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The Best of Fractured Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 (1961)
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Manufacturer: Classic Media
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Directed By: Steve Moore
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: August 27, 1999
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Scott Weil, Keith Scott, Jeff Bennett, June Foray
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/06/2005
User Submitted The Best of Fractured Fairy Tales, Vol. 1 (1961) Reviews
October 4, 2008
Great
I love the old comics. Looney tunes, Rocky and Bullwinkle. This is a great addition to anyones collect of old comics. I used to wake up at 5 AM every Saturday morning when I was a kid to watch these old comics. I am glad now I can watch them when I want and relive my childhood!!
September 7, 2008
Great DVD. Entertaining
This DVD is exactly what I wanted. I was very hesitant to buy it because of previous reviews regarding the annoying previews. All you have to do is hit the skip but a couple times to get to the main menu. I am so glad I bought it and my 8 yr old son likes these wonderful cartoons too. A great flash back to the early 70's for me! Take my advice buy it it's well worth the money.
September 5, 2008
Inspired Silliness
When I was a boy, many long years ago, I used to get home from school in time to watch the original broadcasts of Rocky and Bullwinkle. If memory serves me, it was composed of an episode of a serial featuring the titular heros, an episode of Mr. Peabody or an episode of Fractured Fairy Tales, then another episode of the serial. (For those who discovered R & B in it's incarnation as "The Bullwinkle Show" this was, I believe, before the advent of "Aesop and Son" or "Dudley Do-right"The Best of Dudley Do-Right, Vol. 1.)
Although over 40 years old, this collection of 15 cartoons from the original "Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends - The Complete First SeasonRocky & Bullwinkle & Friends - The Complete Third SeasonRocky & Bullwinkle & Friends - The Complete Second Seasonshow are still a treat. They possess that delicate balance of wit and silliness that the Jay Ward cartoons were noted for, and along with "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History"The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Vol. 1, were always one of the spots in the show that I eagerly awaited.
This collection is copyrighted 2005 therefore it is possible given the vagaries of the DVD industry that it will not be available much longer. Also while it is labeled Volume 1, I strongly doubt that Volume 2 was ever issued. (It may not have been possible to issue a Volume 2 due to lack of material. However, given that this is touted as the "Best of" one can only assume that there is more in the series that could be released.)
I will end this here as "I suddenly feel an overwhelming urge for a salad made of Rampian, a variety of European bell flower. If I can't have it, I will surely die."
July 10, 2008
Fairy tales 10/10, marketing rubbish at the beginning 0/10
These fantastic tales would have been given a five star rating except that all I can say is SHAME ON the distributors who repackaged this collection. How can any marketing guru think that by continually punishing us by forcing us to endure the non related promotional tripe that they attach like a virus in the form of unrelated promos will sell more dvds? Happy? NO. Ready to lynch the people who did this? YES.
I can only assume that these people weren't even born when we first viewed these timeless masterpieces as children and somehow feel threatened by the competition.It's enough to make you hunt down a dvd pirate who could make a copy with just the fractured fairy tales only. That's the only way I can think we will be able to repeatedly watch this dvd minus the opening advertising epics that we certainly didn't pay for.
July 7, 2008
Good videos -- lousy DVD
The material is great, but I can't recommend this DVD because its programming is so irritating. The viewer is forced to sit through several tedious previews for some truly unimpressive children's videos. Attempting to fast forward or skip to the next item is produces the message "Operation Prohibited By Disc." This is unforgivable.
May 11, 2008
Just Plain Funny
Say what you will about Jay Ward's cartoons, but it's all been said before. Yes, the animation wasn't the greatest, but to me they were just plain funny. I appreciate them more as an adult than I did as a child because I understand the jokes which makes them funnier. I loved them as a child and I still love them. So go ahead and just laugh, laugh, laugh. You'll feel so much better.
March 24, 2008
Break your funnybone!
I remembered Fractured Fairy Tales from my youth and wanted to share them with my kids (age 12 and 10). They loved them as much as I did (and still do). There are 15 episodes and of course the trademark openings (Bullwinkle with wings, the gnome and the fairy). If you want a bit of nostaglia (and some good laughs), it's worth the money.
March 18, 2008
Great Saturday Morning Cartoons!!
I just received this DVD from Amazon and watched it right away. I don't know what other reviewers are saying about the previews on this disc. I just fast-forwarded to the menu and skipped the commercials, no problem. I like that you can choose to play one specific cartoon or select to play all.
The cartoons are just like I remember them, including the intro and ending to each one. I really enjoyed going back in time with one of the main reasons I watched Rocky & Bullwinkle at all.
January 19, 2008
Required commercials make this a no-keep
I agree with reviewer Jerry Hunt. I love the Fractured Fairy Tales themselves; they were my favorite part of Rocky and Bullwinkle when I was growing up, and that's saying a lot. I put this DVD on my wish list and was thrilled to receive it for Christmas.
The stories are as gloriously crazy as I remembered (though I had not remembered how minimal the animation is). And it's a huge treat to watch one after another of them!
HOWEVER, having to sit through a REQUIRED, LONG commercial at the beginning makes this DVD a huge disappointment to me. I will not (as I was imagining) watch it over and over again. I will watch it maybe twice, and then it's going right into the recycle bin.
If it were not for the introductory commercial which cannot be bypassed or fast-forwarded through, my rating would be five stars rather than two. I am really tempted to give only one because of this design item which makes the DVD pretty much worthless as far as I'm concerned.
Huge disappointment.
January 2, 2008
Great cartoon comedy, but just re-issues of seasons 1 & 2
These are 5-star television comedy cartoons (not great animation, just great comedy). HOWEVER, if you already own the Rocky & Bullwinkle season sets you already have these. The number is the Fractured Fairy Tale sequence number, not the aired episode number.
From Rocky & Bullwinkle Season 1
3) Rapunzel
6) The Brave Little Tailor
7) Rumpelstiltskin
14) Cinderella
15) Snow White
18) Pinocchio
22) Cinderella Returns
From Rocky & Bullwinkle Season 2
19) Ridinghoods Anonymous
20) Sleeping Beauty
36) The Ugly Duckling
31) Rumpelstiltskin Returns
27) Leaping Beauty
40) The Enchanted Frog
25) The Pied Piper
32) The Magic Fish
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