Ryan and I talked about these discs a bit on this episode Off the Shelf (from about 57:00-1:08) if you wanna listen to that as well:
http://criterioncast.com/podcast/off-the-shelf/episode-87-filmstruck-alien-day-and-new-blu-rays
THE INSPECTOR (1965-69)

Cartoons Included: (Disc 1) The Great Degaulle Stone Operation, Reux Reaux Reaux Your Boat, Napoleon Blown-Aparte, Cirrhosis of the Louvre, Plastered in Paris, Cock-A Doodle Deux Deux, Ape Suzeete, The Pique Poquette of Paris, Sicque! Sicque! Sicque!, That's No Lady That's Notre Dame!, Unsafe and Seine, Toulouse La Trick, Sacre Bleu Cross, Le Quiet Squad, Bomb Voyage, Le Pig-Al Patrol, Le Bowser Bagger. (Disc Two) Le Escape Goat, Le Cop On Le Rocks, Crow De Guerre, Canadian Can-Can, Tour De Farce, The Shooting of Caribou Lou, London Derriere, Les Miserobots, Transylvania Mania, Bear De Guerre, Cherche Le Phantom, La Great Dane Robbery, Le Ball and Chain Gang, La Feet's Defeat, French Freud, Pierre and Cottage Cheese, Carte Blanched.
THE INSPECTOR "Crow de Guerre" (excerpt) from Bret Wood on Vimeo.
THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK (1969)

Cartoons Included: The Ant and the Aardvark, Hasty But Tasty, The Ant from Uncle, I've Got Ants in my Plans, Technology Phooey, Never Bug an Ant, Dune Bug, Isle of Caprice, Scratch a Tiger, Odd Ant Out, Ants in the Pantry, Science Friction, Mumbo Jumbo, The Froze Nose Knows, Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle, Rough Brunch, From Bed to Worse.
THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK "I've Got Ants in My Plans" (excerpt) from Bret Wood on Vimeo.
CRAZYLEGS CRANE (1978)

Cartoons included: Life With Feather, Crane-Brained, Sonic Broom, Winter Blunderland, Storky and Hatch, Fly By Night, Sneaker Snack, King of the Swamp, Barnacle Bird, Animal Crack-Ups, Jet Feathers, Nest Quest, Bug Off, Beach Bummer, Flower Power, Trail of the Lonesome Mine.
Special features:
Each of these three discs include a couple new short documentaries (directed by animator Greg Ford) about the history and background of these cartoons. The first, "Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello Depatie-Freleng" (17 mins) tells the story of how former Looney Tunes director/Animator Friz Freleng and David Depatie (who had been running Warner Bros Animation in the mid to late 1950s) ended up forming Depatie-Freleng with United Artists. The second, "Of Aardvarks, Ants, Inspectors, and Cranes" (17 mins) speaks more directly about those productions. Both documentaries have interviews with animation historian Jerry Beck, Will Friedwald, Doug Goodwin, Art Leonardi, Joe Siracusa, Barbara Donatelli, and some archival audio of Friz Freleng himself. I personally am a huge Jerry Beck fan and love to hear him speak about animation, so both of these docs were a delight as far as I was concerned and gave some nice background for these shows.
Each set also have a handful of commentaries on select cartoons by Jerry Beck and author Mark Arnold, Greg Ford with some more archival audio of Friz Freleng as well. Typically there are about 4 episodes that get the commentary treatment for each of the three releases.
The CRAZY LEGS CRANE set only features commentary by Beck and Arnold.
All told, these are a very nice round of discs from Kino and I cannot wait for more!
All three sets are available for purchase from Amazon:
http://amzn.to/20qIJhp
The CRAZY LEGS CRANE set only features commentary by Beck and Arnold.
All told, these are a very nice round of discs from Kino and I cannot wait for more!
All three sets are available for purchase from Amazon:
http://amzn.to/20qIJhp
2 comments:
These are very welcome releases, and they give me hope for my fondest dream: DePatie-Freleng's 1967 entry into the superhero craze, Super President. I waving my money at you right now, Kino-Lorber.
I'd buy that too!
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