''Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection'' is a

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box-set released by

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on December 1, 2020. It contains 60

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and

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shorts starring

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and numerous bonus features and supplementary content. The set's packaging includes a slip book, a booklet, and a collectible Bugs Bunny Funko! POP doll. Initially conceived by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as a single-disc Blu-ray Disc version of '' The Essential Bugs Bunny'' DVD set with an additional Funko! doll, animation historian

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convinced the department heads to extend the set to three discs and include cartoons not previously released on DVD or Blu-ray Disc in order to appeal to adult collectors. The set includes 32 newly restored and remastered cartoons that were previously unavailable on the ''

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'' DVD and ''Looney Tunes Platinum Collection'' Blu-ray Disc sets, in addition to 20 "essential" shorts ported over from those previous collections. Eight cartoons ('' Lumber Jack-Rabbit'', ''

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'', '' People Are Bunny'', '' Person to Bunny'', '' From Hare to Heir'', '' The Million Hare'' and '' False Hare'') had been previously restored and released on the '' Looney Tunes Super Stars'' DVDs, however, this Blu-ray Disc set presents them in their original 4:3 aspect ratio (as opposed to the ''Super Stars'' sets which had them cropped to "widescreen"). According to Beck, with this collection along with the previous Golden and Platinum Collections, Looney Tunes fans and collectors would be able to own approximately 90% of Bugs Bunny's filmography. The set also marks the first official home media release of the

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series ''

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'', with 10 Bugs Bunny centric episodes included as bonus features.

Disc 1

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Special Features

* NEW: ''Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentarary!'' (provided in HD) * ''Behind the Tunes'' Featurettes ** ''Hare Ribbin Director's Cut (Uncensored & Unrestored) ** ''Bugs: A Rabbit for All Seasonings'' ** ''Forever Befuddled'' ** ''Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian'' (provided in HD) * Audio Commentaries **

on ''Elmer's Candid Camera'', ''What's Cookin', Doc?'' and ''8 Ball Bunny'' **

Greg Ford Greg Ford is an American animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films '' Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'' and '' (Blooper) Bunny''. Biography During the 1960s and 1970s, he ...

on ''A Wild Hare'', ''Hold, the Lion, Please!'', ''The Old Grey Hare'', ''Bugs Bunny Rides Again'' and ''What's Up, Doc?'' **

Michael Barrier Michael J. Barrier (born June 15, 1940) is an American animation historian, author, and critic, best known for his extensive research on the history of American animation and comic art. He is the author of ''Hollywood Cartoons: American Animat ...

on ''Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid'' and ''Haredevil Hare'' **

Paul Dini Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American writer, animator, and comic book artist. He has served as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably ''Batman: The Animated Series' ...

on ''Super-Rabbit'' **

Stan Freberg Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor, author, comedian, musician, puppeteer, radio personality and advertising creative director. His best-known works include " St. George and the Dragonet ...

on ''Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears'' ** Constantine Nasr on ''Hare Ribbin ** Eric Goldberg on ''Baseball Bugs'' **

and

on ''Hair-Raising Hare''

Disc 2

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* Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary * ''Behind the Tunes'' Featurettes ** ''A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy'' ** ''Bugs Bunny: Ain't He a Stinker'' ** ''Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of "What's Opera, Doc?"'' * Audio Commentaries ** Eric Goldberg on ''Rabbit of Seville'' **

on ''Rabbit Every Monday'' and ''Rabbit Fire'' ** Constantine Nasr on ''The Fair-Haired Hare'' and ''Baby Buggy Bunny'' **

on ''Lumber Jack-Rabbit'' ** Daniel Goldmark on ''What's Opera, Doc?'' **

Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He ...

Maurice Noble Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand ma ...

and

Michael Maltese Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American screenwriter and storyboard artist for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoons with director ...

(via archival recording) on ''What's Opera, Doc?'' * Alternate Audio Tracks ** Music Only Tracks for ''Baby Buggy Bunny'', ''Rabbit Fire'' and ''What's Opera, Doc?'' ** Vocal Only Tracks for ''What's Opera, Doc?''

Disc 3

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Special Features

* ''Behind the Tunes'' Featurettes ** ''Hard Luck Duck'' ** ''Short Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam'' ** ''50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3½ Minutes'' * Audio Commentaries **

on ''Show Biz Bugs'', ''Rabbit's Feat'', ''From Hare to Heir'' and ''(Blooper) Bunny'' **

on ''Knighty Knight Bugs'' and ''False Hare'' * Ten ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' Episodes ** Harm Wrestling ** Big League Beast ** Pool Bunny ** Pest Coaster ** Buzzard School ** Siberian Sam ** Grilled Rabbit ** Vincent Van Fudd ** Hare Restoration ** Mini Elmer/Plunger/Moving Hole/Bees

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References

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