Sunday, May 17, 2009

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 2 (Disc 4)

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Looney Tunes All-Stars: On Stage and Screen:

Back Alley Oproar, directed by Friz Freleng, 1948 (Wiki).
Book Revue, directed by Robert Clampett, 1946 (Wiki).
A Corny Concerto, directed by Robert Clampett, 1943 (Wiki).
Have You Got Any Castles?, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1938 (Wiki).
Hollywood Steps Out, directed by Tex Avery, 1941 (Wiki).
I Love to Singa, directed by Tex Avery, 1936 (Wiki).
Katnip Kollege, directed by Cal Danton & Cal Howard, 1938 (Wiki).
The Hep Cat, directed by Robert Clampett, 1942 Wiki).
Three Little Bops, directed by Friz Freleng, 1957 (Wiki).
One Froggy Evening*, directed by Chuck Jones, 1955 (Wiki).
Rhapsody Rabbit, directed by Friz Freleng, 1946 (Wiki).
Show Biz Bugs, directed by Friz Freleng, 1957 (Wiki).
Stage Door Cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, 1944 (Wiki).
What's Opera, Doc?*, directed by Chuck Jones, 1957 (Wiki.
You Ought to Be in Pictures, directed by Friz Freleng, 1940 (Wiki).

Bonus Features:
So Much for So Little, directed by Chuck Jones, 1949 (Wiki).
Orange Blossoms for Violet, directed by Friz Freleng & Chuck Jones, 1952.

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

Obviously, the presence here of One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc? automatically warrants a rating of Highly Recommended, although I'm not sure exactly why Warner Bros. picked Michigan J. Frog from the former as their mascot for the defunct WB network. We should also mention I Love to Singa, which many South Park fans will recognize as the song Eric Cartman uncontrollably sings during the very first episode back in 1997.

This disc also includes two of my old favorites with a common theme: literary characters coming to life and horsing around in both Book Revue and Have You Got Any Castles?

Actually, there's not a single dud on this disc. Get it as soon as humanly possible if you haven't already.

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