Beanstalk Bunny

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'?

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

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.

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.