Post by Shonokin on Oct 18, 2006 9:52:41 GMT -8
CLASSIC MEDIA COMPLETE DICK TRACY ANIMATED SERIES ON DVD.
In celebration of Dick Tracy's 75th anniversary, Classic Media has released a four-disc DVD set with a limited edition Dick Tracy comicbook, containing the entire animated series.
THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TRACY originally aired on TV from 1961 to 1964, with local personalities introducing the cartoons. The voice of Dick Tracy was performed by character actor Everett Sloan, with other notable characters being voiced by the likes of Paul Frees, also known as the voice of Boris Badanov from the ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE cartoons, and Mel Blanc.
Creator Chester Gould spent 10 years of submitting ideas to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, before Dick Tracy was picked up and first published in the DETROIT MIRROR in 1931, followed by the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS and finally the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. TRACY later found his voice and animated features when the cartoon
aired in 1961.
Gould's work contained imaginative predecessors to real-life police tactics and equipment. Gould created the Closed Circuit TV Police Showup in 1953, real suspect lineups began in 1954; his Electronic Telephone Number Pickup was drawn in 1954, the Caller ID was patented in 1982; and the Magnetic Space Coupe, which took Tracy to the moon in 1962, seven years before the first actual moon landing in 1969.
In celebration of Dick Tracy's 75th anniversary, Classic Media has released a four-disc DVD set with a limited edition Dick Tracy comicbook, containing the entire animated series.
THE ADVENTURES OF DICK TRACY originally aired on TV from 1961 to 1964, with local personalities introducing the cartoons. The voice of Dick Tracy was performed by character actor Everett Sloan, with other notable characters being voiced by the likes of Paul Frees, also known as the voice of Boris Badanov from the ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE cartoons, and Mel Blanc.
Creator Chester Gould spent 10 years of submitting ideas to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, before Dick Tracy was picked up and first published in the DETROIT MIRROR in 1931, followed by the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS and finally the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. TRACY later found his voice and animated features when the cartoon
aired in 1961.
Gould's work contained imaginative predecessors to real-life police tactics and equipment. Gould created the Closed Circuit TV Police Showup in 1953, real suspect lineups began in 1954; his Electronic Telephone Number Pickup was drawn in 1954, the Caller ID was patented in 1982; and the Magnetic Space Coupe, which took Tracy to the moon in 1962, seven years before the first actual moon landing in 1969.
