Ben wrote:Yep, Looney Crimbo (;)) Tales is a keeper and the highlight of the extras here. I'm good with the Chuck doc being there...it makes sense, but I'd have preferred it to match a dedicated Chuck disc. It also places too much emphasis on Chuck Jones...the way WB promote him nowadays you'd think he did <I>every</I>thing himself. No sour grapes here...I loved what the guy did...but there needs to be more balance and the great Tex Avery doc would have made a better fit, considering the early toons in this set.
As much as I like Bob Clampett, okay, ENOUGH with the Clampett and Tashlin "director tributes" already, how about that overdue Tex tribute?
Where's "Detouring America"? "Hamateur Night"? "A Feud There Was"? "Cinderella Meets a Fella"?
But the Chuck doc IS a great inclusion for people without the original disc...and that makes Volume 5 a better consideration for those on the fence.
Back in the early days, Warner tried releasing both the PBS "Extremes" and the Vol. 4(?) "Chuck Amuck" docs as single disks, and...no one noticed.
Cartoon fans buy cartoons, not documentaries (or those talky post-retirement New toons/specials, either), so it's a better feel of "Waste not, want not" to pile it all in one easy-to-find place.