This primetime television special finds Bugs as a diet doctor who is running his own practice after only six months of medical school. The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday creates a renewed emphasis on food management, with Bugs treating such diverse patients as Porky Pig (who is put on a carrot diet), Millicent the Slobbovian Rabbit (who has problems with food management and her love life), and an excessively nervous Sylvester.
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In 1979, Warner Bros. finally released a feature-length film centered around Bugs Bunny. And while “The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie” had a few problems, its arrival in theaters signaled a commercial potential that the studio had overlooked for too long.
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Warner Bros. cranked out these back-to-back primetime television specials that mixed post-1948 cartoon classics with so-so new animation bridging.
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Character actor Denver Pyle was the live-action host of this primetime television special that included a mix of post-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons with an old West theme.
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During the course of “A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur’s Court” (later retitled “Bugs Bunny in King Arthur’s Court”), Yosemite Sam becomes so annoyed with an excessively verbose Bugs that he yells at him to shut up. The poor viewer watching this made-for-television special may have the urge to share that angry sentiment with all of the on-screen characters. This Chuck Jones-devised mess is one of the most obnoxiously talkative animation productions ever made.
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One month after “Bugs Bunny in Space” premiered on CBS, another prime-time special with the Looney Tunes crew turned up: “Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Ween Special.” I was 13 when it premiered on October 26, 1977, and at the time I was appalled by the haphazard sloppiness of the presentation. I just watched it again for the first time since that initial viewing and my negative opinion has not changed.
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“Bugs Bunny in Space” was hastily assembled to cash in on the unprecedented audience frenzy created by “Star Wars,” which premiered three months before this half-hour television special was broadcast.
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