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New TV on DVD releases this week
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- 30 Rock - Season 1 (also available in Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 sets)
- The Black Donnellys - Complete Series
- Bosom Buddies - Season 2
- Desperate Housewives - Season 3: Dirty Laundry Edition
- Dirty Jobs - Collection 1
- Falcon Beach - Season 1
- The Gumby Show - Gumby Essentials: Vol. 1
- It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Seasons 1 and 2
- Man vs. Wild - Collection 1
- Nip/Tuck - Season 4
- The Office - Season 3
- Prison Break - Season 2
- Robot Chicken - Season 2
- Rules of Engagement - Season 1
- She-Ra - Season 2
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 5, Vol. 1
Out of the Blogosphere
Audience members should never dance when there are cameras around. - An interview with a Geico caveman.
- Is this really what American Idol has come to?
- Mo Rocca asks: which country should Angelina adopt from next?
- The Green Hornet is finally coming to the big screen.
- A rather bizarre episode of Gumby, remastered. What's he doing on the moon?
- Did Carlos Mencia steal an old Bill Cosby bit?
- And introducing: The Poopy Bastard.
Animation news: Gumby, Powerpuff Girls and weasels - VIDEO
Happy Monday, everybody. I've compiled some interesting news and tidbits from the world of animation just for you:
In keeping with the current trend of depicting cartoon characters as real people, someone has drawn the South Park characters as real people.
As reported by Brad last February, classic Gumby shorts are now available on YouTube, Google Video, and In2TV (which is run by TV Squad's parent company, AOL). The shorts are being made available through DMGI, which is also releasing a Gumby DVD later this year. I've placed the first Gumby short at the end of this post.
Classic TV episodes coming to YouTube
YouTube and Digital Music Group Inc. have reached an agreement to make some of DMGI's video content available on the video sharing site.DMGI has distribution rights for over 4,000 hours of video content, including classic television shows such as Gumby, I Spy, and My Favorite Martian. It's not clear at the moment which programs would be made available.
DMGI will share advertising revenue generated by the videos with YouTube. The deal also allows YouTube users to include some of the music DMGI publishes in user-generated videos. YouTube says it will use filtering technology to determine if users are making videos with unauthorized DMGI content, and any revenue generated from those videos will be directed to the company.
Guitarist and animator Pete Kleinow dead at 72
Pete Kleinow, steel guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers who also played with several big names in the music business, passed away Saturday at the age of 72 from complications brought on by Alzheimer's disease.
Kleinow also had a career in television and film. He worked as an animator on the original Gumby series and also wrote and performed the theme song. His other animation projects included Davey and Goliath, Land of the Lost, and commercials for Pillsbury featuring Poppin' Fresh. He also worked on visual effects and animation for such films as Gremlins, the first two Terminator films, Army of Darkness, The Empire Strikes Back and Holes.
In 1983, Kleinow won an Emmy for his visual effects work on the ABC miniseries The Winds of War, which chronicled the world events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
[via Cartoon Brew]
Gumby gets new owner, plans comeback
Premavision Inc, the company that owns Gumby, recently entered into a joint deal with Classic Media which will see Classic Media manage all rights to the Gumby characters, including any television, film and video releases. This includes a library of 223 episodes of the original Gumby Show series. The companies also plan to have a direct-to-video movie released sometime in 2008. I'm too young to have grown up with Gumby, but thanks to video I did see several episodes of his 50s television program when I was a kid. Even then I found it too sugary and slow-paced for my enjoyment, and I wonder if kids today would have any interest in Gumby at all. While I'd hate to see the little green guy disappear completely, I still have to ask if it's possible for him to have the appeal he once did, or if he's merely a relic from a more innocent era of children's television.Gumby hits 50
I had no idea the backstory on the creation of one of my favorites memories as a kid, Gumby. Seems creator Art Clokey (still alive, by the way, at 83) had a hard childhood. His dad died when he was 10 years old, and his stepfather didn't want him so his mother gave him away to an orphanage. Wow. Yesterday a new exhibit honoring Gumby's first 50 years opened at the Lynn House Gallery north of San Francisco, and later this year we'll see Gumby on DVD (the 80s version) and in video game form. There were 223 episodes of the show! They're working on an updated version of the show (please, don't make him "hip" or "extreme," OK?), and a full-length movie.TV Squad Hot Topics
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