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Well looks like my pessimism was toatally unfounded. Looney Toons continue in 2009 with no duplication of previous shorts. Just a rebranding excercise.

The well placed industry source referred to in the article is Jerry Beck.

So not bad news at all. I am still bummed about no Tazmanian Devil cartoons.

If only Disney would follow Warner's example and do the same with the Treasures set (rebranding, but continuing to release vintage content in high-quality sets). Of course, I'd have preferred if Disney had first followed Warner's example of keeping vintage sets in print instead of producing a limited number of Treasures a year...

Albert

So Vol6 has a War disc and a bosko disc, not to mention a further 15 unanounced shorts as bonus.

Warner finally delivers the goods at last.

ichabod wrote:So Vol6 has a War disc and a bosko disc, not to mention a further 15 unanounced shorts as bonus.

Warner finally delivers the goods at last.

In my opinion they have delivered from the start. If you look at one to six at a set they have delivered from the start. It is a good mix across the board of characters and directors. Yeah, Taz and Foghorn are totally underrepresented but you have examples of just about everything.

I could care less about the rebranding as long as I get my 60-75 remastered shorts a year.

Mr. Toad wrote:In my opinion they have delivered from the start. If you look at one to six at a set they have delivered from the start. It is a good mix across the board of characters and directors. Yeah, Taz and Foghorn are totally underrepresented but you have examples of just about everything.

[irritated]COOL CAT![/irritated]

Does anyone know if this set contains an Inki and Minah Bird short? I don't care about Inki (Very un-PC) but I'd love to see the Minah Bird (It's shocking I have to rely on Tweety's High-Flying Adventure for my Minah Bird fix (and my Col. Rimfire fix, alas, no Cool Cat).

I could care less about the rebranding as long as I get my 60-75 remastered shorts a year.

It's harder to sell a later volume than an earlier volume, because those who may be tempted to "jump in" feel as though they are missing something if they start on Vol 3, Vol 5 or vol whatever.

Considering the "fuss" that was made when Vol 1 was released with out the "classic" shorts many felt should have been on, how will Warners deal with the PR about another Vol 1 having even less of the memorable and recognisable shorts on?

Bosko and Buddy finally!

Mr. Toad wrote:So not bad news at all. I am still bummed about no Tazmanian Devil cartoons.

And no Marvin the Martian cartoons. The only ones they released were on the first volume five years ago: Haredevil Hare and the classic, Duck Dodgers.

Big Disney Fan wrote:

Mr. Toad wrote:So not bad news at all. I am still bummed about no Tazmanian Devil cartoons.

And no Marvin the Martian cartoons. The only ones they released were on the first volume five years ago: Haredevil Hare and the classic, Duck Dodgers.

2/5 is better than zero out of five.

Mr. Toad wrote:

Big Disney Fan wrote: And no Marvin the Martian cartoons. The only ones they released were on the first volume five years ago: Haredevil Hare and the classic, Duck Dodgers.

2/5 is better than zero out of five.

Well, there was one Taz cartoon that was featured on the first volume: "Devil May Hare".

The full list of extras and bonus shorts is here...

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny ... me-6/10198

-Sky

Has anyone else got this release? Am I the only one a little disappointed by the discs? I know, some people will shout at me - this release has more shorts and its the shorts that are important etc, but I'm still a little underwhelmed by the supplements.

Firstly, I may be wrong, but we seem to have less commentaries than on other releases, even though there's more shorts. And most of these shorts are more suited to commentaries than some of the others. Wartime shorts. Black and White shorts. Highly regarded "one off" shorts.

Secondly, there's no "Behind the Tunes" featurettes. Again, there's lots of scope for short, informative documentaries here. The War Time shorts disc is practically screaming out for a featurette on the studio during the war. Like Disney, were Warner Bros basically taken over by the army? Did any of the animators or directors get drafted? What was the response to some of the propaganda shorts the studio released? Instead we get nothing, and it seems like an opportunity wasted.

The same could be said about the Black and White disc with Buddy and Bosko shorts along with other early days cartoons. Why no featurette on these overlooked but important characters? Or how about a look at the process of changing from black and white to colour? I'm sure something could have been discussed relevant to the contents of the disc.

Finally, the Friz Freleng at MGM shorts were disappointing. Some are available on the Warner Bros Marx Bros set (so hardly as rare as stated) and again, there was no context to the shorts. Why not have a featurette on MGM? Why not actually tell us who The Captain and the Kids were (they're based on a newspaper strip of the time)? Could we not have heard about other Warner animators/directors work at MGM – such as Tex Avery?

I know this set contains some stand out cartoons – I'm happy just for the reason we finally get a Sniffles cartoon (but alas, still no Cool Cat), but I'm a little disappointed by the package that was put together. It's almost as if, knowing sales decline as a series progresses, Warner Bros haven't put their usual effort into the set.

2099net wrote:Secondly, there's no "Behind the Tunes" featurettes. Again, there's lots of scope for short, informative documentaries here. The War Time shorts disc is practically screaming out for a featurette on the studio during the war. Like Disney, were Warner Bros basically taken over by the army? Did any of the animators or directors get drafted? What was the response to some of the propaganda shorts the studio released? Instead we get nothing, and it seems like an opportunity wasted.

The same could be said about the Black and White disc with Buddy and Bosko shorts along with other early days cartoons. Why no featurette on these overlooked but important characters? Or how about a look at the process of changing from black and white to colour? I'm sure something could have been discussed relevant to the contents of the disc.

Well, last time I checked, I believe they did have bonuses on the war and Bosko and Buddy on the third volume of Looney Tunes Gold, which came out in 2005. It's called "Looney Tunes Go To War!", located on the fourth disc. And the bonus on Bosko and Buddy is on disc two of the same volume and is called "Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White".

So they in fact have released bonuses on them already. Now, while I myself don't have the sixth volume (only the first), the thing about it that disappointed me were that A) The first disc was not pro-Bugs Bunny like usual (of course, the fifth volume was not about just Bugs, but also Daffy Duck), and B) no bridging sequences or recording sessions with Mel Blanc on "The Bugs Bunny Show", which were found on all other DVDs.

If anyone is interested, here are the contents of the 5 Golden Age of Looney Tunes Laserdisc sets...




THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES VOL. 1
Side 1 - 1930'S MUSICALS
"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" - B&W
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo" - B&W
"Miss Glory"
"I Love to Singa"
"Have You Got Any Castles"
"Speaking of the Weather"
"Katnip Kollege"

Side 2 - FIRSTS
"The Wild Hare"
"Daffy Duck and Egghead"
"Odor-able Kitty"
"A Tale of Two Kitties"
"I Haven't Got a Hat"
"Life With Feathers"
"Walky Talky Hawky"

Side 3 - TEX AVERY
"Cinderella Meets Fella"
"Hamateur Night"
"Thugs With Dirty Mugs"
"Cross-Country Detours"
"The Dangerous Dan McFoo"
"The Bear's Tale"
"The Crackpot Quail"

Side 4 - BOB CLAMPETT
"Wabbit Twouble"
"Horton Hatches the Egg"
"The Hep Cat"
"A Corny Concerto"
"Kitty Kornered"
"The Great Piggy Bank Robbery"
"The Big Snooze"

Side 5 - CHUCK JONES
"The Night Watchman"
"Old Glory"
"Sniffles Takes a Trip"
"The Dover Boys"
"My Favorite Duck"
"The Aristo-Cat"
"Inki at the Circus"

Side 6 - FRIZ FRELENG
"Rhapsody in Rivets"
"Pigs in a Polka"
"Little Red Riding Rabbit"
"Duck Soup to Nuts"
"Hare Trigger"
"Back Alley Op-Roar"
"Tweetie Pie"

Side 7 - BUGS BUNNY BY EACH DIRECTOR
"The Heckling Hare"
"Hare Tonic"
"Hare Ribbin'"
"Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips"
"A Hare Grows in Manhattan"
"The Unruly Hare"
"Gorilla My Dreams"

Side 8 - 1940'S ZANIES
"Nasty Quacks"
"Hair-Raising Hare"
"The Bashful Buzzard"
"Daffy Doodles"
"Little Orphan Airedale"
"Baby Bottleneck"
"Book Review"

Side 9 - HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
"The Coo-Coo Nut Grove"
"Daffy Duck in Hollywood"
"Hollywood Steps Out"
"What's Cookin', Doc?"
"Hollywood Daffy"
"The Swooner Crooner"
"Slick Hare"

Side 10 - THE ART OF BUGS
"Tortoise Beats Hare"
"Tortoise Wins By a Hare"
"Rabbit Transit"
"Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid"
"The Old Grey Hare"
"Bugs Bunny Rides Again"
"Haredevil Hare"

Note: Some copies of this set have "Racketeer Rabbit" in the place of
"Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips".


THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES VOL. 2
Side 1 - MUSICAL MADNESS
"You Don't Know What You're Doin'"
"Goopy Geer"
"Three's a Crowd"
"We're in the Money"
"Honeymoon Hotel"
"The Lady in Red"
"The Penguin Parade"

Side 2 - EARLY WABBITS
"Prest-O Change-O"
"Hare-Um Scare-Um"
"Elmer's Candid Camera"
"Elmer's Pet Rabbit"
"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt"
"Hold the Lion, Please"
"Fresh Hare"

Side 3 - FRANK TASHLIN
"The Major Lied Till Dawn"
"Cracked Ice"
"Brother Brat"
"Plane Daffy"
"A Tale of Two Mice"
"Behind the Meatball"
"Hare Remover"

Side 4 - CHUCK JONES
"The Little Lion Hunter"
"The Draft Horse"
"Flop Goes the Weasel"
"Lost and Foundling"
"Fair and Worm-er"
"What's Brewin', Bruin?"
"Rabbit Punch"

Side 5 - BOB CLAMPETT
"Goofy Groceries"
"The Wacky Wabbit"
"Buckaroo Bugs"
"An Itch in Time"
"The Gruesome Twosome"
"Draftee Daffy"
"Bacall to Arms"

Side 6 - McKIMSON & DAVIS
"Acrobatty Bunny"
"Hollywood Canine Canteen"
"The Mouse-Merized Cat"
"One Meat Brawl"
"Mexican Joyride"
"Mouse Menace"
"Catch as Cats Can"

Side 7 - FABLES & FAIRY TALES
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Little Red Walking Hood"
"A-Lad-in Bagdad"
"Robin Hood Makes Good"
"Tom Thumb in Trouble"
"A Gander at Mother Goose"
"Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk"

Side 8 - THE ART OF DAFFY
"Yankee Doodle Daffy"
"The Wise-Quacking Duck"
"Daffy- the Commando"
"The Stupid Cupid"
"Birth of a Notion"
"To Duck or Not to Duck"
"What Makes Daffy Duck?"

Side 9 - BEST SUPPORTING PLAYERS
"The Hardship of Miles Standish"
"Hop, Look, and Listen"
"Roughly Squeaking"
"The Goofy Gophers"
"Scent-imental Over You"
"Crowing Pains"
"Of Fox and Hounds"

Side 10 - VARIATIONS ON A THEME
"Tick Tock Tuckered"
"Good Night, Elmer"
"Bedtime For Sniffles"
"A Pest in the House"
"Trap-Happy Porky"
"The Unbearable Bear"
"Daffy Duck Slept Here"


THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES VOL. 3
Side 1 - HARMAN-ISING
"One More Time"
"Red-Headed Baby"
"Pagen Moon"
"A Great Big Bunch of You"
"The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives"
"One Step Ahead of My Shadow"
"The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon"

Side 2 - BUGS BUNNY
"Wackiki Wabbit"
"Hare Force"
"Super-Rabbit"
"Herr Meets Hare"
"Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears"
"Stage Door Cartoon"
"Easter Yeggs"

Side 3- CHUCK JONES
"The Squawkin' Hawk"
"Inki and the Mynah Bird"
"From Hand to Mouse"
"Fin N' Catty"
"Fresh Airedale"
"The Eager Beaver"
"House-Hunting Mice"

Side 4 - FRIZ FRELENG
"Pigs is Pigs"
"The Cat's Tale"
"Lights Fantastic"
"Ding Dog Daddy"
"The Wacky Worm"
"Peck Up Your Troubles"
"Racketeer Rabbit"

Side 5 - EARLY AVERY
"I Wanna Be a Sailor"
"Circus Today"
"Aviation Vacation"
"Aloha Hooey"
"Holiday Highlights"
"Crazy Cruise"
"The Cagey Canary"

Side 6 - TASHLIN/CLAMPETT
"Little Pancho Vanilla"
"Booby Hatched"
"I Got Plenty of Mutton"
"Farm Frolics"
"Falling Hare"
"Birdy and the Beast"
"Russian Rhapsody"

Side 7 - SPORTS
"Freddy the Freshman"
"Boulevardier From the Bronx"
"Along Flirtation Walk"
"Sport Chumpions"
"Greetings Bait"
"Screwball Football"
"Baseball Bugs"

Side 8 - THE EVOLUTION OF EGGHEAD
"Egghead Rides Again"
"Count Me Out"
"Johnny Smith and Poker Hontas"
"A Day at the Zoo"
"Believe It, or Else"
"A Feud There Was"
"Confederate Honey"

Side 9 - PORKY AND DAFFY
"Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur"
"Slightly Daffy"
"Ain't That Ducky"
"Wagon Heels"
"Along Came Daffy"
"Nothing But the Tooth"
"The Up-Standing Sitter"

Side 10 - POLITICALLY INCORRECT
"Wake Up the Gypsy in Me"
"He Was Her Man"
"Sioux Me"
"The Mighty Hunters"
"A Feather in His Hare"
"The Early Worm Gets the Bird"
"Inki and the Lion"


THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES VOL. 4
Side 1 - BUGS BUNNY
"The Wabbit Who Came to Supper"
"The Hare-Brained Hypnotist"
"The Case of the Missing Hare"
"Hare Conditioned"
"Buccaneer Bunny"
"Rhapsody Rabbit"
"Any Bonds Today?"
"A Wild Hare" - original version

Side 2 - EARLY CHUCK JONES
"The Good Egg"
"Ghost Wanted"
"Snow Time For Comedy"
"The Bird Came C.O.D."
"Dog Tired"
"Fox Pop"
"The Weakly Reporter"

Side 3 - FRIZ FRELENG
"The Trial of Mr. Wolf"
"Double Chaser"
"The Sheepish Wolf"
"Hiss and Make Up"
"Holiday for Shoestrings"
"The Gay Anties"
"Of Thee I Sting"

Side 4 - CARTOON ALL-STARS
"Tom Turk and Daffy"
"I Taw a Putty Tat"
"Two Gophers From Texas"
"Conrad the Sailor"
"Doggone Cats"
"A Horsefly Fleas"
"Hobo Bobo"

Side 5 - RADIO DAZE
"Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee"
"The Woods are Full of Cuckoos"
"Let It Be Me"
"Little Blabbermouse"
"Malibu Beach Party"
"Quentin Quail"
"Hush My Mouse"

Side 6 - FRANTIC FORTIES
"Hop, Skip, and a Chump"
"A Hick, a Slick, and a Chick"
"Meatless Flyday"
"The Foxy Duckling"
"Bone Sweet Bone"
"The Rattled Rooster"
"The Shell-Shocked Egg"

Side 7 - WACKY BLACKOUTS
"Land of the Midnight Fun"
"Wacky Wildlife"
"Ceiling Hero"
"Fresh Fish"
"Saddle Silly"
"Foney Fables"
"Bug Parade"

Side 8 - BEN HARDAWAY & CAL DALTON (and Private Snafu)
"Love and Curses"
"Gold Rush Daze"
"Bars and Stripes Forever"
"Hobo Gadget Band"
"Fagin's Freshman"
"Busy Bakers"
"Snafuperman"
"Spies"

Side 9 - SNIFFLES
"Naughty But Mice"
"Little Brother Rat"
"Sniffles and the Bookworm"
"The Egg Collector"
"Sniffles Bells the Cat"
"Toy Trouble"
"Brave Little Bat"

Side 10 - MERRIE MELODIES
"The Queen Was in the Parlor"
"I Love a Parade"
"The Organ Grinder"
"Billboard Frolics"
"Flowers For Madame"
"September in the Rain"
"You're an Education"


THE GOLDEN AGE OF LOONEY TUNES VOL. 5
Side 1 - BLACK AND WHITE CLASSICS
"It's Got Me Again"
"Moonlight For Two"
"A Great Big Bunch of You"
"You're Too Careless With Your Kisses"
"I Wish I Had Wings"
"Young and Healthy"
"I Like Mountain Music"

Side 2 - EARLY AVERY
"Don't Look Now"
"I Only Have Eyes For You"
"Ain't We Got Fun"
"A Sunbonnet Blue"
"The Sneezing Weasel"
"The Mice Will Play"
"Detouring America"

Side 3 - FRELENG FOLLIES
"She Was an Acrobat's Daughter"
"Sweet Sioux"
"The Lyin' Mouse"
"My Little Buckaroo"
"The Fighting 69 1/2th"
"Rookie Revue"
"Fifth Column Mouse"

Side 4 - MUSICAL MADNESS
"Merry Old Soul"
"Mr. and Mrs. is the Name"
"Into Your Dance"
"The Country Mouse"
"Bingo Crosbyana"
"The Fella With the Fiddle"
"Now That Summer is Gone"

Side 5 - PESKY PETS
"The Cat Came Back"
"The Country Boy"
"Dog Daze"
"Doggone Modern"
"Curious Puppy"
"Stage Fright"
"Snowman's Land"

Side 6 - OBJECTS D'ART
"Those Beautiful Dames"
"Little Dutch Plate"
"I'd Love to Take Orders From You"
"Toytown Hall"
"My Green Fedora"
"Streamline Greta Green"
"Shop, Look, and Listen"

Side 7 - ANIMAL ANTICS
"Pop Goes Your Heart"
"I Wanna Play House"
"I'm a Big Shot Now"
"When I Yoo Hoo"
"At Your Service Madame"
"A Star is Hatched"
"Plenty of Money and You"

Side 8 - SUPPLEMENT MATERIAL
"Hare Ribbin'" - alternate version
"The Return of Mr. Hook" - WWII Hook cartoon - B&W
"The Good Egg" - WWII Hook cartoon - B&W
"Tokyo Woes" - WWII Hook cartoon - B&W
Two Guys from Texas - excerpt
My Dream Is Yours - excerpt

Amazing, no?