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enervating zip and freshwater laughter -- what Manny
Farber called "smart-alecky freshness" -- of the
great, classic Warner Brothers cartoons of Chuck
Jones, Fritz Freleng, Tex Avery, and Bob Clampett have
been reborn on DVD in this 4-disc, 56 cartoon
collection, with all the cartoons remastered and
restored. Most of the classics are here -- "Rabbit
Seasoning," "For Scent-imnetal Reasons," "Duck Amuck,"
"Duck Dodgers in the 24 ˝ Century" -- along with the
audio commentary of numerous film historians and
animators on specific cartoons, featurettes, excerpts
for the primetime "Bugs Bunny Show," and production
paraphernalia (stills, pencil tests, charts). Each
disc concentrates on a specific cartoon character --
Bugs Bunny on Disc One, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig on
Disc Two, and Disc Three and Four collecting other
Warner Brothers characters and one-shot cartoons. For
the novice, this collection is an excellent
introduction to the Warner Brothers madhouse. For the
cats in the know, however, there are a few quibbles.
For example, why doesn't Daffy rate a disc of his own
and...where the hell is "What's Opera Doc?"
- PB
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