The 2nd wave of LT Super Stars DVDs will be out on 11/30. Be warned, the Sylvester and Tweety collection has NO NEW CARTOONS. All repeats from the Golden Collection.

The other one is a Foghorn Leghorn collection, and it will have:

1) All Fowled Up (2/19/1955)
2) Fox Terror (5/11/1957)
3) A Broken Leghorn (PREVIOUSLY RELEASED) (9/26/1959)
4) Crockett-Doodle-Doo (6/25/1960)
5) Weasel While You Work (9/6/1958)
6) Weasel Stop (2/11/1956)
7) Little Boy Boo (6/5/1954)
8) Banty Raids (6/29/1963)
9) Strangled Eggs (3/18/1961)

as well as the non-Foghorn cartoons:
10) Gopher Broke (11/15/1958 (Goofy Gophers)
11) A Mutt in a Rut (5/23/1959) (Elmer Fudd)
12) Mouse-Placed Kitten (1/24/1959)
13) Cheese It, the Cat! (5/4/1957) (The Honey-Mousers)
14) Two Crows from Tacos (1956)
15) Crow’s Feat (4/21/1962) (Elmer Fudd)

Be warned that this disc will likely have all the cartoons in the ‘widescreen’ version WB prepared for theaters but which was not seen on TV. If this bothered you on the Bugs and Daffy discs, stay away.

For a long time, Warner Brothers was being very good to the classic cartoon buyer. 60 new Warner Brothers cartoons every year, restored and uncut, in a 4 DVD set. It was intended for the collector, and not only had the classics everyone remembered, but also obscure B&W; gems and forgotten obscurities, with extras galore and commentaries. Life was good.

And then the economy went down the tubes, and the expensive yet not very profitable DVDs were canceled. To try to make up for it we have two single-disc releases out this April 27th, each containing 15 new-to-DVD collections, which the publicity says is restored and uncut, even if it will have no extras whatsoever. Hey, you take what you can get.

Then, to make matters worse, a listing of the shorts was leaked to TV Shows on DVD Monday. It was pretty great! It also turned out to be wrong. Now we have a revised list, which is… well, a bit less great. To be fair, they can’t all be winners, and as a cartoon fanatic I eventually want every single cartoon restored and released, regardless of quality. And there are some stone cold classics sprinkled in here. But yes, this is a very good example of why companies hate false leaks.

Here’s the contents, with a brief description of the cartoon, and a quick note if the cartoon had been censored, cut, or suppressed on television for violence, racism, or both. I don’t know the order the short will be in (the site has them alphabetically), so I’ll do it in chronological order. The year and cartoon director will also be provided.

Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
1) Mutiny On The Bunny (1950, Freleng). Yosemite Sam shanghai’s Bugs to be the crew on board his pirate ship. Bugs getting clubbed by Sam and Sam pointing a gun at Bugs used to be censored for TV.
2) Bushy Hare (1950, McKimson). Bugs ends up in Australia, where he teams up with a kangaroo and its mother to battle a savage Aborigine. When this was on TV, they sometimes cut the savage gleefully stabbing into Bugs’ hole. Nowadays, it’s banned from TV for questionable portrayals of Aborigines.
3) Hare We Go (1951, McKimson). Bugs joins Christopher Columbus to help discover America. A mallet hit used to be censored for TV.
4) Foxy By Proxy (1952, Freleng). A remake of an old Tex Avery cartoon, this has Bugs trying to evade a particularly dumb dog who thinks he’s a fox. The ending used to be cut.
5) Hare Trimmed (1953, Freleng). Yosemite Sam plans to marry Granny (from the Tweety cartoons) for her money, so Bugs dresses as a rival to stop him. A great cartoon, frequently seen on TV cut to ribbons, so an uncut print will be great. Lots of censored violence.
6) Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1954, Jones). Bugs ends up in a giant carrot patch, but then must battle a giant dog. This cartoon was originally released in 3-D, the only WB cartoon to be released thus.
7) Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956, Freleng). Bugs heckles and outwits Napoleon Bonaparte. Bugs taking snuff was cut for a while on TV after a controversy with Mighty Mouse and the Rev. Donald Wildmon.
8) Bedevilled Rabbit (1957, McKimson). The Tasmanian Devil was such a big hit that they ordered 2 more cartoons immediately. Here’s the first from that year, which is almost a remake of the first one from 1954. Also features Mrs. Taz. Some explosives used to be cut for TV.
9) Apes of Wrath (1959, Freleng). A remake of McKimson’s Gorilla My Dreams, only not as good. The stork knocks Bugs out and gives him to the Gorillas as their baby. Hijinx ensue. Lots of smashing on the head used to be cut for TV.
10) From Hare To Heir (1960, Freleng). Bugs is offering a million pounds (in 17th century England) to a mild-tempered person. Yosemite Sam wants the money, but… yeah. Some head bashing cut for TV.
11) Lighter Than Hare (1960, Freleng). SPACE Yosemite Sam! Sam uses a bunch of robots, but is just as bad at catching Bugs as his human counterpart. In the end, Bugs makes an Amon ‘n Andy ref that sometimes gets cut from TV.
12) The Million Hare (1963, McKimson). Bugs and Daffy compete on a game show to win a million dollars. Daffy is in his greedy, evil phase here (something I loathe).
13) Mad As A Mars Hare (1963, Jones & Noble). The last and least of the Marvin cartoons, this at least has a very bizarre ending with Bugs becoming a neanderthal rabbit.
14) Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964, McKimson). The Tasmanian Devil is after Bugs, who disguises himself as a doctor and puts him through the wringer… though in the end they both get beat up. Lots of explosions edited for TV.
15) False Hare (1964, McKimson). The final classic theatrical Bugs Bunny cartoon. Shame it’s only average. The Big Bad Wolf tries to show his nephew he’s cool by going after Bugs. TV prints cut the wolf getting gooshed by an Iron Maiden.

Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
1) Tick Tock Tuckered (1944, Clampett). A remake of Clampett’s first cartoon from 1937, only in color and with Daffy replacing Gabby Goat. It’s quite funny. Daffy and Porky have to get to work on time, but circumstances keep them awake all night.
2) Nasty Quacks (1945, Tashlin). Daffy at possibly his most obnoxious in this wonderfully frantic Frank Tashlin effort. He’s the pet duck of a spoiled brat… until the father decides to get even. The TV print of this is wretched, so a restored version is greatly needed.
3) Daffy Dilly (1948, Jones). One of the transitional Jones Daffy cartoons, where he’s greedy but still daffy and likeable. Jones would later play up the greed and selfishness, and the other directors would make him a villain. This cartoon shows that he didn’t have to, and is fantastic. Daffy tries to get some cash by making a stubborn billionaire laugh.
4) Wise Quackers (1949, Freleng). In order to avoid getting served as Elmer Fudd’s duck dinner, Daffy offers to be his slave. Daffy makes a pretty poor slave. The gag with Daffy as a poor beaten slave, then switching to Abraham Lincoln, would be reused in a later Bugs Bunny cartoon. Due to the questionable slavery plot, this cartoon isn’t seen on TV these days.
5) The Prize Pest (1951, McKimson). Possibly the last of the pure screwball Daffy cartoons. Porky “wins” Daffy in a radio contest, but Daffy tries to overstay his welcome by pretending to have a split personality. Features some great cartoon reactions.
6) Design For Leaving (1954, McKimson). Daffy as a salesman again, trying to sell various modern items to a reluctant Elmer Fudd. One of Daffy’s best ’50s cartoons, folks remember this one. “For a small price, I can sell you the little BLUE button to get you down!” A scene with Elmer accidentally getting hanged by a tie is cut from TV prints.
7) Stork Naked (1955, Freleng). The stork is trying to deliver an egg to Mr. and Mrs. Daffy Duck, but Daffy is doing his best to stop him, not wanting more children. A fun mid-50s effort (that I admittedly don’t remember all that well).
8) This Is A Life? (1955, Freleng). Bugs is the guest of a parody of This Is Your Life, and we see clips from several cartoons. Daffy bitches and moans, while Elmer and Sam try to get revenge. Tons of explosions and beatings cut from TV. Friz Freleng can’t do what Chuck Jones did and make Daffy selfish yet likeable.
9) Dime To Retire (1955, McKimson). Porky tries to rent a hotel room from Daffy, for only 2 cents. However, Daffy has ways to make the costs increase. Daffy’s a jerk in this, but he’s also hysterical. A very underrated cartoon. “It’ll cost you $666! Just put it in that slot by the phone…”
10) Ducking The Devil (1957, McKimson). Bob McKimson used a wacky Daffy the longest after the greedy Daffy became the norm, and this was perhaps his last hurrah. And it’s awesome, one of my favorite Daffy cartoons. Daffy is fleeing from the Tasmanian Devil… till he hears about the reward money. In the end, Daffy succeeds and gets the money! Very rare for a later Daffy cartoon.
11) People Are Bunny (1959, McKimson). Another game show parody with Bugs and Daffy, this one of the old Art Linkletter show People Are Funny. Daffy getting shot gets cut for TV.
12) Person To Bunny (1960, Freleng). And another TV parody, of Edward R. Murrow’s Person To Person. Bugs is being interviewed, and won’t let Daffy in on it. He also trashes Elmer, who tries to settle the score. Naturally, Daffy gets all the beatings and shootings. Which tend to get cut for TV. This was the final cartoon to use Arthur Q. Bryan as the voice of Elmer Fudd, as he passed away after this was made.
13) Daffy’s Inn Trouble (1961, McKimson). Daffy, a disgruntled street sweeper, tries to start a hotel to compete against Porky’s. This goes about as well as you’d expect. Some gunplay is cut for TV. By now McKimson was using the greedy selfish Daffy.
14) The Iceman Ducketh (1964, Monroe). Daffy tries to capture Bugs so he can sell his pelt for money. Yeah, we’re hitting the dregs here. There’s no reason this couldn’t be Yosemite Sam, or any other villain. Chuck Jones was fired right as this cartoon began (though not because the cartoon was bad), so Phil Monroe finished it.
15) Suppressed Duck (1965, McKimson). The only ‘post-64’ cartoon on the DVDs, though this thankfully does not have Daffy battling Speedy Gonzalez. Daffy attempts to hunt a bear, but the strict hunting rules, as well as Daffy’s general personality by this time, do him in.

Though I may have bitched once or twice during this list, I’m genuinely looking forward to these cartoons on DVD. Any Looney Tune or Merrie Melodie is better than 99% of what’s on TV today, and they should be cherished.