Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 is a Looney Tunes collection on DVD. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 30, 2007.[1]

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5
DVD cover
Directed byRobert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Hawley Pratt, Frank Tashlin, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson, Tom Palmer, Jack King
Produced byLeon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie
Starringvoice of Mel Blanc
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30) (United States)
Running time
417 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The four discs in this collection are devoted to themes and subjects the cartoons in each disc have in common. The first disc consists entirely of cartoons starring the two top stars of Warner cartoons, Bugs Bunny and/or Daffy Duck. The second disc consists entirely of cartoons which lampoon fairy tales. The third disc consists entirely of cartoons either directed or co-directed by Bob Clampett. The fourth disc titled "Early Daze" features rarely seen cartoons from the 1930s and early 1940s which were made in black-and-white.

Continuing a pattern which began with Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, the DVD set has a warning in the beginning of each disc that states that some of the cartoons contain ethnic and racial stereotypes that may be offensive to modern audiences; however, like the fourth volume, the warning is shown on a title card rather than done as a special introduction.

This volume did not sell as well as the previous volumes did, mainly due to the slump of the country's economy at this point, and partly due to stiff competition from DVD release of rival studio Pixar's Ratatouille. As a result, it was decided that both this and Volume 6 release outside of North America would be delayed/not occur. Eventually, the fifth volume was released on April 18, 2011 in Region 2 UK.

Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

In previous installments of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, disc 1 was an all Bugs Bunny. Disc 1 in this volume, however, contains cartoons featuring Daffy Duck as well.

# Title Bugs, Daffy, or Both? Co-Stars Director Year Series
1 14 Carrot Rabbit Bugs Sam Friz Freleng March 15, 1952 LT
2 Ali Baba Bunny Both Chuck Jones February 9, 1957 MM
3 Buccaneer Bunny Bugs Sam Friz Freleng May 8, 1948 LT
4 Bugs' Bonnets Bugs Elmer Chuck Jones January 14, 1956 MM
5 A Star Is Bored Both Elmer, Sam Friz Freleng September 15, 1956 LT
6 A Pest in the House Daffy Elmer Chuck Jones August 2, 1947 MM
7 Transylvania 6-5000 Bugs Count Bloodcount Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble November 30, 1963 MM
8 Oily Hare Bugs Robert McKimson July 26, 1952 MM
9 Stupor Duck Daffy Robert McKimson July 7, 1956 LT
10 The Stupor Salesman Daffy Slug McSlug Arthur Davis November 20, 1948 LT
11 The Abominable Snow Rabbit Both Hugo Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble May 20, 1961 LT
12 The Super Snooper Daffy Robert McKimson November 1, 1952 LT
13 The Up-Standing Sitter Daffy Hector Robert McKimson July 3, 1948 LT
14 Hollywood Daffy Daffy Friz Freleng - uncredited June 22, 1946 MM
15 You Were Never Duckier Daffy Henery Chuck Jones August 7, 1948 MM

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults
  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens documentary (2000) (Part 1)
  • The Bugs Bunny Show
    • Bridging sequences for Bad Time Story
    • Mel Blanc audio recording sessions for What's Up, Dog?
    • General Foods commercials starring Bugs and company[2]

Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales
# Title Characters Director Year Series
1 Bewitched Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel Chuck Jones July 24, 1954 LT
2 Paying the Piper Porky Robert McKimson March 12, 1949 MM
3 The Bear's Tale Tex Avery April 13, 1940 MM
4 Foney Fables Friz Freleng August 1, 1942 MM
5 Goldimouse and the Three Cats Sylvester, Sylvester Jr. Friz Freleng March 19, 1960 LT
6 Holiday for Shoestrings Friz Freleng February 23, 1946 MM
7 Little Red Rodent Hood Sylvester, Hector Friz Freleng May 3, 1952 MM
8 Little Red Walking Hood Egghead Tex Avery November 6, 1937 MM
9 Red Riding Hoodwinked Tweety, Sylvester, Granny Friz Freleng October 29, 1955 LT
10 The Trial of Mr. Wolf Friz Freleng April 26, 1941 MM
11 The Turn-Tale Wolf Big Bad Wolf and nephew wolf Robert McKimson June 28, 1952 MM
12 Tom Thumb in Trouble Chuck Jones June 8, 1940 MM
13 Tweety and the Beanstalk Tweety, Sylvester Friz Freleng March 16, 1957 MM
14 A Gander at Mother Goose Tex Avery May 25, 1940 MM
15 Señorella and the Glass Huarache Hawley Pratt August 1, 1964 LT

Audio bonuses

From the Vaults
  • Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens documentary - (2000), (Part 2)
  • 2002 Featurette: A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade

Behind the Tunes
  • "Once upon a Looney Tune"
  • "Drawn to Life: The Art of Robert McKimson".

Disc 3: Putting a Bob Clampett on It
All cartoons on this disc are directed by Bob Clampett.
# Title Characters Year Series
1 Bacall to Arms August 3, 1946 MM
2 Buckaroo Bugs Bugs August 26, 1944 LT
3 Crazy Cruise March 14, 1942 MM
4 Farm Frolics May 10, 1941 MM
5 Hare Ribbin' Bugs, Willoughby June 24, 1944 MM
6 Patient Porky Porky August 24, 1940 LT
7 Prehistoric Porky Porky October 12, 1940 LT
8 The Bashful Buzzard Beaky September 15, 1945 LT
9 The Old Grey Hare Bugs, Elmer October 28, 1944 MM
10 The Wacky Wabbit Bugs, Elmer May 2, 1942 MM
11 The Wise Quacking Duck Daffy May 1, 1943 LT
12 Wagon Heels Porky July 28, 1945 LT
13 The Daffy Doc Daffy, Porky November 26, 1938 LT
14 A Tale of Two Kitties Tweety November 21, 1942 MM
15 Porky's Pooch Porky December 27, 1941 LT

Audio commentaries

Behind the Tunes
  • "Wacky Warner One-Shots"
  • "Real American Zero: The Adventures of Private Snafu".

From the Vaults
  • The director's cut of Hare Ribbin'.
  • The Bashful Buzzard original storyboards.
  • The Bashful Buzzard original opening music cue.
  • Milt Franklyn opening themes with intro by Greg Ford.
  • Private Snafu Cartoons: Coming!! Snafu and Gripes (both 1943).
  • Seaman Hook Cartoons: The Good Egg, The Return of Mr. Hook, and Tokyo Woes (all 1945).

Disc 4: "The Early Daze"
All cartoons on this disc are in black-and-white.
# Title Characters Director Year Series
1 Alpine Antics Beans, Porky Jack King March 9, 1936 LT
2 Eatin' On The Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner Bob Clampett August 22, 1942 LT
3 Milk and Money Porky Tex Avery October 3, 1936 LT
4 I've Got to Sing a Torch Song Tom Palmer September 23, 1933 MM
5 Porky at the Crocadero Porky Frank Tashlin February 5, 1938 LT
6 Polar Pals Porky Bob Clampett June 3, 1939 LT
7 Scrap Happy Daffy Daffy Frank Tashlin August 21, 1943 LT
8 Porky's Double Trouble Porky, Petunia Frank Tashlin November 13, 1937 LT
9 Gold Diggers of '49 Porky, Beans Tex Avery November 2, 1935 LT
10 Pilgrim Porky Porky Bob Clampett March 16, 1940 LT
11 Wise Quacks Daffy, Porky Bob Clampett August 5, 1939 LT
12 Porky's Preview Porky Tex Avery April 19, 1941 LT
13 Porky's Poppa Porky Bob Clampett January 15, 1938 LT
14 Wholly Smoke Porky Frank Tashlin August 27, 1938 LT
15 What Price Porky Daffy, Porky Bob Clampett February 26, 1938 LT

Audio commentaries

From the Vaults

References
  1. Release and content information: "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  2. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/looney-tunes-golden-collection-vol-5-4010.html

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