Groovie Goolies: Saturday Mourning Collection

Buy This Item Groovie Goolies: Saturday Mourning Collection by Bci / Eclipse  Available from Amazon  $25.49  on 11-24-2008     A spinoff of the Archie comic book and television series the 1970s Saturday morning cartoon GROOVIE GOOLIES followed the musical adventures of a hipster rock band that also happened to be classic horror-movie monsters like Frankenstein Wolfman Mummy and Dracula. This collection presents 16 of the quirky charming series' best episodes. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 787364721597 Reader Reviews The Groovie Goolies never crossed over generations like Scooby Doo, but it's a much better cartoon if you ask me. Being a huge fan of the Universal monsters and spoofs like The Munsters, a cartoon like this is right up my alley(and maybe yours). There's really no plot to this show. It's a bunch of assorted monsters hanging out at a mansion called Horrible Hall and engaging in all kinds of nonsense. There are two musical numbers per show, usually in the form of 60s bubble gum rock with a horror twist on the lyrics. Actually, some of these songs are pretty good. The rest of the show is dedicated to endless bad jokes and puns, along with mini scenarios that are as close to any kind of plot you're likely to see. Being a fan of really stupid puns and jokes, this kind of humor really does it for me. I mean these puns are bad, so bad that they'll have the Crypt Keeper groaning. I'm not fortunate enough to have been alive when these cartoons were shown on Saturday mornings, so this review is coming from a guy who doesn't have the childhood memories and nostalgia thing factored in. That being said, this must actually be a funny cartoon coz usually tv shows don't seem as cool as an adult than they did when you were a child. This holds up very, very well. I'd highly recommend it to folks who like the classic monster movies and bad, corny jokes. Lets face it, outside of Scooby Doo, the whole horror/humor cartoon thing was never done much. Unfortunately the show only ran 16 episodes, but they're all here, even a few with commentaries. There's a bonus documentary that's kinda silly. It's done in a very sitcom scenario type of way that's a bit annoying, but it does feature interviews with some of the folks behind the show, as well as Forrest Ackerman and Alice Cooper. Well worth a look and a reminder of how cool Saturday morning cartoons once were.

Groovie Goolies: Saturday Mourning Collection Available from Amazon Price: $25.49 Updated on 11-24-2008.

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