The Essential Bugs Bunny
DVD-cover
Directed by
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Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
  • October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) (United States)
Running time
235 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Essential Bugs Bunny is a DVD set featuring cartoons focusing on Bugs Bunny. It was released on October 12, 2010.[1][2]

Contents

The contents are split over two discs. The first disc features 12 Bugs Bunny theatrical shorts which have all previously been released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection sets, except for the restored version of A Wild Hare (which instead was previously released on the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection). Previous Golden Collections have had it unrestored as part of specials/documentaries in the bonus features. The second disc features TV specials, more recent shorts, a movie excerpt and a featurette.[3]

Disc 1

# Title Co-Stars Release Date Director Series
1 Elmer's Candid Camera Elmer March 2, 1940 Chuck Jones MM
2 A Wild Hare Elmer July 27, 1940 Tex Avery MM
3 The Old Grey Hare Elmer October 28, 1944 Bob Clampett MM
4 Baseball Bugs February 2, 1946 Friz Freleng LT
5 Hair-Raising Hare Gossamer May 25, 1946 Chuck Jones MM
6 Haredevil Hare Marvin, K-9 July 24, 1948 Chuck Jones LT
7 8 Ball Bunny Playboy Penguin July 8, 1950 Chuck Jones LT
8 Rabbit of Seville Elmer December 16, 1950 Chuck Jones LT
9 Rabbit Fire Daffy, Elmer May 19, 1951 Chuck Jones LT
10 Show Biz Bugs Daffy November 2, 1957 Friz Freleng LT
11 Knighty Knight Bugs Sam August 23, 1958 Friz Freleng LT
12 What's Opera, Doc? Elmer July 6, 1957 Chuck Jones MM

Disc 2

Title Release Date Director Type Previous DVD release
My Dream Is Yours April 16, 1949 Friz Freleng excerpt from the movie Golden Collection Volume 1
How Bugs Bunny Won the West November 15, 1978 James Davis/Hal Geer TV special N/A
Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports February 15, 1989 Greg Ford/Terry Lennon TV special N/A
Carrotblanca August 25, 1995 Douglas McCarthy short Casablanca Two-Disc Special Edition
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas 2004 Peter Shin/Bill Kopp short Australian edition of Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Ain't He a Stinker? 2010 documentary featurette N/A
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals November 22, 1976 Chuck Jones TV special Golden Collection Volume 5
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (unedited) December 31, 1992 Greg Ford/Terry Lennon short Space Jam Two-Disc Special Edition (was edited, is uncut here)
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over May 21, 1980 Chuck Jones/Phil Monroe TV special Golden Collection Volume 5

Reception

In reviewing the set for The New York Times, Dan Barry praised the selection of shorts included on the first disc, though was more critical of the second disc, calling it a "wasted opportunity" as the inclusions were described as "later, lesser work" and wondering why those were chosen over classic shorts, such as Bugs and Thugs, and concluding that the Looney Tunes Golden Collection volumes provide a more complete repertoire for Bugs Bunny.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-04-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 1 2 Barry, Dan (October 8, 2010). "On DVD, 'Essential Bugs Bunny Collection'". Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ http://animatedviews.com/2010/the-essential-bugs-bunny/ Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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