How Bugs Bunny Won the West

How Bugs Bunny Won the West is a Looney Tunes special produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises that was released in 1978. The special features a live-action Denver Pyle. It has a running time of 30 minutes.
== Cast ==
* Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig
* Denver Pyle as Narrator and as himself
* Dawes Butler as Nasty Canasta
== Cartoons Featured ==
* "Barbary-Coast Bunny"
* "14 Carrot Rabbit"
* "Aqua Duck"
* "Bonanza Bunny"
* "Wild and Woolly Hare" (with an alternate scene of Yosemite Sam and Bugs showing off their shooting. Instead of Bugs shooting Yosemite Sam in the face while trying to shoot a tin can he threw in the air, the can is shown being plugged with corks. This edited scene was also used when "Wild and Woolly Hare" aired on Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [syndicated version] and on Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie).
* "Drip-Along Daffy"
* "The Fair Haired Hare" (audio used from "Home on the Range" only)
== Credits ==
* "How Bugs Bunny Won the West"
* Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc
* Special Guest Star: Denver Pyle
* Classic Cartoons
* Directors: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson
* Stories: John Dunn, Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
* Music: Milt Franklyn, Bill Lava, Carl Stalling
* Film Editor: Treg Brown
* Layouts: Philip De Guard, Robert Gribbroek, Hawley Pratt
* Backgrounds: William Butler, Philip De Guard, Robert Gribbroek, Tom O'Loughlin, Irv Wyner
* Animation: Warren Batchelder, Abe Levitow, Ted Bonnicksen, Phil Monroe, Ken Champin, Manuel Perez, Gerry Chiniquy, Tom Ray, Keith Darling, Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis, Richard Thompson, George Grandpré, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris, Ben Washam
* How Bugs Bunny Won the West
* Animation Director: Jim Davis
* Story: Marc Sheffler, Hal Geer
* Backgrounds: Richard Thomas
* Director of Photography: Brianne Murphy
* Film Editor: Jim Champin
* Unit Production Manager: Henry Kline
* Music: Harper MacKay
* This picture has been made under the jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E., affiliated with AFL-CLO
* © Copyright 1978 Warner Bros., Inc., 1959, 1958, 1957, 1954, 1951, 1950 The Vitaphone Corporation, 1963 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved
* Executive Producer/Director: Hal Geer
* Warner Bros. Television · A Warner Communications Company
== Availability ==
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File:The Essential Bugs Bunny.jpg|(2010) DVD The Essential Bugs Bunny, Disc 2
File:Looney Tunes Parodies Collection.jpeg|(2020) DVD Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection (not included on Region 2)
== Gallery ==
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File:HOWBUGSBUNNYWONTHEWESTTVHOST.jpg|TV Host Magazine insert (March 1983)
=== Credits (TV Version) ===
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=== Credits (Home Video Version) ===
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== Videos ==
File:Is this Goodbye Charlie Brown-How Bugs Bunny Won the West CBS Promo 1984
File:Garfield in the Rough-How Bugs Bunny Won The West CBS Promo (1987)
Category:Looney Tunes TV specials
Category:1978