Bugs Bunny tricks Elmer Fudd into believing his house has been quarantined for something called "rabbititus."Bugs Bunny tricks Elmer Fudd into believing his house has been quarantined for something called "rabbititus."Bugs Bunny tricks Elmer Fudd into believing his house has been quarantined for something called "rabbititus."
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- Bugs Bunny
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- Elmer Fudd
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- (uncredited)
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This film starts out very well with some classic banter between Elmer and Bugs about what is in the basket (`there's no rabbit in here doc' says Bugs `you've been robbed') but once Bugs decides just to wind him up with the disease, it does go downhill a little.
The material over the rest of the short isn't as strong as the start and isn't as funny. Only occasionally does Bugs really come across as strong in his japes and tricks, the rest of the time it is pretty basic. The end of the film resorts to that old chestnut of involving the audience it's OK, but it doesn't work as well on TV.
Overall this is still worth seeing because Bugs is Bugs and is still fun to watch, however the promise of the material in the opening scene isn't met by the rest of the film.
The episode begins when Elmer is walking to his home with a basket full of carrots and a rabbit for his rabbit stew. Bugs Bunny does the traditional "what's in the basket?" joke, going out of the basket and making Elmer look inside it, then wondering where the rabbit has gone etc. Eventually, Elmer manages to take Bugs Bunny to his house and starts preparing the stew. Bugs Bunny pulls a fast one by faking a telephone ring with a bell within reach. While Elmer repeatedly says "hewo?" into the telephone, Bugs Bunny escapes, but then decides he wants to go back and earn revenge on Elmer...
I highly recommend this cartoon to any Bugs Bunny fan and to people who enjoy Looney Tunes in general. If you prefer slapsticky Looney Tunes episodes I do not recommend this so highly. Enjoy "Hare Tonic"! :-)
Did you know
- TriviaBoth Bugs and Elmer are in transitional stages of appearance development here, with Elmer wearing the outfit seen on his earlier version, Egghead. Bugs is shorter and had more salmon pink inner ears. Both would evolve further through the next decades.
- GoofsWhen Bugs/Dr. Killpatient asks Elmer what 3 times 3 is, Elmer answers 6. The answer is 9.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Bugs Bunny: [Bugs is chased out of Elmer's home, but stops him in his tracks] Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Look, the people out there in the audience - the lady there with the long ears. They're getting longer all the time. And the guy back there in the seventeenth row with a cute tomato - he's gettin' all fuzzy. Yeah, they've got it. Everybody out there's got rabbititus! Yaah!
Bugs Bunny: [Elmer storms back into the house] Oh, Margaret, what a dope. That was just a gag, of course. You folks haven't got rabbititus. Why, if you had rabbititus, you'd see red and yellow spots before your eyes.
Bugs Bunny: [red and yellow spots appear on the screen] Yeah, that's right. And then they'd start swirling and swirling around.
[the spots start swirling rapidly]
Bugs Bunny: And then suddenly, everything would go black!
[screen immediately fades to black. Bugs is heard laughing]
- Crazy creditsThe end title featured the rare occasion where the Looney Tunes drum would appear, but instead of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny would appear inside the drum (which happens immediately rather than with a delay). Bugs is munching his carrot, says to the audience, "And that's the end!", then goes back to munching the carrot. This closing bumper was used only in this cartoon and "Baseball Bugs" (1946), another cartoon starring Bugs Bunny.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Så er der tegnefilm: Episode #5.6 (1983)
- SoundtracksShortenin' Bread
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung with revised lyrics by Elmer, and then by Bugs
Also sung by Bugs while cutting carrots
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- Conejo a la carta
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- Runtime
- 8m
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- 1.37 : 1