Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 2, 2004. The second release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series, it contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.Release and content information:
Related releases As with Volume 1, the individual discs were released separately in Regions 2 & 4: Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 2 Disc 2: Best of Road Runner Disc 3: Best of Tweety and Sylvester Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 3 In Region 1, discs 3 and 4 were also released separately as the more family-friendly Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 2.
Disc 1: Bugs Bunny Masterpieces All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny. #TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries1The Big SnoozeElmer1946Bob ClampettLT2Broom-Stick BunnyWitch Hazel1956Chuck JonesLT3Bugs Bunny Rides AgainYosemite Sam1948Friz FrelengMM4Bunny HuggedThe Crusher1951Chuck JonesMM5French Rarebit1951Robert McKimsonMM6Gorilla My DreamsGruesome Gorilla1948Robert McKimsonLT7The Hare-Brained HypnotistElmer1942Friz FrelengMM8Hare Conditioned1945Chuck JonesLT9The Heckling HareWilloughby1941Tex AveryMM10Little Red Riding Rabbit1944Friz FrelengMM11Tortoise Beats HareCecil1941Tex AveryMM12Rabbit TransitCecil1947Friz FrelengLT13Slick HareElmer1947Friz FrelengMM14Baby Buggy Bunny1954Chuck JonesMM15Hyde and Hare1955Friz FrelengLT
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio tracks on Hyde and Hare Music-and-effects-only audio track on Broom-Stick Bunny, Bunny Hugged, Baby Buggy Bunny Audio commentaries Bill Melendez on The Big Snooze June Foray on Broom-Stick Bunny Greg Ford on Bugs Bunny Rides Again, The Heckling Hare Jerry Beck on Gorilla My Dreams Michael Barrier on Tortoise Beats Hare, Slick Hare Chuck Jones on Tortoise Beats HareAccording to the packaging
From the Vaults Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary Special: Part 1 (1986) The Bugs Bunny Show: Do or Diet bridging sequences; No Business Like Slow Business audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc
Behind-the-Tunes A Conversation With Tex Avery: A look on Avery explaining his various tricks of his particular brand of cartoon trade, from where the “What’s Up Doc?” expression came from, to his days at MGM.
Disc 2: Road Runner and Friends All cartoons on this disc are directed by Chuck Jones. #TitleCharactersYearSeries1Beep, BeepWile E. Coyote and the Road Runner1952MM2Going! Going! Gosh!3Zipping Along19534Stop! Look! And Hasten!19545Ready, Set, Zoom!1955LT6Guided Muscle7Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z19568There They Go-Go-Go!9Scrambled Aches195710Zoom and BoredMM11Whoa, Be-Gone!195812Cheese ChasersClaude, Hubie and Bertie, Marc Antony 195113The Dover Boys at Pimento University194214Mouse WreckersClaude, Hubie and Bertie1949LT15A Bear for PunishmentThe Three Bears1951
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio tracks on Guided Muscle, Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z, There They Go-Go-Go!, Scrambled Aches, Zoom and Bored Music-and-effects-only audio track on A Bear for Punishment Audio commentaries Michael Barrier on Beep, Beep, The Dover Boys at Pimento University, A Bear for Punishment Greg Ford on Stop! Look! And Hasten!, Whoa, Be-Gone!, Mouse Wreckers
From the Vaults Adventures of the Road-Runner 1962 television pilot The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show 1968 opening title sequence
Behind-the-Tunes Crash! Bang! Boom!: The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown: A look at Termite Terrace's sound effects man, Treg Brown, and how he created the iconic sound effects heard in many Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
Disc 3: Tweety and Sylvester and Friends #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1Bad Ol' Putty TatTweety, Sylvester1949Friz FrelengMM2All a Bir-r-r-dTweety, Sylvester, Hector1950Friz FrelengLT3Room and BirdTweety, Sylvester, Granny, Hector1951Friz FrelengMM4Tweet Tweet TweetyTweety, Sylvester1951Friz FrelengLT5Gift WrappedTweety, Sylvester, Granny, Hector1952Friz FrelengLT6Ain't She TweetTweety, Sylvester, Granny, Hector1952Friz FrelengLT7A Bird in a Guilty CageTweety, Sylvester1952Friz FrelengLT8Snow BusinessTweety, Sylvester, Granny1953Friz FrelengLT9Tweetie PieTweety, Sylvester1947Friz FrelengMM10Kitty KorneredPorky, Sylvester1946Bob ClampettLT11Baby BottleneckDaffy, Porky1946Bob ClampettLT12Old GloryPorky1939Chuck JonesMM13The Great Piggy Bank RobberyDaffy1946Bob ClampettLT14Duck Soup to NutsDaffy, Porky1944Friz FrelengLT15Porky in WackylandPorky1938Bob ClampettLT
Special features Audio Track Music-and-Effects Only Audio Tracks for Tweet Tweet Tweety and A Bird in a Guilty Cage
Audio commentaries Greg Ford on Ain't She Tweet, Tweetie Pie Michael Barrier on Kitty Kornered, Baby Bottleneck, Porky in Wackyland Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Old Glory John Kricfalusi on The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
From the Vaults Bonus cartoon: Daffy Duck for President (An all-new Daffy Duck cartoon released to tie in with the 2004 Election) The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Special: Part 2 The Porky Pig Show opening title sequence The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show 1988 and 1992 opening title sequences
Behind-the-Tunes The Man From Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett
Disc 4: Looney Tunes All-Stars: On Stage and Screen #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1Back Alley OproarSylvester, Elmer1948Friz FrelengMM2Book RevueDaffy1946Bob ClampettLT3A Corny ConcertoBugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky1943Bob ClampettMM4Have You Got Any Castles1938Frank TashlinMM5Hollywood Steps Out1941Tex AveryMM6I Love to Singa1936Tex AveryMM7Katnip Kollege1938Cal Howard and Cal DaltonMM8The Hep CatWilloughby1942Bob ClampettLT9Three Little Bops1957Friz FrelengLT10One Froggy EveningMichigan J. Frog1955Chuck JonesMM11Rhapsody RabbitBugs1946Friz FrelengMM12Show Biz BugsBugs, Daffy1957Friz FrelengLT13Stage Door CartoonBugs, Elmer1944Friz FrelengMM14What's Opera, Doc?Bugs, Elmer1957Chuck JonesMM15You Ought to Be in PicturesDaffy, Porky1940Friz FrelengLT
Special features
Audio bonuses Music-only audio tracks on Three Little Bops, One Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doc? Vocals-only audio tracks on Three Little Bops and What's Opera, Doc? Audio commentaries Greg Ford on Back Alley Oproar, Hollywood Steps Out, and Show Biz Bugs Michael Barrier on Book Revue, A Corny Concerto, and One Froggy Evening Jerry Beck and Stan Freberg on Three Little Bops Daniel Goldmark on Rhapsody Rabbit and What's Opera, Doc? Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, and Maurice Noble on What's Opera, Doc? Jerry Beck on You Ought to Be in Pictures
Behind-the-Tunes Looney Tunes Go Hollywood: Termite Terrace unit’s passion for sending up the Hollywood of the time and explains the stories behind many of the toons’ delicious parodies, how they expanded into even the musical scores for those pictures, and the tradition of spoofing celebrities that lives on in the movie references in cartoon shows today. It Hopped One Night: A Look at One Froggy Evening: A look on the in-depth on what went into making the Chuck Jones masterpiece and its influential effect Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?
From the Vaults Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) - short live action movie with dubbed-animals only. Academy Award-winning So Much for So Little (1949).
Release and reception Warner Home Video was not sure that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 would sell well enough to justify a second release in the series. Prior to the release of the second volume, WHV's Vice President of Non-Theatrical Franchise Marketing announced: "We are extremely pleased with consumer response to last year's Volume One editions and we are delighted to release another installment of our most famous animated classics."
The first set in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series had won the Classic Award at the Parents' Choice Awards, and the second release was also an award-winner. TVShowsOnDVD.com reported that the set won the award for "Best Animated Series" release at the 3rd Annual TV-DVD Conference. In The New York Sun, author and critic Gary Giddins complained that this set, like the first one, was skimpy with the 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, Giddins noted that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 made up for the latter shortcoming by including some of the racist caricature in the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.The New York Sun 23 Nov 2004, reprinted in
In a review reprinted in Syracuse, New York's The Post-Standard, Randy Salas, a critic for the Minneapolis, St. Paul Star Tribune, called the second volume in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series a "glorious release". Salas describes the main content of the set, highlighting contributions from Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng with particular emphasis on Jones' One Froggy Evening (1955). The extras highlighted in the review include commentary from music historian Daniel Goldmark, and interviews with Chuck Jones, who had died in 2002. The review summed up, "This is an essential set for any animation fan, and it might just convert many who are not." The reviewer concluded by pointing out that a 2-disc "Spotlight Collection" with selections from the 4-disc set was also available, but advised, "Skip it and go for the full course."
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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