Looney Tunes was the first of five Latin American Spanish dubbings for the classic short series of the same name. The dubbing was officially licensed by Warner Bros. for its distribution in Mexico around 1963 and 1972, starting with the series The Bugs Bunny Show and also dubbing the original individual shorts. The dubbing would be distributed to all Latin American countries around the mid-late 60's and into the 70's.
This dubbing is frequently praised as the best out of all the Latin American Spanish dubbings from the series, due to its extense voice cast, including many famous Mexican dubbing and cinema actors and actresses, its many adaptations making references to the Latin American culture, and its historical relevance, due to it also being one of the first relevant "official" Latin American dubbings.
Dubbing history[]
This is the first dubbing team, in charge of dubbing from 1962 or 63 until 1972 (the same year the CLADSA studios closed) almost all the material related to the franchise that Warner Bros. had available, in addition to being the most remembered by fans and the most popular.
The dubbing began with the anthological series of the 60s (and their respective shorts), consisting respectively of The Bugs Bunny Show, The Porky Pig Show, and The Road Runner Show; and then the "packages" of selective shorts (Bugs Bunny & Friends), in which Juan José Hurtado had greater influence. All of these together always consisting of short films made between August 1948 to 1964, and some until 1966.
From the selective compilations, Hurtado began the shorts like Bugs Bunny saying "¡Esto, amigos, es una producción de la Warner Bros. para la televisión!" (phrase inherited from The Bugs Bunny Show, of which the actor did not have the role of Bugs at the time), and to finish, he said "¡Jéééé-jeje, eso es todo, amigos!". One of their recordings was used for the inserts of the previously dubbed shorts in the first two anthological series, which (along with those of The Road Runner Show) were mixed with their respective original short films, regardless of their occasional incompatibilities (certain fragments left silent or in English), and broadcast on television and streaming to date.
They also dubbed the 78 black and white shorts (mostly starring Porky) from 1935 to 1943 that were revived in color in South Korea between 1968 and 1969, these probably being the last works of this stage.
Cast[]
Character | Actor[1] | ||
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Bugs Bunny
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Jorge Arvizu (first six episodes in The Bugs Bunny Show) | |
Quintín Bulnes (rest of episodes in The Bugs Bunny Show and its selected shorts) | |||
Juan José Hurtado (individual post-1948 shorts) | |||
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Pato Lucas
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Víctor Manuel Castro | |
Juan Domingo Méndez (selected shorts in The Porky Pig Show) | |||
Francisco Colmenero (segments in The Porky Pig Show) | |||
Eduardo Arozamena (individual shorts; pre-1944) | |||
Antonio Passy (1 short) | |||
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Porky Pig
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Quintín Bulnes (The Bugs Bunny Show, The Porky Pig Show and its selected shorts) | |
Juan José Hurtado (The Porky Pig Show and selected and individual shorts) | |||
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Silvestre
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Omar Jasso | |
Víctor Manuel Castro (1 short) | |||
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Silvestre Jr.
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Juan José Hurtado | |
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Piolín
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Edith Byrd | |
unknown (1 short) | |||
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Gallo Claudio
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Ismael Larumbe Sr. | |
Víctor Manuel Castro (some individual shorts) | |||
File:Barnyard Dawg (Looney Tunes).png | Perro George
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Ismael Larumbe Sr. (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 16) | |
Víctor Manuel Castro (The Bugs Bunny Show; episodes 17 and 25, and The Road Runner Show) | |||
Rubens Medel (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 26) | |||
Salvador Carrasco (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 29) | |||
Omar Jasso (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 45) | |||
Juan José Hurtado (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 47) | |||
Alberto Gavira (6 shorts) | |||
File:Henery Hawk (Looney Tunes).png | Quique Gavilán
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Juan José Hurtado | |
File:Charlie Dog (Looney Tunes).png | Charlie Dog
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Ismael Larumbe Sr. (The Bugs Bunny Show; episodes 11 and 13) | |
Rubens Medel (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 47) | |||
Juan José Hurtado (The Porky Pig Show) | |||
Víctor Manuel Castro (The Porky Pig Show) | |||
Álvaro Carcaño (1 short) | |||
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Pepé Le Pew
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Omar Jasso (The Bugs Bunny Show and its selected shorts) | |
Juan José Hurtado (The Road Runner Show and 1 selected short) | |||
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Speedy Gonzales
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Edith Byrd | |
unknown (The Bugs Bunny Show and 1 selected short) | |||
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Taz
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Víctor Manuel Castro (1 short) | |
Quintín Bulnes (The Bugs Bunny Show and 1 selected short) | |||
Francisco Müller (1 short) | |||
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Sam Bigotes
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Francisco Müller | |
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Marvin el marciano
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Quintín Bulnes (The Bugs Bunny Show and its selected shorts) | |
Polo Ortín (1 short) | |||
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Elmer Gruñón
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Víctor Manuel Castro (The Bugs Bunny Show; episodes 2-47) | |
Juan José Hurtado (Many individual shorts) | |||
Eduardo Arozamena (The Road Runner Show; 1 short) | |||
File:Granny (Looney Tunes).png | Abuelita
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Eugenia Avedaño (The Bugs Bunny Show; episodes 5-49) | |
Edith Byrd | |||
Magdalena Ruvalcaba (The Road Runner Show) | |||
Silvia Rey (The Road Runner Show; one short) | |||
unknown (The Road Runner Show; one short) | |||
File:Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes).png | Bruja Hazel
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Silvia Rey (The Bugs Bunny Show; episode 27) | |
Guadalupe Noel (1 short) | |||
unknown (1 short) |
Technical staff | |||
Dubbing director
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Ken Smith | ||
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Recording date
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1962/63-1972 | ||
Dubbing producer
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Warner Bros. Television |