Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales Explained

Director:	Friz Freleng Chuck Jones
Producer:	Hal Geer Friz Freleng
Voices:	Mel Blanc June Foray
Music:	Doug Goodwin
Cinematography:	Jed Spigarn
Editor:	Richard S. Gannon Robert T. Gillis
Company:	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Chuck Jones Enterprises Warner Bros. Television
Network:	CBS
Runtime:	30 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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]

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 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

References

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