Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons--what's the best DVD set to get 'em in ?

Kris_AB · 07-04-2008, 01:09 PM

Hey guys, I found out recently that my boyfriend is a huge fan of the Warner Brothers Road Runner cartoon segments and I really wanna buy him some DVDs of it. What's the best possible way to get these ?

He's a fan of the other Warner Brothers stuff too (Bugs, Daffy, Porky, etc), so if Road Runner's included on those Looney Tunes Gold Collections (I'm not sure I have that right--are there different full set releases of Looney Tunes, or just those definitive ones?), maybe I'll just get the all-encompassing sets.

But there're individual DVD releases specifically for Road Runner/Coyote too, right ? I could've sworn I saw some.

Just wanna know the best possible way to buy these.

WillG · 07-04-2008, 06:22 PM

I would recommend the Looney Tunes Golden Collection vol 2. There is almost an entire disc devoted to Road Runner/Coyote shorts.

Sumnernor · 07-05-2008, 04:19 PM

There was/is available "Looney Tunes Movie Collection" - 2 DVDs and one has circa 20 minutes of Road Runner. Don't know if it is still available.

EDIT: It is still availabe on Amazon

Kris_AB · 07-05-2008, 11:15 PM

Appreciate the help guys, thanks.

I think I'll just go for the Gold Collections (but I'm glad I got that specified, 'cause there's a "Spotlight Collection" and something else that looked sort of like a complete set. Apparently there's also a very comprehensive set on Laser Disc that would probably cost an arm and a leg, but I'm not about to buy a laser disc player just for this). Who knows, might end up wanting to collect the entire library (or as much as Warner Brothers is able to put on DVD, rights-permitting), so it won't hurt to have all the other material in addition to the Road Runner stuff.

RichieMagoo · 07-06-2008, 11:27 AM

I'm a big fan of Wile E. Coyote & Bugs Bunny....but I think the way these great old cartoons are being released in these Golden Collections is a disgrace. The latest collection has a whole disc devoted just to Speedy Gonzalez! (I've yet to meet anyone who likes Speedy!)

With these Golden Collections, you may get a few eps of the cartoons you like, and several discs of cartoons that you don't like- while paying a steep price for the whole set.

As big of a cartoon fan as I am, I have yet to purchase any cartoons on DVD. The studios are going to have to do better and either release character-specific sets...or better mixed sets if they want my $$$.

I too wish there were a set of just Roadrunner cartoons. (I complained to a studio exec once, but he dropped an anvil on me.

)

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Mark Y · 07-06-2008, 07:14 PM

Here are the Road Runner/Coyote cartoons that have been released to DVD and where to find them:

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 1
Fast And Furry-Ous (the first Road Runner/Coyote cartoon)
Don't Give Up The Sheep (Wile E. Coyote, aka Ralph Wolf, and Sam Sheepdog)

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2
Beep Beep
Going! Going! Gosh!
Zipping Along
Stop! Look! And Hasten!
Ready, Set, Zoom
Guided Muscle
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
There They Go-Go-Go
Scrambled Aches
Zoom And Bird
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Adventures Of The Road Runner, The (TV series pilot)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (TV show opening title)

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3
Steal Wool (Coyote/Sheepdog)
To Beep Or Not To Beep

Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 4
Operation: Rabbit (Bugs Bunny/Wile E. Coyote)
To Hare Is Human (Bugs Bunny/Wile E. Coyote)
Wild Chase, The (Road Runner, Coyote, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester)

I'm not up on what's on all of the old Laserdisc releases, but I can tell you that none of The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes laserdisc box sets include any Road Runner/Coyote cartoons (those sets consist of pre-1948 cartoons then owned by MGM/UA, and none of the Road Runners were in that package).

Vol. 2 has the most bang for your buck!

Elena S · 07-06-2008, 09:03 PM

Since we're talking Looney Toons I might as well ask: What about Yosemite Sam? He's my husband's and my favorite character, but cartoons with him are hard to come by, at least from what I can tell. I've never seen a Sam-only set -- although that doesn't mean it isn't out there. If anyone can recommend a set with a good number of his cartoons on it I would appreciate it. That, or please point me to a site where I can get a list of them.

Thanks!

Mark Y · 07-06-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Elena S

Since we're talking Looney Toons I might as well ask: What about Yosemite Sam? He's my husband's and my favorite character, but cartoons with him are hard to come by, at least from what I can tell. I've never seen a Sam-only set -- although that doesn't mean it isn't out there. If anyone can recommend a set with a good number of his cartoons on it I would appreciate it. That, or please point me to a site where I can get a list of them.

Thanks!

All they've released so far have been the Looney Tunes Golden Collections (WB releases one a year and there have been five volumes so far), the Spotlight Collections (essentially abridged versions of the Golden Collections), Looney Tunes Movie Collection (which includes two of the feature-length compilations), and things like Space Jam, Back In Action, and a couple compilations of more recently-produced cartoons. Warner Bros. has not done sets by character the way Disney has.

That said, Yosemite Sam is all over all of the Golden Collections.

Radioman970 · 07-07-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by RichieMagoo

.... (I've yet to meet anyone who likes Speedy!).....

Hi! Nice to meet ya! *extends hand with ACME 4,000,000 volt electric joy buzzer wound and ready*

I've always liked Speedy.

RichieMagoo · 07-07-2008, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Radioman970

Hi! Nice to meet ya! *extends hand with ACME 4,000,000 volt electric joy buzzer wound and ready*

I've always liked Speedy.

Now stop that!

Sheesh! Ya have a dog who's almost as cute as mine! ...and now you're trying to out-do my uniqueness by being one of only 2 living people who likes Speedy?!

Hmmmph! Show-off!

(O-K, if ya must know...my mother is the other Speedy fan.

)

Radioman970 · 07-07-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieMagoo

Now stop that!

Sheesh! Ya have a dog who's almost as cute as mine! ...and now you're trying to out-do my uniqueness by being one of only 2 living people who likes Speedy?!

Hmmmph! Show-off!

(O-K, if ya must know...my mother is the other Speedy fan.

)

Try the other hand... *extends hand containing a live rattlesnake*

I think I like Speedy's slow moving/talking buddy the best. But there's just something about Speedy's "Ah-reeva ah-reeve!! Yeppa yeppa!!!" that gives me the giggles.

Goldie my little dog down there. She's great. But sick with cancer these days and doesn't look like that picture anymore. A tumor has changed her whole nose over about a year and a half.

But she still manages to smile.