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Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Vol. 1 - Seasons 1-3

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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears finally gets its well-deserved DVD treatment. I think that Gummi Bears was the first of Disney's syndicated animated shows in the 80s, and paved the way for later classics like Duck Tales and Tale Spin.

I came across recordings of these shows a short while ago and watched a lot of them. Even though the show is nearly twenty years old, I was struck by the quality of the animation and the voice work, which included veteran voice actors like June Foray (of Rocky the Flying Squirrel fame) and Paul Winchell (best known by people my age and younger for his work as Tigger).

The rich fantasy setting of this show and the detail put into the Gummi Bears and the remnants of their old society are impressive. I think most impressive was that the fact that this show was not made to market action figures, like so many other shows of the 80s. All of the Gummi Bears are distinctive and each has their own appeal, and the other heroes and villains are likewise well-developed and fun to watch, whether it's Cavan and Princess Calla or the villain Duke Igthorn.

There is a lot of humor and heart, enough to please adults as well as children, which is always the mark of a great program. I actually still remembered one episode from nearly twenty years ago, "For A Few Sovereigns More", which surprisingly had a great reference to Clint Eastwood that made me laugh harder as an adult than I did when I was a kid.

Overall, this is a great series that is possibly even better now than when it was first released, and one that is definitely worthy of owning.

Finally!!!! Gummi Bears is on DVD!

It should have been released with DuckTales, if not before then. Thankfully, Disney is releasing it.

Gummi Bears had superb writing and was the perfect show for a kid. I could never get over how sharp the animation was. This cartoon would be the vanguard for the Disney Afternoon. Before it played in the Disney Afternoon, it aired on Saturday mornings. It was always my number one goal to catch it at 10 or 11 AM. Gummi Bears held its own among other great hits of the 80s.

Lets hope they start DVD 1 with the very first episodes and don't mess it up like they did DuckTales. I think DuckTales and the others sold well enough for Disney to realize there is a market for their late 80s and early 90s cartoons. These years were the golden years for recent Disney animation. None of the new cartoons or any of the late 90s cartoons hold a candle to the Disney Afternoon originals.

I think Disney heard the consumers and made the right choice. If it sells, they'll probably release the whole series. Thanks Disney (or whoever in the Disney bureaucracy made this possible)!

The Gummi Bears is my number one all time favourite animated TV show, which is why I was so excited when it was announced it was coming to DVD. IT is a superb animated show, action packed, full of wonderful characters.

I do have a problem with the DVD though. There are too many episodes on each disc leading to compression. A dual layered disc can only hold 4 hours of material with good picture quality, if the running time goes over that then picture quality suffers. The first two episodes in particular look pretty bad, in fade ins and outs the picture is actually pixellated. If you do a search for the first episode on youtube, you will actually find a version on youtube with a better picture than on the DVD. Now that is wrong! Splash the cash a bit Disney, if this had been a 4 disc set, there would be no problem! I know i wouldn't mind spending a couple more dollars if it meant better picture quality!

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears was long overdo for the DVD treatment. Gummi Bears was the first true mega-hit for Disney when it came to syndicated animated shows in the 1980s. By far it was also one of their longest running animated shows during that time period. For some reason I could never understand Gummi Bears just vanished slightly after Disney changed or completely removed it's afternoon cartoon lineup. There were times would appear on either ToonDisney or the Disney Channel, but even those were rare and there was no consistancy. Mostly it was almost as if the show never existed.

As others have said, even twenty years old, this show, through superb quality, excellent voice work by some of the best in the business during the 1980's and early 1990's, has become a timeless classic.

A fantasy tale set in a Kingdom that always seemed so familar but was never one so real that you could pinpoint the area of the world it would be in real life, has such rich details of character and setting. Never did Disney forget who the Gummi Bears were, or what had happened to their society. Always if there were ruins seen one time they would be there a second time and each gave a hint at something that had once been a far greater in size society then even the human kingdom that 'currently' exists in their world.

Perhaps being in the mid 1980's to early 1990's Gummi Bears was partly spared the idea that a show has to be made to sell a toyline based on the show. True other shows in the 1980's were basically made to sell toys, and I think one show during this time was only made because a company had a toy line they wanted to sell. Gummi Bears though, still being on the early end of idea that the show only exists to sell the toys for the show, was allowed rich characterization, and such vast ideas of how their world can look. There didn't seem to be the concern that now seems to fill most animated shows of, being stuck in how something looks by the question "can we make this easily into a toy".

For those that remember growing up with this show this timeless classic is one to collect and share with your own children. For those that have never yet had a chance to see this wonderful world the Gummi Bears live in, please give it a chance and I fully believe once you do, you too will understand why for so long fans have been longing to see this day when Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears finally makes it to DVD.

I was 3 years old when the show came on back in 1985. Although I remember watching it later on very fondly. I hadn't seen these shows since I was a kid, until they came out on DVD for the first time ever. It was certainly great watching these again.

While the set is devoid of featurss, it houses 2 years worth of episodes and half the show's run on TV. 47 Episodes total are here in 3 Discs. And who cares if they're not re-mastered or enhanced in any way. These were brought to DVD just as how they were supposed to be enjoyed, just like they were when they aired. We're lucky Disney finally decided to revisit this show on DVD.

I suggest getting it! It's definitely worth the price and a great add to the Disney collection!

Finally Gummi Bears has come to DVD and they do not disappoint. Included on Volume 1 is the first three seasons of the show. There are 47 episodes on the DVD, however it actually comes out to less because they consider the an episode with 2 stories in it that run around 15 minutes to be individual, not one half hour episode. They do play them as one episode however, with the opening song, two episodes, and then the credits. Don't get me wrong though it is still a great work on DVD.

I won't review episodes, since all are incredible, for myself the DVDs leave little or no need for improvements. I don't necessarily need extras as much as other people, so the lack of them doesn't really disappoint me. Each disc holds around 16 or so episodes and includes a play all feature. That is plenty for me. So sit back and enjoy one of the best series Disney has come out with, definitely better than the new series coming out today. Do yourself a favor and turn off the cable and pop this DVD in instead.

Okay I'm not going to waste time on how great this series is. It started what is widely known as the "Golden Age" of Disney television cartoon series. Gummi Bears started it all. The quality of this series is undeniable. Gummi Bears paved the way for other "Golden Age" series like the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Ducktales, Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, and Gargoyles.

Gummi Bears spread over many seasons taking our Gummi pals from the simple world of medival Gummi Glen to places far from home.

Great fun!
Great adventure!
Great animation!
A true piece of Disney magic!

Unlike many other shows of the time, this is timeless family entertainment.

It's so hard to articulate my feelings about this series - wonderful music, great plotlines of derring-do, and just an amazing cartoon. It brings back fond memories of my childhood and teenage years [together with other great cartoons like Ducktales, Dr Snuggles, Teddy Ruxpin etc] and i wanted to share those wonderful memories with my little three-year-old. She loves them too! This is a wonderful show - they definitely don't make cartoons like they used to, and I truly detest most of the shows for kids on TV these days [except perhaps a few of those shown on PBS].

This DVD compilation of the Gummi Bears is a 3-disc set containing seasons 1-3, approx. 640 mins of programming. Disc 1 contains episodes 1-16: A New Beginning, The Sinister Sculptor, Zummi Makes it Hot, Someday My Prints Will Come, Can I Keep Him?, A Gummi in a Gilded Cage, The Oracle, When You Wish Upon A Stone, A Gummi By Any Other Name, Loopy, Go Home, A-Hunting We Will Go, The Fence Sitter, Night of the Gargoyle, The Secret of the Juice, Sweet and Sour Gruffi, and Duel of the Wizards.

Disc 2 contains Episodes 17-32: What You See is Me, Toadie's Wild Ride, Bubble Trouble, Gummi in a Strange Land, Light Makes Right, Up Up and Away, Faster than a Speeding Tummi, For a Few Soveriegns More, Over the River and Through The Trolls, You Snooze, You Loose, The Crimson Avenger, A Hard Dazed Knight, Do Unto Ogres, For Whom the Spell Holds, Little Bears Lost, and Guess Who's Gumming to Dinner.

Disc 3 contains Episodes 33-47: My Gummi Lies Over the Ocean, Too Many Cooks, Just a Tad Smarter, If I Were You, Eye of the Beholder, Presto Gummo, A Tree Grows in Dunwyn, Day of the Beevilweevils, Water Way to Go, Close Encounters of the Gummi Kind, Snows Your Old Man, Boggling the Bears, The Knights of Gummadoon, Mirthy Me, and Gummi Dearest.

The titles of the episodes themselves are a hoot, what more the shows themselves! Great show, and a value buy!

As soon as this was released in November, I bought it. Gummi bears was one of my favorite shows growing up. Re-watching it again was a wonderful walk down memory lane. The quality of the animation is amazing. I can't wait for volume 2.

I used to wake up at 7:00am before school to watch this show. I absolutely love this show, it is one of the best cartoons of the early 90's, and to finally have it on dvd is nothing short of a miracle. Thank you whoever is responsible. Watch this show, especially if you love classic saturday morning cartoons!