''Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales'' is a 1979

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featuring

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 ...

and other Looney Tunes characters in three newly created cartoon shorts with seasonal themes. It premiered on

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on November 27, 1979.

Voice cast

* Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig,

Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn Leghorn is a cartoon rooster who appears in ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation. He was created by Robert McKimson, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the golden age of A ...

Tweety Bird Tweety is a yellow canary in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons. The name "Tweety" is a play on words, as it originally meant "sweetie", along with "tweet" being an English onomatopoeia for t ...

Yosemite Sam Yosemite Sam ( /joʊˈsɛmɪti/ ''yoh-SEM-ih-tee'') 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. He is an adversary of Bugs ...

, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil,

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, Santa Claus, and Airplane Pilots *

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as Mrs. Claus and

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 baseb ...

New cartoons featured

Three new cartoons appeared in the show: *''

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol ''Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol'' is an eight-minute animated short film produced by Warner Bros. Television and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and released in 1979 by Warner Bros. as part of the Christmas special, ''Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Ta ...

'' (Friz Freleng) *''Freeze Frame'' (Chuck Jones) *''The Fright Before Christmas'' (Friz Freleng)

Home media

It was released on the fifth volume of the ''

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'' along with ''

Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over ''Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over'' is a springtime-themed ''Looney Tunes'' 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 ...

'' and ''

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''.

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New cartoons featured

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