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Tonight's #VideoWednesday will cover the July 1992 wave of Warner Home Video's newest line, the Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons series. "When Only the Looney-est Will Do!"

According to Greg Method on his site, The Bugs Bunny Video Guide, WHV was releasing many #LooneyTunes prime time specials on video for the family market. This includes Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers , Bugs Bunny: All American Hero, Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars...

..., and Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports which all came out in January 1992. All are prices at $12.95.

An additional wave followed that March which includes... Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies (the only hour-long animated special Warner produced), Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out all Over, Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement, and The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special.

It was not until July 15, 1992, that Warner Home Video introduced a new wave of character compilations since 1988. It is commonly referred to as the "movie parody series," as each video's title parodies that of a hit movie.

It opens with the same Bugs Bunny Show-framed clip montage that kicked off the Cartoon Cavalcade collections in 1988, but it ends with a new logo telling the video watcher it is the Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons series.

This marketing with the new "seal of approval" logo would be used for the next two years.

Each of the six tapes in this wave contains five cartoons (an all time low but suitable for family viewings). And they came at the right time when Warner Bros. Consumer Products started marketing the #LooneyTunes heavily because of their recent resurgence in the 1990s.

First up, it is "Bugs Bunny: Truth or Hare". The title parodies the Madonna film, Truth or Dare. The video highlights the famous rabbit going against five of his adversaries in his own Rogues Gallery. "The Fair-Haired Hare" with Yosemite Sam, (dir. Friz Freleng.)

"Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare" with Taz, dir. Robert McKimson.
"Wideo Wabbit" with Elmer Fudd, dir. Robert McKimson.
"Hare-Way to the Stars" with Marvin the Martian, dir. Chuck Jones.
"Water, Water Every Hare" with Gossamer, dir. Chuck Jones.

Marvin, Gossamer, and Taz where marketed heavily in the 1990s. Overall, "Truth or Hare" is definitely a good pack for families and for any Bugs Bunny fan seeing him paired up with his enemies in some of his interesting 1950s/60s escapades. Well themed too.

Any favorites from "Bugs Bunny: Truth or Hare"? (1/2)

Any favorites from "Bugs Bunny: Truth or Hare"? (2/2)

Next up, "Daffy Duck: Tales from the Duckside". The title parodies "Tales from the Darkside". One of two tapes to feature new computer colorized versions of cartoons from the 1930s-40s. Dose it live up to its name? It includes "Wise Quackers" with Elmer Fudd, dir. Friz Freleng.

"The Impatient Patient" directed by Norman McCabe.
"Porky & Daffy" directed by Bob Clampett.
"Porky Pig's Feat" directed by Frank Tashlin
"Stork Naked" with the Drunk Stork, directed by Friz Freleng.

Even with leaning into the colorized black and white shorts, the collection on this tape has strong value. And you can see Freleng use Daffy with different personalities. You get more of screwball Daffy and it is rare for a 90s Warner video.

Any favorites from "Daffy Duck: Tales from the Duckside"? (1/2)

Any favorites from "Daffy Duck: Tales from the Duckside"? (2/2)

Next up, "Porky Pig: Days of Swine and Roses". The other tape to include computer colorized cartoons. Not the ones from the 1960s and outsourced. Let's see how this 5 cartoon tape stands out. "Thumb Fun" with Daffy Duck, directed by Robert McKimson.

"Porky's Party" directed by Bob Clampett.
"Patient Porky" directed by Bob Clampett.
"Porky's Hero Agency" directed by Bob Clampett.
"Bye, Bye Bluebeard" directed by Arthur Davis.

The title parodies Days of Wine and Roses. For the tape itself, the cartoons vary in quality but it is worthy to collect. The ones that stand out are "Thumb Fun" and "Bye, Bye Bluebeard". Porky once again is a valuable player whether he is paired up or by himself.

Any favorites from "Porky Pig: Days of Swine and Roses" (1/2)?

Any favorites from "Porky Pig: Days of Swine and Roses" (2/2)?

Next up, "Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: The Scrapes of Wrath". The title parodies "The Grapes of Wrath". Let's see if this includes some of the coyote's greatest fails. It includes "Whoa, Be-Gone!"...

..."Guided Muscle", "Hopalong Casualty", "Stop! Look! And Hasten!", and finishing with a Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Rabbit's Feat".

A high wire stunt, a greasy road, earthquake pills, a Burmese tiger trap, and a fued with a rabbit. Some of the best Coyote cartoons from Chuck Jones are picked for this collection and the curator chose well. With only five shorts, it is perfect for easy viewing.

Any favorites from "Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: The Scrapes of Wrath"? (1/2)

Any favorites from "Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: The Scrapes of Wrath"? (2/2)

Up next, "Sylvester and Tweety: The Best Yeows of Our Lives". Every short is from Friz Freleng and all of them are released from the early to mid 1950s. Included are these five cat and canary shorts... "All a Bir-r-r-d"...

"Tweety and Sour" with Granny, "Tweet Tweet Tweety", "Home, Tweet Home", and "A Bird in a Guilty Cage".

Like with the Porky Pig tape, the Sylvester and Tweety tape is average at best but two shorts stand out well. One of them is "Tweet and Sour" which shakes up the formula and "A Bird in a Guity Cage" sets them up at the Stacy's department store.

Any favorites from "Sylvester and Tweety: The Best Yeows of Our Lives"? (1/2)

Any favorites from "Sylvester and Tweety: The Best Yeows of Our Lives"? (2/2)

(As one parodies The Best Years of Our Lives, let's move on). The next one parodies the title, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".

This is the last tape in the wave but it is the first dedicated to Yosemite Sam. A highlight in the series with five never before released cartoons to video, "Yosemite Sam: The Good, the Bad and the Ornery!". Featured are "Mutiny on the Bunny" with Bugs Bunny.

"Sahara Hare" with Bugs Bunny, "Honey's Money" (Sam's only solo short), "Wild and Woolly Hare" and "Rabbit Every Monday" with Bugs Bunny.

All five are directed by Friz Freleng.

"The Good, the Bad and the Ornery!", which became the best-selling title in the series, is indeed perfect for Yosemite Sam fans. Seeing him as a backwoods hunter, a sea captain, a Western outlaw, a foreign heavy, and with his own solo short make this tape worthy to buy.

Any favorites from "Yosemite Sam: The Good, the Bad and the Ornery!"? (1/2)

Any favorites from "Yosemite Sam: The Good, the Bad and the Ornery!"? (2/2)

Wave 1 of the Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons (which also uses the designs from a 1990 UK VHS wave) is a straightfoward but good collection of six videos. The colorized shorts may be a nitpick, but the selection was well thought out for each character package.

Next #VideoWednesday, we will check out the December 1992 release from MGM/UA Home Video, the Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3.

That's all, Folks!
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