…hit for Kids WB in the early 21st century when creative types were making pitches for new shows. Bob Goodman had already created a scenario for Batman Beyond that suited…

…success, breaking the boundaries of children’s entertainment on television and arguably being the first such program to teach as much as it entertained. Much of this success was down to…

…goes to visit in the hospital. Charlie Brown learns for the first time that someone else owned Snoopy, and it appears for a while that Snoopy is set to return…

…the beach when they notice the amusement park nearby seems to be open. The park has a few days left until it opens, so the gang decides to investigate. When…

…use a mummy for their follow-up episode. Overall, this is another entertaining episode for the show. Is This Thing Loaded? As with previous releases, there isn’t much included other than…

…up with the Main Menu, but the viewer often ends up at the “Bonus Storyboard” menu when a featurette ends, and the same (often, but not always) goes for when…

…pieces that tied into sponsors. There are a total of 4 spots for Miles Laboratories (One-A-Day vitamins), 2 for Carnation Evaporated Milk, 4 for Welch’s, 1 for Kitchen Rich Cookies,…

…group of monkeys, only to be chased by a gorilla. This entry is less than three minutes long. The rest of the chapter on this disc is the credits for…

…chasing (and catching) the ladies; Choo Choo, perhaps the “everycat” the audience could relate to the best, was also the cat most likely to catch T.C. in a lie but…

…the captions are often very different than the English spoken dialog, and seem non-Americanized. A third track only provides translations for written Japanese on-screen (this defaults along with the English…

…Of Endearment, was held back for airing during the second season, as it contained subject matter that was inappropriate in light of the death of Christopher Reeve. The discs each…

…the fang he grew for the cartoon. My two favorite designs are for Raven and Cyborg, who got some plastic added to the metal in his armor. Raven’s character, though,…

…of Christmas sales. He is portrayed as being extremely selfish and cynical, which naturally made Daffy the obvious casting choice. Here, Daffy suffers no orphans looking for change outside his…

…in 1975 for “Best Children’s Series,” even though Filmation head Lou Scheimer always protested that it was never a children’s show! Thus, his only Emmy was received under (light) protest….

…I have never cared for the look of the Rankin-Bass cel-animated characters in their various films. The designs here are similar to the bulbous ones seen in their Tolkien adaptations,…

…the characters (except for Christopher Robin) spoke in American accents; and then there was the addition of a whole new character— but there is no denying the unbeatable charm of…

…Stars (which must be where I first saw him), a show that also had segments devoted to Teen Force, Astro And The Space Mutts, and new episodes for The Herculoids….

…guinea pig for Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. Fozzie Bear became more well-rounded, turning him from a character to be simply pitied into an endearing blend of fortitude and optimism. Miss Piggy…

…include the most fascinating choices. Comic strips have been such an obvious source for animated cartoons that some of the earliest animations were derived from then-current comic strip characters. Cartoon…

…searches for hidden treasure, finally encountering archaeologist Katie Dodd and mysterious villain Thaddeus Klang. Next, Baloo is shot out of the sky along with Wildcat, who is mistaken for Shere…

…toys for their favorite characters. I can still remember spending hours playing with my neighbor who owned the entire He-Man toy collection, complete with Castle Greyskull. For hours, our imaginations…