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

Blu-ray Disc The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and c ...

box-set released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on December 1, 2020. It contains 60

Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the '' Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

shorts 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

Jerry Beck Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955, in New York City) is an American animation historian, author, blogger, and video producer. Beck wrote or edited several books on classic American animation and classic characters, including ''The 50 Greatest C ...

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 ''

Looney Tunes Golden Collection The ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection'' is a series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' animated shorts. The series began on October 28, 2003, and ended on Octo ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

People Are Bunny People Are Bunny is a 1959 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson The short was released on December 19, 1959, and stars Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. ''People Are Bunny'' spoofs the Art Linkletter show ''People are Fun ...

'', ''

Person to Bunny ''Person to Bunny'' is a 1960 '' Merrie Melodies'' animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on April 1, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. Plot In his Hollywood home, Bugs Bunny is being interviewed o ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 col ...

'' and ''

False Hare ''False Hare'' is a 1964 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on July 18, 1964, and stars Bugs Bunny. This cartoon was the last production completed by the original Warner Bros. Carto ...

'') had been previously restored and released on the ''

Looney Tunes Super Stars ''Looney Tunes Super Stars'' is a series of nine Looney Tunes DVDs consisting of two Bugs Bunny DVDs and other characters who got their own collections. It started on August 10, 2010 and ran until April 23, 2013. The series consists of: Although ...

'' 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 ''

Looney Tunes Cartoons ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' is an American animated television series developed by Peter Browngardt and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies''. The series made its worldwide debut ...

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

Disc 1

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Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, 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.

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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

* (*)= Newly Restored for Blu-ray

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 Seasoinings'' ** ''Forever Befuddled'' ** ''Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favourite Martain'' (provided in HD) * Audio Commentaries **

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

Greg Ford Greg Ford is an animator, director, historian and consultant to Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known for directing the films ''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'', ''Weezer Slander: The Movie'', and '' (Blooper) Bunny''. Biography During ...

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

Paul Dini Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American screenwriter and comic creator. He has been a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995) ...

on ''Super-Rabbit'' **

Stan Freberg Stan Freberg (born Stanley Friberg; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American actor, author, comedian, musician, radio personality, puppeteer 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 Michael Barrier 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, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produ ...

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 m ...

and

Michael Maltese Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons with director Chuck Jones, notably "Wha ...

(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

Notes

References

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