Box-Office Bunny

Me and Maris were born on September 23, 2014 and my twin sister likes Box Office Bunny (not just because of the "That's All Folks") just because. The part I don't like is when Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck run away, screaming and Bugs Bunny says, "And that's all folks." and the music continues. My debut with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck with a different voice is this. I prefer their voices in Looney Tunes Cartoons and The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie because they're voiced by Eric Bauza. Is Looney Tunes Cartoons directed by Eric Bauza or...something...? Meh. Never mind. This is my reaction to Box Office Bunny.

Expectedly terrible modern Looney Tunes short. Bugs Bunny goes to the multiplex where Elmer is working as an usher. Then Daffy Duck tries to sneak in. Basically the whole cartoon is the three of them doing things that vaguely resemble humor and, pathetically, calling back to old Looney Tunes shorts that were actually original and funny. The animation is colorful and the characters are well-drawn but the backgrounds are flat. Basically the Colorforms approach to animation. The voice work is okay if we put aside all comparisons to Mel Blanc or Arthur Q. Bryan. The short is never funny and, from what I could tell, they didn't try very hard to be. The worst part of the whole unpleasant affair is the sound. The music is loud and overbearing. The sound effects are even louder. So obnoxious! Avoid this trash and go watch the classic shorts. Five minutes or not, this stuff isn't worth your time.

Since I've been a big fan of Bugs Bunny having the voice of Mr. Jeff Bergman, I've wanted to see the full cartoon since July, 2024(?) I saw this on HBO Max in September that year and to hear Bergman voice Bugs, Elmer AND Daffy was a heck of a lifetime. He is still one of Mel Blanc's great successors and the fact that he is still getting so much recognition is even better. I don't hate Eric Bauza, Joe Alaskey or Billy West as Bugs; Jeff Bergman is my favorite Bugs Bunny voice actor post-Mel Blanc in my opinion. So we should to take this and every moment to celebrate the start of the legacy of Jeff Bergman and the legacy of the late Mel Blanc.

Though this is a good, enjoyable cartoon, they did much better ones later on, like Carrotblanca. This is almost like the first Star Trek feature, which would have been welcomed with open arms and glee no matter what, just for existing. This is really a patchwork of old bits with some nice touches, but nothing special. Reminds me a bit of the hunting trilogy in spots and the ending is priceless. Available and certainly well worth watching just for the novelty and the good bits. Recommended.

The Looney Tunes have existed for over fifty years and somewhere along the line, they lost the thing that made them so special and became, at best, tiresome. Box Office Bunny changed that. It was a return to what made Looney Tunes so great and put Bugs Bunny back in his element. Very good and highly recommended.