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Johnny Bravo
is the typical Cartoon Network Original
Animated Series. Unusual animation style,
quick jokes, lots of silly action and one-liners.
This description is fine if you’re
familiar with Cartoon Network Original Animated
Series, but not so much if you’re
not in the know. Johnny Bravo is a blonde,
Elvis-haired, muscle bound idiot, whose
sole purpose in life is to woo the women.
He flexes (HOO HAA) and sweet talks (“Hey
Pretty Mama”) his way into generally
being beaten up by every woman who catches
his eye. It’s a pretty funny series,
though not one with any real moral compass.
That is not its point, it is simply meant
to make you laugh.
Warner Brothers is releasing the thirteen
episodes that made up the first season,
and I’m actually kinda glad they did.
I’ve seen a lot of the episodes, but
was able to catch quite a few that I missed.
And while the show isn’t really ‘laugh
out loud’ funny, it offers enough
chuckles to make it a worthwhile watch when
you want something short and sweet. It’s
a pretty decent set that makes up for the
few episodes with some nice bonus features.
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First up is a featurette called “Bringing
Up Johnny Bravo”, which focuses on the creation
of the character way back in college by Van Partible
and how voice actor Jeff Bennett created the familiar
voice, which they claim is a mash-up of Elvis
and James Dean. They discuss freely the animation
style, which in part is what makes the show so
funny to watch. There is also commentary on three
episodes, including some by Seth McFarlane (who
I had no idea had a hand in the early days of
creating the series). He becomes a big focus of
some of the commentary, including the somewhat
joking about how he became such a big shot animation
king with “Family Guy”. There’s
even a temp track they dug up with McFarlane doing
two songs for the episode “Sensitive Male.”
Finally, you’ll find Pencil Tests for two
of the episodes.
This is a nicely packaged release for a decently
funny animated series. If you’re at all
a fan, definitely pick it up.
Extras: Bringing Up Johnny Bravo; Commentary on
3 Key Episodes; The Sensitive Male: Seth MacFarlane’s
Temp Tracks for This Episode’s Songs; Johnny
Bravo Original Pencil Tests for 2 Episodes
Specifications: Full Screen
Studio: Warner Brothers
Release Date: 6/15/2010
Region 1
MPAA Rating: NR
http://www.warnervideo.com
We'll give Johnny Bravo: Season 1 a B.
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