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| Bugs 'n' Daffy | |
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| Genre | Anthology |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 130(list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Kathleen Helppie-Shipley |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Classic Animation |
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| Network | Kids' WB |
| Release | September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11) – September 11, 1998 (1998-09-11) |
Bugs 'n' Daffy (formerlyThat's Warner Bros.!) is an American animated anthology television series that aired onThe WB from 1995 to 1998 as part of theirKids' WB weekday lineup. The series featured cartoons fromWarner Bros.' library ofLooney Tunes andMerrie Melodies shorts. A weekly companion series,The Daffy Duck Show aired on Saturday mornings from 1996 to 1997.
This series is not to be confused withCartoon Network's former block of Warner shorts,The Bugs & Daffy Show.
That's Warner Bros.! premiered on September 11, 1995 as part of Kids' WB's inaugural season, on their weekday lineup alongside classic episodes ofAnimaniacs. The show's title sequence reused the opening for theFox Kids version ofMerrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, now scored with a jazzy rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" and with a different ending showing the show's title. 65 episodes were created featuring three cartoons in each, with a "Hip Clip" (a holdover fromMerrie Melodies) placed in between the second and third shorts to fill up any remaining time. UnlikeMerrie Melodies before it, not every episode featured aBugs Bunny cartoon.
The following season,That's Warner Bros.! was renamedBugs 'n' Daffy, which brought forth several changes to the format. Each show now began with a new title sequence set to an original theme song byAnimaniacs composer Randy Rogel. In addition, the cartoons' staff credits were cut, leaving only a shot of their titles with a sting based on the theme song playing underneath them. Other than these changes, the contents of the original 65 episodes remained mostly the same.
For the 1997–98 season, a new set of 65 episodes were created. Thanks toTime Warner's merger withTurner Broadcasting System on October 10, 1996, Warner Bros. had regained the broadcast rights to Turner's package of colorLooney Tunes andMerrie Melodies made before August 1948; at least one cartoon from the pre-1948 package was included in each episode (though some aired onThe Daffy Duck Show first). Because of the lengths of those shorts, not every episode featured a "Hip Clip".
Bugs 'n' Daffy was removed from the Kids' WB lineup at the start of the 1998–99 season, although some affiliates were allowed to air the series as a replacement forTiny Toon Adventures.[1]
On November 23, 1996, a companion series titledThe Daffy Duck Show began airing on Kids' WB's Saturday morning lineup as a replacement for the low-ratedFreakazoid! Each episode featured twoDaffy Duck cartoons, with one featuring another character in between them. 13 episodes ofThe Daffy Duck Show were created, airing weekly until the start of the 1997–98 season.
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