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Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
I want every single cartoon that Warner Bros. put out, and I want them uncut. It’s that simple. So what are we going to get?
This is from Cartoon Research.com, the official website of Jerry Beck, Looney Tunes cartoon historian (and author of the comprehensive book "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons"),
It was also reported HERE and HERE.
COMPLETE DETAILS of the LOONEY TUNES DVDs!
Here they come! October 28th is the street date. $64.92 is the suggested retail price (but you will be able to get a deal on Amazon.com and at other outlets). An all-new collection of 56 Looney Tunes classic cartoons, digitally re-mastered on DVD and packed with special features!
Four discs are contained in the first wave - entitled "The Looney Tunes Golden Collection" - each cartoon has been brilliantly restored and re-mastered to its original, uncut, anvil-dropping glory!
(Discs #3 and #4 below will also be sold seperately in a two-disc set called the "Premiere Collection" for SRP $26.99.)
Disc #1:
14 remastered Bugs Bunny cartoons.
A special opening greeting from Chuck Jones.
Audio track commentaries on these cartoons:
RABBIT SEASONING (Mike Barrier & audio from his rare interviews with animators), LONG HAIRED HARE (Mike Barrier), HIGH DIVING HARE (Greg Ford), BULLY FOR BUGS (Mike Barrier), WHAT'S UP DOC? (Greg Ford), RABBIT'S KIN (Stan Freberg), BIG TOP BUNNY (Mike Barrier), WABBIT TWOUBLE (Mike Barrier);
Separate music tracks for RABBIT SEASONING, WHAT'S UP DOC? and RABBIT'S KIN.
Featurettes on Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and Elmer Fudd with exclusive interviews.
THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 1 (rare John Canemaker documentary).
Animated sequences from MY DREAM IS YOURS and TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS.
THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW bonus materials: Bridging sequences from episode #1648 "A Star Is Bored"; Mel Blanc recording session from episode #1639 "The Astro-Nuts".
Bonus shorts:
FIFTY YEARS OF BUGS BUNNY IN 3 1/2 MINUTES (1989 short)
BLOOPER BUNNY (1991) with commentary by Greg Ford
Lobby Card still gallery
Trailers from 1950s theatrical compilation shows: BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON FESTIVAL and BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON JAMBOREE
Disc #2
14 remastered Porky and Daffy cartoons.
Audio track commentaries on DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY, THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE, WEARING OF THE GRIN, and DUCK DODGERS by Mike Barrier using his exclusive interview audio with classic animators.
Separate music tracks for DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY,THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE and RABBIT FIRE.
Bonus featurettes on BOB CLAMPETT, MARVIN MARTIAN, CHUCK JONES & DAFFY
THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 2
Lobby Card Still Gallery
Disc #3
Premiere Collection Vol. 1 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes.
Audio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for FAST & FURRY-OUS, HAIR RAISING HARE, HAREDEVIL HARE, FOR SCENT-I-MENTAL REASONS and BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID; FEED THE KITTY (commentary by Greg Ford), BUGS BUNNY AND THE THREE BEARS (Commentary by Stan Freberg).
Separate music tracks for BATON BUNNY and FEED THE KITTY
Featurettes on the ROAD RUNNER, MEL BLANC and CARL STALLING
TOONHEADS: THE LOST CARTOONS
Original storyboards for HAIR RAISING HARE and THE HYPO-CHRONDRI-CAT
Lobby Card Art Gallery
Disc #4
Premiere Collection Vol. 2 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes.
Audio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for TWEETY'S S.O.S. and THE FOGHORN LEGHORN and commentaries by Jerry Beck on CANARY ROW, DEVIL MAY HARE, CANNED FEUD and SPEEDY GONZALES.
Separate music tracks for PUTTY TAT TWOUBLE, BROKEN LEGHORN, and SPEEDY GONZALES.
Featurettes on SPEEDY GONZALES, FRIZ FRELENG AND TWEETY & SYLVESTER, and ROBERT McKIMSON AND FOGHORN LEGHORN.
Bonus all-new 45 minute documentary "Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".
The complete "BOSKO THE TALK-INK KID" pilot
Virgil Ross pencil tests
Lobby Card still gallery.
...and this is only the first wave. :-)Awesome, awesome news. Let’s hope this is just the studio testing the water to see what fans will do when given such a wonderful gift. My prediction? This is going to be one of the biggest titles of the year. I know I’ll be giving it as a gift this Christmas to all the Warner animation freaks I know.
Thanks for the heads-up on this one.
"Moriarty" out.
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I'm there. It's about time, this has got to be one of the most anticipated DVD releases of any year! Would've prefered releases in chronological order, but oh well, better than nothing.
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This is even better new than I could have hoped for. I've been waiting for something like this for so many years. Not only don't they make 'em like this anymore, they'll never make 'em like this ever again.
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Jul 14, 2003 9:47:52 AM CDT
Wow, do you think that in future installments they'll include cl
by rev_skarekroe
Or maybe the one where Daffy pretends to be Elmer's grovelling slave until he dresses up like Lincoln and frees himself? sk
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Jul 14, 2003 10:07:28 AM CDT
This is definitely a Take The day Off From Work" event.
by renonevada2000
Like I could sit in my office with the annoying broad yapping away behind me and the department manager wandering around like OFFICE SPACE's Lumberg crossed with Frankenstein when these sweet DVDs would be sitting on my local Best Buy's shelf. Instead, I think I'll take a vacation day, run out to the store and then spend the rest of the day on the couch in some comfortable sweats with a big stack of grilled cheese sandwichs. Nothing is better than classic Warner Brothers cartoons. (Tom and Jerry can kiss my ass)
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Jul 14, 2003 10:39:43 AM CDT
The next thing you know, the'll put me with some snot nosed neph
by mbaker
I've been waiting a long time for Warner Bros to put out some Looney Tune DVDs, and now tha wait is finally over!! The four disc set sounds schweet!! The fact that they got Chuck Jones (god's speed) to do a little intro gives me the impression that they been working on these sets for quite some time now. I also like the fact they'll include "Blooper Bunny" in the set. That is one of the funniest shorts from the post Termite Terrace years! Here's hoping that "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" will turn out good.
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My all-time favorite. The timing on some of the reaction shots of the mice is perfection, and Stan Freeberg is one of the voices. Scorsese is alleged to have asked one of the "Termite" gang how they were able to get the comedic timing so precise, which is the strong point of the WB shorts. This DVD set is loaded. I'll be there with bells, whistles, anvils, shotguns, organ grinders, and I will not forget the gravy.-----later-----m
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Does anyone know the name of the Porky Pig short where he says 'son of a bitch' at the end?
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Jul 14, 2003 8:28:57 PM CDT
Wow. I'm shocked that Warners would treat these cartoons with t
by smeg for brains
I expected just some of their cheap cardboard crappy DVD "cases" with a few edited versions, and nothing else, with horrible kiddie aimed packaging, and no respect. I guess they saw how Disney treated their old cartoons as something special, and took a cue.
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I've been waiting for these ever since I started collecting the Disney's Treasures series,Looney Toons are way better than any Disney toon and I can't wait.
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I think that "son of a bitch" line that Porky says was just an impersionation used on most radio stations. It isn't even done by Mel Blanc. Now that we're getting Looney Tunes, let hope that Warner will also consider making a Tex Avery set! Tex Avey cartoons rock just as hard as Looney Tunes, and i think they deserve just as much respect in my opinion.
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YES! I mean, what else is there to say. I skimmed through everything after the play-by-play on disc #1; is 'Vaudeville Rabbit' on there. The Bugs n' Elmer cartoon, no dialogue, that's all about Bugs cutting Elmer's hair? Please... Out.
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Where the hell are my Tex Avery DVD's??? I love Warner Brothers and all, don't get me wrong, especially if the cartoons on them are uncut, but Tex Avery is the man! There was a set of his cartoons on tape, when are they coming out on DVD?!?
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This is the best news since I heard in a long time! But will it feature the ultimate super hero..'Junior' Sylvester's ultra cool son!?.."Ooohh Father"
For all the special features and bonus material..it's still not gonna compare with a Steven Seagal box set is it now ? :(... "Out for the Kill..And Get my Pies outta the oven". Boooooong !! -
Cartoons with actual commentary and documentaries. Someone should get a raise at Warner Bros for understanding what the fans of this classic animation want. We are adults that grew up on these cartoons and they are finally treated the fans like adults. This is amazing news. I hope they sell well enough to encourage this kind of marketing.
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forgot to pay the server bill for this ragtag website you run this afternoon? god forbid this site wouldbe down for some actual fuciking maintenance or upgrade!!!!!!!! your website is fucking pathetic!!!! cant connect at least 30% of the time and im being totally fucking generous on that figure. so, fatman, take your site that you put ABSOLUTELY no money into and shove it up your bleeding hemmoroid infested ass.
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All this and no "What's Opera, Doc?"!!!!!!!!!!!! That is my freaking favorite WB cartoon ever. And what about that one with the frog? How disappointing.
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I also find the exclusion of "What's Opera Doc", and "One Froggy Evening" a bit baffling. Hopefully, they'll include them in another set if all goes well.
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Jul 15, 2003 11:55:00 AM CDT
Woo-hoo! I mean, er, FINALLY Warner Bros. has realized the gold
by wardog
'Bout freaking time they started releasing these classic cartoons on DVD. How many times have you not known what to pop into the DVD player and all you wanted was to relax and laugh to pass the time? This is just the thing for such times. Especially since the Cartoon Network doesn't show these cartoons as often as they should, in favor of the putrid dreck they clutter their schedule with. BRING IT ON, WARNER BROS!
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Jul 15, 2003 4:21:56 PM CDT
Finally, Cool news. Anyone know the name of the Jekyll and Hyde
by boris the blade
I really want that one, as well as "Water, water, every hare"...and the wrestling one
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This is some of the best news ever. I've been watching looney tunes forever and they never get old and they're older than I am. I cant explain it but they still make me laugh and most of the time I've seen the same episodes countless times. I'm not expecting to, but maybe just maybe there might be an episode on this that I somehow never saw. I doubt it tho. But I still cant wait.
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STH-fan's gotta know.
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Wow. This is the best news since my beloved NE Patriots won the Super Bowl! Is the one where Daffy is on animation board and Bugs is the animator included? I always forget the title of that one... Man, milk still goes through my nose, when I think of Daffy on tirade, and Bugs drawing him with a flower-petal mane, spotted body, on all fours with a tail...!
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son-of-a-biscuit. Bet you thought I was gonna say son-of-a-bitch, didn't ya?!" I have a copy of it somewhere on an old tape of "Nightflight", and I found it once on Kazaa, I think. If I can find my copy, I'll digitize and I'll post a link here-- it definitely has no copyright, and is parody :), so no foul... and no fowl, just Porky . I heard it was real, not just a regular cartoon re-dubbed, but instead done by some studio animators fooling around underground style.
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P-P-PP-P-PPP-Porky P-p-p-p-pppig.
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That's what I get for trying to remember trivial data from my college years. Next up I'll be mis-humming a Pearl Jam tune.
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Jul 16, 2003 2:18:22 PM CDT
Found .wmv clip of "Porky" "bitch"-- hard to tell if it was crea
by diskatopia
http://www.dailywav.com/0199/sonofbitch.wmv
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Jul 16, 2003 9:36:42 PM CDT
I'll buy a Looney Tunes DVD as long as they don't skimp on the R
by cooldan989
Man, oh man, I don't care how old I get, I will always love laughing hysterically when poor Wile E. Coyote gets himself ejected from a cliff, blown up, or fallen victim to any other destructive catastrophe trying to catch that damn road runner. If Warner Bros. pays their respects to the ultimate cat-and-mouse team that don't even have anything to do with cats or mice, then I'm on board. Beep beep! (Oh, and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are cool too, yada yada yada...)
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I've had those old laserdiscs sitting on my shelf for years. Those, and the original cuts of the Star Wars trilogy are the main reasons I still own a laserdisc player. At least I can stop waiting for my Looney Tunes DVD at last. Seriously, Chuck Jones is one my personal gods, and Duck Amuck is the most insanely creative seven minutes of animation ever made. In general, Jones' entire Daffy Duck ouvre is brilliant, especially considering how little I enjoy the pre-Jones version of the character. Between this and the Lion King finally hitting DVD, I'm one giggly schoolgirl animation geek.
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Jul 17, 2003 5:14:03 PM CDT
The one with Porky vs. the leprechauns is mighty hilarious also
by terry_1978
Now don't tell me u don't crack a smile when Porky asks the caretaker who his master is, and he says, "tis nary a soul been in the castle these many years, 'cept for(looks at the audience in that Chuck Jones half-lidded way)...the lep...rechauns...." I swear that cracks me up to no end.
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The cartoon you're referring to is "The Rabbit of Seville". It is mostly music and action, but there are a few passages with lyrics (Don't look so perplexed...why should you be vexed?..can't you see you're next?..yes, you're next...you're so next). And yes, I am a raging toon nerd.
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Jul 19, 2003 10:43:19 PM CDT
Got to have "Birds Anonymous" in the next set ... Sylvester, the
by frietag
Also they gotta put out the other two shorts starring the Three Bears. Of all the "non-star-power" WB cartoons, those are about the funniest ever made. And by the way, for those of you insufficiently nerdy folk who haven't watched nearly enough cartoons and think "What's Opera, Doc?" is the greatest six minutes of toon tuneage ever made, can I please have a show of hands in support of the proposition that "Rabbit of Seville" can beat up "Opera" and take its lunch money?
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