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Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 3

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YES!!! I have been waiting for this! I can't wait untill it comes out.
I found some info on Golden age Cartoons.

Here it is.

Disc #1: Bugs Bunny Classics
1. "Hare Force" (Bugs Bunny; 1944)
2. "Hare Remover" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1946)
3. "Hare Tonic" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1945)
4. "A Hare Grows in Manhattan" (Bugs Bunny; 1947)
5. "Easter Yeggs" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1947)
6. "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1942)
7. "Bowery Bugs" (Bugs Bunny, Steve Brody; 1949)
8. "Homeless Hare" (Bugs Bunny; 1950)
9. "The Case of the Missing Hare" (Bugs Bunny, Ali Bama; 1942)
10. "Acrobatty Bunny" (Bugs Bunny; 1946)
11. "Wackiki Wabbit" (Bugs Bunny; 1943)
12. "Hare Do" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1949)
13. "Rebel Rabbit" (Bugs Bunny; 1949)
14. "Hillbilly Hare" (Bugs Bunny; 1950)
15. "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!" (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd)

Audio Commentary by:
Jerry Beck ("The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" with Martha Sigall)
Michael Barrier ("Bowery Bugs" and "Hillbilly Hare")
John Kricfalusi ("Wackiki Wabbit")
Eric Goldberg ("Duck! Rabbit! Duck!")
Greg Ford ("Hare Remover", "Hare Tonic", and "A Hare Grows in Manhattan")
Eddie Fitzgerald ("Wackiki Wabbit")

Disc #2: Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies
1. "Daffy Duck in Hollywood" (Daffy Duck; 1938)
2. "Hollywood Capers" (Beans; 1935)
3. "The Coo-Coo Nut Grove" (1936)
4. "Porky's Road Race" (Porky Pig; 1937)
5. "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" (1937)
6. "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter" (1937)
7. "The Film Fan" (Porky Pig; 1939)
8. "Speakin' of the Weather" (1937)
9. "Thugs with Dirty Mugs" (Edward G. Robbemsome; 1939)
10. "Goofy Groceries" (Jack Bunny; 1941)
11. "Swooner Crooner" (Porky Pig; 1944)
12. "Wideo Wabbit" (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1956)
13. "The Honey-Mousers" (1956)
14. "The Last Hungry Cat" (Tweety, Sylvester; 1961)
15. "The Mouse That Jack Built" (Jack Benny; 1959)

Audio Commentary by:
Jerry Beck ("Hollywood Capers" with Martha Sigall)
Michael Barrier ("The Coo-Coo Nut Grove")
Greg Ford ("Daffy Duck in Hollywood" and "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter")
Daniel Goldmark ("Swooner Crooner")
June Foray ("The Honey-Mousers")

Disc #3: Porky and the Pigs
1. "I Haven't Got a Hat" (Porky Pig, Beans; 1935)
2. "Porky's Romance (Porky Pig, Petunia Pig; 1937)
3. "Porky's Party" (Porky Pig; 1938)
4. "Porky in Egypt" (Porky Pig, Humpty Bumpty; 1938)
5. "Porky and Teabiscuit" (Porky Pig; 1939)
6. "Pigs Is Pigs" (Piggy; 1937)
7. "Pigs in a Polka" (1943)
8. "Porky Pig's Feat" (Porky Pig, Daffy Duck; 1943)
9. "Daffy Duck Slept Here (Porky Pig, Daffy Duck; 1948)
10. "Bye, Bye Bluebeard" (Porky Pig; 1949)
11. "An Egg Scramble" (Porky Pig, Miss Prissy; 1950)
12. "Robin Hood Daffy" (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1958)
13. "The Windblown Hare" (Bugs Bunny; 1949)
14. "Claws for Alarm (Porky Pig, Sylvester; 1954)
15. "Rocket Squad" (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1956)

Audio Commentary by:
Jerry Beck ("I Haven't Got a Hat")
Mark Kausler ("Porky's Romance")
John Kricfalusi ("Porky's Party")
Daniel Goldmark ("Pigs in a Polka")
Joe Dante ("Porky Pig's Feat")
Eric Goldberg ("Robin Hood Daffy")
Eddie Fitzgerald ("Claws for Alarm")
Paul Dini ("Rocket Squad")

Disc #4: All Stars Cartoon Party
1. "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur" (Daffy Duck, Casper Caveman; 1939)
2. "Super Rabbit" (Bugs Bunny, Cottontail Smith; 1943)
3. "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938)
4. "A Gruesome Twosome" (Tweety; 1945)
5. "Draftee Daffy" (Daffy Duck; 1945)
6. "Falling Hare" (Bugs Bunny; 1943)
7. "Steel Wool" (Ralph Wolf, Sam Sheepdog; 1957)
8. "Birds Anonymous" (Tweety, Sylvester; 1957)
9. "No Barking" (Claude Cat, Frisky Puppy; 1954)
10. "Rabbit Punch" (Bugs Bunny, Crusher; 1948)
11. "An Itch in Time" (Elmer Fudd, A. Flea; 1943)
12. "Odor-able Kitty" (Pepe Le Pew; 1945)
13. "Walky Talky Hawky" (Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk; 1946)
14. "Gonzales Tamales" (Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester; 1957)
15. "To Beep or Not to Beep" (Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote; 1963)

Audio Commentary by:
Jerry Beck ("Birds Anonymous" and "Gonzales Tamales" with Art Leonardi)
Paul Dini ("Super Rabbit")
John Kricfalusi ("A Gruesome Twosome", "Falling Hare" and "An Itch in Time" with Bill Melendez)
Michael Barrier ("Odor-able Kitty" and "Walky Talky Hawky")
Milt Gray ("A Gruesome Twosome

Known Bonus Features:

*"Philbert" - a rare 1963 TV pilot (Theatrical version)

*Private Snafu in "Gas" *Private Snafu in "Rumors" *Private Snafu in "Spies"

*"Point Rationing of Foods" (a rarely seen wartime short released 2/25/43)

* "The Bear That Wasn't" (the 1967 MGM Cartoon by Chuck Jones, based on the book by Frank Tashlin)

* THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW - "The Honeymousers" (Production #1822 telecast 7/24/62)

* STORYBOARDS (includes deleted scenes):
1. "Falling Hare"
2. "Porky's Party"

* FROM THE VAULTS:
1. "Sinkin' in the Bathtub" (1930 - first Looney Tunes cartoon)
2. "It's Got Me Again" (1932 - the first Warner Bros. cartoon nominated for an Academy Award)

* New Documentaries on:
1. Frank Tashlin
2. Black & White cartoons
3. Restoration of cartoons
4. Pepe Le Pew
5. The Bugs-Elmer-Daffy Trilogy
6. Looney Tunes Go To War
7. Birds Annonymous tribute

So There it is. Hope you enjoy

This third entry in the popular "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" series looks to be the best yet, mostly because of the selection of cartoons. Volume 1 was great, but the selection was too heavily weighted in favor of a relatively short period of time (about 1948 to 1953). Volume 2 had a more diverse selection of cartoons, but had to include more Road Runner and Tweety cartoons than could comfortably be watched in one sitting. Volume 3 has the widest range of Warner Brothers cartoons yet, ranging from the debut of Porky Pig in 1935 to the end of the WB animation studio in 1963. And each disc will present a varied lineup of cartoons that can be watched from beginning to end with pleasure.

Disc 1 is another Bugs Bunny festival, including such classics as the last cartoon in Chuck Jones's Bugs/Daffy/Elmer hunting trilogy, Bugs's great square dance routine in "Hillbilly Hare," and less-familiar masterpieces such as the bizarre "Rebel Rabbit." Disc 2 concentrates on cartoons with Hollywood parodies and celebrity caricatures, ranging from Tex Avery's great gangster-movie spoof "Thugs With Dirty Mugs" to Robert McKimson's "The Mouse that Jack Built," with the cast of the Jack Benny Show voicing themselves. Disc 3, "Porky and the Pigs," mostly concentrates on WB's longest-running star, Porky Pig, featuring a generous helping of hilarious and imaginative black-and-white cartoons by Frank Tashlin and Bob Clampett, as well as later classics like "Robin Hood Daffy." And disc 4, "All Stars Cartoon Party," collects some of the very best cartoons of WB's biggest cartoon stars, including Tweety and Sylvester's Oscar-winning "Birds Anonymous," the debuts of Foghorn Leghorn and Pepe Le Pew, and Daffy trying to dodge the draft in "Draftee Daffy." There are many masterpieces in this collection and few duds, a tribute to the astonishing depth of the WB cartoon catalogue.

The extras will be up to the previous high standard and then some, with new featurettes including a tribute to director Frank Tashlin; from-the-vault rarities including the unaired animation/live-action pilot PHILBERT (directed by Friz Freleng and a young Richard Donner); original storyboards; music-only tracks; and additional cartoons with characters like Bosko and Private Snafu. For the commentaries, WB has engaged a wider range of commentators this time around in addition to stalwarts Michael Barrier, Greg Ford and Jerry Beck, including superhero cartoon specialist Paul Dini commenting on Chuck Jones's superhero cartoon parody "Super-Rabbit," John Kricfalusi on several Bob Clampett cartoons; "Aladdin" animator Eric Goldberg on two Jones cartoons; Joe Dante on a cartoon by one of his biggest influences, Frank Tashlin; and more. As long as WB avoids the encoding and DVNR problems that afflicted some of the cartoons on the previous set, this should be the best Looney Tunes DVD collection ever -- until set # 4.

I've purchased both of the first two Looney Tunes sets the day they came out, and this one is no exception. Volume 3 is a healthy improvement over the other two in terms of variety of cartoon selection (this set runs the gamut from 1930's "Sinkin' in the Bathtub" all the way to 1959's "The Mouse That Jack Built"), a wide variety of knowledgeable audio commentary providers (Jerry Beck, Leonard Maltin, Eric Goldberg, John K., Eddie Fitzgerald, and Joe Dante, among many others)

I'm one of the people that prefer the older, black and white and early Technicolor Looney Tunes to the later ones. I'm particularly fond of the shorts made during the 1940s. This collection has my favorite Porky Pig cartoon, "Porky's Pig Feat", and plenty of other black-and-white Porkys. Plus, you get other classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts like "Falling Hare", "Wakiki Rabbit", "Super Rabbit", "Draftee Daffy", "The Wabbit Who Came to Super", "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!", "The Gruesome Twosome", and a whole lot more.

The selection process for each volume is entirely dependent upon which cartoons have been restored and are available for inclusion. The restorations (which by the way are extraordinary, the washed-out red-tinted broadcast versions of these cartoons are NO substitute for the bright, clear restored versions) take a long time, aren't cheap, and apparently aren't being done in any particular order). So, everyone wondering why their favorites aren't included; they're coming eventually. We just have to wait it out; I personally want to see more of the World War II and mid-1940s Chuck Jones cartoons. But as soon as they're ready, they'll be released.

The special features, while not as comprehensive as the first set (which may not ever be topped in that respect), are still very good: some "Bugs Bunny Show" wraparounds, two full-length documentaries (one on Chuck Jones, the other on Bugs Bunny), plenty of "Behind the Tunes" featurettes (including one on the restoration, satisfying the film technology buff within), and three Private Snafu cartoons as well. Oh, and the menus are spectacular (especially compared to Volume 1's okay menus, and the horrid eyesores that passed for menus on volume two).

There is one area that puzzles me, however: Whoopi Goldberg. While it is obviously apparent that she was needed to introduce the "Tom & Jerry" Volume 2 set (because it contains cartoons featuring Mammy Two-Shoes, a Black character based in racist stereotypes), I'm not quite certain if the slight amount of potentially offensive material included here (Bosko himself is a blackface caricature, I believe a racist caricature or two pop up in the Hollywood cartoons ("Goofy Groceries" has one), and Daffy Duck plays craps with the Black elevator operator--who is heard, but not seen--in "Porky Pig's Feat) warranted Goldberg's forced introduction on all four discs. Perhaps Warner Bros. is setting this up in anticipation of attempting to slide one of the "Censored 11" shorts onto a future volume. Goldberg's introduction doesn't sound like she wrote it herself (which she should have been allowed to do, because I don't think Goldberg would have made it a point to mention WB hired the first Black animator as retribution for their having made cartoons with racially offensive gags), and the segment seems a bit clipped in tone (The Tom and Jerry one is better). If and when WB does decide to release the censored cartoons, Goldberg's inclusion will be seen as a necessary evil (I love her acting and comedy work, but, as a Black man, I am generally apprehensive of apologist disclaimers such as these).

All in all, a highly recommended set. If you have the forty bucks to spend on it, don't hesitate to get it. And if you don't have the money...save up!

Very highly recommended.

The classic Warner cartoons were never produced in a wide-screen format. If you look at the titles, the titles of cartoons from the mid-1950s onward do not touch the top and bottom of the frame. The animation also concentrates on the center of the screen. If you see some Blue Ribbon classics of the era which kept the credits, most of them are the original credits and lost the tops and bottoms when shown on the wide screen in theaters.

This is a good collection. Most of which date back to the early days and introduce beloved Looney Tunes characters. Some of my all-time favorites are here as well such as Hillbilly Hare, Duck Rabbit Duck, Windblown Hare, Rabbit Punch and Talky Hawky.
However, I have dropped a star for the Whoopee Goldberg "racial warning". Having it popup and autoplay on every DVD is overkill. If WB would have made it a menu item called "Sensitivity Disclaimer" that would have been fine.
Actually, I'm getting sick and tired of all DVDs shoving ads, warnings, disclaimers, branding, menu intros, and coming attractions in my face. I have just three DVD titles that do it right. Pop in the DVD, the movie plays immediately. Press the menu button and there is the main menu to select from.

The greatest cartoons ever made are back in a 3rd installment. The content has been covered many times over in other reviews, so I shall just make a few points. Other reviews mentioned the Whoopie Goldberg segment at the beginning of each DVD (an apology of sorts for some of the non-PC cartoons in this set).
While it IS a bit annoying to have to sit through that on every DVD, I can understand why they put it on there. So many idiots out there get offended over anything and everything, the studio just wanted to diffuse any potential 'boycotts', and I can't really blame them for that. The message is unnecessary for anyone with a brain who understands that watching them doesn't mean you support racist notions, but its not harmful either, so ok.
The cartoons look great as usual, a nice restoration job done.
My only real complaint is that considering the non-PC cartoons included in this set are very lightweight (yet merited Whoopie's apology), I doubt we will ever see the cartoons with Hitler in them (which paint Hitler as an blithering idiot, no less) or the REALLY non-PC cartoons like Coal Black (a very racist take on Snow White, obviously). Time will tell if the studio has the stones to release these cartoons. If not, they can be found on any P2P file sharing site.

Once again, Warner Brothers has not failed to please many Looney Tunes fans. This is, arguably, the best of the three collections. This set is loaded. The gems here are once again restored, uncut and uncensored (and introduced wonderfully by Whoopi Goldberg). The majority of the cartoons deserve mention, but here are some of the gems on Volume 3:

"Birds Anonymous" - A local chapter of "Birds Anonymous" attempts to help Sylvester get over his insatiable appetite for Tweety. ("From now on, my motto is birds is strictly for the birds.")

"Bowery Bugs" - A rarely seen classic shows Bugs trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge by telling the story of the unlucky Steve Brodie who drove himself insane trying to find a rabbit's foot...naturally, one belonging to Bugs.

"Bye, Bye, Bluebeard" - A hysterical cartoon where Porky fears for his safety after learning that the infamous villain, Bluebeard (6 feet, 11 inches), is on the loose. A pesky house mouse is dead-set on taking advantage of the situation.

"Claws for Alarm" - A traveling Porky and a petrified Sylvester spend the night in room 13 in an abandoned hotel. The house mice have definite plans to scare Sylvester silly. ("Tell me, Sylvester. Is there any insanity in your family?")

"Draftee Daffy" - A wartime favorite featuring a scared Daffy Duck desperately trying to avoid the little man from the draft board. ("Well, now, I wouldn't say THAT!")

"Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" - Another classic "Rabbit season! Duck season!" cartoon with Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer. Bugs convinces Elmer it's Goat Season, Dirty Skunk Season, Pigeon Season, and Mongoose Season...of course, all at Daffy's expense. Finally, even though it's the dead of winter, Elmer is somehow convinced...it's baseball season.

"Easter Yeggs" - Bugs takes over delivering Easter eggs for an apathetic and lazy Easter rabbit only to discover a few confrontations along the way including a temperamental child and a hungry Elmer Fudd. Loaded with classic lines. ("You'll give the Easter rabbit a bad name." "I already HAVE a bad name for the Easter rabbit.")

"Egg Scramble" - Our favorite old chicken, Prissy, thinking she has laid her first egg (thanks to a gag by needling hens), tries to rescue it after farmer Porky sends it to market. Porky then finds himself trying to rescue Prissy.

"Falling Hare" - A wonderful wartime era cartoon featuring Bugs doing battle with an airplane gremlin, a creature of World War II lore. ("Sorry, folks. We ran out of gas." "Eh, you know how it is with these A cards.")

"A Gruesome Twosome" - Two neighborhood cats (including one that resembles Jimmy Durante) fight it out to win the hand of a flattered female feline...by catching Tweety for her. ("Aw! The poor puddy tats! They fall down. Go BOOOM!")

"Hare Do" - Elmer is yet again after Bugs, who eventually leads Elmer into a very crowded movie theatre where the hunt intensifies. The results are hysterical, especially when Bugs plays with the "INTERMISSION" switch.

"A Hare Grows in Manhattan" - Bugs, the star, tells of his rise to fame to a magazine reporter. The story features his bout with a local gang of neighborhood dogs. ("Dog pile on the rabbit!!")

"Hare Tonic" - A timeless classic where Elmer, bringing home Bugs from the market, wants to prepare a rabbit stew. Of course, Bugs has other ideas, and he heckles Elmer endlessly convincing him that he is contaminated with Rabbititus. ("Mammy's widdle baby woves wabbits, wabbits. Mammy's widdle baby woves wabbit stew.")

"Hillbilly Hare" - Two hillbilly brothers (of the Martin family) are out to shoot Bugs while they're in the middle of a feud with the McCoys. This classic ends with the most hilarious square dance ever. ("Now don't you cuss and don't you swear; just come right out and form a square.")

"Homeless Hare" - An obnoxious construction worker tries to oust Bugs from his hole in the ground to make way for a new high-rise. Bugs' perfect placement of a red hot rivet finally ends the battle. ("Well, Toodles! Do I get my home back or do I hafta get tough?")

"The Mouse That Jack Built" - A classic spoof of the "The Jack Benny Program" featuring the characters as mice. Jack Benny's star voice and appearance in this cartoon make it an all time classic.

"Odor-able Kitty" - Our favorite love-starved character, Pepé le Pew, chases an abused cat who has disguised himself as a skunk to live a more content life. The cat decides that it's better to live with the abuse.

"Porky and Teabiscut" - This classic 1939 short has Porky getting his hands on an old racehorse that he intends to enter in the Steeplechase to win a whopping $11...with, of course, hilarious results.

"Porky's Birthday Party" - A wonderful 1938 cartoon where Porky receives a highly productive silk worm from his uncle for his birthday; unfortunately, the silk worm proves to be too much of a handful (and mouthful) at Porky's birthday celebration.

"Porky Pigs Feat" - A classic, hilarious cartoon, where Porky and Daffy (who squandered his money playing dice) try to sneak out of the Broken Arms Hotel without paying the bill. Not even Bugs Bunny can come to the rescue.

"Porky's Road Race" - Porky, the hero, is determined to win the grand prize in a road race going against some prolific personalities including Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, and the villain, Frankenstein (driving car number 13).

"Porky's Romance" - A great 1937 cartoon featuring an infatuated Porky trying to woo and propose to an undeserving Petunia Pig. His "vision" of the future, however, doesn't prove to be pleasant, and he thinks twice.

"Rabbit Punch" - Bugs dukes it out with The Crusher in a hilarious boxing match. ("Me and my big mouth.")

"Robin Hood Daffy" - Not much needs to be said about this timeless classic featuring Daffy as Robin Hood and Porky as Friar Tuck. Daffy's attempts to prove himself are futile...and funny. ("Yikes and away!!!)

"Super-Rabbit" - A classic wartime cartoon that has a noted scientist turning Bugs into Super Rabbit, determined to beat his nemesis Cottontail Smith who's out to destroy all rabbits ("Firecracker, firecracker, sis boom bah!! Bugs Bunny! Bugs Bunny! Rah, rah, rah!!)

"Swooner Crooner" - In this wartime classic, Porky has to figure out a way to get his hens to start laying eggs again at the Flockheed Eggcraft Factory after all of them are "swooned" from their jobs by a rooster who croons exactly like Frank Sinatra. The answer...a rooster who croons exactly like Bing Crosby.

"Wackiki Wabbit" - A Chuck Jones classic featuring two starving castaways (caricatures of two writers who worked at Warner Brothers) and their attempts to cook Bugs, the only "food" on the island. In the end, Bugs escapes the island, leaving the two desperate enough to try and eat each other.

"Walky Tawky Hawky" - The chicken hawk is after a chicken but doesn't know whether it's Foghorn Leghorn, a farm dog...or a horse. ("One of these things...I say one of these things has got to be a chicken!")

"The Windblown Hare" - Bugs find himself swindled by the Three Little Pigs who sell him both their straw and wood houses. He's soon in an hysterical confrontation with the Big Bad Wolf. But, Bugs and the Wolf have the last laugh.

The remaining cartoons are icing on the cake. They include a handful from the classic eras of the thirties and forties, and they are splendidly restored. Some feature early incarnations of Daffy Duck, Egghead (who later evolved into Elmer Fudd), Porky, Beans the Cat, and Oliver Owl. There are also other wonderful shorts that caricaturize movie stars and spoof classic radio programs of the day. They are simply too numerous to mention.

There are other priceless features:

* "Sinkin' In the Bathtub" (originally intended for the second volume, this is the first theatrical Warner Brothers cartoon)
* "It's Got Me Again" (one of the earliest "cat chases mouse" cartoons)
* Philbert (a television show pilot that included Friz Freleng animation as a vital component; unfortunately, neither the pilot nor the series aired)
* Three rare World War II shorts featuring Private Snafu: "Spies", "Rumors", and "Snafuperman"
* Rare World War II reels (e.g. one that discusses rationing) using Warner Brothers animation
* "What's up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny" - a nice documentary
* "Chuck Amuck" - a nice documentary on Chuck Jones

Wonderful commentaries and other features such as Behind the Tunes, bridging sequences, and other audio sequences yet again enhance the set. Please keep them coming and let's hope that Volume 4 is just as packed.

Well, don't just stand there, son, tell me where are they, I say, where are the FOGHORN LEGHORN cartoons? I mean, I'll buy this one just like I bought the other two, but I'm disappointed, I say I'm disa-POINTED, son. I think that rooster and the little chicken hawk deserve a lot more CD time. Not to mention that, I say, not to mention that dumb dog. Look at me when I'm talkin' to ya, boy--(the boy's alright but he won't pay attention)--anyway, that's what I think is wrong with these three, I say these three collections. No rooster, that is.

I sort of agree with the reviewers who complain that there is too much emphasis on the "old stuff" in these Looney Tunes collections. I, too, grew up watching the Saturday morning compilation shows which focused primarily on the late '40's to early '50's, so I must admit to a sort of nostalgic preference for the shorts from that era. On the other hand, I can understand Warner Brothers' strategy of spreading the wealth, using each of these sets as a broad overview covering its whole history of animation. Besides, while many of the very old cartoons ARE dated and a little boring, especially the Hollywood parodies(the older cartoons seem more reliant on physical gags while the later ones are more story and dialogue oriented), there are many others that qualify as brilliant. For instance, Porky Pig's Feat, included in this set and featuring Porky and Daffy trying to escape from a hotel after Daffy has gambled away their money, is one of the most hilarious cartoons ever produced.

There are a few clunkers in this collection, like any other, which is to be expected when covering such a broad spectrum of cartoons. However, I would rate this set the best of the three based on its having the highest number of all-time greats. Many standouts appear on this set, including Hillbilly Hare(a top five Bugs Bunny cartoon to be sure), Rebel Rabbit(another contender), Porky Pig's Feat, Pigs in a Polka, not to mention Homeless Hare, Bowery Bugs, Hare Do(a trio of undeniable classics), Rabbit Punch, Porky's Romance, Porky Pig Slept Here, Swooner Crooner, Wackiki Wabbit and Falling Hare.

Taste is relative, everyone has their own list of faves(I'm personally waiting for the one where Bugs tries to return a lost penguin to his home and keeps running into Humphrey Bogart from Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but I'm sure it will come out eventually), so the odds of one person's entire hall of fame appearing in a single collection are very small, besides, it wouldn't be in Warner Brothers' best interests to release all the best in one set. All the cartoons will see the light of day at one point, in the meantime there is too much quality in this collection not to avidly recommend it.

Having read some of the complaints in these reviews prior to my purchase, I was a little more apprehensive purchasing this set. However, now that I own it I can honestly say that this set is still worth buying.

I mean sure, there are more of the 1930's cartoons in this set (around 10), but it was inevitable, and there are enough of the '40s and '50s cartoons to keep a good balance. Do people really expect them to release all of their A+ material first? I found practically all of disc 1 and 4 hilarious. Also the box even states that the set is intended for the adult collector, not the casual fan(not to say he or she couldn't enjoy them).

Also the Whoopi Goldberg disclaimer IS skippable (you have to press the MENU button on your remote). The offending material seems to most likely either the 3 "Private Snafu" shorts , particularly "Spies" which shows racial caricatures of Japanese and Germans during the war(not to mention Hitler himself), or "Goofy Groceries" which depicts both a black caricature and the oft synicated "black-face" gag. There are also a couple others but are to minor to note. I'm just glad they didn't end up being edited (like the Tom & Jerry collections). Also it shows promise of releasing episodes with more prevelent war-related material and racial stereotypes.

Also the previously unreleased episode "Hare Triggered" (a Yosemite Sam feature no less) managed to be in the set uncredited, though it'll take a bit more work to get to. It is presented within the documentary "What's up doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny" (Part 2) and takes some fast fowarding, unless of course if you want to watch the ducumentary, which features some other Bugs bunny episodes which have already beed released in previous volumes.

Other things I like about this set was the more appropriate menu screens and the meatier extras. Sure, I'm not a huge fan of the character theming of discs and Pepe, Speedy, Yosemite Sam, and 'ol Foghorn got only one episode on this collection (which gives me something to look forward to in future releases), but those are more nitpicks.

While amount of genuine classics are a bit lower in this set, its still a great buy for afficados and Looney Tunes fans alike.