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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2 (Blu-ray)
Look whose back with more gags, more laughs and more signature
showcases! Make way for Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2
with 50 animated theatrical shorts remastered in stellar hi-def
Blu-ray(TM) in all their stellar silliness. Disc One’s selections
focus on the core characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,
Porky Pig, Tweety and Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and Foghorn Leghorn.
While Disc Two offers one- classics, the complete escapades
of Cecil Turtle, the all-purpose adversary Nasty Canasta, bashful
little Beaky Buzzard and the hilariously hungry A. Flea. Saving
the best for last, Disc Three serves up great fun and insider
info with its wild array of bonus programs saluting legendary
animators and historical gems. Not to mention a fan-selected
favorite that will be sure to satisfy even the most discerning
cartoon connoisseur. So grab a chair, a comedy cohort and a
carrot ‘cause it’s always “wabbit” season when this must-own
collection comes home!
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Favorite Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky
Pig, and Elmer Fudd offer plenty of laughs in this second volume
of Looney Tunes fun, as do a handful of lesser-known, but equally
endearing characters like Cecil Turtle, Nasty Canasta, Beaky
Buzzard, and A. Flea. Favorite classic episodes include Bugs
Bunny's first Academy Award winner "A Wild Hare"; "Back Alley
Oproar," in which Sylvester the cat keeps Elmer Fudd awake all
night; Foghorn Leghorn's efforts to prove that he's a chicken and
not a schnook in "The Foghorn Leghorn"; the live-action animation
piece "You Ought to Be in Pictures"; and Speedy Gonzales's
attempt to get his inebriated mouse friends home safely in
"Tabasco Road." The Nasty Canasta cartoons are fun parodies on
the then-popular western genre; Cecil Turtle puts a whole new
spin on the fairy tale "The Tortoise and the Hare"; the bashful,
lackadaisical Beaky Buzzard wins hearts in a quartet of episodes;
and two A. Flea episodes leave you for more. The gags,
humor, and nonstop action throughout these cartoons are plenty
entertaining. But what's really great about this collection is
that it's absolutely bursting with special features that explore
everything from the animators, producers, and directors, to the
history of how Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies first got
started, and even Warner Brothers' wartime partnership with the
army. Collectors will love the segments about directors Tex
Avery, Isadore "Friz" Freleng, and Bob Clampett and how each man
changed and shaped the world of cartoon animation in general and
Warner Brothers' characters in specific, as well as a featurette
about producer Leon Schlesinger and his hands-off, profit-seeking
style of leadership. The special collection of wartime Private
Snafu shorts--cartoons used in training during World War
II which were not released for public viewing until many years
later--offers an interesting look at what was a very practical
use of a popular art form. Also included are collections of
Avery's and Freleng's cartoons produced after the men left Warner
Brothers for MGM, as well as a trio of Mr. Hook cartoons that
were written for the navy to encourage the purchase of war bonds.
Add in hours of individual cartoon commentaries and plenty of
interview footage with animators, directors, producers, and
animation historians, and there's plenty to keep everyone--from
the nostalgic cartoon fan reliving his or her childhood to
cartoon connoisseur and animation historian--intrigued and
entertained for days. These cartoons are no longer considered
suitable for child viewing due to excessive cartoon violence,
sexual innuendo, and racial and ethnic stereotyping. --Tami
Horiuchi