Review of The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) by Jon T — 19 May 2010

This second LOONEY TUNES compilation "feature" showcases the work of Friz Freleng, but while predecesscor BUGS BUNNY ROAD RUNNER MOVIE involved Bugs introducing the cartoons, LOONEY LOONEY LOONEY BUGS BUNNY MOVIE takes a considerably different direction.

After opening with a screening of Oscar-winner "Knighty Knight Bugs" (its star complaining how he only got a carrot as opposed to his director), the film divides itself into three acts, stitching several cartoons to create a "plot" of some sort.

In Act I, Yosemite Sam makes as deal with the devil to save his soul (this may be somewhat scary for youngsters at times). The second section casts Bugs Bunny as an FBI agent matching wits with tough gangsters Rocky and Mugsy.

For the final third, amusingly titled "The Oswald Awards", three acclaimed shorts (including the jazzy "Three Little Bops" and "Birds Anonymous") are screened in a theatre before the Looney Tunes before seguing into a competition between Bugs and ever-envious Daffy Duck for the prize of an Oswold Award.

The structure of the feature is somewhat choppy and awkward at times, with the interstitials sometimes coming across as out of place with the "classic" animation (also made obvious the differences in Mel Blanc's voice between the recorded periods), but the cartoons themselves are a riot and just as entertaining today as they were back then.