Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on November 14, 2006.Release and content information: The fourth release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series, it contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, eight documentaries, 20 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 18 "vintage treasures from the vault", and 14 music-only or music-and-sound-effects audio tracks.
This is the first one where every disc in the collection has a special theme. Disc one is dedicated to Bugs Bunny. Disc two is devoted to cartoons directed by Frank Tashlin. Disc three is dedicated to Speedy Gonzales. Disc four features Sylvester, plus lesser known feline characters such as Conrad the Cat and Claude Cat, among others. Previous Golden Collections included at least one All-Stars disc with no common theme.
Like Volume 3, Volume 4 contains a warning about the politically incorrect humor and racial stereotypes in some of the cartoons, but unlike Volume 3's warning, which was a filmed introduction done by Whoopi Goldberg, Volume 4 simply presents a title card before the main menu with the following:
The Region 2 version contains only 53 shorts; 11 on Disc 2, and 14 on each of the others.
Related releases As with the first three volumes, the individual discs were released separately in Region 2: Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny, Volume 4 Disc 2: Best of Porky & Pals, Volume 3 Disc 3: Best of Speedy Gonzales, Volume 1 Disc 4: All Stars, Volume 5
In Australia (Region 4), the stand-alone Best of Bugs Bunny, Volume 4 was released in 2008. It was the only disc to be released in that territory. https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2106107/Looney-Tunes-Collection---Best-Of-Bugs-Bunny---Vol-4
In Region 1, discs 1 and 4 were also released separately as the more family-friendly Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 4.
Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny. #TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries1Roman Legion-HareSam1955Friz FrelengLT2The Grey Hounded HareN/A1949Robert McKimsonLT3Rabbit HoodN/A1949Chuck JonesMM4Operation: RabbitWile E.1952Chuck JonesLT5Knight-mare HareN/A1955Chuck JonesMM6Southern Fried RabbitSam1953Friz FrelengLT7Mississippi HareColonel Shuffle1949Chuck JonesLT8Hurdy-Gurdy HareN/A1950Robert McKimsonMM9Forward March HareN/A1953Chuck JonesLT10Sahara HareDaffy, Sam1955Friz FrelengLT11Barbary Coast BunnyNasty Canasta1956Chuck JonesLT12To Hare Is HumanWile E.1956Chuck JonesMM138 Ball BunnyPlayboy1950Chuck JonesLT14Knighty Knight BugsSam1958Friz FrelengLT15Rabbit RomeoElmer1957Robert McKimsonMM
Special features
Audio bonuses Audio commentaries Eric Goldberg on Rabbit Hood and Mississippi Hare Paul Dini on Operation: Rabbit and Hurdy-Gurdy Hare Jerry Beck on 8 Ball Bunny June Foray and Jerry Beck on Rabbit Romeo Music only tracks on Knight-mare Hare, Sahara Hare, Barbary Coast Bunny, To Hare Is Human and Rabbit Romeo Music and effects track on Operation: Rabbit and Southern Fried Rabbit
Behind the Tunes Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott: A look on Raymond Scott's most famous instrumental piece that was used in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts Powerhouse (instrumental) Powerhouse in Pictures
From the Vault Bugs Bunny: Superstar, Part 1 (1975): What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) The Wild Hare (1940) A Corny Concerto (1943) I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 ½ Minutes (1989) The Bugs Bunny Show Ballpoint Puns Bridging Sequences Foreign Legion Leghorn recording sessions Trailer Gallery: Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Carnival Bugs Bunny's All-Star Revue
Disc 2 - A Dash of Tashlin All cartoons on this disc are directed by Frank Tashlin. #TitleCharactersYearSeries1The Case of the Stuttering PigPorky, Petunia1937LT2Little Pancho VanillaN/A1938MM3Little Beau PorkyPorky1936LT4Now That Summer Is GoneN/A1938MM5Porky in the North WoodsPorky1936LT6You're an EducationN/A1938MM7Porky's RailroadPorky1937LT8Plane DaffyDaffy1944LT9Porky the FiremanPorky1938LT10Cracked IceN/A1938MM11Puss n' BootyN/A1943LT12I Got Plenty of MuttonN/A1944LT13Booby HatchedN/A1944LT14Porky's Poultry PlantPorky1936LT15The Stupid CupidDaffy, Elmer1944LT
Special features
Audio commentaries Mark Kausler on The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky in the North Woods Michael Barrier with Frank Tashlin on Now That Summer is Gone, Cracked Ice and Porky's Poultry Plant Daniel Goldmark on You're an Education Greg Ford on Plane Daffy and I Got Plenty of Mutton Jerry Beck on Puss n' Booty Eddie Fitzgerald on The Stupid Cupid
From the Vault Bugs Bunny: Superstar, part 2, which contains the following shorts: Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) Walky Talky Hawky (1946) My Favorite Duck (1942) Hair-Raising Hare (1946) The Old Grey Hare (1944) Porky and Daffy in The William Tell Overture (1991) Frank Tashlin Storybooks Little Chic’s Wonderful Mother Tony and Clarence Private Snafu shorts The Goldbrick (1943) The Home Front (1943) Censored (1944)
Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash All cartoons on this disc star Speedy Gonzales. #TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries1Cat-Tails for TwoN/A1953Robert McKimsonMM2Tabasco RoadN/A1957Robert McKimsonLT3Tortilla FlapsN/A1958Robert McKimsonLT4Mexicali ShmoesN/A1959Friz FrelengLT5Here Today, Gone TamaleSylvester1959Friz FrelengLT6West of the PesosSylvester1960Robert McKimsonMM7Cannery WoeSylvester1961Robert McKimsonLT8The Pied Piper of GuadalupeSylvester1961Friz Freleng, Hawley PrattLT9Mexican BoardersSlowpoke, Sylvester1962Friz Freleng, Hawley PrattLT10Chili WeatherSylvester1963Friz FrelengMM11A Message to GraciasSylvester1964Robert McKimsonLT12Nuts and VoltsSylvester1964Friz FrelengLT13Pancho's HideawayPancho Vanilla 1964Friz Freleng, Hawley PrattLT14The Wild ChaseSylvester, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner1965Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt MM15A-Haunting We Will GoDaffy, Witch Hazel1966Robert McKimsonLT
Special features
Audio bonuses Audio commentaries Stan Freberg and Jerry Beck on Cat-Tails for Two Greg Ford with Friz Freleng on Mexican Boarders Art Leonardi and Jerry Beck on Nuts and Volts Paul Dini on The Wild Chase Music only track on Tabasco Road, Mexicali Schmoes, and West of the Pesos Music and effects track on Cat-Tails for Two
From the Vault 90 Day Wondering (1956 Army reenlistment film by Chuck Jones) Drafty, Isn’t It? (1957 Army recruitment film by Chuck Jones)
Others Friz on Film (new 1-hour documentary)
Disc 4 - Kitty Korner #TitleCharactersYearDirectorSeries1The Night WatchmanN/A1938Chuck JonesMM2Conrad the SailorConrad, Daffy1942Chuck JonesMM3The Sour PussPorky1940Bob ClampettLT4The Aristo-CatClaude, Hubie and Bertie1943Chuck JonesMM5Dough Ray Me-owN/A1948Arthur DavisMM6Pizzicato PussycatN/A1955Friz FrelengMM7Kiss Me CatMarc and Pussyfoot1953Chuck JonesLT8Cat FeudMarc and Pussyfoot1958Chuck JonesMM9The Unexpected PestSylvester1956Robert McKimsonMM10Go Fly a KitN/A1957Chuck JonesLT11Kiddin' the KittenDodsworth1952Robert McKimsonMM12A Peck o' TroubleDodsworth1953Robert McKimsonLT13Mouse and GardenSylvester1960Friz FrelengLT14Porky's Poor FishPorky1940Bob ClampettLT15Swallow the LeaderSupreme Cat1949Robert McKimsonLT
Special features
Audio bonuses Audio commentaries Greg Ford with Chuck Jones on Conrad the Sailor Eddie Fitzgerald on The Aristo-Cat Greg Ford with Chuck Jones on The Aristo-Cat Jerry Beck on Dough Ray Me-ow Daniel Goldmark on Pizzicato Pussycat June Foray and Jerry Beck on The Unexpected Pest Music only tracks on Cat Feud, The Unexpected Pest, and Go Fly a Kit Music and effects track on A Peck o' Trouble
Behind the Tunes One Hit Wonders Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes The Art of the Gag Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands
From the Vault Porky’s Breakdowns (1939 joke reel with Porky swearing) (unavailable on UK release) Sahara Hare Storyboard Reel Porky's Poor Fish Storyboard Reel
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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References
External links Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The - Complete List of Volume 4 Shorts at tvshowsondvd.com