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George of the Jungle

This flashy and attractively designed DVD set collects those wonderfully wacky Jay Ward cartoons from 1967 as opposed to the new George of the Jungle that recently debuted on Comedy Central to huge numbers.

These joyously absurd cartoons are a pure delight to watch. Each episode of George of the Jungle contains an adventure with George, one with Super Chicken and another with Tom Slick.

Of course, George was a take off on those old Tarzan movies and Super Chicken spoofed the super hero craze that was in full swing in 1967. Tom Slick, the race car driver who always played it fair and square no matter how blatantly his opponents cheated, was clearly an inspiration for the Wacky Races cartoons of the 1970s.

If you loved Rocky & Bullwinkle you're sure to like this one, a super-sixties delight from start to finish with many laugh out loud moments and a plethora of delightfully bad puns (Receding Airlines?).

It's also nice to have something that parents and children alike will enjoy but don't blame me if you find yourself with these clever theme songs knocking around in your head all week - they're 3 of the most memorable tunes in TV history.

Although George of the Jungle didn't quite catch the public's attention the way Bullwinkle did, these shows were very popular. Only one season was produced but those 17 episodes were rerun relentlessly for three additional years on Saturday and Sunday mornings. George and company even popped up again on Saturdays for short runs in 1992 and 1995. That says something about how much fun these shows are and how timeless the humor is.

This is a high quality product with 2 DVDs in a solid book format containing all 17 colorful episodes plus the previously unseen George of the Jungle and Super Chicken pilots that are quite a bit different that the final product (for one thing, Hans Conried narrated the George adventure.)

They've all been gloriously restored and remastered, the shows look and sound fantastic, much better than they did back in the day. Highly recommended!

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Reviews by Billy Ingram, as seen on VH1, Trio and Bravo. Watch for Billy Ingram on BRAVO this month!

George of the Jungle Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: 5 stars
Studio: Classic Media
DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008
Run Time: 374 minutes

In 1997, George of the Jungle was adapted into a live action film starring Brendan Fraser.

 

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