Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire Explained

Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Director:Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones
Producer:Eddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie
Starring:Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Tasmanian Devil, Granny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributor:Warner Home Video
Runtime:125 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Bugs Bunny cartoons released on August 10, 2010.[1] Along with Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl, these two DVDs are the successor to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. None of the cartoons featured in this DVD were previously found on the Golden Collection sets.

Contents

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.

TitleCo-StarsRelease DateDirectorSeries
1Mutiny on the BunnySamFriz FrelengLT
2Bushy HareRobert McKimsonLT
3Hare We GoRobert McKimsonMM
4Foxy by ProxyFriz FrelengMM
5Hare TrimmedGranny, SamFriz FrelengMM
6^Lumber Jack-Rabbit*Chuck JonesLT
7^Napoleon Bunny-PartFriz FrelengMM
8^Bedevilled RabbitTazRobert McKimsonMM
9^Apes of WrathDaffy (cameo)Friz FrelengMM
10^From Hare to HeirSamFriz FrelengMM
11^Lighter Than HareSamFriz FrelengMM
12^The Million HareDaffyRobert McKimsonLT
13^Mad as a Mars HareMarvinChuck Jones and Maurice NobleMM
14^Dr. Devil and Mr. HareTazRobert McKimsonMM
15^False HareFoghorn (cameo)Robert McKimsonLT

(^) - Cropped to widescreen.[2]

Controversies

This was one of two first Looney Tunes Super Stars that released the majority of some of the cartoons but in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that was how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, which made many collectors upset as cartoons were filmed in Academy full-screened ratio, not widescreen.

In 2011 Bedevilled Rabbit, Mad as a Mars Hare and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare were re-released as part of the DVD and Blu-Ray set presenting them in their original 4:3 aspect ratios. In 2020 Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Napoleon Bunny-Part, From Hare to Heir, The Million Hare and False Hare were included as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-Ray and were once again presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Looney-Tunes-Super-Stars/13476 Long Delays for 'Hare Extraordinaire' and 'Frustrated Fowl'
  2. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bugs-Bunny-Looney-Tunes-Comedy-Hour-Looney-Tunes-Super-Stars/13202 WHV Provides VERY Different Shorts Lists for 'Super Stars' DVDs