DVD Review: "Lady and the Tramp" is back!

Lady and the Tramp, with the voices of Peggy Lee and Stan Freberg (Walt Disney Pictures, Rated G, 2018, 76 minutes, originally shown in 1955)

Now on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital! (With Bonus Snippets*)

It’s here! Digital and Movies Anywhere on 20 February and Blu-Ray on 27 February. A canine love story for the Valentine’s Day month in this Year of the Dog so you and your family can fall in love again. Scroll down on the Disney  website to find games and pages to print and color.

A Lovely Little Lady and a Scamp of a Tramp

When is the last time you even thought of Lady and the Tramp? Recently, if you have kids or ‘grands’: more distantly if you don’t, but maybe, just maybe, the 1955 movie made an indelible impression on you like it did on those of us at DogEvals! After all, cocker spaniels were the most popular dog breed in the 1950s so Lady and the Tramp was sure to please.

When we got to the part the Siamese cats sang their song, the adults actually knew all the words! “We are Siamese if you please, We are Siamese if you don’t please. . . . “

Facts of Life

No, we are not talking about ‘having the talk with your pre-teen or teenager’ but about some difficult subjects families experience or at least know about, including children.

“There’s no Place Like Home,” bark the dogs in the dog pound (today called a shelter) and a very quick depiction of the long walk through the one-way door – so quick that you can skip over the discussion and hope your child missed it or misinterpreted it.

The Names

Names can be shared with parents and children: JimDear, Darling, Gorki the Russian Wolfhound philosopher, Miss Park Avenue, and everyone’s favorite – Rosita Chiquita Juanita Chihuahua!

Some of the pound dogs are recognizable breeds – chi’s, bulldogs, a bloodhound (Trusty) who loves to talk about his grandfather Ol’ Reliable, a Scotty (Jock)

The Life Lessons

Proud and Shy Lady with Her New Collar and License

And what would a movie or book for children be without life lessons to bring the whole family into the discussion. Lady has it all: loyalty, forgiveness, misunderstandings, the best of intentions gone wrong, being banished to the backyard, sacrifice, euthanasia, animal shelters, jealousy, and the meaning of a pup getting a collar at six months of age means he or she really belongs to a family.

Don’t Forget the Puppies!

In the beginning we have Lady as a pup, trying to climb the stairs to sleep with her people ‘just for one night.’ At the end, we have the puppies of Lady and the Tramp with the Lady pups looking like their mom and acting like her while the Tramp pup is ‘just like a boy’!

The Colors!

Adults will ooh and aah over the gorgeous Victorian Christmas scenes and all the blues of the nights.

Available Now! Make Lady and the Tramp yours today.

*Some of the bonuses:

Walt & His Dogs

How to Make a Meatball (and more)

Stories from Walt’s Office

Sing-along’s

Lady and the Tramp – in a dog show (by mistake)