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57 of 60 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars More info for the 9 Disc Set, October 10, 2011 This review is from: Underdog: The Complete Series (DVD) We finally have some sort of description of this upcoming release from SHOUT!Factory. This info was posted on TVShowsondvd.com. Let's keep our fingers crossed this all comes to light!

The long-awaited legendary cartoon arrives on DVD from Shout! Factory this coming January 24th with every episode of Underdog, plus original shorts featuring characters such as Go Go Gophers, Klondike Kat and Commander McBragg. This all comes enclosed in "high-end packaging" with all-new DVD extras that will entice fans to jump on this release! While Shout! hasn't finalized the supplements for the set, the preliminary info sent to retailers (may be subject to change!) shows these bonus items they hope to have will include:
Commemorative book; Bonus cartoons: Tooter the Turtle and The Hunter; Alternate episode openings and closings; Featurette; Commentaries with writer/producer/co-creator W. Watts Biggers, voice actor George S. Irving, producer Treadwell Covington, animation historian Mark Arnold and more...
Again, that list is NOT finalized, and could be subject to change. Stay tuned for the official Shout! Factory press release for all of the completed details about Underdog - The Complete Collector's Edition 9-DVD set. Remember, as much as 70% to 80% of the material on this title has never been released on DVD before.

NOTE: Some of our readers have inquired with us about original music on this set, pointing out that some syndicated rebroadcasts in recent years have had replacement music, and hence such replacements were also seen on some of the previous home video releases. We asked the studio about this, and we were told in reply that Shout! Factory is *not* using syndicated masters of the episodes, so there is unlikely to be any replacement music on their DVD release. Our contact informs us that "we are rebuilding the shows to their original television airing as best we can", pointing out that the cartoons were never saved that way (as a 22-minute show), but rather they were saved as the individual cartoons. So they are going to do their very best to re-create the original viewing experience!

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars I Love the Underdog DVD Set!, January 28, 2012 This review is from: Underdog: The Complete Series (DVD) I got my advance copy of this, and I have to say that it turned out quite well. There are always problems always inherent in these sorts of things where all of the film elements had to be compiled from different sources. As a result (I'll go through the negative first), some of the opening and closing elements are of a rough bootleg quality, because they are! I supplied them. Somehow, even though these shows had aired endlessly for about 30 years, things got lost. The audio wasn't even transferred on many cartoons, so that we have many cases where audio from bootlegs is supplied to be reconnected with pristine video images.

Now for the positive, this is the most complete Underdog set that has been issued, and that you will probably ever find. Episodes are presented in chronological order and overall are very well. Unfortunately, some of the episodes have the updated titles, but this is very minor considering the excellent picture quality of a lot of these items. And the theme songs are all there, and all original, too!

The documentary segment plays very well and is quite informative. Everyone is very animated in their discussions...even me! My segments were recorded in Oregon last August. I haven't listened to the phone conversations yet, but I assume that they've come out well, also. I even learned something that I didn't include in my book, that Norma MacMillan voiced Sweet Polly from LA, and not New York. No one told me that before and I never thought to ask.

Overall, I'd give it 9 1/2 out of 10, for the few minor shortcomings this has, but really it is a 10 for the outstanding effort put in by me and Cliff MacMillan, Reed Kaplan, Mark Yurkiw, Dave Downey and all the rest of the interview subjects.

Next, comes Tennessee Tuxedo And His Tales: Complete Collection

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Great News & Pre-Ordered, December 6, 2011 This review is from: Underdog: The Complete Series (DVD) I have two official Sony Wonder DVDs with a few episodes and a bootleg copy (with up n down picture and sound quality) of just about all the episodes of Underdog. Even so, I've been waiting on the complete official release for years. Shout sounds like they care about how they release these old shows so I'm confident that the PQ & AQ will be the best it can be.

The Sony Wonder DVDs mentioned above didn't even have the original theme music for the episodes with the Gophers, McBragg and Klondike and that is another big reason for wanting to get this set. The real icing on the cake would be if there were original vintage commmercials not in the extras but in place like originally broadcast. One thing that all the shows have is great theme and incidental background music that is very catchy.

I have two books at home on the people who were responsible for these cartoons and it's sad that most of them aren't around anymore. Back then, Underdog was in competition with Rocky & Bullwinkle (another favorite)and some have mistakenly thought the same people produced both shows. The mix-up came from the fact that a lot of the artwork was done by the same studio (Gamma) in Mexico. It would also be nice to see all "The King & Odie" episodes released with Tooter Turtle, The Hunter and Tennessee Tuxedo. Even better would be if all these cartoons would be released on Blu Ray? Thanks Shout for bringing these out.

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