“Paramount Home Entertainment, Nickelodeon and Shout! Factory today announced a sub-licensing agreement that will give Shout! Factory rights to distribute DVD and Blu-ray releases of some of Nick’s classic animated programs, including The WildThornberrys, Hey Arnold, Danny Phantom, Aaaah! Real Monsters, and Rocko’s Modern Life in the United States and Canada.
The first title to be released will be The Wild Thornberrys: Season One, which will arrive in stores on May 17, 2011. Produced by Klasky-Csupo for Nickelodeon, The Wild Thornberrys premiered in September 1998 and aired until 2004 with reruns airing on Nicktoons and CBS from 2002-2007. The Wild Thornberrys DVD release has long been anticipated by fans but has not been available instores until now.
The hit series follows the Thornberry family as they travel the world in their Communications Vehicle (or CommVee) looking for rare animals to film.After an encounter with an African shaman, their youngest child Eliza was given the power to speak to animals! Every episode in this adventure-packed DVD set follows Eliza as she comes face-to-face with an assortment of animals, continents and danger. Encounter wildlife in all its natural glory and eavesdrop on Eliza’s conversations with silverback gorillas, pythons, crested grebes, tapirs, capybaras, antelopes and opossums while the CommVee travels on!
Vibrant animation, exotic locations, charming storytelling plus an all-star voice cast, including Lacey Chabert (Party Of Five), Tim Curry (The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) and Flea (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) make season one of The Wild Thornberrys an epic family adventure. Featuring all 20 action-packed episodes, the collectible 4-DVD box set is priced to own at a suggested retail price of $29.93 and will no doubt attract a new audience of kids as well as young adults who grew up watching the television series.
The release of these DVDs is part of Nickelodeon’s commitment to bring back classic shows. Nickelodeon will also launch a new nighttime programming block this fall on TeenNick called ?The ?90s Are All That!,? featuring a rotating selection of iconic live-action and animated shows from Nickelodeon’s 1990s.“
So I wasn’t exactly a kid of the ’90s, but possibly one at heart. I do have siblings that are still teenagers, and children of my own that are hitting that dreaded “tween” stage; awkwardness and all. I remember plenty of times just chillin’ with the kids watching cartoons. A few of those listed above were favorites of theirs.
My favorite, you ask? The Wild Thornberrys, without a doubt! We actually do own all of the movies, which I haven’t seen in years. I felt like a kid in a candy store when I found out that The Wild Thornberrys: Season One was coming and my family would be lucky enough to check it out. I knew the kids would be just as excited too, and boy was I right!
The very first night, Big Bro and I laid in my bed and watched a few of the episodes. Throughout the week, the kids and I had this in the DVD player constantly. In fact, we just packed up most of our DVDs and this is one that we had to keep out!
If you’ve never seen The Wild Thornberrys, I definitely recommend checking it out. It’s a great cartoon, but definitely one that all ages can get into. Eliza is always on some quirky adventure on her own and manages to get herself in a jam all the time. Of course, she gets herself out easily too given that she can talk to animals!
My whole family really enjoys this series and will definitely be buying the rest of the series as they come out. Having 20 episodes all at once, in one case is great because it’s hours of entertainment.
Buy It!
You can buy The Wild Thornberrys: Season One
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