Amazon tracks top selling DVDs on this page -- a check as of 10:50 p.m. EDT on May 11, 2004 (the first day the set was officially available) showed it rated at number 10! This is as high a rating as the collection received -- pretty heady stuff for a nearly 40-year-old cartoon!

Lyle's first-impressions review.

Craig's first-impressions review.

Warner Home Video (WHV) opens its classic vaults to team up with legendary animation studio Hanna-Barbera to premiere two releases in the new "Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection" DVD series featuring the animated series "The Jetsons: The Complete First Season" and "Jonny Quest: Season One." By popular demand, both cult-classic cartoon series will be available May 11, 2004 for the first time ever digitally re-mastered on DVD in a deluxe four-disc collectors set, each featuring over 11 hours of classic original TV programming and newly-added enhanced content, priced to own at $64.92 SRP.

The catchy tune of "The Jetsons" ideally captures the lighthearted essence of the show, a 21st Century futuristic counterpoint to "The Flintstones" that reflected the space-age optimism of the times. "The Jetsons" were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became a reality! They lived in the ultra-convenient world of tomorrow with flying cars, floating cities and androids, all commonplace scenery of today's most popular sci-fi blockbusters. The animated series only lasted for one full season, but these original episodes continued to air on the network for over 15 years. Now this beloved series teletransports onto DVD, featuring all 24 hilarious Season One episodes, plus packed with soaring extras, both newly-made and vintage rarities, including:
"Rosey the Robot" Commentary by Janet Waldo
"A Date with Jet Screamer" Commentary by Janet Waldo
"The Jetsons: The Family of the Future" Featurette
"Nuclear Family Album" (character bios)
"Space Age Gadgets" Featurette
"Rosey the Robotic Maid" Featurette

Unlike the outrageous fantasy plots of cartoons that preceded it, "Jonny Quest" drew on science and detective-style logic to solve mysteries and apprehend sophisticated villains. Viewers were transported to exotic locales as Jonny's dad, Dr. Benton Quest, tackled each new government assignment, aided by ex-agent "Race" Bannon, the Indian boy Hadji, family bulldog Bandit ... and of course, his fearless 11-year-old son Jonny (voiced by actor Tim Matheson). Now all 26 classic episodes from Year One charting the fantastic exploits of brave and brainy Jonathan Quest are available for the first time ever in the "Jonny Quest: Season One" deluxe DVD set that is action-packed with bonus features such as:

• "Quest Files: Fun Facts & Trivia" (over episode "Double Danger")
• "Adventures in Animation: A Cartoon Called Quest" Featurette on Animators
• "Jonny Quest Video Handbook" (bios on heroes, villains and locations)
• "P.F. Flyer Sneaker" commercial (original spot)

[TVShowsOnDVD.com] reported this was coming awhile ago, but today Warner Bros officially announced that they are releasing the first season of Jonny Quest on DVD. On May 11th we'll see the entire 26 episode premiere season of the show released on DVD for the first time. With a running time of 676 minutes, and boasting "dazzling translucent collectible packaging," the set will carry a suggested retail price of $64.92 for 4 discs.

I read this morning on Coming Attractions (http://members.cox.net/comingattractions/) that a release date of May 12th has been set for the complete 1st season on DVD. This is my only source of information for this news, so a second source may be in order before you post this news on your Quest site, but it's worth looking into.

JONNY QUEST SEASON ONE DVD SET - Coming in May!
The JONNY QUEST SEASON ONE DVD Set is coming this May from Warner Home Video!

Follow young, intrepid adventurer Jonny Quest, his scientist father Dr. Benton Quest, bodyguard Race Bannon, boyhood companion Hadji, and pup Bandit, in the globe-trotting, harrowing exploits featured in this DVD set collecting all 26 Season 1 episodes of Hanna/Barbera's 1964-65 animated classic!

The March PREVIEWS solicitation indicates that this DVD set is scheduled to ship in April 2004. The retailer ordering data lists May 12th as the ship date.

Yes, there will be a DVD box set of all 26 classic Jonny Quest episodes. Most probably by the end of '04. News we've all been waiting YEARS to hear.

I and others were interviewed for a small retrospective documentary (which I hear came out great). Other extras MAY include, the Toby Danger short from Freakazoid and a vintage B&W PF Flyers commercial done at the time of the original show. I know they have access to both these things and I suggested that one or both should be Easter Eggs. We'll have to see. I asked about censorship (The infamous "Heathen Monkeys" line, for example) and uncut versions (unlike some awful VHS releases of the past) and, rest assured that they want to put out the truest versions from the archives.

The two producers of the extras are big fans and very nice guys and the quality of the extras will be whatever they are allowed to do, time, money, and available material (The classic show wasn't that well archived). As far as I'm concerned, it is a MAJOR victory to have the episodes on DVD, period. Any extras will be welcome, but that's a minor point to me (even though I'm involved a little!).

In addition to CJQ, first season sets of Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and Jetsons are on the way and I know that they are working on a Challenge of the Superfriends thing. Also, they are finally talking about a good box set (or sets) of Batman: TAS.

Sorry it isn't the best of info, but you can be assured that those bootleg sets are a waste of money. Within ten months' time, a much better quality, and less expensive official version will be easy to buy.