A mix of classic and modern TV favorites arrive on DVD with today’s crop of home video releases. The complete third season of The Flintstones shares retail shelves with a set of Scooby-Doo capers, episodes of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and a handful of Dora the Explorer installments.
The Flintstones: The Complete Third Season is a four-disc set that includes 28 episodes of the evergreen Hanna-Barbera cartoon from the 1960s. Bonus materials include a featurette on Flintstones collectibles and First Familes of the Stone Age: Spotlight on the Bedrock Wives. The Warner Home Video release lists for $44.98.
Moving into the 1970s, another Hanna-Barbera classic gets the four-disc treatment as The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies comes to DVD. The release includes 15 episodes, as well as extra features such as the featurettes The Hanna-Barbera Kennel Club Roasts Scooby-Doo, Uptown with Scooby-Doo and the Harlem Globetrotters and Girls Rock: Spotlight on Daphne and Velma. The set is available from Warner Home Video for the suggested retail price of $64.92.
Anime fans can pick up Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex–Volume Five, featuring episodes 17-20 of the acclaimed series based on the groundbreaking animated film, Ghost in the Shell. The set includes an interviews with mechanical designers Kenzi Teraoka and Shinobu Tsuneki, director of photography Koji Tanaka and 3D director Makoto Endo. Released by Anchor Bay Ent., the title lists for $17.49. Also available is a deluxe edition, which comes packaged with a collectible ID card and DTS disc, and retails for $29.98.
For the young ones, Paramount Home Entertainment offers up Dora the Explorer: Big Sister Dora. In addition to four episodes of the Nick Jr. series, the release includes a search game, Nicktrition tips for parents, a Baby Nick Jr. music video and learning/problem-solving aids. The disc lists for $16.99.
Also available today is Fat Albert, the 2004 live-action, big-screen adaptation of the cartoon favorite. Directed by Joel Zwick, the film stars Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson as title tub of coolness, who finds himself and the rest of the Cosby Kids pulled out of their TV existence and into the real world. Included are extended scenes, commentary by Zwick and producer John Davis and a featurette titled Fat Albert: Behind the Band. The Fox Home Entertainment release carries a suggested retail price of $29.98.
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