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of the Jungle - Swinging 1st Season
One of the greatest cartoons created for television in the 1960s was George of the Jungle from the folks who brought us Bullwinkle. George was funny and smart in the Jay Ward Productions' tradition but lasted only one season of new episodes. Now George of the Jungle is back in a new production headed by Jay Ward's daughter for Comedy Central's new nighttime schedule for kids. I just watched the first two episodes which debut beginning next Friday night. Of course, everything's been pleasingly redesigned to fit the modern sensibility (John K. changed everything, didn't he?) while the iconic theme song remains - with minor changes. It's wacky and weird like the original, but kids today are used to what was considered cutting edge 41 years ago - audience asides, random pop culture references - so the new George and his animal cohorts are more extreme in their behavior while the storylines are more straightforward. The new George is a teenager - as is everyone in this jungle, naturally - and bears little resemblance to the 1960's version. For laughs, George is also saddled with a Betty / Veronica-type sidekick conflict, the smart girl vs pretty girl archetype. While the original George of the Jungle could be enjoyed by adults and kids alike this new incarnation is strictly for the youngsters in the spirit of The Fairly Odd Parents and the like. Anyone over the age of 11 won't find that much of interest here. That said, this Flash animation production is plenty cute and should prove popular with the young ones. Purists won't be pleased but that's OK - the original still stands and probably couldn't be topped or duplicated anyway. For today's kids the new George of the Jungle is A-OK. George of the Jungle Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Language: English Region: All Regions Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Number of discs: 3 Studio: Classic Media DVD Release Date: August 19, 2008 Run Time: 506 minutes TV on DVD Reviews: |
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FEATURES YOU MIGHT ENJOY: These
joyously absurd cartoons are a pure delight to watch. Each episode
of George of the Jungle contains an adventure with George,
one with Super Chicken and another with Tom Slick. Of course,
George was a take off on those old Tarzan movies
and Super Chicken spoofed the super hero craze that was in
full swing in 1967. Tom Slick, the race car driver who always
played it fair and square no matter how blatantly his opponents cheated,
was clearly an inspiration for the Wacky Races cartoons of
the 1970s. If you
loved Rocky & Bullwinkle you're sure to like this one,
a super-sixties delight from start to finish with many laugh out loud
moments and a plethora of delightfully bad puns (Receding Airlines?).
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