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Today’s #VideoWednesday will focus on MGM/UA Home Video’s The Golden Age of #LooneyTunes Vol. 3. Released on December 23, 1992. Priced at $99.98, 58 are new to the format but 47 are all new to home video.

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A turning point in the series as this set includes more rare oddities compared to the previous two. One side is dedicated to Bugs Bunny, another to Daffy and Porky. Along with sides themed to directors, one for sports, and one with the theme, "Politically Incorrect".

Side 1: Harman-Ising. This side includes 7 Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising cartoons. "One More Time", "Red-Headed Baby", "Pagan Moon"...

"A Great Big Bunch of You", "The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives", "One Step Ahead of My Shadow", and "The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon".

Any favorites from Side 1: Harman-Ising (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 1: Harman-Ising (2/2)?

Side 2: Bugs Bunny. This side includes "Wackiki Wabbit" directed by Chuck Jones, "Hare Force" directed by Friz Freleng, "Super-Rabbit" directed by Chuck Jones...

"Herr Meets Hare" directed by Friz Freleng, "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" directed by Chuck Jones, "Stage Door Cartoon" with Elmer Fudd, directed by Friz Freleng, and "Easter Yeggs" with Elmer Fudd, directed by Robert McKimson.

Any favorites from Side 2: Bugs Bunny (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 2: Bugs Bunny (2/2)?

Side 3: Chuck Jones. This side includes "The Squawkin' Hawk" with Henery Hawk, "Inki and the Minah Bird", "From Hand to Mouse"...

"Fin 'n' Catty" with Claude Cat, "Fresh Airedale", "The Eager Beaver", and "House Hunting Mice" with Hubie and Bertie.

Any favorites from Side 3: Chuck Jones (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 3: Chuck Jones (2/2)?

Side 4: Friz Freleng. This side includes "Pigs is Pigs", "The Cat's Tale", "Lights Fantastic"...

"Ding Dog Daddy", "The Wacky Worm", "Peck Up Your Troubles" with Sylvester, and "Racketeer Rabbit" with Bugs Bunny.

Any favorites from Side 4: Friz Freleng (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 4: Friz Freleng (2/2)?

Side 5: Early Avery. This side includes early Tex Avery shorts between 1937 and 1941. "I Wanna Be a Sailor", "Circus Today", "Aviation Vacation"...

"Aloha Hooey", "Holiday Highlights", "Crazy Cruise", and "The Cagey Canary". This side is full of one-shot and spot gag cartoons.

Any favorites from Side 5: Early Avery (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 5: Early Avery (2/2)?

Side 6: Tashlin/Clampett. This side includes 3 Frank Tashlin shorts: "Little Pancho Vanilla", "Booby Hatched", and "I Got Plenty of Mutton".

Side 6 also includes 4 Bob Clampett cartoons. "Farm Frolics", "Falling Hare" with Bugs Bunny, "Birdy and the Beast" with Tweety, and "Russian Rhapsody".

Any favorites from Side 6: Tashlin/Clampett (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 6: Tashlin/Clampett (2/2)?

Side 7: Sports. This side includes "Freddy the Freshman" directed by Rudolf Ising. "Boulevardier from the Bronx" directed by Friz Freleng. "Along Flirtation Walk" directed by Friz Freleng.

"Sport Chumpions" directed by Friz Freleng. "Greetings Bait" directed by Friz Freleng. "Screwball Football" directed by Tex Avery. "Baseball Bugs" with Bugs Bunny, directed by Friz Freleng

Any favorites from Side 7: Sports (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 7: Sports (2/2)?

Side 8: The Evolution of Egghead. This side includes "Egghead Rides Again" directed by Tex Avery. "Count Me Out" directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. "Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas" directed by Tex Avery.

"A Day at the Zoo" directed by Tex Avery. "Believe It or Else" directed by Tex Avery. "A Feud There Was" directed by Tex Avery. "Confederate Honey" planned by Cal Dalton and Ben Hardaway and finished by Friz Freleng.

Any favorites from Side 8: The Evolution of Egghead (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 8: The Evolution of Egghead (2/2)?

Side 9: Porky and Daffy. This side includes "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur" directed by Chuck Jones. "Slightly Daffy" with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, directed by Friz Freleng. "Ain't That Ducky" with Daffy Duck, directed by Friz Freleng.

"Wagon Heels" with Porky Pig, directed by Bob Clampett. "Nothing but the Tooth" with Porky Pig, directed by Arthur Davis. "The Up-Standing Sitter" with Daffy Duck, directed by Robert McKimson. "Along Came Daffy" with Daffy Duck, directed by Friz Freleng.

Any favorites from Side 9: Porky and Daffy (1/2)?

Any favorites from Side 9: Porky and Daffy (2/2)?

Finishing the set is the most ambitious side of all, Side 10: Politically Incorrect. "Wake Up the Gypsy in Me" directed by Rudolf Ising. "He Was Her Man" directed by Friz Freleng. "Sioux Me" directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.

"Mighty Hunters" directed by Chuck Jones. "A Feather in His Hare" directed by Chuck Jones. "The Early Worm Gets the Bird" directed by Tex Avery. "Inki and the Lion" directed by Chuck Jones.

As said by Greg Method of The Bugs Bunny Video Guide, these are rarely seen/shelved cartoons deemed either sexist (the domestic-abuse-themed He Was Her Man) or insensitive to Native Americans (Sioux Me, A Feather in His Hare) and African Americans (The Early Worm Gets the Bird).

Any favorables from Side 10: Politically Incorrect (1/2)? It was a lot of strong will from MGM/UA to release them to collectors.

Any favorables from Side 10: Politically Incorrect (1/2)?

Volume 3 of The Golden Age of Looney Tunes series make up a great companion to the other two LaserDisc sets. There are more rare shorts on this set which may disappoint some but there are many great diamonds on this one. "Baseball Bugs", "Birdy and the Beast" and much more.

On the next #VideoWednesday, we will check out the February and March 1993 LaserDisc releases from Warner Home Video. Six double-sided volumes of the Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons series.

That's all, Folks! #LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt

We will cover this 1992 UK VHS, "Christmas Looney Tunes", in December.

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