Hare Trimmed

A fast-moving Bugs Bunny cartoon where he puts all his energies into saving the old widow with lots of cash from the attentions of red-whiskered Sam the fortune-hunter.

Chasing, dressing-up, lumps on the head, shotguns, lumps of sugar, the kitchen sink, and a fun wedding scene all add up to an entertaining few minutes in the company of our favourite rabbit.

Seeing Bugs as a sharp dresser and with, for once, thoughts for others besides himself make this cartoon very enjoyable and a lot of fun. And the title is pretty funny too.

Mel Blanc's voice characterisations - he portrays all the characters - are as excellent as ever and add greatly to the impact of the cartoon, which also boasts the sharp animation we've come to expect from the Looney Tunes team.

I really liked the premise of Hare Trimmed; Yosemite Sam attempts to woo Granny for her inherited fortune and Bugs decides to make a good deed and stop it. This premise was intriguing and worked really well. Do I have any issues? Not really, perhaps a little too fast at times, but it is hugely enjoyable, but what was with the edited version? The original was fine as it was, why meddle with it. Very unnecessary if you ask me.

Back on target, the animation is nicely done and sharp, the sort of colours that you may find in a Pepe Le Pew cartoon, nice, traditional and sweet-looking. I especially loved the use of the purples and the pinks. The music also has some lovely romantic flavour to it. The dialogue sparkles, the sight gags delight and the characters intrigue. Bugs is hilarious here, and Yosemite Sam is on top form too, even if he has never struck me as a marrying type. As ever, Mel Blanc is excellent and Bea Benaderet is suitably sweet as Granny. Overall, very entertaining and well animated, and I prefer to think the edited version doesn't exist. 9/10 Bethany Cox

I consider myself extremely fortunate, in that I have never been oppressed enough to have seen a cartoon edited for unsuitable material (or so the censors think). Bugs the boy scout does his good deed in delivering Granny, who is plagued by Yosemite Sam's dishonest affections. The funniest part of the cartoon is when Bugs dresses up as Granny and does Yosemite Sam some series hurt, which Yosemite isn't happy with at all. So, in wonderfully predictable style, the antagonist ends up taking out his rage on the real Granny, as he thought Bugs to be the elderly matron even when he'd received a bashing. There really isn't any excuse for editing this cartoon as it has been, and people should be able to enjoy it in its entirety.

This short starts out funny with the idea of Bugs setting out to protect Granny from Yosemite Sam (who wants to steal her inheritance), and becomes hilarious when Bugs disguises himself as Granny to trick him. This is probably the best instance of Bugs using disguises to fool a less-intelligent enemy, and certainly the funniest. Sam, despite his plotting, is clearly such a dimwit that he can't tell the difference between the real Granny and Bugs dressed in drag. It doesn't help that he starts being hit over the head repeatedly with a mallet. In a live-action film, you would seriously have to suspend your disbelief in order to accept such a scenario, but in a cartoon it somehow just makes perfect sense. "Cartoon logic" such as this runs throughout all of the Looney Tunes, but this was my favorite instance of it.

What happened to Yosemite sam!!!!!he was called violent,but funny n goofy.i buy as much I can of acme shows,merry melodies, but I noticed some been cut.but more violence in gaming cartoons than ever.can anyone tell me where I can find original,huge fan.