Looney Tunes DVD Challenge

[Greg Method]

Here's a little game for the board.

Imagine you have been put in charge of Warner Home Video's Family Entertainment division. On your first day of work the head of WHV, Mr. Cigarchomp N. Fatcat, waddles into your office and says...

"Look kid, we need to see how the market will respond to a Looney Tunes DVD. I'm going to put you in charge of programming the first one."

You are given the challenge of compiling a list of twenty cartoon titles to put onto a DVD called "Looney Tunes All-Stars." However, Mr. Fatcat has given you these rules to follow:

1. You cannot use cartoons from the former Turner library. Mr. Fatcat doesn't say why, but you hope so they can be remastered first.

2. Each of the five major directors (Friz, Chuck, McKimson, Tex, and Clampett) must be represented.

3. You cannot include any cartoons banned from June Bugs, or dealing with Indians, or starring Bosko.

4. Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Tweety, and Road Runner each must have two cartoons (regardless of team-ups...so, in theory there could be four Daffy-and-Porky's).

5. In addition, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Elmer Fudd, and Yosemite Sam each must have their own separate slots. Elmer and Sam's cartoons don't necessarily have to star just them.

6. Marvin the Martian and the Tasmanian Devil must be represented, but they don't necessarily have to have their own spots (for example, Taz can appear on one of the two required Bugs shorts, etc.).

Mr. Fatcat then tells you that the final DVD must be a product that all audiences can enjoy, and reminds you that the future of any future Looney Tunes DVD rests solely on the success of this first disc. If this disc fails to sell, he will punish the world by releasing four more Scooby compilations next.

What do you do, hotshot? What DO you do?

(And just to make this clear, this isn't a race or contest to see who can come up with the best ideas. I'm just curious to see how everyone would plan such a release. Discussion and queries about choices should be encouraged. :bosko: )

[BugsandTweety]

Here goes.

"The Rabbit of Seville"
"Plane Dippy"
"The Foghorn Leghorn"
"Polar Pals"
"Scent-imental Romeo"
"Bully For Bugs"
"Fast And Furry-ous"
"Drip-Along Daffy"
"Devil May Hare"
"The Fair-Haired Hare"
"Duck Amuck"
"Long-Haired Hare"
"Whoa Be-Gone!"
"Hyde And Go Tweet"
"One Froggy Evening"
"The Hasty Hare"
"Speedy Gonzales"
"Hillbilly Hare"
"Home Tweet Home"
"Sahara Hare"

[Pietro]

It's kinda hard to leave a few un-PC cartoons and Bosko out, but anyway here are my picks:

"What's Opera Doc?"
"Riff Raffy Daffy"
"Duck Amuck"
"You Oughta Be in Pictures" - B&W
"Gold Diggers of '49" - B&W
"The Rabbit of Seville"
"Porky's Duck Hunt" - B&W
"Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century"
"Porky in Wackyland" - B&W
"Beep! Beep!"
"Shake Your Powder Puff" - B&W
"Bowery Bugs"
"Canned Feud"
"Devil May Hare"
"Birds Anonymous"
"Porky Pig's Feat" - B&W
"Speedy Gonzales"
"Dough Ray Me-Ow"
"Fast and Furry-Ous"
"Scaredy Cat"

-Pietro:D

[Greg Method]

<< It's kinda hard to leave a few un-PC cartoons and Bosko out >>

Yes, I know, but I was trying to emulate the same likely restrictions Warner would probably put on their first release. God forbid these DVD's be marketed to collectors, huh? :rolleyes:

[Patrick McCart]

"Plane Dippy" - Fred Avery
"The Case of the Stuttering Pig" - Frank Tashlin
"Porky's Naughty Nephew" - Robert Clampett
"You Ought To Be In Pictures" - Friz Freleng
"The Impatient Patient" - Norm McCabe
"Eatin' On The Cuff" - Robert Clampett
"Daffy Dilly" - Chuck Jones
"Mouse Wreckers" - Chuck Jones
"Odor of the Day" - Arthur Davis
"For Scentimental Reasons" - Chuck Jones
"Hen House Henry" - Robert McKimson
"Hillbilly Hare" - Robert McKimson
"Golden Yeggs" - Friz Freleng
"Sahara Hare" - Friz Freleng
"The Hole Idea" - Robert McKimson
"Lumber Jerks" - Friz Freleng
"Tweety's Circus" - Friz Freleng
"Tabasco Road" - Friz Freleng
"Lickety Split" - Chuck Jones
"Beep Prepared" - Chuck Jones

I dunno if I went by the rules 100%, but I think this would make a good collection. All the cartoons would be restored and uncut.

[chuckamuck43]

Originally posted by Greg Method
I was trying to emulate the same likely restrictions Warner would probably put on their first release.

Then, with all due respect you can't include any B/W cartoons. Much as WE like them, WB doesn't seem to think they're "marketable".

Also, let me display my ignorance here, but would you give me a general idea of what the Turner library includes - so I can EXCLUDE it when I compile my list?:)

[Matthew Hunter]

"What's Opera Doc?"
"Wise Quacks" (B&W)
"Duck Amuck"
"You Oughta Be in Pictures" - B&W
"Porky the Rain Maker" - Computer Colorized( I just like this version best)
"Hillbilly Hare"
"Porky's Duck Hunt" - B&W
" Feline Frame Up"
"Porky in Wackyland" - B&W
"Lickety-Splat!"
"Buddy's Show Boat" - B&W
"Rabbit Seasoning"
"Stooge For A Mouse"
"Ducking the Devil"
"Tweet and Sour"
"Hare-Way To The Stars"
"The Pied Piper Of Guadelupe"
"Bad Old Putty Tat"
"Gee Whizzz"
"Louvre Come Back To Me"

-Matthew

[Thad Komorowski]

The Best of Looney Tunes DVD

[list=1] "The Rabbit of Seville"
"Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a Half Century"
"Birds Anonymous"
"Duck Amuck"
"Porky in Wackyland"
"Fast and Furry-Ous"
"What's Opera Doc?"
"Hare Brush"
"The Haunted Mouse"
"Scaredy Cat"
"Canary Row"
"For Scent-Imental Reasons"
"Beep! Beep!"
"Little Boy Boo"
"The Long-Haired Hare"
"Ducking the Devil"
"Porky's Naughty Nephew"
"Who's Kitten Who?"
"Porky's Duck Hunt"
"Speedy Gonzales"[/list=1]


-Thad

[Jack]

Originally posted by chuckamuck43
Also, let me display my ignorance here, but would you give me a general idea of what the Turner library includes - so I can EXCLUDE it when I compile my list?:)
That would be all of the color cartoons released before "Hare Devil Hare" (including that cartoon). Unfortunate considering there are so many excellent cartoons in that package.....but if they're being remastered, then it's okay...




Jack :D

[chuckamuck43]

Thanx, Jack - that narrows it down a lot!

[Jon Cooke]

Okay, here are my picks for a Best of Looney Tunes DVD (following Greg's rules):

1. "The Rabbit of Seville"
2. "Drip-Along Daffy"
3. "Bad Ol' Putty Tat"
4. "Fast and Furry-ous"
5. "The Scarlet Pumpernickel"
6. "What's Opera, Doc?"
7. "Porky in Wackyland" - B&W
8. "Devil May Hare"
9. "Speedy Gonzales"
10. "Birds Anonymous"
11. "High Diving Hare"
12. "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century"
13. "Porky's Preview" - B&W
14. "Beep! Beep!"
15. "One Froggy Evening"
16. "The Leghorn Blows at Midnight"
17. "Pop 'Im Pop!"
18. "The Three Little Bops"
19. "For Scent-imental Reasons"
20. "Rabbit Seasoning"


-Jon

[Tintin]

1. "My Bunny Lies Over the Sea"
2. "Gee Whiz-z-z-z!"
3. "Muscle Tussle"
4. "The Rabbit of Seville"
5. "Tweet and Lovely"
6. "Hare Trimmed"
7. "The Awful Orphan"
8. "All Fowled Up"
9. "Touche and Go"
10. "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century"
11. "Cannery Woe"
12. "Hare Do"
13. "Devil May Hare"
14. "Ain't She Tweet"
15. "Guided Muscle"
16. "Rabbit Rampage"
17. "Duck Amuck"
18. "Ballot Box Bunny"
19. "What's Opera, Doc?"
20. "Kit For Cat"

[Greg Method]

Originally posted by chuckamuck43
Then, with all due respect you can't include any B/W cartoons. Much as WE like them, WB doesn't seem to think they're "marketable".

I agree that it's unlikely that Warner would allow "black & white's" on their first DVD, but at the same time they also probably wouldn't care if a "dubbed" pre-1948 is put onto it.

I personally hate that possibility, but I also didn't want to take away two entire groups of cartoons. I didn't want to stifle anyone's ideas too much. :)

(I myself have a strong feeling that barring any chronological release, the only black and white films we'll see for a while on the discs would be something like "Porky in Wackyland" or "Porky's Duck Hunt." Even then, I'm sure Warner Bros. will be tempted to use colorized prints.)

[Patrick McCart]

Oh

[billyjoelfan]

are blackface gags or suside allowed


thx

[Jack]

Originally posted by billyjoelfan
are blackface gags or suside allowed


thx
I would assume no since Indians and the Bugs Bunny Censored 12 aren't allowed (several of those contain blackfaces)

I don't quite get why black and white cartoons are allowed, but pre 1948 cartoons aren't. The only explanation for such a move would be that they are restoring those titles. They should restore the 1948-1951 cartoons with BR replacement titles as well.


Jack :D

[L00nE2n]

okay...here's mine:

Rabbit of Seville
Ali Baba Bunny
Wise Quacks
Sandy Claws
Beep Beep
For Scent-Imental Reasons
The Hasty Hare
Walky Talky Hawky
Speedy Gonzales
Bedevilled Rabbit
Hare-Way to the Stars
You Ought To Be In Pictures
Bugs Bunny Rides Again
The Cat's Bah
Porky Pig's Feat
Hare Do
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Birds Anonymous
A Wild Hare
Zoom and Bored
Show Biz Bugs
Pop 'im, Pop
Hillbilly Hare
Bill of Hare
The Pied Piper of Guadeloupe
Baby Bottleneck
The Big Snooze
Porky in Wackyland
Wild and Wooly Hare
The Leghorn Blows At Midnight
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Louvre Come Back To Me
Blooper Bunny

[Greg Method]

Originally posted by Jack
I don't quite get why black and white cartoons are allowed, but pre 1948 cartoons aren't.

Because in the realm of the fantasy, it is believed that the pre-1948's will be restored.

But as far as I'm concerned, because I hate the dubbed prints, and that is more than likely what Warner Bros. would use if they had their druthers. :)

Besides, it wouldn't be a challenge if I said "Any of the 1000+ cartoons." :bosko:

[chuckamuck43]

Here goes :

1. Porky In Wackyland (1937)
2. You Oughta Be In Pictures (1940)
(I included these two because Warner has released them before and I wanted at least ONE Clampett on my list - though I'm sure WB'd go with "Dough For The Do-Do"(1949).
3. Fast & Furry-ous (1949)
4. Duck Amuck (1953)
5. The Rabbit of Seville (1950)
6. Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
7. A Bear For Punishment (1951)
8. Bully For Bugs (1953)
9. The Cat's Bah (1954)
10. Birds Anonymous (1957)
11. The High And The Flighty (1956)
12. Speedy Gonzales (1955)
13. Hare Trimmed (1953)
14. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
15. What's Up Doc? (1950)
16. Ducking the Devil (1957)
17. Zoom And Bored (1957)
18. One Froggy Evening (1955)
19. The Three Little Bops (1957)
20. Duck! Rabbit! Duck! (1953)

The only requirement I couldn't meet was the Tex Avery toon :(. All his best Warner's are either B/W or in the Turner library, IMHO

[Pietro]

Following Greg's rules, I could make a B&W LT DVD:

"I've Got to Sing a Torch Song"
"Buddy's Beer Garden"
"Buddy's Show Boat"
"Sittin' on the Backyard Fence"
"Buddy and Towser"
"Shake Your Powder Puff"
"A Cartoonist's Nightmare"
"Gold Diggers of '49"
"Plane Dippy"
"Porky the Wrestler"
"Porky's Romance"
"Porky's Duck Hunt"
"The Daffy Doc"
"Porky in Wackyland"
"You Oughta Be in Pictures"
"Porky's Preview"
"The Ducktators"
"Scrap Happy Daffy"
"Porky Pig's Feat"
"Puss 'N Booty"

-Pietro:bosko:

[Tintin]

Like Pietro, i could this titles for a B&W LT DVD:

1. "Plane Dippy"
2. "The Daffy Doc"
3. "Buddy's Lost World"
4. "Porky and Daffy"
5. "The Miller's Daughter"
6. "You Ought to Be in pictures"
7. "Porky the Rainmaker"
8. "Porky's Duck Hunt"
9. "Porky in Wackyland"
10. "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song"
11. "Buddy the Gob"
12. "Hollywood Capers"
13. "How Do I Know It's Sunday?"
14. "Notes to You"
15. "The Haunted Mouse"
16. "A Coy Decoy'
17. "Nutty News"
18. "Hobby Hrose Laffs"
19. "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy"
20. "Puss 'n' Booty"