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Books About Warner Bros. Animation

	"That's Not All Folks!: My Life In The Golden Age of Cartoons & Radio" [1988] by Mel Blanc & Philip Bashe Warner Books pb [11/89] out of print/used Warner Books hardcover [8/88] out of print/many used "That's All Folks!" [2007] 'collection of great recordings' by Mel Blanc Remember import audio CD [4/2007] 29 tracks for $11.98
	"That's All Folks: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation" [1988] by Steve Schneider Owl Books 11¾x9 pb [9/90] out of print/used Henry Holt 12¼x9¼ hardcover [10/88] out of print/many used Barnes & Noble hardcover [1/99] out of print/used
	"Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide To The Warner Bros. Cartoons" [1989] by Jerry Beck & Will Friedwald Henry Holt 9x6 pb [5/89] out of print/used
	"Warner Brothers Animation Art: The Characters, The Creators, The Limited Editions" [1998] by Jerry Beck Universe 13x11 hardcover [6/98] out of print/used Random House 13x11 hardcover [5/2001] out of print/used B&N bargain hardcover [2002] out of print/used
	"Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide" [2003] by Jerry Beck D.K. Children 12¼x10¼ hardcover [10/2003] out of print/many used
	"The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons" [2010] by Jerry Beck Insight Editions 6½x9 hardcover [7/2010] for $16.47

Warner Bros.  Cartoons  Collections

Looney Tunes Golden Collection [2000-2008]

Volume 1 [2000] 50+ shorts plus extras Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2003] 4 disks for $25.99 Volume 2 [2004] 60+ shorts plus extras Warner Bros. color DVD [11/2004] 4 disks for $25.99 Volume 3 [2005] 60+ shorts plus extras Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2005] 4 disks for $25.99 Volume 4 [2006] 60+ shorts plus extras Warner Bros. color DVD [11/2006] 4 disks for $26.99 Volume 5 [2007] 60+ shorts plus many extras Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2007] 4 disks for $25.99 Box Set Volumes 1-5 Warner Bros. color DVD set [4/2008] 20 disks - out of prodn/scarce Volume 6 [2008] 60+ shorts plus many extras Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2008] 4 disks for $26.99 Golden Collection, Volumes 1-6 Box Set [2008] Warner Bros. color DVD set [10/2008] 24 disks for $214.99

Looney Tunes Spotlight/Premiere Collection [2003-2008]

Volume 1 [2003] 28 shorts plus extras Warner color DVD [10/2003] 2 disks for $13.99 Volume 2 [2006] 30 shorts plus extras Warner color DVD [11/2004] 2 disks for $8.49 Volume 3 is not available by itself {5/2007} Volume 4 [2006] 28 shorts plus extras Warner color DVD [11/2006] 2 disks for $13.99 Volume 5 [2007] 30 shorts Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $12.99 Box Set Volumes 1-5 [2007] Warner color DVD [10/2007] 12 disks - out of prodn/scarce Warner color DVD [4/2008] 12 disks - out of prodn/scarce Volume 6 [2008] 26 shorts plus extras Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2008] 2 disks for $18.99 Spotlight/Premiere Collection, Volumes 1-6 Box Set [2008] Warner color DVD [10/2008] 12 disks - orig $113.99 - out of prodn/used

Academy Awards Animation Collection [2008]

Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD set [2/2008] 3 disks for $21.54 15 Oscar-winners & 26 Oscar-nominated cartoons; Disk 1 features the 15 winners: "The Milky Way" [MGM 1940] directed by Rudolf Ising; "Tweetie Pie" [W.B. 1947] directed by Friz Freleng; "For Scent-Imental Reasons" [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones; "So Much For So Little [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones, won Oscar for Best Documentary Short; "Speedy Gonzales" [W.B. 1955] directed by Friz Freleng; "Birds Anonymous" [W.B. 1957] directed by Friz Freleng; "Knighty-Knight Bugs" [W.B. 1958] directed by Friz Freleng; Oscar-winner "The Dot and The Line" [M.G.M. 1965] directed by Chuck Jones; and winning Tom & Jerry cartoons directed by Bill Hanna & Joseph Barbera: "Yankee Doodle Mouse" [M.G.M. 1943]; "Mouse Trouble" [M.G.M. 1944]; "Quiet Please" [M.G.M. 1945]; "The Cat Concerto" [M.G.M. 1946]; "The Little Orphan" [M.G.M. 1948]; "Two Mouseketeers" [M.G.M. 1951]; "Johann Mouse" [M.G.M. 1952]; also includes "Drawn For Glory: Animation's Triumph At The Oscars®" 15 winners only [2008] Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD [2/2008] for $8.20

"Looney Tunes Platinum Collection" Box Sets [2011+]

Volume 1 Collector's Edition on Blu-ray Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2011] 3 disks for $45.99 digitally-restored and remastered; Disk One contains 25 classic color cartoon shorts and six featurettes; Disk Two contains 25 color cartoon shorts, including complete works of Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, Marc Anthony & Ralph Phillips, and five featurettes; Disk Three is a tribute to Chuck Jones, with over 5 hours of material, including nine bonus cartoon shorts Volume 1 on DVD Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [11/2011] 3 disks for $35.99 contains three disks, same as Blu-ray edition above

"Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes" [2013]

Warner Home Video color DVD set [6/2013] 2 disks for $19.59 CAVEAT: all but 2 of these cartoons are included on previous "Golden Collection" or "Platinum Collection" DVDs - this set is a deal only if you already own none of those Looney Tunes DVDs two-disk set contains 50 animated short films featuring Bugs Bunny (12), Daffy Duck (8), Porky Pig (2), and Sylvester & Tweety (2); other featured characters include: "A Corny Concerto" with Bugs & Porky & Elmer Fudd [1943]; "Baby Bottle-neck" with Porky Pig & Daffy Duck [1946]; "A Pest In Ihe House" with Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd [1947]; "Scaredy Cat" with Porky Pig & Sylvester the Cat [1948]; "Wild Over You" with Pepe le Pew [1953]; "Speedy Gonzales" [1955]; "There They Go-Go-Go" with Road Runner [1956]; "Rocket-bye Baby" with Marvin the Martian [1956]; "Crockett-Doodle-Do" with Foghorn Leghorn [1960]; "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" with Sylvester & Speedy Gonzalez [1961]; and other characters: "I Love To Singa" [1936], "The Dover Boys" [1942], "The Bashful Buzzard" [1945], "Dough Ray Me-Ow" [1948], "Mouse Wreckers" [1948], "A Ham In A Role" [1949], "It's Hummer Time" [1950], "The Hypo-Chondri-Cat" [1950], "Chow Hound" [1951], "A Bear For Punishment" [1951], "Feed The Kitty" [1952], "Goo Goo Goliath" [1954], "One Froggy Evening" [1955], "The Honey-Mousers" [1956], "Three Little Bops" [1957], and "From A To Z-z-z-z" [1957]

Looney Tunes Characters

Bosko, 1929-1933

Bosko was the first successful Looney Tunes character, starring in 39 b&w cartoon shorts by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising from 1929 to 1933. Harman & Ising left Warner's cartoon factory in 1933, taking with them rights and even cels of the character, but made only a handful of Bosko shorts at M.G.M before moving on to other characters. Bosko was essentially a happy American Negro, based on racial stereotypes of the vaudeville circuit era, and easily may offend modern tastes (thus the DVDs are labeled 'Uncensored').

Bosko entry at Wikipedia

	"Uncensored Bosko Volume 1" [2000] Ent. b&w DVD [9/2000] for $22.49 contains 14 b&w musical cartoon shorts: "Bosko The Talk-Ink Kid", "Congo Jazz", "Big Man From The North", "Ups 'n Downs", "Yodeling Yokels", "The Tree's Knees", "Bosko The Doughboy", "Bosko's Fox Hunt", "Battling Bosko", "Sinkin' In The Bathtub", "Hold Anything", "Box car Blues", "Ain't Nature Grand!", and "Dumb Patrol"
	"Uncensored Bosko Volume 2" [2000] Image Ent. b&w DVD [9/2000] out of prodn/used contains 13 b&w musical cartoon shorts: "Bosko's Holiday", "Bosko Shipwrecked", "Bosko's Soda Fountain", "Bosko At The Zoo", "The Booze Hangs High", "Big-Hearted Bosko", "Bosko and Bruno", "Bosko's Party", "Bosko's Dog Race", "Bosko At The Beach", "Bosko's Store", "Bosko and The Lumberjack", and "Bosko and Honey"

Daffy Duck, first appearance April 1937

"The Essential Daffy Duck: 21 Classics on 2 Disks" DVD Box Set [2011] Warner Home Video DVD set [11/2011] 2 disks for $18.99 contains 21 animated shorts, including "Porky's Duck Hunt" [1937]; "Daffy Duck & Egghead" [1938]; "The Daffy Doc" [1938]; "Plane Daffy" [1944]; "Nasty Quacks" [1945]; "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" [1946]; "Book Revue" [1946]; "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" [1950]; "Duck Amuck" [1953]; "Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century" [1953]; "My Little Duckaroo" [1954]; "A Star Is Bored" [1956]; "Deduce, You Say" [1956]; "Ali Baba Bunny" [1957]; "Robin Hood Daffy" [1958]; "The Duxorcist" [1987]; "The Night of The Living Duck" [1988]; "Duck Dodgers, Jr." segment of "Tiny Toons Adventures" [1991]; "Superior Duck" [1996]; "The Green Loontern" episode #9 of "Duck Dodgers" TV series [2003]; and "Duck Dodgers In Attack of The Drones" [2004]

"Duck Dodgers" animated TV Series [2003–2005] /tt0376390/

Bugs Bunny, first appearance July 1940

"The Essential Bugs Bunny: 17 Classics on 2 Disks" DVD Box Set [2010] Warner Home Video DVD set [10/2010] 2 disks for $13.59 contains 21 animated shorts & featurettes, including "Ain't I A Stinker" [2010] mini-documentary that details Bugs's vast career; "The Carnival of The Animals" orchestral television special [1976] directed by Chuck Jones; Emmy-nominated TV special "Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over" [1980]: uncut "Invasion of The Bunny Snatchers" [1990]; and new-to-DVD shorts "How Bugs Bunny Won The West" [½-hour 1978], "Bugs Bunny's Wild World Of Sports" [1989], and "Hare and Loathing In Las Vegas" [2004]

Created by animator Chuck Jones for Looney Tunes at Warner Brothers; Marvin The Martian is ambassador from the Planet Mars; he prides himself on being superior to any Earthling, and his lifelong ambition is to destroy Planet Earth "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes" TV movie [1991] /tt0278993/ "Marvin The Martian In The Third Dimension" short [1996] /tt0116998/ "Marvin The Martian & K9: 50 Years On Earth" [1998 video] /tt0459462/ "Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes" [1998 video] /tt0248984/ "Marvin The Martian" live action/CGI feature [in development since 2008] /tt1270775/ by Alcon Entertainment principals Broderick Johnson & Andrew Kosove, along with Steve Crystal

"Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes" [1991] / "Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes" [1998] double-feature DVD [2020]
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2020] for $7.99

Selected  Looney  Tunes  Cartoons

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"Looney Tunes Movie Collection" [2005]

Warner Home Video DVD set [10/2005] 2 disks for $7.99 contains "The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie" [1979] & "1001 Rabbit Tales" [1982], which are feature-length compilations: 21 short cartoons, with clips from others, and 2 bonus featurettes

"Looney Tunes: The Ducktators" cartoon short [Warner Bros. Aug 1942] Typical wartime parody of the three enemy dictators, who get beaten up by the Dove of Peace; includes the usual Looney Tunes puns and humor and racism; pitch at the very end for Victory Bonds Produced by Leon Schlesinger; directed by Norm McCabe; written by Melvin Millar & Don Christen-sen; music by Carl W. Stalling; voice actors Mel Blanc, Michael Maltese, John McLeish VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb watch b&w cartoon in HD [4/2018 upload; 7:47] online at YouTube

"Buckaroo Bugs" cartoon [Looney Tunes Aug 1944] Bugs Bunny is a carrot thief {from the Western town's victory gardens!}, and Brooklyn's inept Red Hot Ryder - as parody of cowboy hero Red Ryder - must try to bring the Masked Marauder to justice Produced by Leon Schlesinger; directed by Robert Clampett; written by Lou Lilly; voices of Mel Blanc & Robert C. Bruce; music by Carl W. Stalling • full credits at IMDb watch color opening credits & excerpt, closing credits [1/2020 upload; 3:02] online at YouTube

"Looney Tunes: Rocket Squad" cartoon short [Warner Bros. March 1956] /tt0049686/
In a futuristic city, Detectives Monday and Tuesday pursue a wanted criminal (parody of "Dragnet" that is ground-based, not space-related)
Directed by Chuck Jones; written by Tedd Pierce; featuring Mel Blanc

"Bugs Bunny: Superstar" compilation feature [1975]

"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie" compilation feature [1979]

"The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" compilation feature [1981]

"1001 Rabbit Tales" compilation feature [1982]

"Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island" compilation feature [1983]

"Daffy Duck's Quackbusters" compilation feature [1988]

"Space Jam" animated feature [1996]

"Tweety's High Flying Adventure" animated feature [2000]

"Looney Tunes: Back In Action" animated feature [2003]

"Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas" animated feature [2006]

three original 3-D cartoon shorts [Warner Bros. Animation 2012?]  
Announced 6/2011: Three original 'Looney Tunes' 3-D theatrical cartoon shorts will be directed by Matthew O’Callaghan; included are "Daffy’s Rhapsody" /tt2226319/, and "I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" (starring Sylvester The Cat & Tweety Bird) /tt2116900/, and a third cartoon starring Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd; using CG animation & stereoscopic 3-D, each will feature Mel Blanc by way of original songs that the legendary voice actor recorded in character in the 1950s.

The Looney Tunes Are Back In Action [Warner Bros. Animation 2013?]  
Announced 9/2012: Comedienne Jenny Slate is hired to write a script for what is intended to be a live-action/CGI hybrid feature film starring Looney Tunes
characters; producers include David Katzenberg, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Heyman & Jeffrey Clifford • latest info at IMDb

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