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When cartoons and movies were made in the 1930's, 40's and 50's the racial attitudes in America were different. Jim Crow laws discriminated against people of color in the south, the Army and pro sports were segregated until after World War II. Many of the ideas, laws and attitudes were wrong.

This cartoon has racial stereotypes and I cannot and will not speak for the cartoonists who produced it as to what their feelings and reasons were for making cartoons like this.

To ignore cartoons like All This and Rabbit Stew is to ignore our past, both good and bad. In order to understand the history of our great land, we must never hide from our past, but rather confront our past in an honest way.

I admit, I spent part of this aghast and yet delighted. I've seen "Coal Black and the sebben little dudes" and others but had never seen this -- or a character depicted like this.

This is not just a wee bit stereotyped, this is BIG stereotype. From the drawl, jumbled language, slouched posture, slow, awkward gait.. this is bad.

Yes, some of the hijinks are EXACTLY what is done with/to Elmer in other cartoons (including the classic, "through the log and over the cliff"), I've yet to see a cartoon where Bugs gets out of what looks like Sure Death by rattling.. dice.

I wasn't aware that in '41, Blacks were considered avid gamblers, but I'm sure if we searched, we'd find SOMETHING alluding to it (beyond this cartoon, I mean).

I wrote this, though, to let interested parties know that I found this cartoon on a DVD-for-a-dollar at *shudder* Wal-Mart! It was on a bugs bunny disc titled, "Falling Hare" (alluding to the classic episode with Bugs and the gremlin in the airplane). Also included is another wonderful Bugs where Elmer is a mounty. THIS, TOO, ends with blackface singalong -- even bugs goes blackface.

Well worth a dollar. I'm off to see if there are other gems hidden among other cheapie $1 discs!

The most hilarious Bugs Bunny short I have ever seen.Bugs Bunny versus a not quite inteligent hunter.The sadistic rabbit gives a grand show,even stripping the poor man.No repetitions.You have to see it.(By the way the hunter is not caucasian but I fail to see what is the point mentioning it against this short).

This Bugs Bunny short is very racist, in the way that Bugs BUnny is being hunted by a black man who is depicted as being stupid and slow. At the time this was being made, it is almost certain that this short was an insult to black people and the only reason this episode is excusable nowadays is because at the time, many people did not realize that this insulting is horrid.

The only reason I watched it is because I am a Looney Tunes fan and I am interested in racist episodes because they are like nothing nowadays (which is a good thing). I give this quite a high rating because the jokes are very good in "humour" rather than "insulting" terms and the animation is good. That is the only reason I like this short.

As I have said before, here a black man is hunting Bugs Bunny. Here Bugs goes through the same things that he usually does with Elmer (running away, playing tricks and the like).

I recommend this only to Looney Tunes fans who do not mind rascism too much and for cartoon historians. For most of the modern world, it is an excruciating thing to watch - which is a good thing. :-)

6 and a half out of ten.

Well, to be fair to the other reviews of this short, the hunter is basically Elmer, except black. But to counter most of the reviews, it not one of the best ones, or one that is a must have. I do think that it is an interesting short to watch, considering the time period in which it was made. Although some would disagree, I don't view this short as portraying the hunter dumb BECAUSE he is black, but it does stereotype him by the accentuated lips and of course, the craps game at the end. A good piece to watch for study, but not for entertainment.