The April Fool's Day episode of SOUTH PARK which starred the kids' favorite
TV show characters, Terrance & Phillip, will be available in US stores on
June 15. This is the only full-length, half-hour episode featuring the two
Canadian action stars from the "show-within-a-show" on SOUTH PARK. The
episode was broadcast on April 1, 1998, the date viewers were expecting to
see a cliffhanger identifying Cartman's father. As a result of this April
Fool's Day trick, Comedy Central received thousands of e-mails and letters

As we reported, on June 1 Rhino Home Video released THE WORLD OF SID &
MARTY KROFFT, a three-volume set that included one episode from every
Krofft Saturday morning show. Now on July 20 the kooky shows of Sid & Marty
Krofft will once again find their way into American living rooms with the
home video release of individual episodes of H.R. PUFNSTUF, SIGMUND & THE
SEA MONSTERS, LAND OF THE LOST, BUGALOOS, LIDSVILLE, and FAR OUT SPACE
NUTS. While these shows are mostly live-action (the primary exception is

Manga Video will release BLACK JACK in the US on June 29, 1999. Directed by
Osamu Dezaki, this 1993 direct to video release from Japan is based on a
manga by Osamu Tezuka that was first serialized in Japan from 1973-78.
Tezuka is known as the father of animation and comic books in Japan, and
specifically as the creator of such TV series as ASTRO BOY and MARINE BOY,
as well as award-winning shorts such as JUMPING. In BLACK JACK, Dr. Black
Jack, an unlicensed but extremely successful surgeon, is a lone wolf who

TWEETY: TWEET & LOVELY gives US fans of the lovable little canary and his
always-hungry pursuer, Sylvester, 10 of their funniest Warner cartoons.
Included are "Red Riding Hoodwinked," "Fowl Weather," "A Pizza Tweety Pie,"
"Tugboat Granny," "Rebel Without Claws", "Tweety's Circus", "Greedy for
Tweety", "Hawaiian Aye Aye", "Tweet and Lovely", and "Catty Cornered". 66
min. Warner Home Video. US street date: June 22. $14.95. TWEETY: HOME TWEET
HOME includes ten more cartoons featuring Tweety and Sylvester. "Birds

A boxed set of TV shows made by Sid and Marty Krofft in the 1970's collects
episodes from thirteen Krofft programs, including the short programs that
were part of "The Krofft Super Show," and will be released by Rhino Home
Video on May 18 in the USA. These shows are not animated, but their cheesy
"special effects" have a camp appeal for many fans of animation, especially
for the children of the Seventies.


Tape 1 (120 mins.) includes:


H.R. PUFNSTUF - "Book, Flute, & Candle" Episode 12. Jimmy finds Freddie The

Siren Entertainment, an Australian company, has released eight volumes
of THE MILTON THE MONSTER SHOW, available in both VHS PAL and NTSC
formats. In the fall of 1964, THE MUNSTERS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY,
sitcoms about families of monsters, appeared on US TV. Attempting to
cash in on their subsequent success, Hal Seeger Productions produced THE
MILTON THE MONSTER SHOW for ABC's 1965-1966 season. Milton is a giant
Frankenstein monster-type created by Professor Weirdo and Count Kook.
His creators meant Milton to be scary, but he turns out to be a

Released last week in the USA, Pixar's A BUG'S LIFE was the week's best
selling video and DVD title, selling enough copies to already put it at No.
4 on the list of the year's best selling videos, and No. 10 on the list of
the year's best selling DVD's. (There are no plans to release the Pixar
film on laser disc.) It is already ahead of ANTZ and just behind THE
RUGRATS MOVIE, but farther behind MULAN. Other best selling VHS titles for
the week include THE RUGRATS MOVIE, which finished third; SCOOBY-DOO'S

The Cinema Guild has released the animation cult classic, VAMPIRES IN HAVANA! Juan Padron, best known in the US for his QUINOSCOPO shorts, directed the 1985 Cuban film which was released theatrically in the USA in 1987. VAMPIRES IN HAVANA! is a spoof of horror and gangster movies, presented in a style reminiscent of FRITZ THE CAT. It features Professor von Dracula, a vampire scientist who leaves Transylvania for Cuba where he invents "Vampisol," a potion that allows vampires to live in sunlight.

The new Paramount Home Video release of THE RUGRATS MOVIE was the best
selling video in the US for the week ending April 4, 1999. RUGRATS out sold
its nearest rivals, TAE-BO WORKOUT and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, by about four to
one. However, MULAN, which debuted on video in the US earlier this year,
sold about 38% more copies during its debut week than RUGRATS sold during
its first week. RUGRATS was also released on DVD last week where it debuted
at #2, just behind Buena Vista's THE WATERBOY with Adam Sandler.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival and Canadian Film Institute
have acquired the North American video rights to all Estonian animation
films produced by the studios,Tallinnfilm, Eesti Joonisfilm, and Nukufilm.
The collection includes award winning films by Priit Parn, ("Hotel E,"
"Breakfast on the Grass," and "The Night of the Carrots"); Rao Heidmets
("Hell"); Mati Kutt ("Underground," "Smoked Spout Baked in the Sun"); Janno
Poldma ("Birthday"); Rein Raamat ("Hell"); and many more.