Back then I don't think I watched as many repeat views of a TV show more as I now do with the Simpsons. Volume 1 appropriately contains the very first 3 episodes of Monkey. Each episode is framed at 1.33 to 1 and is of average quality. The source print looks to have been riddled with dirty marks and grit, and that the video transfer has been over tweaked to rid some of these problems. Colour Saturation is okay, and can at times be quite pleasing, but is generally a little muted.
Sharpness is so-so but does show enough detail.
As great as it would be for Monkey to receive a full on restoration, I don't think it'll be happening soon. ALL 3 episodes of monkey have been squeezed onto a single layer DVD and doesn't appear to have suffered from the high compression. Just the same I would have thought a Dual Layer DVD9 would have been the best way to present over 2 hours of Monkey Shenanigans. Yeah same goes here. I didn't notice any audio clicks or pops and the level of hiss is very low.