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I collect them all, because they are a wonderful archival collection, but I have not had time to watch the few last batches of volumes (since about 2004), only a few bits and pieces, due to several unfortunate things eating up all of my time-- and even though each cartoon is pretty short, when you're not in the mood, you're not in the mood. :(

Anyway, I got this year's new volumes today and I am playing the first disc on my computer to check it plays fine (I have been doing this with every new DVD for a few months; on and off and first, and everytime I get a new one now, especially multi-DVD sets).

A card at the end of Leonard Maltin's general introduction to disc 1 of Oswald acknowledges the contribution of animation and comic historian David Gerstein (archival director, Gemstone Publishing).

Well, here's the opportunity to directly address my thanks to someone involved in the production of these DVDs in some way: thank you, David!

Thanks a lot for the splendid Mickey and the Gang book!

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I suppose we might devote a thread at least to Mouse and Duck shorts each, since they are quite obviously the source of our beloved comics, and some writers / artists have worked in animation and comics-- Barks and Jippes, for instance.

Since we have been into lists lately, ...

Some of my favorite shorts
(going through the DVD's lists, I see I don't remember some cartoons exactly; please keep in mind also I have not watched everything yet; since it's a long list, I will underline the ones I love the most the most)

Silly Symphonies
The Old Mill (Silly Symphony)
Flowers and Trees
The Grasshoper and the Ants-- "Oh, the world owes me a living!"
Who Killed Cock Robin?
The "Three Little Pigs" cartoons
The Skeleton Dance

Mickey Mouse (b&w)
The Mad Doctor
Gulliver Mickey
Mickey's Service Station

Mickey Mouse (and friends) (color)
The Band Concert
Mickey's Fire Brigade
Thru the Mirror
Magician Mickey-- my mother bought several of those whatever-the-format-was reels and it's one I watched a lot as a kid
Clock Cleaners
Lonesome Ghosts
Boat Builders
The Whalers
Mickey's Trailer
Pluto's Christmas Tree
The combination of Mickey, Donald and Goofy made for excellent cartoons.
Longer ones: The Prince and the Pauper,
and my absolute favorite one, Mickey's Christmas Carol

Donald
Modern Inventions
Fire Chief
Donald's Snow Fight
The DD one that was adapted by Barks into "Trick or Treat!"
I really need to watch the rest or re-watch some to check I'm not confusing them with one another

Goofy
Goofy and Wilbur
Tiger Trouble-- another on a reel (it was not complete though, certainly due to room constraints)
Hold That Pose

There are more in the other collections, but I'll stop here for now.

Walt Disney on the Front Lines holds lots of great futures, both funny and educational.
I don't remember which one (in this volume) has Donald painting himself invisible.

Should you not come back here until later in the week (ha! as if you had anything more important to do! :p ), let me wish you here

very happy holidays!

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Quote from user: OlivierWalt Disney on the Front Lines holds lots of great futures, both funny and educational.
I don't remember which one (in this volume) has Donald painting himself invisible.

Should you not come back here until later in the week (ha! as if you had anything more important to do! :p ), let me wish you here

very happy holidays!
Olivier, I think you're referring to "The Invisible Private" on Disc One. My favourites from this volume are "Commando Duck" and "Der Fuehrer's Face".

I don't have all the collections as I only buy those that interest me. Sadly, I missed out on the first batch of release, notably Mickey Mouse volume one. These collections runs out fast. I'm planning to get "The Chronological Donald, Volume Three (1947 - 1950)" before its out of stock. I have the first two volumes.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Quote from user: OlivierWell, here's the opportunity to directly address my thanks to someone involved in the production of these DVDs in some way: thank you, David!
You're so welcome, Olivier! Oswald is among my favorite characters, and this was a true labor of love.
But my work couldn't have been done alone; my "job" was essentially to coordinate and connect Disney with various other researchers and Oswald scholars in the field. So here's my opportunity to directly address MY thanks to Gunnar Strøm and Are Myklebust, without whom TALL TIMBER (1928) would not have been located or recovered. In fact, my Disney colleagues would like to send you the complimentary DVD copies I promised a few months ago; want to contact me privately with your mailing addresses, fellows?

I've got Disney On The Front Lines, which is my only one so far. I really enjoy it, not only because of the old wartime cartoons, but it gave me the opportunity to finally see Victory Through Air Power. So far, it's the only WDT dvd I have; but I'd also like to get Silly Symphonies and all the Donald Duck Chronologies. :)

I have picked up all the Donald ones released so far, and the complete Goofy as well. The "on the front lines" set interests me, but sounds like something I'd watch once for the novelty of it, so I've put that in my Netflix queue. I'm not a huge Mickey fan so I'm giving those sets a pass. What I'd really like to see is a rerelease of that Davy Crockett collection. Such fond memories of that as a kid (it may not hold up, but I still want to see). :)

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this storie is very good...I love but I'm a fire figter...

Thanks, RancidDuck! I should have thought of posting this.

I am also looking forward to The Scarecrow.
For the first time I will not order one of the sets-- Annie.

Quote from user: RancidDuckBonus Features: "Donald Goes to Press"
This is actually an international history of Donald in the comics, starting with Taliaferro and Federico Pedrocchi and continuing more or less up to the present day. I worked on the project heavily as a Gemstone rep, and you'll also find Bob Foster and Joe Torcivia among the interviewees.
There's more about the 1940s-1960s stories than those of modern times, but AFAIK, panel excerpts with artist credits show much work from many recent creators who aren't covered in the narrative itself.
I haven't seen the absolute final cut, but I hope we'll all be pleasantly surprised.