Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two (WHV Blu-ray, 2012) Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two (WHV DVD, 2012) NOTE: This short has been colorized twice, once in 1968 and again in 1992. Mel Blanc: Porky Pig, Rabbit, Zero, Shotgun Features the rabbit imitating the Groucho line "Of course you know this means war!" Directed by Ben Hardaway. A wisecracking white rabbit with a stuttering laugh protects the rest of the wildlife by heckling and harassing the pig, tormenting him all the way to the hospital. Porky and his dog, Zero, go rabbit hunting. Mel Blanc gives the new character a squeaky, high-pitched wiseguy voice with a laugh that Blanc would later use for another character at another studio, Woody Woodpecker.Īn ad for the cartoon appearing in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, SC on June 19, 1938. All titles are VHS unless noted.įollowing the success of Tex Avery's short Porky's Duck Hunt from 1937, director Ben "Bugs" Hardaway becomes inspired to construct a derivative sequel with a rabbit in place of the previous picture's black duck. We will do our best to note such edited versions.Īll releases listed here are in the NTSC color format, the North American standard. A few public domain video releases use film prints that may be unintentionally missing scenes. Since it would be futile to track down and list every single public domain video release, we have listed a very scant number of key releases to help point you in the right direction. Shorts with the phrase PUBLIC DOMAIN in their synopses are (obviously enough) shorts that are in the public domain and can be found on many ultra-budget video releases produced by unheard-of fly-by-night companies. When you shop online for older videos, do take caution and know exactly what you are buying, as many sellers usually aren't sure what they're selling! We also recommend eBay for your out-of-print needs. Since most out-of-print titles are offered either new or used by Amazon's individual sellers, order links are provided for most (just click on the video's release information). Links will go to the releases' respective product pages on Amazon. Titles in black or presented as entire ordering links are still in print. Video Release of the Cartoon (Video Studio, Video's Year of Release) Short synopsis (or is that "short's synopsis?")Ĭast (click here to learn about our new ongoing project, The Mel Blanc List) Everything before that production is nothing more than a prototype.įilm's Title (Year of Release) Director (see below) As far as we're concerned, the eventual character of Bugs Bunny was created by Tex Avery and debuted in 1940's A Wild Hare. We do NOT consider any of the following shorts to be official entries in the Bugs Bunny catalog (and again, some books may disagree). We'll stick to the facts, weed out all the junk, and follow the cartoons that were released along the way. In this section we will trace the evolution of the rabbit character that eventually became the Bugs Bunny we all know and love. The fact remains that Bugs Bunny is perhaps the most celebrated and most enduring cartoon character of all time, and well, lots of people have wanted to claim credit for him. One book says one thing, another says something else, one interview contradicts another, Wikipedia goes off on some strange tangent (of course, if you're reading Wikipedia hoping for accuracy on anything, you're already in trouble), and some of the things that turn up on some lunatics' blogs out there. cartoon studio, particularly the development of Bugs Bunny, can be downright dizzying. 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.Following the history of the Warner Bros. 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. Only occasionally does Bugs really come across as strong in his japes and tricks, the rest of the time it is pretty basic. The material over the rest of the short isn't as strong as the start and isn't as funny. 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. Pretending that he has a contagious rabbit disease, he makes Elmer scared to be in the same room as him. When he gets home, Bugs easily escapes but decides to stay and have some fun with Fudd. Elmer Fudd is merrily on his way home with a rabbit in hi basket for stewing.
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