Herman and Katnip: The Complete Series

Great Collection but Sparse on Extras
I did not participate in this DVD as it was done on the cheap, but worth buying.

They use "The Harveytoon Show" versions of H&K and sometimes have a condensed
music opening for each cartoon, but it is not the complete theme song each time,
just an edited version. I don't know the cartoons well enough to know if they
have been edited as well, but they did somehow cram 33 cartoons onto the single
disc set. It features every cartoon from "Mice Meeting You" to "Katnip's Big
Day" except the one with Buzzy and the ones made prior to 1950. The cover
picture is the same, but repainted and "The Complete Series" is in a blue spot.

The end credits appear every fourth cartoon and are generic, not specific to
each individual cartoon. As usual, you have to play the disc to see the contents
as they are not listed on the back. There is no booklet. The run time is listed
at 208 minutes. Overall, not bad if you want all the cartoons in...

3.5 Hours of Animated Brutality: Better Than It Has Any Right to Be
HERMAN AND KATNIP: THE COMPLETE SERIES contains 33 cartoons: all of the cartoons the characters appeared in that are part of the Harveytoons package. No credits, no openings/closings, and they'll likely look awful when you play them on your High-Def TV because they weren't mastered for it. One, DRINKS ON THE MOUSE, is censored. I cannot, in good conscience, give the set a five-star rating given these flaws. But actually including every single cartoon in the series (as well as two Katnip solo shorts), considering Classic Media's reputation for "complete" in the past, this release was better than anything I was expecting. Anybody who thought they'd be getting better for $6.00 is out of their minds.

The series, while unremarkable, doesn't deserve the flack it gets, especially with the frequent comparisons to its highly regarded predecessor from MGM. True, there are few series as beautifully animated and funny as the original Tom & Jerry of the 1940s, but frankly, Herman &...

Love Herman and Katnip!!!
I ordered the d.v.d from Amazon and loved it. The Amazon description says 60 minutes but the dvd says 208 minutes. I don't know how long it was but it was alot longer then 60 minutes, There are 27 cartoons on it. They are clear and clean. There is a PLAY ALL selection. and I have watched them several time. And for 5.99 I really got my money's worth!

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