Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
Formats:	DVD
Discs:	4
Running time:	414 minutes (6 hours, 54 minutes)
Shorts:	60
Bonus cartoons:	15
Directed by:	Friz Freleng Robert McKimson Chuck Jones Frank Tashlin Bob Clampett Arthur Davis
Release date:	14 November 2006

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 14 November 2006.

Like Volume 3, this set also contains a warning about the politically incorrect humor and racial stereotypes in some of the cartoons, but instead of a speech by a person, it was a simple title card that summarized that the cartoons depicted ethnic and racist stereotypes that can be offensive to modern audiences, but will be shown anyway, because denying their existence is worse than depicting them in the first place. Despite this warning, the Looney Tunes Collection versions of the discs still omitted several cartoons for problematic content.

Contents

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites / Best of Bugs Bunny Volume 4

All the cartoons in this disc star Bugs Bunny.

1.  "Roman Legion-Hare"
2.  "The Grey Hounded Hare" 
3.  "Rabbit Hood" 
4.  "Operation: Rabbit"
5.  "Knight-Mare Hare"
6.  "Southern Fried Rabbit"  (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for racially offensive content)
7.  "Mississippi Hare" 
8.  "Hurdy-Gurdy Hare" 
9.  "Forward March Hare" 
10.  "Sahara Hare"
11.  "Barbary-Coast Bunny"
12.  "To Hare Is Human" 
13.  "8 Ball Bunny" 
14.  "Knighty Knight Bugs"  
15.  "Rabbit Romeo" 

Special Features

• Audio commentaries
  • Eric Goldberg on "Rabbit Hood" and "Mississippi Hare"
  • Paul Dini on "Operation: Rabbit" and "Hurdy-Gurdy Hare"
  • Jerry Beck on "8 Ball Bunny"
  • June Foray & Jerry Beck on "Rabbit Romeo"
• Audio tracks
  • Music only tracks on "Knight-Mare Hare", "Sahara Hare", "Barbary-Coast Bunny", "To Hare is Human" and "Rabbit Romeo"
  • Music and effects track on "Operation: Rabbit" and "Southern Fried Rabbit"
• Behind the Tunes
  • Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott: A look at how Raymond Scott's music became synonymous with the Warner Bros cartoons.
  • Powerhouse in Pictures: A look at how Raymond Scott's iconic "Powerhouse" piece has been used in countless Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.
• From the Vault
  • Bugs Bunny: Superstar, part 1 (1975), which contains the following shorts:
    •  "What's Cookin' Doc?" (1995 dubbed version)
    •  "A Wild Hare"   (1995 dubbed version)
    •  "A Corny Concerto"  (restored)
    •  "I Taw a Putty Tat"  (unrestored)
  • Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes (1989)
  • The Bugs Bunny Show
    • "Ballpoint Puns" Bridging Sequences
    • "Foreign Legion Leghorn" recording sessions
  • Trailer Gallery:
    • Bugs Bunny’s Cartoon Carnival
    • Bugs Bunny’s All-Star Revue

Disc 2 - A Dash of Tashlin / Best of Porky & Pals Volume 3

All the cartoons in this disc were directed by Frank Tashlin.

1.  "The Case of the Stuttering Pig"
2.  "Little Pancho Vanilla" 
3.  "Little Beau Porky"
4.  "Now That Summer Is Gone" 
5.  "Porky in the North Woods"
6.  "You're an Education"  (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for racially offensive content)
7.  "Porky's Railroad" 
8.  "Plane Daffy" (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for suicide gags, overly-sexual content, and World War II themes)
9.  "Porky the Fireman" (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for racially offensive content)
10.  "Cracked Ice"
11.  "Puss n' Booty" 
12.  "I Got Plenty of Mutton"
13.  "Booby Hatched" 
14.  "Porky's Poultry Plant"
15.  "The Stupid Cupid"  (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for a suicide gag and sexually offensive content)

Special Features

• Audio commentaries
  • Mark Kausler on "The Case of the Stuttering Pig" and "Porky in the North Woods"
  • Michael Barrier & Frank Tashlin on "Now That Summer is Gone", "Cracked Ice" and "Porky’s Poultry Plant"
  • Daniel Goldmark on "You’re an Education"
  • Greg Ford on "Plane Daffy" and "I Got Plenty of Mutton"
  • Jerry Beck on "Puss n' Booty"
  • Eddie Fitzgerald on "The Stupid Cupid"
• From the Vault
  • Bugs Bunny: Superstar, part 2, which contains the following shorts:
    •  "Rhapsody Rabbit" (restored)
    •  "Walky Talky Hawky"   (restored)
    •  "My Favorite Duck"  (1995 dubbed version)
    •  "Hair-Raising Hare" (restored)
    •  "The Old Grey Hare" (unrestored)
  •  "Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture"
  • Frank Tashlin Storybooks
    • Little Chic's Wonderful Mother
    • Tony and Clarence
  • Private Snafu shorts (unrestored):
    • "The Goldbrick" 
    • "The Home Front" 
    • "Censored" 

Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash / Best of Speedy Gonzales

All the cartoons in this disc star Speedy Gonzales.

1.  "Cat-Tails for Two" 
2.  "Tabasco Road"  
3.  "Tortilla Flaps"
4.  "Mexicali Shmoes" 
5.  "Here Today, Gone Tamale" (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for an interrupted suicide gag and racially offensive content)
6.  "West of the Pesos"
7.  "Cannery Woe"
8.  "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" 
9.  "Mexican Boarders"
10.  "Chili Weather"
11.  "A Message to Gracias"
12.  "Nuts and Volts"
13.  "Pancho's Hideaway"
14.  "The Wild Chase"
15.  "A-Haunting We Will Go"

Special Features

• Audio commentaries
  • Stan Freberg & Jerry Beck on "Cat-Tails for Two"
  • Greg Ford with archive audio of Friz Freleng on "Mexican Boarders"
  • Art Leonardi & Jerry Beck on "Nuts and Volts"
  • Paul Dini on "The Wild Chase"
• Audio tracks
  • Music only track on "Tabasco Road", "Mexicali Schmoes", and "West of the Pesos"
  • Music and effects track on "Cat-Tails for Two"
• Friz on Film (new 1-hour documentary)
• From the Vault
  • "90 Day Wondering" 
  • "Drafty, Isn't It?"  (unrestored)

Disc 4 - Kitty Korner / Looney Tunes All Stars Volume 5

All the cartoons in this disc star cat characters.

1.  "The Night Watchman"  (original titles restored)
2.  "Conrad the Sailor"
3.  "The Sour Puss" (Removed in international and Looney Tunes Collection releases for a successful suicide gag)
4.  "The Aristo-cat" 
5.  "Dough Ray Me-ow"
6.  "Pizzicato Pussycat"
7.  "Kiss Me Cat"
8.  "Cat Feud"
9.  "The Unexpected Pest" 
10.  "Go Fly a Kit"
11.  "Kiddin' the Kitten" 
12.  "A Peck o' Trouble" 
13.  "Mouse and Garden" 
14.  "Porky's Poor Fish"
15.  "Swallow the Leader" 

Special Features

• Audio commentaries
  • Greg Ford & Chuck Jones on "Conrad the Sailor" and "The Aristo-Cat"
  • Eddie Fitzgerald on "The Aristo-Cat"
  • Jerry Beck on "Dough Ray Me-ow"
  • Daniel Goldmark on "Pizzicato Pussycat"
  • June Foray & Jerry Beck on "The Unexpected Pest"
• Audio tracks
  • Music only tracks on "Cat Feud", "The Unexpected Pest", and "Go Fly a Kit"
  • Music and effects track on "A Peck of Trouble"
• Behind the Tunes
  • One Hit Wonders: A look at the cartoons that had characters that only starred in one cartoon, but are considered popular thanks to repeated TV viewings and video release.
  • Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes: A look at the music of the Warner Bros. cartoon shorts.
  • The Art of the Gag: A look at the comedy writing of the Warner Bros. shorts.
  • Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting: A look at how the voice acting in the Warner Bros. cartoons made the shorts memorable.
  • Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands: A look at the second- and third-tier Warner Bros. characters.
• From the Vault
  • "Porky's Breakdowns" (Porky scenes from Breakdowns of 1939)
  • "Sahara Hare" Storyboard Reel
  • "Porky's Poor Fish" Storyboard Reel

Notes

• The packaging for the original box-set release is slimmer and more condensed compared to the previous volumes.
• Barring "I Taw a Putty Tat" in Bugs Bunny Superstar as part of the bonus features of Disc 1, this is the only Golden Collection volume not to feature any classic cartoons with Tweety.

Gallery

Interior front cover

Unlike the previous volumes, the interior back cover for this volume lists the special features.

Directory for Discs 1 and 2

Directory for Discs 3 and 4

Looney Tunes Collection covers

In international countries, all four discs were separately released, under the Looney Tunes Collection label. This is the last volume with such a release.

Unlike the previous volumes, Disc 1 is the only disc with an English release, while the other discs were released in non-English-speaking countries, such as Italy and Hungary. Also unlike the previous volumes, only a few European territories, including Romania and the Czech Republic, released their own four-disc DVD sets under this label.

Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny Volume 4

Australia

Denmark

Hungary

Italy

Portugal

Disc 2: Best of Porky & Pals Volume 3

Denmark

Hungary

Italy

Disc 3: Best of Speedy Gonzales

Denmark

Hungary

Italy

Portugal

Disc 4: Looney Tunes All-Stars Volume 5

Denmark

Hungary

Italy

Box sets

Romania

External Links

• Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The - Complete List of Volume 4 Shorts at tvshowsondvd.com