Bugs Bunny: Superstar

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1975 1 hr 30 min Animation , Documentary

Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of "Termite Terrace," the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930's and 1940's housed the animation unit which gave birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Includes color and black-and-white home-movie-type footage shot at the time showing such animation greats as Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Also featured are nine complete Warner cartoons.

  • Cast:
    Orson Welles , Robert Clampett , Tex Avery , Friz Freleng , Mel Blanc

Reviews

Hellen
1975/12/19

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Claysaba
1975/12/20

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Konterr
1975/12/21

Brilliant and touching

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Chirphymium
1975/12/22

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Hot 888 Mama
1975/12/23

. . . Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4, called BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR, PART 2. Apparently, Warner Bros. lacked the imagination to recognize that many people would eventually find Disc 2 slipped into a plain, generic holder, by itself, to be purchased for a quarter at a garage sale. This would pose no problem for a legitimate product from a self-respecting firm. On-screen information would enlighten viewers regarding where to find Part 1 of SUPERSTAR, and any other parts in existence. Since Part 2 includes five complete Looney Tunes (RHAPSODY RABBIT, WALKY TALKY HAWKY, MY FAVORITE DUCK, HARE-RAISING HARE, and THE OLD GREY HARE)--the second and third of which have NOTHING to do with Bugs Bunny, the supposed "superstar" of the overall title--SUPERSTAR would need at least 218 parts to include ALL 1,090 Classic Looney Tunes acknowledged by Wikipedia. As for the connective tissue squeezed between these five SUPERSTAR Toons, it's as rotten as a week-old swamp corpse (like that ones the Olympic water athletes have to swim, row, paddle, and sail through this week in Rio). Speaking of which, one-time Hollywood notable Orson Welles provides 50 words or so of highly perishable narration here.

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Edgar Allan Pooh
1975/12/24

. . . (labeled as BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR: PART ONE on disc one of Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4, with NO clue from Warner Bros. as to where to find PART TWO) is given over to four Merrie Melodies cartoons, and Bugs does NOT appear at all in the last half of the third animated short, while the cotton-tailed "Superstar" is entirely AWOL for the final offering. The initial example used here--WHAT'S COOKIN,' DOC?--is a spoof of the 1944 Oscars, including a cartoon-within-a-cartoon (LITTLE HIAWATHA). That makes THE WILD HARE the only typical Bugs Bunny fare included among this quartet of shorts, as Bugs only participates in the opening act ("Tales of the Vienna Woods") during A CORNY CONCERTO. The Sylvester and Tweety I TAW A PUTTY TAT Capper seems haphazardly tacked on. Orson Welles appears to be narrating SUPERSTAR from a state halfway between comatose and Rigor Mortis, so this is definitely NOT Bugs Bunny's Finest Hour. However, viewers do learn that America's favorite hare's ubiquitous carrot comes thanks to Clark Gable's vegetable munching in the 1934 Best Picture, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.

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Lee Eisenberg
1975/12/25

When I was five, I first saw the documentary "Bugs Bunny Superstar" and my parents made me a tape of it; unfortunately, we accidentally taped over the end. Now that I've seen the whole thing again - and that I'm old enough to understand what it shows - I can accurately comment on it.It starts with a disembodied voice (actually Orson Welles narrating) showing photographs of the places representing the greatest minds: the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Coliseum, the Eiffel Tower, the White House (well, not currently), Termite Terrace...wait a minute, Termite Terrace? Yes, Termite Terrace. For the uninformed, it's the back-lot on the Warner Bros. studios where they created the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons. So begins a cinematic trip down Memory Lane.The movie consists of an interview with animator Bob Clampett explaining how they created Bugs, Daffy, Porky, etc. When I was really young, even though I saw the caricatures of Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson - plus the scenes from "The Jazz Singer" and "It Happened One Night" - I couldn't interpret anything from them, but of course now I can. It was especially neat to hear about the typical days in Termite Terrace; it all sounded really fun! But of course, the best parts are the nine classic cartoons included in the movie to affirm what Clampett says. All released before 1948, they give one a true sense of old-time cinema (especially with Bugs Bunny at the Oscars). As it is, this documentary's 1975 release brings to mind the '50s nostalgia that had swept the country, as displayed by "Happy Days". While the stuff portrayed here is pre-'50s, it still makes one nostalgic for the old times. You're sure to have a real hare-raising time! There's also an interview with Friz Freleng, some footage of Mel Blanc, while Elmer, Sylvester, Tweety, and Foghorn also appear in the cartoons.One more thing. When MGM released "Bugs Bunny Superstar" on video in 1988, they also released the video collections "BUGS!" (whose cover showed Bugs holding an Oscar), "DAFFY!" (showing Daffy wearing sunglasses), "PORKY!" (showing Porky driving a fancy car), and "ELMER!" (showing Elmer sitting in a director's chair). In keeping with the documentary, they all contained cartoons released before or during 1948 (e.g., "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid", "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery", "Baby Bottleneck" and "Good Night, Elmer"). I wonder why MGM released them onto video.

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gridoon
1975/12/26

This compilation features priceless archival footage from the WB animation artists' working and living conditions, and nine entertaining, timeless cartoon shorts. Although it eventually wears you out a little (I think those cartoons look better if taken in smaller doses), it is a much better choice for family viewing than many, many other films that claim to serve the same purpose. Long live Bugs! (***)

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