Another volume in the Golden Collection series, this one includes a few themes that would be present in later volumes and even series. Dropped was the Whoopi Goldberg intro, in favor of the disclaimer on the DVD back cover.
Disc 1 is once again the Bugs Bunny showcase; nothing much has changed, but there are notably two shorts that will likely not see the light of television appearances nowadays: "Southern Fried Rabbit" and "Mississippi Hare". Disc 2 is the Frank Tashlin showcase disc, containing a significant portion of his 1930s shorts and a selection of his shorts when he rejoined the studio in the mid-1940s. Disc 3 provides nearly the rest of Speedy Gonzales' filmography before the studio's shutdown, including three shorts from the DePatie-Freleng era; "Mexican Cat Dance" was the only short before DePatie-Freleng that was left out. Disc 4 focuses on cartoons that featured cats, with a selection of one-offs and some with main characters.
In terms of bonus features, the Bugs Bunny Superstar documentary was included, which would notably be remastered on DVD by Warner Archive in 2012. None of the shorts present in that documentary are restored. A "new" 2006 short that was dubbed "Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture" was specifically created for this release, which is a cutdown of a segment from the Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster TV special from 1991. This was also likely the first time the wider public got to see footage from Warner Bros. breakdown reels that were often made internally but never actually shown to the public until now, which was included particularly to showcase a scene of Porky Pig swearing. That segment was actually directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, done in 1939 after Friz Freleng left the studio for MGM.
This was the last release for non-region 1 for the series during its initial run. International releases of this volume have notably removed several shorts for one reason or another (including but not limited to racially insensitive content or suicide gags), ironically contrary to the fact that the set was targeted to adult collectors and not family audiences.
Disc 1 is once again the Bugs Bunny showcase; nothing much has changed, but there are notably two shorts that will likely not see the light of television appearances nowadays: "Southern Fried Rabbit" and "Mississippi Hare". Disc 2 is the Frank Tashlin showcase disc, containing a significant portion of his 1930s shorts and a selection of his shorts when he rejoined the studio in the mid-1940s. Disc 3 provides nearly the rest of Speedy Gonzales' filmography before the studio's shutdown, including three shorts from the DePatie-Freleng era; "Mexican Cat Dance" was the only short before DePatie-Freleng that was left out. Disc 4 focuses on cartoons that featured cats, with a selection of one-offs and some with main characters.
In terms of bonus features, the Bugs Bunny Superstar documentary was included, which would notably be remastered on DVD by Warner Archive in 2012. None of the shorts present in that documentary are restored. A "new" 2006 short that was dubbed "Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture" was specifically created for this release, which is a cutdown of a segment from the Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster TV special from 1991. This was also likely the first time the wider public got to see footage from Warner Bros. breakdown reels that were often made internally but never actually shown to the public until now, which was included particularly to showcase a scene of Porky Pig swearing. That segment was actually directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, done in 1939 after Friz Freleng left the studio for MGM.
This was the last release for non-region 1 for the series during its initial run. International releases of this volume have notably removed several shorts for one reason or another (including but not limited to racially insensitive content or suicide gags), ironically contrary to the fact that the set was targeted to adult collectors and not family audiences.
Disc Specifications
- Release Date: November 14, 2006
- Format(s): DVD
- Disc(s): 4 (DVD-9)
- Shorts Included: 60 (+ 1 bonus short)
- In Print?: Yes
- Runtime: 414 minutes (6 hours, 54 minutes)
- Region: Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4
Bonus Content
- Disc 1
- Behind the Tunes: Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
- Behind the Tunes: Powerhouse in Pictures
- Documentary: Bugs Bunny: Superstar, Part 1
- TV Special: Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes
- The Bugs Bunny Show: "Ballpoint Puns" bridging sequences
- The Bugs Bunny Show: "Foreign Legion Leghorn" audio recording sessions
- Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Carnival trailer
- Bugs Bunny's All-Star Revue trailer
- Disc 2
- Documentary: Bugs Bunny: Superstar, Part 2
- Frank Tashlin storybooks:
- Little Chic's Wonderful Mother
- Tony and Clarence
- Private Snafu (all unrestored):
- The Goldbrick
- The Home Front
- Censored
- Disc 3
- Documentary: Friz on Film
- Warner Bros. US Army cartoon: 90 Day Wondering
- Warner Bros. US Army cartoon: Drafty, Isn't It? (unrestored)
- Disc 4
- Behind the Tunes: One Hit Wonders
- Behind the Tunes: Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes
- Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag
- Behind the Tunes: Wild Lines: The Art of Voice Acting
- Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes: A Cast of Thousands
- Warner Bros. Breakdowns of 1939 scene with Porky swearing
- "Sahara Hare" storyboard
- "Porky's Poor Fish" storyboard
Collector's Recommendation Score
- New-to-format score (up to 2 points): 1.93
- Upgrade score (up to 3 points): 3
- Doesn't have an better version score (up to 5 points): 3.28
It is recommended to get this set for collection's sake, as it currently contains a significant portion of the best versions of the cartoons available. The set may contain a small amount of double dips or shorts that have been upgraded that dips the rating down, but not enough to deter collecting.
Included Shorts
| Disc 1 | |||
| Short Name | Release Date | Status | Notes |
 Roman Legion-Hare | November 12, 1955 | Restored SD | |
The Grey Hounded Hare  | August 6, 1949 | Restored SD | |
 Rabbit Hood | December 24, 1949 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Eric Goldberg |
| Operation: Rabbit | January 19, 1952 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Paul Dini; includes music/sound effects only track |
| Knight-Mare Hare | October 1, 1955 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Southern Fried Rabbit | May 2, 1953 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases; includes music/sound effects only track |
| Mississippi Hare | February 26, 1949 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Eric Goldberg |
| Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | January 21, 1950 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Paul Dini |
| Forward March Hare | February 14, 1953 | Restored SD | |
| Sahara Hare | March 26, 1955 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Barbary-Coast Bunny | July 21, 1956 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| To Hare Is Human | December 15, 1956 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| 8 Ball Bunny | July 8, 1950 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Jerry Beck |
| Knighty Knight Bugs | August 23, 1958 | Restored SD | |
| Rabbit Romeo | December 14, 1957 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by June Foray and Jerry Beck; includes music only track |
| Disc 2 | |||
| Short Name | Release Date | Status | Notes |
| The Case of the Stuttering Pig | October 30, 1937 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Mark Kausler |
| Little Pancho Vanilla | October 8, 1938 | Restored SD | |
| Little Beau Porky | November 14, 1936 | Restored SD | |
| Now That Summer Is Gone | May 14, 1938 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Michael Barrier and Frank Tashlin |
| Porky in the North Woods | December 19, 1936 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Mark Kausler |
| You're an Education | November 5, 1938 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases; includes commentary by Daniel Goldmark |
Porky's Railroad  | August 7, 1937 | Restored SD | |
| Plane Daffy | September 16, 1944 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases; includes commentary by Greg Ford |
| Porky the Fireman | June 4, 1938 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases |
| Cracked Ice | September 10, 1938 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Michael Barrier and Frank Tashlin |
| Puss n' Booty | December 11, 1943 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Jerry Beck |
| I Got Plenty of Mutton | March 11, 1944 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Greg Ford |
| Booby Hatched | October 14, 1944 | Restored SD | |
| Porky's Poultry Plant | August 22, 1936 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Michael Barrier and Frank Tashlin |
| The Stupid Cupid | November 25, 1944 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases; includes commentary by Eddie Fitzgerald |
| Bonus Shorts | |||
| Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture | April 17, 1991 | Restored SD | |
| Disc 3 | |||
| Short Name | Release Date | Status | Notes |
| Cat-Tails for Two | August 29, 1953 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Stan Freberg and Jerry Beck; includes music/sound effects only track |
| Tabasco Road | July 20, 1957 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Tortilla Flaps | January 18, 1958 | Restored SD | |
| Mexicali Shmoes | July 4, 1959 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Here Today, Gone Tamale | August 29, 1959 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases |
| West of the Pesos | January 23, 1960 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Cannery Woe | January 7, 1961 | Restored SD | |
| The Pied Piper of Guadalupe | August 19, 1961 | Restored SD | |
| Mexican Boarders | May 12, 1962 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Greg Ford |
| Chili Weather | August 17, 1963 | Restored SD | |
| A Message to Gracias | February 8, 1964 | Restored SD | |
| Nuts and Volts | April 25, 1964 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Art Leonardi and Jerry Beck |
| Pancho's Hideaway | October 24, 1964 | Restored SD | |
| The Wild Chase | February 27, 1965 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Paul Dini |
| A-Haunting We Will Go | April 16, 1966 | Restored SD | |
| Disc 4 | |||
| Short Name | Release Date | Status | Notes |
The Night Watchman  | November 19, 1938 | Restored SD | Original titles restored for first time |
| Conrad the Sailor | February 28, 1942 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Greg Ford and Chuck Jones |
| The Sour Puss | November 2, 1940 | Restored SD | Omitted on non-region 1 releases |
| The Aristo-cat | June 19, 1943 | Restored SD | Includes two commentaries; one by Eddie Fitzgerald and one by Greg Ford and Chuck Jones |
| Dough Ray Me-ow | August 14, 1948 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Jerry Beck |
| Pizzicato Pussycat | January 1, 1955 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by Daniel Goldmark |
| Kiss Me Cat | February 21, 1953 | Restored SD | |
| Cat Feud | December 20, 1958 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| The Unexpected Pest | June 2, 1956 | Restored SD | Includes commentary by June Foray and Jerry Beck; includes music only track |
| Go Fly a Kit | February 23, 1957 | Restored SD | Includes music only track |
| Kiddin' the Kitten | April 5, 1952 | Restored SD | |
| A Peck o' Trouble | March 28, 1953 | Restored SD | Includes music/sound effects only track |
| Mouse and Garden | July 16, 1960 | Restored SD | |
| Porky's Poor Fish | April 27, 1940 | Restored SD | |
| Swallow the Leader | October 15, 1949 | Restored SD | |
