It’s slim pickin’s for toon fans at home video retailers today, save for a couple of TV favorites landing on DVD. Three specials starring a certain fat, orange tabby are packaged together in Garfield Travel Adventures (1984), and three superhero showdowns come to the rescue in Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World.
Garfield Travel Adventures includes the specials Garfield in the Rough, Garfield in Paradise and Garfield Goes Hollywood. In the Emmy-winning Garfield in the Rough, the pampered puss is yanked out of his comfortable suburban life and thrust into the great outdoors with Odie. Then it’s on to a tropical island in Garfield in Paradise as a luxury vacation is interrupted by the rumblings of a local volcano. Finally, the land of swimming pools and movie stars calls as our feline hero auditions for a pet talent show in Garfield Goes to Hollywood. The Fox Home Entertainment release of the Film Roman show lists for $14.98 on DVD.
Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World features three episodes from the first season of this third Justice League series on Cartoon Network. The halls of justice have gotten a bit more crowded this time around with the addition of of such caped crusaders as Supergirl, Green Arrow, the Atom, Booster Gold, Hawk, Dove, Elongated Man, The Question, Mister Miracle, Big Barda and Zatanna. Included on the disc is the first episode, "Initiation," as well as the installments "Hawk and Dove" and "Kid Stuff." The Warner Home Video release caries a suggested retail price of $14.97.
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