Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 25, 2005.Release and content information: The third release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series, it contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, nine documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from the vault", and 11 music-only or music-and-sound-effects audio tracks.
Volume 3 is the first in the series to have a disclaimer on the box art stating that the set "is intended for the adult collector" and may not be suitable for younger audiences. It is also the first to feature a warning, given by Whoopi Goldberg, a fan of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters, who tells the viewers that some of the cartoons on the set contain content that is politically incorrect by today's standards, but will be shown uncut for historical reasons, because "removing these inexcusable images and jokes from this collection would be the same as saying [these prejudices] never existed". Future volumes also contain this warning, which is presented instead as a title card before the main menu.
Related releases As with Volumes 1 and 2, the individual discs were released separately in Regions 2 & 4: Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3 Disc 2: not released Disc 3: Best of Porky - Volume 2 Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4
These single-disc versions have changed package of contents, as well as excluding all bonus features. Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3 includes the short Super-Rabbit from Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4 replacing shorts Rebel Rabbit and Duck! Rabbit! Duck! Disc 3: Best of Porky - Volume 2 includes the shorts Hollywood Capers and The Film Fan from Disc 2 replacing shorts Porky's Romance, Porky's Party and Porky in Egypt Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4 includes the shorts The CooCoo Nut Grove, She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, The Honey-Mousers and The Last Hungry Cat from Disc 2 replacing shorts Super-Rabbit, Daffy Duck and Egghead, A Gruesome Twosome, An Itch in Time and Gonzales' Tamales
In the UK (Region 2), the set was released unchanged in 2006.
Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny. #TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries1Hare ForceWilloughby1944Friz FrelengMM2Hare RemoverElmer1946Frank Tashlin3Hare TonicElmer1945Chuck JonesLT4A Hare Grows in ManhattanHector1947Friz FrelengMM5Easter YeggsElmerRobert McKimsonLT6The Wabbit Who Came to SupperElmer1942Friz FrelengMM7Bowery BugsN/A1949Arthur Davis8Homeless HareN/A1950Chuck Jones9Case of the Missing HareN/A194210Acrobatty BunnyN/A1946Robert McKimsonLT11Wackiki WabbitN/A1943Chuck JonesMM12Hare DoElmer1949Friz Freleng13Rebel RabbitN/ARobert McKimson14Hillbilly HareN/A195015Duck! Rabbit, Duck!Daffy, Elmer1953Chuck Jones
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-and-effects-only audio tracks on Duck! Rabbit, Duck! and Hillbilly Hare Audio commentary Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on The Wabbit Who Came to Supper Michael Barrier on Bowery Bugs and Hillbilly Hare Greg Ford on Case of the Missing Hare Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Wackiki Wabbit Eric Goldberg on Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
From the Vaults Chuck Amuck: 1991 Documentary The Bugs Bunny Show: The Honey-Mousers bridging sequences; Ball Point Puns audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc
Behind-the-Tunes A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy: A look at the creation, comedy, and cultural influence of "The Hunter's Trilogy", three cartoons ("Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!") in which Daffy sets up Bugs to be shot by Elmer and the two argue over what hunting season it is (only for Daffy to get shot every time).
Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1Daffy Duck in HollywoodDaffy1938Tex AveryMM2Hollywood CapersBeans1935Jack KingLT3The CooCoo Nut GroveBen Birdie1936Friz FrelengMM4Porky's Road RacePorky1937Frank TashlinLT5The Woods Are Full of CuckoosBen BirdieMM6She Was an Acrobat's DaughterN/AFriz Freleng7The Film FanPorky1939Bob ClampettLT8Speaking of the WeatherN/A1937Frank TashlinMM9Thugs with Dirty MugsN/A1939Tex Avery10Goofy GroceriesN/A1941Bob Clampett11Swooner CroonerPorky1944Frank TashlinLT12Wideo WabbitBugs, Elmer1956Robert McKimsonMM13The Honey-MousersThe Honey-MousersLT14The Last Hungry CatTweety, Sylvester1961Friz Freleng, Hawley PrattMM15The Mouse That Jack BuiltN/A1959Robert McKimson
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio track on Wideo Wabbit and The Honey-Mousers Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Last Hungry Cat Audio commentaries Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Hollywood Capers Michael Barrier on The Coo-Coo Nut Grove Greg Ford on She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, Thugs with Dirty Mugs, and The Mouse That Jack Built with pre-score music Daniel Goldmark on Swooner Crooner June Foray and Jerry Beck on The Honey-Mousers
From the Vaults What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny: Part 1 (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts: A Wild Hare (1940) (unrestored, but with recreated titles) The Heckling Hare (1941) The Big Snooze (1946) Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) It's Got Me Again! (1932)
Behind-the-Tunes Fine Tooning: Restoring the Warner Bros. Cartoons: A look at how the Warner Bros. cartoons are digitally restored for the Golden Collection DVD sets. Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White: A look at the very early Warner Bros. shorts, which either starred Bosko, Buddy, or were thinly-plotted animated music videos based on music from Warner Bros. music library at the time.
Disc 3 - Porky and the Pigs #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1I Haven't Got a HatBeans, Porky1935Friz FrelengMM2Porky's RomancePetunia, Porky1937Frank TashlinLT3Porky's PartyPorky1938Bob Clampett4Porky in EgyptPorky5Porky and TeabiscuitPorky1939Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton6Pigs Is PigsPiggy Hamhock1937Friz FrelengMM7Pigs in a PolkaN/A19438Porky Pig's FeatDaffy, Porky1943Frank TashlinLT9Daffy Duck Slept HereDaffy, Porky1948Robert McKimsonMM10Bye, Bye BluebeardPorky1949Arthur Davis11An Egg ScramblePorky, Prissy1950Robert McKimson12Robin Hood DaffyDaffy, Porky1958Chuck Jones13The Windblown HareBugs1949Robert McKimsonLT14Claws for AlarmPorky, Sylvester1954Chuck JonesMM15Rocket SquadDaffy, Porky1956
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio tracks on Robin Hood Daffy, Rocket Squad Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Windblown Hare, Claws for Alarm Audio commentaries Jerry Beck on I Haven't Got a Hat Mark Kausler on Porky's Romance Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Porky's Party, Claws for Alarm Daniel Goldmark on Pigs in a Polka Joe Dante on Porky Pig's Feat Eric Goldberg on Robin Hood Daffy Paul Dini on Rocket Squad
From the Vaults What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny: Part 2 (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts: Hair-Raising Hare (1946) Hare Trigger (1945) (unrestored) The Bear That Wasn't (1967; MGM cartoon directed by Chuck Jones), Point Rationing of Foods (1943) Porky's Party Storyboard Reel
Behind-the-Tunes Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin: A look at the life and animated work of director Frank Tashlin.
Disc 4 - All-Stars Cartoon Party #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1Daffy Duck and the DinosaurDaffy1939Chuck JonesMM2Super-RabbitBugs19433Daffy Duck & EggheadDaffy, Egghead1938Tex Avery4A Gruesome TwosomeTweety1945Bob Clampett5Draftee DaffyDaffyLT6Falling HareBugs1943MM7Steal WoolRalph and Sam1957Chuck JonesLT8Birds AnonymousTweety, Sylvester, Clarence CatFriz FrelengMM9No BarkingClaude, Frisky1954Chuck Jones10Rabbit PunchBugs, The Crusher194811An Itch in TimeA. Flea, Elmer, Willoughby1943Bob Clampett12Odor-able KittyPepé, Claude1945Chuck JonesLT13Walky Talky HawkyFoghorn, Henery, Barnyard Dawg1946Robert McKimsonMM14Gonzales' TamalesSpeedy, Sylvester1957Friz FrelengLT15To Beep or Not to BeepWile E. Coyote and the Road Runner1963Chuck Jones, Maurice NobleMM
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio tracks on Gonzales' Tamales and Birds Anonymous Audio commentaries Paul Dini on Super-Rabbit John Kricfalusi on A Gruesome Twosome Milton Gray on A Gruesome Twosome Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Draftee Daffy John Kricfalusi and Bill Melendez on Falling Hare and An Itch in Time Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi on Birds Anonymous and Gonzales' Tamales Greg Ford on No Barking and To Beep or Not to Beep Michael Barrier on Odor-able Kitty and Walky Talky Hawky
From the Vaults Private Snafu cartoons: Spies (1943), Rumors (1943), Snafuperman (1944) Falling Hare Storyboard Reel TV pilot: Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963) - with optional commentary by Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi
Behind-the-Tunes The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew: A look at Chuck Jones' amorous skunk character, Pepe Le Pew Looney Tunes Go to War!: A look at the outrageous (and often offensive) cartoons released by Warner Bros. studios during World War II. Strictly for the Birds: Tweety and Sylvester's Award-Winning Teamup: A look at how Sylvester and Tweety's pairing led to Friz Freleng winning the Oscar for the 1957 short Birds Anonymous.
Reception In The New York Sun, author and critic Gary Giddins had complained that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 and Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 were lacking in black-and-white shorts and seemed to avoid the more politically incorrect cartoons in the series. When his review was reprinted in the book, Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books, Giddins noted that Volume 3 made up for its forerunners' shortcomings by including some of the racial caricatures of the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.The New York Sun 23 Nov 2004, reprinted in
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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