Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008.Release and content information: It is the final release in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. The set was almost canceled after Volume 5's disappointing sales, despite many remasters and bonus features already being completed. After pushback from those working on the set, such as Jerry Beck, Warner allowed the team to finish and release the set, with the set's selection of cartoons featuring many shorts originally intended for future volumes. Succeeding the Golden Collection series would be the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection series on Blu-ray, first released November 2011. On July 3, 2012, a two-disc DVD version of Volume 1 of the Platinum Collection was released.
Volume 6 of the Golden Collection series is less child-friendly than previous releases. Like Volumes 3–5, it has a warning before each disc about the shorts containing content that some viewers would not consider to be "politically correct" by today's standards (but will be shown uncut and uncensored for historical reasons), and as such, is "intended for the adult collector" and might not be suitable for younger audiences.
In addition to containing cartoons that have racial and/or ethnic stereotypes (like in Volumes 3–5), a use of the word "fuck" in Bosko's Picture Show, and references to sexism in Robert McKimson's Wild Wife, Volume 6 also contains many cartoons that pertain to World War II, most of them containing depictions or references to Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo, or to Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in general. While Volumes 4 and 5 each had a couple World War II-themed cartoons (Plane Daffy and Scrap Happy Daffy, respectively), Volume 6 is notable for having an entire disc dedicated to the subject (Disc 2: Patriotic Pals), including several of its bonus cartoons.
Volume 6 was originally only released in North America due to the poor sales of the previous volume. However, the discs in this volume were not region-coded, making it easy for collectors outside of North America to import and play this set. The set was released in the UK on September 12, 2011.
Disc 1: Looney Tunes All-Stars #TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeries1Hare TriggerBugs, SamFriz Freleng1945MM2To Duck or Not to DuckDaffy, ElmerChuck Jones1943LT3Birth of a NotionDaffyRobert McKimson1947LT4My Little DuckarooDaffy, Porky, Nasty CanastaChuck Jones1954MM5Crowing PainsFoghorn, Henery, Sylvester, BarnyardRobert McKimson1947LT6Raw! Raw! Rooster!FoghornRobert McKimson1956LT7Heaven ScentPepé, PenelopeChuck Jones1956MM8My Favorite DuckDaffy, PorkyChuck Jones1942LT9Jumpin' JupiterPorky, SylvesterChuck Jones1955MM10Satan's Waitin'Tweety, SylvesterFriz Freleng1954LT11Hook, Line and StinkerWile E. Coyote and the Road RunnerChuck Jones1958LT12Bear FeatThe Three BearsChuck Jones1949LT13Dog Gone SouthCharlie, Colonel ShuffleChuck Jones1950MM14A Ham in a RoleGoofy GophersRobert McKimson1949LT15Often an OrphanPorky, CharlieChuck Jones1949MM
Special Features
Commentaries Hare Trigger by Greg Ford Birth of a Notion by Mark Kausler My Favorite Duck by Jerry Beck
Music-only tracks Raw! Raw! Rooster! Jumpin' Jupiter
Television specials Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court (1978) Daffy Duck’s Easter Eggcitement (1980)
Bonus Shorts #TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeriesB1Sniffles Takes a TripSnifflesChuck Jones1940MMB2Hippety HopperSylvester, Hippety HopperRobert McKimson1949MMB3Rabbit RampageBugsChuck Jones1955LTB4Boyhood DazeRalph PhillipsChuck Jones1957MM
Bonus Shorts - Music-only tracks Rabbit Rampage Boyhood Daze
Disc 2: Patriotic Pals #TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeries1Herr Meets HareBugsFriz Freleng1945MM2Russian RhapsodyN/ABob Clampett1944MM3Daffy – The CommandoDaffyFriz Freleng1943LT4Bosko the DoughboyBoskoHugh Harman1931LT5Rookie RevueN/AFriz Freleng1941MM6The Draft HorseN/AChuck Jones1942MM7Wacky BlackoutN/ABob Clampett1942LT8The DucktatorsN/ANorman McCabe1942LT9The Weakly ReporterN/AChuck Jones1944MM10Fifth-Column MouseN/AFriz Freleng1943MM11Meet John DoughboyPorkyBob Clampett1941LT12Hollywood Canine CanteenBabbit and CatstelloRobert McKimson1946MM13By Word of MouseSylvesterFriz Freleng1954LT14Heir-ConditionedSylvester, ElmerFriz Freleng1955LT15Yankee Dood ItSylvester, ElmerFriz Freleng1956MM
Special features
Friz Freleng at MGM Poultry Pirates (1938) A Day at the Beach (1938) The Captain’s Christmas (1938) Seal Skinners (1939) Mama’s New Hat (1939)
Commentaries Herr Meets Hare by Greg Ford Russian Rhapsody by Mark Kausler The Draft Horse by Greg Ford
Music-only track Yankee Dood It
Bonus Shorts #TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeriesB1The Fighting 69½thN/AFriz Freleng1941MMB2Hop and GoN/ANorman McCabe1943LTB3Confusions of a Nutzy SpyPorkyNorman McCabe1943LT
Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and Merrie Melodies All cartoons on this disc are in black-and-white. #TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeries1Congo JazzBoskoHugh Harman and Rudolf Ising1930LT2Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!FoxyRudolf Ising1931MM3The Booze Hangs HighBoskoHugh Harman and Rudolf Ising1930LT4One More TimeFoxyRudolf Ising1931MM5Bosko's Picture ShowBoskoHugh Harman and Friz Freleng1933LT6You Don't Know What You're Doin'!PiggyRudolf Ising1931MM7We're in the MoneyN/ARudolf Ising1933MM8Ride Him, Bosko!BoskoHugh Harman1932LT9Shuffle Off to BuffaloN/ARudolf Ising and Friz Freleng1933MM10Bosko in PersonBoskoHugh Harman and Friz Freleng1933LT11The Dish Ran Away with the SpoonN/ARudolf Ising1933MM12Buddy's Day OutBuddyTom Palmer1933LT13Buddy's Beer GardenBuddyEarl Duvall1933LT14Buddy's CircusBuddyJack King1934LT15A Cartoonist's NightmareBeansJack King1935LT
Special features
Commentaries Shuffle Off to Buffalo by Jerry Beck A Cartoonist's Nightmare by Jerry Beck
The World of Leon Schlesinger Introduction by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck Crying for the Carolines (1930) Haunted Gold title sequence Schlesinger Productions Christmas Party with optional commentary by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
Bonus Shorts #TitleDirectorYearSeriesB1I Love a ParadeRudolf Ising1932MMB2I Like Mountain MusicRudolf Ising1933MMB3Sittin' on a Backyard FenceEarl Duvall1933MMB4How Do I Know It's SundayFriz Freleng1934MM
Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts and One-Shots #TitleDirectorYearSeries1Horton Hatches the EggBob Clampett1942MM2Lights FantasticFriz Freleng1942MM3Fresh AiredaleChuck Jones1945MM4Chow HoundChuck Jones1951LT5The Oily AmericanRobert McKimson1954MM6It's Hummer TimeRobert McKimson1950LT7Rocket-Bye BabyChuck Jones1956MM8Goo Goo GoliathFriz Freleng1954MM9Wild WifeRobert McKimson1954MM10Much Ado About NuttingChuck Jones1953MM11The Hole IdeaRobert McKimson1955LT12Now Hear ThisChuck Jones and Maurice Noble1963LT13Martian Through GeorgiaChuck Jones, Maurice Noble, and Abe Levitow1962LT14Miss GloryTex Avery1936MM15Norman NormalAlex Lovy1968N/A
Special Features
Commentaries Fresh Airedale by Greg Ford The Hole Idea by Mark Kausler
Music-only tracks The Hole Idea Martian Through Georgia
Bonus documentary Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Bonus Shorts #TitleDirectorYearSeriesB1Sleepy Time PossumRobert McKimson1951MMB2Punch TrunkChuck Jones1953LTB3Wild Wild WorldRobert McKimson1960MMB4Bartholomew Versus the WheelRobert McKimson1964MM
Bonus Short - Music-only track Wild Wild World
Bonus Short - Music and Effects track Punch Trunk
See also Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969) Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)
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