Hare Do

This is a funny animated classic with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Nothing spectacular, but quite enjoyable, fun and entertaining. It's one of those old-fashioned animated shorts with good artwork, classic humor, charm and full of amusement.

Bugs Bunny is a very smart rabbit. This time he's chased by Elmer Fudd, who wants to catch him. They go through several places (forests, the city, cinemas and even a circus at the end). Elmer Fudd, however, is so stupid that you have to feel sorry for him. His tries to catch the rabbit are always unsuccessful - he's always outsmarted by that rabbit and that's where all the fun is. His stupidity even makes him end up in a lion's mouth.

Bugs Bunny is voiced by one of Disney's most legendary artists: Mel Blanc, a guy with an extraordinary talent for doing voices and sounds, like few people ever had. His most famous line is one that everybody knows by heart: «Hey, what's up, Doc?».

Elmer Fudd's most famous lines in this are "wabbit" instead of "rabbit" and "on the contwawy" instead of "on the contrary".

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

Another classic Elmer chases Bugs short, this time, chased into a theatre with the usual slapstick results. Good scenes - trying to move through the row of seats, and the intermission switch scene. The ending with the special seat is really slow. Makes it feel like the short dragged on too long. 7 out of 10

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 pretty good. As usual, Elmer is after that "cwazy wabbit." Elmer chases Bugs out of the woods into a movie theater. What transpires is one blitz after another. Being trampled by patrons. Being grabbed by head ushers. Being put on a unicycle, blindfolded. But he never loses his spirit. Even though he never wins, we should all be a bit like Elmer.