# Warner Bros. cartoon questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583 "2005-12-29T16:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/1 "2005-12-29T16:13:46Z")
I’d like to find these classic cartoons, but don’t know either the episode titles or in what DVD collections they might be found: 1. Bugs Bunny is in the way of a new highway project, and becomes locked in a battle of wills with the construction foreman. The foreman uses dynamite to blast away all the ground around Bugs’s hole. When he pours concrete over the hole, Bugs uses an umbrella to divert it around and down the hole. 2. Bugs finds himself on a pirate ship commanded by Yosemite Sam. Sam keeps ending up overboard, or his ship sinks, or both. Once when Sam launches his just-repaired ship, Bugs ties the outer hull to the dock, so that the skeletonized ship glides gently into the water and promptly sinks again. 3. Sylvester the cat is sleeping in a building where an inventor has his office. The inventor has a Jekyll-and-Hyde potion and keeps transforming into a monster, then abruptly changing back again. I think Tweety Bird may take the potion too, at some point. 4. Tweety is given a jet-propelled cage by his (her?) little-old-lady owner, and zooms around outdoors. Sylvester hides himself inside and is dropped by Tweety out of the cage’s bomb-bay doors. 5. Yosemite Sam and Bugs are in a race to climb to the top of the Schmatterhorn, for a prize of “50,000 Cronkites”! Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/2 "2005-12-29T16:23:30Z")
not sure of the titles but [here’s](http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Animation/Studios/Warner_Bros./Looney_Tunes/) a compendeum of sites, one of which will surely have synopses ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/3 "2005-12-29T16:41:00Z")
Try the [Big Cartoon Data base](http://www.bcdb.com/). [www.BCDB.com](http://www.BCDB.com) It will take much searching but you should be able to track them down. I’ll give you one: “Hyde and Go Tweet” (1960), wherein Tweety is able to reacquire the power of flight when he is reverted by Hyde formula into a prehistoric bird of prey, his evolved characteristics ungracefully removed. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/4 "2005-12-29T23:30:08Z")
1. There are two cartoons involving Bugs Bunny in a construction site. The one you are thinking of must be “No Parking Hare,” directed by Bob McKimson, 1954 (not yet available on DVD), since “Homeless Hare,” directed by Chuck Jones, 1950 (available on the DVD _Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3_) does not have the gag you mention. 2. Either “Buccaneer Bunny” (Freling, 1948) or "Captain Hareblower (Freling, 1954). Neither is available on DVD, and Jerry Beck’s Looney Tunes guide doesn’t mention the gag you mention in either cartoon (although it is true the book glances over many portions or themes of the cartoons). 3. “Hyde and Go Tweet,” directed by Friz Freling, 1960. Not yet available on DVD. 4. “The Jet Cage,” directed by Friz Freling, 1962. Not yet available on DVD. 5. “Piker’s Peak,” directed by Friz Freling, 1957. Not yet available on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/5 "2005-12-30T01:06:54Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > 1. There are two cartoons involving Bugs Bunny in a construction site. The one you are thinking of must be “No Parking Hare,” directed by Bob McKimson, 1954 (not yet available on DVD), since “Homeless Hare,” directed by Chuck Jones, 1950 (available on the DVD _Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3_) does not have the gag you mention. > > 2. Either “Buccaneer Bunny” (Freling, 1948) or "Captain Hareblower (Freling, 1954). Neither is available on DVD, and Jerry Beck’s Looney Tunes guide doesn’t mention the gag you mention in either cartoon (although it is true the book glances over many portions or themes of the cartoons). > > 3. “Hyde and Go Tweet,” directed by Friz Freling, 1960. Not yet available on DVD. > > 4. “The Jet Cage,” directed by Friz Freling, 1962. Not yet available on DVD. > > 5. “Piker’s Peak,” directed by Friz Freling, 1957. Not yet available on DVD. Since you beat me to the punch on the ids, I just want to comment on how sad it is that so few of these great cartoons are readily available on DVD. I would also like to take this opportunity to grumble about what a piss poor job I think Warner Brothers is doing with the Golden collection DVD boxset. Grumble ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/6 "2005-12-30T04:02:31Z")
Anyone know the one where Elmer is hunting Bugs and a load of hats falls off the back of a truck? Bugs and Elmer keep changing their personalities as different hats fall on them. And what was the name of the primetime TV special about the Looney Tunes back in the mid eighties? They used clips from various cartoons to show the “real life” of the Looney Tunes and had celebrities being interviewed about their encounters with them. I remember it had Candice Bergen, David Bowie, and Bill Murray in it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/7 "2005-12-30T04:12:07Z")
Has anyone seen that one where Elmer is hunting Bugs, and he says “Be vewwy vewwy qwiet!” and then Bugs does something funny, and then Daffy does something funny, and at one point something explodes? Ha, hilarious! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/8 "2005-12-30T13:45:32Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Anyone know the one where Elmer is hunting Bugs and a load of hats falls off the back of a truck? Bugs and Elmer keep changing their personalities as different hats fall on them. I believe this one is titled “Bugs’ Bonnets.” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/9 "2005-12-30T15:29:05Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Has anyone seen that one where Elmer is hunting Bugs, and he says “Be vewwy vewwy qwiet!” and then Bugs does something funny, and then Daffy does something funny, and at one point something explodes? Ha, hilarious! Hmm. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that one. \*\*NAF1138{/b], I’m interested in how you think WB could be making better cartoon sets. I think they’re doing a pretty good job given the understanding that this is a long project with much more material to get through and if you blow your wad early, you’ll never get Volume 8 published. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/10 "2005-12-30T15:43:34Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Try the [Big Cartoon Data base](http://www.bcdb.com/). > [www.BCDB.com](http://www.BCDB.com) > It will take much searching but you should be able to track them down. Thanks for the link, **jrfranchi**! I’m sending it to my cartoon-addict sister. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/11 "2005-12-30T16:00:58Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > Thanks for the link, **jrfranchi**! I’m sending it to my cartoon-addict sister. 🙂 Your Welcome, I hope one day they can get it up to IMDB standards, for now it is still a small project by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/12 "2005-12-30T17:24:30Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > And what was the name of the primetime TV special about the Looney Tunes back in the mid eighties? They used clips from various cartoons to show the “real life” of the Looney Tunes and had celebrities being interviewed about their encounters with them. I remember it had Candice Bergen, David Bowie, and Bill Murray in it. I believe that’s _Bugs Bunny’s Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary_, which appears as one of the bonus features on the _Golden Collection Vol. Two_ DVD. And I think WB is doing a terrific job with the Golden Collection sets. Sure, they haven’t released _everything_ yet, but the three volumes released to date have been packed with classics–which cartoons could you possibly ditch to make room for the ones mentioned here without someone then complaining that _those_ ones were missing? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/13 "2005-12-30T17:59:57Z")
As long as they keep the one where Bugs makes the hillbillies sqaure dance themselves into oblivion… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/14 "2005-12-30T18:03:00Z")
i’d like to see the 3 Bugs/Elmer/Daffy ones on the same DVD - but that’ll never happen ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/15 "2005-12-30T18:50:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > i’d like to see the 3 Bugs/Elmer/Daffy ones on the same DVD - but that’ll never happen Two out of three ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/16 "2005-12-30T23:48:15Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > As long as they keep the one where Bugs makes the hillbillies sqaure dance themselves into oblivion… _Hillbilly Hare_, available on the _Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Three_. > [@NAF1138](#): > > I would also like to take this opportunity to grumble about what a piss poor job I think Warner Brothers is doing with the Golden collection DVD boxset. Just what exactly do you think they’re doing wrong? Restoring the cartoons is painstaking work, and they can only release a bunch each time. If Warner is dropping the ball on anything, it’s their other cartoons- the _Tom and Jerry_ sets are entertaining, but not all of the cartoons have been restored. No other MGM cartoons have been released on DVD. And unless they come to some sort of agreement with King Features Syndicate, it’s unlikely we’ll see any old Popeyes on DVD outside of public domain cartoon collections. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/17 "2005-12-31T03:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > And unless they come to some sort of agreement with King Features Syndicate, it’s unlikely we’ll see any old Popeyes on DVD outside of public domain cartoon collections. What about Crusader Rabbit? Rhino had planned on releasing the whole series on video (and would probably have done so on DVD) but after the first two volumes were released they discovered they had bought the rights from somebody who no longer owned them. And now apparently nobody knows who owns the rights. So nobody can release any Crusader Rabbit cartoons until they eventually end up in public domain in 2047. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/18 "2005-12-31T04:00:23Z")
Crusader Rabbit was neither WB or LT - it was Jay Ward - and the rights are probably his (or his estates) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/19 "2005-12-31T04:47:07Z")
I just wish they had done the DVD collections when Chuck Jones was still with us. It would have been nice to have his commentary on the discs. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583/20 "2005-12-31T14:03:53Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > [ > Just what exactly do you think they’re doing wrong? Restoring the cartoons is painstaking work, and they can only release a bunch each time. What is so painstaking about it? Really, I don’t know. Don’t all local stations have copies of the originals? What are those copies on, tape? How hard is it to convert a high quality tape to digital format then to DVD? I could do it on my computer in a matter of hours. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-bros-cartoon-questions/337583.md?page=2)