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Golden Age LT Vol 1

LaserDisc cover (Volume 1)

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes is a collection of LaserDiscs released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Turner Entertainment in the early 1990s featuring the pre-1948 Warner Bros. Cartoons that had been part of the Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) library which Turner had acquired. There were five sets made, featuring five discs in Volumes 1 to 4, and four discs in Volume 5. Each disc side represented a different theme, and most included seven cartoons per side.

The first collection was also released on VHS, both as individual cassette tapes and a box set. Individual releases had each cassette tape carrying one disc side, while the box set had two volumes on each tape.

With the exception of the Censored Eleven and, in the case of later printings, "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips", every Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies short in the Turner library was released in this collection.

Like many other Looney Tunes home video releases by MGM, this collection of cartoons uses the 35mm dupes Warner Bros. provided to a.a.p. in 1956, as MGM/UA and Turner had no access to the original negatives, which were being stored at the Warner Bros. Studios lot. Most of Volume 5 uses the newer 1995 Turner "Dubbed Versions" prints. Unlike the Cartoon Festivals series, they did not have hacked off opening titles (except for "The Brave Little Bat" on Volume 4) , and used the original source a.a.p. TV print materials (albeit with their a.a.p. opening logos edited out in most cases).

All of the sets were released before the Time Warner/Turner merger and before the Golden Collection DVDs came out, so none of them had restored elements of original titles.

LaserDisc[]

Volume 1[]

Golden Age LT Vol 1
This set was released 11 December 1991.

Notes:

  • This is the only Laserdisc volume of the collection to also be released on VHS (see below).
  • Later pressings of this set have "Racketeer Rabbit" in place of "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips". About 8,000 copies with "Nips the Nips" were sold.
  • "Daffy Duck & Egghead" was not Daffy Duck's first appearance, but was the first Daffy cartoon in color, and the first where the character is named. This was used because Turner did not own the rights to "Porky's Duck Hunt", Daffy's actual first appearance.
  • "Have You Got Any Castles" appears without the Alexander Woollcott scenes, which were cut from the reissue upon his death. The scenes with Woollcott were later restored for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 DVD set.
  • "A Wild Hare" is featured as an unrestored Blue Ribbon print.
  • As of March 2024, every cartoon in this laserdisc collection has been restored and released on DVD and Blu-Ray, with only three exceptions: "Dangerous Dan McFoo", "Inki at the Circus", and "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips".
Side 1: 1930s Musicals Side 2: Firsts Side 3: Tex Avery
"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!"
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo"
"Page Miss Glory"
"I Love to Singa"
"Have You Got Any Castles"
"Speaking of the Weather"
"Katnip Kollege"
"A Wild Hare"
"Daffy Duck & Egghead"
"Odor-able Kitty"
"A Tale of Two Kitties"
"I Haven't Got a Hat"
"Life with Feathers"
"Walky Talky Hawky"
"Cinderella Meets Fella"
"Hamateur Night"
"Thugs with Dirty Mugs"
"Cross Country Detours"
"Dangerous Dan McFoo"
"The Bear's Tale"
"The Crackpot Quail"
Side 4: Bob Clampett Side 5: Chuck Jones Side 6: Friz Freleng
"Wabbit Twouble"
"Horton Hatches the Egg"
"The Hep Cat"
"A Corny Concerto"
"Kitty Kornered"
"The Great Piggy Bank Robbery"
"The Big Snooze"
"The Night Watchman"
"Old Glory"
"Sniffles Takes a Trip"
"The Dover Boys"
"My Favorite Duck"
"The Aristo-cat"
"Inki at the Circus"
"Rhapsody in Rivets"
"Pigs in a Polka"
"Little Red Riding Rabbit"
"Duck Soup to Nuts"
"Hare Trigger"
"Back Alley Oproar"
"Tweetie Pie"
Side 7: Bugs Bunny by Each Director Side 8: 1940s Zanies Side 9: Hooray for Hollywood
"The Heckling Hare"
"Hare Tonic"
"Hare Ribbin'"
"Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips"
"A Hare Grows in Manhattan"
"The Unruly Hare"
"Gorilla My Dreams"
"Nasty Quacks"
"Hair-Raising Hare"
"The Bashful Buzzard"
"Daffy Doodles"
"Little Orphan Airedale"
"Baby Bottleneck"
"Book Revue"
"The CooCoo Nut Grove"
"Daffy Duck in Hollywood"
"Hollywood Steps Out"
"What's Cookin' Doc?"
"Hollywood Daffy"
"Swooner Crooner"
"Slick Hare"
Side 10: The Art of Bugs
"Tortoise Beats Hare"
"Tortoise Wins by a Hare"
"Rabbit Transit"
"Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid"
"The Old Grey Hare"
"Bugs Bunny Rides Again"
"Haredevil Hare"

Volume 2[]

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This set was released 1 July 1992.
Side 1: Musical Madness Side 2: Early Wabbits Side 3: Frank Tashlin
"You Don't Know What You're Doin'!"
"Goopy Geer"
"Three's a Crowd"
"We're in the Money"
"Honeymoon Hotel"
"The Lady in Red"
"The Penguin Parade"
"Prest-O Change-O"
"Hare-um Scare-um"
"Elmer's Candid Camera"
"Elmer's Pet Rabbit"
"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt"
"Hold the Lion, Please"
"Fresh Hare"
"The Major Lied 'Til Dawn"
"Cracked Ice"
"Brother Brat"
"Plane Daffy"
"Tale of Two Mice"
"Behind the Meat-Ball"
"Hare Remover"
Side 4: Chuck Jones Side 5: Bob Clampett Side 6: McKimson & Davis
"The Little Lion Hunter"
"The Draft Horse"
"Flop Goes the Weasel"
"Lost and Foundling"
"Fair and Worm-er"
"What's Brewin', Bruin?"
"Rabbit Punch"
"Goofy Groceries"
"The Wacky Wabbit"
"Buckaroo Bugs"
"An Itch in Time"
"A Gruesome Twosome"
"Draftee Daffy"
"Bacall to Arms"
"Acrobatty Bunny"
"Hollywood Canine Canteen"
"The Mouse-Merized Cat"
"One Meat Brawl"
"Mexican Joyride"
"Mouse Menace"
"Catch as Cats Can"
Side 7: Fables & Fairy Tales Side 8: The Art of Daffy Side 9: Best Supporting Players
"Beauty and the Beast"
"Little Red Walking Hood"
"A-Lad-In Bagdad"
"Robin Hood Makes Good"
"Tom Thumb in Trouble"
"A Gander at Mother Goose"
"Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk"
"Yankee Doodle Daffy"
"The Wise Quacking Duck"
"Daffy - The Commando"
"The Stupid Cupid"
"Birth of a Notion"
"To Duck .... or Not to Duck"
"What Makes Daffy Duck"
"The Hardship of Miles Standish"
"Hop, Look and Listen"
"Roughly Squeaking"
"The Goofy Gophers"
"Scent-imental over You"
"Crowing Pains"
"Of Fox and Hounds"
Side 10: Variations on a Theme
"Tick Tock Tuckered"
"Good Night Elmer"
"Bedtime for Sniffles"
"A Pest in the House"
"Trap Happy Porky"
"The Unbearable Bear"
"Daffy Duck Slept Here"

Volume 3[]

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This set was released 23 December 1992.
Side 1: Harman-Ising Side 2: Bugs Bunny Side 3: Chuck Jones
"One More Time"
"Red-Headed Baby"
"Pagan Moon"
"A Great Big Bunch of You"
"The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives"
"One Step Ahead of My Shadow"
"The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon"
"Wackiki Wabbit"
"Hare Force"
"Super-Rabbit"
"Herr Meets Hare"
"Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears"
"Stage Door Cartoon"
"Easter Yeggs"
"The Squawkin' Hawk"
"Inki and the Minah Bird"
"From Hand to Mouse"
"Fin N' Catty"
"Fresh Airedale"
"The Eager Beaver"
"House Hunting Mice"
Side 4: Friz Freleng Side 5: Early Avery Side 6: Tashlin/Clampett
"Pigs is Pigs"
"The Cat's Tale"
"Lights Fantastic"
"Ding Dog Daddy"
"The Wacky Worm"
"Peck Up Your Troubles"
"Racketeer Rabbit"
"I Wanna Be a Sailor"
"Circus Today"
"Aviation Vacation"
"Aloha Hooey"
"Holiday Highlights"
"Crazy Cruise"
"The Cagey Canary"
"Little Pancho Vanilla"
"Booby Hatched"
"I Got Plenty of Mutton"
"Farm Frolics"
"Falling Hare"
"Birdy and the Beast"
"Russian Rhapsody"
Side 7: Sports Side 8: The Evolution of Egghead Side 9: Porky and Daffy
"Freddy the Freshman"
"Boulevardier from the Bronx"
"Along Flirtation Walk"
"Sport Chumpions"
"Greetings Bait"
"Screwball Football"
"Baseball Bugs"
"Egghead Rides Again"
"Count Me Out"
"Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas"
"A Day at the Zoo"
"Believe It or Else"
"A Feud There Was"
"Confederate Honey"
"Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur"
"Slightly Daffy"
"Ain't That Ducky"
"Wagon Heels"
"Along Came Daffy"
"Nothing but the Tooth"
"The Up-Standing Sitter"
Side 10: Politically Incorrect
"Wake Up the Gypsy in Me"
"He Was Her Man"
"Sioux Me"
"The Mighty Hunters"
"A Feather in His Hare"
"The Early Worm Gets the Bird"
"Inki and the Lion"

Volume 4[]

The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 4
This set was released 14 July 1993.

Notes:

  • The 1940 release version of "A Wild Hare" included on Side 1 of the release had the original opening rings and the "Carole Lombard" line restored, but had the wrong opening music; it uses the 1941-45 opening theme instead of the correct 1939-40 opening theme.
  • As the opening was hacked off the a.a.p. print in 1956, the opening titles for this version of "Bars and Stripes Forever" were taken from "Gold Rush Daze". The opening titles would later be restored for the cartoon's dubbed version and 2021 restoration.
  • "The Brave Little Bat" erroneously uses the mid-1980s Cartoon Festivals print with hacked off opening titles from "Inki and the Lion". The opening titles would later be restored for the cartoon's dubbed version and 2012 restoration.
  • Side 7 is named after "Wacky Blackout", which was otherwise not included as it was not part of the Turner library.
Side 1: Bugs Bunny Side 2: Early Chuck Jones Side 3: Friz Freleng
"The Wabbit Who Came to Supper"
"The Hare-Brained Hypnotist"
"Case of the Missing Hare"
"Hare Conditioned"
"Buccaneer Bunny"
"Rhapsody Rabbit"
"Any Bonds Today?"
"A Wild Hare"
"The Good Egg"
"Ghost Wanted"
"Snow Time For Comedy"
"The Bird Came C.O.D."
"Dog Tired"
"Fox Pop"
"The Weakly Reporter"
"The Trial of Mr. Wolf"
"Double Chaser"
"The Sheepish Wolf"
"Hiss and Make Up"
"Holiday for Shoestrings"
"The Gay Anties"
"Of Thee I Sting"
Side 4: Cartoon All-Stars Side 5: Radio Daze Side 6: Frantic Forties
"Tom Turk and Daffy"
"I Taw a Putty Tat"
"Two Gophers from Texas"
"Conrad the Sailor"
"Doggone Cats"
"A Horse Fly Fleas"
"Hobo Bobo"
"Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee"
"The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos"
"Let It Be Me"
"Little Blabbermouse"
"Malibu Beach Party"
"Quentin Quail"
"Hush My Mouse"
"Hop, Skip and a Chump"
"A Hick a Slick and a Chick"
"Meatless Flyday"
"The Foxy Duckling"
"Bone Sweet Bone"
"The Rattled Rooster"
"The Shell Shocked Egg"
Side 7: Wacky Blackouts Side 8: Ben Hardaway & Cal Dalton (and Private Snafu) Side 9: Sniffles
"Land of the Midnight Fun"
"Wacky Wild Life"
"Ceiling Hero"
"Fresh Fish"
"Saddle Silly"
"Foney Fables"
"The Bug Parade"
"Love and Curses"
"Gold Rush Daze"
"Bars and Stripes Forever"
"Hobo Gadget Band"
"Fagin's Freshman"
"Busy Bakers"
"Snafuperman"
"Booby Traps"
"Spies"
"Naughty but Mice"
"Little Brother Rat"
"Sniffles and the Bookworm"
"The Egg Collector"
"Sniffles Bells the Cat"
"Toy Trouble"
"The Brave Little Bat"
Side 10: Merrie Melodies
"The Queen Was in the Parlor"
"I Love a Parade"
"The Organ Grinder"
"Billboard Frolics"
"Flowers for Madame"
"September in the Rain"
"You're an Education"

Volume 5[]

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This set was released 2 April 1997.

Notes:

  • This release was nearly four years after the last volume. By then Turner Entertainment had newer versions of the pre-1948 shorts created for television and home video, as most of the shorts on this volume are American 1995 Turner dubbed versions. The only cartoon on this set to be released as an a.a.p. print is "The Merry Old Soul".[1][2]
  • Even though Turner had been acquired by Warner Bros. parent Time Warner the previous year, the set was still released by MGM/UA Home Video as Turner's contract with MGM for home video releases remained in place until 1999. In 1999, MGM paid $225 million to Warner Bros./Turner to end their distribution agreement early.
    • Unlike previous volumes, this volume was distributed by Image Entertainment.
  • Originally planned for inclusion on this volume's supplemental material were the original, non-Blue Ribbon prints of "Have You Got Any Castles" and "Book Revue", the unreleased original version of "The Crackpot Quail" (with an alternate soundtrack), and "So Much for So Little". As Turner and Warner Bros. were unwilling to cooperate, the cartoons were ultimately not included.[3]
  • The black-and-white Harman-Ising cartoons featured on side one are presented as new dubbed version prints like most of the cartoons in the set. Unlike most dubbed versions, the B&W Harman-Ising shorts had black borders around their original ending cards, which were kept, albeit with the disclaimer below.
  • The version of "The Fighting 69½th" was later used on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6.
  • This is the only volume of the collection that does not include shorts featuring any of the main Looney Tunes cast, not counting the director's cut of "Hare Ribbin'".
  • (*)-Dubbed 1995 version (for pre-1948 shorts)
  • (@) a.a.p. print
Side 1: Black and White Classics Side 2: Early Avery Side 3: Freleng Follies
"It's Got Me Again!"
"Moonlight For Two"
"A Great Big Bunch of You"
"You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!"
"I Wish I Had Wings"
"Young and Healthy"
"I Like Mountain Music"
"Don't Look Now" (*)
"I Only Have Eyes for You" (*)
"Ain't We Got Fun" (*)
"A Sunbonnet Blue" (*)
"The Sneezing Weasel" (*)
"The Mice Will Play" (*)
"Detouring America" (*)
"She Was an Acrobat's Daughter" (*)
"Sweet Sioux" (*)
"The Lyin' Mouse" (*)
"My Little Buckaroo" (*)
"The Fighting 69½th" (*)
"Rookie Revue" (*)
"The Fifth-Column Mouse" (*)
Side 4: Musical Madness Side 5: Pesky Pets Side 6: Objects D'art
"The Merry Old Soul" (@)
"Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name" (*)
"Into Your Dance" (*)
"Country Mouse" (*)
"Bingo Crosbyana" (*)
"The Fella with the Fiddle" (*)
"Now That Summer Is Gone" (*)
"The Cat Came Back" (*)
"Country Boy" (*)
"Dog Daze" (*)
"Dog Gone Modern" (*)
"The Curious Puppy" (*)
"Stage Fright" (*)
"Snowman's Land" (*)
"Those Beautiful Dames" (*)
"Little Dutch Plate" (*)
"I'd Love to Take Orders from You" (*)
"Toy Town Hall" (*)
"My Green Fedora" (*)
"Streamlined Greta Green" (*)
"Shop, Look and Listen" (*)
Side 7: Animal Antics Side 8: Supplement Material
"Pop Goes Your Heart" (*)
"I Wanna Play House" (*)
"I'm a Big Shot Now" (*)
"When I Yoo Hoo" (*)
"At Your Service Madame" (*)
"A Star Is Hatched" (*)
"Plenty of Money and You" (*)
"Hare Ribbin'" (Director's Cut)
"The Return of Mr. Hook"
"The Good Egg"
"Tokyo Woes"
Two Guys from Texas (Excerpt)
My Dream Is Yours (Excerpt)

VHS[]

All the VHS tapes were released around 1992, some time after the first LaserDisc set came out. Tapes were sold individually, and as a box set containing all ten videos on five cassettes.

Cover Title Shorts
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 1
Vol. 1: 1930s Musicals
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 2
Vol. 2: Firsts

Note: "Daffy Duck and Egghead" was not Daffy Duck's first appearance, but was the first Daffy cartoon in color, and the first where the character is named. This was used because Turner did not own the rights to "Porky's Duck Hunt", Daffy's actual first appearance.

The golden age of looney tunes vhs 3
Vol. 3: Tex Avery
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 4
Vol. 4: Bob Clampett
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 5
Vol. 5: Chuck Jones
Lt galt vhs 6
Vol. 6: Friz Freleng
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 7
Vol. 7: Bugs Bunny By Each Director

Note: This video was recalled because of objections over the inclusion of "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips". The 5-tape VHS boxed set and LaserDisc set were also recalled for the same reason.

The golden age of looney tunes vhs 8
Vol. 8: 1940s Zanies
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 9
Vol. 9: Hooray for Hollywood
Lt galt vhs 10
Vol. 10: The Art of Bugs
The golden age of looney tunes vhs boxset
VHS Boxed Set

Note: This boxed set was recalled.

  • Vol. 1: 1930s Musicals / Firsts
  • Vol. 2: Tex Avery / Bob Clampett
  • Vol. 3: Chuck Jones / Friz Freleng
  • Vol. 4: Bugs Bunny By Each Director / 1940s Zanies
  • Vol. 5: Hooray For Hollywood / The Art of Bugs

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