Bugs Bunny's Christmas Countdown

***Bugs Bunny's Christmas Countdown*** is an hour-long *Looney Tunes* special which aired on December 23, 2004 on ABC at 7pm. The special was filmed in December 2005 with the working title of "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Spectacular."

The story is told by Woody Woodpecker to Roadrunner, recounting the year Christmas almost didn't happen. Woody recalls that Sylvester Cat had been researched as the one who had more Christmas joy than anyone else. As such, he plans to give Sylvester the official Christmas-Counter-Downer, without which Christmas can't happen. When Sylvester throws it away, the windows on the device vanish, and it's up to Bugs to once again save Christmas.

## Highlights

* Diana Ross sings "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" with a Help From Bugs Bunny and some Children
* Sylvester Cat and Woody Woodpecker sing "Put On a Happy Face"
* Idina Menzel And Michael Bublé sings "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Gymnasts
* Sharon Case reports on how Woody ruined Christmas
* Sierra Clark sings "I Want a Rascally Rabbit For Christmas" with Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny
* Jackie Kashian and Sarah Silverman star in the titular Puppet roles of *The Daffy and Porky Christmas Special* with the help of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Petunia Pig. The sketch is a seasonal variation of Daffy and Porky's famous "banana in my ear" routine.
* Sarah McLachlan sings "The Christmas Song"
* The Boston Pops Orchestra Performs "The Nutcracker Suite" with The Ballet Dancers And a dancing Nutcracker Bugs Bunny
* Kathleen sings "I Saw Three Ships" with the help of Daffy Duck And Zoe Buchansky performing an Extreme Makeover: Christmas Carol Edition
* Gwen Stefani sings "Jingle Bells" with a Dancing Help From Sylvester Cat, The Kids, The Teenagers and some Adults
* Santa Claus (Kevin James) Arrives And Mariah Carey sings "All I Want For Christmas Is You" with the entire cast

## Notes

* On the home video release, as Roadrunner ties up Woody, his dialogue referring to a CDN report is re-dubbed to remove the mention of the special's commercial break. Also, a scene was added in which Woody steps in a Roadrunner Blood and thinks Roadrunner Died, and Sharon Case's sign-off at the end of the special was cut.

## Characters

*Main Characters:*

Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Roadrunner, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck (and Superior Duck), Gossamer, Sylvester Cat, Sam Sheepdog, Wile E. Coyote, Tina Russo, Porky Pig, Petunia Pig, Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy, Penelope Pussycat, Pepé Le Pew
*Background Characters*

Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Bird, Marvin Martian, Yosemite Sam, Donnell Whittenburg, Gloria Garland, K-9, Jake Cook, MyKayla Skinner, Chloe Davison, Justin Farmer, Brittany Whitmere, Bria Diamantopoulos, Hunter Clark, Ballet Dancers, Barnyard Dawg Jr., Sylvester Jr., Green Dancing Kids, Julie Blanc, Hippety Hopper, Granny, Red Dancing Teenagers, Blue Dancing Adults, Gymnasts including Courtney Kupets, John Orozco, Gabby Douglas
## Cast

*Starring*

Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Sylvester Cat/Tweety Bird/Foghorn Leghorn
Diana Ross, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Sharon Case, Sierra Clark, Idina Menzel, Michael Bublé, Kevin James, Mariah Carey, Sarah McLachlan, Kathleen Battle, Zoe Buchansky, Gwen Stefani, Sarah Silverman, Jackie Kashian
and Grace Stafford as the voice of Woody Woodpecker
*With*

Billy West as Elmer Fudd
*Also Appearing:*

Sofie Dossi and Misty Copeland
## Production crew

* Executive Producers: Carol-Lynn Parente, Vincenzo DiMarco, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
* Written by Tatiana Hill
* Directed by Gary Halvorson
* Co-Executive Producer: William Banta
* Supervising Producer: Robin Sheldon
* Coordinating Producer: April Chadderdon
* Senior Producer: Tim Carter
* Associate Director: Mary Chapman
* Production Designer: David Gallo
* Art Director: Bradley Schmidt
* Set Decorator: Pete Sarafin
* Music Director: Loren Toolajian
* Music Composers: Mark Radice, John Califra
* Lyrics: Mark Radice, Amanda Post, Byron Breeze, Daniel Butler, Kivel Jones, William Turner
* Orchestrations and Arrangements: Mark Radice, Russell Velazquez, Marques Jones, Loren Toolajian
* Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
* Choreography: Brian Thomas, Tiffany Curl
* Animation by Magnetic Dreams