Looney Tunes Collector's Edition: Volume 8


Back to Collector's Edition main page
Looney Tunes Collector's Edition: Volume 8 Rotate cover
Billed under the name of Tex-Book Looney, this volume contains a handful of Tex Avery-directed cartoons. Only the black-and-white shorts released on this volume has yet to be restored for digital disc home media.

Disc Specifications

  • Release Date: June 1, 2000
  • Format(s): VHS
  • Shorts Included: 12
  • In Print?: No
  • Runtime: 90 minutes (1 hour, 30 minutes)
  • Region: NTSC

Collector's Recommendation Score

What's this?This is a rating of how recommended it is to obtain the set, rated from a scale of 0 to 10. This is automatically done and is calculated from three criteria by default: how many shorts are new to the format (20%), how many shorts is an upgrade from previous releases (30%), and how many shorts don't have an upgrade in future releases (50%). The higher the score, the more recommended the set is. See the About page to learn more about Collector's Recommendation Score.
This set has achieved a Collector's Recommendation Score of 4.583 out of 10, based on the sum of the score from the following categories:
  • New-to-format score (up to 2 points): 1.5
  • Upgrade score (up to 3 points): 2.25
  • Doesn't have a better version score (up to 5 points): 0.83

It might not be ideal to get this set for collection's sake. It contains significant amounts of double dips and/or inferior versions of the shorts and have likely been usurped by better volumes and releases. If this set is old, most of the shorts might have been updated to better versions. You will likely get a better value getting a higher rated set.

Included Shorts

Short NameRelease DateStatusNotes
Merrie Melodies The Heckling HareJuly 5, 1941Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Daffy Duck in HollywoodDecember 3, 1938Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Dangerous Dan McFoo Blue RibbonJuly 15, 1939Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Looney Tunes The Blow OutApril 4, 1936Unrestored
Merrie Melodies The Cagey Canary Blue RibbonNovember 22, 1941Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies The Crackpot QuailFebruary 15, 1941Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies The Bear's Tale Blue Ribbon, original titles restoredApril 13, 1940Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Looney Tunes The Haunted Mouse Public domainFebruary 15, 1941Unrestored
Merrie Melodies Holiday HighlightsOctober 12, 1940Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Egghead Rides AgainJuly 17, 1937Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Hollywood Steps Out Blue RibbonMay 24, 1941Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Tortoise Beats HareMarch 15, 1941Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Copyright © 2026 • Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, and its related characters are the exclusive properties of Warner Bros., a Warner Bros. Discovery company. This website is not affiliated with Warner Bros.