List of Looney Tunes television specials

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This is a list of television specials based on the Looney Tunes series of theatrical animated shorts. Note all specials were originally aired in prime-time unless otherwise noted.

Contents

Original specials

TitleYearLTGC availability (all as special features)Notes
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies December 16, 1972Produced by Filmation, with the Looney Tunes characters on loan from Warner Bros. (otherwise a silent partner)
Carnival of the Animals November 22, 1976 Volume 5, Disc 4 Animation/live-action mix
Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises.
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (retitled Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court for subsequent rebroadcasts)February 23, 1978 Volume 6, Disc 1 Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises.
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales November 27, 1979 Volume 5, Disc 4 Three TV shorts later edited out of it.

1) "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" 2) Roadrunner: "Freeze Frame" 3) Bugs Bunny: "Fright Before Christmas"

Produced by DePatie-Freleng and Chuck Jones Enterprises.

Daffy Duck's Easter ShowApril 1, 1980 Volume 6, Disc 1 Three TV shorts later edited out of it.

1) "Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement" 2) Daffy & Speedy Gonzalas: "The Chocolate Chase" 3) Daffy, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn: "The Yoke's On You"

Produced by DePatie-Freleng.

Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over May 21, 1980 Volume 5, Disc 4 Three TV shorts later edited out of it.

1) Bugs Bunny: "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Bunny" 2) Road Runner: "Soup or Sonic" 3) Bugs Bunny Marvin Martian: "Spaced Out Bunny"

Produced by Chuck Jones Enterprises.
Also available on The Essential Bugs Bunny (10/12/2010)

Ounce of Prevention1982Awareness video about burn prevention in the home
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue April 21, 1990Drug-abuse prevention television special, in collaboration with other franchises.

Anniversary specials

TitleYearNotes
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary SpecialJanuary 14, 1986Featuring interviews with celebrities
Happy Birthday Bugs!: 50 Looney YearsMay 9, 1990
'Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny CelebrationJuly 27, 2024Featuring interviews with Looney Tunes Alumni Billy West, Jeff Bergman, Candi Milo, Bob Bergen, Eric Bauza, Eric Goldberg, Animation Historian Jerry Beck & Many Others. It aired on MeTV Toons on Bugs Bunny's 84th Birthday.


|Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes |November 19th, 1993 |

|Released straight to VHS. It was later released on the DVD "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes" Double Feature. |}

Specials with reused footage

TitleYearClassic Clips FromNotes
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special April 7, 1977Released on DVD.
Bugs Bunny in Space September 6, 1977Only special with no new animation
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special October 26, 1977

Featuring Witch Hazel

Other shorts

Released on DVD separately and as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature
How Bugs Bunny Won the WestNovember 15, 1978Hosted in live action by actor Denver Pyle
Included in The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD, released on October 12, 2010 in the U.S.
Included in Looney Tunes Parodies Collection DVD, released on February 4, 2020 in the U.S.

The end where Bugs is singing "Home on the Range" is an audio clip from the 1951 short The Fair-Haired Hare

Bugs Bunny's Valentine SpecialFebruary 14, 1979Released on DVD as Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers
The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day SpecialMay 12, 1979Only released on VHS in 1992 by Warner Home Video under its original title.

Later retitled Bugs Bunny's Baby Boomers

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet November 15, 1979Released as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature DVD.
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special October 26, 1980Only released on VHS in 1992 by Warner Home Video under its original title.
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving SpecialNovember 20, 1980Contains one all-new short;

Released as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature

Bugs Bunny: All American HeroMay 21, 1981Only released on VHS in 1994 by Warner Home Video under its original title.
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of TelevisionJanuary 11, 1982Only released on VHS in 1993 by Warner Home Video under its original title.
Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars October 21, 1988One of the first specials produced by Warner Bros. where new animation was both traditionally and digitally inked and painted. [1] Released on DVD with the Space Jam 2-disc DVD set.
Bugs Bunny's Wild World of SportsFebruary 15, 1989Included in The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD, released on October 12, 2010 in the U.S.
Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster April 17, 1991Contains one all-new Porky and Daffy short titled The William Tell Overture.
*At the time of release Warner Bros had not regained the rights to their pre-1948 cartoons yet, so Ford and his crew reanimated this short for its inclusion in this special.

Only released on VHS in 1994 by Warner Home Video under its original title.

Bugs Bunny's Creature FeaturesFebruary 1, 1992Contains three cartoons originally theatrically released in 1988 as a part of the Daffy Duck's Quackbusters compilation feature.

The original individual shorts were released on the 2-disc DVD release of Space Jam.

Bugs Bunny's Lunar TunesMarch 1, 1993Released straight to VHS. It was later released on the DVD "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes" Double Feature.

Home Video Retitling

Several of these TV specials were given a new name when released on video.

TV titleHome video title
Carnival of the Animals Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's CourtBugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court
Bugs Bunny's ValentineBugs Bunny's Cupid Capers
The Daffy Duck Easter ShowDaffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement

See also

Notes

  1. K. Wiley, TD, Allied Visual Artists

Further reading