Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Five (1935)

Fun tunes

OK so I admit I'm a fan of ol'time animation. This collection is for the most part what I remember as a child. These were once the standard on Saturday morning. The fact that WB kept these uncut and not so PC by todays standard's is nice. August 9, 2008

Major disappointment

I found this set to be not only some of the worse cartoons but defective as well as several of the cartoons on the first and second DVD had broad green bands at the bottom of the picture. Also, the cartoon selection was horrible. To many Bugs Bunny cartoons and not enough the of the other great characters such as Yosemite Sam, Peppy L'Pew, Wile E. Coyote and Foghorn Leghorn. The cartoon Ali Baba Bunny is by far the worse cartoon ever done. The animation was all computer generated and lacked any of the style of the cartoons made before. And contrary to the statement made by an earlier reviewer that there were not enough Bugs Bunny cartoons - there were by far to many. I can only hope that the next volume is not defective. August 7, 2008

Give us more of the 30's and 40's!

In contrast with some of the other reviewers for this set I LOVE the older cartoons! "A Tale of Two Kitties" is one of my favorites and one that I had been waiting for. Tweety's original appearance and his somewhat sadistic personality are absolutely terrific. "Whadya know. I wan out of piddies." A great parody of Abbott and Costello! The Private Snafu and Mr. Hook shorts! The documentary on Chuck Jones. Beautiful living black and white shorts! Yay! "Eatin' on the Cuff." What a terrific little short! That Veronica Lake spider is not exactly politically correct but funny?! I really enjoyed "I've got to sing a Torch Song." Greta Garbo, Zazu Pitts, Mae West. It makes me want to see their movies. Next time more of the black and white Porkys! Buy one of these for yourself and one for your Dad and Mom too!(Maybe one for your grandparents as well!) June 25, 2008

Warner Brothers Ripping Off Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies Fans

I agree with others who have complained about Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Five. While the first four volumes had some of the really old stuff, Volume Five is all but saturated with them.

It is not that the really old, black-and-white cartoons have no merit. In their time, they were surely exceptional, mainly because there was nothing else to compare them to. Think about it--in the early days of cartoon animation, making a non-living character appear to move on a screen was truly remarkable. BUT the executives at Warner Brothers know very well that to most of us, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons mean the full colour cartoons of the 1950's and 1960's that were part of our weekly Saturday viewings as kids. Those are the cartoons that most of us want to see. Almost all of the very old stuff (from the 1930's and even 1940's) is just not entertaining compared to that produced in the 1950's and 1960's.

As other people have speculated, this is a sleazy attempt by Warner Brothers executives to soak us by selling a set of 60 cartoons, when only about 25 of them have any significant appeal. It is really disingenuous for WB to have full colour artwork adorning the Volume Five box, when most of the cartoons are black and white. Also, what about the other characters? Where are Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, Coyote & Road Runner, and so on? Not in this set.

Unless WB stops this nonsense, I will not be buying Volume Six. June 17, 2008

this one is alright, but..........

this is alright, but if they were smart, they would have organized each character into their own dvd sets. first off, they needed to put the other two abbott and costello parody cartoons on with the one they amazingly did add on this set! secondly, they keep ignoring foghorn leghorn, volume 6 better have a whole dvd with a good 20 of those. but these volumes are sloppy, i dont want some 30 year old morons personal favorite picks just because that screwball works at WB, they should come out with ALL bugs bunny in one dvd set, ALL foghorn leghorn in another, ALL hollywood parody in another... all racial/war ones in another... all in nice slipcase dvd sets, organized, so you dont get over half cartoons, cheesy weird BORING ones from the 30s.... May 21, 2008

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