Geek Culture & Nostalgia
Since tomorrow’s Halloween and I’m dressing up as a Mad Scientist, I thought it would be appropriate for us all to watch The Mad Doctor from January 21st, 1933. This isn’t exactly the version of a Mad Scientist I’m using for my Halloween costume (as you can see below), but this is cool because this character is going to be in the Epic Mickey game.
You can read more about the Mad Doctor on DisneyShorts.org.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I grew up watching the classic Disney short cartoons. I caught them as often as possible, on the Disney Channel, on VHS, but mainly on our RCA Selectavision discs.
Even though the format was dead and gone a year before I was born, we had a player and about 300 pounds worth of discs. Even among Jaws, Superman, Bad News Bears, and Indiana Jones, the Disney shorts were what I watched the most.
And, among those, it was Volume 3 of the Cartoon Classics series, namely Scary Tales, that was my favorite. What’s so cool about Disney shorts is that each generation remembers them in a different way. You’ve got the old folks that were around when they were played in theaters and the younger crowd that grew up with compilation tapes and clip shows on TV. So, like a mix tape, you not only remember the cartoons, but how they go together. Being Halloween, I thought I’d share some thoughts (and videos!) of this creepy edition to Disney Home Video.
You’ve read about the new 1960s DVD set, so now I present Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Vol. 2 from Warner Bros. This two-disc set contains 21 episodes of various awesome cartoons, including:
Yay, more Saturday Morning Cartoons on DVD! I previously told you about Vol. 1 of this series, and today marks the release of Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 from Warner Bros. This is a two-disc set jam-packed with 34 episodes, so pour a bowl of cereal, put on your pajamas, and hit that “Play All” button.
This set includes episodes from the following shows:
Out today is the newest edition in the Ice Age franchise, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. I received a review copy of the standard-def DVD and had never seen the film. While the movie is not my favorite, the DVD is well put together and if your kids are a fan of the previous two films, I’m sure they’ll like this one too.
