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Kino and MGM bring you The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 1! What makes this (and the next 5 volumes) better that the Classic Cartoon Collection years back? Well for starters, new HD transfers for the first 20 cartoons and the best part...NO LAUGH TRACKS!!! That's right! This (and the next volumes to come) will be laugh track free as originally intended and released originally in theaters (though from what I've heard, laugh tracks for selected shorts might be available as an alternate audio option). Extras for this edition will include commentaries from animation historians such as Jerry Beck and Mark Arnold plus archival recording from Friz Freleng himself.
So if you're a Pink Panther fan, buy this set on DVD and/or Blu-ray today.
EDIT 2/9: OK, I have the set and while it's spectacular and still receives a high recommendation, the release unfortunately has a few faults:
-Dial P For Pink on Kino's release is presented with low-pitched audio (and I think it's a frame or 2 slower than it should be, but Greg Ford said this is the speed of how the short ran originally). I can confirm this (I got permission) that this pitch problem is indeed an authoring issue.
-Some of the commentaries are out of sync (most of them not by much but the last a little more noticeable). This is the following: Bob Kurtz and Jerry Beck's commentary for Dial P For Pink, and the commentaries for Pink Pajamas, Pickled Pink, Shocking Pink, Pink Panzer (also interesting tidbit, if you listen carefully during the climax with the commentary on, there is some new pieces of background music for the short that I didn't even know exist!), Pink Punch (probably), and Pink Blueprint.
-The ending cue for Reel Pink (thank you Trevor DeChane) is from The Pink Panther Show. No one's fault on this though as the MGM release was like that too.
I really REALLY suggest you ask Kino to do a replacement program featuring corrected discs for both DVD and Blu-ray. Great company as they are, they need to accountable for these errors and fix them. There's an old saying "The customer is always right." We're Kino 's customers and love them. Accidents happen, but these errors CAN and MUST be fixed and I will not rest until justice is done. They can't let these error go out uncorrected because they're afraid of losing money. Trust me, it's worth it and they'll make a lot us very happy if they do. Kino, if by any chance you're reading this, I ask you again please.
Again regardless of these faults, I still recommend to you the fans to buy this release because one thing is clear; all the shorts are laugh track free.
| Additional DVD options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
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January 30, 2018 "Please retry" | — | 1 |
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January 31, 2006 "Please retry" | — | — |
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| — | $99.89 |
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A great classic cartoon, that is much better than today's mindless offerings.
One of the classic cartoons from the 1960's, brought back to life through Prime streaming. The Ant and the Aardvark scenes are still favorites.The Pink Panther looks great on the new flat-screen HDTVs.
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