Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes

Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes is a TV special reusing footage from earlier cartoons. It was released on 1992.

Summary

The linking footage has Bugs being kidnapped and brought to space by Marvin the Martian and K-9. Bugs must defend Earth on courtroom charges that Earthlings are casting aliens in a negative light, and if Bugs loses, Marvin will effect an apocalyptic punishment on Earth. Will Bugs defend the Earth?

Cartoons Used In Special

• "Haredevil Hare" (clips)
• "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century"
• "No Parking Hare" (Traffic scenes)
• "Lighter Than Hare" (Robots and Yosemite Sam of outer space)
• "Boyhood Daze" (Alien dream sequence)
• "His Hare Raising Tale" ('HareDevil Hare' flashback)
• "There Auto Be a Law" (Heavy traffic scene)
• "The Hole Idea" (Modern era scene)
• "Lumber Jerks" (Log factory scene)
• "Rocket-bye Baby"
• "Martian Through Georgia"
• "The Hasty Hare"
• "Hare-Way to the Stars"

Notes

• To date, this is the final Looney Tunes TV Special that uses classic footage.

Kirk from Star Trek makes a cameo in the special. He uses Spock's Vulcan hand salute. Stills from this special were featured in the book The Looney Tunes Treasury on page 83. This special was originally planned to air on CBS. Music is reused from:

• "Lighter Than Hare" (Opening scene)
• "Rocket Squad"
• "Scrambled Aches" (Do-it Yourself Hints From Your Pals, the Ancient Astronauts Ad)
• "A Sheep in the Deep"
• "This Is a Life?"
• "Rabbit Every Monday"

Availability

It was first released on VHS in 1992 and then put on the 2020 Double Pack alongside the re-release of Marvin the Martian Space Tunes.