(Mission Hill information added below)

CLONE HIGH RANKED #1 on AMAZON (shortly, but still)

I had not mentioned it here before, but go get yourself some Clone High inspired crap from CafePress. Special products expected in time for your Snowflake Day celebration!

The Official Clone High DVD Site on DETOUR as brought to our attention by phil. Thanks, phil. The funny thing about it is, they have two images of Gandhi and Abe that we’ve really never scene before. They seem to be early production art that was colored and some how made its way to the “to be used in promotions” pile by accident.

Well, I’m happy. I don’t know if I could live on without having my Gandhi saying “Rock On” in an American Sign Language kind of way… with Abe just looking on. That pictures not coming down from over my bed.

So, I broke down and bought my own copy of Clone High early, instead of waiting for the hopeful American release. Luckily, I got my order in on time, so I don’t have to wait the rumored “three week delay for restocking”. That may or may not be true, but there are already comments being stated on the Clone High LiveJournal of changes between downloaded episodes and the clean, DVD versions.

The most surprising to me is that the exclusion of the slow, piano instrumental opening theme song to “Episode 10: Litter Kills: Litterally”. plasticf*cktard was kind enough to rip a very nice version of the song and linked it for everyone to download. It was much nicer than my version, as mine was more muffled, and was missing the opening, so it has been added to the CH downloads section. Also, some people were asking for the real theme song, so that has been uploaded as well, along with many more songs/music/quotes so go check it out.

Other changes include the removal of MTV additional music cues and some background music. So, if you were to be a total nerd, and watch both the DVD and your “found” copies of the episodes together, you may notice some musical changes. If you have the time, write up the report and send it here. I don’t have the time; I’m making cartoons, remember.

witchbabywigg claims that “you get on all episodes an extended title sequence with more clips and a much longer cut of the theme song.” Hooray! They also go on to say “that these are the Canadian versions of the show, with ‘USA’ removed from the title and no annoying background pop music. What I mean is: as with all their shows, MTV uses current pop music instead of score, constantly changing songs, sometimes many times within a scene…..AND IT IS AWFUL.
Since this is a Canadian release, the episodes thankfully have just regular generic score music.”

You will still get your Abandoned Pools fix, but it seems that if you are planning on getting it from a store, you may be out of luck. It seems that they underestimate the wonderfulness that is Clone High. Ordering only two copies per store, (or none!) is just ludicrous, and I demand that you all demand to see the manager on duty so you can give them an ear-full, or better yet, pull a skunky-poo, and mess up their whole day.

And of side note: the DETOUR site episode guide confirms that Mandy Moore was, in fact, a guest star for the Snowflake Day episode. It is no longer “may or may not” status, but I was still holding out for that it was actually an Angel.

witchbabywigg was kind enough to get the first scans up of the parts of the DVD case that we had not yet seen. They are pictured above, and thanks to them for allowing us who have not yet gotten them go that bit more insane in anticipation. And thanks for breaking the news before me. If you get me fired, I’m going to kill your [pun]dog.

What?!? What’s that you say? You didn’t buy Clone High on DVD yet?!? For shame…. Go right on over here to Amazon.ca and order it. For the good of your humor lobe of your brain, do it!

If you’ve never seen the show, and you’re here for Mission Hill, I still suggest you go to the Detour DVD site and download their small, though sweet, clips of Clone High, so you can see the glory that is Clone High. But there is bad news to report in Mission Hill news, as missionhillonline reports: There will be no animatic for ‘Crap Gets in Your Eyes.’  The reason is there are some legal issues regarding royalties to the actors involved.

That is really sad. I was really looking forward to checking out these animatics, not only for the MHCH cartoons, but just so I could practically get to see a whole other episode of Mission Hill. Plus, being able to see their directorial shots of the show would be a blast. I love all of that behind the scenes looks into cartoons. That’s why I visit Jackson’s Venture Brothers LiveJournal for BTS information of the great show: Venture Brothers. You should too. And Home Movies Season 3 is coming out very soon! November 15th, 2005. I can’t find anywhere to confirm, but looking at how many episodes, it should have 4 seasons of DVD-sets eventually.

And lastly, for those who are holding out to buy the American version of the CH DVD, if that even ever gets released, it was quite cleverly brought up on the LiveJournal by happening_hobo that you could just “sell whichever one is worse to a friend for a reduced price so they can enjoy some clone high lovin’”.

MHCH Refuge whole-heartily encourages the action of buying several copies and happening_hobos view totally represents the nature of this site.

The time is almost here, for you to get your very own copy of Clone High on DVD!

I suppose the American fans out there, such as me, could try to order from Amazon.ca. I’ve heard decent things from U.S. shoppers that have gone through them. Or you could wait for the most likely inevitable U.S. release. But if you can’t wait, just remember, you can get a legitimate copy this Tuesday, if you really want it as much as I do. 17.70 American – 20.90 Canadian