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List Of Looney Tunes Television Specials
This is a list of television specials based on the ''Looney Tunes'' series of theatrical animated shorts. Note all specials were originally aired in prime-time unless otherwise noted. Original specials Anniversary specials Specials with reused footage Home Video Retitling Several of these TV specials were given a new name when released on video. See also * Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography * Looney Tunes * Merrie Melodies * Looney Tunes Golden Collection Notes Further reading * ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons'', by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, * ''Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'' by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, * ''That's Not All, Folks!'' by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, (Softcover) (Hardcover) * ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'', Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes
''Looney Tunes'' is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series '' Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.Looney Tunes . ''www.bcdb.com'', April 12, 2012 Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s as well as other made productions beginning in 1972. The two series introduced a large cast of characters, including , Daffy Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Boy Boo
''Little Boy Boo'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on June 5, 1954, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and Egghead Jr. The cartoon was one of several in the Foghorn Leghorn series utilizing the theme of Foghorn attempting to woo the widowed Miss Prissy by babysitting her gifted son (Egghead, Jr.). Plot A newspaper story in the ''Barnyard News'' predicts a cold winter. To avoid freezing in his shack, Foghorn decides to woo Miss Prissy ("I need your love to keep me warm"), who lives in a warm, cozy cottage across the way. Miss Prissy is flattered by Foghorn's two-second courtship but tells him that, to prove his worthiness as her mate, he needs to show that he can be a worthy father to her bookish-looking son. The little boy – Egghead Jr., a chick similar in appearance to Tweety, dressed in a stocking cap and oversized glasses – would rather read about "Splitting the Fourth Dimension" than en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-Haunting We Will Go (1966 Film)
''A-Haunting We Will Go'' is a 1966 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on April 16, 1966, and stars Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales and Witch Hazel. As with the other Witch Hazel cartoons, June Foray voices Witch Hazel while Mel Blanc voices Speedy Gonzales, Daffy Duck, and Daffy's nephew. This is the last ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon featuring Witch Hazel, as well as the last ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon with June Foray's voice acting in the Golden Age. However, she would reprise her role as Witch Hazel once again in an episode of the 2003 ''Duck Dodgers'' series. Plot It is Halloween and Daffy Duck's nephew (essentially a child-sized version of Daffy) goes trick-or-treating as a witch, in the same outfit that Bugs Bunny wore in ''Broom-Stick Bunny''. He soon visits Witch Hazel's house. He runs home screaming after being scared by Witch Hazel's hideous face (however, Witch Hazel's skin is more yellow instead of green). At home, Daffy' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Witch's Tangled Hare
''A Witch's Tangled Hare'' is a 1959 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' theatrical cartoon short directed by Abe Levitow. The short was released on October 31, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny. Mel Blanc plays voice roles for Bugs Bunny and Sam Crubish, while June Foray voices Witch Hazel. The cartoon makes many references to various plays by William Shakespeare ('' Hamlet'', '' Macbeth'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', and ''As You Like It''). Plot The cartoon opens with a writer, who looks similar to William Shakespeare, coming across a castle with a mailbox with "Macbeth" written on it. At this, he begins to write a play based on this title. He hears the loud screeching laugh of Witch Hazel and watches her stir her cauldron. The witch has Bugs Bunny sleeping on a platter and wakes him up. He believes the cauldron to be a bath and readily climbs in, only realizing his mistake after reading her open recipe book. Bugs quickly jumps out of the boiling cauldron and first angrily confronts, then runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broom-Stick Bunny
''Broom-Stick Bunny'' is a 1956 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on February 25, 1956, and stars Bugs Bunny. The short is notable for being June Foray's first project for Warner Bros., which led to her voicing other Looney Tunes characters such as Granny. This was also Foray's first time working with Jones. She continued to collaborate with him after Warners' closed their animation department. Foray herself would continue to collaborate with Warner Bros. up until her death. Plot It is Halloween night, and Witch Hazel is concocting a batch of witch's brew. As she goes about her business, she pauses at her magic mirror and asks it who is the ugliest one of all. The genie in the mirror replies that she, Witch Hazel, is the ugliest one of all. Hazel explains to the audience that she is "deathly afraid" of getting prettier as she grows older; then laughs this notion off as the absurdity it is. Meanwhile, Bugs Bunny is out trick-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bewitched Bunny
''Bewitched Bunny'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on July 24, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny. Jones created the character Witch Hazel who debuted in this cartoon. Witch Hazel later appeared in ''Broom-Stick Bunny'' (1956), ''A Witch's Tangled Hare'' (1959), and in '' A-Haunting We Will Go'' (1966). She also has a brief cameo appearance in '' Transylvania 6-5000'' (1963). Plot The story begins with Bugs Bunny reading the classic fairy tale ''Hansel and Gretel''. Witch Hazel plays the witch who tries to cook and eat the children (her cookbook has such recipes as "Waif Waffles", "Moppet Muffins", "Kiddie Kippers", "Children Chops", and "Smorgas Boy"). Bugs witnesses Witch Hazel coaxing the children inside. He comments that this looks like a job for the Masked Avenger, but he's not around. Bugs goes in her house, disguised as a truant officer, and saves the youths from her clutches. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Hare-Raising Tale
''His Hare-Raising Tale'' is a 1951 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on August 11, 1951, and stars Bugs Bunny and his nephew Clyde Rabbit. This cartoon consists primarily of clips from five previous cartoons: ''Baseball Bugs'' (1946); ''Stage Door Cartoon'' (1944); '' Rabbit Punch'' (1948); ''Falling Hare'' (1943); and ''Haredevil Hare'' (1948). Contrary to belief, Virgil Ross was the only animator to animate new material for the cartoon, meaning that the other animators listed are erroneous. Plot Bugs Bunny and his nephew Clyde Rabbit are sitting on a couch looking at a scrap book depicting various photographs and newspaper clippings of Bugs. In this cartoon Clyde is unnamed. Segment one has Clyde asking if Uncle Bugs was a baseball pitcher and Bugs replying that he was "the best". This segment uses clips from ''Baseball Bugs'', though Bugs refers to the opposing team as "The Boston Argyle Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duck Dodgers In The 24½th Century
''Duck Dodgers in the th Century'' (spoken as "twenty-fourth-and-a-half") is a 1953 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on July 25, 1953, and stars Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant, and Marvin the Martian as his opponent. This cartoon marked the first of many appearances of the Duck Dodgers character. Marvin the Martian had been introduced as an unnamed villain in Warner's cartoon '' Haredevil Hare'' (1948), playing opposite Bugs Bunny (Marvin wouldn't receive his proper name until 1979). He was later given the title 'Commander, Flying Saucer X-2' in 1952's ''The Hasty Hare''. The ''Duck Dodgers'' cartoon is an extended parody of the pulp magazine, newspaper comic strip, and comic book character Buck Rogers, and his longtime run of space adventures, ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. In 1994, ''Duck Dodgers'' was voted #4 of '' The 50 Greatest Cartoons'' of all time by members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad As A Mars Hare
''Mad as a Mars Hare'' is a 1963 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble. The short was released on October 19, 1963, and stars Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the famous phrase to be "mad as a March hare", the origins of which are disputed. This is Marvin's final appearance in the Looney Tunes shorts during the Golden Age of American Animation. Plot This cartoon begins with Marvin the Martian observing the planet Earth from Mars through a telescope. He is examining a rocket launch that is taking place. As he watches, the rocket takes off from Earth and soon appears to be heading straight towards him. Indeed, the rocket plows right through his observatory and once a shaken Marvin gets himself up, he says to the audience "I'm not angry, just terribly, terribly hurt!" Soon enough, the rocket lands on Mars, and a reluctant Bugs Bunny exits it. It is quickly evident that he is the only occupant and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hasty Hare
''The Hasty Hare'' is a 1952 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on June 7, 1952, and features Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The title is a pun on the film title ''The Hasty Heart''. Plot Marvin the Martian (here referred to as Commander of the X2 vessel) is traveling to Earth. Upon landing, he opens his assignment envelope - return one Earth creature back to Mars (signed by General E=mc²). With the help of his dog, K-9 (who "talks" to Marvin by handing him notes), he finds Bugs' rabbit hole. As the two observe the hole, they are pushed back when Bugs cleans out a bucket of carrot stems. Seeing their getup, Bugs assumes it must be Halloween, so he hands them each a bag of treats. Marvin then decides that he shall "have" to use force. He pulls out his disintegrating gun, and atomizes a large hole where the small rabbit hole used to be. Bugs shrieks "How Halloween-y can you get?" before seeing the flying saucer. Marvin then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hare-Way To The Stars
''Hare-Way to the Stars'' is a 1958 American animated science fiction comedy short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 29, 1958 as part of the ''Looney Tunes'' series, and stars Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian. The title is a play on the song "Stairway to the Stars." Plot The cartoon starts when Bugs Bunny, feeling the effects of mixing radish juice with carrot juice the night before, unknowingly climbs out of his hole and into a rocket ship that is about to be launched into space. He realizes what has happened once he screws open the tip of the ship, and is immediately hit by the satellite Sputnik and lands on what appears to be a space station. While there, Bugs meets Marvin the Martian who is trying to blow up the Earth with his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator (which is actually a stick of dynamite) because "Earth obstructs his view of Venus". Bugs quietly steals Marvin's explosive, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |