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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.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 3 (Disc 2)

Available at Amazon.

From 2005's release:

Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies

Daffy Duck in Hollywood, directed by Tex Avery, 1938.
Hollywood Capers, directed by Jack King, 1935.
The CooCoo Nut Grove, directed by Friz Freleng, 1935 (Wiki).
Porky's Road Race, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1937.
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1937.
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, directed by Friz Freleng, 1937 (Wiki).
The Film Fan, directed by Robert Clampett, 1939.
Speaking of the Weather, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1937.
Thugs With Dirty Mugs, directed by Tex Avery, 1939 (Wiki).
Goofy Groceries, directed by Robert Clampett, 1941.
Swooner Crooner, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1944 (Wiki).
Wideo Wabbit, directed by Robert McKimson, 1956 (Wiki).
The Honey-Mousers, directed by Robert McKimson, 1956.
The Last Hungry Cat, directed by Friz Freleng & Hawley Pratt, 1961 (Wiki).
The Mouse That Jack Built, directed by Robert McKimson, 1959.

Bonus cartoon: Sinkin' in the Bathtub, directed by Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising, 1930 (Wiki). This was the very first Warner Bros. cartoon.

Thoughts: A funny look at some of the parodies of the big movie stars from the Golden Era of Hollywood, although most of the references would probably fly way over the heads of today's youth. There aren't too many appearances from the Looney Tunes cast, although the inclusion of cartoons starring Beans the Cat and Bosko was a pleasant surprise, since they're not as well known as Bugs or Daffy.

The highlights were Daffy Duck in Hollywood and Wideo Wabbit, the latter containing Bugs Bunny's dead-on Groucho Marx impression.