Bugs Bunny's Easter Special

Bugs Bunny's Easter Special
Story by	David Detiege; Friz Freleng
Directed by	Gerry Chiniquy; Friz Freleng; Chuck Jones; Robert McKimson
Voices of	Mel Blanc; June Foray
Composers	Milt Franklyn; Doug Goodwin; William Lava; John Seely; Carl W. Stalling
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Hal Geer; William L. Hendricks
Editor	Rick Steward
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Warner Bros. Animation; DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	April 7, 1977

Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (also known as The Bugs Bunny Easter Special and Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies) is a 1977 Easter-themed Looney Tunes television special featuring a number of Warner Bros. cartoons.[1] It originally debuted on the CBS network on Thursday, April 7, 1977.[2]

Plot

The Easter Bunny is ill, and Granny needs to find a replacement for him. She suggests Bugs Bunny as the needed replacement. When she reaches the Warner Bros. lot, she finds to her disappointment that Bugs is tied up in filming Knighty Knight Bugs but offers to work out a solution after filming wraps up. Meanwhile, Daffy Duck, partially overhearing the conversation, eagerly offers Granny his services, but always dresses up in the wrong Easter-related outfit (such as an Easter egg or an Easter basket). Still tied up after filming two more shorts, Bugs decides to suggest other Looney Tunes stars, who are likewise unable or unsuited.

In the end, Bugs offers to serve as the bunny's replacement if the work can be delayed until a week after Easter; Granny considers this unacceptable, but the Easter Bunny, apparently well, arrives, and thus Bugs's services are no longer needed. In the end, the supposed Easter Bunny reveals himself to be Daffy in an Easter bunny suit (finally getting it right), which neither surprises nor disappoints Bugs or Granny, having known all along it was Daffy.

Cast

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck/the Easter Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam
June Foray as Granny

Cartoons featured

The cartoons featured in the special are:[3]

Home media

This special was released on DVD in 2011.

References

Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 231. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 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. 369. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

External links

Bugs Bunny's Easter Special at IMDb

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 231. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 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. 369. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.