Oh-vah-tuah, Toin Da Lights....

[filkertom]

My pal Harold (castor_biber) gave me another heads-up, and we wants this one, my preciousssss. The Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2 unfortunately doesn't have any Taz, Marvin, Foghorn, Pepe, or Speedy... but, as the article points out, that's why we'll have Vol. 3, 4, 5....

We will finally get One Froggy Evening, The Dover Boys, most of the Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote shorts, Bunny Hugged, Tortoise Meets Hare, and... ta dah! What's Opera, Doc?

Release date: Not yet announced, likely October or November.

Sign. Me. Up.

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[poltr1]

I remember reading in one of my cartoon books that there were over 1000 Warner Bros. cartoons made. That would amount to about 20 volumes! And of course, I'd love to see a volume dedicated to the rare and obscure World War II propaganda cartoons.

Psst. Hey doc, I came up with a quiz of 25 Warner Bros. cartoon quotes last month. I've since posted the answeres, but if you want to take the quiz, it's over here.

Re: Sign me up too!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Good stuff. The biggest problem is remembering the names involved. In all but two cases, I can see the scene, hear the voice, and even name the director (whole lotta Chuck goin' on ;).

Situation Normal, All F-... All FOULED Up!

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

I have a DVD of all the Private Snafu cartoons!

Sign me up three

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Well, Amazon does not seem to know about it yet. I was going to try to pre-order. Oh Well. Just In Time For Xma$, as usual.

BTW good quiz!

Actually...

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

It's "Overture... Curtain, Lights..."

Personally, (and I'm a HUGE fan of Chuck Jones, but) I think "One Froggy Evening" is overrated.

And while "What's Opera Doc" is considered Jones' finest, I've always preferred "The Rabbit of Seville". It's Bigs at his most Chaplin-esque!

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[redaxe.livejournal.com]

And while "What's Opera Doc" is considered Jones' finest, I've always preferred "The Rabbit of Seville". It's Bigs at his most Chaplin-esque

Hear, hear! It's a question of choosing between two terrific pieces, and "Rabbit of Seville" always makes me laugh just a little harder.

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[filkertom.livejournal.com]

It took me some years to appreciate One Froggy Evening. I didn't like it much until my mid-thirties.

And I agree completely on Rabbit of Seville. I love What's Opera, Doc? to death, and it's a brilliant satire of opera in the same way that the "Dance of the Hours" sequence in Fantasia riffs on ballet; but for many years I've thought Seville was, ahem, a hare better. It is, without question, flat-out funnier. And my favorite shot in the entire thing is, probably surprisingly, one very early on where Elmer bursts in the backstage door which Bugs is hiding behind. A very Hitchcockian shot, and I love it.

You're right, I've had it wrong all these years....

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Chalk it up to the wonderful audio from our old Magnavox Death Star, twelve-inch screen in a two-cubic-yard base.

From ToonTracker.com (http://www.toontracker.com/lyrics/):

Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights,
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart!
Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, you'll hit the heights,
And, oh, what heights we'll hit --
On with the show, this is it!

Tonight what heights we'll hit --
On with the show, this is it!

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

That sounds cool. And so do volumes 3, 4, 5, and so forth.

On the other paw, we just came home from Costco yesterday with the Walt Disney Treasures box set called "Tomorrow Land." From the blurb:

Go back in time to the beginning of the future and enjoy four episodes and a theatrical short that delve into the mysteries of the universe and space travel — Man In Space, Man And The Moon . . . Mars And Beyond, Eyes In Outer Space, and Our Friend The Atom...Other not to be missed features include a special interview with noted futurist and author Ray Bradbury.

Disney before it was ALL sweetness and light. And Walt really did believe in getting off Earth. Definitely going to find some time today to watch chunks of this!

[batyatoon]

Woo and furthermore hoo!



Personally I'm a bit fonder of Rabbit Of Seville, but I think that's at least partly because I grew up with a copy of What's Opera Doc on video and it got just a bit too familiar to really make me laugh.
...much.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I think that one's going to wind up in everyone's collection...