Saturday, January 24, 2009

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 1 (Disc 2)

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Best of Daffy & Porky:

Duck Amuck*, directed by Chuck Jones, 1953 (Wiki).
Dough for the Do-Do, directed by Friz Freleng & Robert Clampett, 1949 (Wiki).
Drip-Along Daffy, directed by Chuck Jones, 1951 (Wiki.
Scaredy Cat, directed by Chuck Jones, 1948 (Wiki).
The Ducksters, directed by Chuck Jones, 1950 (Wiki).
The Scarlet Pumpernickel, directed by Chuck Jones, 1950 (Wiki).
Yankee Doodle Daffy, directed by Friz Freleng, 1943 (Wiki).
Porky Chops, directed by Arthur Davis, 1949.
The Wearing of the Grin, directed by Chuck Jones, 1951 (Wiki).
Deduce, You Say, directed by Chuck Jones, 1956 (Wiki).
Boobs in the Woods, directed by Robert McKimson, 1950 (Wiki).
Golden Yeggs, directed by Friz Freleng, 1950 (Wiki).
Rabbit Fire, directed by Chuck Jones, 1951 (Wiki).
Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century, directed by Chuck Jones, 1953 (Wiki).

* Selected for inclusion by the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress.

The second disc from the very first Looney Tunes set is pretty loaded with classics, starting out with a bang with Duck Amuck, where Daffy Duck deals with a very uncooperative animator, who turns out to be Bugs Bunny. The disc also ends with a bang, literally, with Rabbit Fire* and Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century. In between, of course, are eleven more classic cartoons. The Scarlet Pumpernickel is also noted for its unusually large cast of characters, which included Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk, and Mama Bear. Mel Blanc provided the voice for Elmer in that short in place of Arthur Q. Bryan, the regular voice for the hapless hunter.

Highly, highly recommended.


* Wabbit season! Duck season! Wabbit season! Duck season!

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