Season 1, Episode 1:
The Looney Beginning
Original Air Date: September 14, 1990
Production Code: 406-148
Episode Credits
| Director(s): | Glen Kennedy, Dave Marshall, Ken Boyer & Rich Arons |
| Writer(s): | Paul Dini & Sherri Stoner |
Synopsis
A fictionalized origin story for the series. Taking inspiration from Bugs Bunny, an animator attempts to create rabbit characters, Buster and Babs Bunny, but discards the sketches. Bugs, Buster and Babs then create the show's setting of Acme Acres and find characters to inhabit it.
(taken from Wikipedia, temporary)
Character Appearances
Daffy Duck
Voiced by: Jeff Bergman
Bugs Bunny
Voiced by: Jeff Bergman
The Boss
Voiced by: Jeff Bergman
Cartoonist
Voiced by: Joe Alaskey
Baby Bunny
Voiced by: Kath Soucie
Tough Bunny
Voiced by: Charlie Adler
Buster Bunny
Voiced by: Charlie Adler
Babs Bunny
Voiced by: Tress MacNeille
Hamton J. Pig
Voiced by: Don Messick
Sweetie Bird
Voiced by: Kath Soucie
Furrball
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Gogo Dodo
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Plucky Duck
Voiced by: Frank Welker
Dizzy Devil
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
Elmyra Duff
Voiced by: Cree Summer
Montana Max
Voiced by: Danny Cooksey
Trivia
(some of the following was taken from IMDB as a test)
This episode was still being edited hours before it was scheduled to air.
This episode originally aired on CBS in prime-time prior to being syndicated on Fox Kids.
When Babs is first introduced, she turns into a voluptuous rabbit and wants to add "a bit more Bunny Heat" to her character. Kathleen Turner played the titular character in Body Heat (1981) and also voiced the most famous voluptuous rabbit: Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Bugs Bunny features prominently in this episode, along with brief cameos from Daffy Duck and Tweety Bird.
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