The older I get the more I tend to reminisce about the things I remember from my ever diminishing youth. Things like Ringo crisps, vinyl LP’s and The Kids from Fame.
When Warner Bros sent over the Looney Tunes Bumper Box of Toons
it instantly took me back to watching the old cartoons on the old remote control-less television that you’d have to hit every now and then to make work.
My excitement wasn’t a patch on Mike’s, whose efforts to begin collecting the Loony Tunes resin figures over ten years ago stopped after the first three when he couldn’t find them any more. The disappointment at not being able to get his Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd was huge and he’s never been the same since. So, by way of some kind of recover therapy he’s claimed the box set as his own. Like kids at Christmas, we were keen to show our own children what the fuss was about.
This fabulous box set comprises ten DVD’s, each based on one of the classic Loony Tunes Characters and containing around ninety minutes of episodes which I will list later on in this.
Cartoons that children are used to nowadays are very different to the ones that their parents grew up with. Watching our own children go from being unfamiliar with the antics of Road Runner and Speedy Gonzales to quickly becoming engrossed in the fun and humour made me wistful for the days of innocent, imaginative cartoons that they were now being introduced to.
The laughter was infectious and there is an ongoing sibling debate as to which character is better and why. Even around the breakfast table this morning there was a lot of perseverance in trying to get the baby duck’s voice just right.
For those wanting more information on what the Loony Tunes Bumper Box of Toons contains, here it is:
Disc 1 – Bugs Bunny
Episodes:
Basketball Bugs
Rabbit Seasoning
Long-Haired Hare
High Diving Hare
Bully for Bugs
What’s Up Doc?
Rabbit’s Kin
Water, Water Every Hare
Big House Bunny
Wabbit Twouble
Ballot Box Bunny
Rabbit of Seville
Disc 2 – Daffy Duck
Episodes:
Duck Amuck
Dough for the Do-Do
Drip-Along Daffy
Scaredy Cat
The Duckster
The Scarlet Pimpernickel
Yankee Doodle Daffy
Porky Chops
Wearing of the Grin
Deduce, You Say
Boobs in the Woods
Golden Yeggs
Rabbit Fire
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Disc 3 – Porky Pig
Episodes:
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Little Beau Porky
Now that Summer is Gone
Porky in the North Woods
Porky’s Railroad
Cracked Ice
Puss n’Booty
I Got Plenty of Mutton
Booby Hatched
Porky’s Poultry Plant
Disc 4 – Road Runner
Episodes:
Whizzard of Ow
Chariots of Fur
Little Go Beep
Sugar and Spies
Clippety Clobbered
The Solid Tin Coyote
Out and Out Rout
Shot and Bothered
Chaser on the Rocks
Highway Runnery
Boulder Wham!
Hairied and Hurried
Disc 5 – Speedy Gonzales
Episodes:
Cat-tails for Two
Tabasco Road
Tortilla Flaps
Mexicali Schmoes
West of the Pesos
Cannery Woes
The Pied Piper of Guadelupe
Mexican Boarders
Chili Weather
A Message to Gracias
Nuts and Volts
Pancho’s Hideaway
The Wild Chase
A-Haunting We Will Go
Disc 6 – Taz
Episodes:
The Dog The Turtle Story
Like Father, Like Son
Frights of Passage
War and Pieces
Airbourne Airhead
It’s No Picnic
Kee-Wee Ala King
Disc 7 – Tom and Jerry
Episodes:
Barbecue Brawl
Happy Go Ducky
Hic-Cup Pup
Little Quacker
Rock’n’Rodent
Neapolitan Mouse
Pet Peeve
Pup On A Picnic
O-Solar-Meow
Robin Hoodwinked
Guided Mouse-ille
Timid Tabby
The Vanishing Duck
That’s My Mummy
Disc 8 – Tom and Jerry
Episodes:
Tops with Pops
Monster Corn
Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl
Of Feline Bondage
Saturday Evening Puss
The A-Tom-inable Snowman
Surf-Bored Cat
Snowbody Loves Me
Duel Personality
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
The Haunted Mouse
Declaration of Independence
Kitty Hawked
Which Witch
Disc 9 – Tweety Pie
Episodes:
Bad Ol’ Putty Tat
All Abir-r-r-d
Room and Bird
Tweet Tweet Tweety
Gift Wrapped
Ain’t She Tweet
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
Snow Business
Tweetie Pie
Kitty Kornered
Baby Bottleneck
Old Glory
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Duck Soup to Nuts
Porky in Wackyland
Disc 10 – Wile E. Coyote
Episodes:
Beep Beep
Going! Going! Gosh!
Zipping Along
Stop! Look! And Hasten!
Ready, Steady, Zoom
Guided Muscle
Gee Whiz-z-z
There you Go-Go-Go
Scrambled Aches
Zoom and Bored
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Cheese Chasers
The Dover Boys
Mouse Wreckers
A Bear for Punishment
This offering by Warner Home Video proves that you can’t beat the classics. This timeless DVD collection provides all round fun and entertainment that the whole family will love.
Looney Tunes Big Faces Box Set is available from Amazon now. 
It’s the perfect treat for new fans and seasoned Loony Tunes collectors alike!
