Hare Trimmed

Yosemite Sam sets out to court Granny, having just learned she's inherited a fortune. Bugs steps in to put a stop to Sam's gold-digging scheme. A hilarious short with great characters doing what they do best. The scenes of Sam trying to woo Granny are priceless. The incomparable Mel Blanc is in rare form here. Bea Benaderet is terrific, as well. The music is lovely and the animation is very nice. The colors in this are just wonderful. Lots of funny gags and lines. "How many lumps" never gets old to me. For those who have a problem with the final scene, it's a bleeping cartoon about a talking rabbit. Open a window and get some fresh air, please.

As always, Yosemite Sam is itching to make a lot of money, even - make that especially - through dishonest means. When the loud-mouthed cowboy learns that Granny has inherited $50 million, he plots to marry her and cheat her out of the money. But Bugs Bunny overhears him and comes up with a neat way to interfere with the plan. Hint: it involves cross-dressing and the "How many lumps do you want?" routine.

I get the feeling that the Yosemite Sam cartoons acted as placeholders between the really famous cartoons. But even so, "Hare Trimmed" is still really funny. What happens at the end just goes to show that Bugs will probably spend his life single. When you think about it, that scene almost looked as if it was implying gay marriage! Friz Freleng probably didn't intend that, though.

Anyway, really funny.

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.

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.

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.