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plenty of toons, not enough looney
bugs has always been my favorite so the two star rating is not a knock on him or most of the other looney toons characters. the two star rating is based soley on the content of volume four. disc one is all bugs, half of them very good the other half less then memorable. the yosemitie sam "whoa" theme was cute. (whoa mule, whoa camel, whoa dragon) disc two "dash of tashin" are straight up generic cartoons. nice, cutezy, squirrels singing, birds chirping, you will watch it once and that will be that. disc three is speedy gonzalez a character i never cared for and a disc that may not even be watched once. disc four is dedicated to cats. i have three cats so its not as though i dont appreciate them, (the animals not the toons) its just that basically you have another disc of mostly less then memorable generic cartoons. i hate to be the one that dissents from all the other glowing five star reviews but its not like these sets come out all that frequently and they dont come cheap and if i may, i never cared for these "theme things" i would greatly prefer chronologic order. colombia does this theme stuff with its three stooges shorts and it drives me nuts. each disc comes with a written disclaimer bemoaning the hurtful and wrong images blah, blah, blah. there are a boat load of special features that you watch once or maybe not at all. another reviewer noted some edits and i also noted one in rabbit hood i remember robin hood says something in the end of the cartoon that appears to be edited here. okay, so i read my own review and it sounds so down, but honestly i thought volume four would be much much better. there are dozens and dozens of great toons sitting in some vault somewhere till who knows when?

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More great classics
I'm very happy to see WB opening their vaults again, and bringing more of these wonderful `toons back to life. I saw lots of old favorites here, plus a few I really don't recall seeing before. <
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>Each disk has a theme, as described above. I found the Speedy Gonzales sequence to be a bit much, but I like the idea on the whole. I also like the fact that the editors weren't slavish about the disk themes - a few Roadrunner cartoons slipped in, and were very welcome. The extras are good, too, at least the ones I've seen. Private Snafu may be my favorite among them. He's a WWII artifact, a series of training films on topics of military importance. Since the series was aimed at soldiers, the cartoonists added some racier elements to address the audience in terms of its own interests. The pinups and such are G-rated by today's standards, but created a different ambience than seen in the usual kids' cartoons. <
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>Although the collection is very enjoyable as a whole, it doesn't contain any that I'd call major classics. Even so, the combination of old favorites, new friends (including the flying cat!), and informative commentary is a winner. <
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>//wiredweird

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Be patient kids...
I've been buying these collections as son as they've become affordable (i.e. used). I have to say on behalf of Warners that while there are plenty of classic cartoons that haven't been released yet, there's a reason, and it's a simple one: if ALL the really great shorts were on Volume One, there'd be nothing left to look forward to in the later releases. Better to save some of the great stuff so there's a good reason to keep buying them. They're not stupid. Be patient, this collection has plenty in it to look forward to and enjoy! The Bugs Bunny lineup in Vol. 4 is especially delectable, and disc three will delight the Speedy Gonzales fans. Sure there are some great cartoons I'm waiting for myself. They'll be along in future installments of this series. Until then...enjoy, Doc!