Looney Tunes Collector's Vault
{{Short description|Blu-ray collection}}
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault is a series of 2-disc Blu-rays from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Warner Archive division collecting various Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical animated short subjects from Warner Bros. Cartoons. It is the spiritual successor to the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Blu-ray series.
Unlike the previous Collector's Choice series - which only contained a single disc with 25 cartoons - Collector's Vault contains two discs with 50 cartoons. The first disc contains 24 shorts never-before-remastered on DVD or Blu-ray (and one double-dip), while the second disc contains 25 shorts previously released on DVD making their Blu-ray debut.{{cite web |title=COMING ON JUNE 17th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION! |url=https://www.facebook.com/warnerarchive/posts/pfbid0Kvyrb13ZYewqoTdD4WxXPszy2NDU5mTvxXEpBnzRwQgEGZqBHDJ7crFFCvKEAfLbl |publisher=Facebook |access-date=23 April 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Millard |first1=Tim |title=Warner Archive Unveils Looney Tunes Collector's Vault PLUS Two January Blu-ray Reviews |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/warner-archive-unveils-looney-tunes-collectors-vault/id1567580798?i=1000700161143 |website=The Extras |publisher=Apple Podcasts |access-date=23 April 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Millard |first1=Tim |title=Details You Want to Know About the Upcoming #LooneyTunes Collector's Vault V1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1l8oSfgIIc&t=98s |website=The Extras |date=March 25, 2025 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=23 April 2025}}
Volume 1 was released on June 17, 2025.{{cite web |last1=Miller III |first1=Randy |title=Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1 Blu-ray Review |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Looney-Tunes-Collectors-Vault-Volume-1-Blu-ray/384090/#Review |website=Blu-Ray.com |access-date=10 June 2025}}{{cite web |last1=E. |first1=Timothy |title=Looney Tunes Collector’s Vault Volume 1 Blu-ray Review |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/looney-tunes-collectors-vault-volume-1-blu-ray-review/ |website=Home Theater Forum |access-date=10 June 2025}}
Volume 1
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| name = Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1
| image = LT Collector's Vault V1.jpg
| caption = Blu-ray Disc cover
| director = Chuck Jones
Friz Freleng
Robert McKimson
Tex Avery
Arthur Davis
Bob Clampett
Ben Hardaway
Cal Dalton
| producer = Leon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John W. Burton
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| starring = Mel Blanc
| music = {{ubl|Carl Stalling|Milt Franklyn|William Lava}}
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| distributor = Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2025|06|17|}}
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| country = United States
| language = English
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Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 1 was released on June 17, 2025. The first disc contains 24 shorts never-before-released on DVD or Blu-ray in restored form. In addition, Double or Mutton, which was previously released as part of Collector's Choice: Volume 4, is also included on this set. According to Jerry Beck and George Feltenstein, this was a mistake; they apologized for its inclusion, and promised fans that the first disc of Volume 2 would include 26 cartoons to make up for the double dip.{{cite web |last1=Millard |first1=Tim |title=Introducing Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Vol. 1 |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/introducing-looney-tunes-collectors-vault-vol-1/id1567580798?i=1000704784952 |website=The Extras |publisher=Apple Podcasts |access-date=28 April 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Millard |first1=Tim |title=Introducing the #LooneyTunes Collector's Vault V1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfheohtBZg&t=210s |website=The Extras TV |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 April 2025}}
Much like the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice volumes, only three cartoons were specifically restored for this set: A Day at the Zoo, Of Fox and Hounds and Each Dawn I Crow. The remaining cartoons on disc one are all restorations previously done for HBO Max, with Warner Archive correcting the Photoshopped titles.{{cite web |last1=Komorowski |first1=Thad |title=The Thad Review: “Looney Tunes: Collector’s Vault Vol. 1” |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-thad-review-looney-tunes-collectors-vault-vol-1/ |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=10 June 2025}}
The second disc contains 25 cartoons previously restored and released on the various Looney Tunes Golden Collection and Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD sets, as well as The Essential Daffy Duck, but having not yet been released on Blu-ray. One cartoon, Tom Turk and Daffy, received new, improved color grading from its original release on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham DVD. The second disc of Collector's Vault did not carry over any of the audio commentaries and alternate audio tracks made for the Golden Collections.
Volume 1 contains the following cartoons:{{cite web |title=Now we reveal what FIFTY cartoon classics will be included on this new two disc set! |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EDHKdTKrF/ |publisher=Facebook |access-date=23 April 2025}}
=Disc 1=
class="wikitable sortable" |
#
!Title !Characters !Year !Director !Series |
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1
| |1939 !MM |
2
| |1934 !MM |
3
|1939 !MM |
4
|1960 !MM |
5
|1955 !LT |
6
|1949 !MM |
7
| |1953 !LT |
8
|1955 !MM |
9
| |1951 !MM |
10
|1940 !MM |
11
|Goofy Gophers, Bugs (cameo) |1947 !LT |
12
|I'd Love to Take Orders From You | |1936 !MM |
13
|1955 !MM |
14
|Emily the Chicken |1936 !MM |
15
|1940 !MM |
16
|1962 !MM |
17
|1960 !MM |
18
| |1939 !MM |
19
|1942 !MM |
20
|1952 !MM |
21
|1959 !MM |
22
|1955 !MM |
23
|1950 !LT |
24
|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner |1959 !MM |
25
|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner |1961 !MM |
=Disc 2=
class="wikitable sortable" |
#
!Title !Characters !Year !Director !Series |
---|
1
|1952 !LT |
2
|1963 !MM |
3
|1947 !LT |
4
|1949 !MM |
5
|1953 !MM |
6
|1948 !MM |
7
|1938 !MM |
8
|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner |1956 !LT |
9
|1957 !LT |
10
|Bugs |1945 !LT |
11
|1945 !MM |
12
|1953 !MM |
13
| |1942 !MM |
14
|1954 !LT |
15
| |1953 !MM |
16
|1945 !LT |
17
|Pepé |1955 !MM |
18
|1937 !LT |
19
|1948 !MM |
20
|1955 !LT |
21
|Bugs |1946 !MM |
22
|1953 !LT |
23
|1944 !LT |
24
|1956 !MM |
25
|Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner |1957 !MM |
See also
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present)
References
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{{Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies}}
{{Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies DVD and Blu-ray releases}}