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Freeze Frame (cartoon)
''Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales'' is a 1979 animated Christmas television special featuring Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters in three newly created cartoon shorts with seasonal themes. It premiered on CBS on November 27, 1979. Voice cast * Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales, Santa Claus, and Airplane Pilots * June Foray as Mrs. Claus and Clyde Bunny New cartoons featured Three new cartoons appeared in the show: *'' Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol'' (Friz Freleng) *''Freeze Frame'' (Chuck Jones) *''The Fright Before Christmas'' (Friz Freleng) Home media It was released on the fifth volume of the ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' along with '' Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over'' and '' Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals''. See also * ''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' * List of Christmas films Many Christmas stories have been Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In total he created more than 300 cartoons. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance), Granny (Looney Tunes), Granny, and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio (a total of 266), and is also the most officially-honored of the Warner directors, having won five Academy Awards and three Emmy Awards. After Warner closed down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosemite Sam
Yosemite Sam ( ) is a cartoon character in the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California. His real name is ''Aloysius Bartholamew Sam''. He is an adversary of Bugs Bunny and his archenemy alongside Elmer Fudd. He is commonly depicted as a mean-spirited and extremely aggressive, gunslinging outlaw or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs in particular. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it "Chilli-koot") and "Square-deal Sam" in '' 14 Carrot Rabbit'', "Riff Raff Sam" in '' Sahara Hare'', "Sam Schultz" in '' Big House Bunny'', "Seagoin' Sam" in '' Buccaneer Bunny'', "Shanghai Sam" in '' Mutiny on the Bunny'', "Von Schamm the Hessian" in '' Bunker Hill Bunny'', "Baron Sam von Schpamm" in '' Dumb Patrol'', "Pancho Vanilla" in '' Pancho's Hideaway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Television Specials
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** In 1979, the United States officially severed diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). This decision marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, turning to view the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 6 – Geylang Bahru family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christmas Films
Many Christmas stories have been Christmas film, adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television. Since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, these films are sold and re-sold every year during the holiday shopping season. Many television networks, film studios, and production companies, such as cable television channels Hallmark Channel, Hallmark and Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime, produce and release new Christmas-themed films every year during or around December, all with different variations of similar plots and themes. Additionally, films revolving around the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity story of Christmas are regularly produced such as ''The Nativity Story'' (2006) and ''The Star (2017 film), The Star'' (2017). One film that has become the flashpoint for "Is this a Christmas movie or not?" debates is ''Die Hard'' (1988), with some viewing the film as a Christmas movie intertwined with an action genre setting or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas'' (also known as ''Looney Tunes: Bah Humduck'') is a 2006 animated direct-to-DVD Christmas comedy film starring the Looney Tunes characters, directed by Charles Visser, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and animated by Toon City Animation. The film is based on Charles Dickens' novella ''A Christmas Carol'' (1843). The special was released on DVD on November 14, 2006, and was then broadcast on Cartoon Network in December 2006. The special was rereleased on DVD as part of the ''Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature'' on September 1, 2020. It continues to air annually on Cartoon Network, as well as sister networks Boomerang and The CW, as part of their All I Watch for Christmas block. Plot At the beginning of the movie, Bugs Bunny (in a role that's a mixture of Fred and the narrator) pops up out of his hole to clear away the snow and explains to the audience he's all about winter holidays, even though rabbits are traditionally associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugs And Daffy's Carnival Of The Animals
''Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals'' (originally aired on TV as ''Carnival of the Animals'') is a 1976 live action/animated television special featuring the ''Looney Tunes'' characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones. The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite ''The Carnival of the Animals'' and consisting of entirely new animation, was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including '' Rabbit of Seville'', '' Long-Haired Hare'' and '' Baton Bunny''), and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on Saint-Saëns' music and Ogden Nash's poetry. ''Carnival of the Animals'' originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976, and was the first Warner Bros.-commissioned work featuring Bugs Bunny following the release of the cartoon '' False Hare'', as well as their first ''Looney Tunes'' production f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
''Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over'' is a springtime-themed ''Looney Tunes'' animated television special which aired on CBS on May 21, 1980. The special includes three new cartoons directed by Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe. Featured cartoons The cartoon shorts include: * '' Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny'' (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd) * '' Spaced Out Bunny'' (Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian) * '' Soup or Sonic'' (Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner) Credits * Written, produced, and directed by Chuck Jones * Co-direction: Phil Monroe * Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc, Paul Julian * Music: Dean Elliott Home video The special is included as a special feature on the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5'' DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ... box set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
The ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' is a series of six four-disc DVD sets from Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' animated shorts originally released from the 1930s to 1960s. The initial run of the series was in folding cardboard packaging issued gradually from October 28, 2003, to October 21, 2008. A boxed set combining all six volumes was released in 2011, and each volume was reissued separately in standard Amaray-style cases in 2020. Overview The ''Golden Collection'' series was launched following the success of the ''Walt Disney Treasures'' series which collected archived Disney material. These collections were made possible after the merger of Time Warner (which owned the color cartoons released from August 1, 1948, onward, as well as the black-and-white ''Looney Tunes'', the post-Harman/Ising black-and-white ''Merrie Melodies'' and the first H/I ''Merrie Melodies'' entry '' Lady, Play Your Mandolin!'') and Turner Broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 5
Volume Five, Volume 5, Volume V can represent: * '' Volume 5: Anatomic'' * ''Volume Five'', an album published by ''Volume'' magazine *Jock Jams, Volume 5 * Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (SeaShedShitheadByTheSheSore) The Desert Sessions *On Broadway Volume 5 ''On Broadway Volume 5'' is an album by Paul Motian and the Trio 2000 + Two released on the German Winter & Winter label in 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
''Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol'' is an eight-minute animated film produced by Warner Bros. Television and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, and aired on CBS on November 27, 1979 as the first segment of the Christmas special, '' Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales''. The cartoon is an adaptation of the Charles Dickens 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'', featuring Yosemite Sam as Ebenezer Scrooge and Porky Pig as Bob Cratchit. Bugs Bunny plays the ghost of Jacob Marley and Scrooge's nephew, Fred. Scrooge's dream-journey into his past, present, and future is omitted; instead, Fred dresses up as Marley's ghost to scare the unhappy protagonist straight. Plot Scrooge is counting money in the counting house of his firm when Bob Cratchit comes in, wanting to borrow a lump of coal as he is freezing. Scrooge refuses ("I gave you a lump of coal a week ago; you should've made it last."), and tells him to just work faster so he'll keep warm. Then Scrooge's nephew Fred comes in with Christm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Bunny
Clyde Bunny is a cartoon character who appears in three Looney Tunes shorts. He is the nephew of Bugs Bunny. Appearances Clyde made his first appearance in '' His Hare-Raising Tale''. Clyde visits his uncle Bugs who narrates about playing baseball (as seen in '' Baseball Bugs''), going to the Moon (as seen in '' Haredevil Hare''), and being in the military (as seen in '' Falling Hare''). Clyde does not believe Bugs. His second appearance was in '' Yankee Doodle Bugs'', where he has difficulty trying to remember information for a test. Bugs narrates about history, placing himself in all of the events. Later in the day, Clyde returns home with a sour look on his face. Bugs asks him "Well, Clyde! How did you make out on your history exam?" Clyde puts a dunce cap on his head and asks "Does this answer your question?" Clyde appeared in the 1979 Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's workshop, while flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white- bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, a red hat trimmed with white fur, a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
