Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection
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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection | |
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Directed by | Chuck Jones Bob Clampett Friz Freleng Tex Avery Robert McKimson |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger Eddie Selzer John Burton, Sr. |
Starring | Bugs Bunny Tweety Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Daffy Duck Sylvester Pussycat Elmer Fudd Mel Blanc (voice) |
Music by | Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn Norman Spencer |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date | 2003–2009 |
Running time | 789+ minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection is a collection of animated shorts released on DVD by Warner Brothers, created as a more family-friendly, affordable companion to the higher priced Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets aimed at collectors. The collection contains cartoons from the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series. Many of the cartoons included on these sets are also already available, along with many other cartoons, on the aforementioned Golden Collection sets.
Volume 1
Volume 1 has 28 cartoons on a 2 disc set.
Disc 1
Disc 2
Volume 2
Volume 2 has 30 cartoons on a 2 disc set.
Disc 1
Disc 2
Volume 3
There was no Volume 3 in favor of the Looney Tunes Movie Collection, which showcased two movies on separate discs: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.
Volume 4
Volume 4 has 28 cartoons on a 2 disc set.
Disc 1
Disc 2
Volume 5
Volume 5 has 30 cartoons on a 2 disc set
Disc 1
Disc 2
Volume 6
Volume 6 has 30 cartoons on a 2 disc set with 8 Bonus Cartoons.
Disc 1: Looney Tunes All-Stars
# | Title | Characters | Director | Year | TV Package |
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1 | Baby Buggy Bunny | Bugs | Chuck Jones | 1954 | Post-1948 |
2 | Broom-Stick Bunny | Bugs, Witch Hazel | Chuck Jones | 1956 | Post-1948 |
3 | To Duck or Not To Duck | Daffy, Elmer | Chuck Jones | 1943 | a.a.p. |
4 | Birth of a Notion | Barnyard, Daffy | Robert McKimson | 1947 | a.a.p. |
5 | Crowing Pains | Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery, Sylvester | Robert McKimson | 1947 | a.a.p. |
6 | Raw! Raw! Rooster! | Foghorn | Robert McKimson | 1956 | Post-1948 |
7 | My Favorite Duck | Daffy, Porky | Chuck Jones | 1942 | a.a.p. |
8 | Jumpin' Jupiter | Porky, Sylvester | Chuck Jones | 1955 | Post-1948 |
9 | Satan's Waitin' | Sylvester, Tweety | Friz Freleng | 1954 | Post-1948 |
10 | Hook, Line and Stinker | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | Chuck Jones | 1958 | Post-1948 |
11 | A Ham in a Role | Goofy Gophers | Robert McKimson | 1949 | Post-1948 |
12 | Heaven Scent | Pepé | Chuck Jones | 1956 | Post-1948 |
13 | Often an Orphan | Charlie, Porky | Chuck Jones | 1949 | Post-1948 |
14 | Dog Gone South | Charlie, Colonel Shuffle | Chuck Jones | 1950 | Post-1948 |
15 | By Word of Mouse | Sylvester | Friz Freleng | 1954 | Post-1948 |
Special features
Bonus cartoons
Title | Characters | Director | Year | TV Package |
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Heir-Conditioned | Elmer, Sylvester, Tweety (cameo) | Friz Freleng | 1955 | Post-1948 |
Rabbit Rampage | Bugs, Elmer | Chuck Jones | 1955 | Post-1948 |
Sniffles Takes a Trip | Sniffles | Chuck Jones | 1940 | a.a.p. |
Yankee Dood It | Elmer, Sylvester | Friz Freleng | 1956 | Post-1948 |
Disc 2: One-Hit Wonders
- All cartoons are one-shots, except for A Cartoonist's Nightmare, which co-stars Beans.
# | Title | Director | Year | TV Package |
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1 | Rocket-bye Baby | Chuck Jones | 1956 | Post-1948 |
2 | Fresh Airedale | Chuck Jones | 1945 | a.a.p. |
3 | It's Hummer Time | Robert McKimson | 1950 | Post-1948 |
4 | Much Ado About Nutting | Chuck Jones | 1953 | Post-1948 |
5 | Goo Goo Goliath | Friz Freleng | 1954 | Post-1948 |
6 | Draft Horse, The | Chuck Jones | 1942 | a.a.p. |
7 | Lights Fantastic | Friz Freleng | 1942 | a.a.p. |
8 | Rookie Revue | Friz Freleng | 1941 | a.a.p. |
9 | Weakly Reporter, The | Chuck Jones | 1944 | a.a.p. |
10 | Wild Wife | Robert McKimson | 1954 | Post-1948 |
11 | Hole Idea, The | Robert McKimson | 1955 | Post-1948 |
12 | Page Miss Glory | Tex Avery* | 1936 | a.a.p. |
13 | Now Hear This | Chuck Jones | 1963 | Post-1948 |
14 | Norman Normal | Alex Lovy | 1968 | Post-1948 |
15 | Cartoonist's Nightmare, A | Jack King | 1935 | Sunset |
(*) uncredited
Special features
Bonus cartoons
Title | Director | Year | TV Package |
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Bartholemew versus the Wheel | Robert McKimson | 1964 | Post-1948 |
Punch Trunk | Chuck Jones | 1953 | Post-1948 |
Sleepy Time Possum | Robert McKimson | 1951 | a.a.p. |
Wild Wild World | Robert McKimson | 1960 | Post-1948 |
Volume 7
Volume 7 was released in Fall 2009 and has 26 cartoons on a 2 disc set
Disc 1
all cartoons on this disc are directed by Chuck Jones except for 1 and 4 which are Friz Freleng cartoons and are in the post-1948 package except for Baseball Bugs which is AAP
# | Title | Characters | Year |
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1 | Baseball Bugs | Bugs | 1946 |
2 | Rabbit Seasoning | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1952 |
3 | Long-Haired Hare | Bugs | 1949 |
4 | High Diving Hare | Bugs, Sam | 1949 |
5 | Bully for Bugs | Bugs | 1953 |
6 | Beep, Beep | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1952 |
7 | Going! Going! Gosh! | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1952 |
8 | Zipping Along | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1953 |
9 | Stop! Look! And Hasten! | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1954 |
10 | Ready, Set, Zoom! | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1955 |
11 | Guided Muscle | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1955 |
12 | Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1956 |
13 | There They Go-Go-Go! | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1956 |
14 | Scrambled Aches | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1957 |
15 | Zoom and Bored | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | 1957 |
Disc 2
# | Title | Characters | Director | Year | TV Package |
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1 | Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur | Daffy | Chuck Jones | 1939 | a.a.p. |
2 | Super-Rabbit | Bugs | Chuck Jones | 1943 | a.a.p. |
3 | Draftee Daffy | Daffy | Bob Clampett | 1945 | a.a.p. |
4 | Falling Hare | Bugs, the Gremlin | Bob Clampett | 1943 | a.a.p. |
5 | Steal Wool | Ralph and Sam | Chuck Jones | 1957 | Post-1948 |
6 | Birds Anonymous | Sylvester, Tweety | Friz Freleng | 1957 | Post-1948 |
7 | No Barking | Claude, Frisky | Chuck Jones | 1954 | Post-1948 |
8 | Rabbit Punch | Bugs, The Crusher | Chuck Jones | 1948 | a.a.p. |
9 | Odor-Able Kitty | Pepé | Chuck Jones | 1945 | a.a.p. |
10 | Walky Talky Hawky | Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery | Robert McKimson | 1946 | a.a.p. |
11 | To Beep or Not to Beep | Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner | Chuck Jones | 1963 | Post-1948 |