Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster

Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster
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Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Release date	April 17, 1991
Run time	23 minutes
Starring	Jeff Bergman June Foray Stan Freberg Classic material: Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Brian
Executive producer(s)	Hal Geer
Music composed by	Harper MacKay
Story by	Greg Ford Terry Lennon
Director(s)	Greg Ford Terry Lennon
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Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster is a musical television special starring Bugs Bunny and characters from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. It first aired on April 17, 1991. It was written and directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon.

Bugs Bunny hosts a concert for classic music, but is unaware of a newspaper headline that reads: "Experimental Fly Escapes: Cannot Be Killed!"

Detailed summary

Cartoons featured

• "Baton Bunny" (the first event; retried again as the last event which was ruined by a fly)
• "Porky and Daffy in the William Tell Overture" (the second event)
• "Back Alley Oproar" (used when Sylvester tried to ruin Elmer's "Hungarian Rhapsody")
• "Rabbit of Seville" (the fourth event)
• "What's Opera, Doc?" (the last event on the agenda but Bugs tried "Baton Bunny" again after)
• "Long-Haired Hare" (Audio of Giovanni's opera singing only used during the end credits)

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 17, 1991

Behind the scenes

• It is the first Looney Tunes special in which Bugs, Daffy, Porky, Elmer and Sylvester are voiced by Jeff Bergman.
• Apart from Yosemite Sam and Granny, Mr. Meek from The Wise Quacking Duck and the two stranded men from Wackiki Wabbit make cameos in the audience.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • December 2, 1994: Warner Home Video releases Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster on VHS.