Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5

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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5

DVD cover
Directed by Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Hawley Pratt, Frank Tashlin, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson, Tom Palmer, Jack King
Produced by Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, David H. DePatie
Starring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Mel Blanc (voice), Tom Holland (voice)
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date(s) October 30, 2007 (United States)
Running time 417 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.[1]

The four discs in this collection are devoted to themes and subjects the cartoons in each disc have in common. The first disc consists entirely of cartoons starring the two top stars of Warner cartoons, Bugs Bunny and/or Daffy Duck. The second disc consists entirely of cartoons which lampoon fairy tales. The third disc consists entirely of cartoons either directed or co-directed by Bob Clampett. The fourth disc titled "Early Daze" features rarely seen cartoons from the 1930s and early 1940s which were made in black-and-white.

Continuing a pattern which began with Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, the DVD set has a warning in the beginning of each disc that states that some of the cartoons contain ethnic and racial stereotypes that may be offensive to modern audiences; however, like the fourth volume, the warning is shown on a title card rather than done as a special introduction.

This volume did not sell as well as the previous volumes did, mainly due to the slump of the country's economy at this point, and partly due to stiff competition from DVD releases of Ratatouille and Spider-Man 3, as well as from not including a wider variety of Looney Tunes characters that the public[who?] would want. As a result, it was decided that both this and Volume 6 release outside of North America would be delayed/not occur.[citation needed]. Eventually, however the fifth volume was released on April 18, 2011 in Region 2 UK.

Contents

[edit] Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

In previous installments of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, disc 1 was an all Bugs Bunny. Disc 1 in this volume, however, contains cartoons featuring Daffy Duck as well.

# Title Bugs, Daffy, or Both? Co-Stars Year Director TV Package Series
1 14 Carrot Rabbit Bugs Sam 1952 Friz Freleng Post-1948 LT
2 Ali Baba Bunny Both 1957 Chuck Jones Post-1948 MM
3 Buccaneer Bunny Bugs Sam 1948 Friz Freleng a.a.p. LT
4 Bugs' Bonnets Bugs Elmer 1956 Chuck Jones Post-1948 MM
5 A Star Is Bored Both Elmer and Sam 1956 Friz Freleng Post-1948 LT
6 A Pest in the House Daffy Elmer 1947 Chuck Jones a.a.p. MM
7 Transylvania 6-5000 Bugs Count Bloodcount 1963 Chuck Jones Post-1948 MM
8 Oily Hare Bugs 1952 Robert McKimson Post-1948 MM
9 Stupor Duck Daffy 1956 Robert McKimson Post-1948 LT
10 The Stupor Salesman Daffy 1948 Arthur Davis Post-1948 LT
11 The Abominable Snow Rabbit Both 1961 Chuck Jones Post-1948 LT
12 The Super Snooper Daffy 1952 Robert McKimson Post-1948 LT
13 Up-Standing Sitter, The Daffy 1948 Robert McKimson a.a.p. LT
14 Hollywood Daffy Daffy 1946 Friz Freleng - uncredited a.a.p. MM
15 You Were Never Duckier* Daffy Henery 1948 Chuck Jones Post-1948 MM

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

[edit] Special features

[edit] Audio bonuses

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales

# Title Characters Year Director TV Package
1 Bewitched Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel 1954 Chuck Jones Post-1948
2 Paying the Piper Porky 1949 Robert McKimson Post-1948
3 The Bear's Tale* 1940 Tex Avery a.a.p.
4 Foney Fables 1942 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
5 Goldimouse and the Three Cats Sylvester and Son 1960 Friz Freleng Post-1948
6 Holiday for Shoestrings* 1946 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
7 Little Red Rodent Hood Sylvester 1952 Friz Freleng Post-1948
8 Little Red Walking Hood* Egghead 1937 Tex Avery a.a.p.
9 Red Riding Hoodwinked Sylvester, Tweety 1955 Friz Freleng Post-1948
10 The Trial of Mr. Wolf* 1941 Friz Freleng a.a.p.
11 The Turn-Tale Wolf 1952 Robert McKimson Post-1948
12 Tom Thumb in Trouble 1940 Chuck Jones a.a.p.
13 Tweety and the Beanstalk Sylvester, Tweety 1957 Friz Freleng Post-1948
14 A Gander at Mother Goose 1940 Tex Avery a.a.p.
15 Señorella and the Glass Huarache 1964 Hawley Pratt Post-1948

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

[edit] Special features

[edit] Audio bonuses

[edit] From the Vaults

  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens documentary - (2000), (Part 2)
  • 2002 Featurette: A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade

[edit] Behind the Tunes

  • "Once upon a Looney Tune"
  • "Drawn to Life: The Art of Robert McKimson".

[edit] Disc 3: Putting a Bob Clampett on It

All cartoons on this disc are directed by Bob Clampett.
# Title Characters Year TV Package
1 Bacall to Arms* 1946 a.a.p.
2 Buckaroo Bugs Bugs 1944 a.a.p.
3 Crazy Cruise** 1942 a.a.p.
4 Farm Frolics 1941 a.a.p.
5 Hare Ribbin' Bugs 1944 a.a.p.
6 Patient Porky Porky 1940 Sunset
7 Prehistoric Porky Porky 1940 Sunset
8 Bashful Buzzard, The Beaky 1945 a.a.p.
9 Old Grey Hare, The Bugs, Elmer 1944 a.a.p.
10 Wacky Wabbit, The Bugs, Elmer 1942 a.a.p.
11 Wise Quacking Duck, The Daffy 1943 a.a.p.
12 Wagon Heels Porky 1945 a.a.p.
13 Daffy Doc, The Daffy, Porky 1938 Sunset
14 Tale of Two Kitties, A Tweety 1942 a.a.p.
15 Porky's Pooch Porky 1941 Sunset

(*): This cartoon does not bear director credits because Clampett left Warner Brothers during production. It was completed by Arthur Davis after Clampett left.
(**): Released with no director credit, it was Tex Avery's final Warner cartoon. It was completed by Clampett after Avery left the studio.

[edit] Special features

[edit] Audio Commentaries

[edit] Behind the Tunes

  • "Wacky Warner One-Shots"
  • "Real American Zero: The Adventures of Private Snafu".

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] Disc 4: "The Early Daze"

Every cartoon on this disc is in black-and-white, and is in the Sunset Productions package.
# Title Characters Year Director
1 Alpine Antics Beans 1936 Jack King
2 Eatin' On The Cuff, or The Moth Who Came to Dinner* 1942 Bob Clampett
3 Milk and Money Porky 1936 Tex Avery
4 I've Got to Sing a Torch Song 1933 Tom Palmer
5 Porky at the Crocadero Porky 1938 Frank Tashlin
6 Polar Pals Porky 1939 Bob Clampett
7 Scrap Happy Daffy Daffy 1943 Frank Tashlin
8 Porky's Double Trouble Porky, Petunia[2] 1937 Frank Tashlin
9 Gold Diggers of '49** Beans, Porky 1935 Tex Avery
10 Pilgrim Porky Porky 1940 Bob Clampett
11 Wise Quacks Daffy, Porky 1939 Bob Clampett
12 Porky's Preview*** Porky 1941 Tex Avery
13 Porky's Poppa Porky 1938 Bob Clampett
14 Wholly Smoke Porky 1938 Frank Tashlin
15 What Price Porky Daffy, Porky 1938 Bob Clampett

(*): Combines live action with animation.
(**): (Tex Avery's first Warner cartoon)
(***): (Avery's only experience with the streamlined Porky Pig)

[edit] Special Features

[edit] Audio Commentaries

[edit] From the Vaults

[edit] References

  1. ^ Release and content information: "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour/7784. Retrieved 2009-02-05. 
  2. ^ "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5: Porky's Double Trouble". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNSWeF_z88&feature=related. Retrieved August 2, 2011. 

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies DVD and Blu-Ray releases
Looney Tunes Golden Collection (2003-2008)
Volume One • Volume Two • Volume Three • Volume Four • Volume Five • Volume Six
Looney Tunes Super Stars (2010-present)
The Essential series (2010-present)
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection (Blu-ray) (2011-present)
Looney Tunes Showcase (Blu-ray) (2012-present)
Individual releases
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