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| Artist: Dangermouse
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 12
Running Time: 1348 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 1.9
EAN: 5030697010124
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1981
Release Date: September 4, 2006
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Condition: Brand New & Sealed - UK Region 2 - Just As Pictured by Amazon - 7 Day Returns (if unopened) - Covered by Warranty
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 Every DANGER MOUSE episode, but all mixed up! February 26, 2008
Choccycat (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used to watch this when first on TV & the re-runs. It first used to be shown in 5 minute episodes daily so odds are you'll miss one & find the series hard to follow as I did. Now every Danger Mouse minute is on this DVD set, the 5 minute parts are edited back into a full story. Following seasons changed the format around adding to the confusion. But there is still a real MESS with stories not in the real order of showing, ie the unhelpfully un-numbered discs, the first one 'ROGUE ROBOTS' features 6 from 1981 series 1, 2 from 1982 series 3 & one from series 10 from 1992! The disc titles do match up (almost, typos excepted) with IMDB listing for the show, so if you know how, make your own chronological set! I don't like watching things out of their correct order, spoils the flow! 5 Stars for the show, for the set itself, well...
 A Missed Opportunity. July 30, 2007
Eoghan Marshall-Purves (UK)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
DangerMouse is without a doubt, one of the greatest Cartoons (British or otherwise) ever made. All 116 (89 when edited together) are packed with comic pratfalls for the kids, and puns that'll have adults groaning in the aisles. Lets face it, if your looking at this review, then you know what the product is so I need not elaborate.
However this is a missed opportunity. This Box-Set is a sham, being quite literally all the previous DVD's being released as one(most of which I'd allready got). There is nothing New added to this "25th Aniversary" edition, that hasn't been released before. Extras include dated Interviews, a few pictures and a few less than enticing DVD games. Granted I can't really think what I would have wanted instead but I still feel underwhelmed. I'd be happy ( at least more so than I am) if they'd even put them in correct cronological order.
To Sum Up:
Buy this set, you will enjoy it but don't expect anything other than the episodes. An let's be fair: That Is What We're After.
The Complete DM October 25, 2006
C. Sharp (London)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this set!!! DangerMouse was a huge part of my childhood (I'm now late 20s) and it's great that every episode is now available... probably worth clearing this up - there were 161 episodes originally but some of them were 5 minute serials of a story, which have been edited together to form one longer episode, hence just the 89... (hope that made sense!)
It's fantastic that I'm now able to share these with my friends and family (old and young), and I have to say the humour hasn't dated at all - in fact I'm laughing at more now then I ever did!
The Best Programme Ever Made. October 18, 2006
RTH Allum (Shrewsbury/Preston)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
With the duo of David Jason and Terry Scott playing the lead characters you really do get spoliled. David Jason had been in the public spotlight earlier and in this helped him tremendously, the voice straight away tells you how good he's going to be! Terry Scott voices penfold perfectly and casting him meant that you knew that his comic acting was going to be used well. I'm 20 and saw Dangermouse when i was about 3,4 or 5 and loved it so much that I remembered it all the way through my childhood and no adult T.V programme or kids programme has been any better. There are jokes within this that kids won't get, this isn't a bad thing. If you buy this DVD your kids/you will love it and when the kids get older they will watch it and adore it more.
You will see the same shot again and again but this adds to the enjoyment because you know the budget wasn't much and you will compare it to cartoons today. The characters even mention the fact its the same again and again. The evil doers that DM and Penfold have to overcome are fantastically thought up. It really is a wonderful programme.
Soon the whole nation will be saying "Crumbs" and "Si Barone", please.
Good grief! Every episode ever! September 11, 2006
Paul Tapner (poole dorset england)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
For those of you who came in late: popular kids cartoon of the 1980's, dangermouse is the world's greatest secret agent. From his base beneath a pillar box in mayfair, he and his trusty assistant penfold fight the evil plans of the diabolical toad baron silas greenback.
A hugely popular show at the time, and one that can be enjoyed by both kids and grown ups, thanks to it's smart self knowing humour. On many occasions characters will reference the fact that they are starring in a cartoon, and the fourth wall gets broken regularly.
The dvd does indeed contain every episode ever made. Not entirely sure how the count is reached, as some were fifteen minutes long, and some were five short five minute episodes combined into one five part story. The prints clearly haven't been touched as the five parters have been edited together, and are probably still the same prints of these that were used for the the video releases twenty years ago. But the picture quality is fine, and it's delightfully nostalgic to see the thames tv logo again at the front of them.
Extras are rather cursory. A few behind your scenes features and interviews taken from tv shows made a long time ago, and a handful of games. An unbroadcast pilot episode is an interesting curio as the voices of the main characters are completely different.
But no matter. This is every episode ever made of one of the best cartoon shows, at a reasonable enough price. A great package.
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