Chaos im Kino

Poor Elmer Fudd! He spends his entire life hunting that "wascawy wabbit" and never succeeds. In "Hare Do", Elmer chases Bugs out of the forest and into a theater. Once in the theater, Bugs has a slew of tricks planned out for Elmer. Harassment accusations, a message which turns out to be a pie in the face, and the grand finale (which I won't give away).

Somehow, they always come up with something for these cartoons! And believe you me, they come up with something here! You really gotta pity Elmer. Not only is he stuck with Barbara Walters' voice, but he's always the butt of jokes when Bugs is around. That "scwewy wabbit" may have "twicked him for the wast time".

I will admit when this cartoon started, I wasn't sure what significance the title had. All the same, this cartoon is one of my personal favourite Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoons. The animation is great as always(I loved the design of the theatre especially), the music is wonderful and Mel Blanc's characterisations of both Bugs and Usher are spot on, and Arthur Q Bryan also does an exemplary job as Elmer. And the two characters are priceless as per usual.

While the script is great and like dynamite, the visual jokes were what made this cartoon for me. The repeated gags of Elmer getting thrown out of the theatre after Bugs exclaims "this man is annoying me" and the audience rushing madly to and from the auditorium with Elmer on the floor trying to get up the whole time were impeccably timed. But my favourite was the ending, I sure wasn't expecting that, and my jove it was very very funny. Another gag was "Do you have a message for Mr Fudd?" "SPLAT!" All in all, I love this cartoon. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Elmer Fudd using his metal rabbit detector finds and chases Bugs Bunny out of the wood and into a crowded theater. (Rabbits pay less for theater tickets by the way, so dress up like one the next time you go to the movies, kids) Bugs using his wit constantly gets the befuddled hunter ejected from the theater as well as annoys the patrons by his constant moving around. An all around funny short. It may not be a classic, but stick with it, trust me the ending is truly killer. This animated short can be found on Disk 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3.

My Grade: A

After the usual Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd beginning - Elmer hunting Bugs in the woods -this cartoon takes a neat twist, with Bugs racing to the city and hiding out in a movie theater. (First, though, we did get a look at Elmer's new fancy radar-wabbit detector-gun, which is army surplus and fun to see in action.)

I enjoyed seeing director Friz Freleng plugging himself on a billboard. Did anyone else catch that? The billboard reads "Friz - the wonder soup - at every grocery!" It is seen as Bugs is hitching a ride out of the country to get away from Elmer.

I loved the artwork at the movie. You know, they don't make spectacular movie theaters like that anymore, but I've been to a few and they look just like the one pictured here. The best one was in St Louis with six balconies. Here, the one has 15!

Anyway, Bugs and Elmer keep donning disguises at the theater to catch one another. Bugs even gets a fake announcement to be put on screen to divert Elmer. His response? "Oh, you twecherwous twickster!!"

How the movie theater instantly turned into literally a circus with a high wire act is a little far-fetched but, hey, that's a cartoon for you.

This can be seen on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume three DVD.

This is a wonderful Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon--probably the best of all of their pairings except for those that also included Daffy Duck (now they were super funny). However, despite it being such a wonderful cartoon short, I can't understand the title, as this seems to have nothing to do with the cartoon.

Bugs is initially being chased by Elmer in the forest. Eventually, Bugs hot foots it to the big city to try to escape and eventually hides out in a movie theater. The film's pace is non-stop and the production values are terrific. The bottom line is that if you DON'T like this cartoon, then you probably won't like any Bugs Bunny cartoon--it is simply wonderful and fun.