Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1
Blu-ray Disc cover
Directed byChuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Cal Dalton, Arthur Davis, Cal Howard, Abe Levitow
Produced byLeon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
Starringvoice of Mel Blanc
Music by
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
  • November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 is a Blu-ray Disc and DVD box set by Warner Home Video. It was released on November 15, 2011. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.[1][2][3] A DVD version of the box set was released on July 3, 2012, but contained no extras.[4]

All but seven cartoons included on this volume - Lovelorn Leghorn, The Hasty Hare, Hare-Way to the Stars, Bill of Hare, A Witch's Tangled Hare, Feline Frame-Up, and From A to Z-Z-Z-Z - were previously released as a part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection or a Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD. Three others were released as part of other sets.

A second volume was released in 2012, and was followed by a third volume in 2014.

Disc 1

# Title Characters Year Director Series DVD release[5]
1 Hare Tonic Bugs, Elmer 1945 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v3
2 Baseball Bugs Bugs 1946 Friz Freleng LT Golden Collection v1
3 Buccaneer Bunny Bugs, Sam 1948 Friz Freleng LT Golden Collection v5
4 The Old Grey Hare Bugs, Elmer 1944 Bob Clampett MM Golden Collection v5
5 Rabbit Hood Bugs 1949 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v4
6 8 Ball Bunny Bugs, Playboy 1950 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v4
7 Rabbit of Seville Bugs, Elmer 1950 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v1
8 What's Opera, Doc? Bugs, Elmer 1957 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v2
9 The Great Piggy Bank Robbery Daffy 1946 Bob Clampett LT Golden Collection v2
10 A Pest in the House Daffy, Elmer 1947 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v5
11 The Scarlet Pumpernickel Daffy Melissa, Porky, Sylvester, Elmer (cameo), Henery (cameo), 1950 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v1
12 Duck Amuck Daffy, Bugs (Cameo) 1953 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v1
13 Robin Hood Daffy Daffy, Porky 1958 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v3
14 Baby Bottleneck Daffy, Porky 1946 Bob Clampett LT Golden Collection v2
15 Kitty Kornered Porky, Sylvester 1946 Bob Clampett LT Golden Collection v2
16 Scaredy Cat Porky, Sylvester 1948 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v1
17 Porky Chops Porky 1949 Arthur Davis LT Golden Collection v1
18 Old Glory Porky 1939 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v2
19 A Tale of Two Kitties Tweety 1942 Bob Clampett MM Golden Collection v5
20 Tweetie Pie Sylvester, Tweety 1947 Friz Freleng MM Golden Collection v2
21 Fast and Furry-ous Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1949 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v1
22 Beep, Beep Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1952 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v2
23 Lovelorn Leghorn Foghorn, Prissy, Barnyard 1951 Robert McKimson LT N/A
24 For Scent-imental Reasons Penelope, Pepé 1949 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v1
25 Speedy Gonzales Speedy, Sylvester 1955 Friz Freleng MM Golden Collection v1

Special features

Behind the Tunes

  • Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?
  • Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
  • Powerhouse in Pictures
  • Putty Problems and Canary Rows
  • A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
  • The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew

Alternate audio tracks

Disc 2

# Title Characters Year Director Series DVD release[5]
1 One Froggy Evening Michigan J. Frog 1955 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v2
2 Three Little Bops 1957 Friz Freleng LT Golden Collection v2
3 I Love to Singa 1936 Tex Avery MM Golden Collection v2
4 Katnip Kollege 1938 Cal Howard and Cal Dalton MM Golden Collection v2
5 The Dover Boys at Pimento University 1942 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v2
6 Chow Hound 1951 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v6
7 Haredevil Hare Bugs, Marvin, K-9 1948 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v1
8 The Hasty Hare* Bugs, Marvin, K-9 1952 Chuck Jones LT N/A
9 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Daffy, Porky, Marvin 1953 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v1
10 Hare-Way to the Stars* Bugs, Marvin 1958 Chuck Jones LT N/A
11 Mad as a Mars Hare Bugs, Marvin 1963 Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble MM Super Stars' Bugs Bunny
12 Devil May Hare Bugs, Taz 1954 Robert McKimson LT Golden Collection v1
13 Bedevilled Rabbit Bugs, Taz 1957 Robert McKimson MM Super Stars' Bugs Bunny
14 Ducking the Devil Daffy, Taz 1957 Robert McKimson MM Super Stars' Daffy Duck
15 Bill of Hare* Bugs, Taz 1962 Robert McKimson MM N/A
16 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare Bugs, Taz 1964 Robert McKimson MM Super Stars' Bugs Bunny
17 Bewitched Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel 1954 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v5
18 Broom-Stick Bunny Bugs, Witch Hazel 1956 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v2
19 A Witch's Tangled Hare* Bugs, Witch Hazel 1959 Abe Levitow LT N/A
20 A-Haunting We Will Go Daffy, Speedy, Witch Hazel 1966 Robert McKimson LT Golden Collection v4
21 Feed the Kitty Marc and Pussyfoot 1952 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v1
22 Kiss Me Cat Marc and Pussyfoot 1953 Chuck Jones LT Golden Collection v4
23 Feline Frame-Up* Claude, Marc and Pussyfoot 1954 Chuck Jones LT N/A
24 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z* Ralph Phillips 1954 Chuck Jones LT Academy Awards Animation Collection
25 Boyhood Daze Ralph Phillips 1957 Chuck Jones MM Golden Collection v6

Special features

Behind the Tunes

  • It Hopped One Night: The Story Behind One Froggy Evening
  • Wacky Warner One-Shots
  • Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian (provided in HD)
  • Razzma-Taz: Giving the Tasmanian Devil His Due (provided in HD)
  • The Ralph Phillips Story: Living the American Daydream (provided in HD)

Alternate Audio Tracks

Disc 3: Bonus Materials

See also

References

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