Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (also known as Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies) was released 7 April 1977.
Cast[]
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Tweety, Pepe Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, Easter Bunny.
- June Foray as Granny.
Plot[]
The Easter Bunny is ill, Granny needs to find a replacement for him, after watching several cartoons from the past. A very eager Daffy Duck keeps appearing, in the end he dresses up as the Easter Bunny and Granny and Bugs appear to have been cheated but they knew what Daffy was up to the whole time.
Credits[]
- Produced by Hal Geer
- Supervised by Friz Freleng and David Detiege
- Directed by Gerry Chiniquy, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson
- Written by Friz Freleng, David H. DePatie and David Detiege.
Cartoons Featured[]
- Knighty Knight Bugs
- Hillbilly Hare
- Bully for Bugs
- Tweety's Circus
- Birds Anonymous
- For Scent-imental Reasons
- Rabbit of Seville
- Little Boy Boo
- Robin Hood Daffy
- Sahara Hare
Availability[]
(1992) VHS Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
(2010) DVD Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Notes[]
- Despite being in an Easter-themed Looney Tunes television special, unusually none of the classic cartoons included in this special have an Easter plot, as "Easter Yeggs", the only Easter-themed Looney Tunes cartoon ever produced prior to this, was still under ownership of United Artists at the time this TV special was made (through the 1956 a.a.p. sale and various mergers) and therefore couldn't be included in this special in any form, picture or sound, due to copyright issues. (Warner would not regain the rights to the cartoon until 1996, despite having its original negatives stored in the WB vaults at the time).
- This special marks the first time June Foray voices Granny since "Hawaiian Aye Aye", which was released 13 years earlier.
- This is the last Warner Bros. production Robert McKimson ever worked on before his death. He co-directed the newly animated sequences with Gerry Chiniquy.
- Originally when the Easter Bunny (Daffy in disguise) hops around near the end, a classic Treg Brown "ruler boing" sound effect (the kind often used with Hippety Hopper) is used. On the 1992 Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies re-release, a Hanna-Barbera "boing" sound effect overdubs it.
Gallery[]
Original advertisement
DVD Back Cover
External Links[]
- "Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies" on the SFX Resource