Tuesday, February 13, 2007

SATURDAY MORNING MEMORIES:GROOVIE GOOLIES-THE COMPLETE SERIES


A short blurb from Entertainment Rights about “The Groovie Ghoulies-The Saturday Mourning Collection: A haunted, misfit monsters, rock and roll, and laughs! You’ll find it all in Horrible Hall, when Frankie, Drac, Wolfie and the whole Goolie gang cut loose with their unique brand of mirth and merriment. Amidst all the monsterrific mayhem, you can rock out when the Goolies take the stage to play one of their catchy tunes!

I remember watching this show on ABC around 11 o’clock every Saturday morning. The show had a “Laugh-In” type of fast paced humor and some really good songs, one that was very popular-Chick A Boom! The show ran for years on Saturday mornings along with the Saturday Superstar Movie which one of the Goolie episodes was made into “Daffy Duck Meets the Groovie Goolies!” This set is the most definitive collection for any Goolie fan. There are Audio Commentaries on the first 2 episodes, an Audio excerpt about how Filmation started, a sing-a-long song, image galleries and the best of the extras a 45 minute Docu-comedy hosted by Wally Wingert and Daniel Roebuck with interviews from Forrest J Ackerman, Alice Cooper and Ron Chaney to name a few. A wonderful set that finally shows appreciation for this rarely seen show!

VIDEO

The video quality is great! The episodes were digitally remastered. There is also a Play All feature.

Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. Audio quality is also in Mono.


Disc 1-
1. “When I Grow Up” * -songs “Monster Cookbook and When I Grow Up”
2. “Population Party” *-songs “1. 2., 3 and Population Party”
3. “Lights Out”-songs “Cling Clang and Lights Out”
4. “Goolie Garden”-songs “Goolie Garden and Monsters On Parade”
5. “Monster Trio”-songs “Monster Trio and Super Ghoul”
6. “Feed The Ghost Some Garlic”-songs “Feed The Ghost Some Garlic and Midnight”

Disc 2-
7. “Frankie”-songs “Frankie and Be Kind To Monster’s Week”
8. “What’s In The Bag”-songs “What’s In The Bag and When The Moon Is Full”
9. “Goolie Picnic”-songs “Goolie Picnic and Little Texas Goolie”
10. “Where You Going Little Ghoul”-songs “Noises and Where You Going Little Ghoul”
11. “Gool School”-songs “Gool School and Bumble Goolie”
12. “Save Your Good Lovin’ For Me”-songs “Save Your Good Lovin’ For Me and “Chick-A-Boom”

Disc 3-
13. “Darlin’ Darlin’”-songs “Darlin’ Darlin and Kings and Queens”
14. “Shadows”-songs “Shadows and Lovely Night For Scaring”
15. “Witches Brew”-songs “Witches Brew and Creeper Crawler”
16. “Goolie Swing”-songs “Gollie Swing and Goolie Get Together”


Extras

Disc 1- Audio Commentary for “When I Grow Up” with Lou Scheimer and Darrell Mc Neil
Audio Commentary for “Population Party” with Lou Scheimer and Bob Burns

Disc 2- None

Disc 3-Goolians: A Docu-Comedy-Hosted by Wally Wingert and Dan Roebuck with Forrest J Ackerman, Alice Cooper, Ron Chaney and much more! (46:27)
Sing-A-Long-“Goolie Get Together (02:51)
Creation Of Filmation (08:10)-(Audio Only)
Image Galleries-Model Sheets
Cel Gallery
PSA Ad
DVD Rom-Scripts 1-16 and Series Bible (aka Kookie Spookies)


Verdict

If you’re a Horror fan and also love Saturday Morning cartoons, you will love this set. All 16 episodes with a ton of extras. A very good choice for your collection!



Rating: *****!

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