Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection
Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes
collection on DVD
. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006. It is the first Looney Tunes DVD set to feature some cartoons using the modern 1960s Looney Tunes opening and closing sequences.
This Looney Tunes collection is the first one where every disc in the collection has a special theme. Disc one is all Bugs Bunny
. Disc two is devoted to cartoons directed by Frank Tashlin
. Disc three is all Speedy Gonzales
cartoons. Disc four features feline characters, including the well-known Sylvester
plus the lesser known Conrad the Cat and Claude Cat among others. Previous Golden Collections included at least one All-Stars disc with no common theme.
Like Volume 3, this set also contains a warning about the politically incorrect humor and racial stereotypes in some of the cartoons, but instead of a special introductory speech, the warning was written on a simple title card that summarized the points made in Whoopi Goldberg's speech in the volume 3 set (how the cartoons may contain humor now seen as "politically incorrect," but will be shown as they were for historic reasons).
The Region 2 version contains only 53 shorts; 11 on Disc 2, and 14 on each of the others. In Regions 2 and 4 Disc 1 was also packaged as Best of Bugs Bunny, Volume 4 and Disc 3 as Best of Speedy Gonzales, Volume 1.
(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(*) A DFE
cartoon.
(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(**): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
The Looney Tunes Golden Collection was an annual series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Bros.' home video unit Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts...
Volume 4 is a Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
collection on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on November 14, 2006. It is the first Looney Tunes DVD set to feature some cartoons using the modern 1960s Looney Tunes opening and closing sequences.
This Looney Tunes collection is the first one where every disc in the collection has a special theme. Disc one is all Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
. Disc two is devoted to cartoons directed by Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:...
. Disc three is all Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
cartoons. Disc four features feline characters, including the well-known Sylvester
Sylvester (Looney Tunes)
Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper...
plus the lesser known Conrad the Cat and Claude Cat among others. Previous Golden Collections included at least one All-Stars disc with no common theme.
Like Volume 3, this set also contains a warning about the politically incorrect humor and racial stereotypes in some of the cartoons, but instead of a special introductory speech, the warning was written on a simple title card that summarized the points made in Whoopi Goldberg's speech in the volume 3 set (how the cartoons may contain humor now seen as "politically incorrect," but will be shown as they were for historic reasons).
The Region 2 version contains only 53 shorts; 11 on Disc 2, and 14 on each of the others. In Regions 2 and 4 Disc 1 was also packaged as Best of Bugs Bunny, Volume 4 and Disc 3 as Best of Speedy Gonzales, Volume 1.
Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Favorites
- All cartoons on this disc star Bugs BunnyBugs BunnyBugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
, and are in the Post-1948Warner Bros. TelevisionWarner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...
package.# Title Co-Stars Year Director Series 1 Roman Legion-Hare Sam Yosemite SamYosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park...1955 Friz Freleng Friz FrelengIsadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros....LT 2 The Grey Hounded Hare The Grey Hounded HareThe Grey Hounded Hare is a 1948-produced, 1949-released Looney Tunes short film made by Warner Bros. Pictures and starring the voice talent of Mel Blanc. It was directed by Robert McKimson, and animated by John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould and Charles McKimson, with music scored by Carl Stalling...1949 Robert McKimson Robert McKimsonRobert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...LT 3 Rabbit Hood Rabbit HoodRabbit Hood is a 1949 Bugs Bunny cartoon which parodies the Robin Hood story.In the cartoon the Sheriff of Nottingham catches Bugs eating the King's carrots and is about to arrest him, when Little John shows up and tells them that Robin Hood is on his way.The cartoon ends with the appearance of...1949 Chuck Jones Chuck JonesCharles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...MM 4 Operation: Rabbit Operation: RabbitOperation: Rabbit is a 1951 Looney Tunes animated cartoon first released theatrically in 1952. Directed by Chuck Jones, the cartoon features Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote in the latter character's first attempt to capture and eat the former.....Wile E. Wile E. Coyote and Road RunnerWile E. Coyote and The Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. The characters were created by animation director Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Bros., while the template for their adventures was the work of writer Michael Maltese...1952 Chuck Jones LT 5 Knight-mare Hare Knight-mare HareKnight-mare Hare is a 1955 animated cartoon short released by Warner Bros. Cartoons in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce. The cartoon stars Bugs Bunny in medieval times...1955 Chuck Jones MM 6 Southern Fried Rabbit Southern Fried RabbitSouthern Fried Rabbit is a Looney Tunes cartoon by Warner Bros. starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Directed by Friz Freleng and produced in 1952, the animated short was first released on May 2, 1953....Sam 1953 Friz Freleng LT 7 Mississippi Hare Mississippi HareMississippi Hare is a Looney Tunes cartoon short produced in 1947 by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, released in 1949.-Plot:In the story, Bugs Bunny, asleep in a cotton field, is picked up by his cottony tail and bundled into a shipment put on a riverboat going down the Mississippi River...
*Colonel Shuffle 1949 Chuck Jones LT 8 Hurdy-Gurdy Hare Hurdy-Gurdy HareHurdy-Gurdy Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, copyrighted in 1948 and released in 1950, which is directed by Robert McKimson and written by Warren Foster...1950 Robert McKimson MM 9 Forward March Hare Forward March HareForward March Hare is a 1952-animated Looney Tunes cartoon released in 1953 featuring Bugs Bunny. Bugs is accidentally drafted in the army, and causes havoc with his sergeant at basic training. The title relates to the March Hare. This cartoon was released during the final months of the Korean...1953 Chuck Jones LT 10 Sahara Hare Sahara HareSahara Hare is a 1954 Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1955 and directed by Friz Freleng.-Plot:This is another classic battle between Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam . Bugs pops up out from underground, thinking he has reached Miami Beach, when in reality he is in the Sahara Desert,...Daffy Daffy DuckDaffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
, Sam1955 Friz Freleng LT 11 Barbary Coast Bunny Barbary Coast BunnyBarbary Coast Bunny is a 1956 Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon short produced by Edward Selzer. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce....Nasty Canasta Nasty CanastaNasty Canasta is a character in the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes series who made appearances in three cartoons. Created by animator Chuck Jones, Canasta is depicted as a tough, hulking, and brutish-looking outlaw. He was originally voiced by John T...1956 Chuck Jones LT 12 To Hare Is Human To Hare Is Human"To Hare is Human" is a 1956 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It stars Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote. The title is a play on the expression, "To err is human; to forgive, divine."-Plot:...Wile E. 1956 Chuck Jones MM 13 8 Ball Bunny 8 Ball Bunny8 Ball Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was animated in 1949 and released theatrically on July 8, 1950.-Plot:...Playboy Penguin 1950 Chuck Jones LT 14 Knighty Knight Bugs Knighty Knight BugsKnighty Knight Bugs is a 1958 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and released by Warner Bros....Sam 1958 Friz Freleng LT 15 Rabbit Romeo Rabbit RomeoRabbit Romeo is a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The film is notable as one of the few parings of Bugs and Elmer in which Bugs is not hunted throughout the entire picture , and also notable as a cartoon in which Bugs has a romantic encounter.- Plot...Elmer Elmer FuddElmer J. Fudd/Egghead is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters, and the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon . His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring...1957 Robert McKimson MM
(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
Audio bonuses
- Audio commentaries
- Eric GoldbergEric Goldberg (film director)Eric Goldberg is an American animator and film director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He's also well known as the creator of Disney character Genie in Aladdin...
on Rabbit Hood and Mississippi Hare - Paul DiniPaul DiniPaul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
on Operation: Rabbit and Hurdy-Gurdy Hare - Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on 8 Ball Bunny - June ForayJune ForayJune Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...
and Jerry Beck on Rabbit Romeo
- Eric Goldberg
- Music only tracks on Knight-Mare Hare, Sahara Hare, Barbary-Coast Bunny, To Hare is Human and Rabbit Romeo
- Music and effects track on Operation: Rabbit and Southern Fried Rabbit
Behind the Tunes
- Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond ScottRaymond ScottRaymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....
- PowerhousePowerhouse (song)Powerhouse is a instrumental musical composition by Raymond Scott, probably best known today as the iconic "assembly line" music in animated cartoons released by Warner Brothers.-History:...
in Pictures
From the Vault
- Bugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 Looney Tunes documentary film, narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson.The film includes nine Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons which were previously released during the 1940s :* What's Cookin' Doc? * The Wild Hare Bugs Bunny:...
, Pt. 1 - (1975), which contains the following shorts:- What's Cookin' Doc?What's Cookin' Doc?What's Cookin' Doc? is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett and starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a variant on Bugs' catch-phrase "What's up Doc?". It also hints at one of the scenes in the picture....
(1944) - A Wild HareA Wild HareA Wild Hare is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, directed by Tex Avery, and written by Rich Hogan. It was originally released on July 27, 1940...
(1940) - A Corny Concerto (1943)
- I Taw a Putty TatI Taw a Putty TatI Taw a Putty Tat is a 1947 short animated cartoon, released in 1948, directed by Friz Freleng. It stars Tweety and Sylvester, both voiced by Mel Blanc...
(1948)
- What's Cookin' Doc?
- Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 ½ Minutes - (1989)
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- Ballpoint Puns Bridging Sequences
- Foreign Legion Leghorn recording sessions
- Trailer Gallery:
- Bugs Bunny’s Cartoon Carnival
- Bugs Bunny’s All-Star Revue
Disc 2 - A Dash of Tashlin
- All cartoons on this disc are directed by Frank TashlinFrank TashlinFrank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:...
.# Title Characters Year TV Package Series 1 Case of the Stuttering Pig, The The Case Of The Stuttering PigThe Case of the Stuttering Pig was a Looney Tunes animated cartoon, starring Porky Pig and Petunia Pig, released to theaters on October 30, 1937...Porky Porky PigPorky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...1937 Sunset Sunset ProductionsSunset Productions was a television syndication division of Warner Bros. which existed in the 1950s.-Overview:Sunset Productions is best known as the company identified on a package of black-and-white Warner Bros. cartoons distributed in television syndication in the early 1950s...LT 2 Little Pancho Vanilla 1938 a.a.p. Associated Artists ProductionsAssociated Artists Productions was a distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. It existed from 1953 to 1958. It was later folded into United Artists. The former a.a.p. library was later owned by MGM/UA Entertainment and then Turner Entertainment. Turner continues...MM 3 Little Beau Porky Little Beau PorkyLittle Beau Porky is a Looney Tunes cartoon short produced by Leon Schlesinger and released in 1936. Porky is in the French Foreign Legion as a camel scrubber, but after fighting off the enemy, ends up as Commandant.-Story:...Porky 1936 Sunset LT 4 Now That Summer Is Gone Now That Summer is GoneNow That Summer is Gone is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon short about a lazy squirrel who gambles for winter nuts against the other squirrels instead of gathering them himself....1938 a.a.p. MM 5 Porky in the North Woods Porky 1936 Sunset LT 6 You're an Education You're an EducationYou're An Education is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin.-Trivia:This was Frank Tashlin's last cartoon with Warner Brothers for five years; he left the studio to become a gag writer with Disney, then moved to Screen Gems to direct. He would return in 1943.The Blue Ribbon...1938 a.a.p. MM 7 Porky's Railroad Porky's Railroad- Plot :Porky is informed that his beloved Train the 13 named 'Toots' is to be replaced by a steamline train by the name of 'The Silver Fish'. After the driver of 'The Silver Fish' insults 'Toots', Porky mutters that his train could easily take on the steamline train...Porky 1937 Sunset LT 8 Plane Daffy Plane Daffy- Synopsis :One after another of a company of carrier pigeons fall prey to the seductive wiles of "Queen of the Spies" Hatta Mari. The alarm is raised at pigeon headquarters when Pigeon 13 goes AWOL with the female Nazi spy bird, to whom he reveals all his secrets...Daffy 1944 a.a.p. LT 9 Porky the Fireman Porky 1938 Sunset LT 10 Cracked Ice Cracked IceCracked Ice is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon. It is included in Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 and was made in Technicolor.-Plot:...1938 a.a.p. MM 11 Puss n' Booty 1943 Sunset LT 12 I Got Plenty Of Mutton 1944 a.a.p. LT 13 Booby Hatched 1944 a.a.p. LT 14 Porky's Poultry Plant Porky's Poultry PlantPorky's Poultry Plant is a 1936 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. The music was composed by Carl Stalling. It was released on August 22, 1936...Porky 1936 Sunset LT 15 Stupid Cupid, The The Stupid CupidThe Stupid Cupid is a short Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin and released in 1944.-Plot:Elmer Fudd plays a cupid shooting arrows at animals so they fall in love with their female species...Daffy, Elmer 1944 a.a.p. LT
Audio Commentaries
- Mark Kausler on The Case of the Stuttering Pig and Porky in the North Woods
- Michael BarrierMichael Barrier (historian)Michael Barrier is an American animation historian. Barrier was the founder and editor of Funnyworld, the first magazine exclusively devoted to comics and animation. It began as a contribution to the CAPA-Alpha amateur press association...
with Frank TashlinFrank TashlinFrank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:...
on Now That Summer is Gone, Cracked Ice and 'Porky’s Poultry Plant - Daniel Goldmark on You’re an Education
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
on Plane Daffy and I Got Plenty of Mutton - Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Puss N Booty - Eddie Fitzgerald on The Stupid Cupid
From the Vault
- Bugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: SuperstarBugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 Looney Tunes documentary film, narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson.The film includes nine Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons which were previously released during the 1940s :* What's Cookin' Doc? * The Wild Hare Bugs Bunny:...
, Pt. 2, which contains the following shorts:- Rhapsody RabbitRhapsody RabbitRhapsody Rabbit is a 1946 Merrie Melodies animated short subject, featuring Bugs Bunny and directed by Friz Freleng. The short was originally released to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 9, 1946. This short is a follow-up of sorts to Freleng's 1941 Academy Award-nominated short...
(1946) - Walky Talky HawkyWalky Talky HawkyWalky Talky Hawky is a Henery Hawk/Foghorn Leghorn animated short film from Warner Bros. released in 1946 and directed by Robert McKimson. All voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc.-Plot:...
(1946) - My Favorite DuckMy Favorite DuckMy Favorite Duck is a 1942 color Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck . It was the second color entry in the Looney Tunes series, and the first pairing of Porky and Daffy produced in Technicolor...
(1942) - Hair-Raising HareHair-Raising HareHair-Raising Hare is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, released in 1946. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Tedd Pierce...
(1946) - The Old Grey HareThe Old Grey HareThe Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Bob Clampett, written by Michael Sasanoff, music by Carl W. Stalling. Starring an older and young Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd The Old Grey Hare is a 1944 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series,...
(1944)
- Rhapsody Rabbit
- Porky and Daffy in "The William Tell Overture"
- Frank Tashlin Storybooks
- Little Chic’s Wonderful Mother
- Tony and Clarence
- Private SnafuPrivate SnafuPrivate Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The character was created by director Frank Capra, chairman of the U.S. Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit, and most were written by...
shorts- The Goldbrick (1943)
- The Home Front (1943)
- Censored (1944)
Disc 3 - Speedy Gonzales in a Flash
- All cartoons on this disc star Speedy GonzalesSpeedy GonzalesSpeedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
, and are in the post-1948 package.# Title Co-Stars Year Director Series 1 Cat-Tails for Two Cat-Tails for TwoCat-Tails for Two is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce starring Bennie the fat cat and George. It was animated in 1952. Voices by Mel Blanc and music by Carl Stalling. It was the first appearance of Speedy Gonzales, in a prototype...1953 Robert McKimson MM 2 Tabasco Road Tabasco RoadTabasco Road is a 1957 Speedy Gonzales cartoon, part of the Looney Tunes series.It was an Academy Award nominee for best short subject but it lost out to Birds Anonymous...1957 Robert McKimson LT 3 Tortilla Flaps Tortilla FlapsTortilla Flaps is a Looney Tunes cartoon which was released to theaters on January 18, 1958, starring Speedy Gonzales and Señor Vulturo. It was directed by Bob McKimson, animated by George Grandpré and Ted Bonnicksen, written by Tedd Pierce, layouts by Robert Gribbroek, backgrounds by Richard H...1958 Robert McKimson LT 4 Mexicali Shmoes Mexicali ShmoesMexicali Shmoes is a 1959 Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. Voice actors are Mel Blanc as the voices of cats Jose and Manuel and Speedy Gonzales plus an uncredited Tom Holland as the voice of Slowpoke Rodriguez....1959 Friz Freleng LT 5 Here Today, Gone Tamale Sylvester Sylvester (Looney Tunes)Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper...1959 Friz Freleng LT 6 West Of The Pesos West of the PesosWest of the Pesos is a Merrie Melodies cartoon animated short starring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester. Released January 23, 1960, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc.-Plot:...Sylvester 1960 Robert McKimson MM 7 Cannery Woe Sylvester 1961 Robert McKimson LT 8 Pied Piper Of Guadalupe, The Sylvester 1961 Friz Freleng LT 9 Mexican Boarders Mexican BoardersMexican Boarders is a 1962 Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. Voice actors are Mel Blanc , Daws Butler as the narrator, and an uncredited Tom Holland as the voice of Slowpoke Rodriguez.The cartoon has Sylvester trying to catch Speedy in a house they share in Mexico...Slowpoke, Sylvester 1962 Friz Freleng LT 10 Chili Weather Chili WeatherChili Weather is a 1963 Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Sylvester and Speedy Gonzales.-Plot:Some Mexican mice see the Guadalajara Food Processing Plant and try to enter there, only to be chased out by Sylvester. The pussycat then yells "And stay out of here, you rodents!" and starts guarding. The...Sylvester 1963 Friz Freleng MM 11 Message To Gracias, A A Message to GraciasA Message to Gracias is a 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon.-Plot:The plot of this cartoon involves Mexican Revolutionary mice. Numerous attempts to deliver a message to General Gracias fail when every messenger is caught by Sylvester. Desperate, Speedy is used to deliver the message...Sylvester 1964 Robert McKimson LT 12 Nuts And Volts Nuts and VoltsNuts and Volts is a monthly American magazine for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter. It has been published by T&L Publications since 1980 and leans heavily toward microcontroller and digital electronics projects-History:...Sylvester 1964 Friz Freleng LT 13 Pancho's Hideaway* 1964 Friz Freleng LT 14 Wild Chase, The The Wild ChaseThe Wild Chase is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises featuring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester, with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner along for the race. It was directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt, and was released February 27, 1965. This cartoon was the...
*Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Wile E. Coyote and Road RunnerWile E. Coyote and The Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. The characters were created by animation director Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Bros., while the template for their adventures was the work of writer Michael Maltese...1965 Friz Freleng MM 15 A-Haunting We Will Go* Daffy, Witch Hazel Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes)Witch Hazel is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Disney, MGM, Famous Studios, and the Little Lulu comic book also had characters named Witch Hazel, and Rembrandt Films had one named Hazel Witch. This article is chiefly concerned...1966 Robert McKimson LT
(*) A DFE
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. They produced theatrical cartoons, animated series, commercials, title sequences and television specials. Notable among these is The Pink Panther film titles and cartoon shorts and the Dr....
cartoon.
Audio bonuses
- Audio commentaries
- Stan FrebergStan FrebergStanley Victor "Stan" Freberg is an American author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer, and advertising creative director whose career began in 1944...
and Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Cat-Tails for Two - Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
with Friz FrelengFriz FrelengIsadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros....
on Mexican Boarders - Art Leonardi and Jerry Beck on Nuts and Volts
- Paul DiniPaul DiniPaul Dini is an American writer and producer who works in the television and comic book industries. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics animated series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated...
on The Wild Chase
- Stan Freberg
- Music only track on Tabasco Road, Mexicali Schmoes, and West of the Pesos
- Music and effects track on Cat-Tails for Two
From the Vault
- 90 Day Wondering (1956 Army reinlistment film by Chuck Jones)
- Drafty, Isn’t It? (1957 Army recruitment film by Chuck Jones)
Disc 4 - Kitty Korner
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Director | TV Package |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Night Watchman The Night Watchman The Night Watchman is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on November 19, 1938. This short was the very first film directed by a then-credited Charles Jones after he was promoted from an animator .For the so called "dubbed version" created by Turner, recreated Blue Ribbon title cards... ** |
1938 | Chuck Jones | a.a.p. | |
| 2 | Conrad the Sailor Conrad the Sailor Conrad the Sailor is a 1942 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series, directed by Chuck Jones. The title character, a.k.a. Conrad the Cat, is voiced by Pinto Colvig... |
Conrad, Daffy | 1942 | Chuck Jones | a.a.p. |
| 3 | The Sour Puss | Porky | 1940 | Bob Clampett Bob Clampett Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil... |
Sunset |
| 4 | The Aristo-Cat | Claude, Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie Hubie and Bertie are animated cartoon mouse characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though largely forgotten today, Hubie and Bertie represent some of animator Chuck Jones' earliest work that was intended to be funny rather than cute.-First film:Jones... |
1943 | Chuck Jones | a.a.p. |
| 5 | Dough Ray Me-ow | Louie and Heathcliff | 1948 | Arthur Davis | Post-1948 |
| 6 | Pizzicato Pussycat Pizzicato Pussycat Pizzicato Pussycat is a Merrie Melodies cartoon short, released in 1955, which was directed by Friz Freleng. A talented piano-playing mouse becomes slave to a house cat.-Story:... |
1955 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 | |
| 7 | Kiss Me Cat | Marc and Pussyfoot Marc Antony and Pussyfoot Marc Antony and Pussyfoot are animated characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons... |
1953 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
| 8 | Cat Feud | Marc and Pussyfoot | 1958 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
| 9 | The Unexpected Pest | Sylvester | 1956 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 |
| 10 | Go Fly a Kit Go Fly a Kit Go Fly a Kit is a 1957 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It features the characters Marc Antony and Pussyfoot. It is available on disc 4 of the DVD set Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4. The title is a pun on "Go fly a kite."... |
Pussyfoot | 1957 | Chuck Jones | Post-1948 |
| 11 | Kiddin’ The Kitten | Dodsworth | 1952 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 |
| 12 | A Peck o' Trouble | Dodsworth | 1953 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 |
| 13 | Mouse and Garden | Sylvester | 1960 | Friz Freleng | Post-1948 |
| 14 | Porky's Poor Fish | Porky | 1940 | Bob Clampett | Sunset |
| 15 | Swallow The Leader* | 1949 | Robert McKimson | Post-1948 | |
(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(**): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
Audio bonuses
- Audio commentaries
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
with Chuck JonesChuck JonesCharles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
on Conrad the Sailor - Eddie Fitzgerald on The Aristo-Cat
- Greg FordGreg FordGreg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films Daffy Duck's Quackbusters and Bunny .-Biography:...
with Chuck JonesChuck JonesCharles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
on The Aristo-Cat - Jerry BeckJerry BeckJerry Beck is a well-known animation historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant to Warner Bros., and has been an executive with Nickelodeon and Disney....
on Dough Ray Me-ow - Daniel Goldmark on Pizzicato Pussycat
- June ForayJune ForayJune Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...
and Jerry Beck on The Unexpected Pest
- Greg Ford
- Music only tracks on Cat Feud, The Unexpected Pest, and Go Fly a Kit
- Music and effects track on A Peck of Trouble
Behind the Tunes
- One Hit Wonders
- Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes
- The Art of the Gag
- Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting
- Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands
From the Vault
- Porky’s Breakdowns (1939 joke reel with Porky swearing)
- Sahara Hare Storyboard Reel
- Porky’s Poor Fish Storyboard Reel
External links
- Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The - Complete List of Volume 4 Shorts at tvshowsondvd.com
See also
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmographyLooney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmographyThis is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, extending from 1929 through the present. Altogether, 1,003 animated theatrical shorts alone were released under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies...
- 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)
- List of Bugs Bunny cartoons