Bugs Bunny's Howl-Oween Special

***Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special*** is a *Looney Tunes* Halloween television special which premiered on CBS October 26, 1977.

The show includes the complete cartoon *A-Haunting We Will Go* featuring Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales, and clips from eight other cartoons.

## Featured Cartoons

* *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1966) (Daffy Duck's nephew encounters Witch Hazel while trick or treating. Daffy does not believe his nephew and starts heading to the witch's house to prove him wrong).
* *Broom-Stick Bunny* (1956) (Bugs, also trick or treating in the same costume as Daffy's nephew, arrives at Witch Hazel's house. The witch invites him for tea, but when Bugs reveals himself, he begins to leave. Witch Hazel asks him to stay and have the tea, but Bugs instead brags about his doctor's tea, and leaves to prove to the witch that it has "more pizzazz".)
* *Hyde and Hare* (1955) (It turns out that the doctor Bugs spoke of is none other than Dr. Jekyll, and Bugs inevitably comes face to face with Mr. Hyde)
* *Hyde and Go Tweet* (1960) (While Bugs encounters Dr. Jekyll, Sylvester has a dream about his encounter with a Tweety turned into a Hyde-like monster)
* *Hyde and Hare* (part two) (Bugs comes across Dr. Jekyll's Hyde formula, believing it to be the doctor's tea. After wondering whether or not it really does have pizzazz, he drinks some of it ("Neh, why not? It's Halloween.") and returns to Witch Hazel as a monster. The witch mistakes Bugs's new form for another costume, and turns him back to normal, causing Bugs to faint.)
* *A Witch's Tangled Hare* (1959) (After attempting to add Bugs to her stew, Witch Hazel chases him all the way to an ancient castle)
* *A Haunting We Will Go* (part two) (Witch Hazel makes Speedy Gonzales into her exact double. She dipped cheese in her witch's brew after he asked to borrow a cup of cheese. He is not good at acting like a witch. He stands in for the witch while Daffy tries to prove his nephew wrong. Speedy makes tea that turns Daffy into the strange creature from *Duck Amuck*. The witch turns Speedy and Daffy back to normal.)
* *Claws for Alarm* (1954) and *Scaredy Cat* (1948) (Bugs meets up with Witch Hazel again at a hotel, telling her that he is unimpressed with her spells. The witch decides to put a spell on Sylvester, who has to spend the night in the hotel with Porky Pig while enduring murderous mice. Eventually, Sylvester can not take it anymore and runs away from the hotel.)
* *Transylvania 6-5000* (1963) (Bugs, impressed with Witch Hazel, gives her the Hyde formula (which he has grown disgusted of) and leaves the hotel. Upon drinking the formula, the witch transforms into a vampire and proceeds to stalk Bugs while he explores her place.)
* *Bewitched Bunny* (1954) (Bugs unwittingly restores Witch Hazel back to her natural form, and she declares, "All right, rabbit, you've spelled your final spell. Now it's my turn!" She chases Bugs into a hallway with no escape, but Bugs finds her emergency supply of magic powder and transforms the witch into a female bunny, whom Bugs sees as a love interest ("Sure, I know, but after all, who wants to be alone on Halloween?"). In an epilogue, the two rabbits celebrate Halloween by drinking the stew from Witch Hazel's cauldron, but Bugs comments that it needs salt.)

## Cast

* Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester J. Pussycat, Tweety Bird and Speedy Gonzales.
* June Foray as Witch Hazel.

###  Classic Cartoons

* Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc
* Additional Voices: June Foray
* Directed by: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble
* Stories by: Bill Danch, John Dunn, Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
* Music: Milt Franklyn, Bill Lava, Carl Stalling
* Editors: Treg Brown, Al Wahrman
* This picture has made the jurdisction of I.A.T.S.E.-IA, affiliated with A.F.L.-C.L.O.
* © Copyright 1977 Warner Bros., Inc. · 1959, 1954, 1952, The Vitaphone Corporation · 1966, 1963 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. · All Rights Reserved
* National Association of Broadcasters Television Codes Seal of Good Practice
* Layouts by: Owen Fitzgerald, Bob Givens, Maurice Noble, Ernie Nordli, Hawley Pratt, Dick Ung
* Backgrounds by: Philip DeGuard, Tom O'Loughlin, Bob Singer, Irv Wyner
* Animation by: Warren Batchelder, Ted Bonnicksen, Bob Bransford, Gerry Chiniquy, Keith Darling, Arthur Davis, George Grandpré, Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Manny Perez, Tom Ray, Virgil Ross, Richard Thompson, Don Towsley, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam

### New Howl-Oween Story

* Director: David Detiege
* Story by: Cliff Roberts
* Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
* Layout: Martin Strudler
* Music: Harper MacKay
* Musicians: Ethmer Roten · Flute
* Editor: Jim Champin
* Sound by Producers' Sound Service Inc.
* Animation by: Bob Bransford, Jim Davis, Norm McCabe, Frank Onaitis, Tim Walker
* Executive Producer: Hal Geer
* Warner Bros. Television · A Warner Communications Company

## Home Video

* The special was released on VHS in 1994, and reissued on DVD in 2010 with the 1946 Bugs Bunny short *Hair-Raising Hare* as a bonus DVD feature.