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Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing (1953)

Starring: Marvin Miller Director: Robert Cannon Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Marvin Miller
  • Directors: Robert Cannon
  • Writers: Robert Cannon, Bill Scott, Dr. Seuss, Phil Eastman, T. Hee
  • Producers: Stephen Bosustow
  • Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
  • Run Time: 29 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BTGY6Y
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,724 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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Gerald McBoing Boing won the 1950 Oscar for best short subject cartoon, but what's more amazing is that kids today are still intrigued by this fun program. Based on the unlikely premise that a young boy named Gerald speaks not in words, but in sound effects like "boing," this simply drawn and animated series appeals to every child's sense of the ridiculous. Gerald is reprimanded for his inability to speak in words in "Gerald McBoing Boing," looked upon as a curiosity in "Gerald McBoing! Boing! On Planet Moo," celebrated for his vocal talents in "Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony" and finally understood through the marvels of science in "How Now Boing Boing." What children learn from Gerald's always entertaining predicaments is that it's okay to be different. With its whimsical rhyming story by Dr. Seuss, its adaptation by Bill Scott and Phil (P.D.) Eastman, and its rich albeit somewhat dated musical score, Gerald McBoing Boing is definitely a true cartoon classic. One could argue that it was a strong influence on the currently popular Bark George, Bark book and Scholastic Video. (Ages 12 months to 10 years) --Tami Horiuchi


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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/03/2006 Run time: 28 minutes

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars DEAR SONY..., February 2, 2006
I em enthralled that by some godsent miracle, you actually decided to release these wonderful films to DVD! It's certainly about time!

However four 7 minute shorts do not a DVD make!

Why couldn't you have at least included some other classic UPA entries in the Jolly Frolics series, such as the wonderfully creative and artistic masterpiece, Rooty Toot Toot, The Tell-Tale Heart, the many Mr. Magoo theatrical shorts you hold license to, etc..?

Again, I'm very happy to finally be able to own these on one convenient DVD package, but it seems like very little effort was put into this release. These cartoons were not aimed at children and I don't expect the majority of sales to come from them either. These are among the most artistic, innovative, stylized and brilliant animated film productions of all-time!

The UPA cartoons deserve their own comprehensive release so please stop neglecting your animated film library!!!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good start, but can be better., January 29, 2006
I am writing as a non native "american", so culturally McBoing Boing's influence in my life is not as deep as in many other readers or tv spectators may be. Nevertheless, I am a part of those delighted by sepcific UPA members animation work such as John Hubley and, in this particular case, Robert "Bobe" Cannon.

Cannon's visual influence in animation, according to Bendazzi's "Cartoons" (book available from Amazon.com) "born from Matisse, Picasso and Klee", certainly proves more than plain entertainment animation, in this case with 4 McBoing Boing's shorts.

The reason to miss the five stars is not because of Cannon's work, but because of Sony, as video-archive compiler and reseller.

Due to UPA's importance in animation history by rebelling to a dominant Disney's realistic style (around the mid 40's)and, ironically, turning later to a great influence for future Disney animation "experimental" styles (which turned into Adademy Award winning productions such as "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom"), a first try to present some of Cannon's work would deserve some extras especially considering the DVD format.

The funny fact is that Sony decided to include most of McBoing Boing's shorts in this DVD as extras in their comic-cult movie "Hellboy" (just missing "Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony") but didn't mind to add any documentary or additional data for "Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing".Woludn't it be nice for corporations to think once in a while that costumers can be interested in more than fun-pack version releases?

Anyway Robert Cannon's work is still extense and a great recommendation for future acquisitions in Sony's archives for DVD compliations would be:

Willie the Kid (1952)
Madeline (1952)
Christopher Crumpet (1953)
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate (1953)
Fuget's Budget (1954)
The Jaywalker (1956)

Along with some extras about UPS history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars cartoons adventures-gerald mcboing boing, March 24, 2006
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great that steven bosustow's cartoons came to the market in a dvd format. The only sad part is that this great dvd contains 4 cartoons only.
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