Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 5 |  | Directors: Arthur Davis, Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, Gerry Woolery
Actors: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Robert Clampett, Julie Bennett, Ben Frommer
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 6923
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Black & White, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 417 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: 085391121725
UPC: 085391121725
EAN: 0085391121725
ASIN: B000TSTEM8
Theatrical Release Date: November 2, 1935
Release Date: October 30, 2007
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Product Description
A collection of remastered and restored classic Looney Tunes cartoons.
Amazon.com
The fifth collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies continues Warner Bros.' scattershot approach, mixing classics and obscurities. Among the best-known and funniest cartoons are "Ali Baba Bunny" (Daffy yelling, "I'm rich! I'm socially secure!"), "Bewitched Bunny" (Witch Hazel galloping off in a cloud of hair pins), and "Buccaneer Bunny" (a sterling example of one of director Friz Freleng's favorite gags: having the characters run up and down stairs and in and out of various doors). "Gold Diggers of '49" and "Little Red Walking Hood" show Tex Avery beginning to explore the self-reflexive gags that would be become one of the hallmarks of his mature style. In "Walking Hood," Grandma stops the action to answer the phone and place her order with the grocer--including a case of gin. "The Daffy Doc" is Bob Clampett at his most surreal, with Daffy and Porky getting sucked into an iron lung, bulging and shrinking like balloon animals. Some of the earliest cartoons predate the adoption of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" as the theme song for the Warner Bros. cartoons. Many shorts from the early '30s were built around songs from Warner's musicals: "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" (written for Gold Diggers of 1933) features caricatures of Mae West, George Bernard Shaw, Benito Mussolini, and Bing Crosby frolicking to the title tune. Greta Garbo delivers the closing, "That's All, Folks!" Like the previous four sets, Golden Collection Volume 5 comes loaded with extras that range from three WWII films in which Mr. Hook urges sailors to buy war bonds to "Extremes and In-Betweens: A Life in Animation" (2000), a documentary about Oscar-winning director Chuck Jones. Many of these cartoons will have viewers of all ages in stitches. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes, mild risqué humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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 great product August 10, 2010
E. Music
this is not a perfect set of all the greatest cartoons ever, but there are tons of greats in this collection so take the good ones with the old black and white or non "classic characters" on the DVDs. Definately worth buying as part of a set of at least the first 5 golden collections. Worth buying since they aren't making these things anymore.
 The cartoons I remember May 15, 2010
A. Buck (Fairfax, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I grew up watching classic Looney Tunes and Fleischer Color Classics at my grandparent's home. I don't know if it's because many of them are public domain, but majority of the tunes I remember are on the Bob Clampett disc in this collection. Nowadays I prefer Clampett's style of scenery, opposed to others that are just solid-color backdrops. Golden Collection #1 has many of the TRUE classics, but this volume has some really special gems. Plus Porky Pig is my favorite main character and I don't mind black & white (disc 4 in this set is awesome). Personally, I own Golden collection 1 & 5, and downloaded a few specific shorts on Itunes... my collection is set!
 DO NOT BUY VOLUME 5!!!!! November 27, 2009
perennialgardener
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This collection of Looney Tunes is proof that Warner Bros just doesn't care any more! I bought this collection from Amazon, after buying all the rest. I thought it would be up to the standards of the others. When I tried the discs (as I always do before leaving ratings and reviews), I found that disc 3 did not work. I contacted the seller, who was nice enough to replace it immediately. The replacement did not work either!
The seller then contacted other sellers, and found that they have all had problems with disc 3 not working for buyers. Come on, Warner, how hard would it be to test a few of these to make sure they all work? Will there be a recall, and will they replace any disc 3 sent in to them? I really doubt it.
Do not reward Warner Bros for their shoddy production quality. Unless you want to just view 3 of these discs instead of the whole set, I would reccommend skipping this one unless you can guarantee that the company has fixed the problem for sure. Disc 3 is the one with Daffy Duck, so if you don't like Daffy, it might be a good buy!
By the way, I got lucky and had a great seller who refunded cost for this bad set.
really enjoy seeing the old cartoons November 5, 2009
Laura Lee Blechner
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is our 5th now of this collection. The kids love watching the old looney tunes and it is pretty funny to watch and remember them again. As a reminder, there are definitely violent and non-PC cartoons here - might be worth watching WITH the kids to discuss appropriate methods of problem solving and why we don't make fun of people of other races anymore. Still, mostly very funny.
Idiots make me mad! May 24, 2009
Robespierre (Los Angeles)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
Don't listen to nitpickers who tear apart a lot of hard work--this is hardly a "sleazy" attempt by the evil Warner bean-counters to "unload" black and white or substandard cartoons. This is a labor of love designed to get every cartoon out to the adult collector. If you don't like it, you're a trash-talking flame-thrower who wouldn't understand a conversation about finger painting, let alone art.
If you like the Warner Brothers cartoons, you'll be picking up EVERY set--and they all have hits and misses.
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