Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

DVD-cover
Directed by Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett, Frank Tashlin, Arthur Davis, Tex Avery, Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton
Produced by Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie
Starring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release dates
  • September 25, 2005
Running time
 442 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005.[1] It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from the vault", and 11 music-only or music-and-sound-effects audio tracks.

Each disc has an introduction by Whoopi Goldberg, who is a huge fan of the Warner cartoon characters, advising the viewers that some of the cartoons on the set may contain content distasteful or offensive to modern social sensibilities (particularly the racial stereotypes), but will be shown because "removing these inexcusable images and jokes from this collection would be the same as saying [these prejudices] never existed. So they are presented here to accurately reflect a part of our history that can not and should not be ignored".

Related releases

As with Volumes 1 and 2, the individual discs were released separately in Regions 2 and 4:

The Region 2 & 4 version have changed package of contents.

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.
# Title Co-stars Release date Director Series
1 Hare Force 07-22-1944 Friz Freleng MM
2 Hare Remover Elmer 03-23-1946 Frank Tashlin MM
3 Hare Tonic Elmer 11-10-1945 Chuck Jones LT
4 A Hare Grows In Manhattan 05-22-1947 Friz Freleng MM
5 Easter Yeggs Elmer 06-28-1947 Robert McKimson LT
6 The Wabbit Who Came to Supper** Elmer 03-28-1942 Friz Freleng MM
7 Bowery Bugs* 06-04-1949 Arthur Davis MM
8 Homeless Hare 03-11-1950 Chuck Jones MM
9 Case of the Missing Hare** 12-12-1942 Chuck Jones MM
10 Acrobatty Bunny 06-29-1946 Robert McKimson LT
11 Wackiki Wabbit** 07-03-1943 Chuck Jones MM
12 Hare Do Elmer 01-15-1949 Friz Freleng MM
13 Rebel Rabbit* 04-09-1949 Robert McKimson MM
14 Hillbilly Hare 08-12-1950 Robert McKimson MM
15 Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Daffy, Elmer 10-03-1953 Chuck Jones MM

(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(**): Public domain cartoon.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults

Behind-the-Tunes

Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies

# Title Characters Release Date Director Series
1 Daffy Duck in Hollywood*# Daffy 12-03-1938 Tex Avery MM
2 Hollywood Capers*** Beans 10-19-1935 Jack King LT
3 The Coo-Coo Nut Grove 11-28-1936 Friz Freleng MM
4 Porky's Road Race Porky 02-06-1937 Frank Tashlin LT
5 The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos 12-04-1937 Frank Tashlin MM
6 She Was an Acrobat's Daughter 04-10-1937 Friz Freleng MM
7 The Film Fan Porky 12-16-1939 Bob Clampett LT
8 Speaking of the Weather# 09-04-1937 Frank Tashlin MM
9 Thugs with Dirty Mugs** 05-06-1939 Tex Avery MM
10 Goofy Groceries* 03-29-1941 Bob Clampett MM
11 Swooner Crooner Porky 05-06-1944 Frank Tashlin LT
12 Wideo Wabbit Bugs, Elmer 10-27-1956 Robert McKimson MM
13 The Honey-Mousers The Honey-Mousers 12-08-1956 Robert McKimson LT
14 The Last Hungry Cat Sylvester, Tweety 12-02-1961 Friz Freleng MM
15 The Mouse that Jack Built 04-04-1959 Robert McKimson MM


(#): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles. However on the ending titles, the 1941-1955 ending rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" (the Merrie Melodies theme music) is used instead of the special 1937 rendition, used only on this cartoon. This is due to the 1995 Turner "dubbed version" (which uses this rendition) being used as the source for restoration of the soundtrack.
(*): The original ending music has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue ending music.
(**): The Original title ending card has been restored for this Blue Ribbon reissue.
(*#): Cartoon's ending music glitches at the beginning. Also happens on all other prints (including original, AAP print, and 1995 dubbed version).
(***): Public domain cartoon.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults

Behind-the-Tunes

Disc 3 - Porky and the Pigs

# Title Characters Release Date Director Series
1 I Haven't Got a Hat Beans, Porky 03-09-1935 Friz Freleng MM
2 Porky's Romance Petunia, Porky 04-03-1937 Frank Tashlin LT
3 Porky's Party Porky 06-25-1938 Bob Clampett LT
4 Porky in Egypt Porky 11-05-1938 Bob Clampett LT
5 Porky and Teabiscuit Porky 04-22-1939 Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton LT
6 Pigs Is Pigs Piggy 01-30-1937 Friz Freleng MM
7 Pigs in a Polka* 02-02-1943 Friz Freleng MM
8 Porky Pig's Feat* Daffy, Porky 07-07-1943 Frank Tashlin LT
9 Daffy Duck Slept Here Daffy, Porky 03-06-1948 Robert McKimson MM
10 Bye, Bye Bluebeard Porky 10-21-1949 Arthur Davis MM
11 An Egg Scramble Porky, Prissy 05-27-1950 Robert McKimson MM
12 Robin Hood Daffy Daffy, Porky 03-08-1958 Chuck Jones MM
13 The Windblown Hare Bugs 08-27-1949 Robert McKimson LT
14 Claws for Alarm Porky, Sylvester 05-22-1954 Chuck Jones MM
15 Rocket Squad Daffy, Porky 03-10-1956 Chuck Jones MM

(*): Public domain cartoon.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults

Behind-the-Tunes

Disc 4 - All-Stars Cartoon Party

# Title Characters Release Date Director Series
1 Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur** Daffy 04-22-1939 Chuck Jones MM
2 Super-Rabbit Bugs 04-03-1943 Chuck Jones MM
3 Daffy Duck & Egghead# Daffy, Egghead 01-01-1938 Tex Avery MM
4 A Gruesome Twosome Tweety 06-06-1945 Bob Clampett MM
5 Draftee Daffy Daffy 01-27-1945 Bob Clampett LT
6 Falling Hare** Bugs 10-30-1943 Bob Clampett MM
7 Steal Wool Ralph and Sam 06-08-1957 Chuck Jones LT
8 Birds Anonymous* Sylvester, Tweety 08-10-1957 Friz Freleng MM
9 No Barking Claude, Frisky 02-27-1954 Chuck Jones MM
10 Rabbit Punch Bugs, The Crusher 04-08-1948 Chuck Jones MM
11 An Itch in Time Elmer 12-04-1943 Bob Clampett MM
12 Odor-able Kitty Pepé 01-06-1945 Chuck Jones LT
13 Walky Talky Hawky* Foghorn, Henery, Barnyard Dawg 08-31-1946 Robert McKimson MM
14 Gonzales' Tamales* Speedy, Sylvester 11-30-1957 Friz Freleng LT
15 To Beep or Not to Beep Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner 12-28-1963 Chuck Jones MM

(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(#): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles. However on the ending titles, the 1941-1955 ending rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" (the Merrie Melodies theme music) is used instead of the original 1937-1938 rendition. That is due to the 1995 Turner "dubbed version" (which uses this rendition) being used as the source for restoration of the soundtrack.
(**): Public domain cartoon.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults

Behind-the-Tunes

Reception

In The New York Sun, author and critic Gary Giddins had complained that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 and Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 were lacking in black-and-white shorts, and seemed to avoid the more politically incorrect cartoons in the series. When his review was reprinted in the book, Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books, Giddins noted that Volume 3 made up for its forerunners' shortcomings by including some of the racial caricatures of the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.[5]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Release and content information: "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes comedy Hour - The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  2. ↑ http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=803484
  3. ↑ http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/793119
  4. ↑ http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/793121
  5. ↑ The New York Sun 23 Nov 2004, reprinted in Giddins, Gary (2006). Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books. Oxford University Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-19-517951-X.