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| HONG KONG
PHOOEY THE COMPLETE SERIES |
Distributor:
Warner Home Entertainment
Certificate:
Unrated |
region 1 | 2 disc set
Available to buy
Extras:
Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Scatman Crothers, Joe E.
Ross, Kathy Gori
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WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
"Hong Kong Phooey, Number One Super Guy"
As a kid Hong Kong Phoeey would be one of those shows that I'd rush home to see and lots of little snippets remained embedded in my brain over the years, the filing cabinet change room, the Phooeymobile and of course the fantastic theme song, now thanks to this superlative release from Warner, I can be transport back to my childhood.
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Hong Kong Phooey grew out of the Kung Fu craze that swept the world in the mid-seventies, mainly thanks to the movies of Bruce Lee bringing Martial Arts to a western audience and the show itself is like a cross between Batman and Enter The Dragon.
Mild mannered police station janitor Penrod Pooch is in reality Kung Fu superhero Hong Kong Phooey who on hearing of trouble would dive into a filing cabinet to emerge in his super hero guise, leaping into his Phooeymobile which had the amazing ability to transform itself into all manner of vehicles.
One of the brilliant aspects of the show is that Phooey was learning his trade via correspondence course and quite often would have to seek recourse to his text books in the middle of a fight, another brilliant plus is the fact that the legendary Scatman Crothers provides Phooey's voice, other voices on the show include Joe E. Ross as Sgt Flint who channels the same "ooh ooh" type vibe as he does in the equally superb Help It's The Hair Bear Bunch and Kathy Gori provides the voice of Rosemary the phone operator at the station who harboured desires for Phooey but wouldn't look twice at Penrod Pooch.
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A true classic Hong Kong Phooey is still as much fun as it was in its heyday and is definitely worth spending some time with.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
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Special
Commentary – Creative producer Iwao Takamoto, talks about “The
Claw/Hong Kong Phooey vs. Hong Kong Phooey
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Special
Commentary –Iwao Takamoto, Layout Unit Manager Willie Ito and H-B
Historian/Warner Animation Producer Scott Jeralds discuss the
episode “Comedy Cowboys”
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Documentary
– includes production designs, never before seen original artwork
as well as new interviews “Hong Kong Phooey – The Batty Bank
Gang: The Complete Storyboard”
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