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DVD Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two
Brash, fast-paced, and hysterically funny, the Warner Brothers cartoons rank among the undisputed treasures of American animation and American comedy. This second collection, a follow-up to Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, includes such gems as "Porky in Wackyland," "A Bear for Punishment," "Gee Whiz-z-z," The Great Piggy Bank Robbery," and "I Love to Singa." A short documentary about director Bob Clampett features several cartoon historians, animator Eric Goldberg, Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont, and Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi (enthusiastic but over the top). But Warners continues its scattergun approach to selecting films. There are only eight cartoons by Clampett in the set, plus three by Tex Avery and one by Frank Tashlin. "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning" appear on the first set, but the third cartoon in Jones's trilogy, "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!" isn't on either. More than two-thirds of the films are by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. That's not necessarily a bad thing. "Show Biz Bugs," "Bugs Bunny Rides Again," and the Oscar-winning "Tweety Pie" showcase Freleng's razor-sharp timing. "What's Opera, Doc," "The Dover Boys," and the justly celebrated "One Froggy Evening" rank among Jones's boldest experiments and most brilliant successes.
Volume Two includes some genuine rarities, among them, "Sinkin' in the Bathtub" (1930), the first Looney Tune, and the Oscar-winning documentary "So Much for So Little." With 60-plus cartoons, transferred from good prints Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Volume 2 is a collection to treasure. (Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
Review(s): DVD Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two
Fabulous! As good as vol. 1
Another superb collection, always excluding the occasional "thrill a minute" commentaries by Michael Barrier, the man who can turn watching a surreal (and hilarious) masterpiece like "Porky in Wackyland" into the equivelant of sitting through a televised bowling match with the greatest of ease.
fine prints as always be wb
i can recommend this golden volume two edition. fine prints as always by wb. it would be nice to have more isolated music track and than this edition would be perfect
It's a Classic
I love this collection - has a lot of variety. I got is specifically for the Michigan J. Frog cartoon "One Froggy Evening" which is hard to find. I would definitely recommend buying any of this series on Amazon though - because it's the only place where you can see the list of cartoons before buying. If you're in the store, the box doesn't include a list (stupid, rip-off idea) and they won't take it back if the plastic is off.
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This time around, the box set is smaller and much more efficient. The previous sets had one disc per fold-out, which left extra space on the opposite side to fill up with dumb quotes from the shorts. Now the layout is much better.
The cover art however, could've been much better. It looks so much like the first volume - why couldn't they do something different? Volume 3's cover was refreshing, volume 4's looks bland. The gloss and emboss is nice, though.
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