Customer Reviews

Bob Clampett's Beany And Cecil, Vol. 2

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It has been decades since I have seen the "Lost Work" of Bob Clampett. I am ecstatic that they will be included in this DVD set. The hand-puppet shows are also great nostalgia.

In these days when TV show sets are bare of any bonus material, it is GREAT that we are being treated to an abundance of bonus goodies from the Clampett Estate collection!

I just hope the Clampett estate will release volume 3 sooner than 10 years from now!

Like its predecessor, the second volume of Beany and Cecil cartoons was produced by Robert Clampett, Jr., and is a heartfelt outpouring of love from a son to a father. Bob Clampett's genius lay in his ability to find humor in virtually anything and the contagious joy he evoked in bringing it to the world. He was a remarkable, seemingly endless fount of ideas, from his beginnings at Warner Bros. Cartoons to his last days. Beany and Cecil was one of his greatest successes, and I watched it faithfully for years on television.

As I grew up and learned more about Bob, I viewed his Looney Tunes with awe; they took animation to places I didn't know it could go. He was graced with superior resources in his animators, his storymen, musical director Carl Stalling, and the best voice artist of all time, Mel Blanc. But it was Bob Clampett's synthesis of these strengths that resulted in some of the greatest Hollywood cartoons ever made.

Beany and Cecil is a gentler creature, aimed as it was at children, but the wit and endless stream of ideas are unmistakably there. Beyond the cartoons themselves is a treasure trove of bonus features that bring shape and dimension to the life of a great creative force. I thank Robert Clampett, Jr., for sharing with animation lovers everywhere the life story of his father, a titan in the world of entertainment.

I realize that this item has not been released as of this writing. While I am definitely pleased that there is enough interest in Beany and Cecil that someone feels it is financially feasible to release a second volume of the wonderful original cartoons, I found the extras on the original Special Edition to be a major chore to get through and this volume promises much more of the same. If the "approximately 200 minutes" of this disc and the previous one had been filled with just the cartoon shorts, all 78 of the cartoons could probably fit into only 3 discs. Instead, after two volumes, less than one third of the shorts have been released. I'd like to live long enough to be able to see them all, but even with this release, I'm having my doubts. So.... Cartoons: 5 stars; Extras: based on the similarity from the description to the extras on the previous disk, 2 stars. I'm willing to stand corrected if these extras do turn out to be not so similar to those on the first disk.

The last time I saw this I was six years old. It brought back many memories. My grandkids even like it. Excellent, thank you!

I ordered this DVD because I grew up watching Beany and Cecil and have fond memories. I've enjoyed watching the episodes and highly recommend this for Baby Boomers...:)

bought this to bring back memories of childhood and to expose grandchildren to old-time cartoons. they loved them!! made them think, and understand sarcasism,etc. they are still humming and singing some of the music.

I had been waiting for so long to see a Beany & Cecil Cartoon. I must have been about 4 years old and remembering all these years these two characters even now at almost 50 years of age. I recently purchased this Vol. 2 Beany & Cecil show and was so excited to receive it. Upon watching just the first cartoon, I was catapulted back to my early childhood in a flash. What an incredible enjoyment I've had watching these cartoons which I had never even seen over the years in re-runs. I completly recomend buying this for yourself or for your grandchildren. They will love it too!

Good quality DVD. Arrived quickly and in great shape. Good cross section of cartoons and information.

Benny and Cecil were a big part of my childhood tv cartoons. Thanks for keeping them alive