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Release Date: 01 July, 2003 Retail Price: $9.99 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: |
Beany & Cecil Reviews
Unbelievably COOL!
I feel sorry for the jaded "spectator" who gave this dvd 3 stars. It sounds like the negative reactions of his wife and daughters soured his good time. Actually, I'm not surprised that this goes over the heads of today's youth. Their concept of "cool" is laughable, and a joke unto itself. However, for you older guys out there, this is a real treat. Nearly every cartoon is a winner. There are no clunkers... it's just that some of the cartoons are better than others. I was pleased that most of the characters I remember from watching this on TV as a kid were here. Jack The Knife (the singin', swingin', finger-poppin' swordfish) Dinah Sore (on the island of No Bikini Atoll), the Wildman of Wildsville (voiced by the wonderful Lord Buckley himself) Dishonest John (Nyah-ah-aaahh!) and many more. Some hip beatnik dialog and jazzy grooves too. Dig the wild doggy ("Fireplug Five minus Two") version of "Raggmopp!" This is truly magnificent stuff, and very funny. With the amount of jazz, rock'n'roll and beat references, somehow I don't think this was meant for little kids. There is a lot of stuff here for adults too. Many hilarious stabs at 1960s American pop culture in a Stan Freberg style that baby boomers will adore. About 85 minutes of remastered "Beany & Cecil" cartoons plus tons of other stuff. Reasonably priced, this is definately worth the purchase. I'm glad I bought it!!
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This is one amazing DVD. It's just chock full of information about and entertainment from this very pioneering TV legend Bob Clampett. People in awe of Jim Henson need to go back several decades and see what inspired him. What's so wonderful is that the live-action puppet show translated so well into the full color cartoons. The spirit of the characters remains in tact, including that innocent, hilarious Cecil who was the inspiration for Bullwinkle. The features on this disc are truly the best you can get from a DVD and Image Entertainment needs to be saluted. There's a wonderful commentary segment from one of the actors Stan Freberg that is funny and enlightening. The meticulous vision that Clampett had for TV as a medium, when it was just starting to come into being, is clearly underscored on this entire disc. I almost wish it had more and pray that more episodes will get released on DVD, including the handful produced by John Krisfalusi (Ren and Stimpy) in the late 80s. Even if you've never heard of Beany and Cecil, somehow because everyone's borrowed from them in one way or another (from the Muppets to Captain Kangaroo to Rocky and Bullwinkle to Sifl and Olly), they seem vaguely familiar. This is why God made DVDs.
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