Difference between revisions of "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet"

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
	; VHS cover
Production company	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release date	November 15, 1979
Starring	Mel Blanc; June Foray
Narrated by	Denver Pyle
Executive producer(s)	Hal Geer
Music composed by	Harper MacKay
Story by	Hal Geer; Jack Enyart
Director(s)	David Detiege
	Title card

Latest revision as of 19:43, 20 June 2024

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet is a 1979 Thanksgiving television special starring Bugs Bunny and characters from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. It premiered on November 15, 1979 on CBS. It was written by Hal Geer and Jack Enyart, and directed by David Detiege.

Bugs is a devoted doctor prescribing helpful advice to various characters ranging from Porky, Sylvester and special guest, a certain female rabbit from Slobbovia.

Detailed summary

Featured cartoons

Rabbit Every Monday
Stop! Look! And Hasten!
Guided Muscle
Adventures of the Road-Runner / Zip Zip Hooray!
Beep, Beep
Tweet Dreams (uses some scenes from that cartoon including the flashbacks scenes from Too Hop To Handle and Sandy Claws)
Birds Anonymous
Freudy Cat
Canned Feud
Trip for Tat
Bedevilled Rabbit

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

Earth
- United States
- Slobbovia

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: November 15, 1978

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

Home availability

In the United States:
- April 13, 1993: Warner Home Video releases Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet on VHS.
- September 1, 2020: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature on DVD.

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+'''Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet''' is a 1979 Thanksgiving television special starring [[Bugs Bunny (character)|Bugs Bunny]] and characters from the ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]''/''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' theatrical shorts. It premiered on November 15, 1979 on CBS. It was written by [[Hal Geer]] and [[Jack Enyart]], and directed by [[David Detiege]].
-== Summary ==
+Bugs is a devoted doctor prescribing helpful advice to various characters ranging from Porky, Sylvester and special guest, a certain female rabbit from Slobbovia.
-[[Bugs Bunny]] is a devoted doctor prescribing helpful tips to various characters ranging from [[Porky Pig]], [[Sylvester]] and special toon guest, [[Millicent]] from "[[Rabbit Romeo]]".
-== Cartoons shown in Special ==
+== Detailed summary ==
-* "''[[Rabbit Every Monday]]''"
+===Featured cartoons===
-* "''[[Stop! Look! And Hasten!]]''"
+* ''[[Rabbit Every Monday]]''
-* "''[[Guided Muscle]]''"
+* ''[[Stop! Look! And Hasten!]]''
-* "[[Adventures of the Road-Runner]]”/"[[Zip Zip Hooray!]]"
+* ''[[Guided Muscle]]''
-* "''[[Beep, Beep (1952 Short)|Beep, Beep]]''"
+* ''[[Adventures of the Road-Runner]]'' / ''[[Zip Zip Hooray!]]''
-* "''[[Tweet Dreams]]''" (Uses some scenes from that cartoon including the flashbacks scenes from "[[Too Hop To Handle]]" and "[[Sandy Claws]]".)
+* ''[[Beep, Beep]]''
-* "''[[Birds Anonymous]]''"
+* ''[[Tweet Dreams]]'' (uses some scenes from that cartoon including the flashbacks scenes from ''[[Too Hop To Handle]]'' and ''[[Sandy Claws]]'')
-* "''[[Freudy Cat]]''"
+* ''[[Birds Anonymous]]''
-* "''[[Canned Feud]]''"
+* ''[[Freudy Cat]]''
-* "''[[Trip for Tat]]''"
+* ''[[Canned Feud]]''
-* "''[[Bedevilled Rabbit]]''"
+* ''[[Trip for Tat]]''
+* ''[[Bedevilled Rabbit]]''
-== Availability ==
+==Memorable quotes==
-It was first released on VHS in 1992, and then put on the [[Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature]] DVD Release.
+==Characters==
+{{CastTop}}
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"|
+|style="background-color:#clear"|
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
+==Locations==
+* [[Earth]]
+** [[United States]]
+** [[Slobbovia]]
+==Objects==
+*
+==Vehicles==
+*
+==Production==
+===Development===
+===Filming===
+==Music==
+==Release==
+Dates are in order of release:
+* United States: November 15, 1978
+==Behind the scenes==
+==Errors==
+==Critical reception==
+== Home availability ==
+* In the United States:
+** [[April 13]], [[1993]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (VHS)|Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet]]'' on VHS.
+** [[September 1]], [[2020]]: [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] releases ''[[Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature]]'' on DVD.
 [[Category:1979]]
 [[Category:DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]]
 [[Category:TV specials]]