Looney Tunes Super Stars Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham


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After the widescreen debacle and the general audience barely touching said mode, this release does away with the widescreen cropped option, only allowing the choice to view the shorts in their original fullscreen format. Fans breathed a sigh of relief, although such a feat was short lived as this was the penultimate volume of the series.

This time around, eighteen shorts were included, the most out of the sets in the Super Stars series. Indeed, many of them starred the title character, Porky, with twelve of them being included from around the transition of the Looney Tunes series to color in 1944 to his final official short in 1965. Strangely though, it subtly appears that this set suffered from development issues.

Some might notice on the back cover that there are different shorts presented in the images than what is actually included. The two that stand out include "Daffy Doodles" and "Nothing but the Tooth", both of which aren't even in the set at all. Additionally, despite being pointed out as 18 shorts newly restored for the first time, there are three shorts that contradict this: "One Meat Brawl" is its unrestored 1995 dubbed version, and two shorts are actually Golden Collection double dips - "Wagon Heels" and "Boobs in the Woods". Although no such official response for why this was the case has ever been made, it's highly assumed that the earlier two shorts were intended to replace the latter two double dipped shorts, but they were unable to be restored in time, and the latter two took their places. It is also likely "One Meat Brawl" was also intended for restoration but wasn't completed on time. It is also worth noting that the two Bunny and Claude shorts at the end of the set were included by Warner Home Video as "filler," according to Jerry Beck in a Stu's Show podcast.

For the most part, this set aims to complete a few stopgaps in Porky's color filmography, complete with a few other miscellany from Robert McKimson and Friz Freleng. Even more surprising is that Ant Pasted is presented as its 1998 dubbed version ala the earlier Golden Collection volumes. These signs of production issues ended up being a foreshadowing of the series' bitter end.

"One Meat Brawl" would eventually see a restoration in light when it became part of the 2020 restoration project for HBO Max and eventually released on the second volume of the Collector's Choice series. Additionally, some at the time did question why "Riff Raffy Daffy" looks a bit poor compared to the rest of the restorations; the third volume of Collector's Choice answers this question as the aforementioned short had its original negative lost, and thus only Cinecolor prints could be used instead of its original Technicolor transfer. For this set, it was done in two-film Cinecolor, while it would later be done in HD with three-film Super Cinecolor to a slightly better result in Collector's Choice.

Disc Specifications

  • Release Date: November 6, 2012
  • Format(s): DVD
  • Disc(s): 1 (DVD-9)
  • Shorts Included: 18
  • In Print?: Yes
  • Runtime: 126 minutes (2 hours, 6 minutes)
  • Region: Region 1

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.

Each short in itself contributes an equal amount, and miscellaneous and post-Golden Age shorts are also included. Thus, even if all Golden Age shorts are upgraded in later sets, shorts in other categories may still prevent the set from scoring a 0.

For compilation sets, only the amount of shorts without a better version on later sets are scored for up to 10 points, as they tend to be repackages of previously released sets.

Any set that scores 0 on new-to-format or upgrade tests are deemed as double dip-only sets and instantly fails with a 0. Sets that also scores 0 on the "don't have an upgrade" test are also deemed as obsolete, usurped sets and instantly fails with a 0. As more sets get released, the score may be subject to change.

This is not an exhaustive rating on the set itself in terms of quality, but rather a marker on how worthwhile it is the obtain the set for a complete collection in the most cost-efficient way. Thus, sets with a higher score are a much better value for your cash than lower rated ones; sets rated with a 0 are generally a waste of cash.
This set has achieved a Collector's Recommendation Score of 7.222 out of 10, based on the sum of the score from the following categories:
  • New-to-format score (up to 2 points): 1.78
  • Upgrade score (up to 3 points): 2.67
  • Doesn't have an better version score (up to 5 points): 2.78

It might be somewhat ideal to get this set for collection's sake. It may contain a good amount of shorts available in their best state, but contain significant amounts of double dips and/or inferior versions of the shorts. If majority of the set contains unrestored versions of the shorts, they will likely to be subject to being upgraded in future sets. You may get a better value getting a higher rated set.

Included Shorts

Short NameRelease DateStatusNotes
Looney Tunes Tom Turk and DaffyFebruary 12, 1944Restored SD
Merrie Melodies Wagon HeelsJuly 28, 1945Restored SD
Looney Tunes Mouse Menace Blue RibbonNovember 2, 1946Restored SD
Merrie Melodies One Meat Brawl Blue RibbonJanuary 18, 1947Unrestored1995 dubbed version
Looney Tunes Curtain RazorMay 21, 1949Restored SD
Looney Tunes The Pest That Came to Dinner Blue Ribbon, original titles restoredSeptember 11, 1948Restored SDOriginal color rings restored for first time
Looney Tunes Riff Raffy DaffyNovember 27, 1948Restored SDRestored from Cinecolor print
Looney Tunes Boobs in the Woods Blue RibbonJanuary 28, 1950Restored SD
Merrie Melodies Dog Collared Blue Ribbon, original titles restoredDecember 2, 1950Restored SDOriginal color rings restored for first time
Looney Tunes Thumb Fun Blue RibbonMarch 1, 1952Restored SD
Looney Tunes Fool Coverage Blue Ribbon, original titles restoredDecember 13, 1952Restored SDOriginal color rings restored for first time
Merrie Melodies Corn on the CopJuly 24, 1965Restored SD
Merrie Melodies Corn Plastered Blue RibbonMarch 3, 1951Restored SD
Looney Tunes Gone Batty Blue RibbonSeptember 4, 1954Restored SD
Looney Tunes Ant PastedMay 9, 1953Restored SD1998 dubbed version
Merrie Melodies Dog Gone PeopleNovember 12, 1960Restored SD
Looney Tunes Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches)November 9, 1968Restored SD
Merrie Melodies The Great Carrot-Train RobberyJanuary 25, 1969Restored SD
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