George Of The Jungle [DVD]

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The only (minor) complaints I have with this 2-DVD set is that the three 15-second trailers in the original series trumpeting the scenes from "next week's episode" could EASILY have been included here (AND the two still pictures preceding each program, advertising it "IN COLOR".

he didn't need to drink his Super Chicken tonic to change, Fred didn't know his secret identity, and the show's catch-phrase "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it" isn't uttered. In one of the early episodes he recovers the state of Rhode Island, which had been stolen by a super-criminal. George junior is the main by-product of the five-year gap, and thankfully has inherited brains from his mother's side (Julie Benz). Those who bought the "George of the Jungle" videotapes from Fox back in the 1990's will remember these. Leaving behind his forest full of animal friends, including Ape, a talking gorilla and Shep, an elephant who aspires to be a dog, George plants roots in the big city of San Francisco, where the comedy and adventure only grow bigger.I've read where some parents fear Super Chicken because they think the lead character's continual need for "super sauce" may be a hidden drug reference. This substance is prepared by his valet, Fred, a lion (voiced by Paul Frees), and is generally drank from a martini glass.

Each week some minor problem will strike, which George invariably makes even more disastrous before the final resolution. This show comes with a Dolby Digital two channel mono soundtrack that is pretty much what one would expect from a vintage children's show.His pet elephant is Shep, though George thinks he's a "big grey peanut-loving doggie", and his best friend is an ape named Ape who talks with a cultured Ronald Coleman-style voice and is much more intelligent than George. As Super Chicken he flies around in his "Super Coop", combatting evil, assisted by the non-super, somewhat cowardly Fred who is constantly reminded by his employer, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!