Tongues—and tails—wagging
August 21, 2006

Always wanted to be Dr. Dolittle and talk to the animals? Well, lots of upcoming releases offer the opportunity to practice.

Fox’s $27.8 million-grossing sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties purrs onto DVD on Oct. 10 (prebook Sept. 13; DVD $29.98). The talking cat (voiced by Bill Murray) will be featured more on the disc, in a maze game and a widescreen extended edition of the movie. Other bonus features are the featurette “Drawing With Jim Davis,” an exclusive comic strip and “Odie’s Photo Album Game.”

Woof woof

Buena Vista walks the latest DVD premiere in the Air Bud line to stores on Dec. 12. Now, I know what you’re thinking—“the Air Bud dog doesn’t talk”—but in this new movie, Air Buddies (prebook Oct. 17 direct, Oct. 31 distributor; DVD $29.99), five puppies are introduced to the family, and guess what? They talk! Even some adult animals have found their tongues, and they sound amazing like Richard Karn, Michael Clarke Duncan and Don Knotts. The disc offers a featurette to teach owners how to “Train Your Dog to be a Star”—watch out, Fido!—as well as those talking puppies being interviewed for “Hollywood Backstage Pass With Air Buddies.”

Moooo, oink

Talking dogs and cats not enough for you? Sony’s got a host of releases with verbose animals—clay, that is. Creature Comforts: The Complete Second Season (two-disc set $24.96); Creature Comforts: Merry Christmas, Everybody (DVD $9.95) and Creature Comforts: Seasons 1 & 2 (three-disc set $40.95) gather in stores on Oct. 24 (prebook Sept. 21). Supplements in the Second Season package include a making-of featurette, plus “The People Behind the Puppets” and the short “Animated Conversations: Countryside Code.” Better get out your dictionary.

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