Slowly waddling (he’s a PENGUIN, get it?) my way further
into “TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION” on DVD, from
Shout! Factory, I’ve found nearly everything to be consistent with what I’ve previously
observed – in THIS POST.
…Except for this glaring error!
I’ve already mentioned that, unlike UNDERDOG, no effort was
made to reconstruct anything resembling the original TV show TENNESSEE TUXEDO
AND HIS TALES!
The first disc is divided into THREE SEPARATE SECTIONS: One
for Tennessee Tuxedo, one for The King and Odie (King Leonardo), and one for
The Hunter.
Here is the Disc One menu for “The King and Odie” section. Anyone spot the problem?
On the original KING LEONARDO AND HIS SHORT SUBJECTS series,
we would get Part One of King L., then Tooter Turtle, (maybe a short segment
like the cereal-ad-based “Twinkles”), The Hunter, and finally Part Two of King
L.
And, on TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES, King L. would begin
one week, and conclude the next.
So, if all the “King and Odie” cartoons were two-parts, how
can this disc have only SEVEN (…and not EIGHT) “King and Odie” segments?!
Easy, the second part of “Got ‘Em Up Scout”, titled “The
King Camps Out”, was LEFT OFF!
…Yes, really!
I’ll say it again, for those staring at their computer
screens in utter disbelief…
LEFT OFF!
That’s: L-E-F-T (pause) O-F-F-!
It ain’t there!
And, if the episode listings for the set are to be believed, it ain’t anywhere else, either!
LEFT OFF!
The King, himself, would say: "CONFOUND IT!"
Now, I’ve given Shout! Factory the benefit of the doubt,
when it comes to the tricky task of piecing together a show like this. In fact, here are my own words, as they applied to the UNDERDOG set:
“At this point in time, I’m not sure it is at all possible
to properly reconstruct multi-segment shows like this – that were “sliced and
diced” in countless ways for various syndication packages. And, I’m certain that Shout! Factory did the
best they could in reconstructing the original “Underdog Experience”. So, I’m willing to concede this, and give ‘em
points for trying.”
But, leaving off Part Two of a series KNOWN to always have been
shown in two parts, is more than I’m willing to overlook!
Bad job, folks! Sorry!
I just hope there are no more such surprises to be discovered.
5 comments:
Joe,
Perhaps King Leonardo and Odie abandoned their adventure to go and help in the search for Woody Woodpecker and the other stranded mariners?
Chris
I hate to say it, but I'm not even impressed with what Shout Factory ultimately did with the Tennessee Tuxedo set. After great accomplishments with the Casper and Underdog sets, it seems like they really dropped the ball here. I am refraining from writing a review on Amazon or anywhere else except here due to my displeasure....
Chris:
I was thinking the exact same thing RE: that infamous Woody Woodpecker comic book.
But, I didn’t want to have to conjure-up an explanation to the readers who were left unscathed by that period of comic book history. So, I’ll leave that homework assignment to you for bringing it up! :-)
Everyone… Chris will be back with the explanation, while I say “Thank You” to Mark for his contributions to the recent Casper, Underdog, and Tennessee Tuxedo DVD sets!
From our private conversations, I know he worked hard on these to make them the best they could be – and any criticisms made here are never to be taken as criticisms of his efforts!
Overall, despite the listed shortcomings, I have really enjoyed the TT set. All the more so, having played the Bonus Features!
YUCK. I'm anal enough that that's seriously enough to get me to NOT buy it. I wouldn't buy the Magilla Gorilla DVDs because they left out the opening and I didn't even buy the WB cartoon DVDs because the shorts were all out of chronological order. (Picky, picky, picky ...)
Joe C:
I certainly understand why you’d feel that way… Though I’m still happy enough (…NOTE: There *IS* a difference between “happy” and “happy enough”!) with the Magilla Gorilla set. It IS complete in number of cartoons, after all, as opposed to not having them at all! …Like we still don’t have Peter Potamus!
And the Magilla shows are reconstructed more properly, with openings and closings – and “So Long” song interstitials, on the “Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s” volumes. Find those reviews buried deep in this Blog for more.
But, come back tomorrow – and I’ll be posting “Tenessee Tuxedo Update # 2”, in which things get considerably better overall. My opinion has “upped” somewhat, in view of additional discoveries. Let me know what you think after you read that.
Joe T.
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