Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
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Directed by Frank Tashlin
Friz Freleng
Chuck Jones
Robert McKimson
Hawley Pratt
Bob Clampett
Arthur Davis
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Starringthe voices of
Mel Blanc
June Foray
Ralph James
Stan Freberg
Pinto Colvig
Billy Bletcher
Joe Dougherty
Kent Rogers
Robert C. Bruce
Tedd Pierce
Bernice Hansen
Marian Richman
Norman Nesbitt
Music by Bill Lava
Carl Stalling
Milt Franklyn
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Release date
  • November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)
Running time
414 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 14, 2006. [1]

Contents

This is the first one where every disc in the collection has a special theme. Disc one is Bugs Bunny. Disc two is devoted to cartoons directed by Frank Tashlin. Disc three is dedicated to Speedy Gonzales cartoons. Disc four features Sylvester, plus lesser known feline characters such as Conrad the Cat and Claude Cat, among others. [2] Previous Golden Collections included at least one All-Stars disc with no common theme.

Like Volume 3, Volume 4 contains a warning about the politically incorrect humor and racial stereotypes in some of the cartoons, but unlike Volume 3's warning, which was a filmed introduction done by Whoopi Goldberg, Volume 4 simply presents a title card before the main menu with the following:

The cartoons you are about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the Warner Bros. view of today's society, these cartoons are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. [3]

The Region 2 version contains only 53 shorts; 11 on Disc 2, and 14 on each of the others.

As with Volumes 1 and 2, the individual discs were released separately in Region 2: [4]

In Australia (Region 4), the stand-alone Best of Bugs Bunny, Volume 4 was released in 2008. It was the only disc to be released in that territory. [5]

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

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.
#TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries
1 Roman Legion-Hare Sam November 12, 1955 Friz Freleng LT
2 The Grey Hounded Hare August 6, 1949 Robert McKimson LT
3 Rabbit Hood December 24, 1949 Chuck Jones MM
4 Operation: Rabbit Wile E. January 19, 1952 Chuck Jones LT
5 Knight-mare Hare October 1, 1955 Chuck Jones MM
6 Southern Fried Rabbit [n 1] Sam May 2, 1953 Friz Freleng LT
7 Mississippi Hare Colonel Shuffle February 26, 1949 Chuck Jones LT
8 Hurdy-Gurdy Hare January 21, 1950 Robert McKimson MM
9 Forward March Hare February 14, 1953 Chuck Jones LT
10 Sahara Hare Daffy, Sam March 26, 1955 Friz Freleng LT
11 Barbary Coast Bunny Nasty Canasta July 21, 1956 Chuck Jones LT
12 To Hare Is Human Wile E. December 15, 1956 Chuck Jones MM
13 8 Ball Bunny Playboy July 8, 1950 Chuck Jones LT
14 Knighty Knight Bugs Sam August 23, 1958 Friz Freleng LT
15 Rabbit Romeo Elmer December 14, 1957 Robert McKimson MM

Special features

Audio bonuses

Behind the Tunes

From the Vault

Disc 2 - A Dash of Tashlin

All cartoons on this disc are directed by Frank Tashlin.
#TitleCharactersYearSeries
1 The Case of the Stuttering Pig Porky October 30, 1937LT
2 Little Pancho Vanilla October 8, 1938MM
3 Little Beau Porky Porky November 14, 1936LT
4 Now That Summer is Gone May 14, 1938MM
5 Porky in the North Woods Porky December 19, 1936LT
6 You're an Education [n 1] November 5, 1938MM
7 Porky's Railroad Porky August 7, 1937LT
8 Plane Daffy [n 1] Daffy September 16, 1944LT
9Porky the Fireman [n 1] Porky June 4, 1938LT
10 Cracked Ice September 10, 1938MM
11 Puss n' Booty December 18, 1943LT
12I Got Plenty of MuttonMarch 11, 1944LT
13Booby HatchedOctober 14, 1944LT
14 Porky's Poultry Plant Porky August 22, 1936LT
15 The Stupid Cupid [n 1] Daffy, Elmer November 25, 1944LT

Special features

Audio commentaries

From the Vault

Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash

All cartoons on this disc star Speedy Gonzales.
#TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries
1 Cat-Tails for Two August 29, 1953 Robert McKimson MM
2 Tabasco Road July 20, 1957 Robert McKimson LT
3 Tortilla Flaps January 18, 1958 Robert McKimson LT
4 Mexicali Shmoes July 4, 1959 Friz Freleng LT
5 Here Today, Gone Tamale [n 1] Sylvester August 29, 1959 Friz Freleng LT
6West of the Pesos Sylvester January 23, 1960 Robert McKimson MM
7 Cannery Woe Sylvester January 7, 1961 Robert McKimson LT
8 The Pied Piper of Guadalupe Sylvester August 19, 1961 Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt LT
9 Mexican Boarders Slowpoke, Sylvester May 12, 1962 Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt LT
10 Chili Weather Sylvester August 17, 1963 Friz Freleng MM
11 A Message to Gracias Sylvester February 8, 1964 Robert McKimson LT
12 Nuts and Volts Sylvester April 25, 1964 Friz Freleng LT
13 Pancho's Hideaway Yosemite Sam October 24, 1964 Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt LT
14 The Wild Chase Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner February 27, 1965 Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt MM
15 A-Haunting We Will Go Daffy, Witch Hazel April 16, 1966 Robert McKimson LT

Special features

Audio bonuses

From the Vault

Others

  • Friz on Film (new 1-hour documentary)

Disc 4 - Kitty Korner

#TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries
1 The Night Watchman November 19, 1938 Chuck Jones MM
2 Conrad the Sailor Conrad, Daffy February 28, 1942 Chuck Jones MM
3 The Sour Puss [n 1] Porky November 2, 1940 Bob Clampett LT
4The Aristo-Cat Claude, Hubie and Bertie June 19, 1943 Chuck Jones MM
5Dough Ray Me-owAugust 14, 1948 Arthur Davis MM
6 Pizzicato Pussycat January 1, 1955 Friz Freleng MM
7Kiss Me Cat Marc and Pussyfoot February 21, 1953 Chuck Jones LT
8 Cat Feud Marc and Pussyfoot December 20, 1958 Chuck Jones MM
9The Unexpected Pest Sylvester June 2, 1956 Robert McKimson MM
10 Go Fly a Kit Pussyfoot February 23, 1957 Chuck Jones LT
11Kiddin’ the Kitten Dodsworth April 5, 1952 Robert McKimson MM
12A Peck o' Trouble Dodsworth March 28, 1953 Robert McKimson LT
13 Mouse and Garden Sylvester July 16, 1960 Friz Freleng LT
14Porky's Poor Fish Porky April 27, 1940 Bob Clampett LT
15Swallow the LeaderOctober 15, 1949 Robert McKimson LT

Special features

Audio bonuses

Behind the Tunes

  • One Hit Wonders
  • Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes
  • The Art of the Gag
  • Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting
  • Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands

From the Vault

  • Porky’s Breakdowns (1939 joke reel with Porky swearing) (unavailable on UK release)
  • Sahara Hare Storyboard Reel
  • Porky’s Poor Fish Storyboard Reel

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Not included in the region 2 release.

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