Cartoon Detective / Moderator
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Jul 27, 2006, 8:38 PM
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The Harvey Toon's Complete Collection
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The Harvey Toon's Complete Collection
DvD Information:
Released by: Sony Wonder
Run Time: 200 Minutes
Category: Animation, Cartoon Classics, Box Set
Encoding: Region 1
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitle(s): English
DVD SRP: $39.98
Release Date: November 7, 2006
DVD Aspect Ratio: Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Pre-order: The Harvey Toons Complete Collection!
DVD Rating: N/R (Not Rated)
DvD Features/Extras:
* A 4-Disc Set.
* Disc One, Side A:
Show #1:
- Boo Moon - (Casper).
- Dizzy Dishes - (Little Audrey).
- Out of This Whirl.
* Clip: Invention Convention.
** Show #2:
- Mouse Trapeze - (Herman & Katnip).
- Casper Comes to Clown.
- Jolly the Clown.
* Clip: Clown on the Farm - (Baby Huey).
** Show #3:
- Scout Fellow - (Baby Huey).
- Boo Scout - (Casper).
- Scouting for Trouble.
* Clip: Northwest Mousie - (Herman & Katnip).
** Show #4:
- Cat Tamale - (Herman & Katnip).
- Bull Fright - (Casper).
- Pedro and Lorenzo.
* Clip: Fiesta Time.
** Show #5:
- Once Upon a Rhyme - (Casper).
- Little Audrey Riding Hood - (Little Audrey).
- Dante Dreamer.
* Clip: Winner By A Hare - (Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare).
** Show #6:
- Mousetro Herman - (Herman & Katnip).
- Boo Bop - (Casper).
- Animal Fair.
* Clip: Vegetable Vaudeville.
** Show #7:
- Huey's Ducky Daddy - (Baby Huey).
- The Seapreme Court - (Little Audrey).
- Feast and Furious - (Finny & Katnip).
* Clip: Casper's Spree Under the Sea.
DVD Synopsis:
*** More heading you way!
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ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Superior Firepower
(This post was edited by STARFOX on Jan 14, 2008, 1:58 PM)
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Jpeg Master
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Jul 27, 2006, 10:11 PM
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We all complained about WB's releases. Wait til' you see what Sony does to future DVD releases. How dare they put logo's in the bottom corner of these classic jems. It's plagiarizing at it's finest!
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Research Guru
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Jul 28, 2006, 12:08 PM
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I hope they include some of the Modern Madcaps -- these didn't star any famous characters like Casper or Little Lulu, but they had their charm. Some of the later Noveltoons also had "miscellaneous" characters.
It's been ages since I saw them in syndication. Will we ever see Cape Kidnaveral again?
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Apprentice
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Jul 30, 2006, 9:42 PM
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We all complained about WB's releases. Wait til' you see what Sony does to future DVD releases. How dare they put logo's in the bottom corner of these classic jems. It's plagiarizing at it's finest!
Sony already mutilated the Bullwinkle / Rocky and friends collection with the logo on the bottom corner. Considering the opening theme music was different and voiced over with new animation , the annoying logo was the icing on the cake.
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Newbie
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Aug 21, 2006, 2:13 PM
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Hi all.
I was wondering what's up with this release. It says the total amount of time 200 minutes but if you blow the picture of the box up it says 14 hours. Which is right? Anyone know?
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Cartoon Detective / Moderator
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Aug 21, 2006, 6:22 PM
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The DVD art work May or May not be the actual and final DVD cover! But according the The press release the minutes are right unless someone made a typ-o at the studio.
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ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Superior Firepower
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Directing Animator
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Aug 21, 2006, 10:56 PM
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It would be nice if the cartoons contained in this set are fully-restored, with the original Paramount opening and closing titles intact; but I doubt it will happen. Paramount sold off the rights to all of their "Noveltoons" produced between 1944 and 1956(?) to Harvey Films, a subsidiary of the Harvey Comic Book concern. Harvey Comics was created as a way of marketing established characters from the Noveltoons series: Buzzy the Crow, Katnip, Little Audrey, Casper, Wendy the Witch, et al. The early Harvey Comics were drawn by staffers from the Famous Studios, which produced the theatrical cartoons.
When Harvey Films acquired the Paramount backlog of Noveltoons, they re-filmed the opening and closing credits (a subtle variation of the Paramount "jack-in-the-box" animated opening and closing titles, which repalced the paramount emblem with the Harvey Comics logo).
Back in the early 1990's I was watching some Casper the Friendly Ghost and Herman and Katnip cartoons on a local independent station; and, to my horror, discovered that the original music (scored by Famous Studios' house composer, Winston Sharples) and dialog tracks had been replaced with some really insipid-sounding new music and voices(!) These were in English, mind you... they hadn't simply been dubbed into a foreign language for overseas distribution. I couldn't fathom who had done this or why! Since then, to the best of my knowledge, none of these cartoons have been shown on broadcast TV.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Research Guru
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Aug 21, 2006, 11:06 PM
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Not all of the Harveytoons were theatrical releases.
The New Casper Cartoon Show mixed old cartoons with 25 low-budget, made-for-TV cartoons produced by Famous Studios. HarveyToons distributed the show in syndication in 1962-63.
Some of these made-for-TV toons have been released on DVD as part of Sony Wonder "Casper" compilations.
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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Cartoon Detective / Moderator
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Aug 22, 2006, 11:47 AM
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Tried today to dig up some more 411 on this release, but Sony Wonder & Sony.com both are being tight liped about the whole thing... I guess we'll just have to wait until their ready to gives us more intel or until the DVD is released this October 5th. 
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ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Superior Firepower
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Directing Animator
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Aug 22, 2006, 10:18 PM
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I'll probably wait until I see a list of titles and extras before I make up my mind whether or not to purchase a copy...
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Research Guru
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Nov 3, 2006, 5:51 PM
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The release date was moved to next Tuesday, November 7.
Here are the contents, according to Jon Cooke of GAC Forums:
Disc 1, Side A:
Show #1:
Boo Moon - Casper
Dizzy Dishes - Little Audrey
Out of This Whirl
Clip: Invention Convention
Show #2:
Mouse Trapeze - Herman & Katnip
Casper Comes to Clown - Casper
Jolly the Clown
Clip: Clown on the Farm - Baby Huey
Show #3:
Scout Fellow - Baby Huey
Boo Scout - Casper
Scouting for Trouble
Clip: Northwest Mousie - Herman & Katnip
Show #4:
Cat Tamale - Herman & Katnip
Bull Fright - Casper
Pedro and Lorenzo
Clip: Fiesta Time
Show #5:
Once Upon a Rhyme - Casper
Little Audrey Riding Hood - Little Audrey
Dante Dreamer
Clip: Winner by a Hare - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
Show #6:
Mousetro Herman - Herman & Katnip
Boo Bop - Casper
Animal Fair
Clip: Vegetable Vaudeville
Show #7:
Huey's Ducky Daddy - Baby Huey
The Seapreme Court - Little Audrey
Feast and Furious - Finny & Katnip
Clip: Casper's Spree Under the Sea
Disc 1, Side B:
Show #8:
Herman the Catoonist - Herman & Katnip
Ghost of Honor - Casper
Rabbit Punch - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
Clip: Tweet Music
Show #9:
Which is Witch - Casper, Wendy
Case of the Cockeyed Canary - Little Audrey
Perry Popgun
Clip: Sleuth But Sure - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
Show #10:
Mice Meeting You - Herman & Katnip
True Boo - Casper
Jumping with Toy - Baby Huey
Clip: Ice Scream - Casper
Show #11:
Boos and Saddles - Casper
Git Along Little Ducky - Baby Huey
Shootin' Stars
Clip: Cat Carson Rides Again - Herman & Katnip
Show #12:
Casper Takes a Bow Wow - Casper
Dawg Gone - Little Audrey
Fido Beta Kappa
Clip: By Leaps and Hounds
Show #13:
Cat in the Act - Herman & Katnip
Ghost Writers - Casper
Top Cat
Clip: Starting from Hatch - Baby Huey
Show #14:
Swab the Duck - Baby Huey
Deep Boo Sea - Casper
Ship-a-Hooey - Herman & Katnip
Clip: Drippy Mississippi
Disc 2, Side A:
Show #15:
Of Mice and Menace - Herman & Katnip
Ghost of the Town - Casper
TV Fuddlehead
Clip: Law and Audrey - Little Audrey
Show #16:
Do or Diet - Casper
You Said a Mouseful - Herman & Katnip
The Voice of the Turkey
Clip: Hysterical History
Show #17:
Mice-Capades - Herman & Katnip
Fright from Wrong - Casper
Crazytown
Clip: Houndabout
Show #18:
One Funny Knight - Herman & Katnip
Red, White, and Boo - Casper
Silly Science
Clip: Dizzy Dinosaurs
Show #19:
Boo Kind to Animals - Casper
Surf Bored - Little Audrey
Okey Dokey Donkey
Clip: Fun at the Fair
Show #20:
Robin Rodenthood - Herman & Katnip
Cage Fright - Casper
Bopin Hood
Clip: Hold the Lion Please - Little Audrey
Show #21:
Good Scream Fun - Casper
Mouseum - Herman & Katnip
Fine Feathered Fiend
Clip: Forest Fantasy
Disc 2, Side B:
Show #22:
Drinks on the Mouse - Herman & Katnip [edit- sleeping pills end gag]
Pig-a-Boo - Casper
News Hound
Clip: Trick or Tree
Show #23:
Owly to Bed - Herman & Katnip
Boo-Hoo Baby - Casper
Bouncing Benny
Clip: Hound About That
Show #24:
Ground Hog Play - Casper
Sock-a-Bye Kitty - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack]
Talking Horse Sense
Clip: Aero-Nutics
Show #25:
Party Smarty - Baby Huey
Casper's Birthday Party - Casper
Miceniks
Clip: Mighty Termite
Show #26:
Zero the Hero - Casper
Cat-Choo - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack]
Finnegan's Flea
Clip: No Place Like Rome
Show #27:
City Kitty - Katnip
Spooking About Africa - Casper
Travelaffs
Clip: Without Time or Reason
Show #28:
Of Mice and Magic - Herman & Katnip
Puss N Boos - Casper
Funderful Suburbia
Clip: The Boss is Always Right
Disc 3, Side A:
Show #29:
To Boo or Not to Boo - Casper
Mousieur Herman - Herman & Katnip
Good and Guilty
Clip: Miners 49ers
Show #30:
Boos and Arrows - Casper
Fiddle Faddle
Land of the Lost Watches
Clip: Fishing Tackler - Little Audrey
Show #31:
Pest Pupil - Baby Huey
Hooky Spooky - Casper
Kozmo Goes to School
Clip: Busy Buddies
Show #32:
One Quack Mind - Baby Huey
Heir Restorer - Casper
Cool Cat Blues
Clip: Surf and Sound - Herman & Katnip
Show #33:
Boo Ribbon Winner - Casper
Goodie the Gremlin
Cape Kidnaveral
Clip: Candy Cabaret
Show #34:
Monkey Doodles
Hide and Shriek - Casper
Popcorn and Politics
Clip: Snooze Reel
Disc 3, Side B:
Show #35:
Little Boo Peep - Casper
Trouble Date
The Shoe Must Go On
Clip: Gag and Baggage
Show #36:
A Bicep Built for Two - Herman & Katnip
North Pal - Casper
The Kid from Mars
Clip: Counter Attack
Show #37:
Huey's Father's Day - Baby Huey
Peek-a-Boo - Casper
Lion in the Roar
Clip: Fresh Yeggs
Show #38:
Sky Scrappers - Herman & Katnip
By the Old Mill Scream - Casper
Poop Goes the Weasel
Clip: From Dime to Dime
Show #39:
Audrey the Rainmaker - Little Audrey
Casper Genie - Casper
Right Off the Bat
Clip: TV or Not TV
Show #40:
From Mad to Worse - Herman & Katnip
Doing What's Fright - Casper
Stork Raving Mad
Clip: Hi-Fi Jinx
Disc 4, Side A:
Show #41:
Hide and Peak - Herman & Katnip
La Petite Parade
The Oily Bird
Sir Irving and Jeames
Show #42:
Down to Mirth - Casper
Turtle Scoop - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
The Inquisit Visit
Katnip's Big Day - Herman & Katnip, Buzzy [original soundtrack]
Show #43:
Keep Your Grin Up - Casper
L'Amour the Merrier
Possum Pearl
Clip: Disguise the Limit
Show #44:
Not Ghoulty - Casper
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack]
Galaxia
Grateful Gus
Show #45:
Penguin For Your Thoughts - Casper
Mr. Money Gags - Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare
Electronica
Quack A Doodle Doo - Baby Huey
Show #46:
Spook and Span - Casper
Mice Paradise - Herman & Katnip
Cock-a-Doodle Dino
Kitty Cornered
Disc 4, Side B:
Show #47:
Felineous Assault - Herman & Katnip
Dutch Treat - Casper
Fit to be Toyed
Party Smarty - Baby Huey [the only cartoon repeated on the DVD set]
Show #48:
Rail Rodents - Herman & Katnip
Spook No Evil - Casper
Mike the Masquerader
Better Bait Than Never - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack]
Show #49:
Spunky Skunky - Casper
The Awful Tooth - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack / original 1960s Harveytoons TV titles]
The Planet Mouseola
Clip: Off We Glow
Show #50:
Line of Screamage - Casper
As the Crow Lies - Buzzy & Katnip [original soundtrack]
The Lion's Busy
Sportickles
Show #51:
Spooking with a Brogue - Casper
Will Do Mousework - Herman & Katnip
Be Mice to Cats
The Phantom Moustacher
Show #52:
Frightday the 13th - Casper
Frighty Cat - Herman & Katnip
Spooking of Ghosts
Cane and Able
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by STARFOX on Nov 4, 2006, 11:49 PM)
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Jpeg Master
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Nov 3, 2006, 7:05 PM
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Side A, side B? Are these double sided DVD's? That would be interesting since they pretty much discarded them when single sided dual layering came into play?
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Member
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Nov 10, 2006, 10:16 AM
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Directing Animator
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Jan 14, 2008, 9:13 AM
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I note that each of the DVD sides is divided up into individually-numbered "shows" which contain 3 cartoons and one cartoon clip each. To what "shows" are Jon Cooke referring? Are these individual episodes of the syndicated New Casper Cartoon Show?
Also, why are some titles available only as clips? I'm assuming because these individual cartoons originally contained scenes that would be considered too violent or too racist today?
For example, Winner by a Hare originally had an end-gag where Moe Hare shoots himself in the head; and then his ghost transforms the winner's wreath that was thrown to him into a headstone which reads "The End". That gag has been missing from all TV prints but I recently found a complete print of this cartoon online with the original opening and closing titles and music. I provided a link to that print in a previous post in the "Other Studios" section.
I'm tempted to purchase this set, but I'm put off by the fact that this is not a "complete" set. A number of cartoons are included only in a highly-truncated form. I also hate the fact that the original titles are missing.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Research Guru
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Jan 14, 2008, 12:53 PM
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There really was a "Harvey Cartoon Show," with Jerry Beck as an advisor. Each show really did run with three complete cartoons and a clip.
The cartoons ran with Harvey credits substituted on the title cards, as well as foreshortened theme music. The animation, etc. credits no longer appeared on the titles. I don't know why some cartoons were only shown as clips, but note that many of these were "spot gag" cartoons.
I bought the set anyway; it's inexpensive, and Jon Cooke has the titles of the cartoons. Since Harvey has the rights to many of these, you'll see many cartoons that are unavailable anywhere else. Land of the Lost Watches comes to mind.
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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Directing Animator
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Jan 14, 2008, 1:37 PM
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I'm hoping that maybe VCI or Thunderbean Animation will put together a compilation of some of the rarer PD Noveltoons and that Jerry Beck might spearhead the project; just as he did with the "Somewhere in Dreamland" Fleischer Color Classics DVD set.
It would be great to have a disc that includes the complete, unedited prints of Winner By a Hare and No Ifs, Ands, or Butts, among others.
There have to be a small number of foreign prints still languishing in the UK, Europe or Japan that Harvey Films and NTA didn't get their hands on. Most cartoons studios distributed dubbed versions of their cartoons to foreign countries during the 30's, 40's (not during the war years, obviously) and 50's. If those could be located and they were in decent condition, then maybe an alternate DVD compilation could be produced (providing a supplement to the current Harveytoons set).
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Directing Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 1:26 AM
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I noticed that nearly all of the "shows" have one brief clip from a different cartoon (one per show) which just happens to contain material that might be considered un-PC today.
Also, I noticed that same cartoons are described as having their "original soundtracks". Does this mean that the other cartoons on the set do not have the original soundtracks?! Maybe it was these cartoons that I saw on that cable station. What were they thinking when they re-recorded the audio tracks on these?
I was browsing over at Jerry Beck's cartoon research and he has a number of DVD's for sale (on his "Garage Sale" page) that contain many of the Famous Studios' "Noveltoons" (including those featuring Little Lulu) and "Screen Songs". They are apparently all from 16mm rental prints, which means that they are probably UM&A/NTA editions. The discs sell for $25.00 USD apiece; although anyone purchasing large quantities of discs may receive a discount.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Key Animator
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Feb 18, 2008, 3:29 PM
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From what I heard, Harveytoons are owned by Sony. And It's co-owned by...ready?...Michael Jackson!
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Feb 20, 2008, 11:48 PM
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I only caught wind of this release just now, and I'm miffed: I don't see any Jeepers & Creepers shorts! They're my fave as per the Harveytoons.
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"As we say in Swahili: 'OOP!'"
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May 1, 2008, 6:59 AM
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Dear Eminovitz,
"Modern Madcaps"movie cartoons were first
seen on The ABC TV Cartoon show"Cartoonies!"
hosted by the late Paul Winchell and his puppet pals:
"Jerry Mahoney" &"Knucklehead Smiff".
"Cartoonies!"was seen Saturday mornings on
ABC TV during the 1963/1964 season.
The show only lasted one season on ABC TV
and it was replaced by"The New Casper Cartoon
Show!"..which remained on ABC TV's Saturday
morning scheduale for the next few years.
4CK.
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Intern
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May 1, 2008, 7:04 AM
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Dear Eminovitz and
Zavkram,
The Paramount/Famous"Noveltoons"/
"Havreytoons"were first seen on an ABC TV
cartoon show titled"Matty's FunDay Funnies!"
"Matty's Funday Funnies!"(The first version that
featured reruns of"The Noveltoons"Movie cartoons
from The Paramount/Famous Studios..Not The "Beaney
& Cecil"TV Cartoons)were screened Sunday nights on
ABC TV beginning in 1959.
The films were later seen on Friday nights and then
on Sunday mornings..until the series finally went off the
air on ABC TV in 1962.
Later on I've seen these movie cartoons on"The Sandy
Becker Show"on WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC Monday thru
Saturday evenings and afternoons from 1961 to
1965.
4CK.
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