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Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (Looney Tunes Super Stars) |  | Directors: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Maurice Noble, Robert McKimson
Actors: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, Bea Benaderet
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 484
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 883929108565
UPC: 883929108565
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ASIN: B0033XKVEG
Release Date: August 10, 2010 (In 12 Days)
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Episodes: Mutiny on the Bunny, Bushy Hare, Hare We Go, Foxy by Proxy, Hare Trimmed, Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Napoleon Bunny-Part, Bedevilled Rabbit, Apes of Wrath, From Hare to Heir, Lighter than Hare, The Million Hare, Mad as a Mars Hare, Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare, False Hare
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 8
Pre-1950 vs. Post-1950 July 25, 2010
Doceo
There has been much discussion here and at the corresponding Daffy Duck DVD release on this question. I offer the following simply as food for thought and, perhaps, to continue the discussion. Ultimately, of course, it comes down to a matter of individual taste.
In his 1994 book "The 50 Greatest Cartoons," Jerry Beck polled over a thousand animation professionals and historians, asking them to rate their favorite cartoons from 1 - 50. When all the votes were tallied, 17 Warner Brother cartoons made the top 50. At the end of the book, an additional 53 cartoons were listed as a sort of honorable mention, having just missed the top 50 by a vote or two. Seventeen more WB cartoons made this honorable mention list. Of those 34 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies that made the book, 24 were released prior to 1950. However, the 17 that made the top 50 showed a more even split: eight pre-1950 and nine post-1950. Further, of the five top ranked cartoons in the poll, four of them were post-1950 Warner Brothers releases. Considering specifically Bugs Bunny cartoons, a total of seven made the top 50. Of those, five were post 1950, including numbers 1 & 2. On the other hand, of the 10 Bugs cartoons listed in the honorable mention category, nine were pre-1950 releases.
What conclusions may be drawn? At least for those who contributed to Jerry Beck's book, the 1950s era Looney Tunes were more represented at the very top of the list -the best of the best, if you will. But the further you went down the list, the more likely you would find releases from the 30s and 40s, about 70% of all the Warner Brothers cartoons making the survey.
Beck came out with a similar type of book just last month, "The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes." This time he extended his poll beyond those who work in the animation field, opening it up to fans that frequent his website. The results again show an overall preference for the pre-1950 releases by a 60 - 40 margin. This consistency extended to the 35 Bugs Bunny's that made the list as well, with 23 coming from the pre-1950 era. (Beck decided not to rank the cartoons in this book but rather to simply list them in alphabetical order.)
I don't believe any of the titles on the present DVD made the list of either book, though two cartoons - "Bushy Hare" and "Hare Trimmed" - were cited as being among the 58 best Bugs Bunny's by Steven Schneider, author of the book length tribute to Warner Brothers animation "That's All Folks." There are also a couple of other titles on this DVD that are interesting for historical purposes. "Jack Rabbit Bunny" is the only Warner Brothers cartoon to have been shot in 3-D, and "False Hare" was the last Bugs Bunny theatrical cartoon release, not counting the compilations and later features that began to appear in the 1980s.
I am not suggesting that this DVD represents anything like the greatest of Bugs Bunny. In my opinion, there is an overrepresentation of the 1960s while there are still earlier gems that have yet to appear on DVD. Nevertheless, for my money, there is enough here to make a purchase worthwhile. If, as a consequence, it helps to spur future releases of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, so much the better.
Skeptical at first, BUT.... June 27, 2010
A. Rearick (Texas, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I agree with the other reviewers lamenting the lack of pre-1950 cartoons. However, as none of these cartoons have appeared on previous collections, I think it's good that at the very least, WB isn't asking us to buy the same thing again. And again! (Look! Finally! A collection WITHOUT "Baton Bunny!" That's cause for celebration right there!)
That said, some things I'm looking forward to about this collection:
1) Yosemite Sam and Tasmanian Devil are all over this collection. All of the pre-1950 YS cartoons are on previous collections, and Taz didn't come along until the mid-50's. I, for one, am thankful to have all of them in one collection. ("From Hare to Heir" is the one where Sam has to be nice or forfeit 1,000,000 pounds; tell me you don't giggle remembering Sam crashing down the stairs in the knight-suit after taking a swing at Bugs!)
2) Some of those later-era cartoons may be funnier than you remember. "The Million Hare" from 1963 is the one with Bugs and Daffy racing to the TV studio to win a million bucks. ("I wonder if that silly duck will remember he can fly?" {{{CRASH}}} "Guess not.") "Lighter than Hare" is the one where Sam is a space alien.
(All of that said, I recognize that this has the potential to be another case of "Wow, that wasn't as funny as I remember it." This is what keeps me from giving it five stars. For now.)
3) "Bushy Hare." Has that been on any collection EVER? DVD or VHS?
All I know is I'm eagerly awaiting August 10, when I can hopefully add the fifth star! Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a series of discs showcasing characters or eras or themes that haven't been touched on in previous issues.
"Golden Collection" series canceled, so be thankful for what we've got June 17, 2010
M. Hasson (Hyde Park, MA United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The bad economy has hit the DVD market as well, and WB has shelved future plans for the Golden Collection series according to Looney Tunes expert Jerry Beck in a recent interview. The reason these later titles are being collected is because they already have had some remastering done, so that saves some time and money. While some of the selections may be on the mediocre side, there are some goodies here and in the upcoming Daffy collection as well. Maybe if the market improves in the future we will see more of what we want, but in the meantime I'm glad that WB hasn't discontinued the Looney Tunes DVD's altogether. I say buy these sets as soon as they come out, so the powers that be will know that we are still interested in future releases and keep our fingers crossed.
 Well It's Better Than Nothing......... May 24, 2010
Scott C. Farrington (Erie, Pennsylvania)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I Am Glad To See That Warner Bros. Hasn't Shut Us Out Completely. I Will Be Buying This, But Still Feel Stiffed By WB For Not Completing The Golden Collections. It Was My Understanding That When WB First Announced The Golden Collections, Is That It Was Supposed To Be A Ten Year Run, One Collection A Year For Ten Years. And At The End Of The Ten Years, You Would Have Amassed The Entire Catalog Of Cartoons. Also The Reason For It Being Once A Year For Ten Years, Was To Give WB The Time To Clean And Remaster The Originals From The Vaults Of The U.C.L.A. Film Library And To Spread The Cartoons Out Over The Ten Years So That There Was A Good Amount Of "The Best" Cartoons Released Each Year So That The Casual Collector Would Need To Buy Each Collection In Order To Have All Of The Greatest WB Cartoons. If I Am In Error On This, Feel Free To Let Me Know. My Goal Was To Have The Entire WB Catalog. I Was And Still Am Interested In Getting The Rest Of The WB Catalog That Were Not Released And To Be On Collections 7-10. If This Is The Start Of The Rest Of Them, Then I'll Be Buying Them.
 NEED TO GO BACK TO THE GOLDEN COLLECTION! April 20, 2010
Kebin L. Robinson (CASWELL NC)
2 out of 18 found this review helpful
I THINK WB HOME VIDEO NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE GOLDEN SERIES CUZ IT REPESENTED A BROADER RANGE OF FILMS AS WELL AS AND LOTS OF EXTRAS! PLEASE GO BACK AND REVIVE THE SERIES OR AT LEAST COME UP WITH A SIMILAR SERIES FOR US HARDCORE FANS!!!
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