Thread 149463362

The Huckleberry Hound Show is getting an 11 disc, full series Warner Archive release come August
https://screen-connections.com/2025/07/16/warner-archive-collection-august-2025-blu-ray-releases-the-huckleberry-hound-show-the-complete-original-series-7-women-more/

>>149463362 (OP)
These Warner Archives releases are the only Blu-Rays that are still selling well, keep buying these and someday Tiny Toons and Animaniacs will get a Blu-Ray release.

>>149463439
Because they are the only blu-rays worth getting.
They do full restorations, give all the special features, include everything, don't actually mess up the shipment of discs, etc.
This is what people want and they will pay for it. A far cry from stuff like the recent CN full series releases

>>149463911
HB and Looney Tunes are the only blurays where Warner doesn't fuck around.

>>149463439
>keep buying these and someday Tiny Toons and Animaniacs will get a Blu-Ray release.
warner doesnt own the exclusive rights to these

>>149463439
>Tiny Toons and Animaniacs
This would only be worth it if these shows were either mastered on film or the original negatives were kept. A lot of cel animated 90s shows destroyed their film negatives and mastered them on tape

>>149463362 (OP)
Well, that's nice, I'm glad this is coming out. :)

When the fuck are those lazy fuckers at Warner Archive going to make those 50s Popeye Blu-ray sets!

How many 5-ish minute Huckleberry Hound episodes are there that this needs 11 fucking discs??

>>149464223
Probably have high bitrates

>>149464223
68 episodes that are 22 mins (each episode contains 3 or so segments)

>>149464223
That dog gets around quite a bit

>>149464289
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyZs3EJgx8Q

I don't care for this particular blue HB dog, but I'm still happy this is happening.

>>149463439
Honestly I would like a Super Secret Secret Squirrel Bluray. If it was rendered in SD, then SD on Bluray, I would be a happy camper on that day.

>>149463362 (OP)
I’m Huckerberry Hound fans are eating well.

I wish WB treated their other IPs with this level of respect.

>>149463362 (OP)
Not to sound like a douche, but is there anyone actually alive that knows who Huckleberry Hound is?

>>149463362 (OP)
>give all the special features
Except for Cats Don't Dance, no behind the scenes features. EVEN THOUGH THE CREW RECORDED IT.

>>149464421
Yes, he was rerun a fair bit.

>>149463439
>Tiny Toons and Animaniacs
I'd guess those are controlled by Warner Home Video. You'd think it wouldn't matter becasue they're part of the same company but part of the reason for years Warner Archive wasn't able to release Looney Tunes or Popeye etc on BD was becasue they're controlled by the WHV division and they wouldn't let them.

>>149464424
>Only extras are Looney Tunes Hollywood-related shorts and not the actual short that was with the movie and the original trailer.
Bummer, the Iron Giant Blu-ray is the gold standard of Warner Home Media releases, aside from the super generic menu font.

>>149464744
>Iron Giant
I watched the extended director's cut with all the cut scenes fully animated and put back into the movie. Shit like that rarely happens in animation, and it was a small miracle that it did this 1 time.

>>149464424
With how little they give a shit for Cats Don't Dance in the first place we should just be grateful they released a blu ray of the film
Which only happened because it got a lot of internet fans

>>149465364
You are not wrong. Not wrong...... dreams of perfection.....

>>149464001
Warner Bros kept the 35MM negatives as was proven with Batman: TAS, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Superman: TAS and Batman Beyond.
>>149464185
When they hire more people.
>>149464507
Everything that wasn't a AAA feature was transferred to Warner Archive due to declining DVD and Blu-Ray sales, and Warner Archive is the only reason why Sony hasn't discontinued DVDs and Blu-Rays yet.

Burnable discs were discounted due to flash memory existing but pressed discs are still being made.

>>149464421
He was in that new Jellystone cartoon recently

You know, sometimes people ask me why I chose to get Huckleberry Hound plastic surgery and I can't really give them an answer.

It's not because I'm afraid they'll dislike me or think I'm a freak or anything, it's that I just can't pinpoint an answer. I mean, yeah, the sexual attraction was always there, but I don't think that's really it. My dad was alcoholic. He was never really there, he was always wasting his time and money at the bar. Before he left for the bar, he would always tell me, "You stay there and watch TV and if you're not there when I get back… well boy, there'll be hell to pay." So I watched the TV. My favorite show was Huckleberry Hound. I just loved that dog; the way he talked, the way he sang and danced. It was great. I… I guess I looked at Huckleberry Hound as the father I never had. I mean, he taught me how to ride a bike, he taught me how to swim, he taught me everything. But I didn't just want to be LIKE Huckleberry Hound, I wanted to BE him. Well, here I am, Huckleberry Hound. This is me, this is who I was born to be.

Nice pasta.

>>149466080
If Huckleberry Hound was real I would fuck him

People will switch up nightmarish uncanny AI upscaled and you will like it

>>149466155
Yeah all those poor Anons lining up to buy Huckleberry Hound bds

>>149466155
This isn't an AI upscale it's an actual remaster

>>149466511
Anon doesn't care about facts, he just wants to bitch (he'll never buy it anyway).

>>149463973
If by 'not own', you mean they have to give big residuals to Spielberg

HB >>>>>>>>>>>>CN

>>149463362 (OP)
Oh cool!

>>149464421
Yes. And Huck was one of those cartoons that crossed over with adults back when it first aired. Watch parties in the college dorms tv room and such.

>>149464421
Yeah, the guy who used to run Funko, since he kept pushing Huckleberry Hound stuff for Funko a lot

>>149470187
How do you know such ancient fun fact?

>>149470241
Popped up on my feed one day and the factoid stuck. Because it's odd to think Huck was a South Park or Simpsons like cultoon. :

https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-collegiate-hound.html

>>149463362 (OP)
>WB actually putting out a complete series on Blu Ray
Where was this for Venture Bros?

>>149463362 (OP)
Nice

>>149463439
>Might get to see bear tits in HD

>>149470690
If you buy enough of these Hanna Barbera Blu-Ray releases.

>>149464421
>Is a cartoon character who was very popular still known to people?
Yes anon, even if he obviously isn't the same level he is still has some pull to most generations
>Huckleberry is very well known to Boomers and Gen X with the original being the popular kids show they all watched back in the day. If Yogi was Spongebob then Huckleberry was Fairly Oddparents
>Millennials and early Gen Z know him for continuous reruns/bumper usage/cameos on Cartoon Network in the 90s and early 2000s
>Later Gen Z would know him for being close to the main character in Jellystone, also he is somewhat popular for gay ships

>>149463362 (OP)
What are some other Warner Archive blu rays I should get?
So far I've got Tex Avery Vol 1-3, and Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Vol 1-4

>>149471061
40s Popeye Vol 1-3.

>>149465680
>Everything that wasn't a AAA feature was transferred to Warner Archive
huh, wasn't aware of that. If that's the case I'm surprised they haven't gone back and re-released stuff like the Fleischer Popeye and Superman or re-started the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection etc. I know they've definitely upped their classic animation output since covid and Feinstein was re-hired but I just assumed they'd given him a big more license not all the keys. Great news.

>>149464421
Not for long

>>149464421
Yes, the ratings for MeTV Toons (over 20 million views) are enough to allow a Huckleberry Hound Blu-Ray to exist.
Yogi Bear should be up next unless Warner Bros is willing to cough up the extra money for Sony's 35MM negative masters for Quick Draw McGraw (All Warner Bros has are very beat up 16MM TV prints).

>>149471290
>ratings for MeTV Toons (over 20 million views)
I think I know who you are. Please provide a source for this information.

>>149471236
>Tom and Jerry Golden Collection
Better 35MM interpositive prints of whats in Vol 1 have been found and the 35MM interpositive prints that were going to be used in Vol 2 were also replaced with better 35MM interpositive prints so the 2nd Tom and Jerry Golden Collection was canceled.

Maybe a complete Tom and Jerry Blu-Ray Collection with these updated prints since the 1st Tom and Jerry Golden Collection had some washed out prints for some of the cartoons.

The 35MM negatives were destroyed in a fire in the 1965 MGM fire, only the post 1951 MGM cartoons still exist in their 35MM negative format.

>>149471301
>Trying to make it about some eceleb
NTA but back to kiwifarms my fucking god can we have just one nice thread without you trying to shit the place up with namefag shit?

>>149471328
Please.

>>149463362 (OP)
YOU NO NECK BASTARDS BROUGHT THIS FAGGOT BACK OVER ME?

>>149471320
>Maybe a complete Tom and Jerry Blu-Ray Collection
be still my heart

>>149471366
Theres already the complete Tom and Jerry CinemaScope disc, next should be the Deitch/Jones shorts under a 2 disc set (along side Chuck Jones' 2 other MGM shorts, The Dot and The Line and The Bear That Wasn't).

>>149471343
If his show didn't try to put in everything that would get a show cancelled they probably would have bought the remaining music rights/masters needed to make a full series release by now

>>149471443
Also dealing with Sony (because thats what happened to Screen Gems, Screen Gems was absorbed into Columbia, Columbia got bought out by Coca-Cola who then sold Columbia to Sony) for the 35MM masters as all Warner Bros has are 16MM TV prints that are in bad shape.

>>149471398
Yeah I've got the CinemaScope set. Surprised they'd do the Deitch/Jones shorts before going back and doing the Hanna-Barbera ones if they've got new scans and are allowed to release them now.

>>149471618
Warner Archive needs more people to release more discs.

>>149470187
>>149470260
Rocky & Bullwinkle were more popular for that demographic.

>>149464223
I am more worried about the price for this set given the series is spread on 11 discs. I hope the price tag won't $50 or $75.

>>149471343
Supposedly they're working on that one

Pre-order up at MovieZyng

https://www.moviezyng.com/the-huckleberry-hound-show--the-complete-series-bluray-blu-ray-voices-of-daws-butler-and-don-messick/840418327081

Oh yeah it's not cheap only $69.99
Just be happy it does not cost $100.00

And hope they won't stack the discs otherwise be ready disc scratches mates.

>>149471061
Not sure if it counts but Cats Don’t Dance is absolutely gorgeous on Blu-Ray. It’s almost as if it’s a 4K Ultra release.

My only downside is the lack of extras. All you get is the trailer and a few classic Looney Tunes shorts. (Daffy Duck in Hollywood is among the shorts included and it was such a riot to watch so it’s to too bad, you just don’t get BTS stuff)

>>149472174
That is not too bad given it is 11 discs and they put effort into top-level restoration, was expecting $100
Hope it sells so they can finish off everything to get Quick Draw released

>>149471927
Until this thread is didn’t even know they were working on it given it doesn’t even air on Metv Toons, I thought this was going to be a never ever
Exciting times

>>149471927
>>149474748
They are working on it but there are rights issues with the Hi-Q background music that need to be sorted out first
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-funtastic-world-of-hanna-b-122750181/episode/inside-the-house-of-hanna-barbera-on-267161124/ about 12:50 in this episode

I've heard the masters might be in poor shape too, something that's been a problem since 2006-ish. In the Turner days there was a bin of elements for bridging sequences and other miscellaneous shit that wasn't maintained, a lot of those elements have degraded in the 30 years since and would require a lot of work to reuse (if possible). Mind you, this was a vast improvement of how it was pre-Turner where everything was unorganized and did not have safety/backup prints for anything

>>149475048
>Mind you, this was a vast improvement of how it was pre-Turner where everything was unorganized and did not have safety/backup prints for anything
Kind of like a lot of master tapes for many an artist burned in the great 2008 Universal Studios fire, meaning you can never ever "remaster" and of those albums again.

Only not as bad of course.

>>149463362 (OP)
By God, what boring-looking cover art, I see we're still in the PNG of character on color background phase. I bet you that's not even new artwork of Huck.

>>149475420
Bummer, even the Warner Archive just copy pastes the theatrical posters is better than this.

>>149475512
>>149475420
Similar, but not identical. The HBH release looks less sucky than the awful Shrek one.

>>149475420
>The Shitlennial Era

The 2010s were ugly, but it's not like the mid to late 2ks era of Photoshop Teal n Orange covers were any good

>>149475420
Should have just used an edited version of this

>>149475648
>Hey guys, did you know that orange and blue are complementary colors? We should use that for are movie poster, it would be original and pleasing to look at.

>>149475921
F4 and Brave are justifiable because the orange is part of the characters' color schemes.

>>149475921
One of those things is not like the others.....

>>149464421
he's the dog that says nigger

>>149471301
I assume you're referring to Famicom?

>>149464421
He was so gay, but he couldn't tell anyone.

>>149476901
Who is gayer
>Huckleberry
>Snagglepuss

>>149472736
>you just don't get BTS stuff
You don't know me, I am the #1 BTS fan and I absolutely get BTS, their music really speaks to me.

>>149464424
I got the BD recently, is the recorded BTS available elsewhere? Was let down by the lack of related extras, but still a great transfer and lucky to have it at all in HD

>>149463362 (OP)
Tripleberry hound

>>149475048
What Warner Bros has are 16MM TV prints that are in poor shape, Sony who because of Screen Gems has the 35MM negatives to the Hanna Barbera library made between 1957 to 1966, thats how Warner Bros was able to remaster The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Johnny Quest and Magilla Gorilla since all Warner Bros had were 16MM TV prints.

With Huck and Yogi Warner Bros had to go to Sony to remaster their film stock because all Warner Bros had were 16MM TV prints and Sony the 35MM negatives.

Quick Draw McGraw will be the same song and dance.

>>149476876
No, Saberspark.

>>149476876
Who else?

>>149478521
He was talking about Saberspark, not Famicom.

>>149478556
No I wasn't.

>>149478521
I sincerely fucking hate you for trying to make every single thread about schizos you try to bring out instead of trying to stay on topic since you do this on every thread
I would legitimately be happy if you got executed

>>149478580
You're not helping

>>149478571
>>149478580
That wasn't even your post, stop derailing the thread BarneyFag.

anyway, blue dogs

>Mr. Hanna Mr. Barberra thank you for meeting with me, my idea for a new cartoon is about a blue dog named Huckleberry…
>We’ll take 60 episodes
>Uh… wow! Thanks, but I’ve only got about a dozen or so rough script ideas so far
>Give us the first one
>Well, Huckleberry works at a zoo, and…
>That’s a show, can it
>Well, yeah, but there’s a whole setup about…
>Nah, no setups no stories. Blue talking dog, does odd jobs, we got it.
>Okay well while I’m here I have this other character, he’s a gay pink puma
>Give us 60 episodes of that too. Actually make it 100. Each. And hurry the fuck up about it.

>>149479840
>No setups no stories. Blue talking dog, does odd jobs
You need more?

>>149478511
>>149478556
>>149478580
All of these posts are Famicom by the way.

>>149480319
You think every post is Famicom BarneyFag, your brain is fried.

>>149480319
: )

To put the thread back on topic, what is your favorite Warner Archive release and why?

>>149480421
>>149480521
>I swear I'm not Famicom, but I'm acting exactly like him and using phrases only he uses.

>>149480551
Any that would have never been avaliable and in high res because of these releases

>>149481545
Was Warner Archive involved with the Iron Giant Blu-Ray?

>>149472736
>It’s almost as if it’s a 4K Ultra release.
warner archive 4k when

>>149482592
They just started doing 4Ks for selected movies. The first was "The Searchers" and they just announced the original "Get Carter."

I wonder if the decisions about which movies to release in 4K are a clue to which old movies have sold best for a studio in the past. Not necessarily I guess

>>149484005
>they just announced the original "Get Carter."
Interesting, I do know that the UK 4K release was by the BFI and is considered amazing, here is a video that goes into great detail about the movie and that restauration: https://youtu.be/c6DQw1s9IHI
I wonder if the Warner Archive release will be of the US cut.

>>149463362 (OP)
Nice. When are we getting Quickdraw McGraw? Doesn't even have to be bluray. I'll take anything that's not cropped or denoised to piss.

>>149477228
snaggle obvs

>>149480551
Those 1940s Popeye Blu-ray sets. Not only do they look nice, but they also give a newfound appreciation for the famous studio shorts.

>>149472736
Was Pullet Surprise included?

>>149488071
Nope

>>149484756
Didn’t think it was ever happening but they are working on the music and restoration rights issues and apparently are getting there
This selling well will probably cement a Quick Draw release happening if blu ray and Metv airings make clearing rights for a remaster viable

>>149480551
The Jetsons one sounds cool but I haven't bought it yet. I want to hear the audio commentaries by Janet Waldo.