The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Friz Freleng

Writer:

Michael Maltese (story)

Release Date:

28 March 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Elmer Fudd is already hunting Bugs when he learns that he will inherit three million dollars from Uncle Louie if he doesn't harm animals...

Plot Keywords:

Bugs Bunny | Elmer Fudd | Cartoon | Merrie Melodies | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Bugs Bunny / Telegram Boy / Delivery Man (voice)
Arthur Q. Bryan	...	Elmer Fudd (voice)

Directed by
Friz Freleng		(as I. Freleng)

Writing credits
Michael Maltese		(story)

Produced by
Leon Schlesinger	....	producer

Original Music by
Carl W. Stalling

Animation Department
Richard Bickenbach	....	animator

Production Companies

• Leon Schlesinger Studios

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1942) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:Approved | UK:U

Company:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Trivia:

Bug's phone conversation, "Is that you, Myrt? How's every little thing?" is lifted from a running gag on the popular "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio show.

Quotes:

Bugs Bunny: [Bugs has just been locked outside. He prepares to bust the door down, but starts choking] Hey, I'm getting pneumonia! Open up! I'll die.
Bugs Bunny: [frantic pounding on door] I'll die! No, I'm too young to die! Please... please let me in! Hey, this scene oughta get me the Academy Award.
[resumes acting]
Bugs Bunny: Say goodbye to Uncle Louie for me... Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
[fakes death. Elmer then opens the door]
Elmer Fudd: Uncle Wouie?
[see Bugs on the floor]
Elmer Fudd: What have I done? Thwee miwwion dowwars all shot to pieces.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Monkey Trouble (1994)

Soundtrack:

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Who Dresses Elmer?

It's still odd for me to watch these old Bugs Bunny cartoons and see an elongated Bugs and a huge Elmer Fudd. Nonetheless, that's what we get here as Elmer is racing through the forest with a shotgun after Bugs. By the way - what kind of hunting outfit is that: a bowler hat, reddish-pink shirt and green tie???!

Just as Bugs is about to get it, a telegram boy on a scooter arrives with a telegram for Elmer, stating that Uncle Louie is giving him three million dollars! But there is a "P.S." that says "You don't get one cent if hurt any animals, especially rabbits."

You just know Bugs, who is reading this over Elmer's shoulder, is going to make life miserable for him (at least in the next six minutes of this eight-minute cartoon). The rabbit wastes no time, either. By the time Elmer races home, the "wascally wabbit" is already in his shower! r Bugs knows a good thing when he sees it - blackmail, to get food and other goodies (or "I'll call Uncle Louie").

I almost felt sorry for the poor sap Fudd as Bugs puts on his "Academy Award" dramatic performance but, in the end, both guys wind up losers as the cartoon writers used the familiar "taxes" bit on the inheritance.

Overall, the humor was too dated and not really ready-for-prime time stuff (the 1950s) but the restoration job on this Golden Collection disc was tremendous. That artwork made Elmer's house look pretty impressive. He might have been a dumb dodo but he had nice- looking furnished house.