Goodtimes' website after being sold to Gaiam.Goodtimes' website as it appeared in 1998.See Alsoedit | edit source External Linksedit | edit source Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf (4 Cartoons)īeethoven Mr. See here for a complete list of Goodtimes' releases. One version have the original Paramount logos intact, the other does not. - Goodtimes released this film twice in the same year, presenting it as two completely different films.The Hunchback of Notre Dame (as HGV Video).Classic Comedy (The Milky Way, The General, College).3: Van Beuren Studios (Parrotville Post Office, Ali Baba, Parrotville Old Folks, Simple Simon, Scottie Finds a Home, The Hunting Season, Spinning Mice, Merry Kittens, Picnic Panic) 1: Fleischer Studios (A Car-Tune Portrait, An Elephant Never Forgets, Chicken A La King, The Kids in the Shoe, Musical Memories, Bunny Mooning, The Little Stranger, Time For Love) Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys (Goodtimes both produced and released this movie.).Gaiam and the Cayre Brothers continue to produce and release new films. In 2005, Goodtimes filed for bankrupcty, and its assets were sold to Gaiam. Goodtimes eventually moved on to DVD and continued releasing the Jetlag films, but the company couldn't stay afloat. When this stopped working, they bought out HGV and used the HGV name to release the films, leading to the demise of HGV's brand in 1998. They contracted with Columbia Pictures, NBC, and Universal Studios to release their films on Disc and Tape. Goodtimes and the Cayre Brothers eventually developed a bad reputation and sought out a way to release their films without any reference to the Cayre Brothers. Disney eventually sued Goodtimes over this, and won, but the court did not require Goodtimes to pay a fine - they only had to print their name on the boxes to avoid any confusion. Goodtimes often released these films with similar titles and boxart to the latest Disney movies, even if the plot of the film was different. When their contract expired, the Cayre Brothers approached Jetlag Productions, a Japanese studio, to continue making animated films.
#Goodtimes entertainment software#
Goodtimes eventually spun off Kids Klassics to distribute cartoons, and GT Interactive Software for video games.Īround 1990, Goodtimes began to release Golden Films' animated films in an attempt to compete with Disney. Goodtimes' huge library, as well as the quality of their tapes, quickly made them one of the largest video companies around at the time.
The company distributed public domain movies and serials on Disc and Tape. GT Interactive Software meanwhile was sold to Infogrames Entertainment SA were they remain to this day as Atari, Inc.Goodtimes was founded in 1979/1980 by Kenneth, Joseph and Stanley Cayre, often referred to and credited simply as the Cayre Brothers. In 2005, the company went bankrupt, and its assets were purchased by Gaiam, which continues to distribute and release new films. The company also went into the video game publishing business through the creation of GT Interactive Software in 1993. As a result, GoodTimes was forced to clearly print its name on its home media releases. Disney eventually took notice, however, and sued GoodTimes, alleging that GoodTimes' similar boxarts were made to trick customers. Many of these works were adapted from public domain stories and fairy tales, most infamously ones similar or identical in name and/or plot to bigger-budget films made by Disney, with their releases timed similarly to the Disney home media releases in order to cash in.
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#Goodtimes entertainment tv#
It started out releasing public domain films, then gravitated to reissues of films and TV programs licensed from RCA/Columbia, MCA/Universal, Orion, Worldvision, and Hanna-Barbera, among others.īut perhaps its biggest claim to infamy was when they distributed Direct to Video animated films from Golden Films and Jetlag Productions. Its main purpose was to release inexpensive VHS releases to take advantage of the growing video collector's market. was an American home video company founded in 1984 under the name of GoodTimes Home Video.
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