The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Warner Announces Golden Collection Volume 6...'The Concluding Release'!! **UPDATE: More Looney-ness in 2009!**

A month ago we reported that animation historian and expert Jerry Beck had been interviewed on Shokus Internet Radio, and while there had given fans a preview about what to expect on this year's Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 DVD release. He told us to look for more cartoons (he said 76 instead of the usual 60) on 4 discs, including lots of wartime cartoons, all expected to show up in early November. This morning Warner Home Video has officially announced the title, and in the process they've set us straight on some of these details. First up, the release date is actually a tad earlier than he said, on October 21st. Cost, as with the previous five Golden Collection releases, is $64.92 SRP for a 4-DVD set. Next, and rather importantly, here is the studio description:

We’ve saved the best for last... more of your favorite Looney Tunes...your wish is our command. The concluding release from the Golden Collection Series is a 4-disc set with 60 more of the most looneytic Looney Tunes ever unleashed. Plus, 15 bonus shorts to make this the biggest collection of Looney Tunes ever! Indeed, some have never before been on home video!

"Saved the best for last." "The concluding release." Those two phrases in Warner's official description say it all: THIS IS THE END. Volume 6 is the final Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set planned. Wow. I'm upset about that. How about you?

[UPDATE: Don't be upset, after all. We've learned that Warner is planning to continue Looney Toons releases on home video, but is not ready to share their plans at this time. You'll still see Bugs and his pals on DVD in 2009, just not under the "Golden Collection" labels. So, no worries!]

[FURTHER UPDATE: We've also received word from a reliable industry source, that there are no current plans for the "post-Golden" releases to duplicate content from the six Golden Collection volumes. Expect Warner to continue to remaster and release Looney Tunes shorts which have never been seen on home video before.]

We also see that there will be a total of 75 shorts on board (one shy of the number Beck provided), with 60 of them named this morning as being among the "regular" featured shorts, and the other 15 not being named yet because they are "bonus" items, and the extras have not yet been revealed. We have a disc-by-disc listing of the "60 main shorts" for you, and every cartoon title mentioned in our previous report of Beck's interview comments will be found on this list:

• Disc 1: Looney Tunes All Stars
  1. Hare Trigger
  2. To Duck...Or Not To Duck
  3. Birth Of A Notion
  4. My Little Duckaroo
  5. Crowing Pains
  6. Raw! Raw! Rooster
  7. Heaven Scent
  8. My Favorite Duck
  9. Jumpin' Jupiter
  10. Satan's Waitin'
  11. Hook, Line and Stinker
  12. Bear Feat
  13. Dog Gone South
  14. A Ham In A Role
  15. Often An Orphan
  
  
• Disc 2: Patriotic Pals
  16. Herr Meets Hare
  17. Russian Rhapsody
  18. Daffy - The Commando
  19. Bosko The Doughboy
  20. Rookie Revue
  21. The Draft Horse
  22. Wacky Blackout
  23. The Ducktators
  24. The Weakly Reporter
  25. Fifth Column Mouse
  26. Meet John Doughboy
  27. Hollywood Canine Canteen
  28. By Word Of Mouse
  29. Heir-Conditioned
  30. Yankee Dood It
  
  
• Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy & Merrie Melodies
  31. Congo Jazz
  32. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
  33. The Booze Hangs High
  34. One More Time
  35. Bosko's Picture Show
  36. You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
  37. We're In The Money
  38. Ride Him, Bosko
  39. Shuffle Off To Buffalo
  40. Bosko In Person
  41. The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon
  42. Buddy's Day Out
  43. Buddy's Beer Garden
  44. Buddy's Circus
  45. A Cartoonist's Nightmare
  
  
• Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts
  46. Horton Hatches The Egg
  47. Lights Fantastic
  48. Fresh Airedale
  49. Chow Hound
  50. The Oily American
  51. It's Hummer Time
  52. Rocket-Bye Baby
  53. Goo Goo Goliath
  54. Wild Wife
  55. Much Ado About Nutting
  56. The Hole Idea
  57. Now Hear This
  58. Martian Through Georgia
  59. Page Miss Glory
  60. Norman Normal

As we said, bonus material (including the other "extra" 15 shorts) has not yet been revealed, but we'll bring it to you as soon as possible. Specs are the same as on previous releases, and we have a look at the package art for you just below.

Also arriving on the same day, for those who prefer it, is Warner's 2-DVD release of Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol. 6, featuring just the cartoons from the first two discs of the Golden Collection Vol. 6 set, at the reduced cost of $26.99 SRP. Box art for that release is shown at the bottom.

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