Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Bugs Bunny cartoons released on August 10, 2010.Long Delays for 'Hare Extraordinaire' and 'Frustrated Fowl' , tvshowsondvd.com, March 17, 2010 Along with Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl, these two DVDs are the successor to the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series. None of the cartoons featured in this DVD were previously found on the Golden Collection sets.
Contents All cartoons on this disc star Bugs Bunny. #TitleCo-starsYearDirectorSeries1Mutiny on the BunnySam1950Friz FrelengLT2Bushy Hare1950Robert McKimsonLT3Hare We Go1951Robert McKimsonMM4Foxy by ProxyWilloughby1952Friz FrelengMM5Hare TrimmedGranny, Sam1953Friz FrelengMM6^Lumber Jack-Rabbit1953Chuck JonesLT7^Napoleon Bunny-Part1956Friz FrelengMM8^Bedevilled RabbitTaz1957Robert McKimsonMM9^Apes of WrathDaffy (cameo)1959Friz FrelengMM10^From Hare to HeirSam1960Friz FrelengMM11^Lighter Than HareSam1960Friz FrelengMM12^The Million HareDaffy1963Robert McKimsonLT13^Mad as a Mars HareMarvin1963Chuck Jones, Maurice NobleMM14^Dr. Devil and Mr. HareTaz1964Robert McKimsonMM15^False HareFoghorn (cameo)1964Robert McKimsonLT
(^) - Cropped to widescreen.WHV Provides VERY Different Shorts Lists for 'Super Stars' DVDs , tvshowsondvd.com, January 12, 2010
Controversies This was one of two first Looney Tunes Super Stars that released the majority of some of the cartoons but in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that was how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, which made many collectors upset as they were filmed in Academy full-screened ratio, not widescreen.
In 2011 Bedevilled Rabbit, Mad as a Mars Hare and Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare were re-released as part of the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set presenting them in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.
In 2018, Apes of Wrath was released as part of the Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny DVD, and later in 2020 was re-released on the Looney Tunes Parodies Collection DVD set: both releases presenting the short in its original 4:3 aspect ratio. Also in 2020, Lumber Jack-Rabbit, Napoleon Bunny-Part, From Hare to Heir, The Million Hare and False Hare were included as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection Blu-Ray set, and were once again presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratios.
In 2024, Lighter Than Hare was re-released in its correct 4:3 aspect ratio as part of the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 Blu-Ray - officially correcting all the cartoons cropped to widescreen on the Hare Extraordinaire DVD.
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