The Hare-Brained Hypnotist

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This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.

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7.2/10

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Mel Blanc

Bugs Bunny
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(uncredited)

Arthur Q. Bryan

Elmer Fudd
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Friz Freleng
Writer
- Michael Maltese
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Nice Short

Hare-Brained Hypnotist, The (1942)

*** (out of 4)

Nice short has Elmer Fudd trying to use hypnotism to capture Bugs Bunny but the plan backfires. Elmer does get some sweet justice when Bugs turns him into the rabbit and he finally gets to harass Bugs. This early Bugs Bunny short manages to have some pretty good laughs and I've always enjoyed the animation from this period. There are many good sequences but there's no doubt that the best one is at the end when Elmer thinks he's the rabbit and gets to mess around with Bugs by giving him some of his own medicine. The movie is a minor classic but there were certainly better shorts out there.

Trivia
A WW2 reference is shown at the end of this short, to the B19 bomber. Such patriotic messages were common in wartime, even in cartoons and magazine ads.

Goofs
When Elmer is reading the book at the beginning, the strap of his gun switches shoulders between shots.

Quotes
Bugs Bunny: [the hypnotized Elmer has gone into Bugs' hole] Hey, doc! Come out of there! You can't do that! Who's the comedian in this picture, anyway?