Well then Looney Tunes fans the big day is nearly here and well i thought i'd bring out another review of a festive special this time featuring our favorite Looney Tunes here is my review of Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales.
Since this special doesn't have a plot to speak of it instead has three separate cartoons with the first being an adaptation of A Christmas Carol in which they cast Sam as Scrooge but due to the time frame they cut out alot of the story and for me that hurts the cartoon as a whole and i'm thankful that they redid that story with 2006's Bah Humduck.
The second cartoon is a Road Runner cartoon and yeah that's really all you need to know it's your standard Road Runner cartoon except this time it's set at christmas but we do find out some stuff about the Road Runner like for example Road Runner love desserts but hate the snow.
The third and final cartoon is called The Fright Before Christmas and it sees Taz become Santa and it follows him as he lands at Bugs's house and Bugs just basically screws around with him. For some reason i found the story for this cartoon hard to describe it's not a bad story it's easy to follow but trying to describe it to people was really hard for some reason.
There are only two actors in this special and they are the late Mel Blanc and the late June Foray and just by those two names you can guess what i'm going to say next and your right these two are great in this special and i can safely say that Bugs still sounds like Bugs in this special and honestly June does a great little kids voice.
Now this film was directed by the great Friz Freleng and the great Chuck Jones with Friz directing the Bugs Bunny cartoons and scenes and Chuck doing the Road Runner cartoon and i have to say having these two at the wheel was a great move because this special does have some great animation i will say it's not on par with the original shorts but for a TV special your not going to see better animation.
I'm sadden to say that not all of the cartoons are funny the first one does have a great and funny idea but due to the lack of time it can't be fully explored. The second cartoon does have some funny slapstick but for some reason it didn't feel right to me but tho for me honestly the funniest one was the final cartoon just the idea of having Taz pretending to be Santa is funny enough but then when you add in the fact that he has to deal with Bugs it becomes even more funny.
Overall this special is harmless altho it does commit another sin by not having the world's greatest duck Daffy in it i'm not joking they don't give him a cameo but it still gets a 6 out of 10.