Looney Tunes Super Stars is a series of nine Looney Tunes DVDs consisting of two Bugs Bunny DVDs and other characters who got their own collections. It started on August 10, 2010, and ran until April 23, 2013. The series consists of:[1]
Title | Cartoons | New cartoons | Wave | Release Date |
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Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire | 15 | 15 | 1 | August 10, 2010 |
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl | ||||
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth | 14 | November 30, 2010[2] | ||
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy | 0 | |||
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit | 2 | May 4, 2011[3] | ||
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks | 11 | October 4, 2011[4] | ||
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best | 17 | 14 | December 27, 2011[5] | |
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham | 18 | 16 | 3 | November 6, 2012[6] |
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem | 15 | April 23, 2013[7] |
Although Super Stars is the semi-successor to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series, the true successor of the Golden Collection is the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection. However, unlike the Platinum Collection, there are no special features in the Super Stars series. While other volumes were planned, no further releases were made after 2013.[8] The Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best and the Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem DVDs are now the only home media releases from Warner Bros. to have a major Looney Tunes character's (and two minor Looney Tunes characters') entire filmography featured.
Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth was released on November 30, 2010.[9] Unlike previous Super Stars discs, the disc not only contains the matted-widescreen versions of the cartoons, but the original fullscreen versions as well.[10]
# | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | All Fowled Up | Foghorn, Barnyard, Henery | 1955 | Robert McKimson | LT |
2 | Fox-Terror | Foghorn, Barnyard | 1957 | Robert McKimson | MM |
3 | A Broken Leghorn* | Foghorn, Prissy | 1959 | Robert McKimson | LT |
4 | Crockett-Doodle-Do | Foghorn, Egghead Jr. | 1960 | Robert McKimson | MM |
5 | Weasel While You Work | Foghorn, Barnyard, Weasel | 1958 | Robert McKimson | MM |
6 | Weasel Stop | Foghorn, Weasel | 1956 | Robert McKimson | LT |
7 | Little Boy Boo | Foghorn, Egghead Jr., Prissy | 1954 | Robert McKimson | LT |
8 | Banty Raids | Foghorn, Barnyard | 1963 | Robert McKimson | MM |
9 | Strangled Eggs | Foghorn, Henery, Prissy | 1961 | Robert McKimson | MM |
10 | Gopher Broke | Barnyard, Goofy Gophers | 1958 | Robert McKimson | LT |
11 | A Mutt in a Rut | Elmer | 1959 | Robert McKimson | LT |
12 | Mouse-Placed Kitten | 1959 | Robert McKimson | MM | |
13 | Cheese It, the Cat! | The Honey-Mousers | 1957 | Robert McKimson | LT |
14 | Two Crows from Tacos | Jose and Manuel | 1956 | Friz Freleng | MM |
15 | Crows' Feat | Elmer, Jose and Manuel | 1962 | Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt | MM |
(*) Have been released on the Golden Collection DVD set
Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy was released on November 30, 2010.[11]
All cartoons on this disc star Sylvester and Tweety, were directed by Friz Freleng, and were previously released on the Golden Collection DVDs.
# | Title | Co-Stars | Year | Series |
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1 | Tweetie Pie | 1947 | MM | |
2 | Bad Ol' Putty Tat | 1949 | MM | |
3 | All Abir-r-r-d! | Hector | 1950 | LT |
4 | Canary Row | Granny | 1950 | MM |
5 | Putty Tat Trouble | Sam Cat | 1951 | LT |
6 | Room and Bird | Granny, Hector | 1951 | MM |
7 | Tweety's S.O.S. | Granny | 1951 | MM |
8 | Tweet Tweet Tweety | 1951 | LT | |
9 | Gift Wrapped | Granny, Hector | 1952 | LT |
10 | Ain't She Tweet | Granny, Hector | 1952 | LT |
11 | Snow Business | Granny | 1953 | LT |
12 | Satan's Waitin' | Hector | 1954 | LT |
13 | The Last Hungry Cat | Granny | 1961 | MM |
14 | Birds Anonymous | Clarence Cat | 1957 | MM |
15 | Tweety and the Beanstalk | Hector | 1957 | MM |
Notes
- While the USA version of this DVD set releases "Bad Ol' Putty Tat" and "Snow Business" restored, for reasons unknown, the European version of this DVD set for some reason releases "Bad Ol' Putty Tat" presented as a 1998 dubbed version (albeit without the dubbed notice) and "Snow Business" presented unrestored as the Stars of Space Jam VHS transfer with the altered 1959-1960 Merrie Melodies ending card on the European DVD release.
Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit
Template:Infobox film Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit was released on May 4, 2011 (in Region 2 and 4).[3]
All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny and were previously released on the Golden Collection DVDs.
# | Title | Co-Stars | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | Tortoise Beats Hare | Cecil | 1941 | Tex Avery | MM |
2 | Super-Rabbit | 1943 | Chuck Jones | MM | |
3 | Rabbit Fire | Daffy, Elmer | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT |
4 | Baton Bunny | 1959 | Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow | LT | |
5 | Rabbit of Seville | Elmer | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT |
6 | Big Top Bunny | 1951 | Robert McKimson | MM | |
7 | Bowery Bugs | 1949 | Arthur Davis | MM | |
8 | Gorilla My Dreams | Gruesome Gorilla | 1948 | Robert McKimson | LT |
9 | Long-Haired Hare | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
10 | High Diving Hare | Sam | 1949 | Friz Freleng | LT |
11 | Bully for Bugs | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
12 | Ballot Box Bunny | Sam | 1951 | Friz Freleng | MM |
13 | Rabbit Seasoning | Daffy, Elmer | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM |
14 | Rabbit's Kin | Pete Puma | 1952 | Robert McKimson | MM |
15 | Broom-Stick Bunny | Witch Hazel | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT |
Notes
- In the Region 2 release, "Rabbit Fire", "Baton Bunny", "Rabbit of Seville" and "Big Top Bunny" are replaced respectively by "Buckaroo Bugs", "Hurdy-Gurdy Hare", "Hare Tonic" and "Acrobatty Bunny". These shorts too were already released in the Golden Collection series.
- This is the only Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD set that is unavailable in Region 1, instead it is only available in Regions 2 and 4.
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks was released on October 4, 2011.[12] It was released earlier in the Czech Republic on September 8, 2011[13] and on October 3, 2011, it was available early in the U.S. at Walmart stores.[14]
All cartoons on this disc feature Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
# | Title | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | Coyote Falls | 2010 | Matthew O'Callaghan | LT |
2 | Fur of Flying | 2010 | Matthew O'Callaghan | LT |
3 | Rabid Rider | 2010 | Matthew O'Callaghan | LT |
4 | The Whizzard of Ow | 2003 | Bret Haaland | LT |
5 | Chariots of Fur | 1994 | Chuck Jones | LT |
6 | Little Go Beep | 2000 | Spike Brandt | LT |
7 | Sugar and Spies | 1966 | Robert McKimson | LT |
8 | Clippety Clobbered | 1966 | Rudy Larriva | LT |
9 | The Solid Tin Coyote | 1966 | Rudy Larriva | LT |
10 | Out and Out Rout | 1966 | Rudy Larriva | MM |
11 | Shot and Bothered | 1966 | Rudy Larriva | LT |
12 | Chaser on the Rocks | 1965 | Rudy Larriva | MM |
13 | Highway Runnery | 1965 | Rudy Larriva | LT |
14 | Boulder Wham! | 1965 | Rudy Larriva | MM |
15 | Hairied and Hurried | 1965 | Rudy Larriva | MM |
Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepé Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best was released on December 27, 2011.[15] The pre-53 shorts are presented in full screen while the post-53 shorts have both widescreen and full screen options (except for 1956's "Heaven Scent" which is only available in full screen).[16] This was also the last Looney Tunes Super Stars series to feature a matted 1:85 widescreen format option for the post-1953 shorts and one of the few Warner Bros. home media release to feature the entire filmography of a major Looney Tunes character.
All cartoons on this disc feature Pepé Le Pew.
# | Title | Co-Stars | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | Odor-able Kitty* | 1945 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
2 | Scent-imental Over You | 1947 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
3 | Odor of the Day | Wellington | 1948 | Arthur Davis | LT |
4 | For Scent-imental Reasons* | Penelope | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT |
5 | Scent-imental Romeo | Penelope | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM |
6 | Little Beau Pepé | Penelope | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM |
7 | Wild Over You | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
8 | Dog Pounded | Sylvester, Tweety | 1954 | Friz Freleng | LT |
9 | The Cats Bah | Penelope | 1954 | Chuck Jones | LT |
10 | Past Perfumance | Penelope | 1955 | Chuck Jones | MM |
11 | Two Scent's Worth | Penelope | 1955 | Chuck Jones | MM |
12 | Heaven Scent* | Penelope | 1956 | Chuck Jones | MM |
13 | Touché and Go | Penelope | 1957 | Chuck Jones | MM |
14 | Really Scent | Penelope | 1959 | Abe Levitow | MM |
15 | Who Scent You? | Penelope | 1960 | Chuck Jones | LT |
16 | A Scent of the Matterhorn | Penelope | 1961 | Chuck Jones | LT |
17 | Louvre Come Back to Me! | Penelope, Claude | 1962 | Chuck Jones | LT |
(*) Have been released on the Golden Collection DVD set
Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham was released on November 6, 2012. This was the first DVD in the Super Stars series to present the post-1953 cartoons in original fullscreen format only, with no matted 1:85 widescreen format option.[17]
# | Title | Characters | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | Tom Turk and Daffy | Daffy, Porky | 1944 | Chuck Jones | LT |
2 | Wagon Heels* | Porky | 1945 | Bob Clampett | MM |
3 | Mouse Menace | Porky | 1946 | Arthur Davis | LT |
4 | One Meat Brawl | Barnyard, Porky | 1947 | Robert McKimson | MM |
5 | Curtain Razor | Porky | 1949 | Friz Freleng | LT |
6 | The Pest That Came to Dinner | Porky | 1948 | Arthur Davis | LT |
7 | Riff Raffy Daffy | Daffy, Porky | 1948 | Arthur Davis | LT |
8 | Boobs in the Woods* | Daffy, Porky | 1950 | Robert McKimson | LT |
9 | Dog Collared | Porky | 1950 | Robert McKimson | MM |
10 | Thumb Fun | Daffy, Porky | 1952 | Robert McKimson | LT |
11 | Fool Coverage | Daffy, Porky | 1952 | Robert McKimson | LT |
12 | Corn on the Cop | Daffy, Granny, Porky | 1965 | Irv Spector | MM |
13 | Corn Plastered | 1951 | Robert McKimson | MM | |
14 | Gone Batty | Bobo | 1954 | Robert McKimson | LT |
15 | Ant Pasted | Elmer | 1953 | Friz Freleng | LT |
16 | Dog Gone People | Elmer | 1960 | Robert McKimson | MM |
17 | Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) | Bunny and Claude | 1968 | Robert McKimson | LT |
18 | The Great Carrot Train Robbery | Bunny and Claude | 1969 | Robert McKimson | MM |
(*) Have been released on the Golden Collection DVD set
Notes
- According to Jerry Beck, the reason the two Bunny and Claude cartoons were included on the DVD was for filler.
- While the set claims that all the cartoons on the set are "remastered for the first time into pristine, first-run condition," "Wagon Heels" and "Boobs in the Woods" were previously released restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 and the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, respectively. In addition, "One Meat Brawl" uses the USA 1995 dubbed version transfer and "Ant Pasted" uses the 1998 dubbed version transfer, hence the cue marks at the iris out and the closing of the rings.
- On the back of the DVD, photos of "Tick Tock Tuckered", "Daffy Doodles", and "Nothing but the Tooth" are shown—however, these cartoon aren't actually included on the DVD. "Tick Tock Tuckered" was released on Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl; "Daffy Doodles" and "Nothing but the Tooth" have not seen a home video release as part of a Looney Tunes DVD series, although "Daffy Doodles" appears as an extra on the DVD of the Warner Bros. movie My Reputation, using the 1995 USA dubbed version transfer.
- The PAL version of the DVD includes "One Meat Brawl" with the red borders at the opening titles as it was sourced from the 1995 PAL Dubbed Version print.
- "Ant Pasted" 1953 English audiotrack on PAL DVD release is played with low-pitched audio.
Sylvester and Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
Looney Tunes Super Stars' Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem is a DVD featuring 18 newly remastered cartoons. It is the final release in the Super Star series, due to poor sales of Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 and the depletion of the remastering budget for new-to-DVD Looney Tunes shorts.[18] This release features all 18 of Sylvester's pairings with Hippety Hopper and/or his son, Sylvester Jr., The DVD was released on April 23, 2013.[18]
All cartoons in this collection star Sylvester, and co-star either Hippety Hopper and/or Sylvester Jr.. All are directed by Robert McKimson, except for Goldimouse and the Three Cats, which was directed by Friz Freleng.
# | Title | Co-Starring | Year | Director | Series |
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1 | Hop, Look and Listen | Hippety Hopper | 1948 | Robert McKimson | LT |
2 | Hippety Hopper | Hippety Hopper | 1949 | Robert McKimson | MM |
3 | Pop 'Im Pop! | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1950 | Robert McKimson | LT |
4 | Who's Kitten Who? | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1952 | Robert McKimson | LT |
5 | Hoppy Go Lucky | Hippety Hopper | 1952 | Robert McKimson | LT |
6 | Cats A-Weigh! | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1953 | Robert McKimson | MM |
7 | Bell Hoppy | Hippety Hopper | 1954 | Robert McKimson | MM |
8 | Lighthouse Mouse | Hippety Hopper | 1955 | Robert McKimson | MM |
9 | Too Hop to Handle | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1956 | Robert McKimson | LT |
10 | The Slap-Hoppy Mouse | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1956 | Robert McKimson | MM |
11 | Mouse-Taken Identity | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1957 | Robert McKimson | MM |
12 | Hoppy Daze | Hippety Hopper | 1961 | Robert McKimson | LT |
13 | Freudy Cat | Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr. | 1964 | Robert McKimson | LT |
14 | Cat's Paw | Sylvester Jr. | 1959 | Robert McKimson | LT |
15 | Fish and Slips | Sylvester Jr. | 1962 | Robert McKimson | LT |
16 | Birds of a Father | Sylvester Jr. | 1961 | Robert McKimson | LT |
17 | Claws in the Lease | Sylvester Jr. | 1963 | Robert McKimson | MM |
18 | Goldimouse and the Three Cats* | Sylvester Jr. | 1960 | Friz Freleng | LT |
(*) Have been released on the Golden Collection DVD set
Controversies
The first two Looney Tunes Super Stars sets (Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire and Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl) had released the majority the cartoons from the post-1953 era in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that is how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, though the cartoons were filmed in Academy ratio, not widescreen at that time. On December 1, 2010, animation expert Jerry Beck explained on the Shokus Internet Radio call-in talk program, Stu's Show that Warner aimed this series, not at collectors, but at the mass market who expect it to fit on their widescreen TVs. He speculated that at some point down the road there will probably be a douple-dip release of those shorts in a collector's DVD version with the video in full-frame format. However, the Foghorn Leghorn DVD includes both the widescreen and the Academy ratio of the cartoons on the same disc and further releases provide only fullscreen viewing.[19]
On the Tweety and Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy and Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit DVDs, all of the cartoons have been released previously on the Golden Collection series, much to the disappointment of fans.[20]
With the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks DVD, some collectors were disappointed that the set focused on the less well-received DFE-era Coyote/Road Runner cartoons (particularly the Rudy Larriva-directed ones) and lacked Chuck Jones' Coyote/Road Runner cartoons from the Pre-1964 "classic" era.
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