"The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" (1968)TV series 1968-1978

Directors:

Gerry Chiniquy
Friz Freleng

Release Date:

14 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot:

Bugs Bunny and all his cartoon friends are stage performers entertaining audiences with 7 features per show...

Plot Keywords:

Duck | Sylvester And Tweety | Rabbit | Cartoon | Compilation

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Porky Pig / Tweety / Sylvester / Yosemite Sam / Pepe LePew / Foghorn Leghorn / Speedy Gonzales / Road Runner / Marvin Martian / Wile E. Coyote (1968) (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Backus	...	Smoky the Genie (voice)
Bea Benaderet	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Julie Bennett	...	Various Characters (voice)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Elmer J. Fudd (I) (voice)
Daws Butler	...	Various Characters (voice)
June Foray	...	Various Characters (voice)
Stan Freberg	...	Various Characters (voice)
Ben Frommer	...	Various Characters (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Elmer J. Fudd (II) / Others (voice)
Nancy Wible	...	Various Characters (voice)

Runtime:

50 min (26 episodes) | Argentina:55 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Wandering Juvie (#15.16)" (2004)

Intelligent, Funny, Well-Drawn

These classic cartoons were (and I think still are) my favorite all-time TV show (I have to admit I do not watch TV on a regular basis, as TV has recently returned to our family after an extended absence--but we watch a plethora of DVD's).

I remember waking up for the 7 AM Central Time showing as a part of my pre-game ritual as a pee-wee football player (and later the 8 AM Eastern Time in Virginia).

The funniest will always be Bugs Bunnie, followed by Daffy Duck. The RR/Coyote was okay, but the dialogue created by Mel Blanc for Bugs/Daffy is the heart of the show.

Later attempts at revival are not the same. The higher frame per second, 1950's animation was the best. The fewer frame drawing of the more recent episodes (along with Bugs' toned down demeanor) are not the same. On the other hand, the 40's episodes are funny, but Bugs doesn't really come into his own until the 50's.

My dad liked Bugs and said he was like Groucho Marx--and I think this is a good analogy. Today's cartoons just ain't the same. NickToons have some good comedy, and so does Dexter's Lab on Cartoon Network. However, the bathroom humor is often carried too far by Nickelodian.

Sit-Com cartoons were okay--I watched a lot of the Flintstones and Jetsons.

After WB, I also liked Bullwinkle (and his co-stars Dudley Dooright, Sherman and Peabody). Roger Ramjet was also hilarious, as well as Beanie and Cecil (especially if one understands the sarcasm).

Bruce