WB Finally Brings Us The Classic TV Series!
These were the first Popeye cartoons made for TV and that many of us grew up with, as most of the original Fleischer cartoons were no longer in syndication due to them being in black and white.
The executive producer Al Brodax commissioned 5 studios, who made 220 episodes from 1960 to 1962.
The studios were Jack Kinney Productions, Rembrandt Films (William L. Snyder and Gene Deitch), Larry Harmon Productions, Halas and Batchelor, Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerly Famous Studios), and Southern Star Entertainment (formerly Southern Star Productions).
This 2 Disc Set contains mostly the cartoons produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios, who made the best ones. They were formerly Famous Studios, who produced the theatrical color cartoons in the 50s that are still in TV Syndication today.
Even though these were made for kids and used "limited animation" they have their own charm and are my personal favorites as I grew up with them. Unlike other...
Not Popeye's finest hour, but nice for collectors
It's no secret among Popeye fans that the King Features Syndicate made-for-t.v. cartoons of the 1960's are far inferior to the theatrical Popeye shorts made by the Fleischers and, later, Famous Studios. Television budgets simply could not justify the cost of hiring artists and production personnel that would be able to compete with the more polished earlier efforts. So, for better or worse, an entire generation of kids was raised on this version of the spinach-loving sailor. And the series was both very successful and quite prolific. So surely there must be SOMETHING good about them. . .right?
Well, for longtime fans of the original Popeye comic strip, the KFS cartoons DO accomplish something that no other version did: incorporate original comic-strip characters like the Sea Hag and King Blozo. And although a handful of Fleischer cartoons did feature the magical Eugene the Jeep and the Goons, these characters are more prominent in these later films. And in a way, the...
What I've been waiting for. Can't wait for the next volumes
As you may know, this is the first volume in the collection of the 1960s made-for-tv Popeye shorts. There were about 220 of these made from a handful of different studios in the early 1960s. Although many Popeye fans may consider these lower quality animation since they were produced in a hurry by these studios, I consider these my favorite Popeye cartoons of all time and the ones that I remember the most. If it wasn't for these simple and short Popeye cartoons, I don't think I would ever have been into Popeye as much as I was. These cartoons frequently used re-hashed backgrounds and some re-used scenes (mainly the Jack Kinney productions), but there were some pretty classic toons in this bunch as well. My personal favorites were from the Paramount and Larry Harmon studios.
The amazon description is correct about the discs being DVD-R as you can see the purple color underneath the discs but the labeling is still professionally done. They are made on a per-order basis by...
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