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Buying my nephew some old school cartoons
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...Crucial:
If you're going to give the gift of Looney Tunes - and you really, really should - do not skimp and give any of the two-disc or single disc releases. Just go ahead and spring for the four disc sets; half the material in each set is only available as part of that set, and that includes a whole helluva lot of classics. The first volume has "Duck Amuck", "Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century", "The Rabbit of Seville", "Long-Haired Hare", and, oh, 56 more, plus tons of extras. The second box is just as big, just as awesome, and has "What's Opera, Doc?" (better known as The Greatest Cartoon Of All Time), "Three Little Bops", "One Froggy Evening", "Little Red Riding Rabbit" ("Hey, Grandma! I brought a lil' bunny rabbit for ya...TA HAVE!") and plenty more. They're both absolutely necessary for a young man's cultural education, though I'll understand if you only buy him one at a time.
In the Start 'Em Young Dept. we have:
Nearly 45 years later and these are just as funny and subversive as they ever were. Rocky and Bullwinkle go on madcap adventures (such as the complete "Jet Fuel Formula" saga contained here) and match wits (well...at least Rocky does) against their Cold War nemesis Boris and Natasha, with back up features starring the time travel adventures of Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman, Fractured Fairy Tales, the inept derring-do of Dudley Do-Right, and, of course, Poetry Corner. Jay Ward is a god.
The Looney Tunes sets will run you around $53 USD, while Rocky and Bullwinkle sets are less than thirty bucks a pop.
FnordChan
If you're going to give the gift of Looney Tunes - and you really, really should - do not skimp and give any of the two-disc or single disc releases. Just go ahead and spring for the four disc sets; half the material in each set is only available as part of that set, and that includes a whole helluva lot of classics. The first volume has "Duck Amuck", "Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century", "The Rabbit of Seville", "Long-Haired Hare", and, oh, 56 more, plus tons of extras. The second box is just as big, just as awesome, and has "What's Opera, Doc?" (better known as The Greatest Cartoon Of All Time), "Three Little Bops", "One Froggy Evening", "Little Red Riding Rabbit" ("Hey, Grandma! I brought a lil' bunny rabbit for ya...TA HAVE!") and plenty more. They're both absolutely necessary for a young man's cultural education, though I'll understand if you only buy him one at a time.
In the Start 'Em Young Dept. we have:
Nearly 45 years later and these are just as funny and subversive as they ever were. Rocky and Bullwinkle go on madcap adventures (such as the complete "Jet Fuel Formula" saga contained here) and match wits (well...at least Rocky does) against their Cold War nemesis Boris and Natasha, with back up features starring the time travel adventures of Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman, Fractured Fairy Tales, the inept derring-do of Dudley Do-Right, and, of course, Poetry Corner. Jay Ward is a god.
The Looney Tunes sets will run you around $53 USD, while Rocky and Bullwinkle sets are less than thirty bucks a pop.
FnordChan
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Second the Looney Tunes and Bullwinkle recommendations, and also recommend some Disney Treasures boxes:
The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1
The Complete Pluto
On secondary markets you can find the four Mickey Mouse boxes, but except for Mickey Mouse in Color Vol. 2, they're out of print (and MMIC2 is for completists only--it's later material, and not as good).
Be careful with the Tom and Jerry box, as two of those cartoons were mistakenly censored for the box's original release, and I don't know if those discs have been reissued.
The Chronological Donald, Vol. 1
The Complete Pluto
On secondary markets you can find the four Mickey Mouse boxes, but except for Mickey Mouse in Color Vol. 2, they're out of print (and MMIC2 is for completists only--it's later material, and not as good).
Be careful with the Tom and Jerry box, as two of those cartoons were mistakenly censored for the box's original release, and I don't know if those discs have been reissued.
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