Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.
The four discs in this collection are devoted to themes and subjects the cartoons in each disc have in common. The first disc consists entirely of cartoons starring the two top stars of Warner cartoons, Bugs Bunny
and/or Daffy Duck
. The second disc consists entirely of cartoons which lampoon
fairy tale
s. The third disc consists entirely of cartoons either directed or co-directed by Bob Clampett
. The fourth disc titled "Early Daze" features rarely seen cartoons from the 1930s and early 1940s which were made in black-and-white
.
Continuing a pattern which began with Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
, the DVD set has a warning in the beginning of each disc that states that some of the cartoons contain ethnic and racial stereotypes that may be offensive to modern audiences; however, like the fourth volume
, the warning is shown on a title card rather than done as a special introduction.
This volume did not sell as well as the previous volumes did, mainly due to the slump of the country's economy at this point, and partly due to stiff competition from DVD releases of Ratatouille
and Spider-Man 3
, as well as from not including a wider variety of Looney Tunes characters that the public would want. As a result, it was decided that both this and Volume 6
release outside of North America
would be delayed/not occur.. Eventually, however the fifth volume was released on April 18, 2011 in Region 2 UK.
(*): The original opening and ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(*): The original opening and ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(*): This cartoon does not bear director credits because Clampett left Warner Brothers during production. It was completed by Arthur Davis after Clampett left.
(**): Released with no director credit, it was Tex Avery's final Warner cartoon. It was completed by Clampett after Avery left the studio.
(*): Combines live action with animation.
(**): (Tex Avery
)'s first Warner cartoon)
(***): (Avery's only experience with the streamlined Porky Pig)
The four discs in this collection are devoted to themes and subjects the cartoons in each disc have in common. The first disc consists entirely of cartoons starring the two top stars of Warner cartoons, Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
and/or Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
. The second disc consists entirely of cartoons which lampoon
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
s. The third disc consists entirely of cartoons either directed or co-directed by Bob Clampett
Bob Clampett
Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil...
. The fourth disc titled "Early Daze" features rarely seen cartoons from the 1930s and early 1940s which were made in black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
.
Continuing a pattern which began with Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, 9 documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from...
, the DVD set has a warning in the beginning of each disc that states that some of the cartoons contain ethnic and racial stereotypes that may be offensive to modern audiences; however, like the fourth volume
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006...
, the warning is shown on a title card rather than done as a special introduction.
This volume did not sell as well as the previous volumes did, mainly due to the slump of the country's economy at this point, and partly due to stiff competition from DVD releases of Ratatouille
Ratatouille (film)
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
and Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
, as well as from not including a wider variety of Looney Tunes characters that the public would want. As a result, it was decided that both this and Volume 6
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008....
release outside of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
would be delayed/not occur.. Eventually, however the fifth volume was released on April 18, 2011 in Region 2 UK.
Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
In previous installments of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, disc 1 was an all Bugs Bunny. Disc 1 in this volume, however, contains cartoons featuring Daffy Duck as well.# | Title | Bugs Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most... , Daffy Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny... , or Both? |
Co-Stars | Year | Director | TV Package |
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1 | 14 Carrot Rabbit 14 Carrot Rabbit 14 Carrot Rabbit is a 1951 animated cartoon short in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, directed by Friz Freleng and first released March 15, 1952... |
Bugs | Sam Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park... |
1952 | Friz Freleng Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros.... |
Post-1948 Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on... |
2 | Ali Baba Bunny Ali Baba Bunny Ali Baba Bunny is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, directed by Chuck Jones and released in 1957. In 1994, it was voted #35 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field... |
Both | 1957 | Chuck Jones Chuck Jones Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio... |
Post-1948 | |
3 | Buccaneer Bunny Buccaneer Bunny Buccaneer Bunny is a 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, released in 1948, directed by Friz Freleng. It features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam, the latter known in this picture as "Sea-Goin' Sam", a pirate. All voice characterizations in this cartoon are by Mel Blanc... |
Bugs | Sam | 1948 | Friz Freleng | a.a.p. Associated Artists Productions Associated Artists Productions was a distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. It existed from 1953 to 1958. It was later folded into United Artists. The former a.a.p. library was later owned by MGM/UA Entertainment and then Turner Entertainment. Turner continues... |
4 | Bugs' Bonnets Bugs' Bonnets Bugs' Bonnets is a 1956 Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, written by Tedd Pierce, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It features the voice talents of Mel Blanc, providing the voice of Bugs Bunny, as well as the uncredited performances of Arthur Q. Bryan and Robert C... |
Bugs | Elmer Elmer Fudd Elmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring... |
1956 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
5 | Star Is Bored, A A Star Is Bored A Star Is Bored is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon of the Looney Tunes series, directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon expands upon the rivalry depicted between Bugs and Daffy in such films as Chuck Jones' Rabbit Fire, this time placing the action in a show-biz setting... |
Both | Elmer and Sam | 1956 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
6 | Pest in the House, A A Pest in the House A Pest in the House is a 1947 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones starring the characters of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. The title is an appropriate play on "a guest in the house." Voices are performed by Mel Blanc... |
Daffy | Elmer | 1947 | Chuck Jones | a.a.p. |
7 | Transylvania 6-5000 Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film) Transylvania 6-5000 is a short Merrie Melodies animated film directed by Chuck Jones and starring Bugs Bunny. Bugs demonstrates how to handle a pesky vampire with six simple magic incantations... |
Bugs | Count Bloodcount | 1963 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
8 | Oily Hare Oily Hare Oily Hare is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short, released in 1952, directed by Robert McKimson, written by Tedd Pierce, and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a pun on hair oil, as with the earlier cartoon Slick Hare, along with the plotline actually having to do with oil... |
Bugs | 1952 | Robert McKimson Robert McKimson Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises... |
Post-1948 | |
9 | Stupor Duck Stupor Duck Stupor Duck is a Looney Tunes animated short starring Daffy Duck. A Superman parody directed by Robert McKimson, the cartoon was released July 7, 1956. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler; Butler — who voiced the narrator and the newspaper editor — was... |
Daffy | 1956 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 | |
10 | Stupor Salesman, The The Stupor Salesman The Stupor Salesman is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon of the Looney Tunes series, directed by Arthur Davis, written by Lloyd Turner and Bill Scott, and released in 1948... |
Daffy | 1948 | Arthur Davis | Post-1948 | |
11 | Abominable Snow Rabbit, The The Abominable Snow Rabbit The Abominable Snow Rabbit is a six minute 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, with a story by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon's title is taken from the phrase and horror film The... |
Both | 1961 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 | |
12 | Super Snooper, The | Daffy | 1952 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 | |
13 | Up-Standing Sitter, The The Up-Standing Sitter The Up-Standing Sitter is a 1948 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Looney Tunes series, directed by Robert McKimson, starring Daffy Duck. All voices are by Mel Blanc... |
Daffy | 1948 | Robert McKimson | a.a.p. | |
14 | Hollywood Daffy Hollywood Daffy Hollywood Daffy is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by an uncredited Friz Freleng , written by Michael Maltese, and starring Daffy Duck.-Plot:... |
Daffy | 1946 | Friz Freleng - uncredited | a.a.p. | |
15 | You Were Never Duckier You Were Never Duckier You Were Never Duckier is an animated cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series from 1948. Starring Daffy Duck and Henery Hawk, this cartoon was significant for several reasons. It ushered in a new "era" as the first ever Warner Bros. cartoon in the post-1948 package to be released... * |
Daffy | Henery Henery Hawk Henery Hawk is a cartoon character from the American Looney Tunes series, who appeared in twelve cartoons. His first appearance was The Squawkin' Hawk, directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Henery's next appearance was Walky Talky Hawky which also featured Foghorn Leghorn and... |
1948 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
(*): The original opening and ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio track on Ali Baba BunnyAli Baba BunnyAli Baba Bunny is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, directed by Chuck Jones and released in 1957. In 1994, it was voted #35 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field...
- Music-only audio track on Stupor DuckStupor DuckStupor Duck is a Looney Tunes animated short starring Daffy Duck. A Superman parody directed by Robert McKimson, the cartoon was released July 7, 1956. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler; Butler — who voiced the narrator and the newspaper editor — was...
- Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Abominable Snow RabbitThe Abominable Snow RabbitThe Abominable Snow Rabbit is a six minute 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. The cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, with a story by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon's title is taken from the phrase and horror film The...
- Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Super Snooper
- Audio commentaries
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
on Ali Baba BunnyAli Baba BunnyAli Baba Bunny is a Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies short featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, directed by Chuck Jones and released in 1957. In 1994, it was voted #35 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field... - Paul DiniPaul DiniPaul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
on A Pest in the HouseA Pest in the HouseA Pest in the House is a 1947 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones starring the characters of Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. The title is an appropriate play on "a guest in the house." Voices are performed by Mel Blanc... - Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Transylvania 6-5000Transylvania 6-5000 (1963 film)Transylvania 6-5000 is a short Merrie Melodies animated film directed by Chuck Jones and starring Bugs Bunny. Bugs demonstrates how to handle a pesky vampire with six simple magic incantations... - Eric GoldbergEric Goldberg (film director)Eric Goldberg is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He's also well known as the creator of Disney character Genie in Aladdin...
on You Were Never DuckierYou Were Never DuckierYou Were Never Duckier is an animated cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series from 1948. Starring Daffy Duck and Henery Hawk, this cartoon was significant for several reasons. It ushered in a new "era" as the first ever Warner Bros. cartoon in the post-1948 package to be released...
- Greg Ford
From the Vaults
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens documentary - (2000), (Part 1)
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Bridging Sequences for Bad Time Story
- Mel BlancMel BlancMelvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
audio recording sessions for What's Up, Dog? - General FoodsGeneral FoodsGeneral Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the USA by Charles William Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895. The name General Foods was adopted in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions...
commercials starring Bugs and company.
Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales
# | Title | Characters | Year | Director | TV Package |
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1 | Bewitched Bunny Bewitched Bunny Bewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel which debuted in this episode. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny , A Witch's Tangled Hare , and in A-Haunting We Will Go... |
Bugs, Witch Hazel Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes) Witch Hazel is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel, and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel Witch. This article is chiefly concerned... |
1954 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
2 | Paying the Piper Paying the Piper Paying the Piper is a 1949 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Porky Pig. It is a parody of the fairy tale The Pied Piper and it involves Proky trying to stop a cat that disguises himself as the last rat to bring the rats back for the local cats, and later, to get the reward money back from the cat... |
Porky Porky Pig Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig... |
1949 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 |
3 | Bear's Tale, The* | 1940 | Tex Avery Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros... |
a.a.p. | |
4 | Foney Fables | 1942 | Friz Freleng | a.a.p. | |
5 | Goldimouse and the Three Cats | Sylvester Sylvester (Looney Tunes) Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper... and Son |
1960 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
6 | Holiday for Shoestrings Holiday for Shoestrings Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The plot concerns a pack of elves who help a shoemaker, Jake, who has advertised for help. The cartoon is set to a number of classical music pieces, some of which are used as running gags, especially from "The... * |
1946 | Friz Freleng | a.a.p. | |
7 | Little Red Rodent Hood Little Red Rodent Hood Little Red Rodent Hood is a 1952 animated short featuring Sylvester in parody of Little Red Riding Hood.-Plot:A grandmother mouse is telling her granddaughter a bedtime story, and so tells of Little Red Riding Hood , and her visit to Grandma's House, unaware that the wolf is watching her... |
Sylvester | 1952 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
8 | Little Red Walking Hood Little Red Walking Hood Little Red Walking Hood is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, released in 1937 by Warner Bros. and directed by Tex Avery.-Plot:The cartoon features the basic plot of Little Red Riding Hood, with a few twists and oddball Tex Avery-like gags, such as Red displaying a Katharine Hepburn persona, or... * |
Egghead | 1937 | Tex Avery | a.a.p. |
9 | Red Riding Hoodwinked Red Riding Hoodwinked Red Riding Hoodwinked is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released October 29, 1955, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng... |
Sylvester, Tweety | 1955 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
10 | Trial of Mr. Wolf, The* | 1941 | Friz Freleng | a.a.p. | |
11 | Turn-Tale Wolf, The | 1952 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 | |
12 | Tom Thumb in Trouble | 1940 | Chuck Jones | a.a.p. | |
13 | Tweety and the Beanstalk Tweety and the Beanstalk Tweety and the Beanstalk is a Merrie Melodies animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released in 1957, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray .... |
Sylvester, Tweety | 1957 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
14 | A Gander at Mother Goose | 1940 | Tex Avery | a.a.p. | |
15 | Señorella and the Glass Huarache Señorella and the Glass Huarache Señorella and the Glass Huarache is a 1964 Looney Tunes Cartoon directed by Hawley Pratt and written by John W. Dunn. The plotline is a typical Cinderella story, but set in Mexico. This was the last Looney Tunes short released before the Warner Bros. Cartoons division was shut down. It was the... |
1964 | Hawley Pratt Hawley Pratt Hawley Pratt was an American film director, animator, and illustrator. He is best known for his work during the heyday of Warner Bros. Cartoons and as the right-hand man of director Friz Freleng as a layout artist and later as a director... |
Post-1948 | |
(*): The original opening and ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio track on Goldimouse and the Three Cats
- Music-only audio track on Red Riding HoodwinkedRed Riding HoodwinkedRed Riding Hoodwinked is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released October 29, 1955, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng...
- Music-only audio track on Tweety and the BeanstalkTweety and the BeanstalkTweety and the Beanstalk is a Merrie Melodies animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released in 1957, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and June Foray ....
- Music-and-effects-only audio track on Bewitched BunnyBewitched BunnyBewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel which debuted in this episode. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny , A Witch's Tangled Hare , and in A-Haunting We Will Go...
- Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Turn-Tale Wolf
- Audio commentaries
- Eric GoldbergEric Goldberg (film director)Eric Goldberg is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He's also well known as the creator of Disney character Genie in Aladdin...
on Bewitched BunnyBewitched BunnyBewitched Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. Jones created the character Witch Hazel which debuted in this episode. Witch Hazel later appeared in Broom-Stick Bunny , A Witch's Tangled Hare , and in A-Haunting We Will Go... - Daniel Goldmark on Holiday for ShoestringsHoliday for ShoestringsHoliday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The plot concerns a pack of elves who help a shoemaker, Jake, who has advertised for help. The cartoon is set to a number of classical music pieces, some of which are used as running gags, especially from "The...
- Mark Kausler on Little Red Walking HoodLittle Red Walking HoodLittle Red Walking Hood is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, released in 1937 by Warner Bros. and directed by Tex Avery.-Plot:The cartoon features the basic plot of Little Red Riding Hood, with a few twists and oddball Tex Avery-like gags, such as Red displaying a Katharine Hepburn persona, or...
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
on Red Riding HoodwinkedRed Riding HoodwinkedRed Riding Hoodwinked is a "Looney Tunes" cartoon animated short starring Tweety and Sylvester. Released October 29, 1955, the cartoon is directed by Friz Freleng... - Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Tom Thumb in Trouble
- Eric Goldberg
From the Vaults
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens documentary - (2000), (Part 2)
- 2002 Featurette: A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
Disc 3: Putting a Bob Clampett on It
- All cartoons on this disc are directed by Bob ClampettBob ClampettRobert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil...
.# Title Characters Year TV Package 1 Bacall to Arms Bacall to ArmsBacall to Arms is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, in his second-to-last cartoon at Warner Bros. . Neither Clampett nor voice characterizations are credited...
*1946 a.a.p. 2 Buckaroo Bugs Buckaroo BugsBuckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, introducing Bugs Bunny to Looney Tunes and directed by Robert Clampett.-Plot:Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist...Bugs 1944 a.a.p. 3 Crazy Cruise Crazy CruiseCrazy Cruise is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, whose names do not appear on the surviving print of the cartoon. Because Tex left the studio in September 1941 before production was completed , Clampett finished it, and both...
**1942 a.a.p. 4 Farm Frolics Farm FrolicsFarm Frolics is a 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animation by Rob Scribner, and musical direction by Carl Stalling. The vocal group heard at the beginning is The Sportsmen Quartet, who often harmonized in Warner Bros...1941 a.a.p. 5 Hare Ribbin' Hare Ribbin'Hare Ribbin' is a 1944 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Bugs Bunny. The plot features Bugs' conflict with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and...Bugs 1944 a.a.p. 6 Patient Porky Patient PorkyPatient Porky is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon, starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and scored by Carl W. Stalling. Patient Porky was released on August 24, 1940...Porky 1940 Sunset Sunset ProductionsSunset Productions was a television syndication division of Warner Bros. which existed in the 1950s.-Overview:Sunset Productions is best known as the company identified on a package of black-and-white Warner Bros. cartoons distributed in television syndication in the early 1950s...7 Prehistoric Porky Porky 1940 Sunset 8 Bashful Buzzard, The The Bashful BuzzardThe Bashful Buzzard is a 1945 7-minute animated cartoon directed by Robert Clampett. Beaky Buzzard is featured in this cartoon.-Plot:Beaky Buzzard is sent to bring home something to eat...Beaky 1945 a.a.p. 9 Old Grey Hare, The The Old Grey HareThe Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, written by Michael Sasanoff, music by Carl W. Stalling. Starring an older and young Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series,...Bugs, Elmer 1944 a.a.p. 10 Wacky Wabbit, The The Wacky WabbitThe Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed by Robert Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed...Bugs, Elmer 1942 a.a.p. 11 Wise Quacking Duck, The The Wise Quacking DuckThe Wise Quacking Duck is a 1943 Looney Tunes cartoon in Technicolor, Released by Warner Bros. on May 1, 1943. It stars Daffy Duck.-Plot Summary:...Daffy 1943 a.a.p. 12 Wagon Heels Wagon HeelsWagon Heels is a 1945 Merrie Melodies short directed by Bob Clampett, a color remake of the 1938 Looney Tunes black-and-white short Injun Trouble. Because of its wildly stereotypical depiction of the Native American, it is seldom shown on television. All voices except narration are performed by Mel...Porky 1945 a.a.p. 13 Daffy Doc, The The Daffy DocThe Daffy Doc is a 1938 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. This cartoon was producedby Leon Schlesinger, and released by Vitaphone and Warner Bros.- Plot :...Daffy, Porky 1938 Sunset 14 Tale of Two Kitties, A A Tale of Two KittiesA Tale of Two Kitties is an American cartoon, released in 1942, notable for the first appearance of A yellow canary, who would come to be known as Tweety. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and features music by Carl W. Stalling. It was also the first appearance of Babbit...Tweety 1942 a.a.p. 15 Porky's Pooch Porky's PoochPorky's Pooch is a 1941 public domain Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.-Plot:A Scottie dog Sandy is starving. He asks his friend, Rover what he's doing in a car. Rover tells him how he got a master. In a flashback Rover goes up to Porky's apartment room while he's taking a bath. He...Porky 1941 Sunset
(*): This cartoon does not bear director credits because Clampett left Warner Brothers during production. It was completed by Arthur Davis after Clampett left.
(**): Released with no director credit, it was Tex Avery's final Warner cartoon. It was completed by Clampett after Avery left the studio.
Audio Commentaries
- Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Bacall to ArmsBacall to ArmsBacall to Arms is a 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, in his second-to-last cartoon at Warner Bros. . Neither Clampett nor voice characterizations are credited... - Michael BarrierMichael Barrier (historian)Michael Barrier is an American animation historian. Barrier was the founder and editor of Funnyworld, the first magazine exclusively devoted to comics and animation. It began as a contribution to the CAPA-Alpha amateur press association...
on Buckaroo BugsBuckaroo BugsBuckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, introducing Bugs Bunny to Looney Tunes and directed by Robert Clampett.-Plot:Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist... - Eddie Fitzgerald, John KricfalusiJohn KricfalusiMichael John Kricfalusi , better known as John K., is a Canadian animator. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, its adults-only spin-off Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", The Ripping Friends animated series, and Weekend Pussy Hunt, which was billed as "the world's first interactive web-based...
, and Kali Fontecchio on Buckaroo BugsBuckaroo BugsBuckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, introducing Bugs Bunny to Looney Tunes and directed by Robert Clampett.-Plot:Unlike in most shorts, Bugs Bunny serves as an antagonist... - Keith Scott on Farm FrolicsFarm FrolicsFarm Frolics is a 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was directed by Bob Clampett, animation by Rob Scribner, and musical direction by Carl Stalling. The vocal group heard at the beginning is The Sportsmen Quartet, who often harmonized in Warner Bros...
- Paul DiniPaul DiniPaul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
on The Bashful BuzzardThe Bashful BuzzardThe Bashful Buzzard is a 1945 7-minute animated cartoon directed by Robert Clampett. Beaky Buzzard is featured in this cartoon.-Plot:Beaky Buzzard is sent to bring home something to eat... - Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
on The Old Grey HareThe Old Grey HareThe Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, written by Michael Sasanoff, music by Carl W. Stalling. Starring an older and young Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series,... - Eric GoldbergEric Goldberg (film director)Eric Goldberg is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He's also well known as the creator of Disney character Genie in Aladdin...
on The Wacky WabbitThe Wacky WabbitThe Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed by Robert Clampett. It stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Wacky Wabbit is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series. It was released on May 2, 1942. It was directed... - Mark Kausler on The Daffy DocThe Daffy DocThe Daffy Doc is a 1938 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. This cartoon was producedby Leon Schlesinger, and released by Vitaphone and Warner Bros.- Plot :...
- Michael BarrierMichael Barrier (historian)Michael Barrier is an American animation historian. Barrier was the founder and editor of Funnyworld, the first magazine exclusively devoted to comics and animation. It began as a contribution to the CAPA-Alpha amateur press association...
on A Tale of Two KittiesA Tale of Two KittiesA Tale of Two Kitties is an American cartoon, released in 1942, notable for the first appearance of A yellow canary, who would come to be known as Tweety. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and features music by Carl W. Stalling. It was also the first appearance of Babbit...
Behind the Tunes
- "Wacky Warner One-Shots"
- "Real American Zero: The Adventures of Private Snafu".
From the Vaults
- The director's cut of Hare Ribbin'Hare Ribbin'Hare Ribbin' is a 1944 animated short film in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Bugs Bunny. The plot features Bugs' conflict with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and...
. - The Bashful BuzzardThe Bashful BuzzardThe Bashful Buzzard is a 1945 7-minute animated cartoon directed by Robert Clampett. Beaky Buzzard is featured in this cartoon.-Plot:Beaky Buzzard is sent to bring home something to eat...
original storyboards. - The Bashful Buzzard original opening music cue.
- Milt Franklyn opening themes with intro by Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
. - Private Snafu Cartoons: Coming!! Snafu and Gripes (both 1943).
- Seaman Hook Cartoons: The Good Egg, The Return of Mr. Hook and Tokyo Woes (all 1945).
Disc 4: "The Early Daze"
- Every cartoon on this disc is in black-and-white, and is in the Sunset Productions package.
# Title Characters Year Director 1 Alpine Antics Alpine Antics (1936 cartoon)Alpine Antics is a short animated film of the Looney Tunes series and stars Beans the Cat. The film was shot in black and white but was later reissued in color.-Plot:...Beans 1936 Jack King Jack King (animator)James Patton "Jack" King was an American comics artist and animator best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions.Born in Alabama, King began his animation career in the silent era in 1920 working at Bray Productions animation studio...2 Eatin' On The Cuff, or The Moth Who Came to Dinner* 1942 Bob Clampett 3 Milk and Money Milk and Money (cartoon)Milk and Money is a 1936 Looney Tunes animated short film directed by Tex Avery....Porky 1936 Tex Avery 4 I've Got to Sing a Torch Song 1933 Tom Palmer Tom Palmer (animator)Anthony "Tony" Pipolo, known professionally as Tom Palmer was an Italian-American animator who was active in the 1930s and worked at several animation studios. He was born with the surname of "Pipolo" but changed his name to Palmer...5 Porky at the Crocadero Porky 1938 Frank Tashlin Frank TashlinFrank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:...6 Polar Pals Porky 1939 Bob Clampett 7 Scrap Happy Daffy Scrap Happy DaffyScrap Happy Daffy is a Warner Bros. World War II short featuring Daffy Duck, directed by Frank Tashlin and released in 1943. Daffy is the guard of a scrap yard, doing his part to help America win the war against the Nazis, but the Nazis decide to destroy his scrap pile by sending a billy goat out...Daffy 1943 Frank Tashlin 8 Porky's Double Trouble Porky, Petunia Petunia PigPetunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and now has braided black hair, although the character did not originally have...1937 Frank Tashlin 9 Gold Diggers of '49 Gold Diggers of '49Gold Diggers of '49 is a 1935 Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon short in the Looney Tunes series. This film is the very first cartoon directed by Tex Avery for Warner Brothers., and is the second Warners cartoon to feature the character Porky Pig. The star is Beans the Cat, with Porky Pig as the...
**Beans, Porky 1935 Tex Avery 10 Pilgrim Porky Porky 1940 Bob Clampett 11 Wise Quacks Wise QuacksWise Quacks is a 1939 Looney Tunes animated short film featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.-Plot:A flock of ducks are migrating south, but Daffy is unable to keep up with them. As Daffy falls down, Elmer Fudd lures him to crash land on his farm...Daffy, Porky 1939 Bob Clampett 12 Porky's Preview Porky's PreviewPorky's Preview is a short film of animation produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Tex Avery. It features Porky Pig. The film was released on 19 April 1941, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.-Plot:...
***Porky 1941 Tex Avery 13 Porky's Poppa Porky 1938 Bob Clampett 14 Wholly Smoke Wholly SmokeWholly Smoke is a 1938 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and written by Frank Tashlin. The run time is 7 minutes 14 seconds . This episode teaches the dangers about smoking.-Synopsis:...Porky 1938 Frank Tashlin 15 What Price Porky What Price PorkyWhat Price Porky is a 1938 Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.-Plot:When Porky goes to feed his hens and chickens, a group of ducks steal the corn he sets out. After sending a document filled with insults from The Ducktators" , war erupts between the chickens and the ducks...Daffy, Porky 1938 Bob Clampett
(*): Combines live action with animation.
(**): (Tex Avery
Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros...
)'s first Warner cartoon)
(***): (Avery's only experience with the streamlined Porky Pig)
Audio Commentaries
- Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Eatin' On The Cuff, or The Moth Who Came to Dinner - Daniel Goldmark on Porky at the Crocadero
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
on Porky's PreviewPorky's PreviewPorky's Preview is a short film of animation produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Tex Avery. It features Porky Pig. The film was released on 19 April 1941, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.-Plot:... - Daniel Goldmark on Wholly SmokeWholly SmokeWholly Smoke is a 1938 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and written by Frank Tashlin. The run time is 7 minutes 14 seconds . This episode teaches the dangers about smoking.-Synopsis:...
From the Vaults
- Unsung Heroes: A Director's Tribute—A salute to most of the lesser known animation directors who had short tenures at the Schlesinger/Warner cartoon studio. Directors profiled include Hugh Harman, Rudolf IsingHarman and IsingHugh Harman and Rudolf "Rudy" Ising were an American animation team best known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios...
, Jack KingJack King (animator)James Patton "Jack" King was an American comics artist and animator best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions.Born in Alabama, King began his animation career in the silent era in 1920 working at Bray Productions animation studio...
, Ub IwerksUb IwerksUb Iwerks, A.S.C. was a two-time Academy Award winning American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, creator of Mickey Mouse, and special effects technician, who was famous for his work for Walt Disney....
, Ben HardawayBen HardawayJoseph Benson "Ben/Bugs" Hardaway was a storyboard artist, animator, voice actor, gagman, writer, and director for several American animation studios during the The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He was sometimes credited as J.B. Hardaway, Ben Hardaway, Buggsy Hardaway, and B. Hardaway.While...
, Norman McCabeNorman McCabeNorman McCabe was an American animator who enjoyed a long career which lasted into the 1990s.-Early career:...
and Arthur Davis. - Television Specials:
- Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas TalesBugs Bunny's Looney Christmas TalesBugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales is an animated Christmas television special featuring Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters, in three newly-created cartoon shorts with seasonal themes.The special originally aired on CBS on November 27, 1979....
- Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All OverBugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All OverBugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over is a Looney Tunes television special which aired on May 21, 1980. It features three new cartoons at the time, which featured Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters. The theme of this special is Springtime...
- Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the AnimalsBugs and Daffy's Carnival of the AnimalsBugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is a combination animation/live action television special, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and directed by Chuck Jones. Premiering on CBS on November 22, 1976, and consisting entirely of new animation, this prime time TV special represented Bugs Bunny...
- Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
See also
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmographyLooney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmographyThis is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, extending from 1929 through the present. Altogether, 1,003 animated theatrical shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies...
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)
- List of Bugs Bunny cartoons