Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

*Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales*
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Written by	Friz Freleng; Chuck Jones; Tony Benedict; John Dunn
Directed by	Friz Freleng ; Chuck Jones
Voices of	Mel Blanc ; June Foray
Music by	Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Hal Geer ; Friz Freleng
Cinematography	Jed Spigarn
Editors	Richard S. Gannon; Robert T. Gillis
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises ; Chuck Jones Enterprises ; Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 27, 1979

Last updated June 08, 2025

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 .

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 March 27, 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 at IMDb

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[1] 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.

[2] 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 March 27, 2020.

[3] 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.

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v t e DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Founders	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Theatrical shorts (original)	The Pink Panther (1964–1980) The Inspector (1965–1969) Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971) The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971) Tijuana Toads (1969–1972) The Blue Racer (1972–1974) Hoot Kloot (1973–1974) The Dogfather (1974–1976)
Commissioned by Warner Bros.	Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes (theatrical, 1964–1967) Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (CBS/TV special, 1977) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (CBS/TV special, 1979) Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement (NBC/TV special, 1980)
Television shorts	Misterjaw (1976) Crazylegs Crane (1978)
Television shows	The Super 6 (NBC, 1966–1969) Super President (NBC, 1967–1968) Here Comes The Grump (NBC, 1969–1970) The Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1969–1971) Doctor Dolittle (NBC, 1970–1971) The New Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1971–1976) The Barkleys (NBC, 1972–1973) The Houndcats (NBC, 1972–1973) Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973–1975) The Oddball Couple (ABC, 1975–1977) Return to the Planet of the Apes (NBC, 1975–1976) The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half Show (NBC, 1976–1977) Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (NBC, 1977–1978) What's New, Mr. Magoo? (CBS, 1977–1979) Think! Pink Panther (NBC, 1978) The All New Pink Panther Show (ABC, 1978–1979) The Fantastic Four (NBC, 1978–1979) Spider-Woman (ABC, 1979–1980) The Pink Panther Cartoon Hour (CBS, 1980–1984)
Television specials	The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) My Mom's Having a Baby (ABC/TV special, 1977) Where Do Teenagers Come From? (ABC/TV special, 1980)
Dr. Seuss television specials	The Cat in the Hat (CBS/TV special, 1971) The Lorax (CBS/TV special, 1972) Dr. Seuss on the Loose (CBS/TV special, 1973) The Hoober-Bloob Highway (CBS/TV special, 1975) Halloween Is Grinch Night (ABC/TV special, 1977) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (ABC/TV special, 1980) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABC/TV special, 1982)
Related	Marvel Productions Ltd. Saban Entertainment Here Comes the Grump (film) 1982 animators' strike

v t e Friz Freleng
1920s	Fiery Firemen (1928) Weary Willies (1929)
1930s	Bosko in Dutch (1933) Bosko in Person (1933) Beau Bosko (1933) Bosko's Picture Show (1933) Buddy the Gob (1934) Buddy and Towser (1934) Beauty and the Beast (1934) Buddy's Trolley Troubles (1934) Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934) How Do I Know It's Sunday (1934) Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (1934) The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934) The Miller's Daughter (1934) Shake Your Powder Puff (1934) Those Beautiful Dames (1934) Pop Goes Your Heart (1934) Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935) Country Boy (1935) I Haven't Got a Hat (1935) Along Flirtation Walk (1935) My Green Fedora (1935) Into Your Dance (1935) Country Mouse (1935) The Merry Old Soul (1935) The Lady in Red (1935) Little Dutch Plate (1935) Billboard Frolics (1935) Flowers for Madame (1935) I Wanna Play House (1936) The Cat Came Back (1936) I'm a Big Shot Now (1936) Let It Be Me (1936) Bingo Crosbyana (1936) When I Yoo Hoo (1936) Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936) At Your Service Madame (1936) Toy Town Hall (1936) Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936) The Coo-Coo Nut Grove (1936) He Was Her Man (1936) Pigs Is Pigs (1937) The Fella with a Fiddle (1937) She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937) Clean Pastures (1937) Streamlined Greta Green (1937) Sweet Sioux (1937) Plenty of Money and You (1937) Dog Daze (1937) The Lyin' Mouse (1937) September in the Rain (1937) My Little Buckaroo (1938) Jungle Jitters (1938) A Star is Hatched (1938) Poultry Pirates (1938) A Day at the Beach (1938) The Pygmy Hunt (1938) Honduras Hurricane (1938) The Captain's Christmas (1938) Petunia Natural Park (1939) Seal Skinners (1939) Mama's New Hat (1939) The Bookworm (1939) The Mad Maestro (1939)
1940s	Confederate Honey (1940) The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940) You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) Little Blabbermouse (1940) Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940) Malibu Beach Party (1940) Calling Dr. Porky (1940) Porky's Hired Hand (1940) Shop Look & Listen (1940) The Fighting 69½th (1941) The Cat's Tale (1941) Porky's Bear Facts (1941) The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941) Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941) Sport Chumpions (1941) Notes to You (1941) Rookie Revue (1941) Rhapsody in Rivets (1941) Hop Skip and a Chump (1942) Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942) The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942) Saps in Chaps (1942) Lights Fantastic (1942) Double Chaser (1942) Foney Fables (1942) Fresh Hare (1942) The Sheepish Wolf (1942) The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942) Ding Dog Daddy (1942) Pigs in a Polka (1943) The Fifth-Column Mouse (1943) Greetings Bait (1943) Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943) Gripes (1943) Hiss and Make Up (1943) Daffy – The Commando (1943) Rumors (1943) Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) Meatless Flyday (1944) Snafuperman (1944) Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944) Duck Soup to Nuts (1944) Slightly Daffy (1944) Hare Force (1944) Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944) Payday (1944) Target: Snafu (1944) Three Brothers (1944) Stage Door Cartoon (1944) Herr Meets Hare (1945) Life with Feathers (1945) Hare Trigger (1945) Ain't That Ducky (1945) Hot Spot (1945) Peck Up Your Troubles (1945) Operation Snafu (1945) Baseball Bugs (1946) Holiday for Shoestrings (1946) Hollywood Daffy (1946) Of Thee I Sting (1946) Racketeer Rabbit (1946) Rhapsody Rabbit (1946) The Gay Anties (1947) Tweetie Pie (1947) Rabbit Transit (1947) A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947) Along Came Daffy (1947) Slick Hare (1947) Back Alley Oproar (1948) I Taw a Putty Tat (1948) Buccaneer Bunny (1948) Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948) Hare Splitter (1948) Kit for Cat (1948) Hare Do (1949) Wise Quackers (1949) High Diving Hare (1949) Curtain Razor (1949) Mouse Mazurka (1949) Knights Must Fall (1949) Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949) Dough for the Do-Do (1949) Each Dawn I Crow (1949) Which Is Witch (1949)
1950s	Home Tweet Home (1950) Mutiny on the Bunny (1950) The Lion's Busy (1950) Big House Bunny (1950) His Bitter Half (1950) All a Bir-r-r-d (1950) Golden Yeggs (1950) Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) Canary Row (1950) Stooge for a Mouse (1950) Canned Feud (1951) Rabbit Every Monday (1951) Putty Tat Trouble (1951) A Bone for a Bone (1951) The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) Room and Bird (1951) His Hare-Raising Tale (1951) Tweety's S.O.S. (1951) Ballot Box Bunny (1951) Tweet Tweet Tweety (1951) Gift Wrapped (1952) Foxy by Proxy (1952) 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952) Little Red Rodent Hood (1952) Ain't She Tweet (1952) Cracked Quack (1952) A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952) Tree for Two (1952) Hare Lift (1952) Snow Business (1953) A Mouse Divided (1953) Fowl Weather (1953) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953) Ant Pasted (1953) Hare Trimmed (1953) Tom Tom Tomcat (1953) A Street Cat Named Sylvester (1953) Catty Cornered (1953) Robot Rabbit (1953) Dog Pounded (1954) Captain Hareblower (1954) I Gopher You (1954) Bugs and Thugs (1954) Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954) Muzzle Tough (1954) Satan's Waitin' (1954) Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954) Goo Goo Goliath (1954) By Word of Mouse (1954) Pizzicato Pussycat (1955) Pests for Guests (1955) Stork Naked (1955) Sahara Hare (1955) Sandy Claws (1955) Hare Brush (1955) Tweety's Circus (1955) Lumber Jerks (1955) This Is a Life? (1955) A Kiddie's Kitty (1955) Hyde and Hare (1955) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955) Roman Legion-Hare (1955) Heir-Conditioned (1955) Pappy's Puppy (1955) Tweet and Sour (1956) Rabbitson Crusoe (1956) Tree Cornered Tweety (1956) Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956) Tugboat Granny (1956) A Star Is Bored (1956) Yankee Dood It (1956) Two Crows from Tacos (1956) Three Little Bops (1957) Tweet Zoo (1957) Tweety and the Beanstalk (1957) Piker's Peak (1957) Birds Anonymous (1957) Bugsy and Mugsy (1957) Greedy for Tweety (1957) Show Biz Bugs (1957) Gonzales' Tamales (1957) Hare-Less Wolf (1958) A Pizza Tweety-Pie (1958) A Waggily Tale (1958) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) A Bird in a Bonnet (1958) Trick or Tweet (1959) Apes of Wrath (1959) Mexicali Shmoes (1959) Tweet and Lovely (1959) Wild and Woolly Hare (1959) Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959) Tweet Dreams (1959)
1960s	Horse Hare (1960) Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960) Person to Bunny (1960) Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Mouse and Garden (1960) From Hare to Heir (1960) Trip for Tat (1960) Lighter Than Hare (1960) D' Fightin' Ones (1961) The Rebel Without Claws (1961) The Pied Piper of Guadalupe (1961) Prince Violent (1961) The Last Hungry Cat (1961) Crows' Feat (1962) Mexican Boarders (1962) Honey's Money (1962) The Jet Cage (1962) Shishkabugs (1962) Devil's Feud Cake (1963) Mexican Cat Dance (1963) Chili Weather (1963) The Unmentionables (1963) Nuts and Volts (1964) Pancho's Hideaway (1964) The Pink Phink (1964) Pink Pajamas (1964) Road to Andalay (1964) It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965) Cats and Bruises (1965) We Give Pink Stamps (1965) The Wild Chase (1965) Dial "P" for Pink (1965) Moby Duck (1965, producer) Sink Pink (1965) Assault and Peppered (1965) Pickled Pink (1965) Pinkfinger (1965) Shocking Pink (1965) Well Worn Daffy (1965) Pink Ice (1965) Suppressed Duck (1965) Corn on the Cop (1965) Rushing Roulette (1965) Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965) The Pink Tail Fly (1965) Tease for Two (1965) Tired and Feathered (1965) Boulder Wham! (1965) Chili Corn Corny (1965) Just Plane Beep (1965) Hairied and Hurried (1965) Go Go Amigo (1965) Highway Runnery (1965) The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (1965) Chaser on the Rocks (1965) The Astroduck (1965) Shot and Bothered (1966) Out and Out Rout (1966) Mucho Locos (1966) The Solid Tin Coyote (1966) Mexican Mousepiece (1966) Clippety Clobbered (1966) Daffy Rents (1966) A-Haunting We Will Go (1966) Snow Excuse (1966) A Squeak in the Deep (1966) Feather Finger (1966) Swing Ding Amigo (1966) Sugar and Spies (1966) A Taste of Catnip (1966) Daffy's Diner (1967) The Ant and the Aardvark (1969) Hasty But Tasty (1969) The Ant From Uncle (1969) I've Got Ants in My Plans (1969) Technology, Phooey (1969) Never Bug an Ant (1969) Dune Bug (1969)
1970s	Scratch the Tiger (1970) Odd Ant Out (1970) Ants in the Pantry (1970) Science Friction (1970) Humbo Jumbo (1970) The Froze Nose Knows (1970) Don't Hustle an Ant with Muscle (1970) Rough Bunch (1971) From Bed to Worse (1971) Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979) Fright Before Christmas (1979) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
1980s	The Chocolate Chase (1980) Daffy Duck's Easter Special (1980) The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
Related	Quackodile Tears (1962) Dumb Patrol (1964) Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964) Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)