Product Details

• Actors: Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc
• Writers: Dalton Sandifer, Tony Benedict, Warren Foster
• Producers: Alex Lovy, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006
• Run Time: 539 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FI9OEK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,948 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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"No one buys gorillas anymore," laments Mr. Peebles in the initial installment ("Big Game") of this Hanna-Barbera animation. The shop owner has looked after Magilla (Allan Melvin, The Brady Bunch) since he was a baby. Customers take the snappily-dressed simian home, he messes everything up--they bring him back. Looks like Peebles (actor/director Howard Morris, The Atom Ant Show) is stuck with the big lug. Granted, little Ogee (Jean Vander Pyl, The Flintstones), who makes her debut in the seventh episode ("Come Blow Your Dough"), would love a pet gorilla, but the redheaded tot is always short of cash.

Magilla first bounded onto the boob tube in 1964. Breaking from the usual pattern, the series premiered in syndication before moving to network TV two year later. Although the gorilla appears in the title cartoon of each episode, the other segments are dedicated to Ricochet Rabbit and Droop-a-long and Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse. Ricochet (Don Messick, Scooby-Doo) is "the fastest sheriff in the west," Droop-a-long coyote (Mel Blanc, Bugs Bunny) is his foot-dragging deputy, and Punkin' (Melvin) and Mushmouse (Morris) are a hillbilly Tom and Jerry, locked in a rambunctious Hatfield and McCoy-type feud.

This Classic Collection includes 23 episodes plus eight shorts. Throughout, the gorilla is drafted by the army ("Private Magilla"), cast in a movie ("Groovey Movie"), and abducted by aliens ("Planet Zero"). After moving to ABC, the secondary toons would eventually be replaced by Breezly and Sneezly and Peter Potamus and His Magic Flying Balloon, featuring much of the same voice talent. In both cases, the suspender-sporting primate was the top star of the show. As the theme song, introduced in episode 14 ("Motorcycle Magilla"), would have it, "A gorilla like Magilla is nice at any price!" --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description
Magilla Gorilla, is a loveable but clumsy gorilla, who lives in Mr. Peebles' Pet Shop. Mr Peebles repeatedly tries to sell or give away the gorilla with no success. Backing segments include Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse and Rocochet Rabbit & Droop-a-long Coyote. These 23 complete cartoons plus 8 bonus Magilla Gorilla classic Hanna Barbera cartoons are now available for the first time ever on DVD!

Customer Reviews

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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warner Home Video admits they goofed!, August 17, 2006

By	Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Yes, Warner Home Video has admitted that they goofed, they forgot the opening & closing titles that has the famous theme song! They also forgot the in-between bridging material that introduced the next cartoon. Then there is the fair quality film transfer of the cartoons. No restoration here!

Warner Home Video MAY re-master the discs IF there is a demand for it. I say demand it!

After the exceptional DVD releases on Yogi Bear & Huckleberry Hound, this is a real let down.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 Star for this horrible DVD release A strong warning to fans, August 16, 2006

By	movie man "mrmonopoly" (Queens, ny United States) - See all my reviews

Well it seems that Warner Bro's likes to think no one would notice that every episode on this set is missing it's opening and ending credits with it's theme song!!!
That's right no Theme SONG!!!!!
Only in the non animated menu do you get a listen to the famous song but as for on the episodes ....no!
Besides this fact the image is awful, this set looks more like to was produced by a budget company that usually sells discs for 1 dollar.


I hear recall!
SO I urge all fans to NOT buy this incomplete show and wait for Warners to get their act together and fix this very serious issue.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Are You Kidding Me?, August 28, 2006

By	Helen Crump (Denver) - See all my reviews

I so looked forward to getting this. I love the Hanna Barbera cartoons; they take me back to my childhood. I am, however dissappointed in this set.
If you purchase DVDs based on customer reviews then take heed. Some of the cartoons are kind of fuzzy and the theme song is missing! How could they not have noticed that?
Maybe I should have listened to the reviewer that said this is just for kids, they wouldn't know any better.