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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Home Video
EAN: 0012569793231
Feature: Droopy, a detective basset hound, lulls the bad guys into a false sense of security by acting slow and dumb when in actual fact he is a genius. The shrewd Droopy always outwits his enemies! Droopy Dog was a low-key animated movie character created by Tex Avery at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943, this mournful deadpan witty Basset hound detective who spoke in a jowly monotone voice and, though he didn'
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 40
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishDubbed
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 012569793231
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Running Time: 200 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1954
Features:- Droopy, a detective basset hound, lulls the bad guys into a false sense of security by acting slow and dumb when in actual fact he is a genius. The shrewd Droopy always outwits his enemies! Droopy Dog was a low-key animated movie character created by Tex Avery at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943, this mournful deadpan witty Basset hound detective who spoke in a jowly monotone voice and, though he didn'
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
TEX AVERYS DROOPY-COMPLETE THEATRICAL COLLECTION (
Amazon.com:
Frederick "Tex" Avery directed some of the funniest cartoons ever made, but he relied primarily on situations and moving graphics, rather than on the personalities of familiar characters. Droopy, the phlegmatic basset hound, was one of the few characters Avery used regularly: His low-key presence was the perfect counter to the extreme takes, fast cuts, frenetic action, and general mayhem going on around him. Avery is also noted for "self-reflexive gags:" the characters know they're in a cartoon and often comment on the fact. In "Dumb-Hounded,"a sprinting wolf cuts a corner too sharply, skids past the sprocket holes at the edge of the film, and onto the blank screen. Droopy frequently turns to the camera and comments, "You now what? I'm happy." Some of the later films in the collection, made by animators Dick Lundy and Michael Lah, lack Avery's manic panache. The last cartoons in the collection were designed for the CinemaScope format: Droopy's pudgy form looks lost in those vast frames, and the flattened graphics pioneered by the UPA studio distort his rounded shape. But those are minor caveats. Fans have waited impatiently for Tex Avery's seminal cartoons to be released on DVD in the US, and this collection is a must-have for anyone interested in animation.(Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, alcohol and tobacco use, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon
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Rating:  -
I so enjoy this video. I grew up on these cartoons on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The highjinks of the crew of "baddies" who always try to get the better of Droopy are a hilarious break from the real world. I am a teacher and my favorite is "Blackboard Jumble". Sometimes it seems too true to today's challenges in the classroom. It feels good to laugh at something that has jokes you can feel at ease letting your kids watch. I highly recommend this video to anyone for some good old simple humor.
Rating:  -
I loved this set when I bought it a couple of years ago and recently watched it again for the second time. It was just as funny, if not more. Great humor is enduring.
The restoration of these discs was done nicely, too. They look good and sound good, just like those Looney Tunes Golden collections.
I thought the best Droopy cartoons were in the first handful, such as "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and the only so-so ones were those widescreen episodes near the end of the little ... Read More
Rating:  -
There are some classics here, but a lot of the material isn't restored and there's a bunch of awful late-period shorts not directed by Tex Avery. Give it a pass and wait for an honest Tex Avery collection.
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Thank you Warner Home Video for not butchering these classic cartoons like you tragically chose to do with the Tom & Jerry set! Where as the aforementioned Tom & Jerry collections claim that the content is unedited, it turns out that this claim is a falsehood and that the cartoons really were edited to be compliant with wimpy modern PC sensibilities. BUT NOT HERE!! These Droopy cartoons are the original versions, warts and all, and I for one am thankful!
As a huge Tex Avery fan, I seek out ... Read More
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This is great stuff but where's the REAL Tex Avery collection? It's a shame that you have to go to Amazon's French website to find a good collection from such an American genius. They offer a nice 4-disc set that is an official Warner Bros release.
Droopy was only a small part of Avery's output. C'mon Warner Bros, you issued them in France, why can't you do it here?
It's been 2 years since this Droopy set came out, let's see a followup.
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