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Hare Extraordinaire
''Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire'' is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Bugs Bunny cartoons released on August 10, 2010. Along with '' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl'', these two DVDs are the successor to the ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' series. None of the cartoons featured in this DVD were previously found on the ''Golden Collection'' sets. Contents : ''All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring role ...''. (^) - Cropped to widescreen. [...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, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. 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, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance), 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 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 business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons (including ''The Pink Panthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutiny On The Bunny
''Mutiny on the Bunny'' is a 1950 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 11, 1950, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It is one of three nautical-themed shorts with Sam as a pirate, along with ''Buccaneer Bunny'' (1948) and ''Captain Hareblower'' (1954). The title is a reference to the film ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935). Plot In 18th-century England, the triple-masted schooner the "Sad Sack" (formerly the "Jolly Roger") sits at the docks. Yosemite Sam's former crew member, a haggard, traumatized, disheveled man, escapes after stating to the audience: "I was a human being, once." "Shanghai Sam" is ready to sail at high tide and needs a new crew. Seeing Bugs Bunny, Sam quickly puts up signs for a fake free trip around the world. On board, Bugs waves goodbye to a cheering crowd (which is nothing but a mouse, declaring, "'E's not long for this world!"), and is knocked out when Sam conks him over the head. Bugs finds hi ... [...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 Million Hare
''The Million Hare'' is a 1963 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' theatrical cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on April 6, 1963, and stars Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Clips from ''The Million Hare'' were used, with color commentary by John Madden and Pat Summerall, as part of the fourth quarter of the 2001 Cartoon Network special ''The Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy''. Plot During the opening titles, the song "With Plenty of Money and You" is heard. The camera pans down a stack of TV antennas and enters the underground home of Bugs Bunny, who is being visited by Daffy Duck. As they watch a TV game show called "Beat Your Buddy", an announcer says he will draw two names from the "buddy barrel", and that the first name to reach the television studio will win "a million bucks." He then draws Bugs and Daffy's names. Bugs and Daffy race each other to the studio. Daffy finds himself continuously hindered, usually due to his own impatience. For example, he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighter Than Hare
''Lighter Than Hare'' is a 1960 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short written and directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 17, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny. The title is a play on the phrase ''lighter than air''. It was one of three Bugs cartoons that Freleng both wrote and directed, the others being ''From Hare to Heir'' (1960) and ''Devil's Feud Cake'' (1963). Plot The cartoon opens with the credits in outer space as the camera pulls up to Earth, to somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. After this, the scene changes to the deserted Highway 17, as a flying saucer from outer space lands and surveys the surrounding area with a periscope. At a city dump nearby, Bugs Bunny returns home, thinking he should move somewhere else, on account of the neighborhood "gettin' terribly rundown." Inside the spaceship, Yosemite Sam of Outer Space, dressed in a green gloveless spacesuit, sees Bugs on his view screen. Summoning Robot ZX29B to the bridge, he orders the robot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Hare To Heir
''From Hare to Heir'' is a 1960 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' theatrical cartoon short directed and written by Friz Freleng. The short was released on September 3, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Plot In Bedlam Manor, Sam, Duke of Yosemite, learns he is penniless from one of his servants, because his uncle, the King, has cut off his allowance. After Sam punishes the servant for this message, Bugs Bunny comes to his door and offers Sam £1 million (equivalent to about £24 million in 2022). According to the document that Bugs reads, Sam must prove that he is worthy of the monetary gift by displaying mild temperament at all times; if he loses his temper at any time, a portion of the £1 million will be deducted, the amount depending on what Bugs thinks is suitable ("''In short, whenever you blow your top, you blow some dough. Get it?''"). Sam welcomes Bugs into his home, anxious to receive the £1 million. Bugs plays the role of an annoying house guest to test Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apes Of Wrath
''Apes of Wrath'' is a 1959 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 18, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny. This cartoon recycles the plot from the 1948 cartoon ''Gorilla My Dreams''. The title is a parody of John Steinbeck's novel ''The Grapes of Wrath''. This cartoon was featured in '' Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales'', but with a few slight changes, since the plot features Bugs and Daffy trying to sell books. Plot The cartoon opens with the drunk stork talking to himself in the woods about how everyone is always glad to see the stork and offering him drinks to celebrate the new baby, of which he can't refuse (not for obvious lack of trying.) Unbeknownst, the gorilla baby he is supposed to deliver walks out of his bag. The stork is shocked to find that he has no baby to deliver. He has to find that baby to deliver or he will be kicked out of the Stork Club. Coincidentally, what scene should appear next... none ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedevilled Rabbit
''Bedevilled Rabbit'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on April 13, 1957, and stars Bugs Bunny. In this cartoon, Bugs is lost in Tasmania, and has to deal with the Tasmanian Devil. Plot After a box of carrots is dropped into the middle of a jungle in Tasmania, Bugs pops out, wondering how he went from sleeping in a carrot patch to the middle of Tasmania. Suddenly, a group of animals (both wild and domesticated) come running through the woods, scared for their lives (Bugs mistakes it for "chow time at the zoo"). A crocodile (who turns himself inside out into a bag for a disguise) hands Bugs a booklet talking about the Tasmanian devil and the many things it eats. Bugs reads: "Beware of the Tasmanian Devil, a vicious, ravenous brute with powerful jaws like a steel trap. Eats aardvarks, ants, bears, boars, cats, bats, dogs, hogs, elephants, antelopes, pheasants, ferrets, giraffes, gazelles..." Bugs snarks, "A likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon Bunny-Part
''Napoleon Bunny-Part'' is a 1956 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng. The shot was released on June 16, 1956, and stars Bugs Bunny. In this film, Bugs Bunny's opponent is Napoleon. Bugs disguise himself as Empress Joséphine. It is a typical use of cross-dressing in Bugs' film appearances. Plot Bugs Bunny is traveling underground and "one wrong turn off the Hollywood freeway" sees him wind up in France inside the headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte - called Headquartiers du Napoleon. Napoleon is planning a military offensive on a map on his desk and, after Bugs slyly inserts himself into the situation, gets into an argument with him over where the artillery should be placed. Eventually, Napoleon is tricked into placing it where Bugs suggested he should. Pleased with his 'decision', the Emperor takes snuff; Bugs also takes some but it causes him to sneeze and, in spite of Napoleon's attempt to protect his models, the sneeze blows them away. The pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumber Jack-Rabbit
''Lumber Jack-Rabbit'' is a 1953 3-D Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese The cartoon was released on September 25, 1953, and stars Bugs Bunny. It was notable as the first Warner Bros. cartoon short produced in 3-D. It premiered with the Warner Bros. 3-D feature ''The Moonlighter'' and the 3-D Lippert short, ''Bandit Island''."Starts Tomorrow, both Paramounts (Downtown and Hollywood), The Moonlighter, Bandit Island and Lumber Jack-Rabbit." Movie section, LA Herald and Express. 24 September 1953. Plot A narrator recalls the character Paul Bunyan and his exploits, and states that many people still question the giant's existence. The narrator then advises the viewer to ask "a certain rabbit" whether the giant is real. Just then Bugs Bunny comes walking by, toting a bindle and singing " Jimmy Crack Corn". Bugs comments on the "funny-looking trees" he passes, oblivious to the fact that they are abnormally large asparag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hare Trimmed
''Hare Trimmed'' is a 1953 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on June 20, 1953, and features Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and Granny. Plot The story opens in a town with a sign saying it is called Doughnut Center with a caption below that reads "What A Hole" and Sam reading a newspaper indicating that a local widow has just inherited . Sam plots to marry the widow to take the money: once he has it, he will take everything else, house and all, from the widow, close the orphanage, and get rid of the police department, but Bugs overhears him and plots to foil the plan by posing as a rival French suitor. The widow, Granny, is excited to have two suitors, but Sam is not. Challenging Bugs by throwing down a gauntlet, he slaps him with a glove; Bugs slaps him with a brick-filled glove. Bugs then challenges Sam to a shooting round at ten paces. Sam accepts and they go out into the front yard to do it. With Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxy By Proxy
''Foxy by Proxy'' is a 1952 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 23, 1952, and features Bugs Bunny and Willoughby the Dog, in the latter's last appearance. Mel Blanc voices Bugs Bunny, while an uncredited Stan Freberg voices Willoughby and one of the dogs that talks in the short. This cartoon is considered a remake to '' Of Fox and Hounds'' from 1940; in fact, the opening sequence was "borrowed" directly from the original. Plot A number of smaller hounds come out of a giant dog house, followed by a large fox hound (Willoughby, voiced by Freberg) who is excited by the prospect of the hunt, especially the moment where the fox's tail is to be cut off. The hunters and dogs then pass over Bugs' hole, waking him, with the large fox hound lagging behind. Once Bugs directs Willoughby to where the others went, Bugs dons a fox costume and begins to play tricks with Willoughby, leaving Bugs amazed at the dog's inability to recognise a fox. Once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
