4-Disc Looney Tunes DVD

60 classic shorts in Warner Brother's theme collection featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck

Jul 26, 2006 Dominic von Riedemann

Fully remastered and uncut Looney Tunes classics released November 14 in a new 4-disc set.

(Source: TV Shows on DVD)

Q: "How much is too much Looney Tunes?"

A: "Nothing! You can never have too much Looney Tunes!!!!!" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"*

Warner Bros. will unleash more Looney Tunes insanity on November 14, when it brings out another 4-disc set of the classic cartoon shorts, fully remastered and uncut.

As with the previous 3 collections, each disc is gathered into themes. Disc 1 showcases the ever-popular, ever-cross-dressing Bugs Bunny, with 15 classic shorts including 1958's Oscar-winning Knighty Knight Bugs. Disc 2 purports to be about Porky Pig, but is really about the genius of legendary animator Frank Tashlin, who gave animation a more cinematic quality.

Mexico's favourite mouse, Speedy Gonzales, rocks Disc 3, which includes such Oscar-nominated shorts as Tabasco Road, Mexicali Shmoes and the Pied Piper of Guadalupe. And Disc 4 showcases various feline follies.

Extras include documentaries, "Behind the Tunes" featurettes, music-only tracks, vault selections and other rare shorts.

For those who find the Golden Collections ' $64.98 MSRP too daunting, WB will also release Spotlight Collections Volume 4 that same day. This 2-disc set features many of the classic shorts in the bigger box, and sells for $26.99 MSRP.

My thought? If you have the $$$, pony up for the big set. There's too much good stuff on there to ignore.

Last, but not least, Warner Bros. will release the DVD for Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas. Not surprisingly, this is Looney Tunes' version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Daffy Duck taking on the Ebenezer Scrooge role. It retails for $19.98 MSRP.

I can't help thinking that if this was a true Looney Tunes Christmas Carol, Bugs would dress up as Mrs. Cratchit, dump a pile of coal on Daffy, then hand him a Tiny Tim doll made out of dynamite. But that's just me.

*"And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head." - Terry Pratchett Maskerade

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