The Hooley Dooleys-At the Farm

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General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Audio Music Highlights-Song Selection
Rating
Year Of Production	?
Running Time	37:16 (Case: 45)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Colin Bromley
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Antoine Demarest David Butts Elisha Chin Michael Hambley Nadine Welke Drew Craymer
Case	6 Clip and Ring
RPI	$26.95	Music	The Hooley Dooleys

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (384Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	Yes, dancing and singing during closing credits

    The Hooley Dooleys are back together again singing their fun songs in their latest video At the Farm. But wait...where's Bruce? Long term fans will remember Bruce as being one of the three original guys, the other two being David and Antoine. According to their official website, Bruce appears to have left on a good note citing that, after 9 years as part of the group, he had 'personal reasons' for leaving the group. Hope all goes well for him. The family really had fun watching him as part of the Hooley Dooleys!

    Anyway, onward to the current group...David and Antoine still have Russell the Muscley Kangaroo and Tickle the Doodad with them, but now they're joined by Captain Catastrophe, and a very attractive Penelope Perfect (perhaps to entertain the fathers of kids watching the show?)

    Although Bruce's absence in the show can be felt by long term fans, the rest of the gang have put together a show that's just as bright and fun as in the past. Somewhat different to their previous videos, this time the entire show takes place on 'location' at a farm.

    There are some new songs, plus slightly different renditions of old favourites, on a DVD that's just the right length for the target audience.

Video

    The video is presented in 1.78:1 widescreen and is 16x9 enhanced.

    The sharpness and black level are good, as you'd expect for recent digitally-filmed source material. Likewise, there is no visible low-level noise.

    Colour is rich throughout the show, with no trace of oversaturation or colour bleed.

    There were no visible MPEG artefacts nor any film artefacts (not surprising given that this appears to have been filmed digitally).

    Surprisingly, there are no subtitles for the hard-of-hearing on this disc.

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Audio

    The only audio track is English, in Dolby Digital 2.0.

    The dialogue quality is fine at all times, with both speech and singing clear throughout. Even though they take the pains to wear wireless microphones, it appears that the songs have been recorded in a studio and have been dubbed into this mix.

    Surround activity is pretty limited, with just slight amounts of music and ambient noise fed into the rears (depending on your decoder setup).

    The subwoofer chips in to support the music, though it's not fed by a dedicated LFE signal, but only by the decoder's bass setup.

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    The menu features music in the background.

   The only 'extra' is being able to select each of the 15 songs individually from the menu.

    This disc is only available in R4.

    At the Farm is another fun-filled and enjoyable video from The Hooley Dooleys.  I've somehow found their presentation style and their music just a little bit more laid-back compared to say The Wiggles or Hi-5. Everything is just a little bit simpler (and I mean that nicely!).

    The songs are enjoyable, and the location filming on a farm is a good change from their previous largely studio-filmed videos.

    The video quality is very good as is the sound. However, there are no extras.

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