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Boy!,nothing takes me back quicker than this dvd collection of Josie and the pussycats!Saturday morning cartoons live again in all their glory.The audio and video are fantastic.Every episode is well transfered over to dvd.I decided to buy this because the cartoons now'a days suck hard.I wanted my nephews to enjoy the real cartoons of yesterday.You know mates,F.. U.. N .I have enjoyed watching the series again,but now I have a new generation to share and watch them with,ROCK ON JOSIE!
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I love these cartoons! I used to watch repeats of The Pussycats when I was very little. I like to watch them now while I'm cooking in my kitchen because it just makes the time go by so much quicker. My favorite is Melody, she is so cute!! I also fondly recall Josie In Outer space. Do you remember this spin-off? With Bleep-Bleep!! Rock on!
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Josie and the Pussycats were like the Beatles or the Monkees. A girlband who goes on madcap adventures, without really trying. This trio of ladies were stereo types, but it worked so well
This Hanna Barbara series retreaded tracks left by the Beatles (in Help! and Hard Days Night) and the Monkees (The Monkees: Season 1). What makes this work is the animated adventures. Some of the humor could only be done in animation...and it worked. This 70's show paved the way for the animated adventures of the (musical) Hardy Boys, The Partridge Family 2020, The Jackson Five and The Osmonds (all not available at this time on DVD)
The show had great animated voice talent. Janet Waldo (the voice of Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop) did the voice of Josie. Jackie Joseph did the voice of the lame brain Melody. Barbara Pariot did the voice of Val. Radio DJ and the voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo Casey Kasem did the voice of their manager of Alex Cabot, the band's manager.
Only 16 episodes were done of this series, but for Hanna Barbera fans these cartoons are golden oldies. They are still great work that could run on Saturday morning TV again or Cartoon Network today..so why arent they
I have a question for those at Warner Brothers DVD animation..when are you releasing the Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space?
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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I don't know what it is about Josie and the Pussycats, but I used to love it a kid. It's an entirely silly concept (a crime-fighting girl band), but it was very entertaining. I think because the characters were so well-developed and interesting. Furthermore, they were a very diverse (socially, culturally, and racially) group, which seemed very progressive for its time. You had Josie, the level-headed "leader." Melody, the ditzy, but super-nice, blond. Valerie, the calm, cool, and collected MacGyver-type. Was Charlie's Angels based on them?
To throw in some conflict within the group, we were given the wacky brother and sister team of Alexander and Alexandra, and the hunky Alan, Josie's boyfriend, whom Alexandra lusted after. Alexandra was by far my favorite character, as she was always trying to mess things up for Josie because of her jealousy, yet the team always welcomed her into their social group. Alexander was a klutz and would always screw things for the team, but he was always trying to keep the peace by keeping his crazy sister in check. I really didn't care what crime the team was trying to solve; I was all about the internal conflicts!
If you like Scooby Doo, Where Are You! - The Complete First and Second Seasons, you'll love Josie and the Pussycats. (And don't forget to check out the live-action movie (Josie and the Pussycats (PG-13 Version)) and Music From the Motion Picture Josie And The Pussycats!) And just wait 'til they release the next DVD set (hopefully!) when the entire gang is shipped off into outer space to fight intergalactic crime! We'll meet Melody's new pet alien, Bleep! (Bleep, bleep! Bleep, bleep!) It doesn't get any wackier and entertaining than this, my friends...
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What is the opposite of excelling yourself? Whatever it is, that's what Warners have managed to do with this DVD release. The episode prints are terrible, full of scratches, which I probably wouldn't mind so much if they'd even bothered to keep the correct Hanna Barbera logo at the end of them. The "extras" are hardly worthy of the name, and to top it all, the DVD case is very cheap and flimsy. If you're a die-hard fan and it's on sale at a huge discount, then sure, buy it. Otherwise - avoid.
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