August 10, 2006

LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION #4

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Warner Bros. has announced the November 14th release date for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4. See the trailer here. The contents have been leaked to TVshowsondvd.com and I recommend going there to read the full list of the cartoons that will be included on this volume.

As usual, the 60 uncut digitally remastered cartoons are only half the story. The other part is the bonus materials that enhance our appreciation of the Looney Tunes legacy. Here's what they are:

BUGS BUNNY - Disc 1

Commentaries
• Rabbit Hood by Director Eric Goldberg
• Operation: Rabbit by Writer Paul Dini
• Mississippi Hare by Director Eric Goldberg
• Hurdy-Gurdy Hare by Writer Paul Dini
• 8 Ball Bunny by Historian Jerry Beck
• Rabbit Romeo by Actor June Foray and Historian Jerry Beck

Alternate Audio Programs
• Operation: Rabbit Music and Effects Track
• Knight-Mare Hare Music Only Track
• Southern Fried Rabbit Music and Effects Track
• Sahara Hare Music Only Track
• Barbary-Coast Bunny Music Only Track
• To Hare is Human Music Only Track
• Rabbit Romeo Music Only Track

Behind the Tunes
• Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
• Powerhouse in Pictures

Bugs Bunny Superstar Pt. 1 (1976 documentary)

Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 ½ Minutes (1989 short)

The Bugs Bunny Show
• Ballpoint Puns Bridging Sequences
• Foreign Legion Leghorn Audio Recording Sessions

Trailer Gallery
• Bugs Bunny’s Cartoon Carnival
• Bugs Bunny’s All-Star Revue

FRANK TASHLIN - Disc 2

Commentaries
• The Case of the Stuttering Pig by Animator Mark Kausler
• Now That Summer is Gone by Historian Michael Barrier with Director Frank Tashlin
• Porky in the North Woods by Animator Mark Kausler
• You’re an Education by Historian Daniel Goldmark
• Plane Daffy by Filmmaker Greg Ford
• Cracked Ice by Historian Michael Barrier with Director Frank Tashlin
• Puss N Booty by Historian Jerry Beck
• I Got Plenty of Mutton by Filmmaker Greg Ford
• Porky’s Poultry Plant by Historian Michael Barrier with Director Frank Tashlin
• The Stupid Cupid by Director Eddie Fitzgerald

Bugs Bunny Superstar Pt. 2 (1976 documentary)

Porky and Daffy in "The William Tell Overture"

Frank Tashlin’s Storybooks
• Little Chic’s Wonderful Mother
• Tony and Clarence

From the Vault
• The Goldbrick (1943 Snafu short)
• The Home Front (1943 Snafu short)
• Censored (1944 Snafu short)

SPEEDY - Disc 3

Commentaries
• Cat-Tails for Two by Actor Stan Freberg and Historian Jerry Beck
• Mexican Boarders by Filmmaker Greg Ford with Director Friz Freleng
• Nuts and Volts by Animator Art Leonardi and Historian Jerry Beck
• The Wild Chase by Writer Paul Dini

Alternate Audio Programs
• Cat-Tails for Two Music and Effects Track
• Tabasco Road Music Only Track
• Mexicali Schmoes Music Only Track
• West of the Pesos Music Only Track

"Friz on Film" (A new one hour documentary)

From the Vault
• 90 Day Wondering (1956 Army reinlistment film by Chuck Jones)
• Drafty, Isn’t It? (1957 Army recruitment film by Chuck Jones)

CATS - DISC 4

Commentaries
• Conrad the Sailor by Filmmaker Greg Ford with Director Chuck Jones
• The Aristo-Cat by Director Eddie Fitzgerald
• The Aristo-Cat by Filmmaker Greg Ford with Director Chuck Jones
• Dough Ray Me-ow by Historian Jerry Beck
• Pizzicato Pussycat by Daniel Goldmark
• The Unexpected Pest by Actor June Foray and Historian Jerry Beck

Alternate Audio Programs
• Cat Feud Music Only Track
• The Unexpected Pest Music Only Track
• Go Fly a Kit Music Only Track
• A Peck of Trouble Music and Effects Track

Behind the Tunes
• One Hit Wonders
• Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes
• The Art of the Gag
• Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting
• Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands

From the Vault
• Porky’s Breakdowns
• Sahara Hare Storyboard Reel
• Porky’s Poor Fish Storyboard Reel


Posted by JERRY at August 10, 2006 12:15 PM