Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

Warners Bros. Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection is a box-set of sixty remastered cartoons on Blu-ray discs that was released 1 December 2020 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It includes three Blu-ray discs. A digital copy is included in the purchasing of a physical copy. Packaging includes a slip book, booklet, and a variety of figures, replicas, and memorabilia.https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bugs-Bunny-80th-Anniversary-Collection-Blu-ray/273441/
The set was originally going to be a Blu-ray rerelease of an earlier DVD set, The Essential Bugs Bunny, with a Funko! POP figure as a way to "appeal" to collectors. Jerry Beck told the Warner executives that to appeal to collectors, the set should include cartoons that had not yet been released to modern home video.http://www.dohtem.com/bugs/history/history5.htm
It includes twenty previously released cartoons that are considered "essential", as they are generally considered some of Bugs Bunny's best cartoons from critics and audiences. Thirteen of these had already been released on DVD, but the remaining seven had not. An additional thirty-two cartoons that were never remastered are also featured, a handful of which are brand new to video, and eight more that were not originally released in the proper Academy aspect ratio (1:37:1) are also in the collection, some of which had already debuted on HBO Max earlier that year (although a few retain notable errors from these restorations, such as Photoshopped titles and reversed animation when the "Bugs Bunny In" title card fades in). The collection spans from the early cartoons to the end of Bugs' tenure. In addition, all shorts on this set remain under copyright.
The set includes numerous special features and commentaries. Animation historian Jerry Beck teased that fans who own previous collections now own ninety percent of Bugs Bunny's filmography, with the exception of a few cameo appearances that Bugs Bunny had in other projects.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r-9T4z5D5s&feature=emb_title
== Contents ==
=== Disc 1 ===
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==== Bonus Features ====
*Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
* "Hare Ribbin'" Director's Cut
*Forever Befuddled 
*Bugs: A Rabbit for All Seasonings
*Mars Attacks!: Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian 
===== Audio Commentaries =====
* "Elmer’s Candid Camera" by Jerry Beck
* "A Wild Hare" by Greg Ford
* "Hold the Lion, Please" by Greg Ford
* "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" by Michael Barrier
* "Super Rabbit" by Paul Dini
* "What’s Cookin’ Doc?" by Jerry Beck
* "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" by Stan Freberg
* "Hare Ribbin’" by Constantine Nasr
* "The Old Grey Hare" by Greg Ford
* "Baseball Bugs" by Eric Goldberg
* "Hair-Raising Hare" by Greg Ford, Michael Barrier and Lloyd Turner
* "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" by Greg Ford
* "Haredevil Hare" by Michael Barrier and Pete Alvarado
* "What’s Up Doc?" by Greg Ford
* "8 Ball Bunny" by Jerry Beck
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==== Bonus Features ====
* Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All Star 50th Anniversary 
* A-Hunting We Will Go: Chuck Jones’ Wabbit Season Twilogy
* Bugs Bunny: Ain’t He a Stinker? 
* Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of “What’s Opera, Doc?” 
===== Audio Commentaries =====
* "Rabbit of Seville" by Eric Goldberg
* "Rabbit Every Monday" by Greg Ford
* "The Fair-Haired Hare" by Constantine Nasr
* "Rabbit Fire" by Greg Ford (with archive audio by Chuck Jones)
* "Lumber Jack-Rabbit" by Jerry Beck
* "Baby Buggy Bunny" by Constantine Nasr
* "What’s Opera, Doc" by Daniel Goldmark
* "What’s Opera, Doc" by Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble and Michael Maltese
===== Alternate Audio Programs =====
* Music Only Tracks for "Baby Buggy Bunny", "Rabbit Fire" and "What’s Opera, Doc?"
* Vocal Only Track for "What’s Opera, Doc?"
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==== Special Features ====
* Hard Luck Duck 
* Short Fuss Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam
* 50 Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes
* Ten Looney Tunes Cartoons episodes starring Bugs Bunny
** "Harm Wrestling"
** "Big League Beast"
** "Pool Bunny"
** "Pest Coaster"
** "Buzzard School"
** "Siberian Sam"
** "Grilled Rabbit"
** "Vincent Van Fudd"
** "Hare Restoration"
** Mini Elmer/Plunger/Moving Hole/Bees gag interstitials
===== Audio Commentaries =====
* "Show Biz Bugs" by Greg Ford (with pre-score music)
* "Knighty Knight Bugs" by Jerry Beck
* "Rabbit’s Feat" by Greg Ford
* "From Hare to Heir" by Greg Ford
* "False Hare" by Jerry Beck
* "(Blooper) Bunny" by Greg Ford
=== Funko! POP Doll ===
The collection has an exclusive Diamond Collection Funko! POP doll of Bugs Bunny in a suit covered with glitter. The inclusion of the doll has caused minor controversy with collectors due to artificially inflating the cost of the set.
The doll is not included in the version sold on Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's GRUV website.
Bugs Bunny 80th Diamond Bugs-POP.png|Diamond Collection Bugs (WB exclusive)
16098666717167603739198727084755.jpg|The Amazon gift set version
== Notes ==
*Despite being featured in the artwork for Disc 1, the Tasmanian Devil does not appear in any of the cartoons on this set.
*No content disclaimer appears on any of the discs despite there being a warning on the back of the case.
*It is currently the only home media release from the Warner Home Video department to include the 2020 restorations from HBO Max. The rest of the releases containing the 2020 restorations are from the Warner Archive Collection department.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
 
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