BCI has issued their final press release for The Groovie Goolies - The Saturday 'Mourning' Collection on DVD. The October 24th release will have a lot of bonus material, as outlined below. Now that the info is finalized, BCI expects online retailers such as Amazon to shortly add pre-order listings. About time, too! We'll bring you those online pre-sale links in our release listing here at TVShowsOnDVD just as soon as they are available. Here's the cover art and press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ONE OF THE GROOVIEST CARTOONS FROM THE '70S COMES TO DVD AS NAVARRE CORPORATION'S BCI INTRODUCES
"GROOVIE GOOLIES"
The Saturday "Mourning" Collection
The Complete Series Available October 24th For $29.98
Los Angeles, CA (September 11, 2006) – They were the grooviest, most eclectic array of animated monsters ever to hit the small screen in the early '70s. Now, thanks to BCI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, the latest series from the Filmation catalog will be available on DVD with the release of "Groovie Goolies." The complete series, which aired in 1971, will be released on October 24th under BCI's Ink & Paint brand, and from media company and underlying rights owner, Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER"), at a suggested retail price of $29.98.
"As evidenced by our previously announced lineup, Filmation released some of the most memorable animated series ever to hit television in the '70s and '80s," said Jeff Hayne, Director of Acquisitions, BCI. "The Groovie Goolies were one of the most unique casts of characters on Saturday mornings, and we're glad to offer this complete series not only to those of us that remember it on television, but to a whole new generation."
"Groovie Goolies" features a cast of legendary monsters who get themselves in all sorts of wacky predicaments, as they joke, dance and sing their way through each episode. The hyper-colorful series stars the residents of Horrible Hall; Frankie, Wolfie, Drac, Mummy, Hagatha, Bella LaGhostley, Boneapart and a wealth of other animated tributes to classic monster movie icons. In each episode, the Goolies offer an abundance of goofy gags in "Weird Window Time," a segment reminiscent of the classic "Laugh-In" series. Each episode ends with an original Groovie Goolies rock song presented in the form of a wildly animated music video. This show inspired many famous "Goolians" including Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, and wealth of Hollywood's top award winning costumers, writers and make-up artists.
Special features include:
- "Goolians"—brand new, 45 minute "docu-comedy" created by producer and voice over artist Wally Wingert (Family Guy, Invader Zim) and Daniel Roebuck (Lost, The Fugitive), featuring interviews with Alice Cooper, Forrest J. Ackerman, Ron Chaney, Lous Scheimer, Oscar winning make-up artist Bill Corso, "Goolie" head writer Jack Mendelsohn, and more. Includes new original rock song "True Blue Goolian," and a music video with the Sacramento punk band "The Groovie Ghoulies."
- Audio commentary tracks for two episodes, featuring producer Lou Scheimer, "Goolie" head writer Jack Mendelsohn, Filmation historian Darrell McNeil, and Hollywood monster expert Bob Burns. Hosted by Wally Wingert
- Image gallery featuring original model sheets, animation cels, storyboards, backgrounds and PSAs
- "Goolie-Get-Together Sing-a-Long"
- Candid story from producer Lou Scheimer about "The Creation of Filmation"
- Trivia and episode guide
- DVD-ROM extras, including scripts and the original Series Bible for "The Kookie Spookies"
Under its Ink & Paint brand, BCI has to date announced the following titles:
The Best of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
[2005 TV DVD Award for Best 1980's Series release]
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Season One Volumes I & II
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Season Two Volumes I & II
The Best of She-Ra, Princess of Power
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Flash Gordon
Prince Valiant
Blackstar – The Complete Series
Space Sentinels & The Freedom Force — The Complete Series
Defenders of the Earth – The Complete Series
Dungeons & Dragons
She-Ra Princess of Power, Season One, Volume One
And now:
Groovie Goolies – The Saturday "Mourning" Collection
About Navarre Corporation
Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR) is a publisher and distributor of physical and digital home entertainment and multimedia products, including PC software, CD audio, DVD and VHS video, video games and accessories. Since its founding in 1983, the company has established distribution relationships with customers across a wide spectrum of retail channels which includes mass merchants, discount, wholesale club, office and music superstores, military and e-tailers nationwide. The company currently provides its products to over 18,000 retail and distribution center locations throughout the United States and Canada. Navarre has expanded its business to include the licensing and publishing of home entertainment and multimedia content, primarily through the acquisitions of Encore Software, Inc., BCI Eclipse Company, LLC, FUNimation Productions, Ltd. and the FUNimation stores, Ltd. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.navarre.com.
About BCI
BCI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, is an independent entertainment video and audio supplier. BCI has continually redefined the standards and concepts of this industry, often introducing national success categories through its marketing programs. Its vast collection of titles represents both exclusively licensed titles from around the world, as well as in-house produced CDs and DVDs. Under its Ink & Paint brand, it releases classic animation on award-winning DVD sets. www.InkAndPaintDVD.com
About Entertainment Rights
Entertainment Rights Plc ("ER") is one of the UK's leading specialist media groups focused on the ownership of high quality children's and family programming, characters and brands
- ER owns or controls the rights to many classic characters including Basil Brush, Postman Pat, Jess the Cat, Little Red Tractor, Rupert Bear, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, She-Ra, Ghostbusters, Fun Song Factory, Boo! and Jim Jam & Sunny
- Since 1999, when ER owned rights to just 50 hours of programming, ER's library has grown to over 2,000 hours of high quality children's and family characters and brands. This includes selected rights to global brands such as Mattel's Barbie, Scholastic's Clifford, Hasbro's Transformers, Harveytoons Casper the Friendly Ghost and Classic Media's Felix the Cat
- ER's wholly owned subsidiary Tell-Tale Productions, created and produced The Tweenies, one of the UK's most successful pre-school brands
- In October 2005 ER acquired the majority interest in Rupert Bear, one of the most recognizable children's characters in the world, from Express Newspapers. Rupert will appear on Five from Autumn 2006
- Jim Jam & Sunny was commissioned by ITV in December 2005 for ITV1 and their new digital children's channel, CiTV
- ER has grown rapidly. Annual revenues have increased from £1.8m in 1999 to £25.5m in 2004, the last reported financial year
  
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