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Unlike most animation purists I can't see why anyone
would begrudge a fan purchasing the "Looney Tunes Spotlight
Collection" sets. While they are less comprehensive, feature
less cartoons and have no extras to special of (except this
set), they are a great inexpensive way to get many of the
classic Warner Brothers shorts in unedited form sporting
terrific looking transfers. Let's be honest here folks-not
everyone wants to spend $64.99 (retail) for a four disc
set of cartoons. Most folks can justify, however, spending
$28.99 (retail again) for a two disc set featuring the highlights
of these four disc boxed sets. ***
For the record this two disc set assembles 28 classic
shorts focusing only on Bugs Bunny and the feline disc of
the four discs set. Disc one includes Roman Legion-Hare,
The Grey Hounded Hare, Rabbit Hood, Operation: RABBIT, Knight-mare
Hare, Southern Fried Rabbit, Mississippi Hare, Hurdy-Gurdy
Hare, Forward March Hare, Sahara Hare, Barbary-Coast Bunny,
To Hare is Human, 8 Ball Bunny, Knighty Knight Bugs, Rabbit
Romeo. ***
Disc two sports felines galore from a series of cartoons
from the late 30's and early 40's throughout the 50's. Disc
two includes The Night Watchman, Conrad the Sailor, The
Aristo-Cat, Dough Ray Me-ow, Pizzicato Pussycat, Kiss Me
Cat, Cat Feud, The Unexpected Pest, Go Fly a Kit, Kiddin'
the Kitten, A Peck o' Trouble, Mouse and Garden, Porky's
Poor Fish, Swallow the Leader ---
Image & Sound:
Once again Warner has done a terrific job of cleaning
up the classic cartoons included here. Colors are bright
and vivid and I didn't really notice any issues with digital
compression. All are presented in their original full screen
presentation. There are stray bits and pieces of dust and
dirt that are part of the original cartoons (its due to
dust and dirt on the animation cels that were there during
the photography stage of the cartoons). Audio sounds terrific
with dialogue, music and sound effects are wonderfully clear.
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