The Golden Age of Looney Tunes is an out-of-print series of 5-disc laserdisc and 10-tape VHS box sets released by MGM/UA Home Video, as part of a deal with Turner Entertainment Co., a division of Turner Broadcasting System. Five volumes were released on laserdisc, but only the first volume was issued on VHS. The VHS tapes were also available for individual sale.
Some of the shorts in this collection have been re-released by Warner Home Video on DVD in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection - unlike Golden Age, for the most part, the cartoons are restored and remastered to look like when they were originally released. The Golden Age sets used faded 16 mm television prints as MGM/UA and Turner did not have access to the original negatives, which were being stored at the Warner Bros. Studios. Consequently, a few of these cartoons had a.a.p. logos intact. In total, there are 338 cartoons spread throughout the 5 volumes.
Every cartoon that Turner owned the rights to was eventually released as part of one of these sets, with the exception of 11 cartoons not seen since 1968 due to racial stereotypes - these are often called the Censored Eleven.
Read more about The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Available Shorts
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—Bob Clampett, U.S. animator. Tweety’s running gag, in Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies (animation series)
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“I tawt I taw a puddy tat a-cweepin’ up on me.”
—Bob Clampett, U.S. animator. Tweety’s running gag, in Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies (animation series)
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