The popular Warner Brothers cartoon rabbit gets a feature-length tribute that's higher on enthusiasm than technical polish.
Using as a point of departure the 1944 cartoon "What's Cookin', Doc?" (in which Bugs pleads for Oscar recognition), this feature compilation chronicles the career of that wascally wabbit with some dozen Bugs vehicles interlaced with reminisences by artists from the famed "Termite Terrace" studio,
which included animation legends like Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Fritz Freleng. Among the revelations: the fast-talking Bugs (who "officially" made his debut in "Porky's Hare Hunt" in 1938) was modelled after Clark Gable's character in IT HAPPENED...
Released:
1975
Rated:
G
Length:
91 mins