Looney Tunes Altered Versions Discussion v2 (or, the Looney Tunes Dumping Ground)

[Moe]

I learned that HBO Max currently has 516 LT/MM shorts out of 1,041 and Boomerang streaming app has 428 LT/MM shorts.

I didn't realize that Looney Tunes Fandom claimed that some shorts like Bugsy and Mugsy, Saddle Silly, From Hand to Mouse, many Speedy Gonzales shorts got removed after initially added to HBO Max, also some information about availability on Looney Tunes Fandom are outdated as some shorts get removed without our knowledge, so no one know until you look and find whichever went missing. HBO Max hasn't give a reason about why those shorts are removed, also HBO Max has many missing pieces of shorts.

 

[Cool_Cat]

And that's the whole reason why I prefer physical media.

I have some bad recordings of a few of the removed ones, and some not at all, like Hamateur Night which I'd love to see remastered.

 

[Moe]

I wish that Warner Bros is doing better with iTunes - too many duplicate and iTunes have around nearly 300 shorts out of 1,041 after exclude all duplicates. I would love to see WB to offer 1,000 shorts on iTunes but I won't hold my breath on that.

I believe that Looney Tunes DVD collection usually carried around over 500 cartoons in total.

Looney Tunes on DVD, Blu-ray, and iTunes: The Full (?) List

Thought this thread would prove useful to you Looney Tunes fans. With roughly 1,000 shorts, you might wonder what's available on DVD, Blu-ray, and iTunes. Wonder no more; here is an up-to-date list. Two things to note: 1) The list doesn't include shorts on VHS or Laserdisc. For a good...

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[Cool_Cat]

I saw that iTunes playlist. They threw everything already available in there, so duplicates and such.

In any case, due to the fact they delete shorts out of nowhere, I don't feel bad at all for downloading them.

 

[Moe]

I saw that iTunes playlist. They threw everything already available in there, so duplicates and such.

In any case, due to the fact they delete shorts out of nowhere, I don't feel bad at all for decrypting DRMed files.

Oh wow, I don't realize that they deleted shorts and it was crazy on WB's move. I hopefully they don't mess with my existing library.

I learned that Golden Collection DVD have some shorts that never released on iTunes, Boomerang nor HBO Max but many are duplicates, especially if customers own DVD and digital copy.

 

[FuriousMan226]

@StickerBoy

Well, I wouldn't say that

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The Turner ones were all used for the Time Out Cin.ca dubs, so just wait until they show up in Italy again.

EDIT: Polar Pals colorized airs on Boomerang Italy, just wait until they air it again.

Do you have Polar Pals computer colorized?

 

[EmitterCollector]

Out of boredom, I decided to synchronize some of the Romanian dubbed LT shorts that I have on the LTCG vol3 rip to their computer colorized versions. So far, the only three B/W era shorts I have successfully synchronized are:

Porky Pig's Feat (on which I replaced the opening due to brightness issues, similar to the CC print of Daffy Duckaroo)
Porky and Teabiscuit
The Film Fan

I am still trying to source more romanian dubs where possible, and so far this is what I have synchronized to the romanian dubs:

-AAP print of Slick Hare (it's in quite a rough shape, but it'll do.)
-Daffy Duck Slept Here (with reconstructed HD AAP titles and opening, former sourced from a recently surfaced Uncle Tom's Bungalow print, and the latter from the LTGC vol3 DVD)
-Hollywood Capers (with Sunset titles in better quality)
-The Wacky Wabbit (AAP print)
-Fin'n Catty (also with reconstructed AAP opening)

 

[Moe]

I learned that HBO Max removed 5 LT/MM shorts that dropped the number to 511 now and they had 516 in March.

HBO Max didn't disclose about whichever specific shorts are removed.

Shame on HBO Max and WB.

 

[NewBogus :)]

I learned that HBO Max removed 5 LT/MM shorts that dropped the number to 511 now and they had 516 in March.

HBO Max didn't disclose about whichever specific shorts are removed.

Shame on HBO Max and WB.

But at the same time, HBO Max Latin America released several shorts that were not available in the US streaming service, i.e.: Stork Naked (in Fullscreen), Bushy Hare, Stooge for a Mouse, Tortilla Flaps, Rebel Rabbit (also available on Amazon Video in HD), etc.

 

[Moe]

I just made a list of Looney Tunes shorts available on iTunes to avoid the duplicate.

Some collection isn't on list because of duplicate.

There is LT/MM 365 shorts available on iTunes, excluding all duplication. That means 35% of LT/MM shorts are available out of 1,041.

Feel free to use this guide to help with your purchase.

 

[Cool_Cat]

I can't edit my old post. The Elmer Fudd MGM tape has in its full version Bingo Crosbyana, She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, I'm a Big Shot Now and Rhapsody in Rivets.

 

[NewBogus :)]

Meanwhile, "The Prize Pest" and "It's Nice To Have A Mouse Around the House" became available on iTunes in HD: ‎Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection

 

[Moe]

Meanwhile, "The Prize Pest" and "It's Nice To Have A Mouse Around the House" became available on iTunes in HD: ‎Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection

New shorts added to iTunes

1) Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas
2) Superior Duck
3) Daffy's Rhapsody
4) My Generation G…G…Gap
5) The Prize Pest
6) Freudy Cat
7) Museum Scream
8) Little Go Beep
9) The Whizzard of Ow
10) Cock-A-Doodle-Duel
11) The Egg-Cited Rooster
12) Jumpin' Jupiter
13) Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
14) A Bird in a Bonnet
15) It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

WB slipped 3 episodes of The LT Show in collection.

 

[LooneyTuney18]

According to Jerry Beck, "The Crackpot Quail" (1941) will be included as an extra feature on the Tex Avery Screwball Classics Vol. 3 Blu-ray... but with its original soundtrack (which means it will finally have the original "raspberry" noises instead of the whistling heard on all other prints, including the HBO Max one) Some Advance Notes on “Tex Avery Screwball Classics” Volume 3 |

 

[Pato Pateta]

Guys, check this out!

 

[NewBogus :)]

Guys, check this out!
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Probably fake.

 

[LooneyTuney18]

I wasn't aware until recently but the "Stars of Space Jam" DVD set got a R2 release this September, with English and French audio. It has the same content changes from the VHS collection and despite it being released way after the new waves of LT restorations, it surprisingly still uses unrestored transfers for the same handful of shorts... except "Tree Cornered Tweety", which is featured with its I Love Tweety restoration (and not the HBO Max one!). Not much else to say about this but still a nice surprise x)

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Probably fake.

It is. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips hasn't aired on TV since it was featured in the 2001 Toonheads special "The Wartime Cartoons", which focused on these cartoons and was accompanioned by a voiceover explaining how Japanese stereotypes in World War II cartoons tended to be very cruel.

 

[wiley207]

I'm pretty sure most of you have heard of this by now, but the forum was down when it happened. HBO Max removed all the 1951-2004 "Looney Tunes" shorts at the very end of December 2022, as another tax-write off from that fiend David Zaslav. HBO Max even lied to us at one point and said it was just a "temporary" maintenance check! So for now, we're gonna have to rely on MeTV airings and those worn-out TV prints on the Boomerang streaming app...

...OR the newly-restored cartoons featured on Warner Archive's "Looney Tunes: Collector's Choice Vol. 1" Blu-Ray!

This includes "Catch as Cats Can", "The Unruly Hare", "His Bitter Half", "Daffy Doodles", "Cracked Quack", "Little Orphan Airedale", "Hip Hip- Hurry!", "Hot-Rod and Reel!", "Greedy for Tweety", "Stooge for a Mouse", "A Mouse Divided", "A Fractured Leghorn", "Plop Goes the Weasel!", "A Tale of Two Mice", "The Foxy Duckling", "Two Gophers from Texas", "Doggone Cats", "What's Brewin', Bruin?", "The Bee-Deviled Bruin", and at long last, "Beanstalk Bunny!" Since that short had some damage to its' negative preventing its' restoration for years, they got around that by taking the damaged scene from a theatrical print, and upscaling it with color correction. It does stick out a little, but it's great to have the cartoon remastered in HD nonetheless.

 

[Moe]

HBO Max removed all the 1951-2004 "Looney Tunes" shorts at the very end of December 2022, as another tax-write off from that fiend David Zaslav.

Looney Tunes shorts are too old to be written off for tax purpose and if it does, most of Looney Tunes would be unavailable to the public.

Most of Looney Tunes are just removed from HBO Max but they aren't written off.