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Beetlejuice 1 [VHS]

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All i can say is.... This cartoon should be out on dvd, we get almost every other cartoon known to man put on dvd, Why not the ghost with the most Beetlejuice ? Come on Warner Brothers wheres the dvd ?

If you also enjoy the film, which is yet another favorite, This is absolutely recommended for Infernal Progeny as well, for it is loads of fun and will inspire maniacal laughter. There are several other volumes in this series, so there is much to look forward to!

Beetlejuice Cartoon Vol. 1 contains three episodes:

* Critter Sitters

Beetlejuice becomes inspired by Lydia's babysitting stint, so he goes off to 'baby sit' {literally} some neitherworld critters who prove too difficult to handle, resulting in a veritable rampage, destroying much of a Neitherworld towne. He is arrested and attends court presided by "Judge Mental", with Lydia as defense attorney.

* The Big Faceoff

Beetlejuice fears that his patented fright face just isn't scary enough anymore, as he fails to scare Lydia's father when he sleepwalks into the room, looking haggard and dishevelled. Beetlejuice enters a Gross-Out contest where he encounters a nearly worthy opponent, who does manage some impressive transmutations, but still cannot match up to Beetlejuice's improvised and surprising new ghoulish image.

* Skeletons In The Closet

Beetlejuice's lies catch up with him as his closet begins emitting a wailing "lies... lies!", which turns out to be his "skeletons in the closet" - it seems that in the Neitherworld, the more you lie, the more populated your closet becomes with these ghostly skeletons, who go about telling on him to his friends, who become hurt by his true opinions about them. The only way to be rid of these phantoms is to tell the truth.

Fifty years from now, pop culturalists will be going ga-ga over a quirky Saturday morning kiddie cartoon that starred a thing from another world and a young American girl with a penchant for the darker side of life. The animation is fine and imaginative but tv cheap, it's the great scripts and honest delivery of the actors involved that make this so enjoyable. A saturday morning kid's show that suggests to kids to embrace their darker side, and to have concern for the 'beetlejuices' of our world.

I was really pleased with the quality of a product so dated. I really enjoyed reflecting back on a cartoon I enjoyed from my childhood. It brought back great memories. A real gem if you can find it.

It's very strange, just like me! The characters are drawn nicely (Lydia looks the best, but everyone's image depicts their personality well)..

And I've never seen the movie, and hope to soon, but I suppose it must be at least as good as this!

PEOPLE... ITS IS 2010...
Why isn't this on DVD?!?...
The SMURFS has DVDs out...
Luney Tunes has DVDs out...
and that unfunny Mouse from Disney has DVDs ALL OVER THE PLACE...
Do the "B Guy" some justice and put out the DVDs.

Beetlejuice was an amazing cartoon, it should have been on DVD ages ago. Heck, if they can put invader Zim on DVD they should do the same for the ghost with the most, Beetlejuice is ten times the character, ten times the fun, and ten times the cartoon that Invader Zim is, and I quite like Invader Zim. These toons were actually really popular in their day, but I think its just taking a while for people to remember and/or realize how great they were and begin the re-hype since they came out so long ago. Give it time, I think Beetlejuice deserves the same hype as Nightmare Before Christmas, people just need to let nostalgia for this weird macabre toon get to them.

Definately not as good as the movie but still delivers some people who like the movie may not like it because they changed the story a little but for me they did a good job, personally my favorite volumes are 1-3, I hope they make the rumored sequel Beetlejuice 2 imagine with todays visual effects waoo!