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|title=<center>Opération Bugs Bunny</center>
|title=<center>Noël chez Bugs Bunny & Opération Bugs Bunny</center>
|image=Operation bugs bunny.jpg
|image=Operation bugs bunny.jpg
|imagecaption=Screencap of the title screen.
|imagecaption=Screencap of the special's second half.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=23 Feb 2020
|foundby=[https://www2.yggtorrent.se/profile/4541813-innerstrength Innerstrength]
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'''''Opération Bugs Bunny''''' was a Christmas TV special that was originally aired on French channel France 2, on December 24th of 1997. It was directed by Michel Hassan.
'''''Noël chez Bugs Bunny''''' & '''''Opération Bugs Bunny''''' were part of a Christmas TV special directed by Michel Hassan. It originally aired on French channel France 2, on December 24th, 1997. The first part aired at 7:00 PM with a runtime 50 minutes, with the second part airing at 8:50 PM with a runtime of 1 hour 43 minutes.<ref>[https://www.humanite.fr/node/173449 A newspaper article from 12/24/1997, mentioning the special.] Retrieved 07 May '20</ref><ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1997/12/24/notre-selection-operation-bugs-bunny-france-2-20h45-special-noel-tf1-france-2-france-3-m6_223110 Another newspaper article from 12/24/1997, mentioning the special.] Retrieved 25 Jul '17</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Gérard Surugue, who usually does the French dub of Bugs Bunny, reprises his audio role in this special.
Gérard Surugue, who usually does the French dub of Bugs Bunny, reprises his audio role in this special.


Strangely, Dutch actress Tamar Baruch has also been credited as Bugs Bunny. It seems likely she was motion-capturing a CGI build of Bugs Bunny, in a way similar to virtual TV people such as Cléo from ''Cyber Flash''.
Strangely, Dutch actress Tamar Baruch has also been credited as Bugs Bunny. It seems likely she was motion-capturing a CGI build of Bugs Bunny, in a way similar to what she did with Cléo from ''Cyber Flash'', another 1990s virtual CGI TV character.


==Loss==
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The special seems to have only aired once and there is no easily accessible footage to this day.
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  |description1 =Cléo on ''Cyber Flash'', also performed by Tamar Baruch.
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It seems some footage used to be on the video-sharing website wat.tv. However, wat.tv has been bought by TF1 and its videos are no longer available.
==Availability==
The two part special appears to have only aired once, and there was no easily accessible footage of it for a long time. It seemed that some footage used to be on the video-sharing website wat.tv, but that site had since been purchased by TF1 and its videos are no longer available.


Only two screencaps from the TV special remain to this day, including the title screen and a screenshot of the special found on Michel Hassan's website.  
On February 23rd, 2020, Innerstrength uploaded his rip of the special in its entirety to [https://www2.yggtorrent.se/torrent/filmvid%C3%A9o/emission-tv/569958-op%C3%A9ration+bugs+bunny+no%C3%ABl+chez+bugs+bunny+vhsriptvrip+1997+-+french+-+x264 YggTorrent]. It is also available to download as a mirror on [https://1fichier.com/?4a55rg59vfqbofuby602 1Fichier.com].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[Image:Operationbugsbunnystill.jpg|thumb|200px|center|Still photo, from Michel Hassan's website.]]
[[Image:Operationbugsbunnystill.jpg|thumb|400px|center|A still photo, from Michel Hassan's website.]]
 
==Related Media==
A kid show block on French channel Canal +, ''Ça Cartoon'' (which ran from 1986 to 2009), aired segments involving a CGI Bugs Bunny interacting with a live-action person as early as 1996. It resembles the lone screencap that is available. Both this and ''[[La planète de Donkey Kong/DKTV (partially found French programming block; 1996-2001)|La planète de Donkey Kong/DKTV]]'' were produced by Medialab, which was speculated to have worked on the Bugs Bunny Christmas special. With the release of the special online, it was confirmed that Medialab was, in fact, involved in the production of the special, with an updated version of the CGI model Bugs Bunny used in ''Ça Cartoon''.
 
{{Video|perrow  =1
  |service1    =youtube
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  |description1 =A similar Bugs Bunny on ''Ça Cartoon''.
}}
 
==External Link==
*[http://dvdtoile.com/Film.php?id=13365 Data on DVDtoile.] Retrieved 25 Jul '17


==External links==
==Reference==
*[http://dvdtoile.com/Film.php?id=13365 Data on DVDtoile]
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*[http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1997/12/24/notre-selection-operation-bugs-bunny-france-2-20h45-special-noel-tf1-france-2-france-3-m6_223110 Newspaper article from 24/12/97, mentioning the special]


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[[Category:Found media]]
[[Category:Lost animation]]

Revision as of 23:33, 18 May 2020

Operation bugs bunny.jpg

Screencap of the special's second half.

Status: Found

Date found: 23 Feb 2020

Found by: Innerstrength

Noël chez Bugs Bunny & Opération Bugs Bunny were part of a Christmas TV special directed by Michel Hassan. It originally aired on French channel France 2, on December 24th, 1997. The first part aired at 7:00 PM with a runtime 50 minutes, with the second part airing at 8:50 PM with a runtime of 1 hour 43 minutes.[1][2]

Plot

Santa Claus is depressed and refuses to give away gifts as he usually does. Bugs Bunny is charged with finding him and cheering him up back into his job, including showing him some of his own old cartoons.

Cast

The late Michel Galabru plays Santa Claus.

Portuguese-Belgian singer Lio is credited as "Bugs Bunny's girlfriend", although it seems unlikely she is meant to portray Lola Bunny.

Other celebrities appear, such as Canadian stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh and French singer/comedian Richard Gotainer.

Bugs Bunny himself has been described as being CGI-animated. It is possible this aesthetic choice - and the basic idea of the special itself - was influenced by the movie Space Jam that came out in France in 1997 (in which Bugs Bunny as a cartoon appears alongside live-action humans).

Gérard Surugue, who usually does the French dub of Bugs Bunny, reprises his audio role in this special.

Strangely, Dutch actress Tamar Baruch has also been credited as Bugs Bunny. It seems likely she was motion-capturing a CGI build of Bugs Bunny, in a way similar to what she did with Cléo from Cyber Flash, another 1990s virtual CGI TV character.

Cléo on Cyber Flash, also performed by Tamar Baruch.

Availability

The two part special appears to have only aired once, and there was no easily accessible footage of it for a long time. It seemed that some footage used to be on the video-sharing website wat.tv, but that site had since been purchased by TF1 and its videos are no longer available.

On February 23rd, 2020, Innerstrength uploaded his rip of the special in its entirety to YggTorrent. It is also available to download as a mirror on 1Fichier.com.

Gallery

A still photo, from Michel Hassan's website.

Related Media

A kid show block on French channel Canal +, Ça Cartoon (which ran from 1986 to 2009), aired segments involving a CGI Bugs Bunny interacting with a live-action person as early as 1996. It resembles the lone screencap that is available. Both this and La planète de Donkey Kong/DKTV were produced by Medialab, which was speculated to have worked on the Bugs Bunny Christmas special. With the release of the special online, it was confirmed that Medialab was, in fact, involved in the production of the special, with an updated version of the CGI model Bugs Bunny used in Ça Cartoon.

A similar Bugs Bunny on Ça Cartoon.

External Link

Reference