Warner Home Video Unveils Two New Sets Of Rare Looney Tunes Animated Shorts Starring Bugs Bunny And Daffy Duck Newly Remastered And Never Before Released On DVD
(April 26, 2010 – Burbank, CA) – Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are the big stars of Warner Home Video’s (WHV) latest Looney Tunes releases available in stores August 10, 2010. Titled “Looney Tunes Super Stars: Bugs Bunny Hare Extraordinaire” and “Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl,” these releases are the first in a new series of WHV DVD collections that celebrate popular Looney Tunes characters. Each title is comprised of 15 newly remastered from original film elements, classic theatrical shorts (over two hours of content on each) new to DVD. Sold separately, each release will retail for $19.98 SRP. Order due date for both DVDs is July 6, 2010.
“Looney Tunes Super Stars: Bugs Bunny Hare Extraordinaire” is devoted to everyone’s favorite carrot-crunching, “wascally wabbit.” Fifteen theatrical cartoons have found their way out of the vaults and onto this hilarious compilation. Included are “Lumber Jack-Rabbit,” which was directed by Chuck Jones and is the only Warner Bros. cartoon short produced in 3-D.
The good times roll with “Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl.” This DVD is entirely devoted to that smart-aleck duck. Fifteen theatrical shorts are featured on this side-splitting compilation. Included is “People are Bunny,” which parodies Art Linkletter’s show “People are Funny.” Also featured is “This is a Life?,” which is a spoof the classic TV series “This is Your Life,” where Elmer Fudd parodies host Ralph Edwards. A parody of Edward R. Murrow’s TV series “Person to Person” is also featured on a short titled “Person to Bunny.”
Both “Looney Tunes Super Stars: Bugs Bunny Hare Extraordinaire” and “Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl” feature a mix of both Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts directed by such legendary animators as Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Frank Tashlin and others. Because the Daffy Duck shorts featured on the DVD are not edited for content, it is more suited for the adult collector than for young viewers.
“Cartoon fans won’t want to miss these two collections filled with un-edited and re-mastered versions of classic Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck shorts that were originally released theatrically during animation’s golden age,” said Amit Desai, WHV Vice President of Family, Animation and Partner Brands Marketing. He added, “Our goal is to continue searching our vaults for animated gems such as these to surprise and please even the most experienced of cartoon connoisseurs.”
“Looney Tunes Super Stars: Bugs Bunny Hare Extraordinaire”
“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” “Looney Tunes Superstars: Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl” “Tick Tock Tuckered”
“Nasty Quacks”
“Daffy Dilly”
“Wise Quackers”
“The Prize Pest”
“Design for Leaving”
“Stork Naked”
“This Is a Life?”
“Dime to Retire”
“Ducking the Devil”
“People Are Bunny”
“Person to Bunny”
“Daffy’s Inn Trouble”
“The Iceman Ducketh”
“Suppressed Duck” The Looney Tunes franchise has generated over $2.7 billion at retail worldwide. The success of the franchise is driven by strong consumer appeal. DVD sales alone have reached over $913 million, while box office and licensed merchandise combined have generated well over a billion in sales. There are more than 1000 Looney Tunes licensees world-wide in categories such as apparel, publishing, promotions/themed entertainment and food/beverage. Looney Tunes enjoy a multi-platform presence which includes television, home entertainment and online content in addition to theme parks, mall tours and other live events. About Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation has been producing award-winning original animation since 1930, when it released its first cartoon, “Sinkin' in the Bathtub.” Since then, Warner Bros. Animation’s characters have set the standard for innovative, quality animation. Producing for network and cable television, online, home entertainment and feature films both domestically and internationally, Warner Bros. Animation is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as maintaining the studio’s rich cartoon heritage. Warner Bros. Animation also oversees the creative use of, and production of animated programming based on classic animated characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. Warner Bros. Animation is one of the most honored animation studios in history, garnering a grand total of six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, a Humanitas Award, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation). About Warner Home Video With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.# # #
“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” “Looney Tunes Superstars: Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl” “Tick Tock Tuckered”
“Nasty Quacks”
“Daffy Dilly”
“Wise Quackers”
“The Prize Pest”
“Design for Leaving”
“Stork Naked”
“This Is a Life?”
“Dime to Retire”
“Ducking the Devil”
“People Are Bunny”
“Person to Bunny”
“Daffy’s Inn Trouble”
“The Iceman Ducketh”
“Suppressed Duck” The Looney Tunes franchise has generated over $2.7 billion at retail worldwide. The success of the franchise is driven by strong consumer appeal. DVD sales alone have reached over $913 million, while box office and licensed merchandise combined have generated well over a billion in sales. There are more than 1000 Looney Tunes licensees world-wide in categories such as apparel, publishing, promotions/themed entertainment and food/beverage. Looney Tunes enjoy a multi-platform presence which includes television, home entertainment and online content in addition to theme parks, mall tours and other live events. About Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation has been producing award-winning original animation since 1930, when it released its first cartoon, “Sinkin' in the Bathtub.” Since then, Warner Bros. Animation’s characters have set the standard for innovative, quality animation. Producing for network and cable television, online, home entertainment and feature films both domestically and internationally, Warner Bros. Animation is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as maintaining the studio’s rich cartoon heritage. Warner Bros. Animation also oversees the creative use of, and production of animated programming based on classic animated characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. Warner Bros. Animation is one of the most honored animation studios in history, garnering a grand total of six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, a Humanitas Award, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation). About Warner Home Video With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.