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Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.Bugs Bunny gives Elmer Fudd a close shave as they sing and act out Rossini's opera.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Mel Blanc
- Bugs Bunny
- (voice)
Arthur Q. Bryan
- Elmer Fudd
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor a quick sequence where we see a close up of Bugs' hands massaging Elmer's scalp to the notes of a short piano solo in the opera, they are deliberately drawn with five fingers for the sequence so they can believably follow the tune.
- GoofsBugs has three fingers and a thumb on each hand in this and other cartoons. Yet the close-ups of his hands when he grabs the "Figaro Fertilizer" and when he is rubbing it on Elmer's scalp show a regular hand with four fingers and a thumb.
Bugs needed the fourth finger on each hand to "play" the piano solo on Elmer's scalp. This was not a goof by the filmmakers.
- Quotes
Bugs Bunny: How about a nice, close shave? / Teach your whiskers to behave. / Lots of lather, lots of soap. / Please hold still, don't be a dope. / Now we're ready for the scraping / There's no use to try escaping. / Yell and scream and rant and rave. / It's no use, you need a shave!
Elmer Fudd: [as Bugs slashes him with razor] Ooh! Ouch! Ouch! Ow! Ooh! Ooh! Ouch!
Bugs Bunny: There, you're nice and clean / Although your face looks like it might have gone through a ma-chine.
- Alternate versionsOn ABC, some of Elmer's gunshots were deleted. Possible editing was also done to reduce the depicted violence in the scene of Bugs slashing Elmer's face with a razor.
- ConnectionsEdited from Long-Haired Hare (1949)
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Okay, I am not a big fan of Charles Jones later work. I preferred him when he was "Charles M" instead of "Chuck." But this cartoon has persisted to be one of my two favourite episodes of the Looney Tunes characters. There really is nothing poorly done about the entire episode. The script is wonderful and witty, the music subject matter is perfect, and the singing is spot-on (especially for voiced characters). While I feel that "What's Opera, Doc?" is a bit heavy handed, and was never one of my favourites, I will stop what I am doing just to watch the Rabbit of Seville whenever I see that it is on the TV.
If you value culture, or classic cartoons, this one has both. Many people in the West feel that cartoons cannot contain a cultural valuability that allows them to be either serious or even good. Well, I can honestly say that this one, while not serious, is actually a good piece of art, and stands alone well, proving to itself and other cartoons that even without seriousness, a cartoon can be more than kiddy jokes.
If you value culture, or classic cartoons, this one has both. Many people in the West feel that cartoons cannot contain a cultural valuability that allows them to be either serious or even good. Well, I can honestly say that this one, while not serious, is actually a good piece of art, and stands alone well, proving to itself and other cartoons that even without seriousness, a cartoon can be more than kiddy jokes.
- jlennon314
- Mar 3, 2005
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- Also known as
- Der Hase von Sevilla
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,753
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,285
- Feb 16, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $14,753
- Runtime7 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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