Eric Bauza’s final Looney Tunes short debuts
Eric Bauza’s last Looney Tunes movie role comes in Daffy Season, a new short playing before The Cat in the Hat in theaters this Friday.
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Eric Bauza’s final Looney Tunes performance is in “Daffy Season,” a 7-minute animated short playing before screenings of “The Cat in the Hat.” A studio representative confirmed it is his last Looney Tunes movie credit.
The short centers on Daffy Duck, with Bauza voicing him. Jeff Bergman voices Bugs Bunny, Gabriel Iglesias plays Speedy Gonzales, and Jeannie Tirado voices Lola Bunny. The story follows Daffy reacting to the other Tunes’ soccer obsession. Todd Wilderman and Hamish Grieve co-direct the short.
“Daffy Season” is the first theatrically released Looney Tunes short since “Daffy’s Rhapsody” in 2012. Bauza also worked on other Looney Tunes projects, including “Looney Tunes Cartoons,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” and “Space Jam: A New Legacy.”
Bauza died in Los Angeles on October 25 from hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation producer Susan Rogers said he played a major role in reviving the franchise.
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