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The Looney Tunes version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' with Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny climbing the beanstalk as Jack and Elmer Fudd as the giant is a great and very funny short. Especially the first half where Daffy and Bugs decide who is Jack and who Elmer must chase is hilarious.

This cartoon is one of the better ones using all three that Warner Brothers did-almost as good as the hunting trilogy. The scene where Daffy and Bugs await their fate at the hands of Elmer is priceless! Daffy is his typical insufferable self and the ending is perfect for both Bugs and Daffy. This airs fairly often on Cartoon Network. Recommended

Chuck Jones' version of Jack and the Beanstalk is another terrific buddy comedy with Bugs and Daffy. Daffy is Jack, Elmer Fudd is the giant, and Bugs is...well, Bugs. Daffy and Bugs are hilarious together as usual. They do a fun "he's Jack" bit that reminds me of their Hunting Trilogy greatness. Love the animation. Some cool angles and designs, as well as nice action. Everything's well-drawn and the colors are rich. Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan both provide excellent voice work. Not high on my list of favorite Chuck Jones cartoons but that's only because he had so many fantastic ones. This is definitely a funny short and worth a look for all Bugs & Daffy fans.

The humor and timing in this cartoon is all-over fantastic, but the highlight of this cartoon is the mere 20 or so seconds of Daffy Duck yelling at Bugs inside a giant glass. Of course, Daffy making the loudest noise possible while we hear none of it outside of the glass is great (the key to comedy IS silence!) The expressions of panic and exhaustion on Daffy's face while Bugs remains calm and expressionless is worth seeing this cartoon alone. In my top five Warner classic shorts.

This is a classic. As a child of the 1 1/2 hour "Bugs Bunny / Road-Runner Show" on Saturday mornings, I grew up with this humor and it has served me well. Even as a young adult studying law, students would mumble the line "He's Jack." when called upon by bewildered professors.

Moments to savor:

*the expression on Bugs' face as his head cranes back into his pillow when Daffy screams at him while in bed on the beanstalk.

*the entire scene with Bugs and Daffy under glass.

*the final chase and Bugs' ingenious solution to Elmer.

Great lines:

*"I'll guess I'll have to open up with a pair of Jacks."

*"He's Jack."

*"You could've stood up for your rights, you know? You milksop!"

Everyone knows that when a cartoon stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, that it's going to be crazy. In "Beanstalk Bunny", Daffy (as Jack) trades a cow for some beans, which he promptly throws away. Immediately, the beans turn into a beanstalk and Daffy starts climbing it, only to discover that Bugs got caught in it. Obsessed with the "goodies" up above, Daffy kicks Bugs off and continues climbing, but Bugs quickly follows him up. Once they reach the sky, Elmer is the giant. When Bugs and Daffy each claim that the other is Jack, Elmer decides that he'll grind both their bones to make his bread. But Bugs manages to free himself and Daffy. Most of the rest of the cartoon is Elmer chasing the two of them through his castle.

This was probably the only time when Bugs and Daffy had to cooperate (sort of). As always, Daffy is greedy while Bugs is the rationalist, and at the end, we learn how to make a living in the giant's world. Maybe it's not the best Looney Tunes cartoon ever, but Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc and that whole creative team always were able to create something worthy. Fabulous.

Beanstalk Bunny is not an immediate favourite of mine, but I still love it and consider it a delightful twist on the Jack and the Beanstalk story. The animation is wonderful, colourful and lively, and the music is rousing and fun. The dialogue is typical Looney Tunes fashion, witty and constantly funny with enough to amuse even the fussiest child, and the gags are clever, especially the one with Daffy inside the watch. The characters are not quite themselves I agree, with Elmer a larger than life version of himself, but they have their likability still and have great chemistry together. Bugs and Daffy are brilliantly voiced by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan is solid as Elmer. Overall, delightful, funny and works very well on re-watches. 10/10 Bethany Cox

This episode seems to be the story of Jack and the Beanstalk - but instead there's a duck a lot like Daffy Duck (and at the moment we're presuming he's Jack). He throws away some beans, a beanstalk grows blah blah blah... Well, Daffy Duck climbs up, meets a rabbit in bed, thinks about the gold he's going to find, meets a giant and when the rabbit says he is Jack, Daffy Duck insists that he is called Aloysius. How confusing...

A witty Daffy Duck short, also featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd as the evil giant, in the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk" - but of course it HAS to be different!

Good for people who are not totally obsessed with Looney Tune episodes having every other joke a slapstick one and good for Daffy Duck fans in general. Unlike the title suggests, this short is mainly about the little black duck!

Enjoy "Beanstalk Bunny", whether you think there is a character called Aloysius featured or not! :-)

'Beanstalk Bunny' has the distinction of pulling together several standard Looney Tunes conventions, most of these distinct to director Chuck Jones:

The unique skewering of a classic fairy tale story already done by rote dozens of times by other studios.

Casting Daffy Duck in a stock starring role, his being aware of playing the part, and failing spectacularly.

Elmer as a potentially dangerous adversary who gets easily stalled and confused by Bugs' persuasive power of speech.

Jones' having Bugs content to mind his own business until external forces prod him to action.

Jones' oft-used staging a scene behind glass, where character acting makes dialog unnecessary.

Jones' tendency to put small characters in outsize surroundings, seen throughout his career, from the maudlin 'Tom Thumb in Trouble' to the bizarre 'I Was a Teenage Thumb'

All that, and a hilarious cartoon. How does Daffy come up with 'Aloysius'?

When he feels robbed by a `cow for beans' deal, Daffy discards his beans only to find they create a giant beanstalk. Daffy climbs it to find that Bugs is already halfway up it (his bed got caught as it grew) but he is damned if he will share the gold that surely awaits him. However when Daffy finds a giant Elmer Fudd he is all too keen for Bugs to be involved (especially in the crushing of the bones to make the bread!).

Despite his claims that there has never been a rabbit in the story of Jack & The Beanstalk (clearly forgetting his own cartoon version) Bugs gets involved here after Daffy drops his bed down the stalk. The film is pretty amusing as Bugs and Daffy semi-work together to try and evade the giant Fudd. Some of the gags don't work but the majority of them are pretty slick and amusing.

The characters are not as good as they should be though and they are lucky that the energy in the material covers it. Bugs is not as tricky as he should be and his comedy here is more physical than anything else. Daffy is OK if you like the greedy, more recent personae - however I much prefer the crazy little black duck. Fudd is the least like himself - his giant size somewhat taking away from his usual bumbling character.

Overall this is an OK short that is enjoyable due to the energetic script and the presence of three of Warner Brother's biggest characters (literally in the case of Fudd here!). It isn't as sharp as it could have been but it is still worth seeing.