Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2 [Blu-ray]

Classic cartoons!! Great Blu-Ray!!

Great nostalgia rush at seeing these old cartoons in crisp blu-ray.

There is one repeat cartoon, whacky, funny, great memories. Well done

Great Bluray.

This review is for the Tex Avery screwball classics blu ray volume 2 which was just released December 15th, 2020. As a child in the 70's,80's you probably watched these old rerun screwball cartoons during Tv cartoon time and did know, realize, or even care a storied animator named Tex Avery made these. When I got older, I finally researched and learned all that Tex Avery was responsible for and his contributions, which are too many to name here. I already bought volume one on blu ray last year. I just finished watching this volume 2 blu ray and let me tell you, I just relived my childhood in splendid, crisp technicolor like never seen on this blu ray on my 75" 4k Led tv. Sound was simply amazing. The cartoons on this volume 2 are all what I consider the "Biggies' of the Tex Avery world. Volume one had a few less and more obscure shorts compared to this volume 2. I have not seen these in decades. Just to name a few on here, "One cab's family, flea circus, little rural riding hood, all the house, car, TV, Farm of tomorrow's", droopy dog and more! and even my favorite "Magical Maestro' with Poochini. uncut And yes these are all uncut as they put a warning at the beginning of the blu ray. Apparently, some of these were still shown here and there in the 90's, but they had some some parts edited out of them when they were shown apparently for our delicate, every perceived thing is offensive/everyone is a victim generation. Baloney, Not here. These are the way I saw them as a kid. Do yourself a favor and add this to your collection. Tell a friend to buy one too. Warner will add a volume 3 at some point, which I will be buying every release.

Tex Avery was an essential part of the creation of the greatest cartoons of the 20th century. Heck, he helped turn it into an art form. Warner Archives did a great job with the first volume of Avery cartoons on Blu-Ray. The transfers looked great with just the right amo*n’t of restoration and clean up. Not so Volume 2. Some classic titles here and some that look terrific others look too digitally processed with derail removed by the over zealous use of Digital Noise Reduction. Managing grain with older films can be a tricky business—manage it too little it you can have grain the size of hams in the image; manage too much and detail is lost along with a plasticine look to the imagine. The audio is very good. There is a pretty good documentary on Tex included here as a nice special feature.

Very happy that Volume 2 came out after I enjoyed Volume 1 so much. Not disappointed in this release at all. I've seen some reviews nitpicking on some technical aspects, but in the grander scheme of things, these issues can be overlooked. To be honest, it's been so long since I've seen some of these, that I lost my basis for comparison. Some of these cartoons do look a little darker than I remember, but can't say that any are "ruined' or unwatchable. In general, I found them all to be of fairly decent quality. There is one bogus review out there saying that Magical Maestro was edited and censored. Not true at all. All of the cartoons are uncut and unedited. There is still the "product of their time" disclaimer at the beginning, so it makes no sense for them to censor now. All of these cartoons are very enjoyable. I recommend getting this volume if you appreciate the cartoons of this era. Also, we should buy these volumes in order to prompt Warner to produce more. I figure there are enough Tex Avery cartoons to make at least one or maybe two more volumes, so let's send the message to Warner that we want more.

Great collection of classic cartoons in high quality

El segundo volumen de cortos de Tex Avery es una delicia. Son cortos muy divertidos realizados entre la década de los cuarenta y los cincuenta del siglo pasado. Parte del contenido, como ocurre en el primer volumen, corresponde a Droopy. La calidad de la imagen es fenomenal, verdaderamente en alta definición. No cuenta con doblaje ni subtítulos en español, aunque sí están disponibles subtítulos en inglés que facilitan entender los diálogos. Recomendable para los amantes de la era de oro de los dibujos animados.

"Lange Zeit hat Walt Disneys Charisma den amerikanischen Zeichentrickfilm nahezu mit seinem Namen verquickt und andere Regisseure in den Hintergrund gedrängt, zumal in Europa. Heute jedoch- und nicht zuletzt dank des Fernsehens- hat sich einer von ihnen auch bei uns ein breites Publikum erobert: Tex Avery. Bei der Warner Bros und später bei der Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hat Tex Avery ein irrationales- manche werden sagen: surrealistisches- Universum ersonnen, in dem die ... Grenzen des möglichen und gesunden Menschenverstandes gesprengt werden. Mit seiner schonungslosen Art, Tabus zu verletzen, mit seinem Hang zu Wortspielen und an die Marx Brothers gemahnenden Doppeldeutigkeiten hat Tex Avery dem Hollywood-Trickfilm eine neue Dimension verliehen." (Auszug aus dem Klappentext des Buches "Tex Avery" von Patrick Brion, Schuler 1986). Nachdem Tex Avery (1908-1980, damals noch unter dem Namen Fred Avery) von 1936-1941 für Warner Bros. gearbeitet und hier schon zeitlose Cartoonfiguren wie Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck und Elmar Fudd miterfunden hatte, ging er zu MGM und schuf von 1942-1955 in 84 Cartoons, die hier zu großen Teilen in drei Einzeldiscs neu veröffentlicht wurden, seine abgedrehte und völlig überzogene Cartoonwelt. Aus dieser Zeit stammen die Filme der dreiteiligen amerikanischen BluRay-Reihe "Screwball Classics", die sich auch auf europäischen Playern abspielen lassen. Nachdem Volume 1 bereits 19 Klassiker zusammenfasste, bringt Volume 2 der Reihe sogar 21 seiner Kurzfilme mit einer Gesamtlaufzeit von ca 149 Minuten, die sich dieses mal größtenteils auf sein Spätwerk konzentrieren. Allerdings fühlte er sich hier schon etwas ausgebrannt, weshalb nicht alle kurzfilme absolut spitze waren. witzig sind sie größtenteils natürlich trotzdem noch. Dazu gibt es noch eine wissenswerte Dokumentation als Bonus- Special ("Tex Avery, King of Cartoons", 1988, 52 Minuten). An Kurzfilmen enthalten sind folgende Klassiker: 1. Little Rural Riding Hood (Sept. 1949) 2. The Cuckoo Clock (Juni 1950) 3. Magical Maestro (Feb. 1952) 4. One Cab`s Family (Mai 1952) 5. The Cat that Hated People (Nov. 1948) 6. Doggone Tired (Juli 1949) 7. The Flea Circus (Nov. 1954) 8. Field and Sream (April 1955) 9. The First Bad Man (Sept. 1955) 10. Out-Foxed (Nov. 1949) 11. Droopy`s Double Trouble (Nov. 1951) 12. The Three Little Pups (Dez. 1953) 13. Drag-along Droopy (Feb. 1954) 14. Homesteader Droopy (Juli 1954) 15. Dixieland Droopy (Dez. 1954) 16. The Counterfeit Cat (Dez. 1949) 17. Ventriloquist Cat (mai 1950) 18. The House of Tomorrow (Juni 1949) 19. The Car of Tomorrow (Sept. 1951) 20. T.V. of Tomorrow (Juni 1953) 21. The Farm of Tomorrow (Sept. 1954) Auch wenn die drei Discs wohl nicht alle 84 seiner MGM-Filme veröffentlichen werden, ist man doch schon ein großes Stück weiter mit seiner Sammlung. Und was die fehlenden Filme betrifft...man sollte niemals nie sagen.

I have been anticipating the release of Tex Avery’s Screwball Classic Vol. 2 ever since the release of the first volume in the hope of more to follow and so far I have not been disappointed as these classic cartoons are so hilarious they deserve to be in anyone’s collection who is serious about collecting classic cartoons or who is a fan of the king of cartoons Tex Avery. As he stood out among his fellow animators of his day mostly dealing with adult audiences with one goal in mind that he would do anything in his cartoons for a gag. I am hopeful that Warner Archive will eventually release the complete library of Tex Avery’s Screwball Classics on Blu-Ray in the near future.

Volume 2 of the Tex Avery MGM shorts on blu ray are sharp and clean and still funny no matter how many times you watch them. I have heard reports that some remain censored due to insensitive racial issues of the 40's and 50's, but I looked at the cut cartoons on the DVD format first and can confirm that the blu ray has restored certain previous cuts with a warning at the start of the disc. Volume 2 has no Screwy Squirrel or George and Junior, but Droopy is still there in one of my favourites, DRAGALONG DROOPY. Tex at his best. Another top cartoon is THE CUCKOO CLOCK, with its wonderful Edgar Allen Poe beginning. The nameless cat who stars here, is in three other cartoons:- COUNTERFEIT CAT, VENTRILOQUIST CAT, and the nicely surreal THE CAT THAT HATED PEOPLE. Spot gags feature in the four "Cartoons of Tomorrow" that focus on a house, cars, TVs, and a farm (the weakest one). The bonus is a Tex Avery documentary, which is vital if you are not too familiar with all of this great animator's work. There are still 25 cartoons left for a third blu ray release, and it would be fantastic if they included them all, without leaving out the ones missing on previous sets, like UNCLE TOM'S CABANA, and HALF-PINT PIGMY.

Se trata de cortos animados del gran Tex Avery. No están en español. Están en inglés con opción de subtítulos en español. Importante: Zona B, es decir reproducible en España.