Rating: Summary: Yabba Dabba Doo and Ooba Dooba! Review: A very nice surprise from Cartoon Network (Warner Bros.) - favorite episodes of seven Hanna-Barbera cartoons! I'm especially happy that the first Flinstones episode, The Swimming Pool, was included. Now we can only hope that we see box sets of this stuff - seven episodes just ain't enough! The slim extras could've been beefed up a little as well - the Flagstones segment bugged me because they re-dubbed the voices! When I saw the short on Laserdisc, the original voices were there - Daws Butler as Fred and Barney, June Foray as Betty, and Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma (the only hold-over from that early test). It was good to see Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinx, Top Cat, the Jetsons, and Scooby Doo all in one package. Give us more, and don't be so secretive about it!
Rating: Summary: Excellent variety of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons! Review: Animation was great! Excellent variety of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons that I remebered as a kid. I was very pleased to see they included the original opening theme songs for "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "Scooby Doo", and "Top Cat." Plus the DVD had some fun extras--drawings/sketches of the various characters in progress, before the way we are used to seeing them today.I would buy more of these. I love the older Hanna-Barbera cartoons--the ones I grew up watching. I feel very strongly that they should come out with a second "Cartoon Crack-ups" with "Quick Draw McGraw", "Magilla Gorilla", "Ricachet Rabbit", "Wacky Racers", a "Johnny Quest" episdode, and "Jose and the Pussycats."
Rating: Summary: Excellent variety of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons! Review: Animation was great! Excellent variety of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons that I remebered as a kid. I was very pleased to see they included the original opening theme songs for "The Flintstones", "The Jetsons", "Scooby Doo", and "Top Cat." Plus the DVD had some fun extras--drawings/sketches of the various characters in progress, before the way we are used to seeing them today. I would buy more of these. I love the older Hanna-Barbera cartoons--the ones I grew up watching. I feel very strongly that they should come out with a second "Cartoon Crack-ups" with "Quick Draw McGraw", "Magilla Gorilla", "Ricachet Rabbit", "Wacky Racers", a "Johnny Quest" episdode, and "Jose and the Pussycats."
Rating: Summary: More, Please! Review: I agree that this is indeed a very nice starter package. A follow-up DVD should definitely include the characters mentioned by other reviewers, but don't forget to also include Wally Gator, another great Daws Butler vocal creation. Oh, fuddle-dee-doo!
Rating: Summary: Fun...but some problems, too! Review: I enjoyed the majority of this DVD, however, I do have some issues with it as well: 1. Under the sketch gallery, the selections change at their own pace. The forward and back keys do not work, so you must move through at a pre-selected pace. 2. The "Top Cat" theme under the jukebox is truncated. 3. The "Jetsons" episode includes an episode placard between the opening credits and the actual show. These episode placards were not used in the original broadcast...they were an addition years later, when the studio tried unsuccessfully to mix newly drawn episodes in with the old ones for syndication. 4. The opening and closing credits to "Top Cat" are extremely soft. 5. The jukebox selections for Yogi and Huckleberry were not for their shows, but for individual episodes only. I also have to wonder why "Scooby-Doo" was included with all of these early 60's cartoons. That being said, I'd love to see them bring out more 60's H-B cartoons in this format.
Rating: Summary: "Cartoon Crack-Ups" Review: I must say, this is probally one of the best DVDs that i've seen in a VERY long time. I've always been a HUGE fan of all Hanna-Barbera cartoons. This DVD has some of the very best cartoons Hanna-Barbera produced. Although I would rather see some other cartoons such as "Josie And The Pussycats", "Jabberjaw", and "Charlie Chan And The Amazing Chan Clan", this DVD RULES!!!
Rating: Summary: Eep Opp Ork-Ah Ah! Review: If you get this title, you'll LOVE this DVD. Hanna-Barberians rejoice and bluenosed animation critics take a hike! This contains the best of some of Hanna-Barbera's early work that will warm the hearts of children of the 60s and 70s and bring smiles all the way down to the Kim Possible crowd. In other words, parents and kids can enjoy this together. For harcore animation fans-there is the super-rare film of "The Flagstones" (1959)-the Flintstones pilot, along with the more polished version of this episode. However, Flinstone fans note that this 1960 episode contains the original credits, not the more famous one of Fred sliding down the dinosaur or the better known "Meet The Flintstones" theme. The classic Jetsons episode "A Date With Jet Screamer" is here with the song that inspired the title of this review. Must be seen to be beleived! Yogi and Huck are along with the ride (the Huck cartoon is quite amusing while the Yogi episode has moments, but the ending was not well thought out) as well as lesser remembered H-B stalwarts Pixie and Dixie and Top Cat. Hopefully, they'll be more of these in the future with some of the other H-B all stars.
Rating: Summary: Like drops of water for a person dying of thirst Review: My only critisim is that more Flintstone, Top Cat, Jetsons, HBH et al cartoons are not available on DVD.
Rating: Summary: Great mix of crack-ups Review: My teenage sisters thought I was nuts when I brought this in for them to watch and now they won't give it back to me. I have always been a cartoon fan and this mix of toons curbs my cartoon appetite nicely. There is no getting sick of watching the same show as there is only one episode of each cartoon show. The extras were cool too. Seeing the original flintstones pitch was interesting. Seeing the differences in their original ideas and the final product was awesome. This is a must have for any cartoon lover.
Rating: Summary: OLD TIME MEMORIES Review: Remember sitting on the couch in the early morning in your P.J.'s watching such time honored cartoon classics before going off to school? Or how about those Saturdays away from school watching your favorites all morning long? Well... with this DVD it can be Saturday EVERY DAY! This DVD allows you to be a kid again and watch them any time you want! All of your favorite characters and shows are all here for you with many interesting suprise bonuses included in this DVD! YOu wont be disappointed!
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