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Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection

…We’re still in the west for Homesteader Droopy, while Dixieland Droopy is something of an odd cartoon in the series, with Droopy almost a supporting player to an act of…

Animated Views reviews: Hero High, Tex Avery’s Droopy

Animated Views presents its latest two reviews: Hero High: The Complete Series and Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection. Examining Droopy, Ben Simon provides a perfect score for the set’s…

Shrek's directors talk, Dinosaurs, Droopy – and Shrek! – reviewed…

…release of Tex Avery’s Droopy: Theatrical Collection. Early preview: this is a stunning collection of brilliant shorts marred only by image quality that surprisingly leaves a lot to be desired….

Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees

…just the 15 Oscar-winning cartoons, this three-disc, 41-title collection adds an additional 26 Nominees to the mix and brings together the likes of Bugs, Pepe, Speedy, Tweetie, Droopy, Tom &…

Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection

…at MGM, where he had produced the Droopy series and tried to kickstart the Woody-esque Screwy Squirrel cartoons, Tex Avery found himself heading back to his old employer Lantz in…

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

…is from Red, a singer (the character is recognizable from the Droopy cartoons) who is being blackmailed into dropping off a payment every night after the show to keep her…

Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 3

…In “A Life Less Guarded,” Droopy makes his first appearance. Droopy was another MGM character, but he never appeared with the cat and mouse duo until the 1980s, but his…

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two

…J. Audubon Woodlore, the park ranger in a series of Donald Duck cartoons and, of course, as MGM’s own Droopy) turns up and reveals a fear of mice! This side…

A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2

…resulting in The New Adventures Of Tom And Jerry. The CBS series featured two Tom And Jerry segments, along with a new Droopy cartoon. Producer Lou Scheimer had to voice…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2

…for a dragon in Droopy Dragon; Touché Turtle and Dum Dum star in Whale Of A Tale; and Lippy The lion and Hardee Har Har take on a pirate on…

The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review

…double dip coming when baby Maggie’s “sequel” prophecy inevitably comes true. Ho-hum… Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete / Pixar Short Films Collections Some old and new in our choice of the…

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two

…appearances of another popular character in Señor Droopy and Wags To Riches, plus Symphony In Slang, the hair-in-the-gate fun of Magical Maestro and Rock-A-Bye Bear. All of them represent not…

Narnia news: director Apted an "interesting" choice for Voyage…

…given to She-Ra: Princess Of Power alongside takes on Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Defenders Of The Earth, Arthur And The Invisibles and Tex Avery’s Droopy: Theatrical Collection. The…

The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics

…product with a similar collectors or comic book lure: Popeye The Sailor: 1933-1938, Justice League Unlimited Season 2/Batman Beyond Season 3, Classic Cartoons From The Vault (highlighting Droopy, Space Ghost…

TMNT

…site, Fred Claus, the TMNT games and action figure merchandise and a push for the recent action/comedy releases of Space Ghost, Birdman and Droopy collections. The main menu itself is…

Oscars, Richard Sherman, SuperFriends and more – it's another packed Monday!

…as the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Droopy, Superman and Popeye, as well as Tex Avery’s Little Johnny Jet and Chuck Jones’ High Note, plus over an hour of special…

Kermit, Piggy, Woody, Oswald…and Jerry Beck too!

…MGM catalogs for such gems as The Droopy Theatrical Collection. And don’t forget another round of Looney Tunes on the way, building on the sheer excitement of finally being able…

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five

…especially a call for the wonderful documentary Tex Avery, which might have made a great bonus for the recent Droopy Theatrical Collection but would just as well fit alongside a…

Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!

…bunch Bugs, Pepe, Speedy, Tweety, Droopy, Tom & Jerry and many more together legitimately along with a grouping of new to DVD titles and special one-off shorts? For instance, the…

Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright

…by Droopy, Screwball Squirrel, and even Red (are those wings?). Both the Blu-ray and the DVD also contain two Bonus Episodes from the first two seasons of the original Scooby-Doo,…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1

…and some of his humor are included here, but the whole time I kept thinking of similarities between these characters and others. For example, Kwicky is very reminiscent of Droopy

First Concept Art: Sherman and Mr. Peabody

…Jr. as the voice of the intellectual canine. Cartoon Brew has the first concept art for Downey’s character. At first glance, Mr. Peabody resembles Droopy Dog the MGM/Warner Brothers character….

Arthur, Invisibles, and Tex Avery too!

…just before the weekend, and the two-disc salute to Tex Avery’s leading series star, Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, which I promised and posted last week and then forgot to…

Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s

…and voice work by Bill Thompson (“Droopy”) as the Ranger. The Humphrey cartoons are, to the best of my knowledge, not considered “Specials”, as he headlined his own cartoons and…

Hero High here!

…superhero himself, little Parker Cyrenne, who landed on this planet just over one week ago. Congratulations, Rand! My own review for Droopy: Theatrical Collection didn’t make it up last night,…

Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938

…the disc, including Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Smurfs: Season One (since reduced to a partial season two-disc set), Space Ghost/Birdman/Droopy, and Tom And Jerry Spotlight Collection Volume 3….

RIP, Ed Benedict (1912-2006)

…animation legend, Tex Avery. At MGM, Benedict served as lead layout artist and designer for Deputy Droopy. That title was just one of the several popular animated theatrical short films…

The Best Of 2008: It Came…It Saw…It’s Over!

…had us bowled over. Where else can the likes of Warner Bros, MGM and the Fleischer Studios’ stars as Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Superman, Tweety, Droopy, Tom & Jerry et al…

LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!

…animation director. You would think that this set would have a great chance of coming to DVD, but only his Droopy cartoons have come out so far. Animation fans know…

Rock & Rule: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition

…have taken over Man’s cities. Like the denizens of the Disney comic books, some characters are obviously certain animals, while others seem human except for button noses or droopy ears….