Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1

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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
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Blu-ray Disc cover
Directed by Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Cal Dalton, Arthur Davis, Cal Howard, Abe Levitow
Produced by Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
Starringvoice of Mel Blanc
Music by
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date
  • November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray Disc and DVD box set by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. [1] [2] [3] A DVD version of the box set was released on July 3, 2012, but contained no extras. [4]

Contents

All but seven cartoons included on this volume — Lovelorn Leghorn , The Hasty Hare , Hare-Way to the Stars , Bill of Hare , A Witch's Tangled Hare , Feline Frame-Up , and Boyhood Daze — had previously been restored as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection , the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection , or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD; of these seven, six are new to Blu-ray and DVD, while one (Boyhood Daze), had previously been included as an unrestored bonus cartoon on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 .

A second volume was released in 2012, and was followed by a third volume in 2014.

Disc 1

#TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries
1 Hare Tonic Bugs, Elmer 1945 Chuck Jones LT
2 Baseball Bugs Bugs 1946 Friz Freleng LT
3 Buccaneer Bunny Bugs, Sam 1948 Friz Freleng LT
4 The Old Grey Hare Bugs, Elmer 1944 Bob Clampett MM
5 Rabbit Hood Bugs 1949 Chuck Jones MM
6 8 Ball Bunny Bugs, Playboy 1950 Chuck Jones LT
7 Rabbit of Seville Bugs, Elmer 1950 Chuck Jones LT
8 What's Opera, Doc? Bugs, Elmer 1957 Chuck Jones MM
9 The Great Piggy Bank Robbery Daffy 1946 Bob Clampett LT
10 A Pest in the House Daffy, Elmer 1947 Chuck Jones MM
11 The Scarlet Pumpernickel Daffy, Melissa, Porky, Sylvester, Elmer (cameo), Henery (cameo), Mama Bear (cameo)1950 Chuck Jones LT
12 Duck Amuck Daffy, Bugs (cameo)1953 Chuck Jones MM
13 Robin Hood Daffy Daffy, Porky 1958 Chuck Jones MM
14 Baby Bottleneck Daffy, Porky 1946 Bob Clampett LT
15 Kitty Kornered Porky, Sylvester 1946 Bob Clampett LT
16 Scaredy Cat Porky, Sylvester 1948 Chuck Jones MM
17 Porky Chops Porky 1949 Arthur Davis LT
18 Old Glory Porky 1939 Chuck Jones MM
19 A Tale of Two Kitties Tweety, Babbit and Catstello 1942 Bob Clampett MM
20 Tweetie Pie Sylvester, Tweety 1947 Friz Freleng MM
21 Fast and Furry-ous Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1949 Chuck Jones LT
22 Beep, Beep Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1952 Chuck Jones MM
23 Lovelorn Leghorn [n 1] Foghorn, Prissy, Barnyard 1951 Robert McKimson LT
24 For Scent-imental Reasons Penelope, Pepé 1949 Chuck Jones LT
25 Speedy Gonzales Speedy, Sylvester 1955 Friz Freleng MM

Special features

Behind the Tunes

  • Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?
  • Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
  • Powerhouse in Pictures
  • Putty Problems and Canary Rows
  • A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
  • The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew

Alternate audio tracks

Disc 2

#TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries
1 One Froggy Evening Michigan J. Frog 1955 Chuck Jones MM
2 Three Little Bops 1957 Friz Freleng LT
3 I Love to Singa 1936 Tex Avery MM
4 Katnip Kollege 1938 Cal Howard and Cal Dalton MM
5 The Dover Boys at Pimento University 1942 Chuck Jones MM
6 Chow Hound 1951 Chuck Jones LT
7 Haredevil Hare Bugs, Marvin, K-9 1948 Chuck Jones LT
8 The Hasty Hare [n 1] Bugs, Marvin, K-9 1952 Chuck Jones LT
9 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Daffy, Porky, Marvin 1953 Chuck Jones MM
10 Hare-Way to the Stars [n 1] Bugs, Marvin 1958 Chuck Jones LT
11 Mad as a Mars Hare Bugs, Marvin 1963 Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble MM
12 Devil May Hare Bugs, Taz 1954 Robert McKimson LT
13 Bedevilled Rabbit Bugs, Taz 1957 Robert McKimson MM
14 Ducking the Devil Daffy, Taz 1957 Robert McKimson MM
15 Bill of Hare [n 1] Bugs, Taz 1962 Robert McKimson MM
16 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare Bugs, Taz 1964 Robert McKimson MM
17 Bewitched Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel 1954 Chuck Jones LT
18 Broom-Stick Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel 1956 Chuck Jones LT
19 A Witch's Tangled Hare [n 1] Bugs, Witch Hazel 1959 Abe Levitow LT
20 A-Haunting We Will Go Daffy, Speedy, Witch Hazel 1966 Robert McKimson LT
21 Feed the Kitty Marc and Pussyfoot 1952 Chuck Jones MM
22 Kiss Me Cat Marc and Pussyfoot 1953 Chuck Jones LT
23 Feline Frame-Up [n 1] Claude, Marc and Pussyfoot 1954 Chuck Jones LT
24 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z Ralph Phillips 1954 Chuck Jones LT
25 Boyhood Daze [n 2] Ralph Phillips 1957 Chuck Jones MM

Special features

Behind the Tunes

  • It Hopped One Night: The Story Behind One Froggy Evening
  • Wacky Warner One-Shots
  • Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian (provided in HD)
  • Razzma-Taz: Giving the Tasmanian Devil His Due (provided in HD)
  • The Ralph Phillips Story: Living the American Daydream (provided in HD)

Alternate Audio Tracks

Disc 3: Bonus Materials

Reception

A review at Slant concluded: "The ridiculous emphasis on Chuck Jones aside, this set gives the Region 1 world the gift of Looney Tunes in high definition. As Daffy might say, “It’s all mine! I’m a happy miser!”" [5]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 New to Blu-ray and DVD.
  2. ↑ Newly restored.

References

  1. ↑ "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour – Blu-ray Bugs: 'Looney Tunes Platinum Collection V1". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]: Movies & TV". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  3. ↑ "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  4. ↑ The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Vol. 1 on DVD | TVShowsOnDVD.com Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Lanthier, Joseph Jon (2011-11-21). "Blu-ray Review: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One on Warner Home Video". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
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