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I wanted to occupy a star away because disc #1 contains some un-restored cartoons, in particular the first. I actually mediate the Laserdisc looks better! The grain is the same, but the LD colors are shimmering while the DVD colors are archaic. All other cartoons eye better on the DVD.
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It appears that disc # 2 is restored & newly remastered, all of the cartoons glimpse sparkling & piquant.
The five stars are for the cartoons themselves! These are loyal gems of the golden age of cartoons! Tex was an expert at throwing gags at you faster than you would know what hit you. But Tex did tend to command himself, so viewing this entire space in one sitting may lessen the enjoyment of some later cartoons.
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It should also be mentioned that while Tex Avery’s name is on the title of this DVD dwelling, he only directed 17 out of the 24 Droopy cartoons. Which also means that 7 cartoons from this dwelling would not appear on any possible future Tex Avery DVD collection.
There is a mistake on the DVD sleeve title listing, the credit reads “Cartoons 1-18 are directed by Tex Avery”, but not all of them are! I know the last one on disc #1 is not a Tex Avery ‘toon.
The extras on Disc #2 leave alot to be desired, the documentary is elephantine of clips from the cartoons you unprejudiced saw, with interviewers telling you why you laughed. But there is no proper original information here. This is followed by a greatest gags clip expose, which is pointless if you objective watched the cartoons or the documentary. It seems all of the favorable Text Avery bonus material has already been obsolete in the LOONEY TUNES DVD sets.
Don’t you honest esteem Tex Avery? His zany work shines in this collection, which features his best-known character. I’m a colossal fan of Disney cartoons (trace my byline below), but most of these Droopy shorts (sorry, couldn’t resist) are honest terrific. They’re fast-paced, the characters are often well aware they are in a cartoon (they halt often to address the audience) and nearly every gag takes you by surprise. Avery created Bug Bunny and Daffy Duck at Warner Brothers, but really hit his shuffle when he left in a censorship fight for MGM, where he spent more than a decade creating these classics.
There’s something here for everyone. The first few shorts introduce the deadpan doggie, but actually give more camouflage time to Avery’s libidinous Wolf and slinky, um, woman. OK, dame. (This, by God, is a dame.) Not for kids at all, “The Shooting of Dan McGoo” and “Wild and Woolfy” are as lusty as anything you’ll ever discover that’s sold on Amazon. Avery designed the two shorts with American G.I.s in mind, and they were shown at U.S. military camps during World War II. The other Avery girlie cartoons, “Red Hot Riding Hood” and “Swing Shift Cinderella,” are currently out of print. (Want to seek an early Avery trouble? His 1936 “I Esteem to Singa” is a bonus feature on Cheerful Feet (Widescreen Edition) .)
The rest of the cartoons here are more family gracious, with the Wolf often replaced by Spike or Butch, both G-rated bulldogs. The last few shorts on this region were produced without Avery by television outfit Hanna-Barbera. They will be of interest only to children.
Most all the shorts have been digitally restored, and they survey incredible. The colors are colorful and the focus is exciting. Extras in this collection include the documentary “Droopy and Friends: A Laugh Support,” which includes commentary by animation historian John Canemaker, as well as a “Doggone Gags” montage of Droopy highlights.
Here’s the list of the cartoons, each with my rating of one to five stars:
DISC ONE
The first four shorts on this DVD are the cream of the reduce, and worth its brand all by themselves:
***** “DUMB-HOUNDED” (1943) . A precise classic. From the moment Droopy drags himself onscreen (bringing up the rear of a team of police bloodhounds) you know he’s a different kind of hero. “Hello all you overjoyed people,” he deadpans to the audience, breaking the fourth wall for the first of, oh, a hundred times. “You know what? ” I’m the hero.” He continually sniffs out the Wolf, an escaped prisoner.
***** “THE SHOOTING OF DAN MCGOO” (1945) . The song “Frankie and Johnny” sets the theme for this adventure dwelling in (say it posthaste) Coldernell, Alaska. It’s a gag-filled remake of the Robert Service poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” (“A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; the kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune…”), with a dance-hall dame so hot even Droopy howls at the moon.
***** “WILD AND WOOLFY” (1945) . Droopy gets the girl — and lets loose with another wild howl — after he saves her from the Wolf’s kidnapping attempt. Along the design there’s a fork in the road (yes, a trusty fork) and a horse that takes off its shoes to deplorable a stream.
***** “NORTHWEST HOUNDED POLICE” (1946) . When the Wolf escapes San Francisco’s Alka-Fizz Prison — by simply drawing an race door — Droopy tracks him down wherever he goes. Amazingly droll.
Other shorts on Disc One:
*** “SENOR DROOPY” (1949) . Bullfighters the Wolf and Droopy (“Senor Droopy from Guada-loopy”) compete for a radiant (and live action!) senorita. About as beneficial as the best Bugs Bunny.
** “WAGS TO RICHES” (1949) . Spike the bulldog tries to knock off Droopy when a millionaire leaves our hero a fortune… that goes to Spike if he dies.
* “OUT-FOXED” (1949) . Droopy goes fox hunting. Skippable.
** “THE CHUMP CHAMP” (1950) . Droopy and Spike compete in sports events. OK, but Disney’s “How To” shorts with Goofy are funnier.
** “DAREDEVIL DROOPY” (1951) . Droopy and Spike compete to become a circus acrobat. Peep above.
*** “DROOPY’S Edifying DEED” (1951) . Droopy and Spike wage war in a Boy Scout competition. The best moment: when Droopy goes into a burning cabin, the damsel in damage looks a lot like Disney’s Cinderella (whose film was, gee, released the same year) . A moment later comes the black-face moment with Spike that other reviewers have mentioned. A Rochester gag comes later. The racial scenes consume away from an otherwise respectable cartoon. The slapstick gags are similar to, but funnier than, those in the best Road Runner shorts.
** “DROOPY’S DOUBLE Distress” (1951) . Now a butler, Droopy teams up with his twin brother Drippy to stress-out Spike.
*** “CABELLERO DROOPY” (1952) . Violinist Droopy and a guitar-strumming wolf (the “Kristo Kid”) woo a senorita. More Road-Runner-style gags.
DISC TWO
** “THE THREE Tiny PUPS” (1953) . A parody of Disney’s “The Three Itsy-bitsy Pigs.” Snoopy, Loopy, and Droopy are the three limited dogs. Has another black-face moment. Includes a couple moments where the characters gawk a (actual) live-action western on TV.
**** “DRAG-A-LONG DROOPY” (1954) . The definitive Droopy cartoon. When his sheep end the pasture of some cattle country (the “Believe Butte Ranch”), shepherd Droopy gets into argument, a shooting-skills contest and eventually a head-to-head stampede with the rancher Wolf. Has talking cows, naked cows and the strangest Droopy dame: the Venus de Milo, who, when the Wolf takes over her body (don’t ask), runs away on very blooming high-heeled gams. (Yes, gams. I’m really getting the lingo down, don’t ya contemplate? )
***** “HOMESTEADER DROOPY” (1954) . The residence? The Wolf (here, “Dishonest Dan, the Cattle Man”) hassles homesteader Droopy. The reasons to worship it? Well, it’s got astronomical gags, astronomical writing, a baby Droopy (he’s the hero this time) and one of the funniest talking-cow moments in film history. When a bull comes into the Wolf’s office and says simply “Moo Moo Moo Moo! Moo! Moo!” the Wolf responds “What? A dirty homesteader unprejudiced fenced in our water hole in Red Rock Canyon? ”
*** “DIXIELAND DROOPY” (1954) . Droopy plays John Pettybone, a dog who has one single ambition: to lead a Dixieland Jazz Band in the Hollywood Bowl. A loud Dixieland collect, with unexpected sudden moments of wearisome silence, sets this one apart.
*** “DEPUTY DROOPY” (1955) . The characters find more angular (i.e., more ’50s-style) and the colors collect brighter as lawman Droopy stops some varmints from making off with some gold. No Wolf, no Spike, but not poor.
** “MILLIONAIRE DROOPY” (1956, Cinemascope) . A throwback, this is simply a widescreen version of “Wags to Riches.”
Now things change. Tex Avery leaves MGM and animator Michael Lah creates six Droopy shorts on his acquire. Kids will like them, but these remaining cartoons lack the Avery touch. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, they lose their hasty mosey and unpredictable nature, and seem mighty more like 1960s TV fare. But the color, at least, is fantastic:
** “GRIN AND Section IT” (1957, Cinemascope) . When Droopy and Butch (consider Spike crossed with Yogi Have) strike gold, Butch wants it all to himself.
** “BLACKBOARD JUMBLE” (1957, Cinemascope) . Three school boys (all of which sight like Droopy, but don’t have his personality) try the patience of their substitute teacher, a slow-moving Wolf (who now has the stutter of Huckleberry Hound) . Laughable at times, but has none of the deadpan Droopy wit.
* “ONE DROOPY KNIGHT” (1957, Cinemascope) . Sirs Butchalot and Droopalot vie to end a dragon. Nominated, somehow, for 1957′s Best Short Subject Cartoon Academy Award.
*** “SHEEP WRECKED” (1958, Cinemascope) . Droopy guards his sheep from the Wolf. The best of the Hanna-Barbera shorts. Very luminous, with lots of orange backgrounds.
** “MUTTS ABOUT RACING” (1958, Cinemascope) . Droopy and Butch compete in a car rush.
* “DROOPY LEPRECHAUN” (1958, Cinemascope) Butch mistakes Droopy for a leprechaun. An airline stewardess looks impartial like Jane Jetson.
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