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04-10-2007, 03:46 AM
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Hahahaha-THUMP [WOODY WOODPECKER DVD News]
That's the sound of me hitting the ground dead from over-excitement.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/w...dpecker-on-dvd    
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04-10-2007, 04:18 AM
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Only $40 for 75 cartoons. I'm impressed.
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04-10-2007, 05:38 AM
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Awesome news! So let's see... 45 Woody cartoons (including Knock Knock and Chopin) leaves 30 others. 5 Andy Pandas, 5 Chilly Willys. That's 55. The other two Tex Averys, 57. 3 Oswalds mentioned, 60. "Plus others." 3 Swing Symphonies mentioned, that's 63. "Plus others." Pigeon Patrol, HHSiAH, King Klunk, Scrambled Eggs, BWBBoC"B". That's 68. Leaving 7 cartoons still not known at all, plus the 5 unknown Andy Pandas. My guess is the 7 are mostly Oswalds and Swing Symphonies.
Why yes, I do have too much free time.  This is going to be one amazing box set. Seems to have some nice extras, though I'm guessing if there's 75 cartoons on 3 DVDs, we won't have a ton of audio commentaries and the like. But restored cartoons are the important thing. Including some I didn't think would make the box. A restored Boogie Woogie and Siam will be incredible. So much love for Universal and Jerry! (Jerry, is there someone specific we should be thanking at Universal, like we do with George Feltenstein at WB?)
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04-10-2007, 06:12 AM
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Due to the selection of the contents, I could never thank enough Jerry. Being a collector like us, he knows the prints that circulate among us in bad conditions and he also knows what every one of us really wanted to see properly restored before anything. "The Greatest Man in Siam" and "Abou Ben Boogie" restored is a dream coming true for every serious collector. "Mirandy" and "Pigeon Patrol" uncut and in good conditions were impossible to find! I would have never thought to see "Bugle Boy" restored and in an official DVD release!! Also, the selected Woody are the very best ones. All the 40s output plus some of the Fifties one (at last a restored copy of "Destination Meatball"!). I don't think we will have commentaries but I don't care in this case: the price, for 75 restored uncut cartoons, is a terrific deal and the bonus contents I've heard about are already great! And, believe me, the mentioned b/w Oswald and Pooch cartoons are great. Restored they will be wonderful. If sales will be enough good, we will also have a volume 2. So I want every one and his dog to buy the set as soon as it will be out!   We won a battle with the Disney Treasures. Prepare yourself for another fight, and it will be an easy one: we just have to buy one of the greatest DVD releases ever made and peacefully waiting Universal' decisions.....easy, isn't it?
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04-10-2007, 09:00 AM
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As an addendum to my previous post, the press release from Universal is hitting the wires, and notes that it features eight Academy Award nominees.
Merry Old Soul, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Dizzy Acrobat, Musical Moments from Chopin, Crazy Mixed Up Pup, and The Legend of Rockabye Point are already confirmed. If I had to guess, I'd say the other two are Andy Panda cartoons Fish Fry and The Poet and Peasant.
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04-10-2007, 09:03 AM
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04-10-2007, 09:17 AM
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Wow, I was not expecting a price that good. I was going to pick it up before, but now I know I'll only have to not eat for 3 days instead of a whole week!
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04-10-2007, 09:24 AM
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04-10-2007, 09:41 AM
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I am one of the happiest people right now
Glad to see Universal is allowing a new generation to enjoy some of the best swing, musical, and most creative cartoons ever made.... and to familiarize them with the great antics of the REAL Woody Woodpecker (as opposed to that toned-down, neutered, cookie-cut version that was rejuvenated a few years back). "Abou Ben Boogie" is my very favourite Swing Symphony.... and to think it will be restored onto DVD..... somebody pinch me, QUICK!! "Pass The Biscuits Mirandy" was the last Swing Symphony for me to see and the hardest to find... I have yet to see a print that wasn't washed-out, overlaid with a timing spool, and jittery due to tracking.... I am pleased!!! And if there's ever been any question as to content that parents are worried about, well, instead of parents sitting their kid down in front of the TV and playing the DVD as they walk out of the room and then come back in, ready to write a complaining letter because they're shocked at what they see, try this instead: Take the time to sit with your kids, watch the cartoons together, and explain anything they ask about.... and leave the accountibility OFF OF the DVD manufacturers.... Let them do their job, and you do yours.
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