Mel Blanc | |
Arthur Q. Bryan | |
Billy Bletcher | |
John T. Smith (II) | |
Michael Maltese | |
Tedd Pierce | |
Stan Freberg | |
Bea Benaderet |
Director | Friz Frelang; Frank Tashlin; Friz Freleng; Chuck Jones; Rudolf Ising; Robert McKimson |
The producers have once again loaded the discs with supplemental material, including "Point Food Rationing," a unseen short explaining wartime ration books; a BBC documentary on Chuck Jones; and interstitial animated sequences for The Bugs Bunny Show. "Philbert" ranks as the oddest of the extras: an unsold (and leaden) pilot from 1963, featuring live actors and an animated title character. Whoopi Goldberg introduces the set, explaining that some of the ethnic gags would no longer be considered appropriate. But she correctly adds that to remove them would falsify both the history of animation and American popular culture. It all adds up to a set every cartoon fan will want. (Unrated, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
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Disc 1: | Commentaries Behind-the-Tunes Featurettes with Animators, Historians, and Voice Artists Profiling Specific Cartons, Characters and Creators New Introduction by Whoopi Goldberg Music-and-Effects-Only Tracks on Selected Shorts 2 Insightful Documentaries: - Chuck Amuck - What's Up, Doc? A Salute To Bugs Bunny Philbert TV Pilot The Bugs Bunny Show - Bridging Sequences and Audio Recording Session Bonus Rarities from the Vaults, Including Early Studio Black-and-White and Wartime Shorts |