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''Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3'' is a DVD box set from Warner Home Video that was released on October 25, 2005. It contains 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical short subject cartoons, nine documentaries, 32 commentary tracks from animators and historians, 11 "vintage treasures from the vault", and 11 music-only or music-and-sound-effects audio tracks.

Volume 3 is the first in the series to have a disclaimer on the box art stating that the set "is intended for the adult collector" and may not be suitable for younger audiences. It is also the first to feature a warning, given by Whoopi Goldberg, a fan of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters, who tells the viewers that some of the cartoons on the set contain content that is politically incorrect by today's standards, but will be shown uncut for historical reasons, because "removing these inexcusable images and jokes from this collection would be the same as saying hese prejudicesnever existed". Future volumes also contain this warning, which is presented instead as a title card before the main menu.

Related releases

As with Volumes 1 and 2, the individual discs were released separately in Regions 4:
* Disc 1: ''Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3''
* Disc 2: not released
* Disc 3: ''Best of Porky - Volume 2''
* Disc 4: ''All-Stars - Volume 4''

The Region 4 versions have changed package of contents.
* Disc 1: ''Best of Bugs Bunny - Volume 3'' includes the short ''Super-Rabbit'' from Disc 4: ''All-Stars - Volume 4'' replacing shorts ''Rebel Rabbit'' and ''Duck! Rabbit! Duck!''
* Disc 3: ''Best of Porky - Volume 2'' includes the shorts ''Hollywood Capers'' and ''The Film Fan'' from Disc 2 replacing shorts ''Porky's Romance'', ''Porky's Party'' and ''Porky in Egypt''
* Disc 4: ''All-Stars - Volume 4'' includes the shorts ''The CooCoo Nut Grove'', ''She Was an Acrobat's Daughter'', ''The Honey-Mousers'' and ''The Last Hungry Cat'' from Disc 2 replacing shorts ''Super-Rabbit'', ''Daffy Duck and Egghead'', ''A Gruesome Twosome'', ''An Itch in Time'' and ''Gonzales' Tamales''

In the UK (Region 2), the set was released unchanged in 2006.

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics

:''All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.''

Special features

Audio bonuses

* Music-and-effects-only audio tracks on ''Duck! Rabbit, Duck!'' and ''Hillbilly Hare''
* Audio commentary
** Jerry Beck and Martha Sigal on ''The Wabbit Who Came to Supper''
** Michael Barrier on ''Bowery Bugs'' and ''Hillbilly Hare''
** Greg Ford on ''Case of the Missing Hare''
** Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on ''Wackiki Wabbit''
** Eric Goldberg on ''Duck! Rabbit, Duck!''

From the Vaults

* '' Chuck Amuck'': 1991 Documentary
* The Bugs Bunny Show: ''The Honey-Mousers'' bridging sequences; ''Ball Point Puns'' audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc

Behind-the-Tunes

* A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy: A look at the creation, comedy, and cultural influence of "The Hunter's Trilogy", three cartoons ("Rabbit Fire", "Rabbit Seasoning", and " Duck! Rabbit! Duck!") in which Daffy sets up Bugs to be shot by Elmer and the two argue over what hunting season it is (only for Daffy to get shot every time).

Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies

Special features

Audio bonuses

* Music-only audio track on ''Wideo Wabbit'' and ''The Honey-Mousers''
* Music-and-effects-only audio track on ''The Last Hungry Cat''
* Audio commentaries
** Jerry Beck and Martha Sigall on ''Hollywood Capers''
** Michael Barrier on '' The Coo-Coo Nut Grove''
** Greg Ford on ''She Was an Acrobat's Daughter'', ''Thugs with Dirty Mugs'', and ''The Mouse That Jack Built'' with pre-score music
** Daniel Goldmark on ''Swooner Crooner''
** June Foray and Jerry Beck on ''The Honey-Mousers''

From the Vaults

* ''What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny: Part 1'' (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts:
** ''A Wild Hare'' (1940) (unrestored, but with recreated titles)
** ''The Heckling Hare'' (1941)
** ''The Big Snooze'' (1946)
* '' Sinkin' in the Bathtub'' (1930)
* ''It's Got Me Again!'' (1932)

Behind-the-Tunes

* Fine Tooning: Restoring the Warner Bros. Cartoons: A look at how the Warner Bros. cartoons are digitally restored for the Golden Collection DVD sets.
* Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White: A look at the very early Warner Bros. shorts, which either starred Bosko, Buddy, or were thinly-plotted animated music videos based on music from Warner Bros. music library at the time.

Disc 3 - Porky and the Pigs

Special features

Audio bonuses

* Music-only audio tracks on ''Robin Hood Daffy'', ''Rocket Squad''
* Music-and-effects-only audio track on ''The Windblown Hare'', ''Claws for Alarm''
* Audio commentaries
** Jerry Beck on ''I Haven't Got a Hat''
** Mark Kausler on ''Porky's Romance''
** Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on '' Porky's Party'', ''Claws for Alarm''
** Daniel Goldmark on ''Pigs in a Polka''
** Joe Dante on ''Porky Pig's Feat''
** Eric Goldberg on ''Robin Hood Daffy''
** Paul Dini on ''Rocket Squad''

From the Vaults

* ''What's Up, Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny'': Part 2 (Turner Pictures, 1990), which contains the following shorts:
** '' Hair-Raising Hare'' (1946)
** '' Hare Trigger'' (1945) (unrestored)
* '' The Bear That Wasn't'' (1967; MGM cartoon directed by Chuck Jones),
* ''Point Rationing of Foods'' (1943)
* '' Porky's Party'' Storyboard Reel

Behind-the-Tunes

* Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin: A look at the life and animated work of director Frank Tashlin.

Disc 4 - All-Stars Cartoon Party

Special features

Audio bonuses

* Music-only audio tracks on ''Gonzales' Tamales'' and ''Birds Anonymous''
* Audio commentaries
** Paul Dini on '' Super-Rabbit''
** John Kricfalusi on ''A Gruesome Twosome''
** Milton Gray on ''A Gruesome Twosome''
** Eddie Fitzgerald and John Kricfalusi on ''Draftee Daffy''
** John Kricfalusi and Bill Melendez on ''Falling Hare'' and '' An Itch in Time''
** Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi on ''Birds Anonymous'' and ''Gonzales' Tamales''
** Greg Ford on ''No Barking'' and ''To Beep or Not to Beep''
** Michael Barrier on '' Odor-able Kitty'' and ''Walky Talky Hawky''

From the Vaults

* Private Snafu cartoons: ''Spies'' (1943), ''Rumors'' (1943), '' Snafuperman'' (1943)
* ''Falling Hare'' Storyboard Reel
* TV pilot: ''Philbert'' (Three's a Crowd) (1963) - with optional commentary by Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi

Behind-the-Tunes

* The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé Le Pew: A look at Chuck Jones' amorous skunk character, Pepe Le Pew
* Looney Tunes Go to War!: A look at the outrageous (and often offensive) cartoons released by Warner Bros. studios during World War II.
* Strictly for the Birds: Tweety and Sylvester's Award-Winning Teamup: A look at how Sylvester and Tweety's pairing led to Friz Freleng winning the Oscar for the 1957 short Birds Anonymous.

Reception

In ''The New York Sun'', author and critic Gary Giddins had complained that '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1'' and '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2'' were lacking in black-and-white shorts, and seemed to avoid the more politically incorrect cartoons in the series. When his review was reprinted in the book, ''Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books'', Giddins noted that Volume 3 made up for its forerunners' shortcomings by including some of the racial caricatures of the series, preceded by an explanatory introduction by Whoopi Goldberg.''The New York Sun'' 23 Nov 2004, reprinted in

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See also

* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
** Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
** Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
** Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
** Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
** Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)

References

{{Looney Tunes Golden Collection

Looney Tunes home video releases