Looney Tunes Essential Daffy D

This entire collection is not "essential" if you own any of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection and/or superstar DVD's. I saw the contents for the upcoming release and it is as follows.

Disc 1

Porky's Duck hunt (DVD Debut)

Daffy Duck & Egghead (seen on LTGC volume 3)

The Daffy Doc (LTGC volume 5)

Plane Daffy (LTGC Volume 4)

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (LTGC volume 2)

Nasty Quacks (seen on Frustrated Fowl)

Book Revue (LTGC volume 2)

Duck Amuck (LTGC volume 1)

Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a half Century (volume 1)

The Scarlet Pumpernickel (volume 1)

My Little Duckaroo (volume 6)

A Star is Bored (volume 5)

Deduce you say (volume 1)

Ali Baba Bunny (volume 6)

Robin Hood Daffy (volume 3)

Disc 2

The Duxorcist & Night of the Living Duck both previously on the Space Jam DVD

The only new to DVD cartoons are Porky's Duck Hunt as I previously mentioned, Duck Dodgers Jr which was a segment on the Tiny Toons TV series, superior duck, the 2003 short Attack of the Drones, and from the Duck Dodgers TV series, The green loontern. Not recommend unless you don't own the other DVD's from where these cartoons were previously seen.

An improvement over the inessential Bugs Bunny collection, Warner Home Video's two-disc set includes Daffy Duck's memorable film debut: "Porky's Duck Hunt" (1937). The beautifully restored Tex Avery gem makes a belated DVD premiere. Otherwise, it's the same Warner fast-buck syndrome.

There has been no question that the Looney Tunes gang has been one of the most influential and driven cast of characters of all time. From Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, to Pepe Le Pew and Foghorn Leghorn, there is still so much joy nearly 80 years after Porky Pig came around, that still ignites so much influence and joy in the hearts of classic animation. But 2012 coming up proves to be something very extra special for Daffy Duck. It will be his 75th anniversary since he debuted in Porky's Duck Hunt in 1937. Honestly, he has been the little black duck that could, and delivered in so many great ways. Now a new DVD compilation is coming around to celebrate what has made Daffy Duck so important in the cartoon universe. But is this fully what makes Daffy Duck re-sparkle in a generation so fully focused on Spongebob Squarepants? Well, it is not looney enough.

The Essential Daffy Duck is a 2 disc DVD retrospective of Daffy Duck in his prime cuts in the classic Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes that he is best known for. From his days in famous gems like Porky's Duck Hunt, to his later Warner Brothers' era in the 50's being more associated as Bugs Bunny's sidekick in classic cartoons like A Star Is Bored, amd Ali Baba Bunny. But honestly, the second disc on the set shows Daffy trying his looniest in new generations including latter-day cartoons like Night Of The Living Duck and The Duxorcist from the Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, to The Green Loontern from the 2004-2005 overlooked cartoon series Duck Dodgers which the great Chuck Jones never got to see come around before he died in 2002. Still, there honestly could've been a few more classics from Daffy's day that should've been highlighted that weren't like Drip-Along Daffy, and Beanstalk Bunny where Daffy encounters a beanstalk through beans, and he and Bugs climb up the beanstalk to go after Gold where they encounter a giant Elmer Fudd to just name a few.

All in all, I do wish that there should be more to help Daffy celebrate his 75th anniversary next year. Just like what The Essential Bugs Bunny was last year, it does short-change those who've been die hard looney tunes fans all this time, yet softly re-introduces Daffy to a whole new era of animation fans into South Park and Spongebob Squarepants. The cartoons have mostly been on DVD before as part of the Looney Tunes: Golden Collection series, but more from the looney little black duck isn't really here to tide fans all over. It is truly dispickable like what Daffy had said all this time that almost nothing new is here to help with Daffy's big 75, but still is a bit flat than what I could've hoped for.

Price: C

Extras: C

Remastering: B

Shorts: B-

Overall: C+

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