Looney Tunes Collector's Choice is a series of Blu-ray discs from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Warner Archive division collecting various Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated short subjects from Warner Bros. Cartoons.

This is the first Looney Tunes Blu-ray to be released through Warner Archive, as opposed to the main home video division (second overall home media release after the Porky Pig 101 DVD set in 2017). According to Jerry Beck, the aim of this series to release Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that have been previously unavailable to animation fans and collectors on the various DVD and Blu-ray sets; such as the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Platinum Collection, Super Stars and Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection sets.

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 was announced on March 28, 2023[1] and released on May 30.[2] Keeping with tradition with other Golden Age of Animation releases by Warner Archive (such as Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s and Tex Avery Screwball Classics), Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 is a single-disc set with no bonus material. The set contains 20 cartoons that were previously unavailable on DVD or Blu-ray, presented uncut and digitally restored.

Animation historian and curator, Jerry Beck and Warner Archive President George Feltenstein indicated that strong sales of Volume 1 could result in future volumes, with more cartoons and multiple discs.[3]

On September 18, due to strong sales of Volume 1, Warner Archive announced Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice: Volume 2 — which will include 25 cartoons and scheduled for a December 12, 2023 release date,[4] with a Volume 3 also currently in development.[5]

Volume 1

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1
Blu-Ray Cover
Directed byChuck Jones
Friz Freleng
Frank Tashlin
Robert McKimson
Arthur Davis
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
StarringMel Blanc
Music by
Distributed byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release date
May 30, 2023[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 was released on May 30, 2023. The set includes 20 cartoons- none of which have previously been released on DVD or Blu-ray before. They are all presented uncut and digitally restored.[2]

Beanstalk Bunny and Catch as Cats Can were sourced from new 4K scans from the original camera negatives.[6] According to Jerry Beck, the set was delayed for almost a full year because the Library of Congress had difficulty shipping the camera negatives for Catch as Cats Can to the Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank.[3] The other cartoons on this set had previously been restored for HBO Max streaming service in 2020[7] - with HBO removing many of them being earlier that same year.[8] However, for this release Warner Archive corrected many of the errors initially made by HBO Max, such as Photoshopped titles.[7]

# Title Characters Year Director Series
1 Beanstalk Bunny Bugs, Daffy, Elmer 1955 Chuck Jones MM
2 Catch as Cats Can Sylvester 1947 Art Davis MM
3 The Unruly Hare Bugs, Elmer 1945 Frank Tashlin MM
4 His Bitter Half Daffy 1950 Friz Freleng MM
5 Daffy Doodles Daffy, Porky 1946 Robert McKimson LT
6 Cracked Quack Daffy, Porky 1952 Friz Freleng MM
7 Little Orphan Airedale Porky, Charlie Dog 1947 Chuck Jones LT
8 Hip Hip-Hurry! Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner 1958 Chuck Jones MM
9 Hot-Rod and Reel! Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner 1959 Chuck Jones LT
10 Greedy for Tweety Tweety, Sylvester 1957 Friz Freleng LT
11 Stooge for a Mouse Sylvester 1950 Friz Freleng MM
12 A Mouse Divided Sylvester 1953 Friz Freleng MM
13 A Fractured Leghorn Foghorn 1950 Robert McKimson MM
14 Plop Goes the Weasel Foghorn 1953 Robert McKimson LT
15 Tale of Two Mice Babbit and Catstello 1945 Frank Tashlin LT
16 The Foxy Duckling 1947 Art Davis MM
17 Two Gophers from Texas The Goofy Gophers 1948 Art Davis MM
18 Doggone Cats Sylvester 1947 Art Davis MM
19 What's Brewin', Bruin? Three Bears 1948 Chuck Jones LT
20 The Bee-Deviled Bruin Three Bears 1949 Chuck Jones MM

Volume 2

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2
Blu-Ray Cover
Directed byChuck Jones
Tex Avery
Friz Freleng
Frank Tashlin
Robert McKimson
Arthur Davis
Norman McCabe
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
StarringMel Blanc
Music by
  • Carl Stalling
  • Milt Franklyn
Distributed byWarner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release date
December 12, 2023
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 was released on December 12, 2023. This set included 25 cartoons never before released on DVD or Blu-Ray - five more than on Volume 1.[9] In contrast to the previous volume, Volume 2 focuses more on miscellaneous "one-shot" cartoons and characters.[10]

Like the previous volume, only two cartoons (Brother Brat and Ghost Wanted) were specifically restored for this release, while the other cartoons were previously restored for HBO Max and Me-TV, with Warner Archive correcting the Photoshopped titles (most notably on A Hound for Trouble).[11] In addition Cross Country Detours had its original opening title sequence restored, as opposed to the Blue Ribbon re-issue titles featured on previous releases.[10]

Volume 2 includes the following cartoons:

# Title Characters Year Director Series
1 Behind the Meat-Ball 1945 Frank Tashlin LT
2 Brother Brat Porky 1944 Frank Tashlin LT
3 Catty Cornered Tweety, Sylvester 1953 Friz Freleng MM
4 Cross Country Detours 1940 Tex Avery MM
5 Daffy's Southern Exposure Daffy 1942 Norman McCabe LT
6 Ding Dog Daddy 1942 Friz Freleng MM
7 The Eager Beaver 1946 Chuck Jones MM
8 Fair and Worm-er 1946 Chuck Jones MM
9 Fin'n Catty 1943 Chuck Jones MM
10 From Hand to Mouse 1944 Chuck Jones LT
11 Ghost Wanted 1940 Chuck Jones MM
12 Greetings Bait Wacky Worm 1943 Friz Freleng MM
13 Hamateur Night Egghead 1939 Tex Avery MM
14 Hare-Breadth Hurry Bugs, Wile E. Coyote 1963 Chuck Jones LT
15 A Hick, a Slick, and a Chick 1948 Arthur Davis MM
16 Hiss and Make Up 1943 Friz Freleng MM
17 A Hound for Trouble Charlie Dog 1951 Chuck Jones MM
18 I Wanna Be a Sailor 1937 Tex Avery MM
19 The Leghorn Blows at Midnight Foghorn, Henery, Barnyard 1950 Robert McKimson LT
20 Lickety-Splat Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 1961 Chuck Jones LT
21 One Meat Brawl Porky 1947 Robert McKimson MM
22 The Penguin Parade 1938 Tex Avery MM
23 Rabbit Rampage Bugs, Elmer (cameo) 1955 Chuck Jones LT
24 The Rebel Without Claws Tweety, Sylvester 1961 Friz Freleng LT
25 The Wacky Worm Wacky Worm 1941 Friz Freleng MM

See also

References

  1. ↑ Millard, Tim. "Warner Archive May Part 1 Release Announcement: Border Incident, Clash By Night, Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Vol. 1". The Extras. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Miller III, Randy. "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 Blu-ray". Blu-Ray.com. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Millard, Tim. "Looney Tunes Review & Collector's Choice Vol. 1 Preview". The Extras. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Warner Archive Announcement". Facebook. September 18, 2023.
  5. ↑ Millard, Tim (September 18, 2023). "Warner Archive October Release Announcement". The Extras. Apple Podcasts.
  6. ↑ Beck, Jerry. "Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Vol. 1". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. 1 2 Komorowski, Thad. "Thad K Reviews "Looney Tunes Collectors Choice" Vol. 1". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Spangler, Todd. "HBO Max Removes 256 'Looney Tunes' Shorts, Three Seasons of 'The Flintstones'". Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Miller III, Randy (December 13, 2023). "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 Blu-ray Review". Blu-Ray.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  10. 1 2 Millard, Tim. "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Vol. 2 Blu-Ray Preview". The Extras. Otaku Media. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Komorowski, Thad (December 11, 2023). "Thad K Reviews "Looney Tunes Collectors Choice" Vol. 2". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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