Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Bob the Builder Celebrates Christmas

Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment are releasing a new Bob the Builder DVD today, gearing up for the holiday season. It’s Bob the Builder: Bob’s White Christmas, and it features five episodes relating to Christmas and winter, including the titular episode “Bob’s White Christmas” and other favorites like “Bob of the North.” 



This is not the first time HIT has released some of these titles—in fact, a previous DVD called Bob’s White Christmas came out in 2001, after the episode first aired. If you’ve missed Bob’s Christmas specials thus far, though, this new DVD is now the way in which to experience them, because I’m unaware that all five Christmas/winter eps have been gathered together on one disc before.

Most my Bob the Builder viewing in America has been on television and has therefore featured the American voices. But as with all media I prefer to hear the original language/accents, which in this case is British; although the American actors do a very fine job, there’s something lost in translation, particularly when the actors have to match their lines to already moving lips, as opposed to the process when the original actors record their lines and the animators at HOT Animation match the lips to the recordings. At any rate, let’s hope, like the Teletubbies DVDs, that Bob offers both versions. In any case, parents who want to introduce a little constructive activity into their child’s Christmastime will surely do well with this latest DVD.

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