1995
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Mr. Bunny, the manager of the Casablanca-style club. He's never quite gotten over the love affair that broke his heart, and now finds himself smack-dab in the middle of an international intrigue involving that very same old flame! Sound familiar? Well, Bugs plays a rabbit version of Rick Blaine, the iconic role once brought to life by Humphrey Bogart.
Trivia and other appearances: Speaking of Bogart: he actually appeared Looney-fied at least twice: once in Bacall to Arms (1946), and again in Slick Hare (1947).
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Mr. Bunny, the manager of the Casablanca-style club. He's never quite gotten over the love affair that broke his heart, and now finds himself smack-dab in the middle of an international intrigue involving that very same old flame! Sound familiar? Well, Bugs plays a rabbit version of Rick Blaine, the iconic role once brought to life by Humphrey Bogart.
Trivia and other appearances: Speaking of Bogart: he actually appeared Looney-fied at least twice: once in Bacall to Arms (1946), and again in Slick Hare (1947).
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Penelope steps into the role of Kitty Ketty, the wife of the cunning Sylvester and former flame of Bugs. In this twist on Casablanca, she takes on the Ilsa Lund part, originally played by Ingrid Bergman, marking Penelope's very first appearance as an active speaking co-star. And so far, her only one.
Trivia and other appearances: The rare occasions where Penelope manages to break free from her typical role, and even reverse it, are mostly limited to two standout shorts: For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) and Really Scent (1959).
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Penelope steps into the role of Kitty Ketty, the wife of the cunning Sylvester and former flame of Bugs. In this twist on Casablanca, she takes on the Ilsa Lund part, originally played by Ingrid Bergman, marking Penelope's very first appearance as an active speaking co-star. And so far, her only one.
Trivia and other appearances: The rare occasions where Penelope manages to break free from her typical role, and even reverse it, are mostly limited to two standout shorts: For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) and Really Scent (1959).
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam plays the main villain: General Pandemonium. He's the short, mustachioed version of Major Strasser, portrayed by Conrad Veidt in Casablanca. He's the one most obsessed with the MacGuffin documents and ultimately the one who pays the highest price.
Trivia and other appearances: A similar role would be Dumb Patrol (1964), where Sam plays the German baron Sam Von Schpamm.
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam plays the main villain: General Pandemonium. He's the short, mustachioed version of Major Strasser, portrayed by Conrad Veidt in Casablanca. He's the one most obsessed with the MacGuffin documents and ultimately the one who pays the highest price.
Trivia and other appearances: A similar role would be Dumb Patrol (1964), where Sam plays the German baron Sam Von Schpamm.
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam Duck is the pianist at the "Carrotblanca Club" parodying Sam, the pianist from Rick's Café Americain, originally played by Dooley Wilson. When Kitty Ketty delivers the classic line "Play it again, Sam" Daffy can't even press a single key before Mr. Bugs stops him cold.
Trivia and other appearances: Other roles where Daffy plays a pianist? Ever heard of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam Duck is the pianist at the "Carrotblanca Club" parodying Sam, the pianist from Rick's Café Americain, originally played by Dooley Wilson. When Kitty Ketty delivers the classic line "Play it again, Sam" Daffy can't even press a single key before Mr. Bugs stops him cold.
Trivia and other appearances: Other roles where Daffy plays a pianist? Ever heard of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Barnyard Dawg
Trivia and other appearances: Barnyard Dawg appears in more than 20 classic shorts and a ton of other productions, including full-length features like Space Jam.
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Barnyard Dawg
Trivia and other appearances: Barnyard Dawg appears in more than 20 classic shorts and a ton of other productions, including full-length features like Space Jam.
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons. Among them was Beacky Buzzard
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942), The Bashful Buzzard (1945), Strife with Father (1950), and The Lion's Busy (1950).
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons. Among them was Beacky Buzzard
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942), The Bashful Buzzard (1945), Strife with Father (1950), and The Lion's Busy (1950).
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam Sheepdog appears as General Pandemonium's assistant, likely to lend some actual authority to that tiny man's presence. It's a bit odd seeing Sam among the villains, given his usual stoic and neutral role, and what does he do in the short? He just stands there... watching.
Trivia and other appearances: Sam Sheepdog appeared in seven classic Warner Bros. shorts between 1953 and 1963, and also made appearances in one episode of Taz-Mania and one in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Sam Sheepdog appears as General Pandemonium's assistant, likely to lend some actual authority to that tiny man's presence. It's a bit odd seeing Sam among the villains, given his usual stoic and neutral role, and what does he do in the short? He just stands there... watching.
Trivia and other appearances: Sam Sheepdog appeared in seven classic Warner Bros. shorts between 1953 and 1963, and also made appearances in one episode of Taz-Mania and one in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Porky Pig
Trivia and other appearances: There's really no point in listing all of Porky Pig's appearances, right? He's been in everything. In this short, his role is so brief there's not even a similar performance worth referencing.
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Porky Pig
Trivia and other appearances: There's really no point in listing all of Porky Pig's appearances, right? He's been in everything. In this short, his role is so brief there's not even a similar performance worth referencing.
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Pepé Le Pew plays the role of Captain Louis Renault, keeping the original name from Casablanca, where the character was portrayed by Claude Rains. His role in the story? To bother Penelope, as Always... some things never change.
Trivia and other appearances: Pepé has already served in law enforcement before, usually as a gendarme, notably in Tweety's High-Flying Adventure and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Pepé Le Pew plays the role of Captain Louis Renault, keeping the original name from Casablanca, where the character was portrayed by Claude Rains. His role in the story? To bother Penelope, as Always... some things never change.
Trivia and other appearances: Pepé has already served in law enforcement before, usually as a gendarme, notably in Tweety's High-Flying Adventure and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: In this story, Sylvester plays the role of the poor, unfortunate husband. Sure, he's technically one of the "bad guys" but losing Penelope to Bugs Bunny? That's a blow to the ego not easily brushed off. Sylvester takes on the role of Sylvester Slazlo the husband of Kitty Ketty, his counterpart in Casablanca is Victor Laszlo, originally played by Paul Henreid.
Trivia and other appearances: Let's not forget: in the Looney Tunes shorts, Sylvester is often portrayed as married, usually to Sylvia Cat. A few key examples of this domestic setup include A Mouse Divided (1953), Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960), and Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983).
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: In this story, Sylvester plays the role of the poor, unfortunate husband. Sure, he's technically one of the "bad guys" but losing Penelope to Bugs Bunny? That's a blow to the ego not easily brushed off. Sylvester takes on the role of Sylvester Slazlo the husband of Kitty Ketty, his counterpart in Casablanca is Victor Laszlo, originally played by Paul Henreid.
Trivia and other appearances: Let's not forget: in the Looney Tunes shorts, Sylvester is often portrayed as married, usually to Sylvia Cat. A few key examples of this domestic setup include A Mouse Divided (1953), Goldimouse and the Three Cats (1960), and Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983).
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Tweety appears only briefly, but his most iconic moment is when his face morphs into Peter Lorre's since the two share the same role. In this Looney version, Ugarte becomes Umarte.
Trivia and other appearances: Peter Lorre, what can you say? He's been a staple in the Looney Tunes universe for ages, to the point of having his own character: the mad scientist Dr. Lorre, starting from "The Birth of a Notion" (1947) all the way to "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" (2003). He even pops up in smaller series, like in the 1995 Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "The Maltese Canary"
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: Tweety appears only briefly, but his most iconic moment is when his face morphs into Peter Lorre's since the two share the same role. In this Looney version, Ugarte becomes Umarte.
Trivia and other appearances: Peter Lorre, what can you say? He's been a staple in the Looney Tunes universe for ages, to the point of having his own character: the mad scientist Dr. Lorre, starting from "The Birth of a Notion" (1947) all the way to "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" (2003). He even pops up in smaller series, like in the 1995 Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "The Maltese Canary"
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Giovanni Jones
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: Long-Haired Hare (1949), One Froggy Throat (1997) and Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Giovanni Jones
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: Long-Haired Hare (1949), One Froggy Throat (1997) and Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Pete Puma
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: "Rabbit's Kin" (1952) and "Pullet Surprise" (1997)
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was Pete Puma
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: "Rabbit's Kin" (1952) and "Pullet Surprise" (1997)
Carrotblanca
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was the Crusher
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: "Rabbit Punch" (1948), "Bunny Hugged" (1951), "Wrestling Wrecks" (1961)
Release date: 1995-08-25
Plot: Bugs Bunny runs a nightclub during World War II. When he gets tangled up in a plot involving secret documents, he must choose between helping his old flame, Kitty Ketty, or maintaining his cherished neutrality.
Name and role: This short needed to fill in the background of its nightclub scenes, so it brought in a whole bunch of Looney Tunes characters as bar patrons or workers. Among them was the Crusher
Trivia and other appearances: Some of his most memorable appearances include: "Rabbit Punch" (1948), "Bunny Hugged" (1951), "Wrestling Wrecks" (1961)
Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: In 1995, Sylvester and Tweety embarked on a new adventure alongside Granny and Hector in a series that ran for an impressive five seasons called Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. Almost every 20-minute episode is split into two separate shorts, each revolving around a mystery plot. While Granny solves the crimes, her pets spend most of the time clobbering each other, sometimes even stumbling upon the solution purely by accident. It's also the series with the highest number of obscure cameos in Looney Tunes history that I've ever seen.
Release date: 1995-09-09
Plot: In 1995, Sylvester and Tweety embarked on a new adventure alongside Granny and Hector in a series that ran for an impressive five seasons called Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. Almost every 20-minute episode is split into two separate shorts, each revolving around a mystery plot. While Granny solves the crimes, her pets spend most of the time clobbering each other, sometimes even stumbling upon the solution purely by accident. It's also the series with the highest number of obscure cameos in Looney Tunes history that I've ever seen.
Another Froggy Evening
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: The story culminates with the arrival of Marvin the Martian, who interprets the frog's croaking as a cue to sing, leading to a one-of-a-kind duet in space featuring The Michigan Rag.
Trivia and other appearances: This marks the first and only historic appearance of Marvin alongside the singing frog. However, Michigan J. Frog has had other duets in his quirky career, including with Giovanni Jones and with Tweety and Hector in the Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episodes "One Froggy Throat" and "Froggone It."
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: The story culminates with the arrival of Marvin the Martian, who interprets the frog's croaking as a cue to sing, leading to a one-of-a-kind duet in space featuring The Michigan Rag.
Trivia and other appearances: This marks the first and only historic appearance of Marvin alongside the singing frog. However, Michigan J. Frog has had other duets in his quirky career, including with Giovanni Jones and with Tweety and Hector in the Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episodes "One Froggy Throat" and "Froggone It."
Another Froggy Evening
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: The caveman in the prehistoric segment is clearly an "ancestor" of the infamous One Froggy Evening Guy, that poor soul. The short never gives him an official name, neither in 1955 nor in 1995. Among fans, he's commonly referred from fans as Froggy Guy, Frog Victim, or simply Ernie. Seeing him in the Stone Age makes it safe to say he's the first in a long ancestral line of unlucky saps doomed to discover the frog and suffer for their greed.
Trivia and other appearances: This unlucky fellow also appears in One Froggy Evening (1955), and makes a brief cameo in the restaurant scene of Looney Tunes: Back in Action, where he captures Michigan J. Frog only to vanish from the film, as mysteriously as he entered.
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: The caveman in the prehistoric segment is clearly an "ancestor" of the infamous One Froggy Evening Guy, that poor soul. The short never gives him an official name, neither in 1955 nor in 1995. Among fans, he's commonly referred from fans as Froggy Guy, Frog Victim, or simply Ernie. Seeing him in the Stone Age makes it safe to say he's the first in a long ancestral line of unlucky saps doomed to discover the frog and suffer for their greed.
Trivia and other appearances: This unlucky fellow also appears in One Froggy Evening (1955), and makes a brief cameo in the restaurant scene of Looney Tunes: Back in Action, where he captures Michigan J. Frog only to vanish from the film, as mysteriously as he entered.
Another Froggy Evening
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were two of the most influential (and famously argumentative!) film critics of the 20th century. With their iconic TV show At the Movies, they popularized a brilliantly simple review system: thumbs up or thumbs down. In the ancient Rome segment, we see them among the audience, using that very same gesture to decide the fate of the Froggy Guy. Classic drama meets pop culture critique.
Trivia and other appearances: Siskel and Ebert make a few more cameo-style appearances in the Looney universe: they pop up in one of the segment in Night Ghoulery from Tiny Toons, as passengers in Animaniacs' "Plane Pals," and most notably, they star in a full parody episode titled Critical Condition, where their signature style gets the full animated tribute treatment.
Release date: 1995-10-06
Plot: The short follows Michigan J. Frog through various historical eras, from prehistoric times to a futuristic space age, showing how his presence either influences or completely ruins the life of whoever finds him. In every segment, someone discovers the frog and tries to exploit his singing talent for personal gain, only to end up in disaster when the frog stubbornly refuses to perform in front of an audience.
Name and role: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were two of the most influential (and famously argumentative!) film critics of the 20th century. With their iconic TV show At the Movies, they popularized a brilliantly simple review system: thumbs up or thumbs down. In the ancient Rome segment, we see them among the audience, using that very same gesture to decide the fate of the Froggy Guy. Classic drama meets pop culture critique.
Trivia and other appearances: Siskel and Ebert make a few more cameo-style appearances in the Looney universe: they pop up in one of the segment in Night Ghoulery from Tiny Toons, as passengers in Animaniacs' "Plane Pals," and most notably, they star in a full parody episode titled Critical Condition, where their signature style gets the full animated tribute treatment.