Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
VHS cover
Produced by	Ralph Tribbey
Starring	Leonard Maltin Mel Blanc (voice)
Edited by	Johen Bohn
Distributed by	MGM/UA Home Video (on behalf of Turner Entertainment)[1]
Release dates	March 10, 1989
Running time	89 minutes
Country	US
Language	English

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons is a 1989 direct-to-video program by MGM/UA Home Video, containing 11 classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, all of which are centered on World War II. Film critic Leonard Maltin ("Entertainment Tonight") tells trivia and facts about each animated short.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Features

#	Title	Release date	Director	DVD availability
1	The Weakly Reporter	March 25, 1944	Chuck Jones	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
2	Draftee Daffy	January 27, 1945	Bob Clampett	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
3	Super-Rabbit	April 3, 1943	Chuck Jones	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
4	The Fifth-Column Mouse	March 6, 1943	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
5	Falling Hare	October 30, 1943	Bob Clampett	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
6	Daffy - The Commando	November 20, 1943	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
7	Swooner Crooner	May 6, 1944	Frank Tashlin	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3
8	Little Red Riding Rabbit	January 8, 1944	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
9	Plane Daffy	September 16, 1944	Frank Tashlin	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
10	Herr Meets Hare	January 13, 1945	Friz Freleng	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
11	Russian Rhapsody	May 20, 1944	Bob Clampett	Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6

Voice cast

• Mel Blanc: Bugs Bunny, The Gremlins from the Kremlin, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, additional voices
• Billy Bletcher: Wolf
• Sara Berner: "Hatta Mari"
• Bea Benaderet: Little Red Riding Hood, additional voices
• Bing Crosby: Crosby rooster
• Robert C. Bruce: Radio announcer
• Richard Haydn: Professor Canafrazz
• Tedd Pierce: Observer

References

1. MGM/UA releases of the time were in turn distributed by Warner Home Video (who now distributes the Turner library on its own label).
2. Andy Wickstrom (April 15, 1989). "The Wartime Cartoons reflect1940s concerns". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
3. "Daffy, Bugs Bunny and pals take looniness to World War II". The Miami Herald. May 26, 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
4. Mike Clark (April 21, 1989). "Movies". USA Today. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
5. Douglas Pratt. The laser video disc companion. New York Zoetrope, 1992. p. 60. ISBN 0918432898.
6. James M. Craddock. The Video Source Book. Thomson Gale, 2008. p. 425. ISBN 1414400993.

External links

• Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons at the Internet Movie Database