…using rare photographs, classic sequences and new interviews, capping a great collection with a great retrospective. Across all the discs are additional commentaries and isolated music tracks, which further examine…

Hanna–Barbera (1977), Warner Archive (July 23, 2013), 2 Discs, 440 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $29.95 Storyboard: After a prehistoric superhero is rescued from an icy…

…kid with the heart of gold teams up with Hanna–Barbera’s quintessential detective mutt in this high-concept show. The Sweatbox Review: Of all the various iterations of Scooby-Doo that Hanna–Barbera put…

…it is still kept pretty simple, as you can see. Still, it makes the DVD release nicer than WA’s usual previous standard, boring menu screen. Case Study: The Hanna–Barbera Classic…

…a hit as well, and spawned numerous Yogi Bear shows over the next twenty-plus years, often featuring other Hanna–Barbera favorites as well. As the glory years of Hanna–Barbera came to…

…scads of merchandise. It made sense, then, for Warner Bros. Home Video to include the Scoobmeister in its first wave of their Hanna–Barbera Golden Collection. The new four-disc DVD set…

…full-blown short and certainly predates the “limited animation” techniques that would identify several studio’s work in the 1950s, most notably Hanna–Barbera’s TV output and that of the UPA Studio. Designed…

…releasing classic animation in one-disc sets, Warner’s latest targets are Tom and Jerry. After trying their luck with three “Spotlight” collection releases of the classic shorts (all three with some…

Hanna–Barbera (1978-1979), Warner Archive (October 9, 2012), 1 disc, 99 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $14.95 Storyboard: Fred and Barney run into trouble with two classic…

…series on the spot! After The New Adventures Of Superman there was no stopping Filmation, and they grew to dominance alongside Hanna–Barbera in the television animation market. The New Adventures…

…The Mummy Strikes, though here called Professor Henderson, and possibly an influence on the later Professor Quest in Hanna–Barbera’s Jonny Quest program. One of the striking facets of the Superman…

…Storyboard: Mouse’s best friend Pluto returns in a second and final collection of his solo animated outings, bringing the cartoon filmography of Walt’s “original fantastic four” (the others being Mickey,…

…a hideously out of place preview for The Pixar Shorts Collection. On the Oswald The Lucky Rabbit collection, this feels not only particularly random but frankly annoying, suggesting that the…

…low start up costs and could bring in quick revenue while providing a continuation of the Studio’s classic stories and characters. Which leads me back to my original question: even…

…Dumbo, but since that was such a big hit, who can blame Disney from trying to create another classic circus story? However, Bongo does not stay in the circus for…

…with the release of their first Looney Tunes Golden Collection. The movie itself still didn’t tempt me too much, but admittedly years of ignoring it made me curious to watch…

Hanna–Barbera (1972), Warner Archive (May 22, 2012), 2 discs, 280 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard: A scientific community living under the sea deals with…