Wabbit: Season One Part One – Hare-Raising Tales [DVD] 
Cast: Jeff Bergman, Dee Bradley Baker (VOICES)
Release Date: Now Available On DVD
A Review By: Kevin Lovell
Disc Rating: 7/10
Synopsis:
What’s Up Doc? More delightfully zany adventures with that carrot-crunching rabbit, Bugs Bunny! From Warner Bros. Animation, Wabbit is classic Looney Tunes with an updated look and engaging new characters. Squeaks the squirrel and Bigfoot join Bugs Bunny on his new escapades. Wabbit also features several of Bugs Bunny’s long-time, loyal Looney Tunes pals, including Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil, some of whom have new roles in Bugs’ life. It’s classic Bugs Bunny in present day situations. Now a whole new generation of viewers will be introduced to the lovable antics of that adorable, wisecracking bunny.
Get ready for some zany fun for the entire family with the latest Looney Tunes animated series ‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production’ which follows the escapades of Bugs Bunny and his new friend Squeaks the Squirrel as they continue to get themselves into one mischievous encounter after another. From one edge of the globe to the other and even a visit to the white house to taunt the vice president along the way, ‘Wabbit’ also features guest appearances by many of your favorite Looney Tunes characters including Bigfoot, Yosemite Sam and Wile E. Coyote among others. Now get ready for plenty of hilarious fun with this 2-disc Season One, Part One DVD set which features 26 episodes from the series, each containing two animated shorts for a total of 52 zany adventures and nearly five hours of fun spread between two discs.
‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production’ is a funny and thoroughly entertaining new take on the Looney Tunes world, focusing primarily on Bugs Bunny and a new character named Squeaks the Squirrel which accompanies him in many of his latest adventures. While as many are already familiar, the previous animated series ‘The Looney Tunes Show’ utilized a situation comedy approach with 20 minute episodes revolving around Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and the house they shared, where ‘Wabbit’ returns to the more familiar formula of animated shorts, each episode running approximately 11 minutes in length and including two animated shorts within. While I’m admittedly a huge fan of the previous series and it remains one of my personal favorites, it’s also great to see the animated shorts back in the game which helps to allow for more range and erratic goofiness within the series that as a result helps to keep the series feeling consistently fresh. It’s also sure to more easily maintain the attention spans of the younger viewers which certainly can’t hurt.
Fans of Looney Tunes in general and especially of Bugs Bunny, as well many households with kids young and old (this means you fellow adults) will likely want to make certain to pick up a copy of ‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production: Season One Part One – Hare-Raising Tales’ on DVD to add to your collection. While some may be understandably disappointed by the lack of a Blu-ray release, fortunately this 2-disc DVD collection delivers quite the impressive standard definition video presentations and solid 5.1 channel Dolby Digital soundtracks on each of the 26 included episodes. Unfortunately the release doesn’t include any bonus content, but the nearly five hours worth of Bugs’ zany antics should easily keep viewers of all ages thoroughly enthralled.
Overall, ‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production’ is a humorous and enjoyable new series that simultaneously takes a new approach while always serving as a wonderful throwback to the original animated shorts that started it all and I highly recommend fellow Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny fans of all ages check this one out, you’ll likely be quite pleased you decided to do so. Fans of the series that were hooked from the moment it initially broadcast on TV will likely want to pick up a copy of this Season One Part One DVD to relive the wacky fun time and again.
VIDEO:
The DVD release of ‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production: Season One Part One – Hare-Raising Tales’ features a 16×9 friendly video presentation on all 26 included episodes, utilizing the 1.78:1 aspect ratio in which they were originally broadcast. The video presentations look outstanding and are up there with the very best available on DVD, providing rich, bright and detailed presentations on every episode with no notable faults of any sort to be found within. Overall, these are fantastic standard definition video presentations that should generally impress.
AUDIO:
The DVD release includes a 384 kbps 5.1 channel Dolby Digital soundtrack on all 26 Season One Part One episodes. These multichannel Dolby Digital soundtracks sound wonderful and deliver consistently clean and sharp audio presentation on every single episode. All five available channels are utilized quite regularly in order to surround the viewer with the series’ wonderful music along with any number of fitting auditory effects making their way throughout the speakers as Bugs’ wild adventures get underway, and never causing any dialogue which may be occurring simultaneously to become distorted, let alone rendered inaudible. Overall, these are top notch Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtracks that contribute even more fun to the overall viewing experience and shouldn’t disappoint in the slightest.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
The DVD release of ‘Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production: Season One Part One – Hare-Raising Tales’ does not include any supplemental material.
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Disc Rating: 7/10
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