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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (originally entitled as The Great American Chase) is a 1979 American animated comedy package film directed by Chuck Jones, consisting of a compilation of classic Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts (specifically those that Jones himself had directed) and newly animated bridging sequences hosted by Bugs Bunny. [1]
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour became The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show in November 1977, after CBS added another half-hour to the runtime. In 1981, a companion Sylvester & Tweety, Daffy and Speedy Show was added to the CBS schedule, which included a number of later cartoons produced by a reestablished Warner Bros. Cartoons studio from 1967 to 1969.
At this time it was merged with The Bugs Bunny Show to become The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show, running from 1968 to 1985. The show was later seen on ABC until 2000, and on Global until 2001. In the 1970s, Chuck Jones directed some Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner short films for the educational children's TV series The Electric Company .
The Road Runner and the Coyote more often shared at least an hour with Bugs Bunny on CBS. [5] In 1971, ABC picked up The Road Runner Show and ran for two seasons until 1973, when the network dropped the show due to its excessively aggressive scenes. Later on, CBS re-acquired the show and aired them as reruns under The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner ...
The Bugs Bunny Show: 1971–72 26 episodes 1 The Merrie Melodies Show: 1972 Syndication 24 episodes 1 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour: 1975–77 CBS The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show: 1977–85 The Sylvester & Tweety, Daffy & Speedy Show [6] [7] 1982–83 17 episodes 1 The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour: 1985–86 ABC The Bugs Bunny & Tweety ...
In place of Volume 3, released on October 25, 2005, is the Looney Tunes Movie Collection, contains new-to-DVD content; consisting of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie and Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales on separate discs. Though it technically does serve as the third volume of the Spotlight Collection.
In Hare-Breadth Hurry the fifth and concluding collaboration between Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote, a departure from the conventional formula is observed. Unlike its predecessors, this cartoon adopts the familiar framework of the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner series, with Bugs Bunny assuming the role typically occupied by the Road Runner.
Closing Night: La guerre est finie (Alain Resnais, France) Accattone (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy) ... The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, (Chuck Jones, USA)