Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, nine documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from the vault", and 11 music-only or music-and-sound-effects audio tracks.

Volume 3 is the first in the series to have a disclaimer on the box art stating that the set "is intended for the adult collector" and may not be suitable for younger audiences. It is also the first to feature a warning, given by Whoopi Goldberg, a fan of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters, who tells the viewers that some of the cartoons on the set contain content that is politically incorrect by today's standards, but will be shown uncut for historical reasons, because "removing these inexcusable images and jokes from this collection would be the same as saying [these prejudices] never existed". Future volumes also contain this warning, which is presented instead as a title card before the main menu.

Related releases

As with Volumes 1 and 2, the individual discs were released separately in Regions 2 & 4:

• Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3
• Disc 2: not released
• Disc 3: Best of Porky - Volume 2
• Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4

These single-disc versions have changed package of contents, as well as excluding all bonus features.

• Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3 includes the short Super-Rabbit from Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4 replacing shorts Rebel Rabbit and Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
• Disc 3: Best of Porky - Volume 2 includes the shorts Hollywood Capers and The Film Fan from Disc 2 replacing shorts Porky's Romance, Porky's Party and Porky in Egypt
• Disc 4: All-Stars - Volume 4 includes the shorts The CooCoo Nut Grove, She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, The Honey-Mousers and The Last Hungry Cat from Disc 2 replacing shorts Super-Rabbit, Daffy Duck and Egghead, A Gruesome Twosome, An Itch in Time and Gonzales' Tamales

In the UK (Region 2), the set was released unchanged in 2006.

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

#	Title	Co-stars	Year	Director	Series
1	Hare Force	Willoughby	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
2	Hare Remover	Elmer	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	MM
3	Hare Tonic	Elmer	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	LT
4	A Hare Grows in Manhattan	Hector	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
5	Easter Yeggs	Elmer	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	LT
6	The Wabbit Who Came to Supper	Elmer	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
7	Bowery Bugs		Template:Dts	Arthur Davis	MM
8	Homeless Hare		Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
9	Case of the Missing Hare		Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
10	Acrobatty Bunny		Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	LT
11	Wackiki Wabbit		Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
12	Hare Do	Elmer	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
13	Rebel Rabbit		Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
14	Hillbilly Hare		Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
15	Duck! Rabbit, Duck!	Daffy, Elmer	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM

Special features

Audio bonuses

• Music-and-effects-only audio tracks on Duck! Rabbit, Duck! and Hillbilly Hare
• Audio commentary
  • Jerry Beck and Martha Sigal on The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
  • Michael Barrier on Bowery Bugs and Hillbilly Hare
  • Greg Ford on Case of the Missing Hare
  • Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Wackiki Wabbit
  • Eric Goldberg on Duck! Rabbit, Duck!

From the Vaults

• Chuck Amuck: 1991 Documentary
• The Bugs Bunny Show: The Honey-Mousers bridging sequences; Ball Point Puns audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc

Behind-the-Tunes

• A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy: A look at the creation, comedy, and cultural influence of "The Hunter's Trilogy", three cartoons ("Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!") in which Daffy sets up Bugs to be shot by Elmer and the two argue over what hunting season it is (only for Daffy to get shot every time).

Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies

#	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	Daffy Duck in Hollywood	Daffy	Template:Dts	Tex Avery	MM
2	Hollywood Capers	Beans	Template:Dts	Jack King	LT
3	The CooCoo Nut Grove	Ben Birdie	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
4	Porky's Road Race	Porky	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	LT
5	The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos	Ben Birdie	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	MM
6	She Was an Acrobat's Daughter		Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
7	The Film Fan	Porky	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	LT
8	Speaking of the Weather		Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	MM
9	Thugs with Dirty Mugs		Template:Dts	Tex Avery	MM
10	Goofy Groceries		Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	MM
11	Swooner Crooner	Porky	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	LT
12	Wideo Wabbit	Bugs, Elmer	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
13	The Honey-Mousers	The Honey-Mousers	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	LT
14	The Last Hungry Cat	Tweety, Sylvester	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt	MM
15	The Mouse That Jack Built		Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM

Special features

Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio track on Wideo Wabbit and The Honey-Mousers
• Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Last Hungry Cat
• Audio commentaries
  • Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on Hollywood Capers
  • Michael Barrier on The Coo-Coo Nut Grove
  • Greg Ford on She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, Thugs with Dirty Mugs, and The Mouse That Jack Built with pre-score music
  • Daniel Goldmark on Swooner Crooner
  • June Foray and Jerry Beck on The Honey-Mousers

From the Vaults

• What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny: Part 1 (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts:
  • A Wild Hare (1940) (unrestored, but with recreated titles)
  • The Heckling Hare (1941)
  • The Big Snooze (1946)
• Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
• It's Got Me Again! (1932)

Behind-the-Tunes

• Fine Tooning: Restoring the Warner Bros. Cartoons: A look at how the Warner Bros. cartoons are digitally restored for the Golden Collection DVD sets.
• Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White: A look at the very early Warner Bros. shorts, which either starred Bosko, Buddy, or were thinly-plotted animated music videos based on music from Warner Bros. music library at the time.

Disc 3 - Porky and the Pigs

#	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	I Haven't Got a Hat	Beans, Porky	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
2	Porky's Romance	Petunia, Porky	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	LT
3	Porky's Party	Porky	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	LT
4	Porky in Egypt	Porky	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	LT
5	Porky and Teabiscuit	Porky	Template:Dts	Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton	LT
6	Pigs Is Pigs	Piggy	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
7	Pigs in a Polka		Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
8	Porky Pig's Feat	Daffy, Porky	Template:Dts	Frank Tashlin	LT
9	Daffy Duck Slept Here	Daffy, Porky	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
10	Bye, Bye Bluebeard	Porky	Template:Dts	Arthur Davis	MM
11	An Egg Scramble	Porky, Prissy	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
12	Robin Hood Daffy	Daffy, Porky	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
13	The Windblown Hare	Bugs	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	LT
14	Claws for Alarm	Porky, Sylvester	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
15	Rocket Squad	Daffy, Porky	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM

Special features

Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio tracks on Robin Hood Daffy, Rocket Squad
• Music-and-effects-only audio track on The Windblown Hare, Claws for Alarm
• Audio commentaries
  • Jerry Beck on I Haven't Got a Hat
  • Mark Kausler on Porky's Romance
  • Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Porky's Party, Claws for Alarm
  • Daniel Goldmark on Pigs in a Polka
  • Joe Dante on Porky Pig's Feat
  • Eric Goldberg on Robin Hood Daffy
  • Paul Dini on Rocket Squad

From the Vaults

• What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny: Part 2 (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts:
  • Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
  • Hare Trigger (1945) (unrestored)
• The Bear That Wasn't (1967; MGM cartoon directed by Chuck Jones),
• Point Rationing of Foods (1943)
• Porky's Party Storyboard Reel

Behind-the-Tunes

• Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin: A look at the life and animated work of director Frank Tashlin.

Disc 4 - All-Stars Cartoon Party

#	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur	Daffy	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
2	Super-Rabbit	Bugs	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
3	Daffy Duck & Egghead	Daffy, Egghead	Template:Dts	Tex Avery	MM
4	A Gruesome Twosome	Tweety	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	MM
5	Draftee Daffy	Daffy	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	LT
6	Falling Hare	Bugs	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	MM
7	Steal Wool	Ralph and Sam	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	LT
8	Birds Anonymous	Tweety, Sylvester, Clarence Cat	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	MM
9	No Barking	Claude, Frisky	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
10	Rabbit Punch	Bugs, The Crusher	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	MM
11	An Itch in Time	A. Flea, Elmer, Willoughby	Template:Dts	Bob Clampett	MM
12	Odor-able Kitty	Pepé	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones	LT
13	Walky Talky Hawky	Foghorn, Henery, Barnyard Dawg	Template:Dts	Robert McKimson	MM
14	Gonzales' Tamales	Speedy, Sylvester	Template:Dts	Friz Freleng	LT
15	To Beep or Not to Beep	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Template:Dts	Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble	MM

Special features

Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio tracks on Gonzales' Tamales and Birds Anonymous
• Audio commentaries
  • Paul Dini on Super-Rabbit
  • John Kricfalusi on A Gruesome Twosome
  • Milton Gray on A Gruesome Twosome
  • Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on Draftee Daffy
  • John Kricfalusi and Bill Melendez on Falling Hare and An Itch in Time
  • Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi on Birds Anonymous and Gonzales' Tamales
  • Greg Ford on No Barking and To Beep or Not to Beep
  • Michael Barrier on Odor-able Kitty and Walky Talky Hawky

From the Vaults

• Private Snafu cartoons: Spies (1943), Rumors (1943), Snafuperman (1944)
• Falling Hare Storyboard Reel
• TV pilot: Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963) - with optional commentary by Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi

Behind-the-Tunes

• The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew: A look at Chuck Jones' amorous skunk character, Pepe Le Pew
• Looney Tunes Go to War!: A look at the outrageous (and often offensive) cartoons released by Warner Bros. studios during World War II.
• Strictly for the Birds: Tweety and Sylvester's Award-Winning Teamup: A look at how Sylvester and Tweety's pairing led to Friz Freleng winning the Oscar for the 1957 short Birds Anonymous.

Reception

In The New York Sun, author and critic Gary Giddins had complained that Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 and Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 were lacking in black-and-white shorts and seemed to avoid the more politically incorrect cartoons in the series. When his review was reprinted in the book, Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books, Giddins noted that Volume 3 made up for its forerunners' shortcomings by including some of the racial caricatures of the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
  • Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)

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