Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 is a DVD box set that was released by Warner Home Video on October 28, 2003. The first release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD series, it contains 56 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. The set won the Classic Award at the Parents' Choice Awards.
Related releases
In Regions 2 and 4, the discs were packaged as follows:- Disc 1: Best of Bugs Bunny
- Disc 2: Best of Daffy and Porky
- Disc 3 : All Stars - Volume 1
- Disc 4 : All Stars - Volume 2
- Discs 3 and 4 : All Stars - Volumes 1 and 2
Disc 1 - Best of Bugs Bunny
| # | Title | Co-stars | Year | Director | Series |
| 1 | Baseball Bugs | The Gashouse Gorillas Baseball Team | 1946 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 2 | Rabbit Seasoning | Daffy, Elmer | 1952 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 3 | Long-Haired Hare | 1949 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 4 | High Diving Hare | Sam | 1949 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 5 | Bully for Bugs | 1953 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 6 | What's Up Doc? | Elmer | 1950 | Robert McKimson | LT |
| 7 | Rabbit's Kin | Pete Puma | 1952 | Robert McKimson | MM |
| 8 | Water, Water Every Hare | Gossamer | 1952 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 9 | Big House Bunny | Sam | 1950 | Friz Freleng | LT |
| 10 | Big Top Bunny | 1951 | Robert McKimson | MM | |
| 11 | My Bunny Lies over the Sea | 1948 | Chuck Jones | MM | |
| 12 | Wabbit Twouble | Elmer | 1941 | Bob Clampett | MM |
| 13 | Ballot Box Bunny | Sam | 1951 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 14 | Rabbit of Seville | Elmer | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT |
Special features
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio tracks on Rabbit Seasoning, What's Up Doc?, Rabbit's Kin
- Audio commentaries
- * Michael Barrier on Rabbit Seasoning, Long-Haired Hare, Bully for Bugs, Big Top Bunny, Wabbit Twouble
- * Greg Ford on High Diving Hare, What's Up Doc?
- * Stan Freberg on ''Rabbit's Kin''
From the Vaults
- Bonus cartoon: (Blooper) Bunny - with optional commentary by Greg Ford
- Bugs Bunny at the Movies Excerpts: Two Guys From Texas, My Dream Is Yours The Bugs Bunny Show: A Star is Bored bridging sequences; The Astro-Nuts audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc
- Trailer gallery: Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Festival, Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Jamboree
- Stills gallery
Behind-the-Tunes
- Bugs: A Rabbit For All Seasonings: A look at Warner Bros. most popular wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny.
- Short-Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam: A look at Yosemite Sam, the fiery redheaded cowboy character that served as one of Bugs' many adversaries.
- Forever Befuddled: A look at Elmer Fudd, the naive everyman and hunter who also was one of Bugs' many adversaries.
Others
- A greeting from Chuck Jones
- Camera Three: ''The Boys From Termite Terrace: Part 1''
Disc 2 - Best of Daffy & Porky
| # | Title | Daffy, Porky, or Both? | Co-stars | Year | Director | Series |
| 1 | Duck Amuck | Daffy | Bugs | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 2 | Dough for the Do-Do | Porky | 1949 | Friz Freleng | MM | |
| 3 | Drip-Along Daffy | Both | Nasty Canasta | 1951 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 4 | Scaredy Cat | Porky | Sylvester | 1948 | Chuck Jones | MM |
| 5 | The Ducksters | Both | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 6 | The Scarlet Pumpernickel | Both | 1950 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 7 | Yankee Doodle Daffy | Both | 1943 | Friz Freleng | LT | |
| 8 | Porky Chops | Porky | 1949 | Arthur Davis | LT | |
| 9 | The Wearing of the Grin | Porky | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 10 | Deduce, You Say! | Both | 1956 | Chuck Jones | LT | |
| 11 | Boobs in the Woods | Both | 1950 | LT | ||
| 12 | Golden Yeggs | Both | Rocky | 1950 | Friz Freleng | MM |
| 13 | Rabbit Fire | Daffy | Bugs, Elmer | 1951 | Chuck Jones | LT |
| 14 | Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century | Both | Marvin | 1953 | Chuck Jones | MM |
Special features
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio tracks on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Rabbit Fire
- Audio commentaries by Michael Barrier on Duck Amuck, Drip-Along Daffy, The Scarlet Pumpernickel, The Wearing of the Grin, ''Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century''
Behind-the-Tunes
- Hard Luck Duck: A profile on Daffy Duck.
- Porky Pig Roast: A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham: A look on Porky from his early black and white beginnings to the development of Mel Blanc, who brought to the character the famous stutter.
- Animal Quackers: A look at the teaming of Daffy with his ultimate foil, Porky Pig and the introduction of Marvin The Martian and the Duck Dodgers In The 24½ Century persona.
Others
- Camera Three: The Boys From Termite Terrace: Part 2
- Stills gallery
Disc 3 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 1
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Series |
| 1 | Elmer's Candid Camera | Elmer, Proto-Bugs | 1940 | MM |
| 2 | Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | Bugs, The Three Bears | 1944 | MM |
| 3 | Fast and Furry-ous | Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner | 1949 | LT |
| 4 | Hair-Raising Hare | Bugs, Gossamer | 1946 | MM |
| 5 | Awful Orphan | Charlie, Porky | 1949 | MM |
| 6 | Haredevil Hare | Bugs, K-9, Marvin | 1948 | LT |
| 7 | For Scent-imental Reasons | Pepé, Penelope | 1949 | LT |
| 8 | Frigid Hare | Bugs, Playboy Penguin | 1949 | MM |
| 9 | Claude Cat, Hubie and Bertie | 1950 | MM | |
| 10 | Baton Bunny | Bugs | 1959 | LT |
| 11 | Feed the Kitty | Marc and Pussyfoot | 1952 | MM |
| 12 | Don't Give Up the Sheep | [Ralph Wolf and Yosemite Sam|Sam Sheepdog|Ralph and Sam] | 1953 | LT |
| 13 | Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | Bugs, Beaky | 1942 | MM |
| 14 | Tortoise Wins by a Hare | Bugs, Cecil | 1943 | MM |
Special features
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio tracks on Baton Bunny, Feed the Kitty
- Audio commentaries
- * Stan Freberg on Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
- * Michael Barrier on Fast and Furry-ous, Haredevil Hare, For Scent-imental Reasons, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
- * Michael Barrier and Greg Ford on Hair-Raising Hare
- * Greg Ford on ''Feed the Kitty''
From the Vaults
ToonHeads episode "The Lost Cartoons" Hair-Raising Hare and The Hypo-Chondri-Cat schematics- Stills gallery
Behind-the-Tunes
- Too Fast, Too Furry-ous: A look at the creation of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, Chuck Jones' famous chase cartoon series.
- Merrie Melodies: Carl Stalling and Cartoon Music: A look at Carl Stalling and how he composed music for the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodie cartoons.
- Blanc Expressions: A look at voice actor, Jerome Melvin "Mel" Blanc and how he voiced the Looney Tunes characters.
Disc 4 - Looney Tunes All-Stars: Part 2
| # | Title | Characters | Year | Series |
| 1 | Canary Row | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1950 | MM |
| 2 | Bunker Hill Bunny | Bugs, Sam | 1950 | MM |
| 3 | Kit for Cat | Elmer, Sylvester | 1948 | LT |
| 4 | Putty Tat Trouble | Sylvester, Tweety | 1951 | LT |
| 5 | Bugs and Thugs | Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy | 1954 | LT |
| 6 | Canned Feud | Sylvester | 1951 | LT |
| 7 | Lumber Jerks | Goofy Gophers | 1955 | LT |
| 8 | Speedy Gonzales | Speedy, Sylvester | 1955 | MM |
| 9 | Tweety's S.O.S. | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1951 | MM |
| 10 | Foghorn Leghorn | Foghorn, Henery, Barnyard | 1948 | MM |
| 11 | Daffy Duck Hunt | Barnyard, Daffy, Porky | 1949 | LT |
| 12 | Early to Bet | 1951 | MM | |
| 13 | A Broken Leghorn | Foghorn, Prissy | 1959 | LT |
| 14 | Devil May Hare | Bugs, Taz | 1954 | LT |
Special features
Audio bonuses
- Music-only audio tracks on Putty Tat Trouble, Speedy Gonzales, A Broken Leghorn
- Audio commentaries
- * Jerry Beck on Canary Row, Canned Feud, Speedy Gonzales, and Devil May Hare
- * Michael Barrier on Tweety's S.O.S. and ''The Foghorn Leghorn''
From the Vaults
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid- Virgil Ross pencil tests
- Stills gallery
Behind-the-Tunes
- Needy For Speedy: A look at Speedy Gonzales, Robert McKimson's heroic Mexican mouse who tricked gringo pussycats to help get cheese for his starving friends.
- Putty Problems and Canary Rows: A look at how Sylvester and Tweety were created and how their pairing led to some of the most memorable cartoons in Warner Bros. history.
- Southern Pride Chicken: A look at Foghorn Leghorn, the loud-mouthed, trickster rooster loosely based on Fred Allen's Senator Claghorn character.
Others
- Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes
Reception
In their review of the set, the Parents' Choice Foundation, at their Parents' Choice Award site, awarded the release the "Classic Award" for its high quality in presenting classic material. While cautioning parents about some of the cartoon violence, the review called the set, "solid gold, not just because of the brilliant animated shorts but because of the plethora of commentaries, historical documentaries on the minds behind the madness," and "a true treasure of imagination worth having in your DVD library."The DVD site, The Digital Bits claimed that Looney Tunes had been one of the most anticipated releases since the inception of the DVD format, and noted that the wait had been "long, but in the end definitely worthwhile." The site's reviewer wrote that the cartoon shorts on the DVDs looked, "brighter, much more colourful, cleaner, sharper, and generally better-framed than their Laserdisc counterparts," which, until that time, had been the best home-format for viewing the cartoons. The reviewer noted that the "very generous selection of supplements" were "almost uniformly informative and entertaining."
The multimedia news and reviews website, IGN complained about the selection of shorts offered on the first set in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. First pointing out that it would be impossible not to leave out major cartoons by selecting only 56 out of the 1,100 Looney Tunes, the review criticized the selection for the omission of Knighty Knight Bugs, an Academy Award-winning 1958 Bugs Bunny cartoon. IGN complimented the restoration of the shorts, but noted that dust was visible in some cases. The reviewer noted that there were more extras than cartoons on the set, and singled out the audio commentaries for praise due to their variety.