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Summary: IT'S HIP-HIP-HIP AND AWAY HE GOES!
Review: "Underdog" was one of my all-time favorite cartoons back in the day, and this DVD trio has a nice sampler of the canine crusader's finest. From the three-eyed aliens on Planet "ZOT" to the metal-munching cloud-men in "Silver Thieves" and, of course, regular bad guys Simon Bar-Sinister and Riff Raff, nothing ever beats Underdog: "I am the hero who never fails/I cannot be bothered with those details!" Kids who appreciate a tongue-in-cheek superhero will love "Underdog", and adults will go for the Jay Ward-style humor and animation (with that pleasantly-crude look courtesy of the Mexican "Bullwinkle" artists). Eight "Underdog" episodes- shown as full 15-minute segments, not the original four-part format- are paired with mini-adventures and the oft-forgotten supporting shorts from the unsung Total TV stable. Of these, I loved both "Tennessee Tuxedo"- with Don Adams as the plucky penguin and Larry Storch as absent-minded professor P.J. Whoopee, plus quick-and-witty science/history lessons to boot- and "Go Go Gophers", a neat little Western spoof with the two "brave braves", Ruffled Feathers (he's the one who talks in whoops) and Running Board, as the un-PC Indian heroes. (Was this the inspiration for "F Troop?") Presented in surprisingly-good color, with a great cast of New York-accented voices including Adams, Storch, Wally Cox (of course) and Allen Swift (check out his "Jimmy Durante" voice on King ZOT!), and featuring the most rousing theme song in cartoon history, you'll learn why I've had an Underdog magnet on my fridge for 20 years.
This is classic guilty-pleasure stuff for big and little kids alike: "It's a bird- it's a plane- it's a frog! (A frog?)/ Not plane, not bird, nor even frog- it's just little ol' me (crashes into airplane)...Underdog!"
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Summary: A True Classic
Review: A Classis if there ever was one. Underdog is the best of the best when it comes to superheros. He does everything from fight Rif-Raf, to saving sweet polly purebread, a must get for any superhero fans, since he was the original. This set even includes the pilot, which is one of the best episodes by far.
Rating:
Summary: A True Classic
Review: A Classis if there ever was one. Underdog is the best of the best when it comes to superheros. He does everything from fight Rif-Raf, to saving sweet polly purebread, a must get for any superhero fans, since he was the original. This set even includes the pilot, which is one of the best episodes by far.
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Summary: A Great Cartoon Butchered by Classic Media
Review: Did I miss something that the other reviewers saw? Or did I get a defective DVD set? This set would have been alot better if Classic Media kept Underdog as the original TV series. Each Underdog episode was initially shown as a serial with cliff-hangers. In between each cliffhanger was a short like Tennesse Tuxedo. What Classic Media did was to run each episode in one complete uninterrupted showing. This takes away from the original series' charm. The "Cliffhanger episodes" are banished into the features section which is a shame because the cliffhangers are classics in and among themselves. The features would have been better if they interviewed some of the actors such as Don Adams or even some of the people involved with the production such as Howard Stern's father, Ben. Instead you get co-creator Joe Harris' creepy account of a never before seen Underdog episode written for two girls.
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Summary: I wish I could speak in rhymes
Review: I grew up with these sweet, innocent cartoons. Underdog and Sweet Polly Purebread obviously have a great deal of affection for each other, and everytime she's in trouble it's "Hip hip hip/And away I go" to save her from the loathsome clutches of Simon bar Sinister or some other villain. Good stuff. You'll
like Underdog, I promise.
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Summary: Underdog is here to stay!!! =)
Review: I LOVE Underdog and i'm almost 13! My mom wached it when she was about six years old and she remembered every episode. So I was watching TV one day and I saw the episode'From Hoppless to Helppless' and immediatly loved Underdog. I love the plots in this DVD collection. I don't really mind the"Cliffhanger"cartoons
being in the DVD's at all.I gave this DVD collection 5 stars for the best plots since Mickey Mouse In'The Brave Little Tailor'.
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Summary: Fun for all ages!
Review: I was a fan of Underdog as a child growing up. Now I can share this great memory with my children. Loads of fun and well worth the price.
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Summary: Where Oh where has my Underdog gone
Review: If you are someone who grew up watching the faded reruns of the courageous canine you will be stunned by the rich colors and stereophonic sound of the digitally remastered episodes of this animated classic. The cliffhangers and original episode titles may be gone but the edits are smooth making this collection of DVD's nearly perfect. A five star collection with enough pluses like the once missing and very memorable theme song and opening credits. The reasonably priced videos are also worth adding to your collection because additional cartoon adventures of Underdog are on the tapes.
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Summary: This BOX SET is VERY enjoyable!
Review: Love seeing these cartoons in PERFECT re-mastered condition and bright colors. Over the years, they have aired on channels including CARTOON NETWORK in washed out 16mm prints. I would have preferred that the original titles remain, BUT at least they did put the original open to the series for each UNDERDOG episode. All in all...a GREAT DVD set! For this box set, CLASSIC MEDIA also re-did the covers for VOLUME 1 & 2 and they are much IMPROVED! Rick Goldschmidt RANKIN/BASS Historian
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Summary: This collection of episodes holds up well but is incomplete
Review: Most of the time, I cringe when I see my old favorite shows that I haven't seen in years. After watching these DVDs, I was pleasantly surprised that Underdog still brings a smile to my heart. These DVDs were packaged both separately and together as this box set. They are NOT the complete series, which ran for a lengthy 120 episodes over 7 seasons. There really isn't a single clunker in this small selection of episodes whose plots range from the standard evil-invention-of-the-week (The Vacuum Gun) to the moral tale about standing up to evil (The Witch of Picayoon, my favorite episode) to alien slapstick (Zot). If anything, I was disappointed because each disc was over so quickly and left me wanting more. On each disc, there are teasers to "Episodes available on VHS" but these either never existed or are out of print.
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