The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special is an animated television special that was broadcast on CBS October 26, 1980. Presented as an Alfred Hitchcock-style whodunit, the plot is modeled after those of "North by Northwest" and "The Fugitive". Like most Looney Tunes specials of the time, this program consists of clips from classic cartoons with some new original animation holding them together. A criminal known as the Tall, Dark Stranger robs a bank, and Inspector Elmer Fudd mistakenly arrests Bugs Bunny for the crime. Escaping from jail, Bugs sets out to prove his innocence while evading
Bugs Bunny Rides Again a rendition of "Oh You Beautiful Doll" fit for a striptease number, the plot twist completely changes the tone. Bugs fights with Sam to board the train, and prevails as usual, shouting, "So long, Sammy! See ya in Miami!" • Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Cowboys and Skunk Animation historian Greg Ford praised Freleng's musical accompaniment to during the horse chase, and author Piotr Borowiec describes it as "Probably the funniest cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam". Because the film is organized as "one gag after the next", rather than clearly defined narrative segments of exposition, climax,