" . . . it's my hobby," Daffy Duck explains to Bugs Bunny, in asking the self-proclaimed "Me Genie. Light brown hare" to save him from a rich guy's security force for about the 11th time during Warner Bros.' seven-minute animated short, ALI BABA BUNNY. Some Warnologists probably will view Daffy as the always prophetic Warner Folks' effort to Warn us Americans-of-the-Far-Future about the Advent of The Trumpster. However, I feel that this slant may be a little unfair to the duck, who I do not remember being involved in a series of Charlie Sheen-like marriage scandals. (In other words, the American Voter would have little reason NOT to trust Daffy to pick out the USA's next First Lady, but I'm getting a sense that our American Electorate would be extremely hesitant to afford the same privilege to either Charlie or Donald.) Speaking of the latter, Disney Corp. has clearly copyrighted his moniker as a Duck's name. If, Texas Forbid, Mr. T. finagles his way into the White House--Foreign Wives and All--I'm thinking that the top U.S. litigating company might sue America's Number One litigating citizen for first dibs on "The Donald" first name.

This 7-minute short film from almost 60 years ago has a touch of Aladdin 8or Ali Baba as the title suggests) to it. Mel Blanc does all the voices in here and the director/writer duo are Jones and Maltese as always. Basically Bugs and Daffy come out of their tunnel and appear in the treasure of a wealthy sultan. Daffy wants to make it his own right away, but there is a strong guard watching it. And after he (well, it was really Bugs) finally managed to get rid off him, a genie shows up and puts Daffy in his place. Bugs plays a genie as well in an earlier scene. Well.. at least Daffy realizes he is a greedy slob. Self-awareness is the first step, you know. However, I was fairly underwhelmed by this cartoon. I am surprised it is so popular, maybe because it has a set of antagonists other than the usual Elmer and company. But I found it fairly uninteresting, pretty much never funny and also Bugs really adds nothing to this short movie, probably as Daffy has other characters to go against. Not recommended.

An absolutely wonderful cartoon. But I'm biased - saw it first at the Cartoon Cinema in Sheffield England in 1958 or thereabouts aged 7 with grandmother. To me it's one of the finest and funniest Bugs Bunny cartoons.Granted it might attract disparaging comment for the stereotypical Arabs - but it is of its time and that time was 1957. So far as I know it never has attracted criticism from the Arab world.It is delightful for the interplay between the greedy (capitalist?) duck and his pretensions ("I'm comfortably well off...") and the world wise but decent Bugs Bunny - who rescues the duck from his folly only for Daffy to blow it at the end - with yet more greed.A fable for our times yet again?Oh, and Pismo Beach is in California, not Florida.Duncan Stewart.

I think I've seen every Looney Tunes cartoon in my short life span. I always preferred WB to Disney, Bugs to Mickey, etc. The best ones are, obviously, the Chuck Jones shorts. But which of those are the best?I think the answer must be "Ali Baba Bunny". It has the famous Bugs and Daffy rivalry, it has a different setting, it has a hilarious new character (Hassan), it's just cartoon perfection. Also has some of the best damn lines in any Looney Tunes cartoon."Open sasparilla? Open Saskatchewan?""I'm rich! I'm wealthy! I'm comfortably well off!""DUCK. YOU HAVE DESECRATED MY LAMP."Classic. Absolutely classic. No cartoons will ever match the genius of the Looney Tunes Chuck Jones ones.The animation is also top notch. I hate seeing a Looney Tunes cartoon with bad animation, but Jones never disappoints. The little things in the animation just make it perfect, like when Daffy first spots the treasure, and his bottom bill shifts side to side in greediness, or when Bugs is surprised by Daffy shouting for help, his toes scrunch up...Long live Bugs Bunny.