LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 [Warner Archive Collection] [Blu-ray] [USA Release] TONS OF HARE-RAISING FUN IN ONE WILD LOONEY TUNES COLLECTION!
From deep inside the Warner Bros. vault comes an anthology chock full of animation gold! Restored, remastered and uncut, the shorts in LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 have been carefully selected for discerning fans. Enjoy the finest and funniest golden-era cartoons with the brilliance of high-definition audio and video. These treasures feature A-listers like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat and Porky Pig, just to name a few. Even better, included among these 20 shorts are classics that have never before been released on home video. Whether you grew up with them or you’re introducing them to a new generation, these timeless and iconic characters will keep fans of all ages young at heart.
LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 EPISODE LIST
BEANSTALK BUNNY [1955] Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (as Jack) find themselves at the top of a beanstalk where they get chased around by a giant Elmer Fudd.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc [Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck] and Arthur Q. Bryan [Elmer Fudd] (uncredited)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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CATCH AS CATS CAN [1947] An emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. Telling the cat he needs more vitamins (which the canary has been swallowing in bulk), he lures the cat inside to snare the canary.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Sylvester and Yelling Frank Sinatra Canary), Dave Barry (Frank Sinatra Canary) (voice) and Richard Bickenbach (Bing Crosby Parrot) (uncredited) (uncredited)
Director: Arthur Davis
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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THE UNRULY HARE [1945] Elmer Fudd is a surveyor for a railroad company. As the company builds the railroad, Elmer disturbs Bugs' rest by singing “I've Been Working on the Railroad” a little too loudly, “an unreasonable facsimile” of Frank Sinatra. Bugs Bunny proceeds to harass the hapless Elmer Fudd.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny / Railroad Workers), Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd) (uncredited), Tedd Pierce (Railroad Workers) (uncredited) and The Sportsmen Quartet (Vocalists) (uncredited)
Director: Frank Tashlin
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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HIS BITTER HALF [1950] Daffy Duck marries for money, but the bossy wife and her raucous, trouble-making little son soon have him filing for divorce.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck / Wentworth Duck / Carnival Barker) and Martha Wentworth (Mrs. Daffy) (uncredited)
Director: Friz Freleng
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoons
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DAFFY DOODLES [1946] Daffy Duck is on the rampage, painting moustaches on every face, with Policeman Porky Pig in pursuit.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Judge / Jerry Colonna Jury / Opening Laugh) and Robert C. Bruce (Narrator) (uncredited)
Director: Robert McKimson
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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CRACKED QUACK [1952] Daffy Duck takes shelter from a blizzard by sneaking into a cosy home owned by Porky Pig. Daffy tries to secretly mooch off of Porky Pig for an entire winter, but Porky Pig's dog realizes that Daffy Duck isn't the stuffed ornament he pretends to be and keeps trying to alert Porky Pig to Daffy Duck's ruse.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Rover / Fly / Duck)
Director: Friz Freleng
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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LITTLE ORPHAN AIREDALE [1947] In his never-ending quest for the good life, pushy mongrel Charlie attempts to ingratiate himself with his unwilling “master” Porky Pig.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Porky Pig / Charlie Dog / Rags McMutt / City Geek / Cat)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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HIP HIP-HURRY! [1958] Wile E. Coyote is once again after the Road Runner, this time resorting to hand grenades, dynamite, falling rocks and a speed potion (which contains vitamins R, P and M).
Voice Cast: Paul Julian (Road Runner) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 6 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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HOT-ROD AND REEL! [1959] Wile E. Coyote's failed efforts to catch the Road Runner involve the use of roller skates, a gun in a camera, a trampoline, a dynamite stick on a crossbow, a bogus railroad crossing, and a jet-powered unicycle.
Voice Cast: Paul Julian (Road Runner) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 6 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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GREEDY FOR TWEETY [1957] Tweety, Sylvester and Hector find themselves in the hospital as patients after being injured in one of their chases, and the cat and dog still can't resist causing trouble there.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Sylvester / Tweety / Hector the Bulldog) and June Foray (Granny) (uncredited)
Director: Friz Freleng
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 6 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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STOOGE FOR A MOUSE [1950] A hungry mouse decides to make one of its two obstacles to obtaining a block of cheese, by framing Sylvester the Cat. It starts stirring up trouble, after hearing Sylvester call the bulldog, Mike. Later on, the mouse uses a telephone and let the earpiece, by Mike's ear. It says Sylvester only wants Mike, as “its pillow.”
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Sylvester / Mike Bulldog / Mouse)
Director: Friz Freleng
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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A MOUSE DIVIDED [1953] A drunken stork delivers a baby mouse to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Cat. Sylvester is about to eat the little rodent when it calls him its daddy. Touched, Sylvester adopts the mouse as his son and attracts every hungry cat in the neighbourhood to his door!
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Sylvester / Baby Mouse / Mr. Stork / Various Cats) and Bea Benaderet (Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse) (uncredited)
Director: Friz Freleng
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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A FRACTURED LEGHORN [1950] Foghorn Leghorn and a cat fight over a worm. The cat wants the worm as bait for a fish, while Foghorn Leghorn just wants the worm for a quick snack.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Foghorn Leghorn / Cat / Worm)
Director: Robert McKimson
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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PLOP GOES THE WEASEL! [1953] Foggy and Barnyard Dawg can't stand each other, and they use the weasels in their fights. The weasels are easily talked into doing things for either side or end up in the middle of every fight.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Foghorn Leghorn / Barnyard Dog / Weasel)
Director: Robert McKimson
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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A TALE OF TWO MICE [1945] Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding. Schemes include sneaking past a sleeping cat (Catstello chickens out), a miniature airplane, and a platform on a rope-and-pulley system.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Catstello / Cat's Meow) (uncredited) and Tedd Pierce (Babbit) (uncredited)
Director: Frank Tashlin (uncredited)
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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THE FOXY DUCKLING [1947] An insomniac fox residing in a forest needs duck down for his pillow in order to be comfortable enough in his bed to fall asleep, and to this purpose he pursues a wily yellow duck. The fox uses a decoy and duck call, and is blasted by hunters' rifles. He builds a series of wooden extensions from a tree branch in an effort to reach the airborne duck.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Fox / Duckling / Fish)
Director: Arthur Davis
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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TWO GOPHERS FROM TEXAS [1948] A theatrical dog decides to answer the call of the wild and hunt for his food. He targets two polite twin gophers as his first conquest and tries to kill them with a falling-rock trap hooked to a radish patch, then plots to attract them into range of his clutches by dressing himself like a baby, then by playing music.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Mac / Dog) and Stan Freberg (Tosh) (uncredited)
Director: Arthur Davis
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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DOG GONE CATS [1947] Wellington the dog is given a package to deliver to Uncle Louie, with strict instructions not to let go of it. Sylvester and another cat that Wellington has been tormenting see this as their chance to get even. Besides repeatedly filching the package, at one point they drop a duplicate off a bridge. Wellington still manages to retrieve the package a few times.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Wellington / Sylvester / Cat / Uncle Louie) and Bea Benaderet (Dog's Owner) (uncredited)
Director: Arthur Davis
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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WHAT’S BREWIN,’ BRUIN? [1948] Papa Bear decides it's time for the three bears to hibernate in order to have a good winter's nap. Unfortunately, everything works against him. Papa Bear decides it's time for the three bears to hibernate in order to have a good winter's nap.
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Papa Bear's Yell / Mama Bear) (uncredited), Billy Bletcher (Papa Bear) (uncredited) and Stan Freberg (Junyer Bear / Papa Bear's Sneeze (uncredited)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Color by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN [1949] It's breakfast time, and Pa finds the honeypot empty. Literally risking life and limb, he has Junyer help him raid a nearby beehive. In the end, he finds he should have listened to Ma in the first place, rather than telling her to “Shaddap!”
Voice Cast: Mel Blanc (Vocal effects), Bea Benaderet (Ma Bear) (uncredited), Billy Bletcher (Henry 'Papa' Bear) (uncredited) and Stan Freberg (Junyer Bear) (uncredited)
Director: Chuck Jones
Image Resolution: 1080p (Colour by Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Audio: English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
Spanish: 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 7 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: A Warner Bros. Cartoon
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Blu-ray Image Quality – Warner Bros., presents us LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 with a totally exceptional 1080p Technicolor stunning image and especially, because most of these cartoon shorts were sourced from the same master negative. The Technicolor image looks with vibrant colours that make the cartoons look visually in a very exciting way. So well done Warner Bros.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Warner Bros. brings us LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 with a really nice 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio experience which preserves their original audio. So all in all, Warner Bros. have done a wonderful job with the audio experienceof these wonderful and brilliant Warner Bros. classic cartoons.
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Finally, LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR’S CHOICE VOLUME 1 is a welcomed HD upgrade for all 20 shorts, and the fact that about 25% of these have never had a video release previously and makes it pretty essential in my opinion. I applaud Warner Archive for their continued preservation of these timeless animated shorts which still have the power to make you laughing non-stop at these nostalgic-magic animations and a must-own for these amazing classic LOONEY TUNES animations. Very Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
