Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

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. It is the first Looney Tunes DVD set to feature some cartoons using the modern mid-1960s Looney Tunes opening and closing sequences.

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.

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites

1. Roman Legion-Hare - (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1955) (Friz Freleng).
2. The Grey Hounded Hare - (Bugs Bunny; 1949) (Robert McKimson).
3. Rabbit Hood - (Bugs Bunny; 1949) (Chuck Jones).
4. Operation: Rabbit - (Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote; 1952) (Chuck Jones).
5. Knight-Mare Hare - (Bugs Bunny; 1955) (Chuck Jones).
6. Southern Fried Rabbit - (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1953) (Friz Freleng).
7. Mississippi Hare - (Bugs Bunny, Colonel Shuffle; 1949) (Chuck Jones). The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
8. Hurdy-Gurdy Hare - (Bugs Bunny; 1950) (Robert McKimson).
9. Forward March Hare - (Bugs Bunny; 1953) (Chuck Jones).
10. Sahara Hare - (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck; 1955) (Friz Freleng).
11. Barbary Coast Bunny - (Bugs Bunny, Nasty Canasta; 1956) (Chuck Jones).
12. To Hare Is Human - (Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote; 1956) (Chuck Jones).
13. 8 Ball Bunny - (Bugs Bunny, Playboy Penguin; 1950) (Chuck Jones).
14. Knighty Knight Bugs - (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1946) (Friz Freleng).
15. Rabbit Romeo - (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1957) (Robert McKimson).

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
• Behind the Tunes
  • Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
  • Powerhouse in Pictures
• ​From the Vault
  • Bugs Bunny: Superstar, Pt. 1 (1975), which contains the following shorts:
    • What's Cookin' Doc? (1943)
    • A Wild Hare (1940)
    • A Corny Concerto (1943)
    • I Taw a Putty Tat (1949)
  • 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

All cartoons on this disc are directed by Frank Tashlin.

1. The Case of the Stuttering Pig - (Porky Pig; 1937).
2. Little Pancho Vanilla - (1938).
3. Little Beau Porky - (Porky Pig; 1936).
4. Now That Summer Is Gone - (1938).
5. Porky in the North Woods - (Porky Pig; 1936).
6. You're an Education - (1938). The original ending title cue has been restored for this release.
7. Porky's Railroad - (Porky Pig; 1937).
8. Plane Daffy - (Daffy Duck; 1944).
9. Porky the Fireman - (Porky Pig; 1938).
10. Cracked Ice - (1938).
11. Puss n' Booty - (1943).
12. I Got Plenty of Mutton - (1944).
13. Booby Hatched - (1944).
14. Porky's Poultry Plant - (Porky Pig; 1936).
15. The Stupid Cupid - (Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd; 1944).

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, Pt. 2, which contains the following shorts:
    • Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
    • Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
    • My Favorite Duck (1942)
    • Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
    • The Old Grey Hare (1944)
  • Porky and Daffy in "The William Tell Overture" —an excerpt from the TV special Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster
  • Frank Tashlin Storybooks
    • Little Chic’s Wonderful Mother
    • Tony and Clarence
  • Private Snafu shorts
    • The Goldbrick (1943)
    • The Home Front (1943)
    • Censored (1944)

Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash

1. Cat-Tails for Two - (Speedy Gonzales, Lennie, George; 1953) (Robert McKimson).
2. Tabasco Road - (Speedy Gonzales, Pablo, Fernando; 1957) (Robert McKimson).
3. Tortilla Flaps - (Speedy Gonzales, El Vulturo; 1958) (Robert McKimson).
4. Mexicali Shmoes - (Speedy Gonzales, José, Manuel; 1959) (Friz Freleng).
5. Here Today, Gone Tamale - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1959) (Friz Freleng).
6. West of the Pesos - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1960) (Robert McKimson).
7. Cannery Woe - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1961) (Robert McKimson).
8. The Pied Piper Of Guadalupe - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1961) (Friz Freleng).
9. Mexican Boarders - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, Slowpoke Rodriguez; 1962) (Friz Freleng).
10. Chili Weather - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1963) (Friz Freleng).
11. A Message to Gracias - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1964) (Robert McKimson).
12. Nuts and Volts - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1964) (Friz Freleng).
13. Pancho's Hideaway - (Speedy Gonzales, Pancho Vanilla; 1964) (Friz Freleng).
14. The Wild Chase - (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote; 1965) (Friz Freleng).
15. A-Haunting We Will Go - (Speedy Gonzales, Daffy Duck, Witch Hazel; 1966) (Robert McKimson).

Special Features

• Audio commentaries
  • Stan Freberg & Jerry Beck on Cat-Tails for Two
  • Greg Ford with 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 (1956 Army reenlistment film by Chuck Jones)
  • Drafty, Isn’t It? (1957 Army recruitment film by Chuck Jones)

Disc 4 - Kitty Korner

1. The Night Watchman - (1938) (Chuck Jones). The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
2. Conrad the Sailor - (Conrad the Cat, Daffy Duck; 1942) (Chuck Jones).
3. The Sour Puss - (Porky Pig; 1940) (Bob Clampett).
4. The Aristo-Cat - (Claude Cat, Hubie and Bertie; 1943) (Chuck Jones).
5. Dough Ray Me-ow - (1948) (Arthur Davis).
6. Pizzicato Pussycat - (1955) (Friz Freleng).
7. Kiss Me Cat - (Marc Anthony & Pussyfoot; 1953) (Chuck Jones).
8. Cat Feud - (Marc Anthony & Pussyfoot; 1958) (Chuck Jones).
9. The Unexpected Pest - (Sylvester; 1956) (Robert McKimson).
10. Go Fly a Kit - (Pussyfoot; 1957) (Chuck Jones).
11. Kiddin’ the Kitten - (Dodsworth; 1952) (Robert McKimson).
12. A Peck o' Trouble - (Dodsworth; 1953) (Robert McKimson).
13. Mouse and Garden - (Sylvester; 1960) (Friz Freleng).
14. Porky's Poor Fish - (Porky Pig; 1940) (Bob Clampett).
15. Swallow the Leader - (1949) (Robert McKimson). The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.

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
  • Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes
  • The Art of the Gag
  • Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting
  • Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands
• From the Vault
  • Porky’s Breakdowns (1939 joke reel with Porky swearing)
  • Sahara Hare Storyboard Reel
  • Porky’s Poor Fish Storyboard Reel

References

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

See also

• Looney Tunes Golden Collection
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography