Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6


Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008. It is the final release in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. In fact, the set was almost canceled after Volume 5's disappointing sales, despite many remasters and bonus features already being completed. Fortunately, after pushback from those working on the set, such as Jerry Beck, Warner allowed the team to finish and release the set, with the set's selection of cartoons featuring many shorts originally intended for future volumes. Succeeding the Golden Collection series would be the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection series on Blu-ray, first released November 2011. In fact, the trailer for the first Platinum Collection volume was a slightly different version of the trailer for Golden Collection: Volume 6. On July 3, 2012, a two-disc DVD version of Volume 1 of the Platinum Collection was released.
Volume 6 of the Golden Collection series is less child-friendly than previous releases. Like Volumes 3–5, it has a warning before each disc about the shorts containing content that some viewers would not consider to be "politically correct" by today's standards, and as such, is "intended for the adult collector" and might not be suitable for younger audiences.
This is because, in addition to containing cartoons that have racial and/or ethnic stereotypes, a use of the F-bomb in Bosko's Picture Show, and references to sexism in Robert McKimson's Wild Wife, Volume 6 also contains many cartoons that pertain to World War II, most of them containing depictions or references to Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo, or to Nazi Germans and Imperial Japan in general. While Volumes 4 and 5 each had a couple World War II-themed cartoons, Volume 6 is notable for having an entire disc dedicated to the subject, including several of its bonus cartoons.
Volume 6 was originally only released in North America due to the poor sales of the previous volume. However, the discs in this volume were not region-coded, making it easy for collectors outside of North America to import and play this set. The set was released in the UK on 12 September 2011.

Disc 1: Looney Tunes All-Stars

Special Features

Commentaries

Hare Trigger by Greg FordBirth of a Notion by Mark KauslerMy Favorite Duck by Jerry Beck

Music-only tracks

Raw! Raw! Rooster!

Television specials

Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court
  • ''Daffy Duck’s Easter Eggcitement''

Bonus Shorts

Bonus Shorts - Music-only tracks

Rabbit Rampage

Disc 2: Patriotic Pals

Special features

Friz Freleng at MGM

Poultry Pirates A Day at the Beach The Captain’s Christmas Seal Skinners
  • ''Mama’s New Hat''

Commentaries

Herr Meets Hare by Greg FordRussian Rhapsody by Mark KauslerThe Draft Horse by Greg Ford

Music-only track

Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and ''Merrie Melodies''

#TitleCharactersDirectorYearSeries
1Congo JazzBoskoHugh Harman and Rudolf Ising1930LT
2Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!FoxyRudolf Ising1931MM
3The Booze Hangs HighBoskoHugh Harman and Rudolf Ising1930LT
4One More TimeFoxyRudolf Ising1931MM
5Bosko's Picture ShowBoskoHugh Harman and Friz Freleng1933LT
6You Don't Know What You're Doin'!PiggyRudolf Ising1931MM
7We're in the MoneyRudolf Ising1933MM
8Ride Him, Bosko!BoskoHugh Harman1932LT
9Shuffle Off to BuffaloRudolf Ising and Friz Freleng1933MM
10Bosko in PersonBoskoHugh Harman and Friz Freleng1933LT
11The Dish Ran Away with the SpoonRudolf Ising1933MM
12Buddy's Day OutBuddyTom Palmer1933LT
13Buddy's Beer GardenBuddyEarl Duvall1933LT
14Buddy's CircusBuddyJack King1934LT
15A Cartoonist's NightmareBeansJack King1935LT

Special features

Commentaries

Shuffle Off to Buffalo by Jerry BeckA Cartoonist's Nightmare by Jerry Beck

The World of Leon Schlesinger

Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts and One-Shots

Special Features

Commentaries

Fresh Airedale by Greg FordThe Hole Idea by Mark Kausler

Music-only tracks

The Hole Idea

Bonus documentary

Bonus Shorts

Bonus Short - Music-only track

Bonus Short - Music and Effects track