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Classic Bugs Bunny short from the great Chuck Jones. One of many Looney Tunes shorts designed to take elitists down a peg. In this case (and several other shorts) the target being classical music snobs who believe popular music belongs in the gutter with the hoi polloi. The plot to this one has Bugs playing his banjo and singing the songs that make him happy, minding his own business. His singing disturbs a pompous opera singer named Giovanni, who violently confronts Bugs -- which, of course, means war. The animation is beautiful with crisply drawn characters and lovely colors. The voice work from the incomparable Mel Blanc is flawless. Nicolai Shutorov provides Giovanni's singing voice, which is quite nice. The music is terrific, with Carl Stalling's fine score as well as several operatic pieces and some popular music of the day thrown in. It's a very funny cartoon with Bugs at his best as the hero of the common folk, serving comeuppance to an overbearing jerk.

Long Haired-Hare may be the only cartoon short with the distinction of incorporating a hilarious, epic lesson in harmonic physics as a climatic punch-line.

Here Bugs takes his revenge on an opera singer named Giovanni Jones and does so with hilarious consequences. The last few minutes are absolutely priceless and one of my all time favourite endings in a Looney Tunes cartoon. Mel Blanc is brilliant as Bugs and Nicolai Shutorov gives a bravura singing performance as Giovanni(though when I first saw this cartoon I could've sworn it was Nelson Eddy). The animation is wonderful, the music is a joy, the gags come by thick and fast and there are a lot of them. In case you are wondering, when Bugs is walking between the orchestra and the members are whispering "Leopold", that is a reference to Leopold Stokowski. Overall, this is a real jewel for Looney Tunes and opera fans and I am both. 10/10 Bethany Cox

When I try to decide which is the best Looney Tunes cartoon ever, it's a shoo-in between "Long-Haired Hare" and "What's Opera, Doc?". In "Long-Haired Hare", Bugs Bunny is singing some songs and playing instruments to accompany them, when overstuffed opera singer Giovanni Jones smashes Bugs' instruments and ties him up. Bugs affirms to the camera "Of course you realize this means war." So, when Jones is performing at the Hollywood Bowl, Bugs plays all sorts of tricks on him. Best of all are the hand directions. This is a veritable triumph-of-the-underdog story. You just can't go wrong with the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons. Perfect.

I must be in a horrid mood today. Everybody else is proclaiming 'Long-Haired Hare (1949)' as one of the premium Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes cartoons, but I just couldn't get into it. I've laughed my head off at 'Tortoise Beats Hare (1941),' 'The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942),' and even 'Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944),' but somehow this one only managed to raise a few chuckles. Maybe it's because many of the gags seemed so predictable – the dynamite autograph pen, for example, or the alum prank that manages to shrink Giovanni Jones' head. But, of course, not all the jokes fall into this mould: Bugs' stint as the respected composer "Leopold" (a reference to Leopold Stokowski, who notably appeared in 'Fantasia (1940)') is quite brilliant, especially when he uses his position to torture the hapless opera singer, who is obliged to comply with his every signal. Bugs' unquenchable sadism is in full force here, and when he says "this means war," he really means WAR!

Out in the country, Bugs Bunny is enjoying his music, first with a banjo, then with a harp, and then a tuba. Each time, an angry opera-singer named Giovanni Jones, furious at the musical distraction, destroys the instrument and assaults Bugs in some creative manner. The rabbit is civil enough to disregard the first two incidents, but finally declares war on the third. He follows Jones to the Hollywood Bowl concert hall, where he carefully and strategically carries out his retribution. Many of the Looney Tunes cartoons, such as 'What's Opera, Doc? (1957)' are well-known for actively satirising upper-class society, and the opera is perhaps the most "upper-class" of all past-times. The maestro Chuck Jones has done many better cartoons {'Feed the Kitty (1952)' perhaps being the greatest of all}, but no Looney Tunes fan should miss 'Long-Haired Hare.' Don't let my indifferent review stand in your way, because you'll probably love it.

This short is just hilarious! I love the way Bugs wreaks his revenge on the stuffy opera singer by making him sing high notes until he brings the concert hall down on top of him. Bugs's conducting technique is amazing! And he pulls out his banjo for the finishing touch. Absolute perfection. Chuck Jones directed some wonderful shorts, but this is my favorite of the ones I've seen so far.

As is usually the case, we are supposed to accept the idea that serious music is somehow not accessible to the everyman. Bugs is his boorish self and torments an opera singer. Yes, the other guy fires the first volley, but neither of them looks to a diplomatic solution. As is he case with many Warner Brothers cartoons, this may have been one's first foray into the classical world.

This is an exceptional Bugs Bunny cartoon and is very funny. One of the better bits is when Bugs enters the concert hall dressed as Leopold Stowkowski and the crowd continually whispers, "Leopold". This cartoon has some nice operatic bits as well as Bugs singing "What Do They Do On a Rainy Night in Rio?" Now why in the world would anyone want to miss that? Recommended

Bugs is lying on a rock happily playing some folk music while opera singer Giovanni Jones is in "the house down the hill" (quite a modern looking house for 1949, no?) rehearsing. After being constantly disrupted by Bugs's music, Giovanni violently puts it to an abrupt end. Little does he realize what Bugs has in store for him during his performance that night...

Being a late-1940s cartoon, we see our favorite rabbit at his most aggressive (before the more "kid-friendly" Bugs of ten years later). As such, Chuck Jones' generally dark/violent humor is in full force here, and is very funny due to some clever jokes and excellent timing. My favorite being the sometimes cut-from-TV scene where Bugs dresses like a bobbysoxer asking for Giovanni's autograph, only to give him a stick of dynamite rather than a pen. Giovanni's pose when he was getting ready to sign his name was simply priceless! Highly recommended!

As a child, I've always liked Bugs Bunny. It's normal to outgrow cartoons as one grows up. This is where Bugs Bunny (and the rest of the Loony Tunes) stand apart from the rest of the cartoons of that time. Little did I know that as I grew up, I would enjoy Bugs bunny even more as an adult, and it isn't because of any nostalgia or longing for the "good old days". There is adult humor woven into these Loony tunes cartoons.

Besides, these cartoons are simply drop dead funny! I could never find this episode in any video shop. The only source for this cartoon was the video rental. So I cannot count the number of times I rented this video back in the early 1990s. I could say that this was one cartoon that used to leave both my daughter (who was 4 at the time) and me laughing like a pair of laughing hyenas as mother looked puzzled.

One reason why these Loony Tunes were so funny was because Leon Sclessinger used to leave his animators alone and give them free reign to create their masterpieces, unlike Walt Disney, whose animators worked under very close supervision. This is why the Loony Tunes had a style that varied and plots that were clearly the work of an insane genius that was given a free reign! The animators worked in a trailer that was nicknamed "Bughouse Row". People passing by used to hear occasional outbursts of laughter as one of the animators came up with another idea.

Now back to the story. LONG HAIRED HARE started in Bugs Bunny's humble abode where he passed the time singing silly simple songs to his heart's decide while the Great Giovanni Jones, a snobbish opera singer was practicing. Distracted to the point that il Signore Jones found himself singing along, he'd stop, storm out to the source of his distraction and "remedy" the problem, smashing Bugs' banjo over his head.

Next, Bugs would practice on his tuba, only to have his tuba shoved over his head.

With il Signore Jones' final attempt to silence the great Bugs by tying him up by his ears, Bugs simply said "You know, this means war!"

OK, you're on your own from here on out. I won't spoil the fun by revealing the rest, except to say that this episode is a "Must Have" for any Bugs Bunny Fan.

Long live Second Childhod!!!!

Having just got the "Loony Tunes Golden Collection"(which i HIGHLY recommend, by the way), I'm going to try to comment on most if not all of the cartoons individually. As such the starting statement might seem redundant for those whom read multiple reviews of them, for this i apologize.

Bugs finds a new enemy in Opera singer,Giovanni Jones, when his banjo playing disgruntles the guy. Giovanni gets the first few punches in, but Bugs pays him back in spades later that night. Very funny. The DVD has commentary by Historian Micheal Barrier on this short.

DVD Extras: Disk 1: an introduction by Chuck Jones; The Boy of Termite Terrice part 1; clips from the films "Two Guys from Texas" and "My Dream is Yours", both with Bugs cameos; Bridging sequences for an episode of "the Bugs Bunny show"; the Astro Nuts audio recording session; 2 vintage trailers; "Blooper Bunny: Bugs Bunny 51st and a half anniversary" with optional commentary with writer Greg Ford & stills gallery

If you were to ask me, "Who do you prefer, Daffy or Bugs?", I would immediately say Daffy. However, I do have to admit that sometimes Bugs Bunny can put on a very good performance and this is one of them.

In this, Bugs Bunny is playing a number of instruments on a hillside and singing. At the bottom of the hill, a famous opera singer is trying to practise for a big concert later on. He is constantly distracted by Bugs and takes revenge mercilessly. Bugs is determined to have HIS revenge...

I like this because of the plot, the humour, the opera and singing.

I recommend this to people who like Bugs Bunny in anything and who can bear with opera. Enjoy! :-)

The Looney Tunes are another of those Great Animated Series that never get old and continue to make you laugh through the years, Bugs Bunny, our favorite lucky rabbit, is as always, with his exaggerated personality and being very funny as in any of his cartoons!, in this short he is happiest playing his Banjo but an Opera Singer is practicing and when he is interrupted he mistreats Bugs and as Retaliation our Favorite Rabbit takes revenge on him!.

The Looney Tunes are another of my favorite series since they have iconic characters like Bugs Bunny himself, Elmer and Daffy Duck, my favorite of them is Daffy but I can't deny that Bugs also has excellent shorts and in this Chuck Jones he gives it all and as a result creates this Oscar worthy Masterpiece (but for some reason was never nominated despite being superior to many cartoons of the time), Chuck Jones is my all time favorite Animator for his Great Works like, Tom and Jerry (1963-1967), Looney Tunes, The Grinch (1966), etc, and in this case it was no exception, it presents Excellent animation and First Class Voice Acting and you can see the effort it took to make this masterpiece!.

The Animation is Beautiful and very Fluid being at the Grade of the Animation of the Tom and Jerry Shorts of that time, the animators were Professionals since the Movements, the Backgrounds and everything look exquisitely beautiful and worthy of being appreciated!.

Carl Stalling, as always, makes a Masterful and Beautiful Music for the Ears, Carl Stalling is one of those Unique Composers that are no longer in this world and this is demonstrated in his other works, no matter how mediocre some short films for which I work are the music will be excellent.

Voice Acting is Top Notch as always Mel Blanc does a Magnificent Job and Actor Giovanni Jones does a Decent Job too.

In itself, Long Haired Hare is one of the Best Bugs Bunny Shorts and one of the Best Works that the Great Chuck Jones could have done, the Animation, Music and Comedy make it the Second Best Bugs Bunny Cartoon for me and for That deserves a 10!.

I love the bugs vs Elmer opera cartoons. My two year old daughter loves them too which means I have seen this about 30 times. This one of the ones I still like to watch but if splitting hairs I'd say not as good as what's opera doc or the rabbit of Seville. Enjoy