tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post5599017767695943149..comments2024-03-18T22:38:02.319-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: DVD Review: Taz-Mania – Season One, Part One: Taz on the Loose.Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-20925489516228417312013-07-24T19:16:25.181-04:002013-07-24T19:16:25.181-04:00Scarecrow:
To me, the tale of the times that spaw...Scarecrow:<br /><br />To me, the tale of the times that spawned TAZ-MANIA is a fascinating subject that I wish someone would chronicle in the overall. <br /><br />As I view it, the key point to take away from that portion of the post is that it was TAZ-MANIA that finally convinced a rightfully skeptical me that good television cartoons were not only “back”, but “here to stay”. The parade of DUCKTALES, TALE SPIN, TINY TOON ADVENTURES, et al (great as they all were!) did not convince me of this, until I experienced a few weeks of TAZ-MANIA. Then, I was certain we were entering a new Nirvana of animation… and I was correct! <br /><br />I’m not even exactly certain WHY my animation optimism chose that particular time to kick-in. Maybe, until then, I still felt that things could return to the horrors of the seventies and eighties at any moment. All I DO know is that I was waiting for a very long time for a show like TAZ-MANIA – and, for too many years, wondered why all we got was “cute”, toy-based”, or otherwise uninteresting teen-clone stuff. <br /><br />I’ll also say that TAZ-MANIA is a series you ought to see sometime. It still delivers its share of laughs (as I describe in the post) even now – but give it many extra points if you view it through 1991 lenses. <br /><br />Most oddly of all, it is the GUEST CHARACTERS – and not Taz, himself – that supply most of those laughs. Maybe that’s why Robert McKimson never tried him in his own cartoon. Still, he DID have that one-shot Gold Key comic book that you mention – and his appearances in the Gold Key DAFFY DUCK comic of the same period were always a highlight for me. <br /><br />I like the idea of reviewing "The Tazmanian Devil and His Tasty Friends" – not to mention doing more comics reviews overall. I’m, unfortunately, experiencing a period of furious activity at work – and the posts of the near-future will tend to be “those of greater expedience”. Or, pre-written, etc. <br /><br />Then again, there’s an issue of DAFFY DUCK (…the one I might very well consider the GREATEST single issue of DAFFY DUCK) that also sounds appealing to write about. …And, it’s one that has Taz in it! Such a review would read enough like a “LOONEY TUNES SUPER STARS” DVD Review that I could almost use the same basic template. There’s also a FLINTSTONES comic I’ve wanted to do as well. <br /><br />…Oh, and look out for a YOGI BEAR comic in our next post! That’s all I’ll say for now… except it was an “expedient” post to do. …And I rarely skimp, even on the “expedient” posts, so I hope you’ll enjoy it. <br /><br />Summer, alas, has been very hot and busy. But, Blogging is always there to recharge and refresh! …Say, anyone else feel great right now? …YEAH!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-28207994566076376012013-07-24T18:02:25.156-04:002013-07-24T18:02:25.156-04:00Great review, Joe--as always. I love the asides an...Great review, Joe--as always. I love the asides and references to other series such as Duck Tales and Tale Spin, that really help to put this in the context of its original broadcast milieu.<br /><br />This is one series I missed in its original run...I had heard of it, and occasionally would try to watch it, but inevitably whenever I turned it on, I would get the message "Taz Mania will be right back" or some such, and then after the obligatory twenty or thirty commercials, the END CREDITS! In other words, I never caught it as it was starting, only as it was finishing. At the time, it was not such a loss, as there were plenty of quality animated programs to choose from, so I never really made much effort. NOW, however, having read your enthusiastic and highly entertaining review, I will seek this one out!<br /><br />I was hoping for a reference to the Gold Key comic book "The Tazmanian Devil and His Tasty Friends" which is probably the Taz's ultimate appearance in comics. Maybe some day you can review that issue?<br /><br />Hope your summer is progressing well!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.com