David Jason, Terry Scott, Jimmy Hibbert, Edward Kelsey, Mike McShane,
Rob Rackstraw, Lorelei King, Richard Briers and Brian Trueman
Most Wanted Classic Kids TV
is a DVD so-called because it contains some of the most requested cult cartoons
from the Cosgrove/Hall animation stable that were produced in the early 80s.
The episodes featured are:
Victor And Hugo:
Labelled as the 'bunglers in crime' and taking their names from the famous
author, Pandamonium has the French thieves attempting to bear-nap a
panda in London for Mr.X.
Alias The Jester:
The Viking Airship is a 10-minute adventure for the time traveller
as he lands in medieval England as a result of faulty spark plugs affecting
his journey.
Avenger Penguins:
Marlon, Rocky and Bluey have to battle good against evil as they go back in
time for The Wild West Story, in a bid to stop Carakticus P. Boom
becoming the wealthiest man in history.
Danger Mouse:
Custard, as has featured on a previous DVD compilation,
Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind,
but this time in its original format as five 5-minute episodes, just the way
it used to be.
Of the programmes on this disc, there's only Danger Mouse I was into
and it's still as good today as it was then. As for the others, I tried to
enjoy them but they totally washed over me. Whether you'll enjoy them will
depend on how nostaglic you feel.
Wherever there is danger he'll be there!
All the cartoons are in 4:3 fullscreen and the prints have some scratches on
but nothing you don't expect and it certainly doesn't put you off for those
who were big fans of each respective cartoon.
The sound is in mono which comes across clearly enough.
The disc is only a tenner, but sadly there are no extras here. There's no
subtitles and also no proper chapters - just one per cartoon, not even breaking
up Danger Mouse into its individual episodes.
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
