Of course you know, this means Warners
Jul. 15th, 2003 05:51 pmFrom http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html ...
And *cough cough* my birthday is October 19, just so y'all know...
COMPLETE DETAILS of the LOONEY TUNES DVDs! Here they come! October 28th is the street date. $64.92 is the suggested retail price (but you will be able to get a deal on Amazon.com and at other outlets). An all-new collection of 56 Looney Tunes classic cartoons, digitally re-mastered on DVD and packed with special features!
Four discs are contained in the first wave - entitled "The Looney Tunes Golden Collection" - each cartoon has been brilliantly restored and re-mastered to its original, uncut, anvil-dropping glory!
Disc #1
14 remastered Bugs Bunny cartoons including:a special opening greeting from Chuck Jones; Audio track commentaries on these cartoons:
RABBIT SEASONING (Mike Barrier & audio from his rare interviews with animators), LONG HAIRED HARE (Mike Barrier), HIGH DIVING HARE (Greg Ford), BULLY FOR BUGS (Mike Barrier), WHAT'S UP DOC? (Greg Ford), RABBIT'S KIN (Stan Freberg), BIG TOP BUNNY (Mike Barrier), WABBIT TWOUBLE (Mike Barrier);separate music tracks for RABBIT SEASONING, WHAT'S UP DOC? and RABBIT'S KIN Featurettes on Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and Elmer Fudd with exclusive interviews; THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 1 (rare John Canemaker documentary); animated sequences from MY DREAM IS YOURS and TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW bonus materials: Bridging sequences from episode #1648 "A Star Is Bored"; Mel Blanc recording session from episode #1639 "The Astro-Nuts" Bonus shorts:
FIFTY YEARS OF BUGS BUNNY IN 3 1/2 MINUTES (1989 short)
BLOOPER BUNNY (1991) with commentary by Greg FordA gallery including Lobby Cards, photgraphs, music cue sheets and original dialogue transcripts. Trailers from 1950s theatrical compilation shows: BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON FESTIVAL and BUGS BUNNY'S CARTOON JAMBOREE
Disc #2
14 remastered Porky and Daffy cartoons, includingAudio track commentaries on DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY, THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE, WEARING OF THE GRIN, and DUCK DODGERS by Mike Barrier using his exclusive interview audio with classic animators. Separate music tracks for DUCK AMUCK, DRIP-ALONG DAFFY,THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKLE and RABBIT FIRE. Bonus featurettes on MARVIN MARTIAN, Porky Pig, and DAFFY DUCK THE BOYS FROM TERMITE TERRACE part 2 A gallery including Lobby Cards, photgraphs, music cue sheets and original dialogue transcripts.
Disc #3
Premiere Collection Vol. 1 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes, includingAudio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for FAST & FURRY-OUS, HAIR RAISING HARE, HAREDEVIL HARE, FOR SCENT-I-MENTAL REASONS and BUGS BUNNY GETS THE BOID; FEED THE KITTY (commentary by Greg Ford), BUGS BUNNY AND THE THREE BEARS (Commentary by Stan Freberg). Separate music tracks for BATON BUNNY and FEED THE KITTY Featurettes on the ROAD RUNNER, MEL BLANC and CARL STALLING TOONHEADS: THE LOST CARTOONS Original storyboards for HAIR RAISING HARE and THE HYPO-CHRONDRI-CAT A gallery including Lobby Cards, photgraphs, music cue sheets and original dialogue transcripts.
Disc #4
Premiere Collection Vol. 2 includes 14 remastered Looney Tunes including:Audio track commentaries compiled by Michael Barrier for TWEETY'S S.O.S. and THE FOGHORN LEGHORN and commentaries by Jerry Beck on CANARY ROW, DEVIL MAY HARE, CANNED FEUD and SPEEDY GONZALES Separate music tracks for PUTTY TAT TWOUBLE, BROKEN LEGHORN, and SPEEDY GONZALES. Featurettes on SPEEDY GONZALES, FRIZ FRELENG AND TWEETY & SYLVESTER, and ROBERT McKIMSON AND FOGHORN LEGHORN. Bonus all-new 50 minute documentary "Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes" narrated by Stan Freberg. The complete "BOSKO THE TALK-INK KID" pilot Virgil Ross pencil tests A gallery including Lobby Cards, photgraphs, music cue sheets and original dialogue transcripts.
...and this is only the first wave. :-)
And *cough cough* my birthday is October 19, just so y'all know...

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Date: 2003-07-15 08:19 am (UTC)YAY!
Date: 2003-07-15 07:51 pm (UTC)Oh boy! Thanks for alerting us. To heck with all this politcal stuff you post, this is the important information!
Oh boy! Thanks for alerting us. To heck with all this politcal stuff you post, this is the important information! <grin, duck and run>
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Date: 2003-07-15 07:51 pm (UTC)*dances*