Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1

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Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1
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Blu-ray-cover
Directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Arthur Davis, Robert McKimson
Produced by Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer
Starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Mel Blanc (voice)
Music by
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date
  • January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)(United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray disc released by Warner Home Video on January 10, 2012. It contains 25 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts and numerous supplements. [1] [2] [3] It is a separate release of Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 .

Contents

Contents

#TitleCharactersYearDirector
1 Hare Tonic Bugs, Elmer 1945 Chuck Jones
2 Baseball Bugs Bugs 1946 Friz Freleng
3 Buccaneer Bunny Bugs, Sam 1948 Friz Freleng
4 The Old Grey Hare Bugs, Elmer 1944 Bob Clampett
5 Rabbit Hood Bugs 1949 Chuck Jones
6 8 Ball Bunny Bugs, Playboy Penguin 1950 Chuck Jones
7 Rabbit of Seville Bugs, Elmer 1950 Chuck Jones
8 What's Opera, Doc? Bugs, Elmer 1957 Chuck Jones
9 The Great Piggy Bank Robbery Daffy, Porky (cameo)1946 Bob Clampett
10 A Pest in the House Daffy, Elmer 1947 Chuck Jones
11 The Scarlet Pumpernickel Daffy, Sylvester, Porky, Elmer, Henery, Melissa, Mama Bear1950 Chuck Jones
12 Duck Amuck Daffy, Bugs (cameo)1953 Chuck Jones
13 Robin Hood Daffy Daffy, Porky 1958 Chuck Jones
14 Baby Bottleneck Daffy, Porky, Drunken Stork1946 Bob Clampett
15 Kitty Kornered Porky, Sylvester 1946 Bob Clampett
16 Scaredy Cat Porky, Sylvester 1948 Chuck Jones
17 Porky Chops Porky 1949 Arthur Davis
18 Old Glory Porky 1939 Chuck Jones
19 A Tale of Two Kitties Tweety, Babbit and Catstello 1942 Bob Clampett
20 Tweetie Pie Sylvester, Tweety 1947 Friz Freleng
21 Fast and Furry-ous Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1949 Chuck Jones
22 Beep, Beep Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1952 Chuck Jones
23 Lovelorn Leghorn Foghorn, Barnyard, Miss Prissy 1951 Robert McKimson
24 For Scent-imental Reasons Pepé, Pussycat 1949 Chuck Jones
25 Speedy Gonzales Speedy, Sylvester 1955 Friz Freleng

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

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