Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 is a Blu-ray and DVD box set by Warner Home Video released on October 16, 2012. It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements.[1] Disc 3 is exclusive to the Blu-ray version of the set. Unlike Volume 1, which was released in a digibook, Volume 2 was released in a standard 1 movie case. This release was followed by Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3
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Directed by | Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Tex Avery, Arthur Davis, Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, Fred Quimby (Disc 3 only) |
Starring | voice of Mel Blanc |
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Distributed by | Warner Home Video |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Disc 1
edit(*): Original opening bullet titles restored
Special features
editBehind the Tunes
edit- Man from Wackyland: The Art of Bob Clampett
- Bosko, Buddy, and the Best of Black and White
- Leon Schlesinger: The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (provided in HD)[3]
Alternate audio tracks
edit- Audio commentaries
- Michael Barrier on Buckaroo Bugs, Long-Haired Hare, Book Revue, Porky in Wackyland and The Foghorn Leghorn
- Eddie Fitzgerald, John Kricfalusi, and Kali Fontecchio on Buckaroo Bugs
- Greg Ford on A Wild Hare, Ali Baba Bunny, Show Biz Bugs (with pre-score music), Back Alley Oproar, Scent-imental Romeo and The High and the Flighty
- Jerry Beck on You Ought to Be in Pictures, Canned Feud, Tabasco Road and Mexicali Shmoes
- Mark Kausler on Porky in Egypt and Birdy and the Beast
- Constantine Nasr on Deduce, You Say!
- Music-only tracks include: Ali Baba Bunny, The High and the Flighty, Tabasco Road and Mexicali Shmoes
- Music-and-effects tracks include: Scent-imental Romeo
Disc 2
edit# | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series | DVD release[2] |
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1 | Wabbit Twouble | Bugs, Elmer | 1941 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
2 | Rabbit Fire | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v1 |
3 | Rabbit Seasoning | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
4 | Duck! Rabbit, Duck! | Bugs, Daffy, Elmer | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
5 | Drip-Along Daffy | Daffy, Porky, Nasty Canasta | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
6 | My Little Duckaroo | Daffy, Porky, Nasty Canasta | 1954 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v6 |
7 | Barbary Coast Bunny | Bugs, Nasty Canasta | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT | Golden Collection v4 |
8 | Tortoise Beats Hare | Bugs, Cecil | 1941 | Tex Avery | MM | Golden Collection v2 |
9 | Tortoise Wins by a Hare | Bugs, Cecil | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
10 | Rabbit Transit | Bugs, Cecil | 1947 | Friz Freleng | LT | Golden Collection v2 |
11 | Porky's Hare Hunt | Porky, Proto-Bugs | 1938 | Ben Hardaway | LT | N/A |
12 | Hare-um Scare-um | Proto-Bugs | 1939 | Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton | MM | N/A |
13 | Prest-O Change-O | Two Curious Puppies, Proto-Bugs | 1939 | Chuck Jones | MM | N/A |
14 | Elmer's Candid Camera | Elmer, Proto-Bugs | 1940 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
15 | Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | Bugs, Beaky | 1942 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v1 |
16 | The Bashful Buzzard | Beaky | 1945 | Bob Clampett | LT | Golden Collection v5 |
17 | The Lion's Busy | Beaky | 1950 | Friz Freleng | LT | N/A |
18 | Strife with Father | Beaky | 1950 | Robert McKimson | MM | N/A |
19 | An Itch in Time | A. Flea, Elmer | 1943 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v3 |
20 | A Horse Fly Fleas | A. Flea | 1947 | Robert McKimson | LT | N/A |
21 | Hollywood Steps Out | 1941 | Tex Avery | MM | Golden Collection v2 | |
22 | Page Miss Glory | 1936 | Tex Avery | MM | Golden Collection v6 | |
23 | Rocket-bye Baby | 1956 | Chuck Jones | MM | Golden Collection v6 | |
24 | Russian Rhapsody | 1944 | Bob Clampett | MM | Golden Collection v6 | |
25 | Dough Ray Me-ow | 1948 | Arthur Davis | MM | Golden Collection v4 |
Special features
editBehind the Tunes
edit- Forever Befuddled
- A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy
- Looney Tunes Go Hollywood
- A Conversation with Tex Avery
- Looney Tunes Go to War!
Alternate audio tracks
edit- Audio commentaries
- Michael Barrier on Wabbit Twouble, Rabbit Seasoning, Drip-Along Daffy, Tortoise Beats Hare and Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
- Greg Ford on Rabbit Fire and Hollywood Steps Out
- Eric Goldberg on Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
- Chuck Jones on Tortoise Beats Hare[4]
- Mark Kausler on Tortoise Wins by a Hare and Russian Rhapsody
- Jerry Beck on Porky's Hare Hunt, Elmer's Candid Camera and Dough Ray Me-Ow
- Paul Dini on The Bashful Buzzard
- John Kricfalusi and Bill Melendez on An Itch in Time
- Will Friedwald on Page Miss Glory
- Constantine Nasr on Rocket-bye Baby
- Music-only tracks include: Rabbit Fire, Drip-Along Daffy, Barbary Coast Bunny
- Music-and-effects tracks include: Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Disc 3: Bonus Materials
edit- King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
- Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons
- Friz on Film
- ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons
- Real American Zero: The Adventures of Private Snafu
- The World of Leon Schlesinger[3]
- Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)
- Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
- Crying for the Carolines (1930)
- It's Got Me Again! (1932)
- Haunted Gold title sequence
- Schlesinger Productions Christmas Party with optional commentary by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
- Friz at MGM - Captain and the Kids cartoons[3]
- Poultry Pirates (1938)
- A Day at the Beach (1938)
- The Captain’s Christmas (1938)
- Seal Skinners (1939)
- Mama’s New Hat (1939)
- The Best of the Rest of Tex - a selection of Tex Avery's best cartoons from MGM[3]
- Blitz Wolf (1942)
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
- Screwball Squirrel (1944)
- Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
- King-Size Canary (1947)
- Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
- Señor Droopy (1949)
- Wags to Riches (1949)
- Symphony in Slang (1951)
- Magical Maestro (1952)
- Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
- Private Snafu cartoons[3]
- Coming!! Snafu (1943)
- Gripes (1943)
- Spies (1943)
- The Goldbrick (1943)
- The Home Front (1943)
- Rumors (1943)
- Snafuperman (1944)
- Censored (1944)
- Mr. Hook cartoons[3]
- The Good Egg (1945)
- The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
- Tokyo Woes (1945)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2 Announced". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ a b "Blu-ray Review - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two Blu-ray Review".
- ^ a b c d e f "Looney Tunes DVD News". Dohtem.com. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ According to the packaging for Golden Collection, Volume 2