Preface:
I can start working on this earlier and earlier every year. However, I always seem to miss someone’s favorite Capitalist token. If I missed said token, feel free to write me for inclusion.
Due to size and time restraints, we’ll add the holiday contests closer to Thursday.
CHAPTER 1
THE LONELY DEATH OF HOME VIDEO
I’m going to introduce you to the ten best home video releases. Why ten? Well, if I did 11, I might get sued by Spinal Tap. I’m also lazy. So, incredibly lazy.
The below are a mix of amazing A/V Quality presentations. Sadly, not all of them are on sale or widely released until December.
10) Adventure Time: The Complete First and Second Seasons (Warner Brothers)
9) Fast & Furious 6: Extended Edition (Universal)
8) American Horror Story: The Complete Second Season (20th Century Fox)
7) 3 Films by Rossellini/Bergman (Criterion)/The Bruce Lee Legacy Collection (Shout Factory)
6) Giant: Collector’s Edition (Warner Brothers)
5) From Here to Eternity (SONY)/Lifeforce: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory)
4) Life of Pi 3D (20th Century Fox)
3) The Right Stuff (Warner Brothers)
2) Monsters University 3D (Disney)
1) Pacific Rim 3D (Warner Brothers)
Runners Up:
Zatoichi: The Complete Collection (Criterion)
Iron Man Three (Disney)
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. Available on 3D Super Set, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, Digital Copy & On Demand September 24, 2013.
Bonus features include: Deconstructing The Scene – Jump into action with the stunt-teamskydivers in this close-up look at creating one of the movie’s most memorable scenes; Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look at Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World; Marvel’s Iron Man 3 Unmasked—Join cast and crew for a crash course in epic movie-making, Marvel style; Gag Reel; Deleted & Extended Scenes and Audio Commentary with Drew Pearce & Shane Black.
SUPERHEROES: A NEVER-ENDING BATTLE (PBS)
Available October 15, 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray, “Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle” is the first documentary to examine the dawn of the comic book genre and its powerful legacy, as well as the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last 75 years and their ongoing worldwide cultural impact. Among the notable on-camera talents in the film are Stan Lee, Adam West, Lynda Carter, Pulitzer Prize winners Michael Chabon and Jules Feiffer, and interviews with the late greats Joe Simon (co-creator of Captain America) and Jerry Robinson (who helped create the Joker). The documentary is hosted and narrated by Liev Schreiber (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”).
The run time is approximately 180 minutes. The DVD SRP is $24.99 and the Blu-ray SRP is $29.99.
CLASSIC TV/MOVIES BOX SETS SUGGESTION:
The Gene Autry Show: The Complete Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series
Beetlejuice: The Complete Series
No Pryor Restraint: Life in Concert
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: The Complete Series
The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes
The Amityville Horror Trilogy (Movies)
The Vincent Price Collection
Bruce Lee The Legacy Collection (Movies)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 25th Anniversary Edition
FOR HORROR FANS
SCREAM FACTORY HOME ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
The Amityville Horror Trilogy
The Vincent Price Collection
PRISON Collector’s Edition
Day of the Dead Collector’s Edition
The Fog Collector’s Edition
Lifeforce Collector’s Edition
FOR HORROR FANS
PRISON COLLECTOR’S EDITION Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
From the producer of HALLOWEEN comes a new force of evil…
Creedmore Prison becomes a supernatural battleground when the specter of Charlie Forsythe, a man executed for murder, returns seeking vengeance from the brutal guard, Ethan Sharpe, who was aware of his innocence. The lives of the inmates hang in the balance as Forsythe and Sharpe lock in demonic combat. Directed by Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Deep Blue Sea). Starring Viggo Mortensen (A History Of Violence, Eastern Promises), Chelsea Field (Dust Devil, The Dark Half) and Lane Smith (Red Dawn).
LIFEFORCE from director Tobe Hooper
From the director of Poltergeist and the co-writer of Alien comes a thrilling sci-fi adventure of explosive action and pulse-pounding suspense!A mission to investigate Halley’s Comet discovers an even stranger phenomenon: an alien spacecraft! Following a deadly confrontation, the aliens arrive on Earth, where their seductive leader begins a terrifying campaign to drain the lifeforce of everyone she encounters. Her victims, in turn, continue the cycle, and soon the entire planet is in mortal danger. And when the mission’s sole survivor (Steve Railsback – The Stunt Man) sets out to destroy her, he comes face to face with the most charming – and horrifying – being he’s ever known. Will he be able to destroy the lovely vampiress…or will he become yet another victim of her fatal charm?
THE FOG Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD
A weather beaten old fisherman tells an ancient tale of betrayal and death to fascinated children as they huddle together by their campfire. As a piece of driftwood in a child’s hands glows with spectral light an eerie fog envelops the bay and from it’s midst emerge dripping demonic victims of a century old shipwreck… seeking revenge.
Day of the Dead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray + DVD Combo pack
In this the third film in the continuing saga of the undead from writer/director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, Survival of the Dead), a small group of scientists and soldiers have taken refuge in an underground missile silo where they struggle to control the flesh-eating horror that walks the earth above. But will the final battle for the future of the human race be fought among the living or have they forever unleashed the hunger of the dead? Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato and Richard Liberty star in this controversial classic with groundbreaking gore effects by Tom Savini.
The Vincent Price Collection SRP $79.97, 4-Blu-ray set
On October 22, classic film aficionados, horror fans and collectors will relish the 4-Disc Blu-ray release of The Vincent Price Collection from Scream Factory. An essential collection for every home entertainment library, this extraordinary collector’s set brings together six Vincent Price masterpiece classics, featuring the first-ever Blu-ray movie presentation of Fall of the Hose of Usher (1960), The Haunted Palace (1963), The Masque of Red Death (1964), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961Witchfinder General (1968) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). Brimming with a bevy of chilling bonus content including interviews with producer/director Roger Corman, audio commentaries, original theatrical trailers, still galleries and archival materials, this Blu-ray collection also includes a 24-page Collector’s book.
The Amityville Horror Trilogy SRP $69.97, 3-Blu-ray set
Scream Factory is proud to present The Amityville Horror Trilogy Deluxe Collector’s Edition Three-Disc Blu-ray Pack. Featuring perfect high-definition picture visuals and purest digital sound available, this essential collection brings together The Amityville Horror (starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Oscar(R)-winner Rod Steiger), Amityville II: The Possession (starring James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Andrew Prine, Jack Magner, Diane Franklin) and Amityville 3D (starring Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Candy Clark). Each movie from this collection is packed with extensive bonus features and more!
There’s no place like home…for bloodcurdling horror! For George and Kathy Lutz from The Amityville Horror, the colonial house on the river’s edge seemed ideal: quaint, spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course, six brutal murders had taken place there just a year before, but houses don’t have memories…or do they? Soon the Lutz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare, as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them. Now the family must try to escape or forfeit their lives – and their souls! One of the most talked-about haunted house stories of all time, The Amityville Horror is a spine-tingling tale of a house possessed by unspeakable evil.
CLASSIC TV/MOVIES BOX SETS SUGGESTION
Beetlejuice: The Complete Series SRP $99.99, 12-DVD set
Known for its witty dialogue, tongue-in cheek humor and satire-filled plots, this quirky series was based on the highly popular 1988 Tim Burton film of the same name. Beetlejuice: The Complete Series features the escapades of Lydia Deetz, a teenage goth girl with a love of all things macabre, and her best friend Beetlejuice, an undead, bug-eating prankster from the Netherworld. The only way Beetlejuice can visit the Outerworld (also know as the town of Peaceful Pines) is when his name is repeated three times, but unfortunately for him that is the same way to send him back! This Saturday morning cult favorite features all 94 episodes in a 12 DVD box set.
Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids: The Complete Series SRP $119.99, 15-DVD set
Hey, hey, hey! Shout! Factory today announced that Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: The Complete Series is now DVD. At $119.99,this 15-DVD box set includes every episode of the classic television series created, produced and hosted by legendary comedian Bill Cosby. Fat Albert and the Cosby kids®: The Complete Series includes 110 episodes, a 16-page book, and the documentary Hey, Hey, Hey . . . It’s The Story Of Fat Albert, featuring an all-new interview with Bill Cosby.
Inspired by his childhood memories growing up in North Philadelphia, Bill Cosby created the stories surrounding the lovable Albert Jackson and his signature salutation “Hey! Hey! Hey!” For Fat Albert and his friends, each day is an adventure as they face the exciting, and sometimes challenging, experiences of growing up in 1970s urban America. For these city kids, each day holds new lessons and surprises. They are a group of boys who, in spite of their shortcomings—whether it be an awkward growth spurt or a lack of athletic ability— always stick by each other. With Fat Albert as their leader and the junkyard as their playground, this band of misfits shows us that if you put your imagination to work, you can achieve anything!
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series SRP $139.99, 21-DVD set
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ignited one of the many loves of American television: stories about teenagers. Dobie Gillis was a typically indecisive young man who continually set out on hopeless quests for popularity, money, and the attention of beautiful girls, all while trying to make his parents happy. Created and written by humorist Max Shulman and adapted from Shulman’s celebrated collection of short stories, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis premiered on CBS in 1959 and was a counter-culture hit throughout all four years of its network run. Starring Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus, Tuesday Weld, Warren Beatty and Sheila James, this timeless show triggered a sea change in sitcoms and dramas, which would focus on the hopes, dreams and angst of teenagers for decades to come.
The long-awaited The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Complete Series is now available in a collectible 21-DVD box set to North American home entertainment shelves for the first time. This highly anticipated complete series DVD box set features all 147 episodes from 1959-1963, plus special bonus features including original rare pilot footage, bonus episodes from Love That Bob! (The Bob Cummings Show) and The Stu Erwin Show and more! Whether reliving the rosy memory from the 1950s or discovering this classic sitcom for the first time, loyal fans, collectors and viewers will be enamored by Dobie Gillis all over again.
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The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes SRP $29.93, 3-DVD set
From its beginnings as an immensely popular radio program to its heyday as the premiere situation comedy on television, The Jack Benny Program and its eponymous star are counted among the most gifted influences in the history of American comedy. One of the leading entertainers of the 20th century, the trials and tribulations of Jack Benny’s “Everyman” character kept millions of fans laughing for over 30 years.
The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes, a three-DVD collection that celebrates the enduring heart, soul and wit of this American icon. Lovingly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, this first of its kind set features 18 episodes of the beloved program — unseen since their original broadcast —
plus all-new bonus features including excerpts from the Jack Benny color television specials, an new interview with Harry Shearer, director Norman Abbott and Benny’s secretary Dorothy Ohman; newsreels featuring rare footage from the 1930s and ’40s, a 16-page booklet and much more.
CHAPTER 2
ONCE UPON A TIME…YOU WISHED UPON A STAR
There are kids in your life and this year we’re not feeding the console war. Let’s start with the obvious pick.
On December 10th, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release DESPICABLE ME 2, the $863 million worldwide box office phenomenon and the year’s #1 comedy, on Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Packs, DVD and Digital HD including UltraViolet™! Bonus features include three all-new mini-movies featuring the mischievous but lovable Minions, deleted scenes, a closer look at the evil minions and much more!
December 3, 2013 Transformers Prime: Season Three SRP $19.93 DVD (DVD in stores at Walmart & Target)
The perfect gift for families, kids and fans, Transformers Prime arrives in stores everywhere just in time for this holiday season! On December 3, 2013, the highly anticipated Transformers Prime Season Three – Beast Hunters, the complete third and final season of Hasbro Studios’ Emmy® Award-winning series, debuts on a special 2-Disc Blu-ray™ collection and a collectible 2-DVD set from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios.
Transformers Prime Season Three – Beast Hunters contains all 13 exciting episodes in perfect high-definition picture and purest digital sound available. Special bonus content highlights include Transformers Prime panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2013 and more! Brimming with captivating storyline packed with unforgettable characters and visually stunning CG animation, Season Three delivers entertaining adventures that the whole family will enjoy!
Viewers will see Optimus Prime and his team face their greatest challenge yet in a new foe dedicated to the destruction of the Autobots— and potentially, planet Earth. This is an essential collection for every fan, collectors and entire family to complete their Transformers Prime home entertainment library.
Perfect for this Holiday – TRANSFORMERS PRIME Seasons 1, 2, 3 and feature-length epilogue Beast Hunters Predacons Rising. (Note -Seasons 1, 2 and Beast Hunters Predacons Rising are currently available in stores. Season Three debuts in stores on Dec. 3.
December 17, 2013 The Littlest Pet Shop: Lights, Camera, Fashion! SRP $14.93 DVD
Meet Blythe. She’s just a regular girl. She loves fashion. She loves her friends. And did we mention that she has the ability to talk to animals? Good thing this secret gift makes her a perfect fit for The Littlest Pet Shop! On December 17th, 2013, Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, invite you to join Blythe and her very best friends — Zoe the spaniel, Pepper the skunk, Sunil the mongoose, Russell the hedgehog, Penny the panda, Vinnie the gecko and Minka the monkey — for fashion-filled fun in Littlest Pet Shop: Lights, Camera, Fashion!
In addition to five off-the wall adventures, Littlest Pet Shop: Lights, Camera, Fashion! also comes with a collectible Zoe toy and trading card, and has a suggested retail price of $14.93.
Now is its second season, Littlest Pet Shop delivers captivating entertainment the whole family can enjoy. Featuring all-new original music by Daytime Emmy® Award nominee Daniel Ingram and the vocal talent of Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Nicole Oliver and Peter New, Littlest Pet Shop currently airs on The Hub TV Network in the US. Fans can pre-order a copy now at Wal-Mart.com or purchase this December by visiting a Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club location.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec SRP $24.97 Blu-ray /$14.97 DVD
Shout! Factory, in collaboration with EuropaCorp, invites families and the young-at-heart across America to be captivated by one of the most highly anticipated international motion pictures of all time when Luc Besson’s The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec unleashes on DVD and on two-disc Blu-Ray combo pack. Journey into an awe-inspiring world of action fantasy and visual wonder with popular French comics heroine Adèle Blanc-Sec as she leaps from the pages to the screen! Brimming with heart-pounding action, breathtaking cinematography and visceral special effects, this acclaimed feature illustrates the magical power of moviemaking, and delivers wildly entertaining cinematic adventure filled with humor, incredible action, mystery and lush Parisian period details that the whole family will enjoy.
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls SRP $24.97 Blu-ray Combo Pack/ $16.99 DVD
My Little Pony Equestria Girls, the full-length feature introducing an exciting dimension to the incredibly popular My Little Pony brand, is now on Blu-ray and DVD from Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios. When Twilight Sparkle’s crown is stolen from the Crystal Empire, she pursues the thief, Sunset Shimmer, into an alternate world where she finds herself turned into…a teenage girl! To regain her crown and return to Equestria, Twilight must learn how to fit into this strange, new world and defeat Sunset Shimmer in a competition to become crowned Princess of the Fall Formal at Canterlot High. Luckily, she will have the assistance of Spike and five teenage girls who remind her of a certain group of ponies back home.
A Monster in Paris $24.97 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack / $14.97 DVD
Venture into the delightful 1910s Parisian cityscapes and be spellbound by the visually opulent family adventure of A Monster in Paris. Directed by Bibo Bergeron (Shark Tale) and based on an original story by Bergeron, A Monster in Paris boasts an impressive international voice cast of Vanessa Paradis (Café de Flore), singer/ songwriter Sean Lennon, Adam Goldberg (A Beautiful Mind), Danny Huston (Hitchcock), Bob Balaban (For Your Consideration) Catherine O’Hara (Penelope) and Jay Harrington (Private Practice). A Monster in Paris tells the tale of a wacky inventor, his camera-crazy best friend and a madcap monkey who make a massive mistake when let loose in a mad scientist’s laboratory. With lotions and potions spilling everywhere, the troublesome trio accidentally creates Franc, the product of a reaction between a common flea and one of the scientist’s mystery concoctions. What they fail to realize, however, is that this ‘monster’ is actually a soft-centered soul with an astounding talent for music.
With the help of an enchanting nightclub singer Lucille, Franc becomes the talk of the town, just as stories of Paris’s newest monster attract the attention of the egotistical police commissioner, hell bent on securing a big prize to help his battle to become mayor. The unwitting scientists and the singer must team up to protect Franc, a monster with more than a musical career to protect!
The Littlest Pet Shop: Petacular Escapades SRP $14.97 DVD
Blythe and her best friends — Zoe the spaniel, Pepper the skunk, Sunil the mongoose, Russell the hedgehog, Penny the panda, Vinnie the gecko and Minka the monkey — are back for five more exciting adventures in the Littlest Pet Shop! Littlest Pet Shop: Petacular Escapades is now on DVD. This collection features encounters with legendary parrots, movie stars and Blythe’s sudden inability to understand the pets! All of these adventures and more happen in these petacular episodes of The Littlest Pet Shop!
Littlest Pet Shop: Petacular Escapades delivers captivating entertainment the whole family can enjoy and contains a brand new bonus sing-along. Featuring all-new original music by Daytime Emmy® Award nominee Daniel Ingram and the vocal talent of Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Nicole Oliver and Peter New, Littlest Pet Shop currently airs on The Hub TV Network in the US.
Transformers Prime: Predacons Rising SRP $24.97 Blu-ray Combo Pack/ $16.97 DVD
The eagerly anticipated conclusion of Hasbro Studios’ Emmy® Award-winning series is now unleashed in a special Transformers Prime original feature presentation for home entertainment. Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, invite kids, families and loyal fans to further venture into the awe-inspiring world of Transformers Prime when Transformers Prime Beast Hunters – Predacons Rising debuts as a special original feature on Blu-ray™+ DVD combo pack and on DVD.
Brimming with spectacular CG animation, a captivating storyline and unforgettable characters from the Transformers lore, this 90-min epilogue to the final season delivers entertaining cinematic adventure the whole family will enjoy. Wrapping up the series that chronicled the epic battle between the Decepticons and the Autobots, the Blu-ray+DVD combo pack and DVD edition contain insightful bonus content, taking viewers behind-the-scenes. Available in stores everywhere, Transformers Prime Beast Hunters – Predacons Rising is an essential home entertainment collection for Transformers fans of all ages.
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas SRP $9.99 DVD
Grab the tinsel and stockings! Just in time to celebrate the holidays, My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas is now on DVD from Shout! Factory Kids in collaboration with Hasbro Studios! Originally released in 2005, A Very Minty Christmas is the first film to be released from Shout! Factory’s new My Little Pony Classic Movies reissue program, which will make favorite titles available to fans once again.
The “Here Comes Christmas Candy Cane” is an important part of Ponyville — it’s the beacon that shows jolly old Santa Claus the way to the town as he makes his holiday rounds each year. But when Minty accidentally breaks it, uh-oh! It looks like Ponyville is destined to have a bleak holiday season. Minty is determined to do anything to save Christmas for her Pony friends while they, in turn, band together to try and cheer up their despondent friend. Together, they all discover that Christmas can come anyway, wrapped in the love of good friends and the oversized heart of one little clumsy, minty-green Pony!
Transformers Rescue Bots: Griffin Rock Rescue SRP $14.93 DVD
Everyone’s favorite Autobot first responders— Chase, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder—return with more excitement filled episodes as they help keep the little town of Griffin Rock safe! This fun-filled collection is now on DVD from Shout! Factory Kids, in conjunction with Hasbro Studios. Featuring five exciting episodes that the whole family can enjoy, this DVD is priced to own with a suggested retail price of $14.93.
Join the Rescue Bots, along with their human friends, as they encounter Dr. Morocco’s strange new invention, learn about the mysteries of the Griffin Rock Triangle and shrink themselves in gigantic adventures that will be fun for the whole family! Find all of this and more in Transformers Rescue Bots: Griffin Rock Rescue!
Pound Puppies: Holiday Hijinks SRP $9.99 DVD
The holidays are here and no one is more excited than these loveable Pound Puppies! Shout! Factory Kids, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, just released Pound Puppies: Holiday Hijinks on DVD. Can the Pound Puppies gang — Lucky, Niblet, Cookie, Strudel, Squirt and Mr. Nut-Nut — make sure that every pet has a family of their very own this holiday season? Find out in this merry-filled disc, packed with five of your all-time favorite holiday episodes!
Winner of the 2012 Humanitas Prize in Children’s Animation, the Pound Puppies series is currently airing on The Hub in the U.S. and YTV in Canada and stars the voices of Eric McCormack, Yvette Nicole Brown, Michael Rapaport, John DiMaggio, Alanna Ubach, René Auberjonois, and M. Emmet Walsh.
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: A Pony For Every Season SRP $14.97 DVD
Soon the season will change and another year will come to a close, but the ponies from Ponyville know friendship is important all year long! My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic: A Pony For Every Season is now on DVD from Shout! Factory Kids in collaboration with Hasbro Studios. The set includes 6 episodes of the hit TV show and a Sing-Along as a bonus feature.
There’s a Pony for every season and an episode for every Pony in this fantastic collection of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. That’s right! Each member of the Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack and Pinkie Pie – gets her very own opportunity to shine with six episodes guaranteed to have you laughing and singing as you discover the magic of friendship! Through Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic: A Pony For Every Season is sure to entertain us all!
Rocko’s Modern Life: The Complete Series SRP $29.93, 8-DVD set
What’s a wallaby to do when he’s surrounded by annoying neighbors, freeloading pals, heaps of laundry and the weight of life in general? Why, turn to his loyal canine, Spunky, his dim-witted best pal Heffer and the neurotic nay-sayer Filburt to help him confront the trials and tribulations of modern life. The long-awaited Rocko’s Modern Life: The Complete Series is now on DVD for the first time. Featuring all 52 madcap original episodes from the enduring animated Nickelodeon show, this 8- DVD box set is loaded with all-new bonus content including an original cover by artist Joe Murray.
Brimming with anthropomorphic social satire and offbeat humor, Rocko’s Modern Life is one of the few animated shows to break through the genre and emerge as a truly original television experience. Created by Joe Murray, (Camp Lazlo, Frog In A Suit) the show features the voice talents of Carlos Alazraqui (CatDog, RENO 911), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Mr. Lawrence (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Charlie Adler (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters). Rocko’s Modern Life made its television debut in 1993 on Nickelodeon and has since become a cult favorite all around the world.
Beetlejuice: The Complete Series SRP $99.99, 12-DVD set
Known for its witty dialogue, tongue-in cheek humor and satire-filled plots, this quirky series was based on the highly popular 1988 Tim Burton film of the same name. Beetlejuice: The Complete Series features the escapades of Lydia Deetz, a teenage goth girl with a love of all things macabre, and her best friend Beetlejuice, an undead, bug-eating prankster from the Netherworld. The only way Beetlejuice can visit the Outerworld (also know as the town of Peaceful Pines) is when his name is repeated three times, but unfortunately for him that is the same way to send him back! This Saturday morning cult favorite features all 94 episodes in a 12 DVD box set.
13″ Plush Talking Willie, Uncle Si, Jase and Phil
Hang out and laugh with your friends and the bearded men of Duck Dynasty with these 13″ plushes that speak the sayins’ they’re all known for. ($20.00srp ea.)
Duck Dynasty Action Figures/Playset
Kids can take it to the swamp and relive their favorite episodes with these individual action figures and a deluxe 30-piece playset. The Robertson men are brought to life with realistically detailed 3-3/4″ fully-jointed action figures: Phil comes dressed in camo and includes a lantern, duck call and a beaver; Willie comes with a duck call, a highly detailed flying mallard and an opening storage box; Uncle Si includes a tea cup, duck call and a squirrel and Jase comes complete with two leaping frogs, duck call, spotlight and snake ($7.99 ea, Cabela’s/cabelas.com). For those seeking to recreate the full Duck Dynasty experience, the deluxe playset includes raised freewheeling 4×4, ATV, airboat, trailer, four licensed Duck Dynasty figurines in hunting outfits, flying duck, swimming duck, frog, chocolate lab, beaver, squirrel, snake, gaff hook, lantern, campfire, gator hook, chair, four duck calls, Si cup, binoculars, spotlight, flashlight, cooler, gas tank and tool box. ($54.99, Cabela’s/cabelas.com)
Swamp People Playset/Action Figure
For those who prefer chootin’ gators to ducks, this holiday season kids can head out into the wilds with the alligator bandit himself, Troy Landry, with the Swamp People Deluxe Playset! Featuring a fully articulated Troy action figure, a 4 x 4 with removable camper shell, a jon boat with motor and trailers, 3 scaly to scale gators and more, fans of the show will almost hear the skeeters humming! ($37.99, amazon.com). Also available is an individual action figure of Troy, complete with lantern and gator. ($4.89, amazon.com)
Robotech: The Complete Series
Carl Macek’s groundbreaking sci fi epic, ROBOTECH, has enthralled audiences since it first appeared on American television in 1985. The saga is told through the eyes of characters caught up in a series of wars that erupts when a mysterious spacecraft crash-lands on Earth at the turn of the millennium. The secrets of alien knowledge aboard this vessel were unlocked, leading to the development of “Robotechnology” and the creation of a vast arsenal of robotic “mecha” to defend the Earth against the alien threats that would eventually strike to lay claim to the mysterious power source known as “protoculture.” One of the first-ever anime imports, this saga spans three generations of mankind’s fight for freedom and ROBOTECH: THE COMPLETE SERIES contains the remastered versions of all 85 episodes from the three Robotech Wars: THE MACROSS SAGA, THE ROBOTECH MASTERS and THE NEW GENERATION. ($59.98, Amazon.com)
For Fido
Duck Dynasty Dog Treats
Whether you want to reward your dog for a successful water retrieval or just give him a tasty and nutritious treat, your best friend will love the new line of Duck Dynasty Dog Treats! These southern-style duck and chicken flavored dog treats, which come in three varieties – Soft Baked, Bicuits and Training Treats – are baked with 1 part home cooking, 1 part love, and 2 parts redneck. With no corn and no soy, dogs everywhere love ‘em! Happy, happy, happy! Also available are mint-flavored Dental Treats. ($6.99, Bass Pro Shops and basspropshops.com)
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