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Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• 30 Rock - Season 1 (also available in Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 sets)
• The Black Donnellys - Complete Series
• Bosom Buddies - Season 2
• Desperate Housewives - Season 3: Dirty Laundry Edition
• Dirty Jobs - Collection 1
• Falcon Beach - Season 1
• The Gumby Show - Gumby Essentials: Vol. 1
• It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Seasons 1 and 2
• Man vs. Wild - Collection 1
• Nip/Tuck - Season 4
• The Office - Season 3
• Prison Break - Season 2
• Robot Chicken - Season 2
• Rules of Engagement - Season 1
• She-Ra - Season 2
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 5, Vol. 1

• Audience members should never dance when there are cameras around.
• An interview with a Geico caveman.
• Is this really what American Idol has come to?
• Mo Rocca asks: which country should Angelina adopt from next?
• The Green Hornet is finally coming to the big screen.
• A rather bizarre episode of Gumby, remastered. What's he doing on the moon?
• Did Carlos Mencia steal an old Bill Cosby bit?
• And introducing: The Poopy Bastard.

Happy Monday, everybody. I've compiled some interesting news and tidbits from the world of animation just for you:

In keeping with the current trend of depicting cartoon characters as real people, someone has drawn the South Park characters as real people.

As reported by Brad last February, classic Gumby shorts are now available on YouTube, Google Video, and In2TV (which is run by TV Squad's parent company, AOL). The shorts are being made available through DMGI, which is also releasing a Gumby DVD later this year. I've placed the first Gumby short at the end of this post.

Pete Kleinow, steel guitarist for the Flying Burrito Brothers who also played with several big names in the music business, passed away Saturday at the age of 72 from complications brought on by Alzheimer's disease.

Kleinow also had a career in television and film. He worked as an animator on the original Gumby series and also wrote and performed the theme song. His other animation projects included Davey and Goliath, Land of the Lost, and commercials for Pillsbury featuring Poppin' Fresh. He also worked on visual effects and animation for such films as Gremlins, the first two Terminator films, Army of Darkness, The Empire Strikes Back and Holes.

In 1983, Kleinow won an Emmy for his visual effects work on the ABC miniseries The Winds of War, which chronicled the world events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

[via Cartoon Brew]