Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 Explained
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 |
Director: | Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Cal Dalton, Arthur Davis, Cal Howard, Abe Levitow |
Producer: | Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng |
Starring: | voice of Mel Blanc |
Distributor: | Warner Home Video |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
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]
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 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - were previously released as a part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD. Three others were released as part of other sets.
A second volume was released in 2012, and was followed by a third volume in 2014.
Disc 1
| Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release[5] |
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1 | Hare Tonic | Bugs, Elmer | 1945 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v3 |
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2 | Baseball Bugs | Bugs | 1946 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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3 | Buccaneer Bunny | Bugs, Sam | 1948 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
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4 | | Bugs, Elmer | 1944 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
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5 | Rabbit Hood | Bugs | 1949 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v4 |
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6 | | Bugs, Playboy | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
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7 | Rabbit of Seville | Bugs, Elmer | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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8 | What's Opera, Doc? | Bugs, Elmer | 1957 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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9 | | Daffy | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
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10 | | Daffy, Elmer | 1947 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
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11 | | Daffy Melissa, Porky, Sylvester, Elmer (cameo), Henery (cameo), | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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12 | Duck Amuck | Daffy, Bugs (Cameo) | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
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13 | Robin Hood Daffy | Daffy, Porky | 1958 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
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14 | Baby Bottleneck | Daffy, Porky | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
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15 | Kitty Kornered | Porky, Sylvester | 1946 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
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16 | Scaredy Cat | Porky, Sylvester | 1948 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
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17 | Porky Chops | Porky | 1949 | Arthur Davis | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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18 | Old Glory | Porky | 1939 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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19 | | Tweety | 1942 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v5 |
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20 | Tweetie Pie | Sylvester, Tweety | 1947 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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21 | Fast and Furry-ous | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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22 | Beep, Beep | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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23 | Lovelorn Leghorn | Foghorn, Prissy, Barnyard | 1951 | Robert McKimson | LT | N/A |
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24 | For Scent-imental Reasons | Penelope, Pepé | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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25 | Speedy Gonzales | Speedy, Sylvester | 1955 | Friz Freleng | MM | Golden Collection v1 | |
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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
- Audio commentaries
- Eric Goldberg on Baseball Bugs, Buccaneer Bunny, Rabbit Hood, Rabbit of Seville, Robin Hood Daffy, Scaredy Cat
- Greg Ford on The Old Grey Hare
- Jerry Beck on 8 Ball Bunny, Speedy Gonzales
- Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese on What's Opera, Doc?
- Daniel Goldmark on What's Opera, Doc?
- John Kricfalusi on The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
- Paul Dini on A Pest in the House
- Michael Barrier and Mel Blanc on The Scarlet Pumpernickel
- Michael Barrier and Chuck Jones on Duck Amuck
- Michael Barrier and Bob Clampett on Baby Bottleneck, A Tale of Two Kitties
- Michael Barrier on Kitty Kornered, Beep, Beep
- Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Old Glory
- Greg Ford and Friz Freleng on Tweetie Pie
- Michael Barrier, Michael Maltese and Treg Brown on Fast and Furry-ous
- Michael Barrier and Michael Maltese on For Scent-imental Reasons
- Music-only tracks include: What's Opera, Doc?, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Duck Amuck, Robin Hood Daffy, Speedy Gonzales
- Vocal-only tracks include: What's Opera, Doc?
Disc 2
| Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release |
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1 | One Froggy Evening | Michigan J. Frog | 1955 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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2 | Three Little Bops | | 1957 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
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3 | I Love to Singa | | 1936 | Tex Avery | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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4 | Katnip Kollege | | 1938 | Cal Howard and Cal Dalton | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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5 | | | 1942 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
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6 | Chow Hound | | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v6 |
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7 | Haredevil Hare | Bugs, Marvin, K-9 | 1948 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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8 | | Bugs, Marvin, K-9 | 1952 | Chuck Jones | LT | N/A |
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9 | Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century | Daffy, Porky, Marvin | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
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10 | Hare-Way to the Stars | Bugs, Marvin | 1958 | Chuck Jones | LT | N/A |
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11 | Mad as a Mars Hare | Bugs, Marvin | 1963 | Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | MM | Super Stars' Bugs Bunny |
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12 | Devil May Hare | Bugs, Taz | 1954 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
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13 | Bedevilled Rabbit | Bugs, Taz | 1957 | Robert McKimson | MM | Super Stars' Bugs Bunny |
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14 | Ducking the Devil | Daffy, Taz | 1957 | Robert McKimson | MM | Super Stars' Daffy Duck |
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15 | Bill of Hare | Bugs, Taz | 1962 | Robert McKimson | MM | N/A |
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16 | Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare | Bugs, Taz | 1964 | Robert McKimson | MM | Super Stars' Bugs Bunny |
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17 | Bewitched Bunny | Bugs, Witch Hazel | 1954 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
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18 | Broom-Stick Bunny | Bugs, Witch Hazel | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
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19 | | Bugs, Witch Hazel | 1959 | Abe Levitow | LT | N/A |
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20 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Daffy, Speedy, Witch Hazel | 1966 | Robert McKimson | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
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21 | Feed the Kitty | Marc and Pussyfoot | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
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22 | Kiss Me Cat | Marc and Pussyfoot | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
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23 | Feline Frame-Up | Claude, Marc and Pussyfoot | 1954 | Chuck Jones | LT | N/A |
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24 | From A to Z-Z-Z-Z | Ralph Phillips | 1954 | Chuck Jones | LT | Academy Awards Animation Collection |
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25 | Boyhood Daze | Ralph Phillips | 1957 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v6 | |
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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
- A Greeting from Chuck Jones
- Chuck Jones: Extremes & In-Betweens, a Life in Animation
- Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
- The Animated World of Chuck Jones (9 Cartoons)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Pencil Test
- The Door (provided in HD)
- Bonus Cartoons (9 Cartoons)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour – Blu-ray Bugs: 'Looney Tunes Platinum Collection V1. 2011-07-22. TVShowsOnDVD.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725060357/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Platinum-Collection-Volume-1/15697. 2011-07-25.
- Web site: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |access-date=2012-11-30].
- Web site: The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray . TVShowsOnDVD.com . 2012-11-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930203444/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Platinum-Collection-Volume-1/15768 . 2012-09-30 .
- http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Platinum-Collection-Volume-1/16666 The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour DVD news: Announcement for Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Vol. 1 on DVD | TVShowsOnDVD.com
- Web site: Blu-ray Review - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu-ray Review.