Another cartoon classic comes home to own with next week’s release of the Roger Ramjet: Hero of our Nation Deluxe Collector’s Edition DVD box set from Classic Media. Arriving Feb. 8, just in time for the show’s 40th anniversary, the discs will feature 120 of the best-loved Roger Ramjet episodes and will come packaged with a limited-edition model airplane
Created by Kenneth Snyder in 1965, Roger Ramjet employed fairly limited animation as it borrowed from the patriotic serials of the 1920s and mixed in a bit of cold war paranoia and Viet Nam War-era cynicism. Each week, the show’s title hero and his American Eagle Squad—Yank, Doodle, Dan and Dee—would be sent forth by General Brassbottom to fight the unpatriotic Noodles Romanoff and the National Association of Spies, Traitors and Yahoos (N.A.S.T.Y.).
Each installment of Roger Ramjet has been digitally re-mastered and stars the legendary voice of Laugh-In announcer Gary Owens, who also provided the voice of Space Ghost and narrated Ray Harryhausen’s recently completed animated short film, The Tortoise and the Hare.
The Roger Ramjet: Hero of Our Nation Deluxe Collector’s Edition DVD runs 600 minutes and will retail for $39.98.
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