Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 (first)
DVD-cover
Directed by	Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer
Starring	Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date(s)	October 28, 2003
Running time	411 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Followed by	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.^[1] The set won the Classic Award at the Parents' Choice Awards.^[2]

Contents 1 Related releases 2 Disc 1 - Best of Bugs Bunny 2.1 Special Features 2.1.1 Audio bonuses 2.1.2 From the Vaults 2.1.3 Behind-the-Tunes 2.1.4 Others 3 Disc 2 - Best of Daffy & Porky 3.1 Special Features 3.1.1 Audio bonuses 3.1.2 Behind-the-Tunes 3.1.3 Others 4 Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 1 4.1 Special Features 4.1.1 Audio bonuses 4.1.2 From the Vaults 4.1.3 Behind-the-Tunes 5 Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 2 5.1 Special Features 5.1.1 Audio bonuses 5.1.2 From the Vaults 5.1.3 Behind-the-Tunes 5.1.4 Others 6 Critical reception 7 Notes 8 External links 9 See also

[edit] Related releases

In Regions 2 and 4, the discs were packaged as follows:

• Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny^[3]
• Disc 2: Best of Daffy and Porky^[4]
• Discs 3 and 4: All Stars - Volumes 1 and 2^[5]

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

[edit] Disc 1 - Best of Bugs Bunny

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

#	Title	Co-Stars	Release Date	Director	TV package
1	Baseball Bugs		02-02-1946	Friz Freleng	a.a.p.
2	Rabbit Seasoning	Daffy, Elmer	09-20-1952	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
3	Long-Haired Hare		06-25-1949	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
4	High Diving Hare*	Sam	04-30-1949	Friz Freleng	Post-1948
5	Bully for Bugs		08-08-1953	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
6	What's Up Doc?	Elmer	06-17-1950	Robert McKimson	Post-1948
7	Rabbit's Kin	Pete Puma	11-15-1952	Robert McKimson	Post-1948
8	Water, Water Every Hare	Gossamer	04-19-1952	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
9	Big House Bunny	Sam	04-22-1950	Friz Freleng	Post-1948
10	Big Top Bunny	Bruno	12-15-1951	Robert McKimson	Post-1948
11	My Bunny Lies over the Sea*		12-14-1948	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
12	Wabbit Twouble	Elmer	12-20-1941	Bob Clampett	a.a.p.
13	Ballot Box Bunny	Sam	10-06-1951	Friz Freleng	Post-1948
14	Rabbit of Seville	Elmer	12-16-1950	Chuck Jones	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 Rabbit Seasoning, What's Up, Doc?, Rabbit's Kin
• Audio commentaries
  • Michael Barrier on "Rabbit Seasoning", "Long-Haired Hare", "Bully For Bugs", Big Top Bunny, Wabbit Trouble
  • Greg Ford on High Diving Hare", "What's Up, Doc?
  • Stan Freberg on Rabbit's Kin

[edit] From the Vaults

• Bonus cartoon: Blooper Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam; 1991)- with optional commentary by Greg Ford
• Bugs Bunny at the Movies Excerpts: My Dream Is Yours, Two Guys From Texas
• The Bugs Bunny Show: A Star is Bored bridging sequences; The Astro-Nuts audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc
• Trailer gallery: Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Festival, Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Jamboree
• Stills gallery

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

• Bugs: A Rabbit For All Seasonings
• Short-Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam
• Forever Befuddled

[edit] Others

• A greeting from Chuck Jones
• Camera Three: The Boys From Termite Terrace: Part 1

[edit] Disc 2 - Best of Daffy & Porky

#	Title	Daffy, Porky, or Both?	Co-Stars	Release Date	Director	TV package
1	Duck Amuck**	Daffy	Bugs (cameo)	02-28-1953	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
2	Dough for the Do-Do*	Porky		09-02-1949	Friz Freleng	Post-1948
3	Drip-Along Daffy	Both	Canasta	11-17-1951	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
4	Scaredy Cat**	Porky	Sylvester	12-18-1948	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
5	Ducksters, The The Ducksters	Both		09-02-1950	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
6	Scarlet Pumpernickel, The The Scarlet Pumpernickel*	Both	Elmer, Henery, Sylvester	03-04-1950	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
7	Yankee Doodle Daffy	Both		07-03-1943	Friz Freleng	a.a.p.
8	Porky Chops**	Porky		02-12-1949	Arthur Davis	Post-1948
9	Wearing of the Grin, The The Wearing of the Grin	Porky		07-14-1951	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
10	Deduce, You Say	Both		09-29-1956	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
11	Boobs in the Woods*	Both		01-28-1950	Robert McKimson	Post-1948
12	Golden Yeggs*	Both	Rocky	08-05-1950	Friz Freleng	Post-1948
13	Rabbit Fire	Daffy	Bugs, Elmer	05-19-1951	Chuck Jones	Post-1948
14	Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century**	Both***	Marvin	07-25-1953	Chuck Jones	Post-1948

(*): 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.
(***): Daffy is featured in this cartoon as Duck Dodgers

[edit] Special Features

[edit] Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio tracks on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Rabbit Fire
• Audio commentaries by Michael Barrier on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, The Wearing of the Grin, Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

• Hard Luck Duck
• Porky Pig Roast: A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham
• Animal Quackers

[edit] Others

• Camera Three: The Boys From Termite Terrace: Part 2
• Stills gallery

[edit] Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 1

Cartoons 1-12 are directed by Chuck Jones (10 co-directed by Abe Levitow), 13-14 by Bob Clampett.

#	Title	Characters	Release Date	TV package
1	Elmer's Candid Camera	Elmer, Proto-Bugs	03-02-1940	a.a.p.
2	Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears	Bugs, The Three Bears	02-26-1944	a.a.p.
3	Fast and Furry-ous*	Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner	09-16-1949	Post-1948
4	Hair-Raising Hare	Bugs, Gossamer	05-25-1946	a.a.p.
5	Awful Orphan*	Charlie, Porky	01-29-1949	Post-1948
6	Haredevil Hare	Bugs, K-9, Marvin	07-24-1948	a.a.p.
7	For Scent-imental Reasons*	Pepé	11-12-1949	Post-1948
8	Frigid Hare	Bugs	10-07-1949	Post-1948
9	Hypo-Chondri-Cat, The The Hypo-Chondri-Cat*	Claude, Hubie and Bertie	04-15-1950	Post-1948
10	Baton Bunny	Bugs	01-10-1959	Post-1948
11	Feed the Kitty	Marc and Pussyfoot	02-02-1952	Post-1948
12	Don't Give Up the Sheep	Ralph and Sam	01-03-1953	Post-1948
13	Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid	Bugs, Beaky	07-11-1942	a.a.p.
14	Tortoise Wins by a Hare	Bugs, Cecil	02-20-1943	a.a.p.

(*): 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 Baton Bunny, Feed the Kitty
• Audio commentaries
  • Stan Freberg on Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
  • Michael Barrier on Fast and Furry-ous, Haredevil Hare, For Scent-imental Reasons, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
  • Michael Barrier and Greg Ford on Hair-Raising Hare
  • Greg Ford on Feed the Kitty

[edit] From the Vaults

• Toon Heads: The Lost Cartoons
• Hair-Raising Hare and The Hypo-Chondri-Cat schematics
• Stills gallery

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

• Too Fast, Too Furry-ous
• Merrie Melodies: Carl Stalling and Cartoon Music
• Blanc Expressions

[edit] Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 2

Cartoons 1-9 are directed by Friz Freleng, 10–14 by Robert McKimson.

All cartoons are in the post-1948 package

#	Title	Characters	Release Date
1	Canary Row*	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	10-07-1950
2	Bunker Hill Bunny**	Bugs, Sam	09-23-1950
3	Kit for Cat#	Elmer, Sylvester	11-06-1948
4	Putty Tat Trouble*	Sylvester, Tweety	02-24-1951
5	Bugs and Thugs	Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy	03-02-1954
6	Canned Feud*	Sylvester	02-03-1951
7	Lumber Jerks	Goofy Gophers	06-25-1955
8	Speedy Gonzales	Speedy, Sylvester	09-17-1955
9	Tweety's S.O.S.	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	09-22-1951
10	The Foghorn Leghorn**	Foghorn, Henery	10-09-1948
11	Daffy Duck Hunt*	Barnyard, Daffy, Porky	03-26-1949
12	Early to Bet*		05-12-1951
13	A Broken Leghorn	Foghorn, Prissy	09-26-1959
14	Devil May Hare	Bugs, Taz	06-19-1954

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

[edit] Special Features

[edit] Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio tracks on Putty Tat Trouble, Speedy Gonzales, A Broken Leghorn
• Audio commentaries
  • Jerry Beck on Canary Row, Canned Feud, Speedy Gonzales, and Devil May Hare
  • Michael Barrier on Tweety's S.O.S. and The Foghorn Leghorn

[edit] From the Vaults

• Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid
• Virgil Ross pencil tests
• Stills gallery

[edit] Behind-the-Tunes

• Needy For Speedy
• Putty Problems and Canary Rows
• Southern Pride Chicken

[edit] Others

• Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes

[edit] Critical reception

In their review of the set, the Parents' Choice Foundation, at their Parents' Choice Award site, awarded the release the "Classic Award" for its high quality in presenting classic material. While cautioning parents about some of the cartoon violence, the review called the set, "solid gold, not just because of the brilliant animated shorts but because of the plethora of commentaries, historical documentaries on the minds behind the madness," and "a true treasure of imagination worth having in your DVD library."^[6]

The DVD site, The Digital Bits claimed that Looney Tunes had been one of the most anticipated releases since the inception of the DVD format, and noted that the wait had been "long, but in the end definitely worthwhile." The site's reviewer wrote that the cartoon shorts on the DVDs looked, "brighter, much more colourful, cleaner, sharper, and generally better-framed than their Laserdisc counterparts," which, until that time, had been the best home-format for viewing the cartoons. The reviewer noted that the "very generous selection of supplements" were "almost uniformly informative and entertaining."^[7]

The multimedia news and reviews website, IGN complained about the selection of shorts offered on the first set in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. First pointing out that it would be impossible not to leave out major cartoons by selecting only 56 out of the 1,100 Looney Tunes, the review criticized the selection for the omission of Knighty Knight Bugs, an Academy Award-winning 1958 Bugs Bunny cartoon.^[8] IGN complimented the restoration of the shorts, but noted that dust was visible in some cases. The reviewer noted that there were more extras than cartoons on the set, and singled out the audio commentaries for praise due to their variety.^[9]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Camp, Todd (2003-11-14). "It's Saturday morning all over again with new DVD collection". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Knight Ridder (Fort Worth, Texas: The McClatchy Company). 
• Greenman, Ben (2003-11-17). "THAT'S NOT QUITE ALL, FOLKS! ('Looney Tunes Golden Collection')(Video Recording Review)". The New Yorker (New York: Condé Nast Publications). 

[edit] See also

• Looney Tunes Golden Collection
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)

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