Today we will look at 2 more animation DVDs that have just hit the market. Again these are from EastWest DVD www.eastwestdvd.com.

FLEISCER CARTOONS Vol 1: is no great deal. These are the same old public domain cast offs that were covered in the first DVD wave. It starts with 3 Hunky and Spunky cartoons (Snubbed By a Snob, A Kick in Time, and You Can`t Shoe a Horse Fly) and then goes into the saccharine Cinecolor Color Classics (Time for Love, The Little Stranger, Hawaiian Birds, Peeping Penguins, A Car-tune Portrait, Play Safe, Alls Fair at the Fair, and Ants in the Plants).

I’ve always liked Peeping Penguins and A Car-tune Portrait is one of the better cartoons on this disk. Transfers are just adequate. (I know for a fact that A Kick in Time has to be from a 16 MM print because Mark Kausler has the only 35 MM print in the world) The menus and chapter divides suck. You have to play your way through to the item you want to view.

GREAT ANIMATION Vol 3: is a completely different story. The menu and chapter divides are still half butted, (we don`t have the money to pay someone to do it right. Faster, Cheaper). But the content makes up for the shoddy work and the film masters are new enough that the transfers are all good.

What we have here is 1980s Cal Arts Animation projects with a few items from north of the boarder thrown in for spice ending with Merv Newland`s classic Bambi Meets Godzilla. Two of these shorts are from people that went on to become Pixar Directors.

Here is the list:

Snookles: Juliet Stroud 1986
Primiti Too Taa: Ed Ackerman and Collin Morton 1988
The Thing That Lurked in the Tub: David Wasson 1988
A Story: Andrew Stanton 1987
Feet of Song: Erica Russell 1988
Charade: John Minnis 1984
The Hill Farm: Mark Baker 1989
Western: Gabor Homolya 1989
Particle Dreams: Karl Sims 1988
Winter: Pete Doctor 1988
Lea Press On Limbs: Debbie Dawson 1988
Bambi Meets Godzilla: Marv Newland 1969

Of the group only Lea Press On Limbs is less than fun. Primiti Too Taa is experimental and maybe a little long for the subject. The Hill Farm is a little esoteric and self important for my taste. Particle Dreams as a early computer animation is important but dated. Charade, Winter, and Western are the standout shorts. Feet of Song is movement without story but very good. Snookles and A Story owe at bit to the last animation Bambi Meets Godzilla. And of course Bambi Meets Godzilla is still a great concept.

This one is worth a trip to the 99 Cent Only store nearest your.  ¶ 6:32 AM