Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales is a 1979 animated Christmas television special featuring Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters in three newly created cartoon shorts with seasonal themes.[1] It premiered on CBS on November 27, 1979.[2]

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

Written by	Friz Freleng Chuck Jones John Dunn Tony Benedict
Directed by	Friz Freleng Chuck Jones
Voices of	Mel Blanc June Foray
Music by	Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Friz Freleng Hal Geer
Cinematography	Jed Spigarn
Editor(s)	Richard S. Gannon Robert T. Gillis
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Chuck Jones Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	November 27, 1979

Voice cast

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales, Santa Claus, and Airplane Pilots
June Foray as Mrs. Claus and Clyde Bunny

New cartoons featured

Three new cartoons appeared in the show:[3]

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (Friz Freleng)
Freeze Frame (Chuck Jones)
The Fright Before Christmas (Friz Freleng)

Home video

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.

References

Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 35. ISBN 9781476672939.
Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 370. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

External links

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales on IMDb

Chuck Jones
Short subjects	The Night Watchman (1938) Dog Gone Modern (1939) Robin Hood Makes Good (1939) Prest-O Change-O (1939) Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) Naughty but Mice (1939) Old Glory (1939) Snowman's Land (1939) Little Brother Rat (1939) The Little Lion Hunter (1939) The Good Egg (1939) Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939) The Curious Puppy (1939) Mighty Hunters (1940) Elmer's Candid Camera (1940) Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940) Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940) The Egg Collector (1940) Ghost Wanted (1940) Stage Fright (1940) Good Night, Elmer (1940) Bedtime for Sniffles (1940) Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941) Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941) Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941) Porky's Ant (1941) Toy Trouble (1941) Porky's Prize Pony (1941) Inki and the Lion (1941) Snow Time for Comedy (1941) The Brave Little Bat (1941) Saddle Silly (1941) Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941) The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942) Porky's Cafe (1942) Conrad the Sailor (1942) Dog Tired (1942) The Draft Horse (1942) Hold the Lion, Please (1942) The Squawkin' Hawk (1942) Fox Pop (1942) The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942) My Favorite Duck (1942) Case of the Missing Hare (1942) Point Rationing of Foods (1943) To Duck or Not to Duck (1943) Flop Goes the Weasel (1943) Super-Rabbit (1943) The Unbearable Bear (1943) The Aristo-Cat (1943) Coming Snafu (1943) Wackiki Wabbit (1943) Spies (1943) The Infantry Blues (1943) Fin'n Catty (1943) Inki and the Minah Bird (1943) Tom Turk and Daffy (1944) Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears (1944) Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944) The Weakly Reporter (1944) A Lecture on Camouflage (1944) Going Home (1944, unreleased) Gas (1944) Angel Puss (1944) Outpost (1944) From Hand to Mouse (1944) Lost and Foundling (1944) Hell-Bent for Election (1944) Odor-able Kitty (1945) In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment (1945) Trap Happy Porky (1945) It's Murder She Says (1945) Hare Conditioned (1945) Fresh Airedale (1945) No Buddy Atoll (1945) Hare Tonic (1945) Secrets of the Caribbean (1945) Quentin Quail (1946) Hush My Mouse (1946) Hair-Raising Hare (1946) Fair and Worm-er (1946) Roughly Squeaking (1946) Scent-imental Over You (1947) Inki at the Circus (1947) A Pest in the House (1947) Little Orphan Airedale (1947) House Hunting Mice (1948) A Feather in His Hare (1948) What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948) Rabbit Punch (1948) Haredevil Hare (1948) You Were Never Duckier (1948) Daffy Dilly (1948) My Bunny Lies over the Sea (1948) Scaredy Cat (1948) So Much for So Little (1949) Awful Orphan (1949) Mississippi Hare (1949) Mouse Wreckers (1949) The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949) Long-Haired Hare (1949) Often an Orphan (1949) Fast and Furry-ous (1949) Frigid Hare (1949) For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Bear Feat (1949) Rabbit Hood (1949) The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950) The Ducksters (1950) Dog Gone South (1950) 8 Ball Bunny (1950) The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950) Homeless Hare (1950) Caveman Inki (1950) Rabbit of Seville (1950) Two's A Crowd (1950) Bunny Hugged (1951) Scentimental Romeo (1951) A Hound for Trouble (1951) Rabbit Fire (1951) Chow Hound (1951) The Wearing of the Grin (1951) Cheese Chasers (1951) A Bear for Punishment (1951) Drip-Along Daffy (1951) Operation: Rabbit (1952) Feed the Kitty (1952) Little Beau Pepé (1952) Water, Water Every Hare (1952) Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) Beep, Beep (1952) The Hasty Hare (1952) Going! Going! Gosh! (1952) Mouse-Warming (1952) Rabbit Seasoning (1952) Terrier Stricken (1952) Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953) Forward March Hare (1953) Kiss Me Cat (1953) Duck Amuck (1953) Much Ado About Nutting (1953) Wild Over You (1953) Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) Bully for Bugs (1953) Zipping Along (1953) Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953) Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953) Punch Trunk (1953) Feline Frame-Up (1954) No Barking (1954) The Cat's Bah (1954) Claws for Alarm (1954) Bewitched Bunny (1954) Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954) From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1954) My Little Duckaroo (1954) Sheep Ahoy (1954) Baby Buggy Bunny (1954) Beanstalk Bunny (1955) Ready, Set, Zoom! (1955) Past Perfumance (1955) Rabbit Rampage (1955) Double or Mutton (1955) Jumpin' Jupiter (1955) Knight-mare Hare (1955) Two Scent's Worth (1955) Guided Muscle (1955) One Froggy Evening (1955) A Hitch in Time (1955) 90 Days Wondering (1956) Bugs' Bonnets (1956) Broom-Stick Bunny (1956) Rocket Squad (1956) Heaven Scent (1956) Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956) Barbary Coast Bunny (1956) Rocket-bye Baby (1956) Deduce, You Say! (1956) There They Go-Go-Go! (1956) To Hare Is Human (1956) Scrambled Aches (1957) Ali Baba Bunny (1957) Go Fly a Kit (1957) Boyhood Daze (1957) Steal Wool (1957) What's Opera, Doc? (1957) Zoom and Bored (1957) Touché and Go (1957) Drafty, Isn't It? (1957) Robin Hood Daffy (1958) Hare-Way to the Stars (1958) Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958) To Itch His Own (1958) Hook, Line and Stinker (1958) Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958) Cat Feud (1958) Baton Bunny (1959) Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959) Wild About Hurry (1959) Fastest with the Mostest (1960) Hopalong Casualty (1960) Who Scent You? (1960) Rabbit's Feat (1960) Ready, Woolen and Able (1960) High Note (1960) Zip 'N Snort (1961) The Mouse on 57th Street (1961) The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961) Lickety-Splat (1961) A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961) Compressed Hare (1961) Beep Prepared (1961) Nelly's Folly (1961) A Sheep in the Deep (1962) Zoom at the Top (1962) Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962) Martian Through Georgia (1962) I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963) Now Hear This (1963) Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963) Mad as a Mars Hare (1963) Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) To Beep or Not to Beep (1963) Tom and Jerry (cartoon shorts, 1963–1967) War and Pieces (1964) The Dot and the Line (1965) The Bear That Wasn't (1967) Man: The Polluter (1973) Chariots of Fur (1994) Another Froggy Evening (1995) Superior Duck (1996) Pullet Surprise (1997) From Hare to Eternity (1997)
Television specials	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969) Horton Hears a Who! (1970) The Cat in the Hat (1971, producer) The Cricket in Times Square (1973) A Very Merry Cricket (1973) Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975) The White Seal (1975) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) Mowgli's Brothers (1976) Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976) A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978) Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper (1978) Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979) Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980) Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980) A Chipmunk Christmas (1981) Peter and the Wolf (1995)
Feature films	Gay Purr-ee (1962, screenplay) The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, animation consultant) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, animation sequences) Stay Tuned (1992, animation sequence) Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, animation supervisor) Four Rooms (1995, animation sequences)
Books	Daffy Duck for President (1997)
Comics	Crawford (1977–1978)
Characters	Bugs Bunny Charlie Dog Claude Cat Daffy Duck Elmer Fudd Gossamer Henery Hawk Hubie and Bertie Marc Antony and Pussyfoot Marvin the Martian Michigan J. Frog Nasty Canasta Penelope Pussycat Pepé Le Pew Porky Pig Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog Sniffles The Three Bears Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Witch Hazel
Other works	Chuck Amuck: The Movie Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation

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