Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol. 1 |  | Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 14165
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 352 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 883929060481
UPC: 883929060481
EAN: 0883929060481
ASIN: B001QU880W
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: May 26, 2009
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| • | Re-live your childhood with this collection of 12 cartoons featuring some of the following beloved characters: Speed Buggy, Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Funky Phantom and many more!Running Time: 314 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN Rating: NR Age: 883929060481 UPC: 883929060481 Manufacturer No: 1000091149 |
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Product Description
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS-1970S V01 (DVD/2 DISC/12
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Saturday mornings in the 1970's found most kids eagerly traveling around the world and solving mysteries from the comfort of their very own couches. In stark contrast to the often violent and sometimes morally questionable cartoons of the 1960's, the 1970's brought significant network restrictions regarding violence and appropriate cartoon character behavior. Hanna-Barbera's response to the restrictions was the development of a new formula for cartoons--one which often featured a group of kids who belonged to a rock band and traveled around the world playing gigs and solving mysteries. Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, and Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan are all successful examples of this basic cartoon formula. Family dynamics also figured heavily in 1970's cartoons (The Jetsons, Roman Holidays, and Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan) as did anthropomorphic vehicles and animal (The Funky Phantom Kids, Speed Buggy, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Yogi's Gang, Hong Kong Phooey, Tarzan, and Batman). This compilation of 12 shows takes viewers to England, various jungles and seas around the world, Rome, and even outer space; consistently showcases the triumph of good over evil; and features several famous animated guests including the Harlem Globetrotters (The New Scooby-Doo Movies "The Ghostly Creep from the Deep") and The Partridge Kids (Goober and the Ghost's "Assignment Ahab Apparition"). Bonus features include a discussion of how network restrictions shaped Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan and the unexpected success of combining a historical figure with cartoon humor in Funky Phantom. While an overwhelming sense of sameness makes one marathon viewing undesirable, viewing a handful of episodes is bound to bring back fond memories of a time when Saturdays were simpler. --Tami Horiuchi
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 Brings back memories.... March 7, 2010
Tiffany (East Coast)
This is a fun reminder of what Saturday mornings used to be... a bowl of cereal & cartoons.
Excellent job Warner Brothers February 20, 2010
nightwing22dg (Atlanta, GA)
I can't say how excited I was to have this DVD. It is the best selection of 70's cartoons that I could think of. Sure, there were a few left out like JabberJaw & Fat Albert (don't know the copyrights for that one though). The Tom & Jerry Show would have been so welcome here as well (I know it is in volume 2). But first of all, this has Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle. Far and away one the best Saturday Morning Cartoons that I grew up watching. Wish there was a complete series for sale. But to also have Speed Buggy, Josie & the Pussycats, Funky Phantom, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Hong Knog Phooey, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, New Adventures of Batman, and Charlie Chan & the Chan Clan here is really awesome. All very cool shows that I enjoyed watching growing up in the 70's. This disc set is by far my favorite of the Saturday Morning Cartoon releases.
Great Cartoon Collection Of The Past December 25, 2009
G. LeBlanc (Portland, OR)
This is a good collection of cartoons from the 70's and it is enjoyable. i was not excited about a few of them like Batman, Tarzan or Yogi's Gang but I just skipped these. Now to see Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch again was a joy. With the TV Channel 'Boomerang" they show many of these and I watch them but this disc has a few that is not played much. This is a good disc and the newer part 2 is also great. Hey, it's Hanna-Barbera!!
 Perhaps the weakest of the set December 9, 2009
Andre M. (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Folks, this is perhaps the weakest of this series.
This contains some of the early 70s toons from (mostly) the Hanna Barbera stable and a 1977 Batman/Tarzan episode from Filmation (the folks who brought you Fat Albert, which is available elsewhere).
There are a few good toons here. HONG KONG PHOOEY, one of the last truly great Sat. morning cartoons until GARFIELD AND FRIENDS some 15 years later, is quite imaginative and amusing. These 2 adventures of the Kung Fu fighting canine custodian and his "Hong Kong Book of Kung Foo" (voiced by the beloved Scatman Crothers) are hilariously based around Penrod Pooch (HKP's alter-ego) efforts to thrawrt a kangaroo thief and auto rustlers while seeing to it that the police station stays clean at the same time. The episode of the crime fighting female rockers JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS is quite good, with their efforts to fight the mad seaman Captain Nemo III. As a six year old in 1970, this show got me interested in geography because of all of the different countries they visited. However, this show is best seen in singular viewings, as the adult viewer would soon see that they told the same story every time (you will clench your teeth at the 1000th mention of "those meddling kids!").
On the downside, Hanna Barbera was beginning it's downhill slide in the 1970s in part because of the sissified do-gooding children's watchdog groups's misguided attemtps to klean up kiddie kartoons drawing all of the action and humor out of them (didn't these people ALSO watch Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry when THEY were kids)? While this effort sometimes succeeded in the cases of FAT ALBERT, Schoolhouse Rock, and the Electric Company in efforts to "edutain," this also brought about nauseating fruit loop-troop garbage of the Barney, New Zoo Revue, Care Bears, and Teletubbies variety. This led to HB to new lows such as the sickeningly preachy YOGI'S GANG (why they didn't burn this hogwash and why they included this mess here is beyond me).
HB's tendency to repeat themselves during this period is also shown here. Horrible, witless Scooby-Doo knocckoffs such as THE AMAZING CHAN & THE CHAN CLAN. Fortuantely, I rarely saw this as a kid in 1972 as Charleston SC's WCSC-TV wisely preempted this for the beloved local favorite HAPPY RAINE SHOW which showed better cartoons. I only saw this when visiting cousin in New York City). Other Scooby imitators included the sorry Speed Buggy, and the outrageously stupid FUNKY PHANTOM (a ghost from 1776 and his cat being released from his clock after 200 years by crime fighting teenagers? What were they smoking?). Then there's the ROMAN HOLIDAYS (an unfunny attempt to do the Flintstones and Jetsons in Ancient Rome). These guys were scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Your kids are not going to believe you once sat still for such slop. And neither will you after seeing SOME of these with adult eyes after 30 years.
But, hey, vol. 2 is much better.
LONG OVERDUE!!! November 10, 2009
P. Mitchell
I purchased all 4 DVD's and I am very pleased. It has been a long time coming for some of the lesser known HB classics to have their day in the sun. To be honest, I thought many of these cartoons would never see a release. There is enough Flintstones, Jetsons, Yogi, etc. to choke a moose. In my opinion, it is great to see these lesser known characters regardless of plot, writing, character appeal etc. Let us not forget, these shows did not have the budget and personnel the aforementioned bigger titles were afforded. Also, owning an official release DVD is much better than the only previous option-low picture quality home recorded DVD's on the auction sites. Grab this before it is too late. I don't think you'll see these released again any time soon.
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