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Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6 |  | Directors: Alex Lovy, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman, Jack King
Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jack Carr, Bea Benaderet, Stan Freberg
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $64.98
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 746
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 413 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.7
MPN: 1000026481
UPC: 085391178712
EAN: 0085391178712
ASIN: B001CO42CA
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 21, 2008
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| • | We?ve saved the best for last? more of your favorite Looney Tunes?your wish is our command. The concluding release from the Golden Collection Series is a 4-disc set with 60 more of the most looneytic Looney Tunes ever unleashed. Plus, 15 bonus shorts to make this the biggest collection of Looney Tunes ever! Indeed, some have never before been on home video!Disc 1 ? Looney Tunes All Stars, featurin |
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Fifteen cartoons dating from World War II give Volume 6 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection more focus than previous sets. Many of the 1940's cartoons remain very funny. Bugs Bunny dresses up as Brunnhilda and rides in to the strains of "Tannhauser" in "Herr Meets Hare" (1945), a gag Chuck Jones re-used to greater effect in "What's Opera, Doc" a dozen years later. In "Russian Rhapsody" (1940) some of the gremlins who sabotage Hitler's bomber are caricatures of the Warner Bros. artists. Chuck Jones appears as a chunky, pinkish-tan homunculus swinging a mallet; Friz Freleng is a little green man with a saw-like nose. Younger viewers may find the references to wartime shortages puzzling--or fail to recognize the caricatures of Hermann Goering, Hideki Tojo and Joseph Stalin. Some of the other cartoons can still bring down the house, including "Satan's Waitin'" (1954), in which Sylvester manages to lose all nine of his lives in pursuit of Tweety, and "Bear Feat" (1949), another exercise in futility for Jones' Three Bears. The early musicals featuring Bosko, Foxy (or Freddy Fox) and Buddy have not aged well. Created by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, these characters were modeled on Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse, but lack charm and personality. Some more recent films reveal how social attitudes have changed. "Wild Wife," a spoof of a suburban housewife's tribulations, may have seemed hilarious in 1954; today, it's just a laundry list of sexist gags. Like the previous installments, Volume 6 comes loaded with extras. The rarest are five shorts Friz Freleng directed at MGM in 1938. Producer Fred Quimby lured Freleng away from Warner Bros.--only to insist he adapt the comic strip "The Captain and the Kids," Rudolph Dirks' version of "The Katzenjammer Kids." Freleng correctly predicted the films would flop as the characters were "the meanest little bastards in the world," and soon returned to Warners. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes, mild risqué humor, alcohol & tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. Hare Trigger, 2. To Duck or Not to Duck, 3. Birth of a Notion, 4. My Little Duckaroo, 5. Crowing Pains, 6. Raw! Raw! Rooster! 7. Heaven Scent, 8. My Favorite Duck, 9. Jumpin' Jupiter, 10. Satan's Waitin', 11. Hook Line and Stinker, 12. Bear Feat, 13. Dog Gone South, 14. A Ham in a Role, 15. Often an Orphan, 16. Herr Meets Hare, 17. Russian Rhapsody, 18. Daffy the Commando, 19. Bosko the Doughboy, 20. Rookie Revue, 21. The Draft Horse, 22. Wacky Blackout, 23. The Ducktators, 24. The Weakly Reporter, 25. Fifth Column Mouse, 26. Meet John Doughboy, 27. Hollywood Canine Canteen, 28. By Word of Mouse, 29. Heir Conditioned, 30. Yankee Dood It, 31. Congo Jazz, 32. Smile Dam Ya, Smile! 33. The Booze Hangs High, 34. One More Time, 35. Bosko's Picture Show, 36. You Don't Know What You're Doin'! 37. We're in the Money! 38. Ride 'em Bosko, 39. Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 40. Bosko in Person, 41. The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon, 42. Buddie's Day Out, 43. Buddie's Beer Garden. 44. Buddie's Circus, 45. A Cartoonist's Nightmare, 46. Horton Hatches the Egg, 47. Lights Fantastic, 48. Fresh Airedale, 49. Chow Hound, 50. The Oily American, 51. It's Hummer Time, 52. Rocket Bye Baby, 53. Goo Goo Goliath, 54. Wild Wife, 55. Much Ado About Nutting, 56. The Hole idea, 57. Now Hear This, 58. Martian Through Georgia, 59. Page Miss Glory. 60. Norman Normal)
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GOOD, BUT ONLY FOR THE AVID COLLECTOR November 21, 2009
Sandra Granato
This is a good collection, but it is only for the avid Looney Tunes and vintage cartoon collector, like me. Some of these shorts may not be interesting to some people, including children. Most of these cartoons are World War 2 propaganda, which were shown at movie theaters at the time, encouraging people to buy victory bonds for defense. There is also some violence.
I recommend the Spotlight Collection Vol.6 for those who want more of the cartoons that were shown on television. If you are not a collector of vintage cartoons of an era, than this collection is not for you.
sg
 Looney review November 14, 2009
David A. Billig
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A remarkable collection once again! I'll never understand why these are not still shown regularly on cable. This collection is a bit heavy with WWII, but that is a bonus for the viewer, really. Very few of these toons were shown with any real consistency, so this may not be the best choice for a fan looking to walk down memory lane. I loved it for just that reason, and I think most hardcore fans will also. Add it to your collection...
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Worth it at the new price November 5, 2009
Byron (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
This final Golden Collection has some great classic Looney Tunes that I have been waiting for. The most anticipated for me was 'Satan's Waitin'' in which Sylvester goes to Hell numerous times as he uses up his nine lives, egged on by the bulldog Devil. This was taken out of the Saturday morning rotation many years ago. We also get the first Yosemite Sam cartoon 'Hare Trigger'. Other standouts are 'Often an Orphan' with Charlie Dog and Porky ("I'm 50 percent pointer. There it is, there it is, there it is") the all time classic 'Chow Hound' ("Don't forget the gravy!") as well as the 1942 collaboration with Dr Seuss 'Horton Hatches the Egg'. The extras and packaging, as usual, are also fantastic
Unfortunately this collection also suffers from the same problem (although to an even greater extent) as the previous two collections in that far too many cartoons from the 1930's are included. These are pretty much only interesting from a historical perspective since this was definitely NOT the golden age of WB/Schlesinger cartoons.
If the collections had primarily stuck to the 1940-1960s timespan then all of these sets would be beyond reproach. A couple of the Buddy/Bosko/Foxy cartoons from the early 30s go a long way. There are also a few pretty unfunny selections on the WWII themed disc. The producers of this package evidently chose to feature so many of these because they need to burn off the mediocre cartoons in their backlist while still leaving enough of the best of the classic era of Looney Tunes (app 1944-1960) available for future sets. Out of the 4 discs there are about 2 1/2 discs of worthy cartoons. Not really worth the original 69.99 price tag.
Having said that, now that the price has dropped to the much more reasonable 24.99 you should snap this up immediately! Just skip most of the 'toons on disc 3 and some on disc 2 and you'll be more than satisfied.
 Not your favorite Looney Tunes October 12, 2009
Steve Russell (Hutchinson, KS USA)
This collection is okay, and you should buy it if you want to have a complete collection, but overall this set isn't as enjoyable as the earlier sets. Historically, though, they are great to watch.
Good overall buy October 5, 2009
Patrick E. Donegan (New Hampshire)
This product is a good overall buy. What i am seeing though is that the first discs have the best cartoons on them. Then the later discs contain mostly filler (much older black and white cartoons). These older cartoons are not very entertaining and will not keep kids attention.
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