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The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie [VHS]

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This movie starts with the Oscar-winning "Knighty Knight Bugs". In it, Bugs must fight the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam, of course) in order to gain possession of the Singing Sword. Best line: "You crazy idgit dragon!" As Bugs says in the introduction: "[This cartoon] won Friz Freleng an Oscar and me a carrot!". Part 1 features Yosemite Sam in "the other place" where the devil agrees to let Sam escape as long as he brings Bugs with him. But with all the trouble it is to catch that rabbit, it doesn't take long before Sam wonders if it's all worth it. Part 2 features dim-witted gangsters Rocky and Mugsy in "The Unmentionables". Part 3 features one of Friz Freleng's best cartoons ever- "The 3 Little Bops"- a swing rendition of the Three Little Pigs (featuring Stan Freberg on vocals and music by Shortry Long).

What a talent Friz Freleng was (1905-95)!

This is a great movie, even though it's clips from WB cartoons mived with new animation by Friz Freleng. It begins with a showing of Freleng's 1958 award winner "Knighty Knight Bugs", and then shows the following acts:

"Satan's Waitin'": Yosemite Sam lands in Hell after Bugs foils his attempt to court widow Emma. The devil gives Sam three chances to capture Bugs as a replacement.

"The Unmentionables": Bugs parodies FBI agent Elliot Ness, but trouble (and looniness) insures when he tangles with Rocky's gang of thugs.

"The Oswald Awards": Bugs hosts an awards night parody, nominating the Big Bad Wolf of "Three Little Bops" (1957), Sylvester and Tweety, and (!) himself. He wins, much to Daffy Duck's anger.

This is second only to "The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Movie" in terms of my favorite Bugs Bunny videos. It's a three parter (!) starting with "Satan's Waitin'" where Yosemite Sam tries to deliver Bugs to the devil in his place which we see through several cartoon shorts featuring the pair. Next comes "The Unmentionables" with Bugs playing Elliot Ness, er that is Elegant Mess battling against Rocky and his dimwitted gang. Next comes the cartoon oscars, featuring the classic "Three Little Bops" short and many more. The interludes are funny, and so are the shorts, although as always, they have been edited. A must have for any Looney Tunes fan.

This is the best Bugs Bunny movie ever! Some of my favorite scenes are:

Bugs Bunny is dressed as a French gentleman and him Yosemite Sam are doing pistols and 10 paces. Bugs says this in a French accent: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9 1/2, 9 3/4, 9 3/16, 11/16, 12/16, 10!" Yosemite Sam is then run over by a speeding bus as he's out in the middle of the road.

Bugs is dressed as widow Emma and he rolls a table to a dizzy Yosemite Sam in a chair Bugs: "1 or 2 lumps?" Sam: "Make it 2." Bugs: "2? Okay. 1, 2! Hoo Hoo Hoo!" Sam is hit over the head with a sledgehammer two times by Bugs.

Yosemite Sam marches into a saloon and shouts: "Anyone of you lilly-livered bowl-legged varmints care to slap leather with me? In case you get any ideas, you better know who you're dealin' with!' Bugs shouts: "Eh...shut up!" Sam: "Did I hear someone say shut up?" Bugs: "Yup." My favorite part of the whole movie is the Oswald Awards ceremony. I like where they show "Three Little Bops" where the Big Bad Wolf is nominated. I knew Bugs of course would win the Oswald Award.

This movie cuts together many classic cartoons to make three half hour stories.
First half hour is Bugs v.s. Yosemite Sam.
The second half hour is dedicated to the gangster Rocky.
And the third half hour is a Oswald Award show for th best performance by a cartoon character.

But it is the three uncut bonus cartoons that are the jewels here!

BOX OFFICE BUNNY (1990) has theater manager Daffy & usher Elmer trying to get Bugs Bunny out of their theater just like the classic cartoons,

FROM HARE TO ETERNITY (1996/1998) pits Bugs against Yosemite Sam. Frank Gorshin (The Riddler) tries to do the voice of Sam, but he is no Mel Blanc. Yosemite Sam encounters Bugs Bunny while hunting for treasure.
The copyright notice is over written by a new notice that states "This version copyright 1998...", but the old roman numeral 1996 copyright can still be seen. I wonder what was changed!

PULLET SURPRISE (1997) is a classic Foghorn Leghorn cartoon! Foghorn protects the henhouse from Pete Puma by pretending to 'train' Pete on how to take chickens. He uses the bull from "Bully For Bugs". Frank Gorshin does the voices again, but this time he is right on with Foghorn Leghorn!

While no digital restoration was done, the three new cartoons look immaculate & the feature is sharp with very good color. The only flaw would be the original dust in the animation cells, we are so used to that being removed for DVD but hey, that is how it was seen in the theaters!

When it has came down to Warner Brothers, they done a good job, but not completely definite job at reflecting the best in their Looney Tunes library, as was the case with the recently retired Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. Nevertheless, they did say they were going to still release classic movies and shorts from the Looney Tunes library. After the Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 3 The Movie Collection which was the lone spark in the smaller-priced packages, there honestly was a huge need of seeing more of the classic Looney Tunes films come into light again. That also was shown with their most honored director, the late Friz Freleng, whom will nest year have been 15 years since his tragic passing. For an animator whom won 5 Oscars, it is fitting to see his looniness come to light again on DVD.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie which is finally re-released on DVD, is a well-reflected cavalcade on some of Friz Freleng's finest in animation within 3 chapters reflecting around Friz Freleng's best creations: Satin's Waitin' where Yosemite Sam goes after Bugs in all parts of the world, after winding in the unmentionable place. As a result, Sam must go after Bugs, to place him down there, but doesn't actually get what he wants after battling Bugs in The Old West, the Sahara Desert and Ancient Rome. The second chapter is a expanded take-off from Friz's last classic Looney Tunes cartoon with bugs,

The Unmentionables. Where Bugs a.k.a. Elegant Mess, is recruited to go after the loopy duo of Rocky and Mugsy and battle them from their needs for theft and money, with a little help from Sylvester, and Daffy too. The final chapter is more like award season, as the Looney Tunes gang celebrates at Friz's Oswald Awards, where the best of the Looney best wants to get the coveted award, with their reflection from Friz's best acrtoons like Tweety & Sylvester's Brids Anonymous, the swinging Jazz-twisted spinoff of the Three Little Pigs, Three Little Bops, all leading to High Diving Hare, all leading to a rebellion protest from Daffy where he challenges Bugs to a duel on stage into the clips from Show Biz Bugs to see who can knock 'em dead with the best applause.

The DVD has been remastered nicely, and does include a few extras, which actually have mostly little to do with what Friz has done afterwards but add a nice touch to the cartoon, as 3 of Warner's 90's lesser-known looney tunes shorts are premired on DVD, the Chuck Jones take-offs on Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn and Freleng's Yosemite Sam with Pullet Surprise and From Hare To Eternity with Jones' take on Sam going after Bugs and Box Office Bunny, which was the first original Bugs short since the 60's.

Still, if you haven't seen Friz Freleng's Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny movie, or if you are a hard core Looney Tunes fan, than you'll definitely love this great which will be on DVD soon. I loved watching this when I was a kid, now a hard core Looney Tunes fan for over 25 years, and I still love the animation that Friz had made for a generation. This is definitely a must buy for you DVD collection and is mostly and strongly does the job for what could've been done with the Looney Tunes Golden Collection had mostly done. This is truthfully saying as a whole, That's Friz Folks!

Movie: B+

Price: B 1/2+

Remastering: A-

Extras: B-

Overall: B

This is second only to "The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Movie" in terms of my favorite Bugs Bunny videos. It's a three parter (!) starting with "Satan's Waitin'" where Yosemite Sam tries to deliver Bugs to the devil in his place which we see through several cartoon shorts featuring the pair. Next comes "The Unmentionables" with Bugs playing Elliot Ness, er that is Elegant Mess battling against Rocky and his dimwitted gang. Next comes the cartoon oscars, featuring the classic "Three Little Bops" short and many more. The interludes are funny, and so are the shorts, although as always, they have been edited. A must have for any Looney Tunes fan.

This part of the movie is our family's favorite. Our 2 year old loves the parts where Yosemite Sam is riding on various animals and says "Whoa camel, Whoa!" and untimately always falls off the animal (camel, horse, dragon,etc.). Bugs Bunny is always one step ahead of Yosemite Sam and always manages to make a fool out of him. A must see Bugs Bunny movie for Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam fans!

Yet another timeless collection of great cartoons from the master himself - Mel Blanc. Although I would have like to have seen more of Daffy Duck.

Saw a few looney shorts and found them all on this DVD. Got for my niece and nephew for Christmas and had to make a copy right away for me.