Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
DVD-cover
Directed by	Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger, Eddie Selzer
Starring	Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Tweety, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date(s)	October 25, 2005
Running time	442 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
Followed by	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

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, 9 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. Each disc has an introduction by Whoopi Goldberg, who is a huge fan of the Warner cartoon characters, advising the viewers that some of the cartoons on the set may contain humor that is considered politically incorrect by today's standards (particularly the racial stereotypes), but will be shown because "to [censor them] would be like saying that these prejudices never existed".

Disc 1 - Bugs Bunny Classics

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

• Music-and-effects-only audio track on Duck! Rabbit, Duck!, Hilbilly Hare
• Audio commentary
  • Jerry Beck and Martha Sigal on The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
  • Michael Barrier on Bowery Bugs and Hilbilly 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: 1989 Documentary
• The Bugs Bunny Show: The Honey-Mousers bridging sequences; Bull Point Puns audio recording sessions with Mel Blanc

Others

• Behind-the-Tunes: A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy

Disc 2 - Hollywood Caricatures and Parodies

(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(#): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles. However on the ending titles, the 1941-1955 ending rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" (the Merrie Melodies theme music) is used instead of the original 1937-1938 rendition. This is due to the 1995 Turner "dubbed version" (which uses this rendition) being used as the source for restoration of the soundtrack.The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(***): The original ending music has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue ending music.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio track on Wideo Wabbit
• 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, 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)
  • The Heckling Hare (1941)
  • The Big Snooze (1946)
• Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930), It's Got Me Again (1932) (originally Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the first Merrie Melodie, was to be included, but was replaced by It's Got Me Again)

Others

• Behind-the-Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White; Fine Tooning: Restoring the Warner Bros. Cartoons

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)
• The Bear that Wasn't (1967), Point Rationing of Foods (1943), Porky's Party Storyboard Reel

Others

• Behind-the-Tunes: Tish Tash: The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

Disc 4 - All-Stars Cartoon Party

(*): The original ending title sequence has been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
(#): The original opening and ending title sequences have been restored for this release, replacing the Blue Ribbon reissue titles. However on the ending titles, the 1941-1955 ending rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" (the Merrie Melodies theme music) is used instead of the original 1937-1938 rendition. This is due to the 1995 Turner "dubbed version" (which uses this rendition) being used as the source for restoration of the soundtrack.

Special Features

Audio bonuses

• Music-only audio tracks on Gonzales' Tamales, Bids 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 Meléndez on Falling Hare, An Itch in Time
  • Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi on Birds Anonymous, Gonzales' Tamales
  • Greg Ford on No Barking, To Beep or Not to Beep
  • Michael Barrier on Odor-able Kitty, Walky Talky Hawky

From the Vaults

• Private Snafu cartoons: Spies (1943), Rumors (1943), Snafuperman (1943)
• Falling Hare Storyboard Reel
• TV Pilot : Philbert (1961)- with optional commentary by Jerry Beck and Art Leonardi

Others

• Behind-the-Tunes: The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepe Le Pew, Looney Tunes Go to War!, Strictly for the Birds: Tweety and Sylvester's Award-Winning Teamup

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)