Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire

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Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
DVD-cover
Directed byFriz Freleng, Robert McKimson, Chuck Jones
Produced byEddie Selzer, John W. Burton, David H. DePatie
StarringBugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Tasmanian Devil, Granny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, Mel Blanc (voice)
Distributed byWarner Home Video
Release date
August 10, 2010 (United States)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Bugs Bunny cartoons released on August 10, 2010.[1] Along with Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl, these two DVDs are the successor to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. None of the cartoons featured in this DVD were previously found on the Golden Collection sets.

Contents[edit]

All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny.
# Title Co-Stars Release Date Director Series
1 Mutiny on the Bunny Sam February 11, 1950 (1950-02-11) Friz Freleng LT
2 Bushy Hare November 18, 1950 (1950-11-18) Robert McKimson LT
3 Hare We Go January 6, 1951 (1951-01-06) Robert McKimson MM
4 Foxy by Proxy February 23, 1952 (1952-02-23) Friz Freleng MM
5 Hare Trimmed Granny, Sam June 20, 1953 (1953-06-20) Friz Freleng MM
6 ^Lumber Jack-Rabbit* September 26, 1953 (1953-09-26) Chuck Jones LT
7 ^Napoleon Bunny-Part June 16, 1956 (1956-06-16) Friz Freleng MM
8 ^Bedevilled Rabbit Taz April 13, 1957 (1957-04-13) Robert McKimson MM
9 ^Apes of Wrath Daffy (cameo) April 18, 1959 (1959-04-18) Friz Freleng MM
10 ^From Hare to Heir Sam September 3, 1960 (1960-09-03) Friz Freleng MM
11 ^Lighter Than Hare Sam December 17, 1960 (1960-12-17) Friz Freleng MM
12 ^The Million Hare Daffy April 6, 1963 (1963-04-06) Robert McKimson LT
13 ^Mad as a Mars Hare Marvin October 19, 1963 (1963-10-19) Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble MM
14 ^Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare Taz March 28, 1964 (1964-03-28) Robert McKimson MM
15 ^False Hare Foghorn (cameo) July 18, 1964 (1964-07-18) Robert McKimson LT

(^) - Cropped to widescreen.[2]

Controversies[edit]

This was one of two first Looney Tunes Super Stars that released the majority of some of the cartoons but in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that was how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, which made many collectors upset as cartoons were filmed in Academy full-screened ratio, not widescreen.

In 2011 Bedevilled Rabbit, Mad as a Mars Hare and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare were re-released as part of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set presenting them in their original 4:3 aspect ratios. In 2020 Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Napoleon Bunny-Part, From Hare to Heir, The Million Hare and False Hare were included as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-Ray and were once again presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Long Delays for 'Hare Extraordinaire' and 'Frustrated Fowl' Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, tvshowsondvd.com, March 17, 2010
  2. ^ WHV Provides VERY Different Shorts Lists for 'Super Stars' DVDs Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, tvshowsondvd.com, January 12, 2010