Forget what another reviewer (back in 2000) said about modern audiences having no ability to embrace the musical numbers in the older films. This was a longtime staple of both theatrical and television viewing. Rankin/Bass's experimental, and unusual combination of live-action and the animation that they themselves trademarked as "animagic" are both featured, with the AnimagicTM illustrating the daydreams, where our young hero (Paul O'Keefe of THE PATTY DUKE SHOW-speaking of Patty, she also appears in this as seen below) as 13-year old CHris has some dreams about his later storybook characters, with the Little Mermaid with Hayley Mills as the Mermaid, the Emporer's New Clothes with Ed Wynn in his final appearance as the emperor with VIctor Borge and Terry-Thomas as the con-man tailors (warning: NEVER buy your clothes from these guys] who take Chris with them to make the clothes), and (SPOILERS)(in the only dream not shown to us as one at first, despite the Animagic, Thumbleina with Patty Duke (whose appearance in the opening titles by Al Hirschfield may just well be the best done animation of her character] headlining this, and also the only dream that had two stories, the former and "Garden of Paradise". Chris eventually wakes up, returns to his normal life only to create the characters and stories we now know and love.And.."Isn't it Cozy...Here".
Review of The Daydreamer
