Harvey Toons - The Complete Collection
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Classic Media
Product features:
- Finally! The complete series of Harveytoons is available for the first time on DVD! This is a great addition to any animation collector's library. , Casper, Wendy, Hot Stuff, Herman, and Katnip are among the well known properties in the Harveytoon Collections , Targeted online campaign , Unique Collector's packaging to house the 4-disc set with 200 minutes of content Format: DVD
DVD Reviews of Harvey Toons - The Complete Collection
DVD Review: Funday Funnies
Summary: 4 Stars
"Matty's Funday Funnies" ran on Sunday (Funday) on ABC from 1959 to 1962. The show was immensely popular, featuring Casper the friendly ghost and other characters from Harvey Famous theatrical cartoons, which were shown by Paramount in theaters in the '50s. Casper was also syndicated in 1953 for TV in seven minute cartoons. "Matty" in the title of the 1959 series referred to the sponsor, Mattel Toys, and the cartoon hosts, Matty and Sisterbelle. The show's second incarnation, "Matty's Funnies" in 1962, featured Beany and Cecil Bob Clampett's: Beany and Cecil Bob Clampett's Beany And Cecil, Vol. 2.
It's difficult now to imagine how good cartoons were at this fledgeling time. The 1959 show ran against "Rocky and His Friends", which must rank as one of the all-time great shows. The 1960 season brought "The Flintstones", which ran until 1966. Bugs Bunny also appeared in repackaged Warner theatrical cartoons this year. Along with the Oscar-winning rabbit, "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" made their dubut, and were later syndicated along with Rocky and Bullwinkle shows. 1961 saw "The Alvin Show", "Top Cat" and "Beany and Cecil" take the stage, followed in 1962 by Hanna-Barbera's other early triumph, "The Jetsons". Along with the "first family of the future", "Supercar" arrived from the UK, the vanguard of the futuristic Supermarionation shows that would include "Fireball XL5" and "Thunderbirds", announcing to US kids that the future is now.
I never liked the super-violent "Tom and Jerry" shows, and I think that H-B's greatest achievements came after that, when they moved into gentler slapstick, their "buddy" cartoons, and the radio-like dialogue that typified the early shows like "Ruff and Reddy", "Huckleberry Hound", and Yogi Bear". Not to mention the modern, appealing character design, the witty writing, and the brilliant use of limited animation in order to do the impossible: produce a season of TV cartoons for the price of one theatrical animated short. Aside from Casper, the other Harveytoons here, like "Herman and Katnip" do range into T and J territory, although perhaps not quite as violent. The writing is not particularly witty, but the goal for a theatrical cartoon differed from the later intent for a series: loud, fast, lots of ethnic jokes and stereotypes (because that makes characters immediately recognizable). Following radio and early TV, it's all Vaudeville: anything for a laugh (that gets by the censor).
However, as a kid I didn't see it that way. I had a talking Mattel Casper plush pal that I took everywhere. My sister and I devoured Harvey comics. My favorite was Hot Stuff, the Little Devil, of which no cartoons were made. Her's was Wendy the Witch, who very briefly appears in this series. I still love reading old Harvey comics. Interestingly, the on-screen menus for this series begin with comic panels being colored in, emphasizing the connection between the cartoons and comics.
As other reviewers have noted, this set is compiled from the 52 shows Jerry Beck put together in 1998 for Fox Kids. Each show has three cartoons, sometimes based loosely around a theme like fishing or space travel, and a piece of a cartoon called a "Toon Take". Some of the later shows have four cartoons instead of a TT. These shows, on four double-sided discs in a hinged package, include cartoons of Casper, Baby Huey, Little Audrey, Herman and Katnip, Buzzy the Crow, one-offs, and my favorite, "Modern Madcaps". These were simple, modern-styled,'50s one-off theatrical cartoons. Some of the older cartoons here also have redone, modern-look titles.
This is not the complete run of Harveytoons, as there were 78, and this set is 20 shy. Nevertheless, it's a great deal for 19 hours of cartoons for anyone interested in animation history, or who just wants to watch some cartoons. Show one a day to your kids (mix with other favorite cartoons) and you don't need cable. Onscreen menus let you select a show by number.
Contents are as follows:
Disc One Side A:
1. "Boo Moon" -Casper; "Dizzy Dishes" -Little Audrey; "Out of This Whirl" -Modern Madcap.
2. "Mouse Trapeze" --Herman and Katnip; "Casper Comes to Clown" -Casper; "Jolly the Clown" -Modern Madcap.
3. "Scout Fellow" -Baby Huey; "Boo Scout" -Casper; "Scouting for Trouble" -Modern Madcap.
4. "Cat Tamale" -Herman and Katnip; "Bull Fright" -Casper; "Pedro and Lorenzo".
5. "Once Upon a Rhyme" -Casper; "Little Audrey Riding Hood" -Little Audrey; "Dante Dreamer" -Modern Madcap.
6. "Mousetro Herman" -Herman and Katbnip; "Boo Bop" -Casper; "The Animal Fair".
7. "Huey's Ducky Daddy" -Baby Huey; "The Seapreme Court" -Little Audrey;"Feast and Furious".
Disc One Side B:
8. "Herman the Cartoonist" -Herman and Katnip; "Ghost of Honor" -Casper; "Rabbit Punch".
9. "Which is Witch?" --Casper, with Spooky and Wendy; "The Case of the Cockeyed Canary" -Little Audrey; "Perry Popgun" -Modern Madcap.
10. "Mice Meeting You" -Herman and Katnip; "True Boo" -Casper; "Jumping with Toy" -Baby Huey.
11. "Boos and Saddles" -Casper; "Git ALong Little Duckie" -Baby Huey; "Shootin' Stars" -Modern Madcap.
12. "Casper Takes a BowWow" -Casper; "Dog Gone" -Little Audrey; "Fido Beta Kappa" -Martin Kanine.
13. "Cat in the Act" -Herman and Katnip; "Ghost Writers" -Casper; "Top Cat" -Modern Madcap.
14. "Swab the Duck" -Baby Huey; "The Deep Boo Sea" -Casper; "Ship a Hooey" -Herman and Katnip.
Disc Two Side A:
15. "Of Mice and Menace" -Herman and Katnip; "Ghost of the Town" -Casper; "TV Fuddlehead"-Modern Madcap.
16. "Do or Diet" -Casper; "You Said a Mouseful" -Herman and Katnip; "The Voice of the Turkey".
17. "Mice Kapades"-Herman and Katnip; "Fright from Wrong" -Casper; "Crazytown".
18. "One Funny Knight" -Herman and Katnip; "Red, White, and Boo" -Casper; "Silly Science" -Modern Madcap.
19. "Boo Kind to Animals" -Casper; "Surf Bored" -Little Audrey; "Okey Dokey Donkey" -Spunky.
20. "Robin Rodenthood" -Herman and Katnip; "Cage Fright" -Casper; "Boppin' Hood" -Modern Madcap.
21. "Good Scream Fun" -Casper; "Mouseum" -Herman and Katnip; (no title) -Modern Madcap.
Disc Two Side B:
22. "Drinks on the Mouse" -Herman and Katnip; "Pig a Boo" -Casper; "Newshound" -Snapper.
23. "Owly to Bed" -Herman and Katnip; "Boo Hoo Baby" -Casper; "Bouncing Benny" -Modern Madcap.
24. "Ground Hog Play" -Casper; "Sock-a-Bye Kitty" -Buzzy; "talking Horse Sense".
25. "Party Smarty" -Baby Huey; "Casper's Birthday Party" -Casper; "The Miceniks" -Modern Madcap.
26. "Zero the Hero" -Casper; "Cat-Choo" -Buzzy; "Finnegan's Flea" -Modern Madcap.
27. "City Kitty" - Herman and Katnip; "Spooking About Africa" -Casper; "Travelaffs" -Modern Madcap.
28. "Of Mice and Magic" -Herman and Katnip; "Puss'n'Boos" -Casper; "Funderful Suburbia" -Modern Madcap.
Disc Three Side A:
29. "To Boo or Not to Boo" -Casper; "Monsieur Herman" -Herman and Katnip; "Good and Guilty" -Goody the Gremlin.
30. "Boos and Arrows" -Casper; "Fiddle Faddle" -Modern Madcap; "Land of Lost Watches".
31. "Pest Pupil" -Baby Huey; "Hooky Spooky" -Casper; "Kozmo Goes to School" -Modern Madcap.
32. "One Quack Mind" -Baby Huey; "Heir Restorer" -Casper; "Cool Cat Blues" -Modern Madcap.
33. "Boo Ribbon Winner" -Casper; "Goody the Gremlin"; "Cape Kidnaveral" -Modern Madcap.
34; "Monkey Doodles" -Modern Madcap; "Hide and Shriek" -Casper; "Spex" -Modern Madcap.
Disc Three Side B:
35. "Little Boo Peep" -Casper; "Trouble Date" -Modern Madcap; "The Shoe Must Go On".
36. "A Bicep Built for Two" -Herman and Katnip; "North Pal" -Casper; "The Kid from Mars" -Modern Madcap.
37. "Huey's Father's Day" -Baby Huey; "Peekaboo" -Casper; "Lion in the Roar" -Louie the Lion.
38. "Sky Scrappers" -Herman and Katnip; "The Old Mill Scream" -Casper; "Pop Goes the Weasel" -Waxey Weasel.
39. "Audrey the Rainmaker" -Little Audrey; "Casper Genie" -Casper; "Right Off the Bat".
40. "From Mad to Worse" -Herman and Katnip; "Doing What's Fright" -Casper; "Stork Raving Mad" -Modern Madcap.
Disc Four Side A:
41. "Hide and Peek" -Herman and Katnip; "Le Petite Parade" -Modern Madcap; "The Oily Bird" -Inchy.
42. "Down to Mirth" -Casper; "Turtle Scoop"; "The Inquisit Visit" -Modern Madcap; "Katnip's Big Day" -Herman and Katnip.
43. "Keep Your Grin Up" -Casper; "L-Amour the Merrier" -Modern Madcap; "Possum Pearl".
44. "Not Ghoulty" -Casper; "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"; "Galaxia" -Modern Madcap; "Grateful Gus".
45. "Penguin for Your Thoughts" -Casper; "Mr. Money Gags"; "Electronica" -Modern Madcap; "Baby Huey".
46. "Spook and Span" -Casper; "Mice Paradise" -Herman and Katnip; "Cock-a-Doodle Dino"; "Kitty Kornered".
Disc Four Side B:
47. "Felineous Assault" -Herman and Katnip; "Dutch Treat" -Casper; "Fit to Be Toyed" -Modern Madcap; "Party Smarty" -Baby Huey.
48. "Railway Rodents" -Herman and Katnip; "Spook No Evil" -Casper; "Mike the Masquerader" -Modern Madcap; "Better Bait Than Never" -Buzzy.
49. "Spunky Skunky" -Casper; "The Awful Tooth" -Harveytoon; "The Planet Mouseola".
50. "Line of Screamage" -Casper; "As the Crow Flies"; "The Lion's Busy" -Modern Madcap.
51. "Spooking With a Brogue" -Casper; "Will Do Mousework" -Herman and Katnip; "Be Mice to Cats" -Herman and Katnip; "The Phantom Moustacher".
52. "Frightday the 13th" -Casper; "Frighty Cat" -Herman and Katnip; "Spooking of Ghosts"; "Can and Able" -Modern Madcap.
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