The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special

The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Directed by	Gerry Chiniquy; Friz Freleng; Chuck Jones
Starring	Mel Blanc (voices)
Theme music composer	Harper MacKay
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Hal Geer
Running time	24 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	October 26, 1980;

The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special is an animated television special that was broadcast on CBS October 26, 1980.[1] Presented by Porky Pig as an Alfred Hitchcock-style whodunit, the plot is modeled after those of North by Northwest and The Fugitive.[2]

Like most Looney Tunes specials of the time, this program consists of clips from classic cartoons with some new original animation holding them together.[3]

Plot synopsis

A criminal known as the Tall, Dark Stranger robs a bank, and Inspector Elmer Fudd mistakenly arrests Bugs Bunny for the crime. Escaping from jail, Bugs sets out to prove his innocence while evading Elmer, who is searching for him after his escape. Soon word spreads about Bugs Bunny being a national fugitive. When a reward gets placed on his head "eaten or alive", this inspires Wile E. Coyote to hunt him down, and Elmer hires former prison guard Yosemite Sam (who got fired for letting Bugs escape after the former having been antagonized by the latter during his time at prison) as a bounty hunter. However, Bugs outsmarts both Wile E. and Sam in different ways until the two end up giving up, leaving Elmer as the only one who keeps pursing him.

After some chases and a side story involving Tweety and Sylvester, Bugs ends up dangling from the beak of a Mount Rushmore-sized sculpture of Foghorn Leghorn; he’s rescued by the Tall, Dark Stranger, who turns out to be Porky Pig (he was trying to keep the story going). Elmer apologizes to Bugs and arrests Porky, who remarks "As always, the butler did it!" Porky concludes the special from inside a jail cell by saying his "T-t-t-t-that's all, Folks" lines.

Cast

Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Porky Pig and Taxi Radio Announcer.

Credits

Directed by Gerry Chiniquy, Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones.

Cartoons featured

Availability

This special has been released on VHS videocassette, but not on DVD.

References

Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 46–47. 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. 371. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 231. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

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[1] Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[2] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 371. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 231. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.