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Happy Birthday Bugs: 50 Looney Years [VHS]

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I love Bugs cartoons but this is very short clips with most of the time taken up by '80s celebraties well-wishers. Tiresome, not entertaining nor funny. I would not give this film even 1 star, but the format did not allow for zero.

while i agree that this video isn't for people wanting full-length Bugs Bunny cartoons (check the other Amazon video "Bugs Bunny Super-Star" for such a thing), i disagree that because snipets of cartoons are shown here and there that it's totally boring! apparently some of the people weren't amused at the wacky protests from Daffy Duck and the hilariously straight performance from Joe Garagiola reporting on the protests! the video was a "mock-u-mentary" with a few serious yet brief commentaries from Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, and the great Mel Blanc. Milton Berle's appearance in the special basically stole the show from the other celebrities paying homage to Bugs as if the bunny were real!! a running joke was the camera switching over to Daffy Duck in his home fuming over all the attention Bugs is getting. i give the video 4 stars because the short spots with Freleng, Jones, and Blanc could've been way longer than they were. the show originally aired on commercial TV as an hour program. the video is 43 minutes long...meaning that 15 minutes or so were ate up with commercials back in 1990 when it aired on TV. it's a cute little video so be warned of that now...this video is NOT for the type of people who are too serious and can't enjoy a little harmless silliness once in a while from some of the top celebrities of the era.

Buy this,Lt and MM fans. It spans Bugs' 50th aniversary in 1990 with short clips from Bugs' entire carrier. Also contains interviews with 80s celebrities,also with classic Looney Tunes animators like Robert McKimson,Chuck Jones,Friz Freling(Tex Avery died in 1980.)It also contains tributes with Daffy Duck,Marvin the Martian,Tazmainaian Devil,Speedy Gonzales,Sniffles the Mouse,Mary Jane,The French Chefs(you know their names),Blaque Jacque Shaque(he spoke French,starred in some cartoons and also was the robber of WB),Porky Pig,Elmer Fudd,Wile E. Coyote,the Road Runner,and more LT,MM and WB characters.Although today we're celebratin'Bugs 61th aniversary from 1940 to 2001 and Looney Tunes 71th aniversary from 1930 to 2001.Although this special was produced in 1990,it reminds me of a little somethin'from the 1980s.Those things are Tex Averys Death and Alvin and the Chipmunks.It was the best tv series of all time.Wanna know why?It was adventure.I'm a big fan of adventure.Wanna know the best part?The songs.The songs were the best part because they revise all the hits you know and love from artists like the Carpenders,Jerry Lee Lewis,Elvis Presley,The Supremes,and many others.So,if you wanna celebrate Bugs'1990 birthday,you gotta buy this world renound TV special on home video!This is for LT,MM,and WB freaks,nerds,maniacs,fans,etc.

I should have listened to the last viewer of this video. I love Bugs Bunny cartoons also, and these very short clips of Bug's were a tease. There were nothing but celebrities talking about the bunny's career, and how his crazy antics made so many people happy. I couldn't believe how bored I was, watching what was supposed to be a cartoon segment of laughes. The viewer was right, don't waste your time in purchasing this video; look for the Bugs Bunny and friends videos for your entertainment.

I bought this video last year, and I love it! It's silly, yes, but I enjoy silly stuff! This special, although made in 1990, still counts as something from the 80s in my view, and I love the 80s! Now if only I could get my hand on some uncensored Looney Tunes, then I'd be in business!

With the Looney Tunes DVD sets containing a number of TV specials ranging from original cartoons to anniversary celebrations, there is a possibility that this might show up on a future volume. If it does, focus on the quality theatrical cartoons instead of attempting to slog through this non-stop fluff piece that is so outdated, it makes Samurai Pizza Cats seem culturally relevant. In simpler words: don't watch it.

No Looney Tune or Merrie Melodie cartoon, not even any of the Censored Eleven, has dated as badly as this. This is fluff, whole fluff and nothing but fluff. How, you ask? Simple: it's another one of those specials that features celebrities talking about Bugs, and references to talk shows that millions of idiots watched in 1990, but have now turned to tripe like CSI and American Idol. Want to see Mary Hart of ET report Bugs' fictional life story? Followed by a fake Geraldo episode titled "Anvil Accidents... or ARE They?" How about Pierce Brosnan, before he was Bond and when he had a moustache, telling us Bugs is a "true romantic that no other human male could ever hope to compete with" (and you thought Bond was a sex maniac)?

Wait, it gets better. Jane Seymour indirectly admits she goes moist for Bugs (eww). Fred Savage (oh, what a sad story he is) admits he had a Bugs Bunny lunch box and "it was.... real neat. You know." Chuck Norris (yes, THAT Chuck Norris) calls Bugs "tough" simply because he's in a good mood. Dr. Ruth (remember her? Thought not) tells us that Bugs "has always been comfortable with his sexuality". Yikes. William Shatner pauses in mid-sentence, and Bill Cosby acts crazy and rambles about pudding pops. All while praising Bugs, of course. Whoopi Goldberg appears and gives a tribute to the then-recently deceased Mel Blanc (you gotta wonder if he is spinning in his grave over this special), which is the only part of this wretched thing that isn't fluff. Obligatory Wheel of Fortune reference, and... and...

I can't take it anymore. Just don't watch this if you appreciate Looney Tunes as much as I do. One website posted a review of this special, with the comment that it would probably never be released in a Golden Collection DVD, because "it's brainless and as dated as year-old milk." But hey, they included the Lorne Michaels-produced All-Star 50th Anniversary special on Volume 2. So you never know...