The great “Cornholio” returns as Beavis & Butthead: The Mike Judge Collection’Volume One arrives on disk today, along with a deluxe edition of the vfx-lden 1995 family adventure flick, Jumanji. Other installments of TV favorites hitting retail include Ducktales Volume 1, Rescue Rangers Volume 1, What’s New Scooby-Doo? Volume 7: Ghosts on The Go! and Backyardigans: The Snow Fort.
Beavis & Butthead: The Mike Judge Collection’Volume One is a three-disc set featuring director’s cuts of episodes from the poplar animated MTV series that ran from 1993 to 1997 and spawned the big-screen feature film Beavis & Butt-head Do America. Animated by J.J. Sedelmaier Prods., the show centers on two moronic high school students who spend their days commenting on music videos and terrorizing their hometown of Highland with their misguided attempts to be cool. Judge, a former aerospace engineer, went on to direct the cult classic live-action comedy Office Space before creating the FOX primetime toon series King of the Hill.
Bonus features includes music videos, the Thanksgiving special with Kurt Loder, Music Video Award appearances, promos and the exclusive featurette Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis & Butt-Head Part 1. The Paramount Home Entertainment release carries a suggested retail price of $39.99.
Timed to coincide with this Friday’s theatrical release of its unofficial sequel, Zathrua: A Space Adventure, Jumanji Deluxe Edition arrives as a two-disc set that includes a playable board game. Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express, Zathura), the film was directed by Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III) and stars Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bebe Neuwirth, David Alan Grier and Patricia Clarkson in a tale involving a board game that unleashes wild animals and other elements of an African adventure in suburban America.
Extras on the new Jumanji disc include commentary by the special effects crew, a visual effects featurette, a making-of documentary, a production design documentary, storyboards, photo galleries and production stills. There are also interactive features including Secrets and Riddles: The Jumanji Survival Game.
Ducktales Volume 1 and Rescue Rangers Volume 1 from Buena Vista Home Entertainment each come as three-disc sets offering episodes 1-27 of the animated series, which often aired back-to-back during the late ’80s and early ’90s. The former takes viewers around the world with Scrooge McDuck and his nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, while the later follows the adventures of chipmunks Chip & Dale. Each set reatils for around $34.99.
What’s New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 7: Ghosts on The Go! offers four episodes of the hit Cartoon Network show, along with the interactive European Adventure Challenge and Scooby-Doo Vacation featurette. It can be had from Warner Home Video for $14.95.
Backyardigans: The Snow Fort includes three episodes from the Nick Jr./Nelvana preschool show about a group of five young friends who get together and use their imaginations to transform the back yard into different exotic backdrops for adventure. Bonus materials include the music videos Ski Patrol to the Rescue and The Yeti Stomp, as well as the bonus installments “Knights Are Brave and Strong” and “Secret Mission.” Parents can pick it up for the list price of $16.99.
For the curious, there’s also an animated featurette listed as an extra on 50 Cent: Refuse to Die, a new documentary on the hip-hop artist, which debuts today from New Line for $19.97.
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