I have yet to figure out what is going on with EastWest DVD. They are putting out DVDs that are 99 cents at the 99 Cent Only stores. That I understand. But they are putting out titles featuring cheap strange animation like this little number, the Three Little Pigs.

Disney it is not by a very long shot. I can`t figure out who is animating these featured cartoons and in what county they are made and to tell you the truth I really don`t care that much. This is not the reason I pick up these disks.

The bonus features are the reason for buying any of these strange little disks. It is weird how good and rare some of the bonus stuff is compared to how bland and odd the headliner cartoons are.

The featured cartoons are The Three Little Pigs, The Two Spoiled Bears, and The Country Mouse and the City Mouse all in this very odd animation style with no title information to tell you where or when it was created.

The Bonus features are The Mummy Strikes, Jasper and The Haunted House, A Haunting We Will Go, The Cobweb Hotel, and Chick and Double Chick. All the transfers are good or better on this disk.

The gem of course is Jasper and the Haunted House. I have 2 other versions of this on VHS but they are in very pure condition. One will no longer play and the other is almost as bad. The transfer on this version is good and there are two music scenes in the East West DVD that are missing from my video copy.






Geogre Pal`s Puppetoons are important in the history of animation and stop motion. They are charming cartoons in their own right even if not PC. It is very good to see some of them making their way to disk.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 3:58 PM