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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…of these cartoons on laserdisc or videotape, but this set also contains many cartoons that I have only previously read about, often just listings in a filmography— listings which left… |
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The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Volume One
…original Termite Terrace crew and the short films they produced over a certain period (a period that constantly changes if including the very early cartoons, the central Golden Age of… |
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The Space Kidettes/Young Samson: The Complete Series
…in past reviews, 1966 is considered the beginning of the golden age for Saturday morning cartoons. This season saw the debuts of The Adventures Of Superman and Space Ghost, as… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…Schoolhouse Rock was born. Schoolhouse Rock was broadcast on Saturday mornings on ABC between 1973 and 1985. They would also come back for five more years in the 1990s. The… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…The live-action hosts were soon dropped that April, and the show became simply Beany And Cecil, while adding newly made episodes. It began to be shown on Saturday mornings in… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…DVD set that includes this cartoon has Walt’s re-done version (with the “censored” section available as only its own separate clip). MGM Cartoons There have been so few MGM cartoons… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…extra handful to beat the first edition’s 56 cartoons and round things up to an even 60 – all fully restored and completely uncut! Disc One is again themed around… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume One
…is as good as I have seen some of these cartoons. Scratch Tracks: No attempt has been given to try and expand the sound of the cartoons from their original… |
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The Complete Adventures Of The Little King
…Soglow’s comic strip comes to life via the Van Beuren Studio, and this collection includes the complete series: all ten Little King cartoons, and two pre-King Sentinel Louie shorts plus… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 2 1938-1940
…Jeep. These cartoons represent pure bliss for those of us who love the classic stuff. It simply does not get better than this. The 31 cartoons on the set represent… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume Two
…wants his kids to experience Saturday morning cartoons like they used to be, a set like this is a blast. If love is blind, nostalgia is even further visually impaired…. |
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Ruby-Spears’ Superman: DC Comics Classic Collection
…And The Tramp than the typical Saturday morning cartoons, a longer than usual length, and sterling vocal performances from another Disney stalwart, Hans Conried, among others, gave the film life… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons and getting all excited when those animated specials would come on CBS with that cool 1970s computer graphics logo spinning out: ‘CBS Special Presentation!’… |
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Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training
…least 20 other examples one could come up with, dating back to the early days of Saturday morning cartoons. That is okay, as there are few new ideas under the… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One
…first of 1950’s eight cartoons. This next batch developed T&J’s world a little more, opening up possibilities and placing them in new locations. Saturday Evening Puss has Tom’s rowdy friends… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Black And White, Volume Two
…the set to introduce the cartoons, Disney Studio historian and Treasures host Leonard Maltin remains out of the picture for the most part. There are, however, a number of cartoons… |
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The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons
…listing is as definitive as one could expect – as well as the expected character choices, there’s a healthy reliance on one-shot cartoons – there are some cartoons or characters… |
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Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
…later in 1933. What followed were dozens of successful cartoons by Max Fleischer and his directing brother Dave. It is the Fleischer Popeye cartoons that are best loved by animation… |
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Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 2
…Jerry cartoons from the 1950s-2000s are collected on the second installment of the Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures series. The Sweatbox Review: Tom and Jerry cartoons are a staple… |
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Noveltoons: Original Classics
…some of their cartoons over the years. Even with having to use only legally available shorts, the cartoons here do make up a great set. The budgets on these cartoons… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three
…funny, engaging cartoons. Mickey had had his time in the sun. The late Forties and Fifties belonged to Donald. This current set of Donald Duck cartoons (1947-1950) shows us just… |
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Disney’s Adventures Of The Gummi Bears: Volume One, Seasons 1–3
…the intro of new characters. Day Of The Beevilweevils is another such grandly designed episode that transcends the usual needs of Saturday morning cartoons. Oddly, the disc actually finishes with… |
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Additions old and new; reviews and a new Media section!
November 17, 2009 — Saturday Morning and Justice League cartoons covered, plus 2012, a trio of retro reviews and the first look at our new Media section! It’s absolutely clear… |
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Frankenstein Jr. And The Impossibles: The Complete Series
…1966— the first, great year of Saturday morning cartoons. The live action Batman was getting lots of buzz prior to its primetime premiere on ABC, and that may explain why… |
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Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 3
…the cat and mouse to join him on a sledding “adventure.” Both are regular Saturday morning fare, good enough to pass the time, but forgettable. “Love Me, Love My Mouse”… |
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The Essential Daffy Duck
Warner Bros. Animation (1937-2005), Warner Home Video (November 1 2011), 2 discs, 169 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital, Not Rated (some cartoons rated G, but… |
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Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Mesmer Classics 1919-1924
…Final Cut: There is no doubting the historical significance of these cartoons, but in all honestly this collection will not appeal to everyone. The cartoons are whimsical and fun, but… |
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2017 D23 Expo Exclusive
…was among the first of the rediscovered cartoons Hungry Hoboes, and the third was the most recently rediscovered Africa Before Dark. Watching these cartoons were still a joy, but seeing… |
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Have A Laugh! Volumes 3 and 4
…would have noticed that a series of re-branded Have A Laugh cartoons were actually odd variations of some of the Studio’s original cartoons. Also available online, it became clear that… |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
…criteria for their selection is never mentioned, this “essential” collection pulls together twelve classic cartoons, a movie cameo sequence, four television specials, three modern shorts and a pretty lame bonus… |
