Hiya, Kids!! A ’50s Saturday Morning
June 12, 2008
The folks at the Shout Factory have cornered the market on nostalgia and are at it again with Hiya, Kids!! A ‘50s Saturday Morning, a primer of vintage children’s television programs from the 1950s. They have compiled the cream of the crop with the...
The Muppet Show: Season 3
May 30, 2008
By Season 3, The Muppet Show was at the peak of its powers with its format firmly in place and a wide variety of celebrity guests from all genres of the entertainment industry. For example, Saturday Night Live regular Gilda Radnor guest hosts one episode...
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
March 3, 2008
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) champions classic toys and the stores that used to carry them before the proliferation of chain stores like Toys R Us and Wal-Mart made them virtually extinct. In this age of crass commercialism, this film celebrates...
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
February 15, 2008
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown originally aired on the CBS network in 1975 and was the follow-up to It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (which had its debut in 1974). It featured the Peanuts gang that we all know and love, and their continuing trials...
Ratatouille
December 18, 2007
The best thing Pixar has done in recent years is brought Brad Bird into the fold. The Iron Giant (1999) filmmaker has helped continue the animation studio’s winning streak with The Incredibles (2004) and, most recently, Ratatouille (2007). Their merger...
The Muppet Show: Season 2
August 7, 2007
Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets are back for Season 2 with notable guest stars like Zero Mostel, Steve Martin, Elton John, Julie Andrews and many others. The show was now a proven success and the celebrity guest stars came flooding...
The New Adventures of Superman
July 3, 2007
The New Adventures of Superman originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings between the years of 1966 and 1969. The 1960s was a great time for animated super hero shows with Spider-Man in 1967 and, of course, Superman providing a helluva Saturday morning...
The Best of the Electric Company, Volume 2
December 19, 2006
The folks at the Shout Factory continue to tap into Generation X nostalgia with a new volume of memorable episodes from the much beloved children’s educational program, The Electric Company. It was a rare show that attempted to teach kids the fundamentals...
Hong Kong Phooey: The Complete Series
August 24, 2006
Hong Kong Phooey was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1976. Bruce Lee was very popular at the time and Joseph Barbera was very conscious about popular culture and this is reflected in the character of Hong...
The Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
July 31, 2006
It’s Transformers, but definitely not how you’d remember it. In 1987 the Americans decided they didn’t want to make the cartoon anymore and ditched it after 3 episodes into Season 4. The Japanese were not ready to let this show die....
