But this if you love classic cartoon humor
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Every episode. Perfect quality. Beautiful sound. Great box. And awesome special features
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Oh how I luv the classics. I grew up on these cartoons and they hold special memories for me.
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I love the dimension of the box head and the otto had is a great classic character.  Includes evita and grinch and catch me if you can parody
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Down in the dumps?  Need to laugh?  This set is perfect for you.  Goofy is sure to bring a smile to your face and will provide a laugh or two as well.
Featuring 46 animated shorts from Goofy's solo cartoon career, there's something on here for everyone's comic tastes.  My favorites tend to be from the "How To" series and the sports shorts and include "The Art of Skiing," "How to Swim," "How to be a Sailor," "How to Play Golf" ("Contrary to popular opinion, golf is not a waste of time."), "The Olympic Champ," "How to Be a Detective," and "How to Sleep."  There are some others I liked that fall outside these boundaries and include "Victory Vehicles" (talk about creative), "African Diary," "Californy'er Bust" (always in the mood for a good pun), and "Father's Lion."  These, of course, are just some of the highlights.
Goofy works best when he's trying something easy and failing in imaginative ways.  Some of the cartoons near the beginning of the second disc feature him in more ordinary situations, and I didn't find them nearly as fun.  But these are few, and the rest make up for them.
As is the case with the other sets in the series, Leonard Maltin has my dream job of playing host.  He provides some interesting introduction to the character and times that produced short cartoons.  I'll agree that his introduction on potentially controversial cartoons don't add much, but if that's the price we have to pay to get to see them, I don't really care.  Both discs have background material that any Disney or animation fan will love.
As other's have noted, this set is missing a couple shorts.  Why remains a mystery, although those missing "How to Ride a Horse" can find it on the "Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studio" set also released in 2002.  A "play all" feature would have been nice, but I found I enjoyed the shorts in small doses, so it really made no difference to me.
Goofy is one of the Disney Studio's signature characters, and it's nice to see them treating him and their history with respect.  While it could have been better, it's certainly enjoyable the way it is.  I will enjoy laughing with this set for years to come.
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Classic 60's humor.  If you didn't live through it, you may not understand some of it, but it is still FUNNY!
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This is one of the funniest comics in a long time. I'm a big fan of Peanuts and Garfield, but Pickles is also a hard-core winner. Based on the fact, I can never find these books anywhere except Amazon makes me feel that other people love it just as much.

The story behind the comic is an older couple, Earl and Pearl. (Yes, that's their names). They have a dog whom is part of the hysterical nature. A lot of the comic is about the struggle of the elderly learning how to deal with being older.

They have a daughter and a grandson that also are prominent in the comic. The daughter tries to get her parents into the new technologies of the age. The grandson idolizes his grandfather and always listens to him. Usually, he shouldn't though. It ends in an endless fit of giggles for me.

This is a great book for anyone who loves a good fashioned giggle.
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If you are not afraid of humor at its darkest, sickest, strangest and certainly most un-politically correct you'll love this book.  These cartoons reminds me of Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation Festival.  It's also nice to see a Callahan book with a theme (Dogs).  On the other hand if you like your humor simple & sweet I suggest you stay with Family Circles.
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The Van Beuren studio made some very interesting cartoons during 1929-1936.
This collection includes several black-and-white Aesop's Fables cartoons, which, although unsuccessful at the time, they are real gems. The B/W cartoons are a combination of bizarre, surreal gags with basic animation. Some good cartoons in this category includes "In a Cartoon Studio", a spoof on the making of a cartoon, and "Candy Town", where two cats eats all the candy contained inside the moon, only to be chased by a bottle of castor oil and a spoon! Strange, but brilliant!
Also, the DVD includes the original Tom & Jerry (no, not the cat & mouse, but a tall, thin man and a short, fat guy). Although the characters themselves are bland, the cartoon themselves still shows off the odd sense of humour that is typical of the studio. One example is in the cartoon "Piano Tooners", where Tom plays a bad note on the piano, only for Jerry to "catch" the note, and then flushes it down an off-screen toilet! Another Tom & Jerry cartoon is "Wot a Night" (their first cartoon), which is a spooky but very weird cartoon.
However, the B/W cartoons were not successful, and so Van Beuren assigned Burt Gillett (who directed Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs") to create a new colour cartoon series called "Rainbow Parade". Gillett tried to make these cartoons as good as his previous boss, but that's why these cartoons are generally not as good as they should be (although they are not terrible), because he tried to imitate Disney rather than innovate. Characters like Molly Moo Cow and Toonerville Trolley were not good choices, and neither was the return of Felix the Cat, as he was turned into a goody two-shoes kind of a character. Oddly enough, the Felix cartoons were some of the best efforts of the series. Perhaps the best cartoon was "The Sunshine Makers", where the happy elves tries to bring happiness to a bunch of gloomy elves by bombarding them with sunshine milk. The series ended in 1936 when the Van Beuren studios closed down, due to its distributors RKO switching to Walt Disney for their cartoons!
There are 21 cartoons in total, and all are of good picture and sound quality considering they are public domain cartoons. Most of the Rainbow Parade cartoons have their original titles restored, with only a few B/W cartoons retaining their original titles.
Overall, this is good collection of rare cartoons, and is still an essential purchase for classic animation lovers. Personally, they should have included a few more B/W cartoons, but I'm more than happy with this DVD!
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These cartoons are hands down better than what are classified as cartoons today!
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If you want to see some of the best anime out there, this is an oldie but a classic right next to Akira
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Anyone who is familiar with Ma & Pa Kettle will love it.  However, many others will enjoy it as well as a classic comedic collection that has entertained many.  There are certain comedies that are timeless, I Love Lucy, Everybody Loves Raymond, and I include this collection!
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What a classic! I've seen most of it and I must say that it is a great cartoon series! Love it!
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Cartoon Network briefly entertained the idea of creating a Snake 'n Bacon cartoon on Adult Swim, and the pilot featured Kristen Schall.  I am disappointed that Adult Swim did not have the wherewithal to share these cartoons with the world.  Luckily, there is a book.

If you enjoy absurdist humor presented in the form of vintage-style cartoons, you will love this book.  If you hate absurdist humor, you will not love this book.  You should then give it to a friend who does enjoy such things.  If you don't know what any of the above means, you will probably still love this book.

My favorite characters are Snake and Bacon, of course, but also the police chief (who is of course 2 days from retirement), the Mannister (whose superpower is to become a bannister), and Rabid District Attorney.

You should also check out Kupperman's other books especially his graphic novel, Tales Designed to Thrizzle.  It will entertain and thrizzle you.
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By "not the classic Tom and Jerry" cartoons of the 1940s and 50, it's safe to say that this collection is not characterized by the impeccably rendered--or nauseatingly realistic--welts and bruises suffered by the famous cat-and-mouse duo in largely violence-themed storylines. These shorts were the most lavish, most fully animated theatrical cartoons of the 1960s. It is curious, however, that with the large budgets and Chuck Jones' genius on tap, these cartoons are not better. (Jones himself likened his version of Tom and Jerry to his Road Runner series, which really does not do them justice. Tom is less self-destructive than Wile E. Coyote, and Jerry less smugly complacent. There is also more subtle psychodrama at work here--or less subtle, as in the case of "Jerry, Jerry Quite Contrary.") Presumably, there was only so much you could do with a nonspeaking cat chasing a nonspeaking mouse--voice veterans Mel Blanc and June Foray were on hand to supply whatever grunts, groans, and giggles were required--after 20 years and seven Oscars. But it's rather incredible what Jones and his crew (most of whom were part of his Warner Bros. team) did find to do with the characters.

If you love "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," you'll enjoy the artistic similarities: Tom, when angered, often resembles the Grinch, while some of Jerry's facial expressions call to mind Max or Cindy Lou-Who. (Two of the later cartoons, however, are "cheaters," compilations of scenes from the "classic" Tom and Jerry era, with new footage animated by the original animators trying to match the earlier design.) Altogether a flawed but fascinating effort, and a welcome addition to any animation collection.

Personal favorite: "Snowbody Loves Me."
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Hours of giggles reminiscing about these classic and clever comics. I cant imagine not ever being able to find a laugh among these pages. A good purchase for anyone with a sense of humor. Elegant storage box for the three book set.
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Another classic from the Stella, State crew.  This has so many memorable scenes and I laughed way too hard at certain points.  It definitely requires a certain type of humor to enjoy this, but if you have it, you will be glad you spent the 90 odd minutes.  Loved it.
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I loved this cartoon as a child and was extremely excited to see that it was now on DVD. Unfortunately I didn't realize the content was shallow, silly and bad jokes  repeated over and over. But I enjoy it as a back ground visual while I listen to my favorite tunes.