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JADE-EPISODE023
30/09/2007
This week on Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza we conclude our look at the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons by examining the classics. The Looney Tunes and the Merry Melodies cartoon shorts were created back in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. During the late 60s, these animation classics found their way to Saturday Morning and remained their throughout the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons. In fact, the Looney Tunes characters are still around appearing on WB Kids and the Cartoon Network in one form or another. This week Jeff takes a look at the Loney Tunes premiere DVD collection which features 28 cartoon shorts from the Warner Bros. Animation Studios. If you have any comment, questions, or suggests concerning our program please email us at DVD360@MAC.COM Also you can order any of the dvd's mentioned during this or any other Jeff and Aaron DVD's Extravaganza podcasts by going to WWW.JADEDVD360.COM. While there, click on the Amazon.com link to purchase your favorite DVDs or any other item you may wish to buy. Thanks for listening.
JADE-EPISODE022
22/09/2007
On this edition of Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza, we continue with part 3 of our look at the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons with one of the most popular live action kids programs from the mid 70's. "Land of the Lost" created by producers Sid and Marty Kroff was a favorite of kids everywhere during the 1970's . "Land of the Lost" was so popular, in fact, that it easily beat out cartoons in the same time slots on the other networks and led to an increase in number of live action programs for kids from 1975-1978. On this podcast, Jeff talks about what made "Land of the Lost" such a huge hit not only for the kids but adults as well. " Land of the Lost" was one of the longest running kids programs during the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons. The show ran from 1974-1976, a total of three seasons on the NBC television network. As always you can send, your questions, comments, and suggestions to DVD360@mac.com. You can also order Season 1, 2, 3 or the complete series of "Land of the Lost" through our website at www.jadedvd360.com. Thanks for listening to this podcast series on the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
JADE-EPISODE021
15/09/2007
Hey its Saturday Morning once again! This week Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza continues with part 2 of a special series of podcasts on the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons. On this episode of our show, we take a look back at a Hanna-Barbera classic that originally aired in Prime Time from 1960-1966 on the ABC television Network. Of course I'm talking about the Flintstones. When the Flinstones left the Prime Time Airways NBC purchase the rights to the show and began airing reruns of the original Flintstones Cartoons during Saturday Morning from 1966-1969. After that, the Flintstones made an appearance in various forms throughout the Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons. Some of these Saturday Morning Cartoons included " The Pebbles and Bamm Show (71-72), The Flintstone Comedy Hour (72-73), Fred & Barney meet the Thing (79), Fred & Barney meet the Shmoo (earily 80's), and The Flintstone Kids (86-88). Also during our podcast we talk about a link to a web page were you can get some great information on the Flintstones and many of the other wonderful animated shows that were created by the team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or memories of watching Saturday Morning Cartoons please email us at DVD360@mac.com. As always, thanks for listening.
JADE-EPISODE020
08/09/2007
HEY its Saturday morning, and during the month of September Jeff is doing a special series of programs about the "Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons". Many of these Catoons and Live Action shows that we grew up with are finding their way to DVD. This week Jeff takes a look at one of his favorite live action shows from Saturday morning called "ARK II". Ark II was on the air during the 1976-1977 season, and later in snydication around 1979-1980. The show starred soap opera star Terry Lester, Jean Marie Hon, and Jose Flores plus a chimpaneze named Adam who could talk. The voice of Adam was provided by one of the shows producers Lou Scheimer. 15 episodes of Ark II are currently available on DVD along with a fantastic half-hour behind the scenes documentary called " The Launch of ARK II" . This four disc box set is currently available on Amazon.com and at other retail outlets. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the "Golden Age of Saturday Morning Cartoons" please email our team at DVD360@mac.com. Remember to keep listening throughout the month of September to see if one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons or live action show gets reviewed right here on Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza. Thank for listening and keep supporting our podcast.
JADE-EPISODE019
29/08/2007
With the start of the 2007-2008 football season just days away, Jeff take a look at one of his favorite football films " The Replacements". Not one of Keanu Reeves more notable films, this movie stars legendary film actor Gene Hackman as a football coach who hires a misfit group of replacement football players when the leagues professional players go on strike over a salary dispute. Keanu Reeves plays ex college quarterback Shane Falco who missed his chance at the pros after a humilating defeat at the Sugar Bowl. Given a second chance, Falco leads this misfits group of players for the Washington Sentinels to victory in the remaining games of the football season. Along the way, he falls in love with the beautiful head cheerleader of the Washington Sentinels, played by Brooke Langton . This is a feel good movie for the entire family. As always, if you have any questions, suggestions, or commits about our show please email us at DVD360@mac.com. Also visit or website at www.jadedvd360.com, to download your favorite tv shows and movies from Amazon.com, as well as to purchase your favorite DVD's and books. Keep listen to Jeff and Aaron's DVD Extravaganza as we will be taking a look at some of the greatest Saturday Morning Cartoons and Live action shows from the past that have been released on DVD. Thanks for listening.
