Wow, we've had a BUSY day here at TVShowsOnDVD, so we've spent all day trying to get to this news post! This morning animation expert/historian Jerry Beck
posted at his Cartoon Brew blog a complete list of the bonus material for Warner's
October 21st release of
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 on DVD. As we mentioned in
our original report about this release, which lists the 60 main shorts included on each disc, Jerry is the man behind the extras on this 4-disc set, and so we know that his info is going to be accurate!
Jerry's post begins with a note that matches
what we've said about how this is the final DVD release called "Golden Collection," but that there will be more
Looney Tunes DVD releases in 2009, and that there are no plans to double-dip by including episodes already found on the six Golden Collection sets. So it's great to have additional confirmation of that!
And then Jerry brings us the nice, long list of supplements to the
the 60 featured shorts:
- Disc 1: Looney Tunes All Stars
- Commentaries
- Hare Trigger Commentary by Greg Ford
- Birth of a Notion Commentary by Mark Kausler
- My Favorite Duck Commentary by Jerry Beck
- Music Only Tracks
- Raw! Raw! Rooster
- Jumpin' Jupiter
- Rabbit Rampage
- Boyhood Daze
- The Looney Tunes Television Specials
- Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court [1978 WBTV special]
- Daffy Duck's Easter Eggcitement [1980 WBTV special]
- Bonus Cartoons
- Sniffles Takes a Trip [1940 WB cartoon]
- Hippety Hopper [1949 WB cartoon]
- Rabbit Rampage [1955 WB cartoon]
- Boyhood Daze [1957 WB cartoon]
- Disc 2: Patriotic Pals
- Commentaries
- Herr Meets Herr Commentary by Greg Ford
- Russian Rhapsody Commentary by Mark Kausler
- The Draft Horse Commentary by Greg Ford
- Fifth Column Mouse Commentary by Jerry Beck
- Music Only Track
- Friz Freleng at MGM
- Poultry Pirates [1938 MGM cartoon]
- A Day at the Beach [1938 MGM cartoon]
- The Captain's Christmas [1938 MGM cartoon]
- Seal Skinners [1939 MGM cartoon]
- Mama's New Hat [1939 MGM cartoon]
- Bonus Cartoons
- The Fighting 69 1/2th [1941 WB cartoon]
- Hop and Go [1943 WB cartoon]
- Confusions of a Nutsy Spy [1943 WB cartoon]
- Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and Merrie Melodies
- Commentaries
- Shuffle Off to Buffalo Commentary by Historian Jerry Beck
- A Cartoonist's Nightmare Commentary by Historian Jerry Beck
- The World of Leon Schlesinger
- Introduction by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
- Crying for the Carolines [1930 WB short]
- Haunted Gold Title Sequence
- Schlesinger Productions Christmas Party with Optional Commentary by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
- Bonus Cartoons
- I Love a Parade [1932 WB cartoon]
- I Like Mountain Music [1933 WB cartoon]
- Sittin' on a Backyard Fence [1933 WB cartoon]
- How Do I Know It's Sunday [1934 WB cartoon]
- Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts (One-Shots)
- Commentaries
- Fresh Airedale Commentary by historian Greg Ford
- The Hole Idea Commentary by animator Mark Kausler
- Alternate Audio Programs
- The Hole Idea Music Only Track
- Martian Through Georgia Music Only Track
- Punch Trunk Music and Effects Track
- Wild Wild World Music Only Track
- Bonus Documentary
- Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (70 mins.)
- Bonus Cartoons
- Sleepy Time Possum [1951 WB Cartoon]
- Punch Trunk [1953 WB Cartoon]
- Wild Wild World [1960 WB Cartoon]
- Bartholomew versus the Wheel [1964 WB Cartoon]
How does that grab you? It looks terrific to us! There is one thing, though, that we expect to be a downside to the above list...for some fans at any rate,. We had seen that there was a hope "out there" that the 15 bonus shorts listed above would include at least a couple of the "censored eleven" shorts (a list that includes "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs," for instance)...or at least another dozen more-recently restricted cartoons, some of which might be related to the war theme of this set such as "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips." However, none of these bonus shorts appear to be among either group.
Still, we want Warner to keep on bringing out releases, and keep on trying to find the nerve to include these...with appropriate disclaimers about the stereotypes of the era they had been produced in. And there are still other great shorts that haven't made it to DVD yet. So, as Jerry comments at the end of his blog post, "
your purchase of this collection will help keep the cartoons coming, and will strengthen the message to Warner Bros. that the public wish to continue to buying Looney Tunes on DVD." So be sure to buy
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 when it arrives on
October 21st...or better yet, lock in your copy with a pre-order!
