I'm not going to try to find reviews for every one
of these cartoons, instead, just a review of the
dvd itself!
These are VERY short!! And Dick Tracy doesn't appear
in these(except those that I've coded DT) except in the
beginning and ending!!
Codes are: DT = Dick Tracy; FT = Flat Top; JJ = Joe Jitsu;
PF = Prune Face; HH = Hemlock Holmes; M = Mumbles;
NAMC = Not A Main Character
A couple of side notes here, Hemlock sounds like Cary
Grant & Flat Top sounds like Peter Lorre!!
THE DICK TRACY SHOW V.1(1961)
16 cartoons from The Dick Tracy Show from the 1960s!!
I'm not going into detail about these, just listing them
and my grade for each!:
#1: Red Hot Riding Hoods(1961)(HH & FT) B-;
#2: Pearl Thief Griff(1961)(JJ) B-;
#3: Jewell Fool(1961)(JJ & FT) B-
#4: Scrambled Yeggs(1961)(NAMC) B-
#5: The Oyster Caper(1961)(JJ & PF) B-
#6: Two Heels On Wheels(1961)(HH & M) B
#7: Cheater Gunsmoke(1961)(NAMC) B-
#8: Gruesome Twosome(1961)(PF) B-
#9: Racer Chaser(1961)(JJ & M) B-;
#10: The Purple Boy(1961)(HH & PF) B-
#11: Surprised Package(1961)(NAMC) B-;
#12: Tanks A Heap(1961)(M) B-
#13: Phony Pharmers(1961)(HH & FT) B-;
#14: Champ Chumps(1961)(JJ & M) B-
#15: Stockyard Caper(1961)(HH) B-;
#16: A Boodle Of Loot(1961)(HH & M) B-
A review from IMDb.com:
This goes way back; I watched this in the very early
60's. It was quite faithful to the strip, as I remember.
The episodes started out the same: Tracy calling one
of his cops [Hemlock Holmes, more often than not] on
his TV wristwatch. The episode would revolve around
the not-too competent Hemlock and the Keystone Kops
trying to get the bad guys, which they would invariably
do. I still remember the final shot of the show, the
timpani pounding out the theme, and a high overhead
shot of a busy city intersection, looking at all the
ant-like cars letting a police car go by...then
continuing on their way as it passed.
What made this show interesting were the voices.
Everett Sloane [Citizen Kane] was Tracy...but it
also had such greats as Mel Blanc and Paul Frees,
Jerry Housner [I Love Lucy] and Benny Rubin [Citizen
Kane]...
I don't recall this show being shown since the
mid-sixties. I hope they bring it back. -Puck-20