''Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales'' is a 1979
animated
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Christmas
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television special
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featuring
Bugs Bunny
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and other
Looney Tunes
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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
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,
Foghorn Leghorn,
Tweety Bird
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,
Yosemite Sam,
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
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,
Tasmanian Devil
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,
Speedy Gonzales,
Santa Claus
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, and Airplane Pilots
*
June Foray
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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
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References
External links
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1979 television specials
1970s American television specials
1970s American animated films
1970s animated television specials
1979 animated short films
CBS television specials
Christmas television specials
CBS original programming
Bugs Bunny films
Looney Tunes television specials
Television specials by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Television shows directed by Chuck Jones
American Christmas television specials
Animated Christmas television specials
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