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'''''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>
'''''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 of 50 minutes, with the second part airing at 8:50 PM with a runtime of 1 hour 43 minutes.<ref>[https://humanite.fr/node/173449 A newspaper article from 12/24/1997, mentioning the special.] Retrieved 07 May '20</ref><ref>[http://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==
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.
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, including ''Bugs Bunny's Christmas Tales'', ''The Night of the Living Duck'', ''Carrotblanca'', ''Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers'', and the Tiny Toons episode ''It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas''.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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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 what she did with Cléo from ''Cyber Flash'', another 90s virtual CGI TV character.
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.


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==Availability==
==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.
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 23, 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].
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 was also available to download as a mirror on [https://1fichier.com/?4a55rg59vfqbofuby602 1Fichier.com] but sadly, the file has been deleted.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[Image:Operationbugsbunnystill.jpg|thumb|400px|center|A still photo, from Michel Hassan's website.]]
[[Image:Operationbugsbunnystill.jpg|thumb|400px|center|A still photo, from Michel Hassan's website.]]


==Possible Related Media==
==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 may also be behind the Bugs Bunny Christmas special.
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''.


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==See Also==
*[[Looney Tunes: By A Hare (lost build of cancelled arcade racing game; 1993)]]
*[[Looney Tunes: Laff Riot (found unreleased pitch pilot of "The Looney Tunes Show" animated sitcom; 2009)]]
*[[Looney Tunes: Space Race (lost build of cancelled original Nintendo 64 version of Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 racing game; 1998-1999)]]
*[[Hare Ribbin' (found original ending of Warner Bros. cartoon; 1944)]]
*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
*[[New Looney Tunes (lost unaired pilot episode of animated series; 2014)]]
*[[Looney Tunes ClickN Read Phonics (partially found Flash animated internet shorts; 2011)]]
*[[Fish Tales (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
*[[The Heckling Hare (lost original ending of Looney Tunes short; 1941)]]
*[[Porky's Hare Hunt (partially found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
*[[The Bugs Bunny Show (partially lost animated TV series; 1960-2000)]]
*[[The New Daffy Duck Show (lost pilot script for unproduced animated series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
*[[Looney Tunes (partially lost computer colorized versions of shorts; 1990-1995)]]


==External Link==
==External Link==
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Latest revision as of 21:33, 8 April 2023

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 of 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, including Bugs Bunny's Christmas Tales, The Night of the Living Duck, Carrotblanca, Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers, and the Tiny Toons episode It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas.

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 was also available to download as a mirror on 1Fichier.com but sadly, the file has been deleted.

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. English subtitles by Reynard.

See Also

External Link

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