Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One
starring: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Vincent Price, Stan Freberg, Billy Bletcher
directed by: Abe Levitow, Arthur Davis, Chuck Jones, Constantine Nasr, Friz Freleng
directed by: Abe Levitow, Arthur Davis, Chuck Jones, Constantine Nasr, Friz Freleng
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Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 10/28/2003Rating: Nr
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For years, animation buffs have waited impatiently for the Warner Bros.cartoons to appear on DVD. The Warner shorts never commanded the budgets andprestige of the Disney and MGM films, and won fewer Oscars than they deserved. Butdecades after the best ones were created, they remain the quintessentialHollywood cartoons: brash, fast-paced, aggressively funny and uniquely American.Virtually everyone in the U.S. under the age of 60 grew up on these films, intheaters and on TV. The 56 cartoons in the set (out of a studio output of over 1,000) weretransferred from good prints--which means the viewer can see dust, scratches, andoccasional mistakes by the cel painters. The films are all presented uncut, indefiance of the killjoys who have insisted on censoring alleged "violence" inthe versions shown on television. Warner Bros. is obviously testing consumer response with this set. Althoughthe erratic selection includes many classics, purists will argue (correctly)that it offers neither a fair representation of the directors' oeuvres,nor anything approaching a coherent history of the characters or studio style. (Nearly half the films were directed by Chuck Jones; only three are by BobClampett, and there's nothing by Tex Avery or Frank Tashlin.)But it seems petty to carp about omissions and biases when the discs offerexcellent, uncensored prints of some of the funniest films ever made in theU.S.--or anywhere else. (Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence)--Charles Solomon
Studio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 10/28/2003Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
For years, animation buffs have waited impatiently for the Warner Bros.cartoons to appear on DVD. The Warner shorts never commanded the budgets andprestige of the Disney and MGM films, and won fewer Oscars than they deserved. Butdecades after the best ones were created, they remain the quintessentialHollywood cartoons: brash, fast-paced, aggressively funny and uniquely American.Virtually everyone in the U.S. under the age of 60 grew up on these films, intheaters and on TV. The 56 cartoons in the set (out of a studio output of over 1,000) weretransferred from good prints--which means the viewer can see dust, scratches, andoccasional mistakes by the cel painters. The films are all presented uncut, indefiance of the killjoys who have insisted on censoring alleged "violence" inthe versions shown on television. Warner Bros. is obviously testing consumer response with this set. Althoughthe erratic selection includes many classics, purists will argue (correctly)that it offers neither a fair representation of the directors' oeuvres,nor anything approaching a coherent history of the characters or studio style. (Nearly half the films were directed by Chuck Jones; only three are by BobClampett, and there's nothing by Tex Avery or Frank Tashlin.)But it seems petty to carp about omissions and biases when the discs offerexcellent, uncensored prints of some of the funniest films ever made in theU.S.--or anywhere else. (Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence)--Charles Solomon
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Customer Reviews
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- Six volumes later... this is still the best!
A few years back when I first got this set, I remember revelling once again in what network television had taken away from me.I was thrilled to own some of my favorite Looney Tunes cartoons.
I did notice, however, the disproportionate number of Chuck Jones cartoons, with just a few Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Bob McKimson shorts in the mix.Unless subtitled "The Best of Chuck Jones," it really should have featured several shorts from each major director (including Tex Avery and ... Read More
Rating: - The Best One
This is the best of the volumes of Looney Tunes so far.It has great Bugs Bunny cartoons, the best Daffy cartoons ever, and a sampling of most of the characters.No other set has included a Taz episode yet, this one gives you Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety/Sylvester, Road Runner, Marvin the Martian- everything and one you could want.
The other sets are all great too, but have more specialty cartoons and discs- any of these 4 discs you can put in and watch all the way through. If you can only ... Read More
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- no menu
the Looney Tunes CD's are excellent in terms of content, but they have one extremely annoying problem: there is no way to either view or choose from amongst all the cartoons on each disk using the typical DVD "scene selection" method, so you have to watch them all sequentially rather than being able to jump between favorites.
I have never used a DVD where you cannot view a "scene" menu to pick what scene in a film you want to watch and this standard feature seems even more important on a ... Read More
Rating: - Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One
I was very pleased with this collection!It has several of my favorite episodes.I have been a Looney Tunes fan all my life.
Rating: - Memories
Great cartoons.I watch them with my son and it reminds me of when I was a kid and watching Saturday morning cartoons with my Dad.Much better than the violent cartoons out there today.And my son loves it
- Six volumes later... this is still the best!A few years back when I first got this set, I remember revelling once again in what network television had taken away from me.I was thrilled to own some of my favorite Looney Tunes cartoons.
I did notice, however, the disproportionate number of Chuck Jones cartoons, with just a few Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Bob McKimson shorts in the mix.Unless subtitled "The Best of Chuck Jones," it really should have featured several shorts from each major director (including Tex Avery and ... Read More
- The Best OneThis is the best of the volumes of Looney Tunes so far.It has great Bugs Bunny cartoons, the best Daffy cartoons ever, and a sampling of most of the characters.No other set has included a Taz episode yet, this one gives you Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety/Sylvester, Road Runner, Marvin the Martian- everything and one you could want.
The other sets are all great too, but have more specialty cartoons and discs- any of these 4 discs you can put in and watch all the way through. If you can only ... Read More
- no menuthe Looney Tunes CD's are excellent in terms of content, but they have one extremely annoying problem: there is no way to either view or choose from amongst all the cartoons on each disk using the typical DVD "scene selection" method, so you have to watch them all sequentially rather than being able to jump between favorites.
I have never used a DVD where you cannot view a "scene" menu to pick what scene in a film you want to watch and this standard feature seems even more important on a ... Read More
- Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume OneI was very pleased with this collection!It has several of my favorite episodes.I have been a Looney Tunes fan all my life.
- MemoriesGreat cartoons.I watch them with my son and it reminds me of when I was a kid and watching Saturday morning cartoons with my Dad.Much better than the violent cartoons out there today.And my son loves it
