disney Channel]].

The special was also screened in various countries across Europe. Italy premiered the special at 4:30 p.m. on December 29, 1990, with Prime Minister [[Giulio Andreotti]] and Italian journalist [[Sergio Zavoli]] introduced the screening in an interview on major networks [[Rai 1]], [[Rai 2]], and [[Italia 1]]. The special did received a non-televised screening two days prior at the [[Palazzo Chigi]] in [[Rome]], with introductions by [[Rosa Russo Iervolino]], the then-Minister for [[Ministry of Social Solidarity|Social Affairs]], Gianni Pasquarelli, the then-director general of [[RAI]], and then-vice-president of [[Fininvest]] [[Gianni Letta]]. The Italian version was edited by [[Roberto de Leonardis|RoyFilm]] with Italian dubbing by Fono Roma. Germany premiered the special that same month on most of its major networks ([[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]], [[ZDF]], [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]], [[Süddeutscher Rundfunk|SDR]], and [[Sat.1]]) with introduction by German politician [[Annemarie Renger]], and the special re-aired again on December 7, 1991 with introduction by Vice Chancellor [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]. Shortly after its German release, a VHS of the special was immediately planned for both review and educational purposes, but was never commercially released afterward. Sweden premiered the special on December 4, 1991 on [[TV4 (Swedish TV channel)|TV4]] with introduction by then-Prime Minister [[Carl Bildt]], as well as a repeat on December 26 of that same year. In the Swedish broadcast, the special aired in its original English language with Swedish subtitles delivered by the station. Spain premiered the special on October 17, 1992 on [[Canal Nou]], [[Televisión Española|TVE]] and [[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]], with introductions by [[Queen Sofía of Spain]]. The special also aired in Poland on the three TVP networks ([[TVP1]], [[TVP2]] and [[TVP3|TVP Regionalna]]) and TVN on June 14, 1998, tied in with the Polish campaign ''Narkotyki. Zażywasz-przegrywasz'' (Drugs: you take it, you lose it).<ref>[http://bibliotekacyfrowa.eu/dlibra/show-content/publication/58856/edition/63161/?format_id=5 Narkotyki. Zażywasz-przegrywasz]</ref> The special became a popular annual repeat on Ireland's [[RTÉ2]] from 1994 until 2004.

== Reception ==
Some modern critics have considered the production a time capsule of animation history during the US [[war on drugs]], and have ridiculed it as "propaganda"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a44193/cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue-anti-drug-propaganda/ | title=Recover from Your 4/20 Hangover by Rewatching 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue' | date=21 April 2016 | access-date=15 April 2023 | archive-date=15 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415195819/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a44193/cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue-anti-drug-propaganda/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and "preachy".<ref>{{cite web | last1=Hogan | first1=Michael | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/24/tvod-americas-stoned-kids | title=America's Stoned Kids: Guinea pigs of cannabis legalisation &#124; Television &#124; the Guardian | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=24 August 2013 | access-date=2023-04-15 | archive-date=2023-04-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415201023/https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/aug/24/tvod-americas-stoned-kids | url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Smurfs]]'' creator [[Peyo]] was upset with [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s usage of his characters in the special without his permission, and refused any further collaborations with them.<ref name="Peyo1">{{cite web|title=Peyo (Pierre Culliford)|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/peyo.htm|publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia|access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Peyo2">{{cite web|title=Drawn Together - Remembering "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/drawn-together-remembering-cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue/|date=April 25, 2025|publisher=Cartoon Research|quote=I do understand that this was final straw with Hanna-Barbera's relationship with Peyo. Apparently, they used the Smurfs without his permission and, being a smoker himself, Peyo was pretty upset with his characters being used for an anti-drug Public Service Special and thus terminated H-B’s contract with him. The sad irony is that smoking finally took his<sup>{{sic}}</sup> toll on the beloved comic creator two years later.|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref> In 2015, [[Jim Cummings]] told Justin Caffier of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' that he enjoyed the recording sessions, but requested [[Winnie the Pooh (Disney character)|Winnie the Pooh]]'s lines in which he talked about drugs to be rewritten, stating, "He's an innocent. It makes no sense for him to even know those words."<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|last1=Caffier|first1=Justin|title=The 90s Anti-Drug PSA 'Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue' Didn't Stop Kids from Getting High|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/looking-back-on-cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue-421/|date=April 21, 2015|publisher=Vice|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Grunge">{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Laura|title=Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue: The truth about the largest anti-drug PSA effort|url=https://www.grunge.com/307619/cartoon-all-stars-to-the-rescue-the-truth-about-the-largest-anti-drug-psa-effort/|date=October 26, 2023|publisher=Grunge|access-date=April 25, 2025}}</ref> 

In 2019, YouTuber and [[Hazbin Hotel]] creator Vivienne Medrano (aka Vivziepop) hosted a reanimated collab of the "Wonderful Ways To Say No" scene from that special.

==See also==
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*''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
*''[[Reefer Madness]]''

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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|id=0154129|title=Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue}}
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008517282 ''Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'': joint hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on an entertaining way of enlightening children about the dangers of substance abuse, April 19, 1990]

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