''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice'' is a series of

Blu-ray The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of s ...

discs from

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video ...

Warner Archive The Warner Archive Collection is a home video division for releasing classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library. It started as a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD series by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 23, 2009, with the inte ...

division collecting various ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series '' Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation. ...

'' and ''

Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

'' animated short subjects from

Warner Bros. Cartoons Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it ...

. This is the first ''Looney Tunes'' Blu-ray to be released through

, as opposed to the main home video division (second overall home media release after the ''

Porky Pig 101 This is a listing of the shorts, feature films, television programs, and television specials in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon series, extending from 1929 through the present day. Altogether, 1,002 animated shorts alone were ...

'' DVD set in 2017). According to

Jerry Beck Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955, in New York City) is an American animation historian, author, blogger, and video producer. Beck wrote or edited several books on classic American animation and classic characters, including '' The 50 Greates ...

, the aim of this series is to release ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts that have been previously unavailable in remastered form to animation fans and collectors on the various DVD and Blu-ray sets (roughly 400 shorts, before the release of this series); such as the ''

Looney Tunes Golden Collection The ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' is a series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' animated shorts. The series began on October 28, 2003, and ended on Oct ...

'', '' Platinum Collection'', '' Super Stars'' and ''

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection ''Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection'' is a Blu-ray Disc box-set released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on December 1, 2020. It contains 60 Bugs Bunny shorts and numerous bonus features and supplementary content. The set's ...

'' sets. ''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1'' was announced on March 28, 2023 and released on May 30. Keeping with tradition with other Golden Age of Animation releases by Warner Archive (such as ''Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s'' and '' Tex Avery Screwball Classics''), ''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1'' is a single-disc set with no bonus material. The set contains 20 cartoons that were previously unavailable on DVD or Blu-ray, presented uncut and digitally restored. Animation historian and curator,

and Warner Archive President George Feltenstein indicated that strong sales of ''Volume 1'' could result in future volumes, with more cartoons and multiple discs. On September 18, due to strong sales of ''Volume 1'', Warner Archive announced ''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2'' — which included 25 cartoons and was released on December 12, 2023. On January 23, 2024, Warner Archive announced ''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3'', which was released on March 12.

Volume 1

''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1'' was released on May 30, 2023. The set includes 20 cartoons- none of which have previously been released on DVD or Blu-ray before. They are all presented uncut and digitally restored. ''Beanstalk Bunny'' and ''Catch as Cats Can'' were sourced from new 4K scans from the

original camera negative The original camera negative (OCN) is the film in a traditional film-based movie camera which captures the original image. This is the film from which all other copies will be made. It is known as raw stock prior to exposure. The size of a roll v ...

s. According to Jerry Beck, the set was delayed for almost a full year because the

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The librar ...

had difficulty shipping the camera negatives for ''Catch as Cats Can'' to the Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank. The other cartoons on this set had previously been restored for

HBO Max HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Netwo ...

streaming service in 2020 - with HBO removing many of them being earlier that same year. However, for this release Warner Archive corrected many of the errors initially made by HBO Max, such as

Photoshopped Photograph manipulation involves the transformation or alteration of a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve desired results. Some photograph manipulations are considered to be skillful artwork, while others are consider ...

titles.

Volume 2

''Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2'' was released on December 12, 2023. This set included 25 cartoons never before released on DVD or Blu-Ray - five more than on ''Volume 1''. In contrast to the previous volume, ''Volume 2'' focuses more on miscellaneous "one-shot" cartoons and characters. Like the previous volume, only two cartoons (''Brother Brat'' and ''Ghost Wanted'') were specifically restored for this release, while the other cartoons were previously restored for

and

Me-TV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...

, with Warner Archive correcting the Photoshopped titles (most notably on ''A Hound for Trouble''). In addition ''Cross Country Detours'' had its original opening title sequence restored, as opposed to the

Blue Ribbon The blue ribbon is a symbol of high quality. The association comes from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners and, prior to that from Cordon Bleu, which referred to the blue ribbon wo ...

re-issue titles featured on previous releases. ''Volume 2'' includes the following cartoons:

Volume 3

''Volume 3'' was released on March 12, 2024. Like the previous volumes only two cartoons were specifically restored for this release - ''

Mexican Joyride ''Mexican Joyride'' is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Arthur Davis and written by Dave Monahan. The cartoon was released on November 29, 1947, and stars Daffy Duck. Plot Daffy Duck drives to Mexico for a vacation, and after ...

'' and ''

Riff Raffy Daffy ''Riff Raffy Daffy'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Arthur Davis. The cartoon was released on November 27, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. Plot A homeless Daffy Duck is trying to find a place to sleep in a ...

'' - while all the other cartoons were previously restored for

and

MeTV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television program ...

, with Warner Archive fixing most of the

title cards. ''Riff Raffy Daffy'' was originally released on the '' Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham'' DVD set but in an unrestored form. For this release ''Riff Raffy Daffy'' was given a brand-new transfer. Since the original separation exposure negatives are missing, critics noted that while ''Riff Raffy Daffy'' doesn't look as pristine as the other cartoons on the set, it still looks far superior than on previous releases. ''

Hobo Bobo ''Hobo Bobo'' is a 1947 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on May 17, 1947. The cartoon stars Robert C. Bruce as the narrator, as well as the voices of Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg. ...

'' also had it's original opeining titles restored. ''Volume 3'' contains the following cartoons:

References

{{Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies DVD and Blu-ray releases Looney Tunes home video releases

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

See also

References