The Underdog Chronicles
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Actor: Allen Swift, George S. Irving, Norma MacMillan, Sandy Becker, Wally CoxProducer: Peter Piech
Producer: Treadwell Covington
Producer: W. Watts Biggers
Writer: W. Watts Biggers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Classic Media
DVD Reviews of The Underdog Chronicles
DVD Review: Underdone
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked up the Underdog Chronicles to add to my Underdog Collector's Edition DVD. Alas, this new DVD suffers from the same lack of completeness as the Collector's Edition. The cartoon episodes themselves are entertaining and remastered well (except for the audio sometimes, whose volume tends to fade out ever so slightly in places), but every one of the cartoons is missing the original title card and ending credits. All of the title cards have inexplicably been replaced by hokey _ad hoc_ opening titles that make no effort to match the look and feel of the original period. Why these glaring deletions to the body of work were made is unclear; the old title cards and credits contribute much to the nostalgic value of a collection like this, and to omit them detracts from the enjoyment of the experience. (A least the Underdog theme song is present in its several forms.)
Even worse, the auxiliary cartoons that accompanied the Underdog show (this DVD calls them "Cliffhanger Episodes") -- namely Tennessee Tuxedo, Go Go Gophers, Commander McBragg, etc. -- are missing their theme songs, title cards and credits. As a result, each cartoon ends abruptly (no outro music or The End card) and you're never quite sure if that's really the end of the cartoon, or if it has been truncated. I'd sure like to know who made these questionable production decisions. They obviously know nothing about continuity or the difference between a great product and a mediocre one.
Still, I love Underdog so much, I've rated this product a 4. If you're not a fan of the series, the deficiencies I've noted probably won't annoy you as much as they did me. If you _are_ a fan of the series, you'll enjoy the cartoons despite the bad decisions made in transcribing them onto DVD.
But it could have been so much better.
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