Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection
Directed by	Chuck Jones; Bob Clampett; Friz Freleng; Tex Avery; Robert McKimson;
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger; Eddie Selzer; John Burton, Sr.;
Starring	Mel Blanc (voice)
Music by	Carl Stalling; Milt Franklyn; Norman Spencer;
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	2003–2014
Running time	789+ minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection is a series of DVDs released by Warner Home Video compiling Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts. It was created as a more affordable alternative to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets aimed at collectors. Many of the cartoons included on these sets were already available in the 'Golden Collection' sets.

Volume 1

Volume 1, released on October 28, 2003, contains Discs 3 and 4 of Golden Collection, Volume 1.

Disc 1

Shorts 1—12 directed by Chuck Jones, 10 co-directed by Abe Levitow, 13 and 14 by Robert Clampett

No.	Title	Characters	Release date	Series
1	Elmer's Candid Camera	Elmer, Prototype-Bugs	March 2, 1940 (1940-03-02)	MM
2	Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears	Bugs, The Three Bears	February 26, 1944 (1944-02-26)	MM
3	Fast and Furry-ous	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	September 17, 1949 (1949-09-17)	LT
4	Hair-Raising Hare	Bugs, Gossamer	May 25, 1946 (1946-05-25)	MM
5	Awful Orphan	Charlie, Porky	January 29, 1949 (1949-01-29)	MM
6	Haredevil Hare	Bugs, K-9, Marvin	July 24, 1948 (1948-07-24)	LT
7	For Scent-imental Reasons	Pepé, Penelope	November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12)	LT
8	Frigid Hare	Bugs	October 7, 1949 (1949-10-07)	MM
9	The Hypo-Chondri-Cat	Claude Cat, Hubie and Bertie	April 15, 1950 (1950-04-15)	MM
10	Baton Bunny	Bugs	January 10, 1959 (1959-01-10)	LT
11	Feed the Kitty	Marc and Pussyfoot	February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02)	MM
12	Don't Give Up the Sheep	Ralph and Sam	January 3, 1953 (1953-01-03)	LT
13	Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid	Bugs, Beaky	July 11, 1942 (1942-07-11)	MM
14	Tortoise Wins by a Hare	Bugs, Cecil	February 20, 1943 (1943-02-20)	MM

Disc 2

Shorts 1-9 directed by Friz Freleng, 10-14 by Robert McKimson

No.	Title	Characters	Release date	Series
1	Canary Row	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	October 7, 1950 (1950-10-07)	MM
2	Bunker Hill Bunny	Bugs, Sam	September 23, 1950 (1950-09-23)	MM
3	Kit for Cat	Elmer, Sylvester	November 6, 1948 (1948-11-06)	LT
4	Putty Tat Trouble	Sylvester, Tweety	February 24, 1951 (1951-02-24)	LT
5	Bugs and Thugs	Bugs, Rocky and Mugsy	March 2, 1954 (1954-03-02)	LT
6	Canned Feud	Sylvester	February 3, 1951 (1951-02-03)	LT
7	Lumber Jerks	Mac and Tosh	June 25, 1955 (1955-06-25)	LT
8	Speedy Gonzales	Speedy, Sylvester	September 17, 1955 (1955-09-17)	MM
9	Tweety's S.O.S.	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	September 22, 1951 (1951-09-22)	MM
10	The Foghorn Leghorn	Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery	October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09)	MM
11	Daffy Duck Hunt	Barnyard, Daffy, Porky	March 26, 1949 (1949-03-26)	LT
12	Early to Bet	Gambling Bug	May 12, 1951 (1951-05-12)	MM
13	A Broken Leghorn	Foghorn, Prissy	September 26, 1959 (1959-09-26)	LT
14	Devil May Hare	Bugs, Taz	June 19, 1954 (1954-06-19)	LT

Volume 2

Volume 2, released on November 2, 2004, contains Discs 3 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 2.

Disc 1

No.	Title	Characters	Release date	Director	Series
1	Bad Ol' Putty Tat	Sylvester, Tweety	July 23, 1949 (1949-07-23)	Friz Freleng	MM
2	All a Bir-r-r-rd	Sylvester, Tweety	June 24, 1950 (1950-06-24)	Friz Freleng	LT
3	Room and Bird	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	June 2, 1951 (1951-06-02)	Friz Freleng	MM
4	Tweet Tweet Tweety	Sylvester, Tweety	December 15, 1951 (1951-12-15)	Friz Freleng	LT
5	Gift Wrapped	Granny, Hector, Sylvester, Tweety	February 16, 1952 (1952-02-16)	Friz Freleng	LT
6	Ain't She Tweet	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	June 21, 1952 (1952-06-21)	Friz Freleng	LT
7	A Bird In A Guilty Cage	Sylvester, Tweety	August 30, 1952 (1952-08-30)	Friz Freleng	LT
8	Snow Business	Granny, Sylvester, Tweety	January 17, 1953 (1953-01-17)	Friz Freleng	LT
9	Tweetie Pie	Sylvester, Tweety	May 3, 1947 (1947-05-03)	Friz Freleng	MM
10	Kitty Kornered	Porky, Sylvester	June 8, 1946 (1946-06-08)	Bob Clampett	LT
11	Baby Bottleneck	Daffy, Porky	March 16, 1946 (1946-03-16)	Bob Clampett	LT
12	Old Glory	Porky	July 1, 1939 (1939-07-01)	Chuck Jones	MM
13	The Great Piggy Bank Robbery	Daffy	July 20, 1946 (1946-07-20)	Bob Clampett	LT
14	Duck Soup to Nuts	Daffy, Porky	May 27, 1944 (1944-05-27)	Friz Freleng	LT
15	Porky in Wackyland	Porky	September 24, 1938 (1938-09-24)	Bob Clampett	LT

Disc 2

No.	Title	Characters	Release date	Director	Series
1	Back Alley Oproar	Elmer, Sylvester	March 27, 1948 (1948-03-27)	Friz Freleng	MM
2	Book Revue	Daffy	January 5, 1946 (1946-01-05)	Bob Clampett	LT
3	A Corny Concerto	Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky	September 18, 1943 (1943-09-18)	Bob Clampett	MM
4	Have You Got Any Castles?		June 25, 1938 (1938-06-25)	Frank Tashlin	MM
5	Hollywood Steps Out		May 24, 1941 (1941-05-24)	Tex Avery	MM
6	I Love to Singa		July 18, 1936 (1936-07-18)	Tex Avery	MM
7	Katnip Kollege		June 11, 1938 (1938-06-11)	Cal Howard and Cal Dalton	MM
8	The Hep Cat	Willoughby	October 3, 1942 (1942-10-03)	Bob Clampett	LT
9	Three Little Bops		January 5, 1957 (1957-01-05)	Friz Freleng	LT
10	One Froggy Evening	Michigan J. Frog	December 31, 1955 (1955-12-31)	Chuck Jones	MM
11	Rhapsody Rabbit	Bugs	November 9, 1946 (1946-11-09)	Friz Freleng	MM
12	Show Biz Bugs	Bugs, Daffy	November 2, 1957 (1957-11-02)	Friz Freleng	LT
13	Stage Door Cartoon	Bugs, Elmer	December 30, 1944 (1944-12-30)	Friz Freleng	MM
14	What's Opera, Doc?	Bugs, Elmer	July 6, 1957 (1957-07-06)	Chuck Jones	MM
15	You Ought to Be in Pictures	Daffy, Porky	May 18, 1940 (1940-05-18)	Friz Freleng	LT

Volume 3

In place of Volume 3, released on October 25, 2005, is the Looney Tunes Movie Collection, contains new-to-DVD content; consisting of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales on separate discs. Though it technically does serve as the third volume of the Spotlight Collection.

Volume 4

Volume 4, released on November 14, 2006, based on Discs 1 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 4.

Disc 1: Bugs Bunny Favorites

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

No.	Title	Co-stars	Year	Director	Series
1	Roman Legion-Hare	Sam	1955	Friz Freleng	LT
2	The Grey Hounded Hare		1949	Robert McKimson	LT
3	Rabbit Hood		1949	Chuck Jones	MM
4	Operation: Rabbit	Wile E.	1952	Chuck Jones	LT
5	Knight-mare Hare		1955	Chuck Jones	MM
6	Mississippi Hare	Colonel Shuffle	1949	Chuck Jones	LT
7	Hurdy-Gurdy Hare	Gruesome Gorilla	1950	Robert McKimson	MM
8	Forward March Hare		1953	Chuck Jones	LT
9	Sahara Hare	Daffy, Sam	1955	Friz Freleng	LT
10	Barbary Coast Bunny	Nasty Canasta	1956	Chuck Jones	LT
11	To Hare Is Human	Wile E.	1956	Chuck Jones	MM
12	8 Ball Bunny	Playboy	1950	Chuck Jones	LT
13	Knighty Knight Bugs	Sam	1958	Friz Freleng	LT
14	Rabbit Romeo	Elmer	1957	Robert McKimson	MM

Disc 2: Kitty Korner

No.	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	The Night Watchman		1938	Chuck Jones	MM
2	Conrad the Sailor	Conrad, Daffy	1942	Chuck Jones	MM
3	The Aristo-Cat	Claude, Hubie and Bertie	1943	Chuck Jones	MM
4	Dough Ray Me-ow	Louie and Heathcliff	1948	Arthur Davis	MM
5	Pizzicato Pussycat		1955	Friz Freleng	MM
6	Kiss Me Cat	Marc and Pussyfoot	1953	Chuck Jones	LT
7	Cat Feud	Marc and Pussyfoot	1958	Chuck Jones	MM
8	The Unexpected Pest	Sylvester	1956	Robert McKimson	MM
9	Go Fly a Kit	Pussyfoot	1957	Chuck Jones	LT
10	Kiddin’ The Kitten	Dodsworth	1952	Robert McKimson	MM
11	A Peck o' Trouble	Dodsworth	1953	Robert McKimson	LT
12	Mouse and Garden	Sylvester	1960	Friz Freleng	LT
13	Porky's Poor Fish	Porky	1940	Bob Clampett	LT
14	Swallow the Leader		1949	Robert McKimson	LT

Volume 5

Volume 5, released on October 30, 2007, consists of Discs 1 and 2 of Golden Collection Volume 5.

Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

No.	Title	Bugs, Daffy, or Both?	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	14 Carrot Rabbit	Bugs	Sam	1952	Friz Freleng	LT
2	Ali Baba Bunny	Both		1957	Chuck Jones	MM
3	Buccaneer Bunny	Bugs	Sam	1948	Friz Freleng	LT
4	Bugs' Bonnets	Bugs	Elmer	1956	Chuck Jones	MM
5	A Star Is Bored	Both	Elmer and Sam	1956	Friz Freleng	LT
6	A Pest in the House	Daffy	Elmer	1947	Chuck Jones	MM
7	Transylvania 6-5000	Bugs	Count Bloodcount	1963	Chuck Jones	MM
8	Oily Hare	Bugs		1952	Robert McKimson	MM
9	Stupor Duck	Daffy		1956	Robert McKimson	LT
10	The Stupor Salesman	Daffy		1948	Arthur Davis	LT
11	The Abominable Snow Rabbit	Both		1961	Chuck Jones	LT
12	The Super Snooper	Daffy		1952	Robert McKimson	LT
13	The Up-Standing Sitter	Daffy		1948	Robert McKimson	LT
14	Hollywood Daffy	Daffy		1946	Friz Freleng - uncredited	MM
15	You Were Never Duckier	Daffy	Henery	1948	Chuck Jones	MM

Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales

No.	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	Bewitched Bunny	Bugs, Witch Hazel	1954	Chuck Jones	LT
2	Paying the Piper	Porky	1949	Robert McKimson	MM
3	The Bear's Tale		1940	Tex Avery	MM
4	Foney Fables		1942	Friz Freleng	MM
5	Goldimouse and the Three Cats	Sylvester and Son	1960	Friz Freleng	LT
6	Holiday for Shoestrings		1946	Friz Freleng	MM
7	Little Red Rodent Hood	Sylvester	1952	Friz Freleng	MM
8	Little Red Walking Hood	Elmer	1937	Tex Avery	MM
9	Red Riding Hoodwinked	Sylvester, Tweety	1955	Friz Freleng	LT
10	The Trial of Mr. Wolf		1941	Friz Freleng	MM
11	The Turn-Tale Wolf		1952	Robert McKimson	MM
12	Tom Thumb in Trouble		1940	Chuck Jones	MM
13	Tweety and the Beanstalk	Sylvester, Tweety	1957	Friz Freleng	MM
14	A Tale of Two Kitties	Tweety	1942	Bob Clampett	MM
15	Porky's Pooch	Porky, Prototype-Charlie Dog^[1]	1941	Bob Clampett	LT

Volume 6

Volume 6, released on October 21, 2008, based on Discs 1 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 6.

Disc 1: Cartoon Superstars

No.	Title	Characters	Director	Year
1	Baby Buggy Bunny	Bugs	Chuck Jones	1954
2	Broom-Stick Bunny	Bugs, Witch Hazel	Chuck Jones	1956
3	To Duck or Not To Duck**	Daffy, Elmer	Chuck Jones	1943
4	Birth of a Notion	Barnyard, Daffy	Robert McKimson	1947
5	Crowing Pains	Barnyard, Foghorn, Henery, Sylvester	Robert McKimson	1947
6	Raw! Raw! Rooster!	Foghorn	Robert McKimson	1956
7	My Favorite Duck	Daffy, Porky	Chuck Jones	1942
8	Jumpin' Jupiter	Porky, Sylvester	Chuck Jones	1955
9	Satan's Waitin'	Sylvester, Tweety	Friz Freleng	1954
10	Hook, Line and Stinker	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1958
11	A Ham in a Role	Goofy Gophers	Robert McKimson	1949
12	Heaven Scent	Pepé	Chuck Jones	1956
13	Often an Orphan	Charlie, Porky	Chuck Jones	1949
14	Dog Gone South	Charlie, Colonel Shuffle	Chuck Jones	1950
15	By Word of Mouse	Sylvester	Friz Freleng	1954

Special features

Bonus cartoons

Title	Characters	Director	Year
Heir-Conditioned	Elmer, Sylvester, Tweety (cameo)	Friz Freleng	1955
Yankee Dood It	Elmer, Sylvester	Friz Freleng	1956
Sniffles Takes a Trip	Sniffles	Chuck Jones	1940
Rabbit Rampage	Bugs, Elmer (cameo)	Chuck Jones	1955

Disc 2: One-Hit Wonders

All cartoons are one-shots, except for A Cartoonist's Nightmare, which features Beans.

No.	Title	Director	Year
1	Rocket-bye Baby	Chuck Jones	1956
2	Fresh Airedale	Chuck Jones	1945
3	It's Hummer Time	Robert McKimson	1950
4	Much Ado About Nutting	Chuck Jones	1953
5	Goo Goo Goliath	Friz Freleng	1954
6	The Draft Horse	Chuck Jones	1942
7	Lights Fantastic	Friz Freleng	1942
8	Rookie Revue	Friz Freleng	1941
9	The Weakly Reporter	Chuck Jones	1944
10	Wild Wife	Robert McKimson	1954
11	The Hole Idea	Robert McKimson	1955
12	Page Miss Glory	Tex Avery (uncredited)	1936
13	Now Hear This	Chuck Jones	1963
14	Norman Normal	Alex Lovy	1968
15	A Cartoonist's Nightmare	Jack King	1935

Special features

Bonus cartoons

Title	Director	Year
Wild Wild World	Robert McKimson	1960
Punch Trunk	Chuck Jones	1953
Bartholomew Versus the Wheel	Robert McKimson	1951
Sleepy Time Possum	Robert McKimson	1951

Volume 7

Volume 7, released on October 13, 2009, not concurrently with a Golden Collection; Instead, it is a compilation of shorts from Golden Collections 1, 2, and 3.

Disc 1: The Best of Bugs Bunny and Road Runner

No.	Title	Characters	Director	Year	Series
1	Baseball Bugs	Bugs	Friz Freleng	1946	LT
2	Rabbit Seasoning	Bugs, Daffy, Elmer	Chuck Jones	1952	MM
3	Long-Haired Hare	Bugs	Chuck Jones	1949	LT
4	High Diving Hare	Bugs, Sam	Friz Freleng	1949	LT
5	Bully for Bugs	Bugs	Chuck Jones	1953	LT
6	Beep, Beep	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1952	MM
7	Going! Going! Gosh!	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1952	MM
8	Zipping Along	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1953	MM
9	Stop! Look! And Hasten!	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1954	MM
10	Ready, Set, Zoom!	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1955	LT
11	Guided Muscle	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1955	LT
12	Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1956	LT
13	There They Go-Go-Go!	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1956	LT
14	Scrambled Aches	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1957	LT
15	Zoom and Bored	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	Chuck Jones	1957	MM

Disc 2: All-Star Cartoon Party

No.	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur	Daffy	1939	Chuck Jones	MM
2	Super-Rabbit	Bugs	1943	Chuck Jones	MM
3	Draftee Daffy	Daffy	1945	Bob Clampett	LT
4	Falling Hare	Bugs	1943	Bob Clampett	MM
5	Steal Wool	Ralph and Sam	1957	Chuck Jones	LT
6	Birds Anonymous	Sylvester, Tweety, Clarence Cat	1957	Friz Freleng	MM
7	No Barking	Claude, Frisky Puppy	1954	Chuck Jones	MM
8	Rabbit Punch	Bugs, The Crusher	1948	Chuck Jones	MM
9	Odor-able Kitty	Pepé	1945	Chuck Jones	LT
10	Walky Talky Hawky	Foghorn, Henery	1946	Robert McKimson	MM
11	To Beep or Not to Beep	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	1963	Chuck Jones	MM

Volume 8

Volume 8, released May 13, 2014, a compilation of shorts from Golden Collections 2, 3, 4, and 5. It is the last volume released to date.

Disc 1

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

No.	Title	Co-stars	Year	Director	Series
1	The Big Snooze	Elmer	1946	Bob Clampett	LT
2	Bugs Bunny Rides Again	Sam	1948	Friz Freleng	MM
3	Bunny Hugged	The Crusher	1951	Chuck Jones	MM
4	French Rarebit		1951	Robert McKimson	MM
5	Gorilla My Dreams	Gruesome Gorilla	1948	Robert McKimson	LT
6	The Hare-Brained Hypnotist	Elmer	1942	Friz Freleng	MM
7	Hare Conditioned		1945	Chuck Jones	LT
8	The Heckling Hare	Willoughby	1941	Tex Avery	MM
9	Little Red Riding Rabbit		1944	Friz Freleng	MM
10	Tortoise Beats Hare	Cecil	1941	Tex Avery	MM
11	Rabbit Transit	Cecil	1947	Friz Freleng	LT
12	Slick Hare	Elmer	1947	Friz Freleng	MM
13	Homeless Hare		1950	Chuck Jones	MM
14	Hyde and Hare		1955	Friz Freleng	LT
15	The Windblown Hare		1949	Robert McKimson	LT

Disc 2

No.	Title	Characters	Year	Director	Series
1	The Wise Quacking Duck	Daffy	1943	Bob Clampett	LT
2	Claws for Alarm	Porky, Sylvester	1954	Chuck Jones	MM
3	Whoa, Be-Gone!	Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner	1958	Chuck Jones	MM
4	Cheese Chasers	Claude, Hubie and Bertie	1951	Chuck Jones	MM
5	The Dover Boys		1942	Chuck Jones	MM
6	A Bear for Punishment	The Three Bears	1951	Chuck Jones	LT
7	The Pied Piper of Guadalupe	Speedy, Sylvester	1961	Friz Freleng	LT
8	The Last Hungry Cat	Sylvester, Tweety	1961	Friz Freleng	MM
9	The Honey-Mousers	The Honey-Mousers	1956	Robert McKimson	LT
10	An Egg Scramble	Miss Prissy, Porky	1950	Robert McKimson	MM
11	Cat-Tails for Two	Speedy	1953	Robert McKimson	MM
12	Bye, Bye Bluebeard	Porky	1949	Arthur Davis	MM
13	Booby Hatched		1944	Frank Tashlin	LT
14	Now That Summer is Gone		1938	Frank Tashlin	MM
15	Pigs in a Polka		1943	Friz Freleng	MM

References

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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection

Contents

Volume 1

Disc 1

Disc 2

Volume 2

Disc 1

Disc 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Disc 1: Bugs Bunny Favorites

Disc 2: Kitty Korner

Volume 5

Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales

Volume 6

Disc 1: Cartoon Superstars

Special features

Bonus cartoons

Disc 2: One-Hit Wonders

Special features

Bonus cartoons

Volume 7

Disc 1: The Best of Bugs Bunny and Road Runner

Disc 2: All-Star Cartoon Party

Volume 8

Disc 1

Disc 2

See also

References

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection

Directed by	Chuck Jones Bob Clampett Friz Freleng Tex Avery Robert McKimson
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger Eddie Selzer John Burton, Sr.
Starring	Mel Blanc (voice)
Music by	Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn Norman Spencer
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	2003–2014
Running time	789+ minutes
Country	United States
Language	English