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Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 is a four-disc DVD box set that was released 28 October 2003 by Warner Home Video as part of the Golden Collection series. It contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. A handful of the post-1948 cartoons were derived from their 1998 Warner Bros. dubbed prints which fully restored and remastered the cartoons in standard definition, albeit without the dubbed notice at the end for each cartoon included on this DVD set; a total of 29 cartoons on the set are dubbed versions.

Disc 1 (Starring Bugs Bunny)[]

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

Cartoons 1 and 12 are in the a.a.p. package. The rest are in the post-1948 package.

  1. Baseball Bugs (1946) (Friz Freleng)
  2. Rabbit Seasoning (co-starring Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, 1952) (Chuck Jones) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  3. Long-Haired Hare (1949) (Chuck Jones)
  4. High Diving Hare (co-starring Yosemite Sam, 1949) (Friz Freleng) (low audio pitch)
  5. Bully for Bugs (1953) (Chuck Jones) (low audio pitch)
  6. What's Up Doc? (co-starring Elmer Fudd, 1950) (Robert McKimson) (DVNR)
  7. Rabbit's Kin (co-starring Pete Puma, 1952) (Robert McKimson)
  8. Water, Water Every Hare (co-starring Gossamer, 1952) (Chuck Jones) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  9. Big House Bunny (co-starring Yosemite Sam, 1950) (Friz Freleng) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  10. Big Top Bunny (1951) (Robert McKimson) (DVNR)
  11. My Bunny Lies over the Sea (1948) (Chuck Jones)
  12. Wabbit Twouble (co-starring Elmer Fudd, 1941) (Bob Clampett)
  13. Ballot Box Bunny (co-starring Yosemite Sam, 1951) (Friz Freleng)
  14. Rabbit of Seville (co-starring Elmer Fudd, 1950) (Chuck Jones) (low audio pitch)

Special Features[]

  • Audio bonuses
    • Music-only audio tracks on "Rabbit Seasoning", "What's Up Doc?", "Rabbit's Kin"
  • Audio commentaries
    • Michael Barrier on "Rabbit Seasoning", "Long-Haired Hare", "Bully for Bugs", "Big Top Bunny", "Wabbit Twouble"
    • Greg Ford on "High Diving Hare", "What's Up Doc?"
    • Stan Freberg on "Rabbit's Kin"
  • From the Vaults
    • Bonus cartoon: (Blooper) Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam; 1991)- with optional commentary by Greg Ford
    • Bugs Bunny at the Movies Excerpts: My Dream Is Yours, Two Guys from Texas
    • The Bugs Bunny Show: A Star Is Bored bridging sequences; The Astro-Nuts audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc
    • Trailer gallery: Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Festival, Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Jamboree (not included in Region 2)
    • Stills gallery
  • Behind-the-Tunes
    • Bugs: A Rabbit for All Seasonings: A look at Warner Bros. (and Looney Tunes) most popular wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny
    • Short-Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam: A look at Yosemite Sam, the fiery redheaded cowboy character that served as one of Bugs' many adversaries
    • Forever Befuddled: A look at Elmer Fudd, the naive (and often neurotic) everyman and hunter who also was one of Bugs' many adversaries.
  • Others
    • A greeting from Chuck Jones
    • Camera Three: The Boys from Termite Terrace: Part 1 (not included in Region 2)

Disc 2 (starring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig)[]

Yankee Doodle Daffy is in the a.a.p. package. The rest are in the post-1948 package.

  1. Duck Amuck (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, 1953) (Chuck Jones)
  2. Dough for the Do-Do (Porky Pig, Yoyo Dodo, 1949) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice) (Friz Freleng's color remake of Porky in Wackyland, directed by Bob Clampett)
  3. Drip-Along Daffy (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, 1951) (Chuck Jones)
  4. Scaredy Cat (Porky Pig, Sylvester, 1948) (Chuck Jones) (Original opening and credits) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  5. The Ducksters (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, 1950) (Chuck Jones) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  6. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Melissa Duck, Mama Bear, 1950) (Chuck Jones)
  7. Yankee Doodle Daffy (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, 1943) (Friz Freleng)
  8. Porky Chops (Porky Pig, 1949) (Arthur Davis)
  9. The Wearing of the Grin (Porky Pig, 1951) (Chuck Jones) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  10. Deduce, You Say (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Shropshire Slasher, 1956) (Chuck Jones)(1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  11. Boobs in the Woods (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, 1950) (Robert McKimson) (DVNR)
  12. Golden Yeggs (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Rocky and Mugsy, 1950) (Friz Freleng) (low audio pitch)
  13. Rabbit Fire (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, 1951) (Chuck Jones) (low audio pitch)
  14. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian, Dr. I.Q. Hi, 1953)

Special Features[]

  • Audio bonuses
    • Music-only audio tracks on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Rabbit Fire
    • Audio commentaries by Michael Barrier on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, The Wearing of the Grin, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
  • Behind-the-Tunes
    • Hard Luck Duck
    • Porky Pig Roast: A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham:
    • Animal Quackers
  • Others
    • Camera Three: The Boys From Termite Terrace: Part 2
    • Stills gallery

Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All Stars Part 1[]

Cartoons 1-12 are directed by Chuck Jones (10 co-directed by Abe Levitow), 13-14 directed by Bob Clampett.

Cartoons 1, 2, 4, 6, 13, and 14 are in the a.a.p. package. The rest are in the post-1948 package.

  1. Elmer's Candid Camera (Elmer Fudd, Prototype Bugs Bunny, 1940)
  2. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (Bugs Bunny, Three Bears, 1944)
  3. Fast and Furry-ous (Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, 1949)
  4. Hair-Raising Hare (Bugs Bunny, Gossamer, 1946)
  5. Awful Orphan (Porky Pig, Charlie Dog, 1949)
  6. Haredevil Hare (Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian, 1948)
  7. For Scent-imental Reasons (Pepé Le Pew, Penelope Pussycat, 1949)
  8. Frigid Hare (Bugs Bunny, Playboy Penguin, 1949)
  9. The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (Hubie and Bertie, Claude Cat, 1950) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  10. Baton Bunny (Bugs Bunny, 1959) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  11. Feed the Kitty (Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot, 1952) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  12. Don't Give Up the Sheep (Ralph Wolf, Sam Sheepdog, 1953) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  13. Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (Bugs Bunny, Beaky Buzzard, 1942)
  14. Tortoise Wins by a Hare (Bugs Bunny, Cecil Turtle, 1943)
  • Audio bonuses
    • Music-only audio tracks on Baton Bunny, Feed the Kitty
  • Audio commentaries
    • Stan Freberg on Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
    • Michael Barrier on Fast and Furry-ous, Haredevil Hare, For Scent-imental Reasons, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
    • Michael Barrier and Greg Ford on Hair-Raising Hare
    • Greg Ford on Feed the Kitty
  • From the Vaults
    • Toon Heads "The Lost Cartoons": a special, hour-long episode of the Cartoon Network anthology show ToonHeads centered on lost, rare, and obscure Warner Bros. animation and short, live-action pieces, such as "Crying for the Carolines" and the behind-the-scenes gag reels highlighting a "typical" work day at Leon Schlesinger Studios
    • Hair-Raising Hare and The Hypo-Chondri-Cat schematics
    • Stills gallery
  • Behind-the-Tunes
    • Too Fast, Too Furry-ous: A look at the creation of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, Chuck Jones' famous chase cartoon series
    • Merrie Melodies: Carl Stalling and Cartoon Music: A look at Carl Stalling and how he composed music for the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodie cartoons
    • Blanc Expressions: A look at voice actor, Jerome Melvin "Mel" Blanc (colloquially known as "The Man of 1000 Voices") and how he voiced the Looney Tunes characters.

Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All Stars Part 2[]

Cartoons 1-9 are directed by Friz Freleng, 10-14 by Robert McKimson.

All cartoons on this disc are in the post-1948 package.

  1. Canary Row (Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, 1950) (DVNR)
  2. Bunker Hill Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, 1950) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  3. Kit for Cat (Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, 1948) (Original opening and credits, but has the Blue Ribbon ending) (low audio pitch)
  4. Putty Tat Trouble (Tweety, Sylvester, 1951) (DVNR)
  5. Bugs and Thugs (Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Mugsy, 1954)
  6. Canned Feud (Sylvester, 1951) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  7. Lumber Jerks (The Goofy Gophers, 1955) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  8. Speedy Gonzales (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, 1955)
  9. Tweety's S.O.S. (Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, 1951) (DVNR)
  10. The Foghorn Leghorn (Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, 1948) (Robert McKimson) (Original opening and credits) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  11. Daffy Duck Hunt (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Barnyard Dawg, 1949)
  12. Early to Bet (The Gambling Bug, Cat, Dog, Customer, Luigi, (1951) (low audio pitch)
  13. A Broken Leghorn (Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy, 1959) (1998 dubbed print, without dubbed notice)
  14. Devil May Hare (Bugs Bunny, Tasmanian Devil, 1954)

Special Features[]

  • Audio tracks
    • Music-only audio tracks on Putty Tat Trouble, Speedy Gonzales and A Broken Leghorn
  • Audio commentaries
    • Jerry Beck on Canary Row, Canned Feud, Speedy Gonzales and Devil May Hare
    • Michael Barrier on Tweety's S.O.S. and The Foghorn Leghorn
  • From the Vaults
  • Behind-the-Tunes
    • Needy For Speedy: A look at Speedy Gonzales, Robert McKimson's heroic Mexican mouse who tricked gringo pussycats (and later, Daffy Duck) to help get cheese for his starving friends.
    • Putty Problems and Canary Rows: A look at how Sylvester and Tweety were created and how their pairing led to some of the most memorable cartoons in Warner Bros. history
    • Southern Pride Chicken: A look at Foghorn Leghorn, the loud-mouthed, trickster rooster loosely based on Fred Allen's Senator Claghorne character
  • Other
    • Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes (documentary)

Gallery[]

International Covers[]

In international countries, each one disc was separately released, under the Looney Tunes Collection label. Certain European territories released their own four-disc DVD sets under this label.

Disc 1[]

Menus:

Stills Gallery[]


Disc 2[]

Best of Daffy and Porky

Disc 3[]

All Stars Volume 1

Disc 4[]

All Stars Volume 2

Notes[]

  • Golden Collection Volume 1 is the only entry in the series to:
  • All of the cartoons on Golden Collection Volume 1 that use 1998 Dub Prints have some sort of DVNR.
  • On international release of Golden Collection Volume 1, some special features, as well the main menu animations, were removed to make space for other audio language tracks.
  • The trailer for Golden Collection Volume 1 erroneously features clips from Rabbit Rampage and Hare Trimmed, despite both cartoons not being featured in the collection.


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