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Rival book salesmen Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to read fairy tales to his spoiled, selfish son, Prince Abba-Dabba.Rival book salesmen Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to read fairy tales to his spoiled, selfish son, Prince Abba-Dabba.Rival book salesmen Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to read fairy tales to his spoiled, selfish son, Prince Abba-Dabba.
Mel Blanc
- Bugs Bunny
- (voice)
- …
Arthur Q. Bryan
- Elmer Fudd
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Shepard Menken
- Old Storyteller
- (voice)
- (as Shep Menken)
Lennie Weinrib
- Prince Abadaba
- (voice)
Bea Benaderet
- Witch Hazel
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (as Bea Benederet)
- …
June Foray
- Granny
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- …
Tom Holland
- Slowpoke Rodriguez
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
William Roberts
- Michigan J. Frog
- (archive footage)
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
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Although the idea of making films with Looney Tunes short films has already been used, this film is not behind the others, I think it's better, it has a great set of intelligent jokes, fun stories, interesting characters, among many other points positive experiences that will entertain children and adults. Highly recommend.
I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funnies and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes and animated films then I strongly recommend that you watch this movie today!
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are traveling book salesman for Rambling House publishing who go on separate routes to sell their books. Eventually Bugs Bunny winds up at the palace of Arabian sulta Yosemite Sam and is forced by threat of boiling oil to read stories to Sam's obnoxious bratty son Prince Abba-Dabba.
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is the third compilation film of Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros. And repurposed as a feature, Unlike The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie by Chuck Jones or the Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie by Friz Freling, there's no credited director for this third film as it uses a mixture of cartoons from multiple directors. Like the previous films it too was given a limited theatrical release before being sold for television rights. Much like the previous film Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, the film takes the individual shorts and daisy chains them into a narrative, but it's not a great representation of the shorts as they're heavily truncated and altered to fit.
Unlike the previous film which was a bunch of half-hour stories tied together with the shorts, this third film tries to have a feature length plot by organizing itself as a road movie with Bugs and Daffy trying to sell books and getting into various misadventures that are comprised of the original shorts. On paper its not an unworkable idea, but the structure really has to bend and twist itself to justify this premise with the whole second half of the film basically boiling down to a remake of Hare-Abian Nights, which itself was also a stock footage short. There's a good collection of shorts used even if they're heavily altered with Ali Baba Bunny chopped to pieces after having already been seen in the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, and Bewitched Bunny and One Froggy Evening have their best punchlines excised and abruptly stop.
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is probably the weakest of the Bugs Bunny fronted compilation films released by Warner Bros. While the movie attempts to be a cohesive whole across the entire films plotline, it doesn't do so particularly well and is pretty sloppily put together. Like the previous there's not much reason to watch this as the original shorts are now widely available across home media and streaming, and it's really only a historical curiosity and the fact it's the first time Arthur Q. Bryan is credited as the voice of Elmer Fudd.
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is the third compilation film of Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros. And repurposed as a feature, Unlike The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie by Chuck Jones or the Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie by Friz Freling, there's no credited director for this third film as it uses a mixture of cartoons from multiple directors. Like the previous films it too was given a limited theatrical release before being sold for television rights. Much like the previous film Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, the film takes the individual shorts and daisy chains them into a narrative, but it's not a great representation of the shorts as they're heavily truncated and altered to fit.
Unlike the previous film which was a bunch of half-hour stories tied together with the shorts, this third film tries to have a feature length plot by organizing itself as a road movie with Bugs and Daffy trying to sell books and getting into various misadventures that are comprised of the original shorts. On paper its not an unworkable idea, but the structure really has to bend and twist itself to justify this premise with the whole second half of the film basically boiling down to a remake of Hare-Abian Nights, which itself was also a stock footage short. There's a good collection of shorts used even if they're heavily altered with Ali Baba Bunny chopped to pieces after having already been seen in the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, and Bewitched Bunny and One Froggy Evening have their best punchlines excised and abruptly stop.
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales is probably the weakest of the Bugs Bunny fronted compilation films released by Warner Bros. While the movie attempts to be a cohesive whole across the entire films plotline, it doesn't do so particularly well and is pretty sloppily put together. Like the previous there's not much reason to watch this as the original shorts are now widely available across home media and streaming, and it's really only a historical curiosity and the fact it's the first time Arthur Q. Bryan is credited as the voice of Elmer Fudd.
After the creative team that made the classic Looney Tunes cartoons stopped making original cartoons, they made compilations of varying quality (after they all died, the cartoons turned into total garbage). "Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales" has Bugs and Daffy as book salesmen who go their separate ways to try and sell books. Eventually, Bugs arrives in the Arabian desert, where Yosemite Sam is the sultan and has a spoiled brat son. So, Bugs agrees to read to the boy, under the threat of bathing in boiling oil if he fails.
I guess that overall, this compilation is pretty harmless. If nothing else, they still had Mel Blanc doing the voices. But are compilations really that necessary?
I guess that overall, this compilation is pretty harmless. If nothing else, they still had Mel Blanc doing the voices. But are compilations really that necessary?
Another one of the quick-fix movies by the Warner Bros. studio to make some fast money off the famed Looney Tunes characters. Old cartoons starring most all the major characters are held together by an unfunny new cartoon that has book salesman Bugs Bunny telling stories to Yosemite Sam's young brat of a son in a palace in the middle of the desert. Naturally there is also Daffy Duck trying to survive the harsh desert environment. It is tough to survive this harsh cut-and-paste mess. Watch the Cartoon Network instead. 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Did you know
- TriviaNearly 25 years after his death, Arthur Q. Bryan finally was credited onscreen as the voice of Elmer Fudd in this film.
- Quotes
Bugs Bunny: You want me to tell stories to that? I'd rather throw peanuts at it.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 28 minutes from this film for its 1985 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited from Wise Quackers (1949)
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- Also known as
- Bugs Bunny's 1001 Rabbit Tales
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,350
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $78,350
- Nov 21, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $78,350
- Runtime
- 1h 14m(74 min)
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio)
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