Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979)

November 15, 1979

Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet is an animated television special that aired November 15, 1979 on CBS. It stars Bugs Bunny and incorporated parts of several Looney Tunes cartoons. The special followed up on the successful Looney Tunes special Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals that had aired in 1976, which reintroduced the character of Bugs Bunny in his first new material since 1964.

In the special, Bugs is a doctor, prescribing cartoons for the viewers to watch. The special includes two complete cartoons, Bedeviled Rabbit and Rabbit Every Monday, and clips from eight others.

Storyline

As Thanksgiving approaches, we find that Bugs Bunny has set himself up as, of all things, a diet doctor... dispensing dubious advice to his fat-conscious friends. Bugs seems to think that carrots are the cure for all dietary woes, but this seems of small comfort to the likes of Yosemite Sam, who hankers after (gasp) rabbit meat; Wile E. Coyote, with his obsession for road runner; or Sylvester, who's a nervous wreck as a result of his simple desire for a Tweety Bird sandwich.

Cartoons used in Special

• Rabbit Every Monday
• Stop! Look! And Hasten! (wandering through the desert scene and chase scene only)
• Guided Muscle (cooking an empty can scene only)
• Adventures of the Road Runner or Zip! Zip! Hooray! (Wile E. explains why he finds the Road Runner so appetizing)
• Beep, Beep (the abstrusely designed rocket scene)
• Tweet Dreams (scene where Sylvester sees the doctor and other scenes, uses clips from "Too Hop to Handle" and "Sandy Claws")
• Birds Anonymous (scene where Sylvester gives up chasing Tweety)
• Freudy Cat (scene where Sylvester scurries himself back home)
• Canned Feud
• Trip for Tat (scene where Sylvester goes to an Italian Resturaunt and eats spaghetti) 
• Bedevilled Rabbit (dialogue changes when Bugs Bunny says you can't eat rabbit on Thanksgiving)

Sound Effects Used

• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901 (2nd boing)
• Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
• Sound Ideas, Explosions - Light ricochets . . . interior . . . 3 shots (2nd ricochet)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - SHORT HORN TOOT, MEDIUM
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FLUTTER WHISTLE: LONG SPINNING WHISTLE
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
• WB FALL, BODY - BODYFALL WITH GRUNT 01

Image Gallery

Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901 (2nd boing)