| Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6 | 
| Directors: Alex Lovy, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman, Jack King
Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Frank Graham, Dave Dixon, N. Paul Stookey
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 413 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
MPN: WARD026481D
UPC: 085391178712
EAN: 0085391178712
ASIN: B001CO42CA
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 21, 2008
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Genre: Animation
Rating: NR
Release Date: 21-OCT-2008
Media Type: DVD
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Fifteen cartoons dating from World War II give Volume 6 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection more focus than previous sets. Many of the 1940's cartoons remain very funny. Bugs Bunny dresses up as Brunnhilda and rides in to the strains of "Tannhauser" in "Herr Meets Hare" (1945), a gag Chuck Jones re-used to greater effect in "What's Opera, Doc" a dozen years later. In "Russian Rhapsody" (1940) some of the gremlins who sabotage Hitler's bomber are caricatures of the Warner Bros. artists. Chuck Jones appears as a chunky, pinkish-tan homunculus swinging a mallet; Friz Freleng is a little green man with a saw-like nose. Younger viewers may find the references to wartime shortages puzzling--or fail to recognize the caricatures of Hermann Goering, Hideki Tojo and Joseph Stalin. Some of the other cartoons can still bring down the house, including "Satan's Waitin'" (1954), in which Sylvester manages to lose all nine of his lives in pursuit of Tweety, and "Bear Feat" (1949), another exercise in futility for Jones' Three Bears. The early musicals featuring Bosko, Foxy (or Freddy Fox) and Buddy have not aged well. Created by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, these characters were modeled on Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse, but lack charm and personality. Some more recent films reveal how social attitudes have changed. "Wild Wife," a spoof of a suburban housewife's tribulations, may have seemed hilarious in 1954; today, it's just a laundry list of sexist gags. Like the previous installments, Volume 6 comes loaded with extras. The rarest are five shorts Friz Freleng directed at MGM in 1938. Producer Fred Quimby lured Freleng away from Warner Bros.--only to insist he adapt the comic strip "The Captain and the Kids," Rudolph Dirks' version of "The Katzenjammer Kids." Freleng correctly predicted the films would flop as the characters were "the meanest little bastards in the world," and soon returned to Warners. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes, mild risqué humor, alcohol & tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (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, 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, 31. Congo Jazz, 32. Smile Dam 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 'em Bosko, 39. Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 40. Bosko in Person, 41. The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, 42. Buddie's Day Out, 43. Buddie's Beer Garden. 44. Buddie's Circus, 45. A Cartoonist's Nightmare, 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)
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 Finally, I can retire "The Wartime Cartoons." September 5, 2008
Spiehler (Suwanee, GA USA)
44 out of 46 found this review helpful
I can't believe another reviewer blasted this set for including a disc of the WWII cartoons. These are classic pieces of American and film history.
Finally, all the cartoons from the fabulous Bugs & Daffy: Wartime Cartoons VHS are now on DVD. Of course, I may still keep that VHS for Leonard Maltin's narration, but here's the breakdown of that tape vs. the Golden Collection discs.
Herr Meets Hare: GC #6
Super Rabbit: GC #3
Draftee Daffy: GC #3
Plane Daffy: GC #4
Daffy the Commando: GC #6
Falling Hare: GC #3
Russian Rhapsody: GC #6
Swooner Crooner: GC#4
Little Red Riding Rabbit: GC #2
The Weakly Reporter: GC #6
5th Column Mouse: GC #6
With the The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu cartoons also on DVD, it's good to know these pieces of history have been preserved.
PSSSTT!!! WANNA SEE WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THESE DISCS? Shhh...follow me July 22, 2008
Schuyler V. Johnson (Lake Worth, FL USA)
95 out of 105 found this review helpful
Disc One: 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 Two: Patriotic Pals
1. Herr Meets Hare
2. Russian Rhapsody
3. Daffy the Commando
4. Bosko the Doughboy
5. Rookie Revue
6. The Draft Horse
7. Wacky Blackout
8. The Ducktators
9. The Wekaly Reporter
10. Fifth Column Mouse
11. Meet John Doughboy
12. Hollywood Canine Canteen
13. By Word of Mouse
14. Heir Conditioned
15. Yankee Dood it
Disc Three: Bosko Buddie and Merrie Melodies
1. Congo Jazz
2. Smile Dam Ya, Smile!
3. The Booze Hangs High
4. One More Time
5. Bosko's Picture Show
6. You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
7. We're in the Money!
8. Ride 'em Bosko
9. Shuffle Off to Buffalo
10. Bosko in Person
11. The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
12. Buddie's Day Out
13. Buddie's Beer Garden
14. Buddie's Circus
15. A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Disc Four: Most Requested Assorted Nuts
1. Horton Hatches the Egg
2. Lights Fantastic
3. Fresh Airedale
4. Chow Hound
5. The Oily American
6. It's Hummer Time
7. Rocket Bye Baby
8. Goo Goo Goliath
9. Wild Wife
10. Much Ado About Nutting
11. The Hole idea
12. Now Hear This
13. Martian Through Georgia
14. Page Miss Glory
15. Norman Normal
PLUS fifteen other shorts yet to be announced! Although this is the last in the Golden Collection series don't despair; WB has many more on the way under different titles. My personal favorite is Punch Trunk about a miniature elephant that hitchiked in a bunch of bananas and wound up in the city and appeared virtually everywhere and blasted the skies with his tiny elephant noise, incl one man's bird bath!
Martian Through Georgia is fabulous about a lonely Martian who comes to earth searching for companionship and tries desperately to fit in but no matter what he does, people still see him as a monster and tell him to go home! Monster go home! Tearfully he does and finds love on his own planet.
Now Hear This is very surreal and is told with sound and picture a la Gerald Mc Boing Boing, just wonderful to see and hear.
Cannot WAIT until october! I already ordered it! God Bless Chuck Jones!
Rare cartoons & TV specials in the bonus material! July 30, 2008
Paul J. Mular (San Carlos, CA USA)
39 out of 44 found this review helpful
If the previously listed cartoons are not enough, there are more in the BONUS section, including some B&W MGM cartoons directed by Friz Freleng!
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
Yankee Dood It
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]
Volume 6 will be "The LAST Release" of Golden Collection. July 19, 2008
Mikey (Gold River)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
(My five stars is for the listed content)
Warner Brothers announced last week that "Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Volume 6" will be the final DVD release of the GC series.
The studio's announcement included this 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!"
Warner IS going to continue releasing Looney Tunes on DVD, but is not ready to state any details. So, we WILL see more new remasters of these great cartoons on DVD in the future, but not using the label "Golden Collection."
Volume Six has a October 21, 2008 street date. Sporting 75 shorts, with 60 being featured cartoon titles, and another 15 items listed as "bonuses" (and not yet named) this looks to be a fine way to close out the GC releases. Also, WB has not revealed the "extras" that, most surely, will be included.
Here are the details (as of 071108) for this four-disc set:
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
1. Herr Meets Hare
2. Russian Rhapsody
3. Daffy - The Commando
4. Bosko The Doughboy
5. Rookie Revue
6. The Draft Horse
7. Wacky Blackout
8. The Ducktators
9. The Weakly Reporter
10. Fifth Column Mouse
11. Meet John Doughboy
12. Hollywood Canine Canteen
13. By Word Of Mouse
14. Heir-Conditioned
15. Yankee Dood It
Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy & Merrie Melodies
1. Congo Jazz
2. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
3. The Booze Hangs High
4. One More Time
5. Bosko's Picture Show
6. You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
7. We're In The Money
8. Ride Him, Bosko
9. Shuffle Off To Buffalo
10. Bosko In Person
11. The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon
12. Buddy's Day Out
13. Buddy's Beer Garden
14. Buddy's Circus
15. A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts
1. Horton Hatches The Egg
2. Lights Fantastic
3. Fresh Airedale
4. Chow Hound
5. The Oily American
6. It's Hummer Time
7. Rocket-Bye Baby
8. Goo Goo Goliath
9. Wild Wife
10. Much Ado About Nutting
11. The Hole Idea
12. Now Hear This
13. Martian Through Georgia
14. Page Miss Glory
15. Norman Normal
One of my best-loved "Looney" quotes seems appropriate here...
Porky:
"Oh, son of a bi-bi, son of a bi-bi... son of a gun!
Ha-ha-ha! I bet you thought I was going to say 'sa-sa-sa... son of a bitch', didn't ya?!"
But thankfully (and hopefully)... "That's NOT all, folks!"
--MJB, 071808
A real mixed bag of cartoons August 3, 2008
calvinnme
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This set includes the familiar "Looney Tune All-Stars" disc, which usually has the most variety. However, it also has a disc of the earliest Looney Tune cartoons, those from the early 30's that often use tunes from WB feature length films as themes to build the cartoon around. For example, "I Love a Parade" was written to popularize the now-forgotten WB pre-coder "Manhattan Parade". Ironically, all of the music was excised from Manhattan Parade and the cartoon winds up being more musical than the film it was supposed to parody.
Also different this year, we get a disc of cartoons with patriotic themes. We've had some of these before, but not a whole disc devoted to it, and not one that mixes MGM cartoons with the WB ones.
Finally, there is an "Assorted Nuts" disc that has some greatly requested entries on it. I'm looking forward to the 70 minute documentary on Mel Blanc. There have been features on Mel Blanc on the previous Golden Collections, but none that was this long. All in all, a worthy tribute to the Looney Tunes and the final entry in this series. However, as others have mentioned, there will be more MGM and WB cartoons coming, just in a different series and hopefully with as high a quality as we've gotten over the last six years with the Golden Collection series.
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