DVD Review: Woody Woodpecker: Artist Not Provided: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Woody Woodpecker: Artist Not Provided: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 16 August, 08:13 AM

Product Description
WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO FIND ALL THESE RARE CARTOONS ON A DVD FOR ONE LOW PRICE???!!! Features: WACKY WOODY WOODPECKER, Felix The Cat, Popeye, Cat and Mouse. Plus the Famous “Land Of The Lost/Red Lantern” Cartoon. *****FIVE STAR RATING*****

Terrible!,

By Jeffonline (Minnesota) -

This dvd is a scam! Woody Woodpecker is in only one of the cartoons on the dvd! I will either get a refund and return the dvd, at the sellers expense, or I will stop payment with my credit card company. Do not order this dvd if you are looking for Woody Woodpecker cartoons.

what the ****?,

By Serial Fella “000″ (nowhere) -

I bought this dvd at Walgreen’s drug store for $1.00! And yes there’s only one Woody cartoon….

Almost Total Rip-Off,

By R. Britton (California) -

First of all, the title is misleading. It contains only one Woody Woodpecker cartoon. Second, the back of the box is outright fraudulent. It says “Woody Woodpecker is featured in ‘The Land of the Lost’, ‘Teacher’s Pest’, ‘Gabby Swing Cleaning’, and ‘Pantry Panic’…”. Woody is only in the last of those mentioned. The other three feature other characters.

My biggest complaint, though, is the very poor video quality. I understand these are old and not all of them are in the best of condition; that’s not my objection. The problem is that this DVD looks like it’s a VHS transfer. It looks like this company used to offer this on tape, and they digitized it by playing the VHS product on a player plugged into a video capture board. I doubt they even went back to their original master. The result is a very blurry picture that is almost unwatchable.

The only saving grace is that two of the cartoons on here (”Cheese Burglar” and “Stupidstitious Cat”) I’ve never seen before. Since they are public domain, I’m sure they are available on other collections at better quality. As soon as I can find a collection with those cartoons, I’m throwing this disc away.

BTW, the publisher couldn’t even be bothered to get the run time correct. The box says 62 minutes. The actual run time is 91 minutes.

These are the cartoons on the disc:
1) Pantry Panic (Woody Woodpecker)
2) Teacher’s Pest (Junior)
3) The Land of the Lost (Red Lantern)
4) Swing Cleaning (Gabby)
5) A Haul in One (Popeye)
6) Insect to Injury (Popeye)
7) Nearlyweds (Popeye) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor
9) Bold King Cole (Felix)
10) Goose that Laid the Golden Egg (Felix)
11) Cheese Burglar (Herman)
12) Stupidstitious Cat (Buzzy)
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