Of, By and For The Children : Love is a Splendid State of Animation in these Classic Clips from Disney

Romance is in the air, and the Disney Channel seconds that emotion with a set of love-themed cartoon shorts. Called Disney’s DTV: Romancin’, the collection of classic animated clips set to modern songs is a unique take on standard music videos.

Dapper “veejay” Jiminy Cricket introduces scenes from “All the Cats Join In,” “Bambi,” “Bongo,” “Donald’s Double Trouble,” “Mickey’s Rival,” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Once Upon a Wintertime,” “One Hundred and One Dalmations,” “Fantasia,” “Pecos Bill,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “The Sword and the Stone” and “Two Chips and a Miss.”

Eat your heart out, MTV.

“Disney’s DTV: Romancin’,” Tuesday at 8 p.m. the Disney Channel; for 5- to 12-year-olds.

MORE KIDS’ SHOWS

The 1960 British film 3 Worlds of Gulliver (Sunday at 7 a.m. TNT) is a well-made version of Swift’s classic “Gulliver’s Travels.” “The Boy and His Pirates,” a fantasy-adventure about a kid who is magically transported back to pirate days, follows (9:15 a.m.). For ages 8 and up.

Taken from an Inuit legend, The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son (Sunday at 11:30 a.m. the Disney Channel) is an animated tale of an orphaned polar bear cub, adopted by an old woman, who teaches an Eskimo village lessons about relationships and the environment. For 5- to 11-year-olds.

Disney’s 1957 film Old Yeller (Sunday at 10 a.m. KTLA), set in rural 1850s Texas, tells the story of a boy and his yellow hunting dog. Beware: It’s a tear-jerker. For ages 8 and up.

Parents who want to understand what makes their teen-agers tick might be interested in “Childhood and Adolescence” (Tuesday at 8 p.m. KOCE), the second episode of the PBS series Seasons of Life. It explains the discrepancy between the biological and social definition of adulthood. For parents.

“The Case of the Flying Dinosaur” (Tuesday at 8 p.m. on KOCE) on Nova, part of this series’ monthlong look at dinosaurs, debates whether birds are distant relatives of the prehistoric creatures. For ages 10 and up.

Far better than your average teen movie, Lucas (Tuesday at 8 p.m. on KTTV), starring Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder, concerns a 14-year-old Romeo with a major crush. For ages 12 and up.

The John Hughes film Weird Science (Wednesday at 8 p.m. KTLA) stars Anthony Michael Hall as one in a pair of misunderstood computer wizards who electronically conjure up their dream woman. For ages 14 and up.

Pen Pals (Wednesday at 6:15 a.m. HBO) gives American children a glimpse into the lives of their counterparts in Chile, Tibet, Hong Kong and Finland through letters written by children in those countries. For 6- to 12-year-olds.

Airing just in time for Valentine’s Day, HBO Family Playhouse’s “Can a Guy Say No?” (Thursday at 4 p.m. HBO) concerns a 17-year-old who has second thoughts about pursuing a girl with a “loose” reputation. For 14-to 18-year-olds.

Disney’s timeless “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (Saturday at 6 p.m. KTLA) is an excellent rendition of the Jules Verne sci-fi/fantasy novel. For ages 10 and up.

Rex Harrison stars in “Doctor Doolittle” (Saturday at 7 p.m. the Disney Channel) the musical fantasy film about the 19th-Century doctor who talks to the animals and even speaks Rhinoceros (“Of courserous--can’t you?”). For ages 6 and up.