I watched the original Walt Disney's Zorro TV series when it first aired in the late 50s. I was in grade school, but I remember having a huge crush on Zorro and also wanting to be Zorro, as did most kids back then. We all ran around making Zs in the air or on things with sticks or toy swords.
I renewed my love of Zorro a couple of years ago when I read Isabel Allende's book, Zorro, It made me want more, so I started doing online searches until I found out I could buy the whole series if I joined the Disney Movie Club. I normally do not like to join those types of clubs but it seemed this was the only way I could get these DVDs which were colorized. I loved watching them, but the colorized DVDs are not as good quality as the black and white DVDs which recently came out as a WD Treasures. I bought those too and am enjoying watching this set even more than the colorized ones simply because the detail is so much better.
I usually watch a movie once and that is it. If it is a really "feel good" movie, I might watch it a couple of times, but for some reason, I can watch these 82 episodes of Zorro over and over. It takes a few weeks to watch them start to finish, then I just start over and watch them all again.
Disney did this right. Guy Williams is the best Zorro ever. I have seen most other Zorro films but I like Guy Williams best. Sgt. Garcia is also a great character whom you grow to love. The man who plays him, Henry Calvin was apparently an opera singer and once in a while we get to hear him sing. These TV episodes are full of action, humor, and some good story lines that sometimes take up to 13 episodes to get through them. The theme song is one of the catchiest ever. The music used for background is just perfect. Since the show is about California in the early 1800s under Spanish rule, it doesn't seem very dated even today. Whenever I watch an episode of Zorro, I want to watch another one. It always makes me feel good.
I renewed my love of Zorro a couple of years ago when I read Isabel Allende's book, Zorro, It made me want more, so I started doing online searches until I found out I could buy the whole series if I joined the Disney Movie Club. I normally do not like to join those types of clubs but it seemed this was the only way I could get these DVDs which were colorized. I loved watching them, but the colorized DVDs are not as good quality as the black and white DVDs which recently came out as a WD Treasures. I bought those too and am enjoying watching this set even more than the colorized ones simply because the detail is so much better.
I usually watch a movie once and that is it. If it is a really "feel good" movie, I might watch it a couple of times, but for some reason, I can watch these 82 episodes of Zorro over and over. It takes a few weeks to watch them start to finish, then I just start over and watch them all again.
Disney did this right. Guy Williams is the best Zorro ever. I have seen most other Zorro films but I like Guy Williams best. Sgt. Garcia is also a great character whom you grow to love. The man who plays him, Henry Calvin was apparently an opera singer and once in a while we get to hear him sing. These TV episodes are full of action, humor, and some good story lines that sometimes take up to 13 episodes to get through them. The theme song is one of the catchiest ever. The music used for background is just perfect. Since the show is about California in the early 1800s under Spanish rule, it doesn't seem very dated even today. Whenever I watch an episode of Zorro, I want to watch another one. It always makes me feel good.