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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767049078 Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0767049071 Label: A&E Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 29, 2002 Running Time: 720 minutes Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1960 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Comic book and comic strip artist Bob Kane (1916-1998) is best known as the creator of Batman (1939), but he entered animation later in his career. His first effort was a spoof of his most famous character: Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse, which debuted in syndication in 1960. Unlike most cat-and-mouse pairs, Courageous and Minute were allies, fighting crime in Empire City. Four or five of the five-minute mini-stories were shown on each half-hour program. Courageous is a generic-looking cartoon cat, while Minute suggests a bargain-basement copy of Mickey. The animation is almost as limited as Crusader Rabbit or Rocky and Bullwinkle, but without the outrageous humor. The one running gag in the series is Courageous's Catgun, which can shoot a noose, disintegrator rays, a cannonball repeller--everything but a bullet. It proves useful against such villains as Professor Shaggy Dog, Rodney Rodent, Flat-Face Frog, and Iron Shark. This four-disc set includes all 130 five-minute episodes, but the prints have faded badly and there's no evidence of any restoration work. Baby boomers (or Gen-Xers) who grew up on the program may get a nostalgic buzz from watching one or two episodes, but sitting through more than a few quickly cloys. Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse was never a great series, a fact that's more obvious four decades after its debut. Kane went on to develop a second spoof, the marginally superior Cool McCool (1966), a send-up of Get Smart. (Unrated; suitable for ages 5 and older: cartoon violence, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - come on, bring this dvd set down in price!nobody in their right mind is gonna get this for this much. it needs to be cheap like batfink and cool mccool! its an obscure cartoon that only a handfull of people will even want! i want it but im not gonna pay that idiotic price. bring the price down you bums! come on, its been out for a long time now. hurry up and bring that price down!!!!!!!!!! Rating: - Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse - The Complete SeriesWatching the cartoon brought me back to my childhood. Although the cartoon is rudimentary as compared to today's high tech animation, it was still as powerful as ever. Always loved the string bass in the theme music and The Frog, whose voice was patterned after the late Edward G. Robinson. Rating:  - $71.99, What Are They Smokin?????Ummm, nostalgia aside, I remember watching this really cheaply made cartoon emass in reruns through my childhood, almost shown as much as the quality WB Bugs Bunny stuff made during the movie era. But over 70.00 for this stuff? Now thats a little out of line. I dont think I'd spend more than 15.00 for this stuff, nostalgia or not, and thats really the only people who would want to watch this stuff. Its really cheap stuff and very repetative. 5 stars for the opening sequence and music and 2 stars ... Read More Rating: - Courageous Cat& Minute MouseGreat print, and looks good on big 42inch TV. Friends and kids love it! Thanks.Glenn from Jersey Rating:  - Too much of an OK thingIf Batman had been concieved for a "funny animals" comic book, this would be the result. It's not a spoof, so much as a shifting of the concept in a different environment. I find it fairly entertaining with a couple amusing gags in almost each cartoon, but it is severely hampered by the five minute episode format -- there just isn't much story that can be built up. It's a shame Bob Kane wasn't given a chance to work with somewhat longer stories to add a little depth. Still it is very interesting ... Read More |
