Revision as of 07:39, 17 November 2019 by Bodek610(talk | contribs)(After seeing "You Are Too Careless With Your Kisses", "I Wish I Had Wings" and "A Great Big Bunch of You", I can tell that non-1995 Dubbed Version prints were used for pre-1934 MM shorts released on TGAOLT5.)
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes is a collection of laser discs released by MGM in the early 1990s. There were five sets made, featuring a number of discs (10 discs in Volumes 1 to 4, 8 discs in Volume 5), and each disc side represented a different theme, being made up of seven cartoons per side. The first collection was also released on VHS, with each volume representing one disc side. Like many other Looney Tunes home video releases by MGM, this set uses faded 16mm a.a.p. TV prints, except Volume 5, as MGM/UA and Turner had no access to the original negatives, which were being stored at the Warner Bros. Studios.
With the exception of the Censored Eleven and, in the case of later printings, "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", every Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short in the Turner library was released in this collection either as LaserDisc a.a.p. print or USA 1995 dubbed versions of which Volume 5, the majority consists.
All the cartoons were released before the Time Warner/Turner merger and before the Golden Collection DVDs came out, so none of them had restored elements of original titles.
Gallery
VHS Boxset (Covers the shorts of the Volume 1 Laserdisc)
VHS
All the VHS tapes were released around 1992, some time after the LaserDisc set came out.
Note: One featured cartoon, Daffy Duck and Egghead, technically, was the first Daffy Duck cartoon in color, and the first where the character actually has that name. This was used because Turner did not own the rights to Porky's Duck Hunt.
Note: This video was recalled due to pressure from a Japanese group because the tape contained "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips". The 5-tape VHS boxed set was also recalled for the same reason.
Vol. 4: Bugs Bunny By Each Director / 1940s Zanies
Vol. 5: Hooray For Hollywood / The Art of Bugs
LaserDisc
Cover
Title
Shorts
Release date
Vol. 1
Notes: *Some copies of this set have "Racketeer Rabbit" in place of "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips". One featured cartoon in Volume 1, Side 2 of the set, Daffy Duck and Egghead, technically, was the first Daffy Duck cartoon in color, and the first where the character actually has that name. This was used because Turner did not own the rights to Porky's Duck Hunt.
Notes: *The 1940 release version of "A Wild Hare" included on Side 1 of the release had recreated title cards and the original "Carole Lombard" line restored, but had the wrong opening music; uses the 1941-45 opening theme instead of the correct 1939-40 opening theme. The opening from A Gander at Mother Goose was hacked onto the opening title as evident from the WB shield when later restorations in 2008 came out.
Notes *Due to the late release, 1997, and merger of Turner and Time Warner, most of the shorts on this volume are USA 1995 Turner dubbed versions. Due to these releases, some original ending or BR endings have been out of circulation since 1997. However, some have their original ending or Blue Ribbon ending title cards restored to DVD or some have been found in their Associated Artists Productions prints through TV or DVD/VHS recordings and releases. The only two cartoons on this set to be released as Associated Artists Productions unrestored prints are "The Merry Old Soul" and "Country Mouse".
Side 1: Black and White Classics
All the cartoons on this side are said to have been non-Dubbed Version prints. Some of the shorts released on the Side 1 have been later released as special features of Looney Tunes DVD releases with 1995 "Dubbed Version" prints. "A Great Big Bunch of You" was released previously on The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 3 in 1992,
