Hong Kong Phooey: The Complete Series [DVD] [1974]

Wonderful cartoon lovely Saturday mornings great dvd 📀

We bought this for my six year old son (and his Mum!) as he is into the 70's Scooby Doo and has seen Wacky Races on Boomerang a few times. He loves it! It really stands up well, and is a lot better than some of the more modern cartoons which just seem like half an hour adverts for toys or trading cards. The stories are fun and silly, and the plots are very thin indeed, but it just adds to the nostalgic charm. My six year old thinks they are very funny, and has taken to walking round with a book of Kung Fu! He has had to be warned a few times about trying to karate chop people in his enthusiasm, but nothing serious. All in all, a great blast from the past for us 30 or 40 somethings, and a relief for the kids from the modern day rubbish.

Hong Kong Phooey is a memorable '70's cartoon about a super-hero dog whose real name is Penry, whose Kung Fu seems to go wrong all the time. He always wins however, with a little help from his side-kick cat Spot who is always on hand to save the day but without recognition or reward. Penry (voiced by Scatman Crothers) works as a "mild-mannered" janitor in the police-station, eaves-dropping on the conversations of Rosemary the telephone operator and generally annoying the Sarge through his incompetent bungling. He transforms into his alter-ego Hong-Kong Phooey by leaping into the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet and emerging (with some assistance from Spot) from the top drawer in his mask and red Kung Fu costume. The show has a very memorable theme tune which was covered by Sublime some years ago. The picture-quality is generally very good although there are one or two places where it probably needs touching up. The collection comes on two discs, there being 31 short adventures grouped into two adventures per episode, apart from the very last one (which is longer). There are no extras but you can access the individual adventures from the menu. It's all pretty harmless cartoon fun, although I understand that a live-action film is currently being made, which doubtless will involve a great deal of modern technology. But these modern adaptations lack the charm of the originals on which they are based. So buy this DVD and see the original as it was meant to be seen. The younger you are the louder you will laugh, of course.

I used to watch this when I was at Infant school and had great fun watching it again. I bought it mainly for nostalgia, but it's a pretty good cartoon in its own right.

Superb. Lovely to see this chap again. The kids love him too. For the price paid this offers incredible value for money. Nice packaging and all 31 episodes presented on 2 discs. I was surprised to see that the old video format actually fits the whole screen on my new telly. Who could ask for more ? Mr Phooey on a 55" screen looking better than ever. The colours are brilliant and the sound is good too. Very pleased.

another childhood favourite i had to buy

Great to be back to the old days

We LOVE this dvd - dad was into it as a boy and now the kids love it too - the dvd arrived really quickly and the double box set is a bargain for the price. It does contain mild "action" and Kung Fu - be prepared to discourage imitation Karate Chops for a day or two! Very much of its time so a bit un-PC, but ok if you supervise and talk about anything that comes up.

Leider gibt es keine deutsch synchronisierte Fassung dieser alten Serie. Ich habe die DVD meinem Bruder zum Geburtstag geschenkt, er liebte diese Serie als Kind. Da er zz. in Hongkong lebt, sollte dies ein kleiner Joke sein, englisch ist also kein Problem... Nur die Stimmen sind halt anders, aber: so what! Spaß bringt das Anschauen allemal!

Quick Spot to the Phooeymobile! Overall this set is must have for any Hong Kong Phooey fan. This DVD set is well done and the video transfer is superior to any television version I can ever remember seeing. The colors are sharp and vibrant and the sound is really clear. All 31 episodes are presented on two discs, one single-sided and one double-sided. With its catchy theme song from Scatman Crothers, Hong Kong Phooey is still enjoyable after all these years. Hong Kong Phooey is a welcomed addition to any DVD collection. The bonus features were a pleasant surprise and I really enjoyed them. Join the mild mannered janitor Penry/ Hong Kong Phooey and his side kick spot as they try to rid the city of crime one Karate chop at a time. Episodes Include: Car Thieves/Zoo Story Iron Head, the Robot/Cotton Pickin' Pocket Picker Grandma Goody (Cat Burglar)/Candle Power The Penthouse Burglaries/Batty Bank Mob The Voltage Villain/The Giggler The Gumdrop Kid/Professor Presto (The Malevolent Magician) TV or Not TV/Stop Horsing Around Mirror, Mirror on the Wall/Great Movie Mystery The Claw/Hong Kong Phooey vs. Hong Kong Phooey The Abominable Snowman/Professor Crosshatch Goldfisher/Green Thumb From Bad to Verse (Rotten Rhymer)/Kong and the Counterfeiters The Great Choo Choo Robbery/Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakery Man Mr. Tornado/The Little Crook Who Wasn't There Dr. Disguiso/The Incredible Mr. Shrink Comedy Cowboys

Il fit les délices de notre jeunesse avant de revivre sur des chaînes TV obscures avant de disparaître de nos écrans. Souvenez-vous de ce chien, plutôt maladroit, qui se prend pour un justicier spécialiste des arts martiaux, Hong Kong Fou Fou! Ce coffret Hanna Barbera regroupe l'intégrale de la série, dans un délire total et une liberté perdus depuis dans le monde de l'animation. A signaler que seul l'anglais est disponible (audio & s/titres) mais un niveau moyen de langue permet de suivre l'intrigue; et il y a les images. A consommer sans modération!!!

I’ve been on a nostalgia kick recently and when I spotted this I just couldn’t resist. Have watched the first disc, and it’s been fun to take a walk down memory lane when cartoons looked like cartoons.

It has been a long time ago that I watch this for the first and last time and I had some very nice feelings thinking about it. The episodes themselves are quite nice and full of puns, which let you keep smiling but you shouldn't watch more than two or three episodes a day, otherwise it gets a bit repititive. But 31 episdoes for this price is also quite nice.