Sahara Hare

Bugs once again fails to take that "left turn at Albuquerque" and winds up in the Sahara, where he runs into the Sheik of Yosemite, a trifle miffed at all those "footy-prints all over my nice clean desert". Sam naturally goes after Bugs, with predictably hilarious results. There's a great gag featuring a multiplicity of doors and entirely too much persistence towards the end. There's also a cameo by Daffy at the very last. I wonder if Bugs and Daffy have the same travel agent? Probably the Acme Travel Agency, complete with testimonials from satisfied customers like Ambrose Bierce and Judge Crater. Great cartoon, one of the better teamings of Sam and Bugs. Well worth watching. Most recommended.

Most of these Bugs Bunny cartoons follow the same formula. Bugs, thinking he is at the beach, is actually on the Sahara desert. He runs afoul of Yosemite Sam who is in the foreign legion. He feels it is his duty to get rid of Bugs, one way or the other. There is nothing very new about this, just Mr. Bunny doing his things.

I am a huge Looney Tunes fan, and I love Sahara Hare. Not only is it incredibly funny, but it is a visual feast as well.

The animation here is wonderful. Sahara Hare contains some of the most detailed and colourful drawings in a Looney Tunes cartoon, the skies so blue and the sand beautiful and golden. And I liked the Arabian flavour of the music score here too, it gave a sense of authenticity.

The dialogue is razor-sharp and very funny. Even funnier are the visual gags, that like the best of Looney Tunes come by thick and fast, and delivered with real energy and verve by the immortal Mel Blanc.

I liked how Bugs was cool-headed Bugs was compared to Yosemite Sam, who physically and verbally abuses his poor camel here. And Daffy makes a small appearance here, in an ending that is unpredictable and clever. Overall, this is a great Looney Tunes cartoon, one of the better ones with Bugs and Yosemite Sam together. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Bugs Bunny is digging his way to Miami beach and somehow ends up in the Sahara desert. He runs across the sand thinking that he would find the ocean. Instead, he can only find a puddle in an oasis. Yosemite Sam as an Arab on a camel spots the intruding Bugs and has no patience for him.

This is fine although maybe they could do more with the desert. None of that is really that funny. If you're going with a mirage car, you may as well throw it a whole party bus. Maybe that's why they had to move to the fort. The door bit is good. The way Bugs pronounces Mr. Arab has not aged well. This is fine.

When Bugs Bunny ends up in the Sahara Desert - presumably after missing that left turn at Albuquerque - he leaves "footy-prints" all over the sand, incurring the wrath of Riff-Raff (Yosemite) Sam, the self-proclaimed "riffest riff that ever riffed a raff". But when Sam chases the carrot-chomping rascal into an outpost, Bugs immediately has a million ways to keep him out...one of which naturally involves dynamite! Anyway, "Sahara Hare" is just one of many cartoons showing how great the classic Looney Tunes cartoons were. Part of the reason that Bugs and Sam are such a great combo is that Bugs is so cool-headed while Sam is the ultimate hothead. Really great.

I wonder whether this was the only time that Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck co-starred.