Posted by One-Shot Scot on 10/21/05 04:03

"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:55:22 -0700 from One-Shot Scot <SonOf@Bitch.com>:
>
> > It seems that there were indeed two different BBC DVDs. Because I have
> > my _W & G_ DVD in a jewel case, I had to go to the closet and dig out
> > the box. The actual title of this DVD is _Aardman presents Wallace &
> > Gromit the First Three Adventures_. (This would also explain why my
> > box doesn't match any of the previous website pictures that I have
> > found.)
> >
> > There is also some confusion as to the actual name of this DVD, but I
> > finally found it, under the title _Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman
> > Animation_ (1996). My box looks exactly like the one pictured here:
>
> Mine is /The Incredible Adventures of Wallace and Gromit/, and the
> cover is quite different from yours
> <http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0326969/>. It's the one with the altered
> soundtrack. Ebay buyers, beware!
>
> (Mine also lacks "Creature Comforts"; does yours have it?)


No, "Creature Comforts" is not on the DVD.

I remember buying the first BBC DVD at Costco for around $20. Then, after it
went out of print, I saw a copy at Tower for $30. The Three Adventures were
then re-released on a Warner DVD. However, I don't recall anyone ever saying
that the music had been changed.

The Digital Bits talked about both BBC disks in the same review and had this
to say:

"What a treat! I've long enjoyed Nick Park's "claymation"-style shorts,
starring a bumbling English inventor named Wallace and his dry-witted dog
Gromit, and all three of the duo's adventures are available on DVD. These
were originally released on disc by 20th Century Fox in 1999, with some
nifty extras included. But Warner obtained the BBC license shortly
thereafter, and now the trio of shorts has been re-released on DVD, with
even more cool extras than before."

Is the first DVD pictured in the review the one that you have? If so, the
reviewer apparently didn't actually play it because he said:

"And when the penguin tries to drive poor Gromit crazy with loud music in
The Wrong Trousers, one of the songs he plays is How Much is that Doggie in
the Window - funny!"

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/wallaceandgromit.html#wgfox

The contents of the "Extra Features" menu are:

Rat & the Beanstalk (Animated black and white line drawings.)

Walter Goes Fishing (Animated black and white line drawings.)

Dog Test (Clamation test.)

Grand Day Out Test (Clamation test.)

Excerpts from "Inside the Wrong Trousers" (Eight minutes of snips.)

BBC Christmas Interstitials (Brief scenes of W & G at Christmastime.)

There is also a four page insert with chapter listings and an offer claiming
that the asking prices are 50% off of the regular prices of the following
merchandise:

W & G molded wall clock. $14.00 + $2.95 shipping and handling

W & G character watch. $19.50 + $4.95 shipping and handling

W & G talking alarm clock. $19.50 + $4.95 shipping and handling

W & G sunshade. $3.25 + $1 shipping and handling

Alas, the offers expired on March 31, 2000.

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