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human · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 233

If anybody's into the old Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman cartoons from the 1940s, I found a site that has all 17 of them available free for the downloading. http://toonamiarsenal.com/features/superman/ These are my all time favorite cartoons. The picture and sound quality is excellent, but being a Warner-owned site, they've chopped off the Paramount intro tags. All 17 shorts (about 2.5 hours' worth) will fit nicely on a single DVD.

Obligatory OTR content: These cartoons use much of the same voice talent as the Superman radio series. Clayton 'Bud' Collyer voices Clark Kent/Superman and Joan Alexander voices Lois Lane.

majorshaw · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 48 Location: funnyfarm, michigan

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Brad · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Superman

ussmidway · Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Posts: 7 Location: Orlando, Florida

Thanks for the link. I have about half of them on various DVDs. I like to buy those cheapy DVDs with the old cartoons on them.

I went to the link above and downloaded them all onto my computer. I watch one with my 4yo before he goes to sleep at night, we've watched about 5 now. He loves them as much as I do.

crich70 · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 316 Location: Monroe Wisconsin

I also have some of them on DVD but not all I think. You can find the wikipedia article about the series here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_cartoons)

human · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 233

The Superman cartoons are available in a variety of DVD collections. I've got a three-disc set called "Classic Cartoon Favorites" that has all 17 Superman cartoons on one disc, a second disc full of Popeye cartoons, and a third with a variety of other cartoons from Fleischer/Famous Studios, including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Woody Woodpecker, Little LuLu, Mighty Mouse, and others. I think I paid the princely sum of $5 for it. I think Warner Bros. was going to include the Superman cartoons as bonus features on reissue versions of the Christopher Reeve Superman films.

Brad · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

crich70 · Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 316 Location: Monroe Wisconsin

I have to agree with you there brad. When I was in college they did a survey I think that showed that it was people my age that did most of the viewing of Scooby Doo. lol. I still like it. The odd thing about the classic cartoons they had on tv when I was a kid is that many of them were made for theatrical use first. Way back in the day when OTR was still new programming. They'd have a double feature, a serial, a news reel and a cartoon when a person went to the movies back then. Now you're lucky to get a few short previews included with the main feature. As for the classic cartoons you have to find a DVD collection if you want to watch them now. Sad really. I can remember seeing them on saturday mornings when I was a little kid.

Jimbo · Joined: 12 Sep 2010 Posts: 190 Location: Georgia, USA

If any of you love the Superman OTR (I do!) you will be happy to know there is a website that not only plots ever available episode (in depth!) but also has trivia and commentary of these episodes.

You can find it here:

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/radio/radio.php?topic=radio-reviews/radio-reviews