As someone who grew up watching Tom & Jerry cartoons, I couldn’t believe how great this was.
Then I got to thinking: why’s it take so long for someone to think of this?
Thanks to Jennifer who came across this last night.
Guess who? Universal is bringing Walter Lantz’s Woody Woodpecker cartoons to Blu-Ray, promising 25 shorts and some extra featurettes and stuff. So far, I haven’t seen a listing of what the 25 shorts will be.
It’s coming in September.
Filed under Cartoons, DVD/Blu-ray News, Universal (-International)
Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 was terrific, and here comes number two, which might be even better. It will contain stunning new restorations of:
Little Rural Riding Hood
The Cuckoo Clock
Magical Maestro
One Cab’s Family
Cat That Hated People
Doggone Tired
The Flea Circus
Field And Scream
The First Bad Man
Out Foxed
Droopy’s Double Trouble
Three Little Pups
Dragalong Droopy
Homesteader Droopy
Dixieland Droopy
Counterfeit Cat
Ventriloquist Cat
House Of Tomorrow
Car Of Tomorrow
TV Of Tomorrow
The documentary Tex Avery: King Of Cartoons will be included. Coming in December. Very funny stuff, and absolutely essential.
Filed under Cartoons, DVD/Blu-ray News, MGM, Tex Avery, Warner Archive
The scoop on this set had been coming in dribs and drabs, but in the end it doesn’t matter — in November, you can get 60 Bugs Bunny cartoons on Blu-Ray. That’s all you need to know.
That’s about half the total Bugs Bunny cartoons made between 1940 and 1964. Blooper Bunny comes from the 90s. They’re presented in chronological order.
There will be some extras, and the spiffy package will include some trinket-y stuff. But again, it’s the shorts themselves that matter. Can’t wait to dig through ’em. Highly recommended.
Filed under Cartoons, DVD/Blu-ray News, Warner Bros.
Well blow me down! The DVD sets of the Fleischer Popeye cartoons have been crown jewels in my DVD collection for years, and I’ve always wondered if more would ever show up. Our friends at Warner Archive have done it again with their upcoming Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1. And they’ll be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray this time around!
Who’d eat any other brand?
By 1943, Max and Dave Fleischer had been forced out of their own cartoon business — 1942’s Baby Wants A Bottleship was their last Popeye picture, and their animation studio became Paramount’s Famous Studios. The whole Fleischer-Paramount-Famous Studios saga is a tragic mess.
But the Popeye The Sailor series stayed afloat — powered by spinach, no doubt, and the cartoons are wonderful. This set includes shorts produced from 1943 to 1945: Her Honor, The Mare; The Marry-Go-Round; We’re On Our Way To Rio; The Anvil Chorus Girl; Spinach Packin’ Popeye; Puppet Love; Pitchin’ Woo At The Zoo; Moving Aweigh; She-Sick Sailors; Pop-Pie A La Mode; Tops In The Big Top; Shape Ahoy; For Better Or Nurse; and Mess Production.
Warner Archive is promising 4K masters from the original nitrate negatives. These’ll look strong to the fin-ich for sure.
Filed under Cartoons, DVD/Blu-ray News, Paramount, Warner Archive
In April, Kino Lorber will release all 34 The Inspector cartoons in a two-disc Blu-ray set. Of course, the Inspector’s based on Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau. Made by DePatie-Freleng, they played theaters from 1965-69, then became part of the Pink Panther TV show. As a kid, I loved these things.
Filed under 1965, Cartoons, DVD/Blu-ray News, Kino Lorber, Peter Sellers