Disney goes grim. I'm Rebecca Leib. I'm Jason Horton. And this is Ghost Town.

If you think I'm tasty and you want my body, come on, handful, think about it.

I'm not eating anymore. It's a ghost thing. I said, take another bite.

From Edward Siserhands to Beetlejuice to the Nightmare Before Christmas,

the dark and magical world Tim Burton creates is iconic.

However, his version of the classic Brothers Grim tale of Hanselin Gretel and the unlikely

pairing with the Disney Channel wasn't as well received as his future creations would be.

We're talking about Tim Burton's Hansel and Gretel on the Disney Channel that aired

only once. It's a good sign when there's only once. I watched it to get prepared and it was

too early in the morning for this. It was very surreal, very jarring, I guess. It's a combination

of stop-motion animation, actual acting, actual actors in combination with it, and it is, it's

nuts. Early in his career, Burton worked as an animator and artist for Disney. One creation

born from that pairing was the live-action short film, and essentially his version of Hanselin

Gretel. The bizarre retelling of this fairy tale would air only once. October 31, 1983.

Miss the Halloween Mark by a little bit, but we're in that season. We're in the spooky season,

right? Yeah, we'll do spooky year-round. You know, we'll also do year-round. Break. It cost

$116,000 in 1983. Today's money, that's what? Ten Mill? Yeah, that seems about right. Ten

15 Mill. It's interesting to think of Tim Burton animation in the 80s. It's hard for me to go

back there when I just think of what it is right now, expensive. And his relationship with

Disney was never great. His vision and their vision, even though Disney had some pretty

avant-garde content in a way, depending on how you see it and look back on it. All things

considered, considering how safe they keep that brand. Yeah, definitely. How much money they make.

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