Customer Reviews

Max Fleischer's Famous OUT OF THE INKWELL Vol. 3 [VHS]

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The Birth of Ko-Ko is fantastic! The added music is fantastic too! These are the cartoons you will find on this VHS:

KO-KO IN 1999---It's funny to see Ko-Ko go forward into a time which the Fleischer studio knew nothing about but we know all about!

BIG CHIEF KO-KO---My least favorite on this tape. It's still pretty good, though.

KO-KO THE BARBER---Hilarious! Ko-Ko owns a barber shop and cuts everybody's hair off. This is animation at it's best!

KO-KO TRAINS 'EM--- The audience enjoys the show Ko-Ko and his dog put on until they get fleas!

KO-KO NUTS--- This is also one of the best on the tape! Ko-Ko and his Fitz go cuckoo but instead of going to the nut house they run it.

KO-KO HOT AFTER IT--- Max Fleischer and some other guy go looking for treasure. Ko-Ko and the mut do too but it leads them into an entirely different place!

KO-KO BACK TRACKS---The best on the tape. Every thing is backwards!

KO-KO BAFFLES THE BULLS--- Max can't find Ko-Ko and then Ko-Ko can't find Max!

These are definatley cartoons you want to own, buy this at all cost (I gave it 5 stars but it doesn't really deserve that! It deserves 2345 STARS!!!!)

The first three volumes are # 1 The Bray Years 1919-1921, #2 The Inkwell Studio and #3 The Birth of Ko-Ko. Volume #1 is only 35 minutes with examples of Fleischers earliest films. Volumes #2 & 3 are 60 minute programs - and contain on camera commentary by Fleischer animator Berny Wolf and Dick Huemer's son Richard P. Huemer.The prints are superb (or at least the best we'll ever get), many are tinted. and come with the "classic" Winston Sharples Ko-Ko music (added for TV release in the 1950s).
DVD editions will be available next month.
My only request is more of his wonderful Fleischer collection.
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Finally the entire mystery of the creation of KO-KO the CLOWN is revealed in this enlightening edition. Before 1924, the character had no name until the arrival of Cartoonist/Animator, Dick Huemer. These eight cartoons from 1924 to 1927 represent the established character and drawing style that OUT OF THE INKWELL was to be known for. The program contains excellent interviews that reveal many details of Huemer's work and influence that moved the Fleischer Studio forward.

Most of these titles have not been previously released, and are refreshing and entertaining with the added dimension of well used music and authentic period sound effects. Surely to be a big hit with fans such as Andrew Gilmore!