Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet is an animated television special released on November 15, 1979; it stars Bugs Bunny and incorporated parts of several Looney Tunes cartoons.[1] The special followed up on the successful Looney Tunes special Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals that had aired in 1976, which reintroduced the character of Bugs Bunny in his first new material since 1964.
In the special, Bugs is a doctor, prescribing cartoons for the viewers to watch.[2] The special includes two complete cartoons, Bedeviled Rabbit and Rabbit Every Monday, and clips from eight others.[3]
Cast
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester and Taz
- June Foray as Millicent (from 1957's Rabbit Romeo) and Yellow Female Rabbit
Credits
Directed by David Detiege, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones and Robert McKimson. Produced by Hal Geer.
Cartoons featured
- Rabbit Every Monday
- Stop! Look! And Hasten!
- Guided Muscle
- Zip Zip Hooray!
- Beep Beep
- Tweet Dreams
- Birds Anonymous
- Freudy Cat (the footage of Sylvester running back home for three seconds)
- Canned Feud
- Trip For Tat
- Bedevilled Rabbit
Home Video
It was Released as part of the Looney Tunes Holiday Triple Feature along with Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-giving Special, Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special, l & Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas.
References
- Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 370. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.