Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2

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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2

DVD-cover
Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert Clampett
Produced by Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer
Starring Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Sylvester, Tweety, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date(s) Flag of the United States November 2, 2004
Running time 432 minutes
Country  United States
Language English
Preceded by Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
Followed by Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.[1]

Contents

[edit] Related releases

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

  • Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 2 [2]
  • Disc 2: Best of Road Runner [3]
  • Disc 3: Best of Tweety and Sylvester [4]
  • Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 3 [5]

In Region 1, discs 3 and 4 were also released separately as the more family-friendly Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 2.

[edit] Disc #1: Bugs Bunny Masterpieces

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.
# Title Co-Stars Release Date Director TV package
1 Big Snooze, The Elmer 10-05-1946 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
2 Broom-Stick Bunny Witch Hazel 02-25-1956 Chuck Jones Post-1948
3 Bugs Bunny Rides Again Sam 06-12-1948 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
4 Bunny Hugged The Crusher 03-10–1951 Chuck Jones Post-1948
5 French Rarebit* 06-30–1951 Robert McKimson Post-1948
6 Gorilla My Dreams Gruesome 01-03-1948 Robert McKimson a.a.p.
7 Hare-Brained Hypnotist, The Elmer 10-31-1942 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
8 Hare Conditioned 08-11-1945 Chuck Jones a.a.p.
9 Heckling Hare, The Willoughby 07-05-1941 Tex Avery a.a.p.
10 Little Red Riding Rabbit 01-04-1944 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
11 Tortoise Beats Hare Cecil 03-15-1941 Tex Avery a.a.p.
12 Rabbit Transit Cecil 05-10–1947 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
13 Slick Hare Elmer 11-01-1947 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
14 Baby Buggy Bunny 12-18-1954 Chuck Jones Post-1948
15 Hyde and Hare 08-27-1955 Friz Freleng Post-1948

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

[edit] Special Features

[edit] Audio bonuses

  • Music-only audio tracks on Hyde and Hare
  • Music-and-effects-only audio track on Broom-Stick Bunny, Bunny Hugged, Baby Buggy Bunny
  • Audio commentaries

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

[edit] Disc #2: Road Runner and Friends

All cartoons on this disc are directed by Chuck Jones.
# Title Characters Release Date TV package
1 Beep, Beep Wile E. and Road Runner 05-24-1952 Post-1948
2 Going! Going! Gosh! Wile E. and Road Runner 08-23-1952 Post-1948
3 Zipping Along Wile E. and Road Runner 09–19–1953 Post-1948
4 Stop! Look! And Hasten! Wile E. and Road Runner 08-14-1954 Post-1948
5 Ready, Set, Zoom! Wile E. and Road Runner 04-30–1955 Post-1948
6 Guided Muscle Wile E. and Road Runner 12-10–1955 Post-1948
7 Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z* Wile E. and Road Runner 05-05-1956 Post-1948
8 There They Go-Go-Go! Wile E. and Road Runner 11-10–1956 Post-1948
9 Scrambled Aches Wile E. and Road Runner 01-26-1957 Post-1948
10 Zoom and Bored Wile E. and Road Runner 09–14-1957 Post-1948
11 Whoa Be-Gone! Wile E. and Road Runner 04-12-1958 Post-1948
12 Cheese Chasers Claude, Hubie and Bertie 08-28-1951 Post-1948
13 Dover Boys, The 09–10–1942 a.a.p.
14 Mouse Wreckers* Claude, Hubie and Bertie 04-23-1949 Post-1948
15 Bear For Punishment, A* The Three Bears 10-20–1951 Post-1948

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

[edit] Special Features

[edit] Audio bonuses

  • Music-only audio tracks on Guided Muscle, Gee Whiz-z-z-z! There They Go-Go-Go!, Scrambled Aches, Zoom and Bored
  • Music-and-effects-only audio track on A Bear For Punishment
  • Audio commentaries
    • Michael Barrier on Beep, Beep!, The Dover Boys at Pimento University or 'The Rivals of Roquefort Hall', A Bear For Punishment
      • Greg Ford on Stop, Look, and Hasten, Whoa Be-Gone!, Mouse Wreckers

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

  • Crash! Bang! Boom!: The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown

[edit] Disc #3: Tweety and Sylvester and Friends

# Title Characters Release Date Director TV package
1 Bad Ol' Putty Tat* Sylvester, Tweety 07-23-1949 Friz Freleng Post-1948
2 All Abir-r-r-d* Sylvester, Tweety 06-24-1950 Friz Freleng Post-1948
3 Room and Bird Granny, Sylvester, Tweety 06-02-1951 Friz Freleng Post-1948
4 Tweet Tweet Tweety Sylvester, Tweety 12-15-1951 Friz Freleng Post-1948
5 Gift Wrapped Granny, Hector, Sylvester, Tweety 02-16-1952 Friz Freleng Post-1948
6 Ain't She Tweet Granny, Sylvester, Tweety 06-21-1952 Friz Freleng Post-1948
7 Bird in a Guilty Cage, A Sylvester, Tweety 08-30–1952 Friz Freleng Post-1948
8 Snow Business Granny, Sylvester, Tweety 01-17-1953 Friz Freleng Post-1948
9 Tweetie Pie* Sylvester, Tweety 05-03-1947 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
10 Kitty Kornered Porky, Sylvester 06-08-1946 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
11 Baby Bottleneck** Daffy, Porky 03-16-1946 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
12 Old Glory* Porky 07-01-1939 Chuck Jones a.a.p.
13 Great Piggy Bank Robbery, The Daffy 07-20–1946 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
14 Duck Soup to Nuts Daffy, Porky 05-27-1944 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
15 Porky in Wackyland Porky 09-24-1938 Bob Clampett Sunset

[edit] Special features

[edit] Audio commentaries

  • Greg Ford on Ain't She Tweet, Tweetie Pie
  • Michael Barrier on Kitty Kornered, Baby Bottleneck, Porky in Wackyland
  • Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Old Glory
  • John Kricfalusi on The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

[edit] From the Vaults

  • Bonus cartoon: Daffy Duck For President (An all-new Daffy Duck cartoon released to tie in with the 2004 Election)
  • The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special: Part 2
  • The Porky Pig Show opening title sequence
  • The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show 1988 and 1992 opening title sequences

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

  • The Man From Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett

[edit] Disc #4: Looney Tunes All-Stars: On Stage and Screen

# Title Characters Release Date Director TV package
1 Back Alley Oproar** Elmer, Sylvester 03-27-1948 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
2 Book Revue** Daffy 01-05-1946 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
3 Corny Concerto, A Bugs, (Daffy), Elmer, Porky 09–18-1943 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
4 Have You Got Any Castles?**** 06-25-1938 Frank Tashlin a.a.p.
5 Hollywood Steps Out 05-24-1941 Tex Avery a.a.p.
6 I Love to Singa** 07-18-1936 Tex Avery a.a.p.
7 Katnip Kollege 06-11-1938 Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton a.a.p.
8 Hep Cat, The Willoughby 10-03-1942 Bob Clampett a.a.p.
9 Three Little Bops 01-05-1957 Friz Freleng Post-1948
10 One Froggy Evening Michigan J. Frog 12-31-1955 Chuck Jones Post-1948
11 Rhapsody Rabbit Bugs 11-09–1946 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
12 Show Biz Bugs Bugs, Daffy 11-02-1957 Friz Freleng Post-1948
13 Stage Door Cartoon Bugs, Elmer 12-30–1944 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
14 What's Opera, Doc? Bugs, Elmer 07-06-1957 Chuck Jones Post-1948
15 You Ought to Be in Pictures Daffy, Porky 05-18-1940 Friz Freleng Sunset

(**): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(****): Footage featuring a caricature of Alexander Woollcott, cut from the Blue Ribbon reissue after Woollcott died, has been restored for this release.

[edit] Special features

[edit] Audio bonuses

  • Music-only audio tracks on The Three Little Bops, One Froggy Evening, What's Opera, Doc?
  • Vocals-only audio tracks on The Three Little Bops and What's Opera, Doc?
  • Audio commentaries
    • Greg Ford on Back Alley Op-Roar, Hollywood Steps Out, Show Biz Bugs
    • Michael Barrier on Book Revue, A Corny Concerto, One Froggy Evening
    • Jerry Beck and Stan Freberg on The Three Little Bops
    • Daniel Goldmark on Rhapsody Rabbit and What's Opera, Doc?
    • Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, and Maurice Noble on What's Opera, Doc?
    • Jerry Beck on You Ought to Be in Pictures

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

  • Looney Tunes Go Hollywood
  • It Hopped One Night: A Look at One Froggy Evening
  • Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] Anomalies

Although all cartoons on The Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 are presented uncut, a handful of cartoons in this DVD set feature digital video noise reduction (or DVNR) applied artifacting: the noise reduction process unintentionally erases or blurs some of the scenes in the cartoons. This process has upset consumers and animation collectors; subsequent Looney Tunes DVDs lack such artifacting. Cartoons in the collection that have been afflicted with DVNR are Bob Clampett's The Big Snooze, Frank Tashlin's Have You Got Any Castles, and Robert McKimson's Gorilla My Dreams.

Also controversial is the inclusion of interlaced copies of a handful of cartoons, most of which are present on the DVD in progressive scan. Many have raised concern over the process and have insisted that Warner Home Video encode the cartoons onto DVD in progressive scan only. The interlaced cartoons on this collection are Bob Clampett's A Corny Concerto and Book Revue, Tex Avery's I Love to Singa and Hollywood Steps Out, and Frank Tashlin's Have You Got Any Castles. No interlacing is used for the cartoon shorts (but appears in the special features) in the PAL version of the collection. In 2007 Warner Home Video began a replacement disc program whereby consumers could replace their interlaced discs with new progressive scan ones.

[edit] Release and reception

Warner Home Video was not sure that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 would sell well enough to justify a second release in the series.[6] Prior to the release of the second volume, WHV's Vice President of Non-Theatrical Franchise Marketing announced, "We are extremely pleased with consumer response to last year's Volume One editions and we are delighted to release another installment of our most famous animated classics."[7]

The first set in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series had won the Classic Award at the Parents' Choice Awards,[8] and the second release was also an award-winner. TVShowsOnDVD.com reported that the set won the award for "Best Animated Series" release at the 3rd Annual TV-DVD Conference.[9] In The New York Sun, author and critic Gary Giddins complained that this set, like the first one, was skimpy with the 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, Giddins noted that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 made up for the latter shortcoming by including some of the racist caricature in the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.[10]

In a review reprinted in Syracuse, New York's The Post-Standard, Randy Salas, a critic for the Minneapolis, St. Paul Star Tribune, called the second volume in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series a "glorious release". Salas describes the main content of the set, highlighting contributions from Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng with particular emphasis on Jones' One Froggy Evening (1955). The extras highlighted in the review include commentary from music historian Daniel Goldmark, and interviews with Chuck Jones, who had died in 2002. The review summed up, "This is an essential set for any animation fan, and it might just convert many who are not." The reviewer concluded by pointing out that a 2-disc "Spotlight Collection" with selections from the 4-disc set was also available, but advised, "Skip it and go for the full course."[11]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Release and content information: "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes comedy Hour - The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Volume-Release/3964. Retrieved on 2009-02-05. 
  2. ^ http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6454
  3. ^ http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6424
  4. ^ http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6433
  5. ^ http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6458
  6. ^ Lambert, David (2003-08-01). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - WB Studies 'Golden' Sales to Decide Looney Future". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour/568. Retrieved on 2009-02-06. 
  7. ^ "That's Not All, Folks!; The Looney Toons Golden Collection Volume 2 and the Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 2 Available for the First Time on DVD November 2". Business Wire. 2004-09-07. http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20040907005194/en. 
  8. ^ Lambert, David (2004-04-03). "Site News - 3 TV-DVDs win Parents' Choice Awards". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News/1443. Retrieved on 2009-02-05. 
  9. ^ Lacey, Gord (2005-11-07). "Site News - And the Winners Are...". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News/4460. Retrieved on 2009-02-05. 
  10. ^ 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 019517951X. http://books.google.com/books?id=Tqr-SO1xxLkC&pg=PA123&dq=%22Looney+tunes+golden+collection%22. 
  11. ^ Salas, Randy A. (2004-11-08). "Bugs and His Buddies Go Looney Tunes in DVD set". The Post-Standard. Minneapolis, St. Paul Star Tribune (Syracuse, New York: Advance Publications): p. D-4. 


[edit] See also

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Looney Tunes Golden Collection series

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