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| "Archie's Funhouse", from 1970, is an example of the
1960's. Even if it technically was released in 1970. For the 1960's
really didn't end until 1973 or 74; it took us a few years to admit we
had to move on the the next thing. If you ask, "why did you have to move
on?" ... We had to move on like we moved from one fad to the next. And
that's a whole story in and of itself. So I will continue with "Archie's
Funhouse" being an example of 1960's culture. The format was similar to the hit show "laugh In". So this is will give you a taste of humor from the 60's. The fashion, however, is more conservative and not a reflection of the hip or mod style, like you found in the comics or the 60's. So, you do not see the whole cross section of the 60's, just the acceptable style. But then, this was a Saturday morning show for kids and any teenagers they could get with the bubble gum music that was played on each show. And parents might turn off the TV set if the parents thought the kids were watching bad TV. So the fashion is 1960's, just not the far out, hip, swinging, cool stuff that some of the kids were wearing then. Now, what slipped by the parents, or they never gave it any thought, many of the backgrounds were psychedelic and mod. Most of those backgrounds that were psychedelic and mod may have been tame but is an example of the art back in the 60's. So if you want to relive some memories of the Archie Comics and TV. Or, if you missed it and would like to educate yourself; this is one item that would give you piece of the puzzle. Just a piece only, the 60's had many, many parts and variations for any one experience to the whole picture. Because the Baby Boomer generation was one of having experience over intelligence. Also, other than education of the 1960's or a trip down memory lane, it could be a good DVD for parties or get together for all you students in Collage, High School and even better, Junior High. BAD : The case has a tab and a clip that holds the disks in place. The tab is not a problem. But the clip or hook that moves when a button is pushed down; can scratch the edge of your disk if you don't push the button down far enough. And when taking the disk out, you don't want to release the button too soon or you'll scratch the edge of your disk. My suggestion, depending on ware and how you store your disks, use other cases to store your disks in. Just don't loose your original case; if you want to keep the value of your investment. And don't loose track of your disks if you put them in another case. You need a good system of storing your DVD's that keeps everything together so you don't loose the case or the disks or both. For this suggestion to work for you. GOOD : If your into the 1960's, this is a nice looking package. The inside of the case is a mild psychedelic look. The psychedelic look is not way out there. The psychedelic look is more groovy than far out. So I would say it's tame enough for your children. As for the disks, they look like records, I think that is just too cool. Now on to the program material we go. The video looks good, a few scratches and other blemishes, but not throughout all the video. blemishes just pop up here and there, it's rare, so your viewing should be rewarding unless your someone who just has to find stuff and count it. Otherwise, the video is bright and solid color. As solid as possible for hand painted cells, but that has to do with the lack of computer technology of the times not with the digitizing. As for bonus features, each disk has a menu that lets play only the music videos for that disk. So you don't have to play any episode to hear the music. Just go to the "Jukebox" menu and select the music video you want. Also, in the "Jukebox" menus, you have bonus songs that appeared in a past season of the Archie's, on disk #1 is "Sugar Sugar", #2 is "Jingle Jangle" But with one word of warning, some people today do find things made decades ago for children, like this program, not suitable for children today. |
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