Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection
2003 American film
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Directed by Produced by Starring Mel Blanc (voice)Music by Distributed by Warner Home Video Release date
2003–2014 Running time
789+ minutes Country United States Language English
The Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection is a series of DVDs released by Warner Home Video compiling Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts. It was created as a more affordable alternative to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets aimed at collectors. Many of the cartoons included on these sets were already available in the 'Golden Collection' sets.
Volume 1
Volume 1, released on October 28, 2003, contains Discs 3 and 4 of Golden Collection, Volume 1.
Disc 1
Shorts 1—12 directed by Chuck Jones , 10 co-directed by Abe Levitow , 13 and 14 by Robert Clampett
No.
Title
Characters
Release date
Series
1
Elmer's Candid Camera
Elmer , Prototype-Bugs
March 2, 1940 (1940-03-02 )
MM
2
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Bugs , The Three Bears
February 26, 1944 (1944-02-26 )
MM
3
Fast and Furry-ous
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
September 17, 1949 (1949-09-17 )
LT
4
Hair-Raising Hare
Bugs , Gossamer
May 25, 1946 (1946-05-25 )
MM
5
Awful Orphan
Charlie , Porky
January 29, 1949 (1949-01-29 )
MM
6
Haredevil Hare
Bugs , K-9 , Marvin
July 24, 1948 (1948-07-24 )
LT
7
For Scent-imental Reasons
Pepé , Penelope
November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12 )
LT
8
Frigid Hare
Bugs
October 7, 1949 (1949-10-07 )
MM
9
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
Claude Cat , Hubie and Bertie
April 15, 1950 (1950-04-15 )
MM
10
Baton Bunny
Bugs
January 10, 1959 (1959-01-10 )
LT
11
Feed the Kitty
Marc and Pussyfoot
February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02 )
MM
12
Don't Give Up the Sheep
Ralph and Sam
January 3, 1953 (1953-01-03 )
LT
13
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Bugs , Beaky
July 11, 1942 (1942-07-11 )
MM
14
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Bugs , Cecil
February 20, 1943 (1943-02-20 )
MM
Disc 2
Shorts 1-9 directed by Friz Freleng , 10-14 by Robert McKimson
No.
Title
Characters
Release date
Series
1
Canary Row
Granny , Sylvester , Tweety
October 7, 1950 (1950-10-07 )
MM
2
Bunker Hill Bunny
Bugs , Sam
September 23, 1950 (1950-09-23 )
MM
3
Kit for Cat
Elmer , Sylvester
November 6, 1948 (1948-11-06 )
LT
4
Putty Tat Trouble
Sylvester , Tweety
February 24, 1951 (1951-02-24 )
LT
5
Bugs and Thugs
Bugs , Rocky and Mugsy
March 2, 1954 (1954-03-02 )
LT
6
Canned Feud
Sylvester
February 3, 1951 (1951-02-03 )
LT
7
Lumber Jerks
Mac and Tosh
June 25, 1955 (1955-06-25 )
LT
8
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy , Sylvester
September 17, 1955 (1955-09-17 )
MM
9
Tweety's S.O.S.
Granny , Sylvester , Tweety
September 22, 1951 (1951-09-22 )
MM
10
The Foghorn Leghorn
Barnyard , Foghorn , Henery
October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09 )
MM
11
Daffy Duck Hunt
Barnyard , Daffy , Porky
March 26, 1949 (1949-03-26 )
LT
12
Early to Bet
Gambling Bug
May 12, 1951 (1951-05-12 )
MM
13
A Broken Leghorn
Foghorn , Prissy
September 26, 1959 (1959-09-26 )
LT
14
Devil May Hare
Bugs , Taz
June 19, 1954 (1954-06-19 )
LT
Volume 2
Volume 2, released on November 2, 2004, contains Discs 3 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 2.
Disc 1
No.
Title
Characters
Release date
Director
Series
1
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
Sylvester , Tweety
July 23, 1949 (1949-07-23 )
Friz Freleng
MM
2
All a Bir-r-r-rd
Sylvester , Tweety
June 24, 1950 (1950-06-24 )
Friz Freleng
LT
3
Room and Bird
Granny , Sylvester , Tweety
June 2, 1951 (1951-06-02 )
Friz Freleng
MM
4
Tweet Tweet Tweety
Sylvester , Tweety
December 15, 1951 (1951-12-15 )
Friz Freleng
LT
5
Gift Wrapped
Granny , Hector , Sylvester , Tweety
February 16, 1952 (1952-02-16 )
Friz Freleng
LT
6
Ain't She Tweet
Granny , Sylvester , Tweety
June 21, 1952 (1952-06-21 )
Friz Freleng
LT
7
A Bird In A Guilty Cage
Sylvester , Tweety
August 30, 1952 (1952-08-30 )
Friz Freleng
LT
8
Snow Business
Granny , Sylvester , Tweety
January 17, 1953 (1953-01-17 )
Friz Freleng
LT
9
Tweetie Pie
Sylvester , Tweety
May 3, 1947 (1947-05-03 )
Friz Freleng
MM
10
Kitty Kornered
Porky , Sylvester
June 8, 1946 (1946-06-08 )
Bob Clampett
LT
11
Baby Bottleneck
Daffy , Porky
March 16, 1946 (1946-03-16 )
Bob Clampett
LT
12
Old Glory
Porky
July 1, 1939 (1939-07-01 )
Chuck Jones
MM
13
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Daffy
July 20, 1946 (1946-07-20 )
Bob Clampett
LT
14
Duck Soup to Nuts
Daffy , Porky
May 27, 1944 (1944-05-27 )
Friz Freleng
LT
15
Porky in Wackyland
Porky
September 24, 1938 (1938-09-24 )
Bob Clampett
LT
Disc 2
No.
Title
Characters
Release date
Director
Series
1
Back Alley Oproar
Elmer , Sylvester
March 27, 1948 (1948-03-27 )
Friz Freleng
MM
2
Book Revue
Daffy
January 5, 1946 (1946-01-05 )
Bob Clampett
LT
3
A Corny Concerto
Bugs , Daffy , Elmer , Porky
September 18, 1943 (1943-09-18 )
Bob Clampett
MM
4
Have You Got Any Castles?
June 25, 1938 (1938-06-25 )
Frank Tashlin
MM
5
Hollywood Steps Out
May 24, 1941 (1941-05-24 )
Tex Avery
MM
6
I Love to Singa
July 18, 1936 (1936-07-18 )
Tex Avery
MM
7
Katnip Kollege
June 11, 1938 (1938-06-11 )
Cal Howard and Cal Dalton
MM
8
The Hep Cat
Willoughby
October 3, 1942 (1942-10-03 )
Bob Clampett
LT
9
Three Little Bops
January 5, 1957 (1957-01-05 )
Friz Freleng
LT
10
One Froggy Evening
Michigan J. Frog
December 31, 1955 (1955-12-31 )
Chuck Jones
MM
11
Rhapsody Rabbit
Bugs
November 9, 1946 (1946-11-09 )
Friz Freleng
MM
12
Show Biz Bugs
Bugs , Daffy
November 2, 1957 (1957-11-02 )
Friz Freleng
LT
13
Stage Door Cartoon
Bugs , Elmer
December 30, 1944 (1944-12-30 )
Friz Freleng
MM
14
What's Opera, Doc?
Bugs , Elmer
July 6, 1957 (1957-07-06 )
Chuck Jones
MM
15
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Daffy , Porky
May 18, 1940 (1940-05-18 )
Friz Freleng
LT
Volume 3
In place of Volume 3, released on October 25, 2005, is the Looney Tunes Movie Collection, contains new-to-DVD content; consisting of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales on separate discs. Though it technically does serve as the third volume of the Spotlight Collection.
Volume 4
Volume 4, released on November 14, 2006, based on Discs 1 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 4.
Disc 1: Bugs Bunny Favorites
All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny .
Disc 2: Kitty Korner
Volume 5
Volume 5, released on October 30, 2007, consists of Discs 1 and 2 of Golden Collection Volume 5.
Disc 1: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
Disc 2: Fun-Filled Fairy Tales
Volume 6
Volume 6, released on October 21, 2008, based on Discs 1 and 4 of Golden Collection Volume 6.
Disc 1: Cartoon Superstars
No.
Title
Characters
Director
Year
1
Baby Buggy Bunny
Bugs
Chuck Jones
1954
2
Broom-Stick Bunny
Bugs , Witch Hazel
Chuck Jones
1956
3
To Duck or Not To Duck **
Daffy , Elmer
Chuck Jones
1943
4
Birth of a Notion
Barnyard , Daffy
Robert McKimson
1947
5
Crowing Pains
Barnyard , Foghorn , Henery , Sylvester
Robert McKimson
1947
6
Raw! Raw! Rooster!
Foghorn
Robert McKimson
1956
7
My Favorite Duck
Daffy , Porky
Chuck Jones
1942
8
Jumpin' Jupiter
Porky , Sylvester
Chuck Jones
1955
9
Satan's Waitin'
Sylvester , Tweety
Friz Freleng
1954
10
Hook, Line and Stinker
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
Chuck Jones
1958
11
A Ham in a Role
Goofy Gophers
Robert McKimson
1949
12
Heaven Scent
Pepé
Chuck Jones
1956
13
Often an Orphan
Charlie , Porky
Chuck Jones
1949
14
Dog Gone South
Charlie , Colonel Shuffle
Chuck Jones
1950
15
By Word of Mouse
Sylvester
Friz Freleng
1954
Special features
Bonus cartoons
Disc 2: One-Hit Wonders
All cartoons are one-shots, except for A Cartoonist's Nightmare , which features Beans .
Special features
Bonus cartoons
Volume 7
Volume 7, released on October 13, 2009, not concurrently with a Golden Collection; Instead, it is a compilation of shorts from Golden Collections 1, 2, and 3.
Disc 1: The Best of Bugs Bunny and Road Runner
Disc 2: All-Star Cartoon Party
Volume 8
Volume 8, released May 13, 2014, a compilation of shorts from Golden Collections 2, 3, 4, and 5. It is the last volume released to date.
Disc 1
All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny .
Disc 2
See also
References