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Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera [DVD] [2019]
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Genre | animation |
Format | PAL |
Language | English |
Runtime | 4 hours and 20 minutes |
Studio | Warner Home Video, Hanna Barbera |
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Enjoy the wackiness and undeniable fun of Hanna-Barbera’s most beloved cartoon icons as they come together for the first time ever in one amazing collection. From Yogi Bear to George Jetson, the gang’s all here. Join Quick Draw McGraw and his trusty sidekick, Baba Looey, as they track some high-powered hilarity in Dynamite Fright or team up with Jonny Quest on an epic adventure in The Robot Spy. There’s something for everyone in this must-own collection of 25 classics from the Emmy® and Oscar® winning duo, Hanna-Barbera, that helped contribute to 90 years of Warner Bros. cartoon magic. It’s a celebration for fans of all ages.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 4 hours and 20 minutes
- Release date : June 3, 2019
- Subtitles: : English, English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1 ES Matrix), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Warner Bros
- ASIN : B07QVNLP6T
- Number of discs : 2
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Apparently there were cartoons announced for this set that did make it to the final release. Huckleberry Hound and Yakky Doodle appear on the package but are not represented with episodes. The box does not list the cartoons, making me wonder whether the package had to go to press before the final selections were made. (Because I love these cartoons and I'm nice, I have listed them in detail below.)
My guess is that there were lists of cartoons that might have made the final cut but were eliminated for one reason or another. Thanks to Stu's Show, I know that Capitol and other production music is challenging to license, so you will only see and hear one cartoon with non-HB library music--the first one on the set.
Another consideration is the disparity between what was acceptable in the `60s and the social mores of today. This is a mainstream WB release and does not have a "for collectors" disclaimer. Could a young parent sit their kids down to watch this and be assured that there wouldn't be anything that is considered unacceptable?
Let me quote Tami Horiuchi, amazon.com's in-house reviewer, about the first "Saturday Morning Cartoons" DVD set: "While these cartoons are great fun for the adult set, it's interesting that what was considered kids' entertainment from 1961 to 1968 is now deemed unsuitable for children due to things like excessive cartoon violence, dishonesty, animal cruelty, and sexist and chauvinistic behavior."
Thus, this collection includes an early Flintstones episode in which Fred is jealous but not the "caveman" he is in other early shows, Top Cat and the gang at their most warmhearted as they care for a lost baby and so on. There is some violence, gunplay and stereotyping--but you can tell after watching the entire set that a lot of thought went into selecting the cartoons, whether you agree with the choices or not. Which cartoons would appeal to the greatest number of people in 2013, especially those to whom HB cartoons are not as familiar as they are to those of us who grew up adoring them?
Then, there are today's kids, used to explosive theatrical tent-pole movies and more edgy, rapid-fire cartoons on cable. The choices in this set contain space ships, aliens, funny animals, fairy tale characters, giant monsters and ghosts--the sort of thing that plays well to kids today as well as yesterday. I'd like to think that the kids who watch this set would come away with a desire to see more of this stuff.
So I'm not being an apologist so much as a realist. There are some Hanna-Barbera landmarks here (the debuts of several characters, premiere episodes, etc.). 11 of the 25 cartoons, as far as I can tell, are new to DVD. It's not a definitive collection by any means, but I'm glad I bought it.
1. Quick Draw McGraw in "Dynamite Fright"
Story: Quick Draw offers a dog biscuit to Snuffles to help rid a town of Dynamite Kaboom. (I love Snuffles!)
Voices: Daws Butler, Doug Young
From: The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 41a, Season 3, 1961
2. Snooper & Blabber in "Outer Space Case"
Story: Martians hire the detectives to recover a ruby.
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick
From: The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 41b, Season 3, 1961
3. Augie Doggie in "Growing, Growing, Gone"
Story: Augie decides he has to leave home to grow up.
Voices: Daws Butler, Doug Young
From: The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 41c, Season 3, 1961
4. Hokey Wolf in "Castle Hassle" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Hokey tries to con Snow White's stepmother, the queen.
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl
From: The Huckleberry Hound Show, Episode 47c, Season 3, October 30, 1960
5. Quick Draw McGraw in "The Mark of El Kabong"
Story: Quick Draw, as the avenging figure El Kabong, arrives to bring justice to a small Mexican town. At the introduction of Senorita Rita, listen for the "El Kabong" song in the background, which was sung on the Golden records.
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl
From: Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 44a, Season 3, 1961
6. Augie Doggie in "Party Pooper Pop" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Doggie Daddy wants Augie to attend a neighborhood birthday party.
Voices: Daws Butler, Doug Young
From: The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 44b, Season 3, 1961
7. Snooper & Blabber in "Chilly Chiller" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Spoof of the TV series "Thriller" and "The Addams Family," with precursors to The Gruesomes from "The Flintstones."
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl
From: The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Episode 44c, Season 3, 1961
8. Hokey Wolf in "Tricks and Treats" (Pilot) (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Hokey and Ding-a-Ling threaten a farmer with a bogus animal cruelty lawsuit.
Voices: Daws Butler, Doug Young
From: The Huckleberry Hound Show, Episode 40c, Season 3, September 11, 1960
9. Loopy De Loop in "Wolf Hounded" (Debut) (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Loopy tells the Red Riding Hood story from his point of view. This story was recorded, with alterations, for the Golden LP, "Songs of Yogi Bear."
Voices: Daws Butler, June Foray
A Columbia Pictures Theatrical Cartoon, May 11, 1959
10. Flintstones in "Love Letters On the Rocks"
Fred finds his old `frying pans' love letter to and mistakes it for a note from another man. This was a familiar "Honeymooners" premise.
Voices: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet, John Stephenson
From: The Flintstones, Episode 21, Season 1, February 17, 1961
11. Snagglepuss in "The Roaring Lion"
Snagglepuss makes his debut, escaping from the circus and playing college football. The football angle was done on an earlier Yogi Bear cartoon.
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick
From: The Yogi Bear Show, Episode 8, November 6, 1964
12. Top Cat in "T.C. Minds the Baby"
Story: The gang becomes attached to an abandoned baby.
Voices: Arnold Stang, Leo DeLyon, Marvin Kaplan, Maurice Gosfield, Allen Jenkins, Jean Vander Pyl, John Stephenson
From: Top Cat, Episode 17, January 17, 1962
13. The Jetsons in "Rosie the Robot"
Story: Premiere episode in which Rosie joins the family. This was released on Colpix Records along with "A Date with Jet Screamer."
Voices: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl
From: The Jetsons, Episode 1, January 17, 1962 September 23, 1962
14. Magilla Gorilla in "Makin' with the Magilla"
Story: Magilla joins in a beach party and helps invent a new dance. One of my favorite Magilla episodes; the groovy song by Little Eva ("Locomotion") is available for download here: http://www.amazon.com/Makin-With-The-Magilla/dp/B004SB0U6Q/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325.
Voices: Allan Melvin, Howard Morris, Don Messick
From: The Magilla Gorilla Show, Episode 22a, October 23, 1965
15. Jonny Quest in "The Robot Spy"
Story: This is that neat episode about the giant eyeball spider thing from the flying saucer!
Voices: Tim Matheson, Mike Road, Don Messick, Danny Bravo, Vic Perrin
From: Jonny Quest, Episode 8, November 6, 1964
16. Peter Potamus in "Cleo Trio" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Pete and So-So try to settle a rift between Caesar and Cleopatra.
Voices: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett
From: The Peter Potamus Show, Episode 3a, Season 1, October 7, 1964
17. Touché Turtle in "Rapid Rabbit" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: A farmer calls on Touché and Dum-Dum to get a rabbit (named Ricochet!) who can outrun bullets.
Voices: Bill Thompson, Alan Reed, Doug Young
From: The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, Episode 6b, March 6, 1962
18. Yippee, Yappee & Yahooey in "Black Bart"
Voices: Hal Smith, Daws Butler, Doug Young
Story: To make the King give back their jobs, the goofy guards plan to disguise Yahooey as notorious Black Bartholomew, but the real bandit arrives and confuses everyone.
From: The Peter Potamus Show, Episode 2c, Season 1, September 23, 1964
19. Atom Ant in "The Big Gimmick" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Professor Von Gimmick's giant robot threatens a vacation resort.
Voices: Howard Morris, Allan Melvin
From: The Atom Ant Show, Episode 12a, December 18, 1965
20. Secret Squirrel in "Cuckoo Clock Cuckoo" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: A giant clock collector steals Big Ben.
Voices: Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Henry Corden
From: The Atom Ant / Secret Squirrel Show, Episode 11b, December 11, 1965
21. Hillbilly Bears in "Do the Bear" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Paw Rugg becomes a pop recording star. A big fave of mine, this cartoon was expanded for the Hanna-Barbera LP record album.
Voices: Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, Don Messick
From: The Atom Ant / Secret Squirrel Show, Episode 26e, October 15, 1965
22. Frankenstein Jr. in "The Shocking Electrical Monster"
Story: In the series premiere, Dr. Shock transforms his assistant into a monster that grows as it gains electrical power.
Voices: Paul Frees, Dick Beals, Ted Cassidy, Vic Perrin
From: Frankenstein Jr. & The Impossibles, Episode 1a, September 10, 1966
23. The Impossibles in "The Spinner"
Story: Also the series premiere, the heroes recover a stolen million dollar tiara.
Voices: Paul Frees, Hal Smith, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl, The Hanna-Barbera Singers
From: Frankenstein Jr. & The Impossibles, Episode 1b, September 17, 1966
24. Space Ghost in "The Heat Thing"
Story: Space Ghost, Jan and Blip rush to rescue a fiery monster that can throw lava bombs.
Voices: Gary Owens, Ginny Tyler, Tim Matheson
From: Space Ghost & Dino Boy, Episode 1a, September 10, 1966
25. Abbott & Costello in "Gadzooka" (NEW TO DVD)
Story: Bud and Lou are policeman who are sent to save the city from a 100-foot creature. I liked that this series had titles much like those in "The Man Called Flintstone."
Voices: Bud Abbott, Stan Irwin, John Stephenson
From: The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show, Episode 23b, February 10, 1968
BONUS FEATURE:
"Here Comes a Star" (1964)
Documentary for TV Stations Premiering "The Magilla Gorilla Show". Hosted by George Fenneman (You Bet Your Life), with Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera and scenes from Hey There, It's Yogi Bear and The Magilla Gorilla Show.
Ny favorite is The Flintstones
But, thinks Warner Bros, let's throw them a bone. After all, old TV shows launched Nick at Nite, and are the staple of the roaringly successful ME TV free TV, so much so that people are taking back their Comcast boxes and putting up aerials for this one channel. And both USA and Cartoon Network garnered a large and faithful audience whenever they showed HB shows. So the demographic is wrong, and we ought to put these out on DVD (DVD being as old school as the classic cartoon audience). But the Golden Collection DVD sets didn't sell all that well. Never mind that they were almost never in stores, received no advertising support, and some of the best shows never came out in the series. We need a less risky approach that cuts costs (read "quality"). Enter Warner Archives.
That ancient-sounding name must herald, thinks the reader, the sort of attention to quality that attends Disney Archive DVDs. Think of all the extras HB cartoon discs could hold. A cornucopia of cartoon creativity. But alas, it was not to be. The people at Warner Archive are too busy watching HBO to care about HB. But they did throw us this bone.
If you didn't already buy Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s vol. One and Two Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 1 Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 , or 4 Kid Favorites- Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s 4 Kid Favorites: Saturday Morning Cartoons - 1960s (the same set as SMC 1960s volume One in different packaging), you might enjoy this set. But you'd have a sense of deja vu when you got to these cartoons:
Disc one opens with three cartoons from the Quick Draw McGraw Show: "Dynamite Fright" (Quick Draw); "Outer Space Case" (Snooper and Blabber); "Growing Growing Gone" (Augie Doggie). Great' toons, but where have you seen them before? All three appear on Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s, Vol. 1. There's another episode of Quick Draw: "Mark of El Kabong" (Quick Draw); "Party Pooper Pop" (Augie Doggie); "Chilly Chiller" (Snooper and Blabber). This appeared on SMC 1960s, Vol. 2. The Jetsons' episode is unaccountably "Rosey the Robot", which was the pilot and appeared on SMC 1960s, vol. 1. Why, when HB/ WB has released the entire first season of The Jetsons on DVD?
Disc two includes "The Shocking Electrical Monster" (Frankenstein Jr.) and "The Spinner" (The Impossibles), as well as "The Heat Thing" (Space Ghost), all three from SMC 1960s, Vol. 1. From the Peter Potamus Show we get "Black Bart", which appeared on SMC 1960s, Vol 2.
The special features are "Here Comes a Star" a black and white pre-launch special for The Magilla Gorilla Show, with plugs for its sponsor, Ideal Toys. The trailers are ads for "More Scooby Doo!" and a very violent montage of Tom and Jerry.
Slim pickins, Cartoon Fans. What can Warner Archives do? Apparently the giant studio, despite the opening trailer celebrating its 90th anniversary, lacks the clout to collect cartoons. Like all the other cartoon studios, they could simply release their DVDs through Disney's Buena Vista Distribution, which seems to have no problem getting in stores and attracting attention. Then, of course, they could simply hire people who love cartoons and those others can go and work at HBO or whatever they think is the current epitome of pay TV. Just to skew the demographic, I merely note that I won't be watching or buying any HBO shows, but I will be looking for HB DVDs if WB takes the time to put out some good ones.