tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post2817916670162751503..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: On With the (Extra) Show, This Is It! Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-67569190842915653792012-09-19T19:30:52.892-04:002012-09-19T19:30:52.892-04:00Well, with 18 shorts instead of the usual 15, the ...Well, with 18 shorts instead of the usual 15, the “Bang/Buck” ratio is raised somewhat. <br /><br />And, that’s a good thing, considering we’re getting a fair amount of previously unseen stuff. I also don’t have the time to go back and count exactly how many “news” vs. repeats, but it’s enough to make it worthwhile for me. Especially when some of those “news” are seldom seen '60s shorts! <br /><br />And, with long-running characters like Porky – or Bugs and Daffy – no one collection can offer a high percentage of that character’s appearances. Though they did do a nice job on this with Pepe – and covered Foghorn fairly well too. …And, good ol’ Sniffles is complete as well! (…Both the “original” and the “imposter” versions!) <br /><br />What nice about this is that, for a time after the Golden Collections ended, it looked as if were weren’t going to be getting much more – as HAS turned out to be the case with Popeye. But, that has changed in our favor!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-8635336953390919442012-09-19T09:08:47.823-04:002012-09-19T09:08:47.823-04:00Yeah but how much bang for the buck are we getting...Yeah but how much bang for the buck are we getting as far as their various oeuvres go?<br /><br />(Seriously, I know they're limited by how many theatrical shorts each character starred in but percentage-wise how many of each are we getting? I'm too lazy to go look.)joecabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862252671814767307noreply@blogger.com