This 1981 production might be the best of the primetime television specials that sliced and diced classic cartoons with not-so-special new animation – if only because there is relatively little new animation.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
Yankee Doodle Bugs (1954)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross
Music by Milt Franklyn
While few animation scholars would cite “Yankee Doodle Bugs” as being among the finest of the Warner Bros. output, I freely admit this is one of my favorite cartoons in the Bugs Bunny series. Yeah, it is not an artistic classic, but it is a cute film that has good-natured fun with Colonial American history.
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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: His Hare-Raising Tale (1951)
His Hare-Raising Tale (1951)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Virgil Ross
Music by Carl Stalling
One of the relatively few Warner Bros. cartoons that mainly consisted of recycled footage from older shorts, “His Hare-Raising Tale” is an amusing endeavor that pointed to a potential scenario shift that, sadly, was never explored in depth.
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