Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces (the DVD)
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All of these were previously released, several only as DVD extras. See notes for where. (GC2 = Golden Collection Volume 2, PC1B = Platinum Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray).
My lists of each volume have comments for which disk.
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All of these were previously released, several only as DVD extras. See notes for where. (GC2 = Golden Collection Volume 2, PC1B = Platinum Collection Volume 1 Blu-ray).
My lists of each volume have comments for which disk.
http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2875687/lists
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- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsArthur Q. BryanRobert ClampettBea BenaderetElmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.LTMM.1; commentary by Michael Barrier with director Bob Clampett
GC2, GC4, PC3B - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanBugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.LTMM.2; commentary by Eric Goldberg
GC1, PC1B - DirectorChuck JonesStarsWilliam RobertsA man futilely struggles to make his fortune with a frog that sings and dances, but only when it is alone with the owner.LTMM.3; commentary by Michael Barrier with director Chuck Jones, writer Michael Maltese, layout artist Maurice Noble and animator Corny Cole; music-only track
GC2, PC1B - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancWhen Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.LTMM.4; commentary by Daniel Goldmark
GC2, GC4 - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.LTMM.5; commentary by Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese and Maurice Noble; music-only track; vocal track of Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan
GC2, PC1B - DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancStan FrebergJohn T. SmithWhile vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Bugs Bunny encounters Curt and Pumpkinhead Martin, two dimwitted hillbillies who are duped by Bugs into a violent square dance.LTMM.6; commentary by Michael Barrier with Phil Monroe; music-only track
GC3, PC3B - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancStan FrebergNorman NesbittA house cat inadvertently becomes famous for playing the piano when it is actually a mouse who is doing the playing.LTMM.7; commentary by Daniel Goldmark
GC4 - DirectorChuck JonesAbe LevitowMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancGloria WoodJohn A. FordNelly the singing giraffe begins a singing career, but finds that chasing fame brings her nothing but unhappiness.LTMM.8; music-only track
PC3B, dvd extra: Sex and the Single Girl (1964) - DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBilly BletcherTommy BondA spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.LTMM.9; commentary by Eric Goldberg
GC2, PC1B, dvd extra: The Jazz Singer (1927) - DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryBernice HansenJackie MorrowA bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. Finally he is awakened by the manager, because Miss Glory's car has arrived, but instead of a beautiful lady, a child star a la Shirley Temple steps out ...LTMM.10; commentary by Will Friedwald
GC6, PC1B, dvd extra: Top Hat (1935) - DirectorCal DaltonCal HowardStarsMel BlancJohnnie DavisGeorge MacFarlandAt the Katnip Kollege, a roomful of cats take a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and must sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.LTMM.11
GC2, PC1B - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk after being inside the sheet music for "Little Brown Jug". The drunken note staggers goofily on the staves for the music of "The Blue Danube" and is chased by the conductor.LTMM.12
PC3B, dvd extra: Cash McCall (1960) - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBea BenaderetSara BernerMel BlancThe story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.LTMM.13; commentary by Daniel Goldmark
GC3, PC3B - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsStan FrebergThree pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.LTMM.14; commentary by Jerry Beck and actor Stan Freberg; music-only track; vocal track of Stan Freberg
GC2, PC1B - DirectorFriz FrelengBuilders construct a building to the tune of Franz Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody".LTMM.15
PC3B, dvd extra: The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanGloria CurranSylvester sings opera and popular tunes while standing on a back alley fence; Elmer, who wants to sleep, tries to thwart him.LTMM.16; commentary by Greg Ford
GC2, PC2B - DirectorFriz FrelengTo the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop.LTMM.17; commentary by Daniel Goldmark
GC5 - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancThe Mellowmen QuartetA tour of the bright lights of New York City, where the various advertising signs come to life.LTMM.18
GC6 - StarsJerry BeckCorny ColeEric GoldbergA documentary about One Froggy Evening (1955).LTMM.19
GC2, PC1B - DirectorConstantine NasrChuck JonesStarsJerry BeckCorny ColeDaniel GoldmarkA documentary about What's Opera, Doc? (1957).LTMM.20
GC2, PC1B - StarsBruce BroughtonStan FrebergDon HahnA documentary about Carl W. Stalling's musical scores.LTMM.21
GC1 - DirectorTex AveryRobert ClampettFriz FrelengStarsDaniel GoldmarkFriz FrelengKeith ScottA documentary about the songs in the Looney Tunes cartoon shorts.LTMM.22
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