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Post by mattpricetime on Mar 21, 2021 18:26:33 GMT -5
That's their first series which was more a fusion of meddling kids type characters but still with sitcom like plots. The series where the mystery segments was a later show in the 80s, which is not on dvd yet, but I do think is on the Boomerang streaming app.
(Note: i'm pretty sure the lack of filling in major holes on dvd are because they gave some of them to the Boomerang service as exclusives that aren't on dvd. I say this because Warner Archive announced the New Fred and Barney Show was coming but it didn't but popped up on the service. HB's Paddington weirdly showed up on the service and then was taken down before Warner Archive released the dvd. I bet this was the major reason there was no new to dvd Tom and Jerry or Flintstones releases for their anniversary like we got The New Scooby Movies for Scooby's)
Gravedale High is one that Warner Bros doesn't own, so unless Universal decides to magically release it one day you are probably going to have to check the usual sources to watch it.
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Post by Ark on Mar 21, 2021 18:32:06 GMT -5
Frank Welker does the Peter Lorre voice nearly perfectly in Gravedale High! That's quite a stretch, even for a VA of his caliber. Impressive.
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Post by Doo on Mar 21, 2021 18:32:39 GMT -5
I think most of the spooky Flintstones episodes were pretty great too. Alvin Brickrock being my favorite. But I like A Haunted House is Not A Home or Monster Fred a lot too. The James Bond spoof with Dr Sinister is a hoot too. I'd also add "The Gruesomes" to that list as well! That one has always been one of my favorites.
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Post by Ark on Mar 21, 2021 18:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by Doo on Mar 21, 2021 18:35:36 GMT -5
(Note: i'm pretty sure the lack of filling in major holes on dvd are because they gave some of them to the Boomerang service as exclusives that aren't on dvd. I say this because Warner Archive announced the New Fred and Barney Show was coming but it didn't but popped up on the service. HB's Paddington weirdly showed up on the service and then was taken down before Warner Archive released the dvd. I bet this was the major reason there was no new to dvd Tom and Jerry or Flintstones releases for their anniversary like we got The New Scooby Movies for Scooby's Interesting. I had no idea they were going to release The New Fred and Barney Show on DVD. I still find it really odd that those 8 missing episodes of the The New Scooby-Doo Movies have still never been out in the streaming service despite them getting the rights for the new DVD set we got for the 50th anniversary.
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Post by cometcrystal on Mar 21, 2021 18:38:47 GMT -5
I really hope we eventually get a more HQ release of Gravedale High. I was able to find the episodes on Youtube when I first watched it, but the quality is awful, and that's the only quality I've ever been able to find it in.
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Post by Ark on Mar 21, 2021 19:02:07 GMT -5
360p is pretty standard for old VHS recordings. I think part of it has to do with computer storage space and playback capability at the time, and the fact that VHS isn't too much higher in quality. People were rushing just to get a computerized recording of their old VHS tapes once the technology opened up, and it's a good thing they did because a lot of those cheap recorded tapes probably don't even play anymore. Extended-time recording tapes may have actually downgraded the quality to 360p to fit more on one tape, but I can't confirm that, just a hunch.
Nobody there can agree on what the best way to do it was!
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Post by mattpricetime on Mar 21, 2021 19:14:16 GMT -5
(Note: i'm pretty sure the lack of filling in major holes on dvd are because they gave some of them to the Boomerang service as exclusives that aren't on dvd. I say this because Warner Archive announced the New Fred and Barney Show was coming but it didn't but popped up on the service. HB's Paddington weirdly showed up on the service and then was taken down before Warner Archive released the dvd. I bet this was the major reason there was no new to dvd Tom and Jerry or Flintstones releases for their anniversary like we got The New Scooby Movies for Scooby's Interesting. I had no idea they were going to release The New Fred and Barney Show on DVD. I still find it really odd that those 8 missing episodes of the The New Scooby-Doo Movies have still never been out in the streaming service despite them getting the rights for the new DVD set we got for the 50th anniversary.
They announced it at one of their comic con panels that they had started it, but it just never came. I think the Boomerang Streaming Service was one last hitch Turner gave us. It's cool they viewed some of those shows as being attractive enough to be exclusive carrots worth dangling but more than likely a major reason releases to dvd have been slower these last few years.
As it also affected the new series getting physical releases too. But to the surprise of no one the new animations for DC Universe which had no Turner involvement had zero of those issues. But that full season set of Scooby Doo and Guess Who was a sign of light at the end of the tunnel.
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Post by Ark on Mar 21, 2021 19:23:21 GMT -5
The Scrappy set coming to Vudu has my hopes up for some kind of physical release. Like a 15% chance of it happening up from 5%, ha! We have the first season... they could do a dvd set of the rest of the Scrappy episodes and market it as a complement to that.
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Post by Ark on Mar 21, 2021 20:05:17 GMT -5
We need to start a twitter hashtag... #ScrappyDooWeWantYou
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Post by Ark on Sept 5, 2022 15:26:01 GMT -5
I really hope we eventually get a more HQ release of Gravedale High. I was able to find the episodes on Youtube when I first watched it, but the quality is awful, and that's the only quality I've ever been able to find it in. Archive.org has like half the episodes in 480p, which is the best I've ever seen them. The "usual" copies are 360p or less.
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