. . . in charting America's Future Path, Looney Tunes' hundreds of animated shorts glorifying gun violence, epitomized by DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK! and the earlier pair of cartoons in director Chuck Jones' "Hunter Trilogy" have done more to promote the proliferation of privately-owned firearms than the National Rifle Association ever did. Though U.N. statistics who that Hell is the only place on Earth with more guns Per Capita than America, the U.S. is the ONLY country which OUTLAWS government research into gun deaths! As I write this, it's possible to Multi-task by viewing an NBC NIGHTLINE Special Report on 1,586 Americans shot in just the past 11 days (July 4 through July 15, 2016), including an NRA card-carrying Mom who slaughtered her two daughters a couple of days before one girl's wedding because Mom was experiencing the latest in a long string of psychotic episodes that left her hospitalized every other week (and free to kill people during the "even" weeks, because the NRA does not ALLOW guns to be removed from nuts, or even hospital beds to be available for these nuts, since nuts are the gun shops biggest customers with their insatiable "need" more more guns and more ammo). Daffy Duck gets shot here 46 times in DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK--ha, ha, ha, Har, Har--way to mold America, Warner's!

The Hunting Trilogy is a superb trilogy of Looney Tunes cartoons. All three cartoons are absolutely brilliant, Rabbit Seasoning, Rabbit Fire and this, Duck! Rabbit, Duck! Duck! Rabbit, Duck mayn't be my personal favourite of the three(that's Rabbit Seasoning) but it is absolutely outstanding on all levels. Is it one joke? It is rather, but it works. The animation is colourful and audacious, and the score is deliciously rousing. Then the cartoon is filled to the brim with sparkling and witty dialogue, the best coming from Daffy, and the sight gags are fast, furious and fun. And Bugs, Daffy and Elmer are on top form with superb chemistry. Bugs is indeed fantastic, arrogant, rascally and witty, and Elmer is very entertaining not to mention a tad dumb. But Daffy is the one who steals the show, giving one of his funniest performances in a Looney Tunes cartoon. Here my favourite little black duck is a perfect balance of the manic and greedy. Overall, simply brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Chuck Jones's 'Duck! Rabbit, Duck!' is the last installment of the celebrated hunting trilogy. Often considered the weakest of the three cartoons, I believe it is at least as funny as its two predecessors. Set in a snowy wintertime wood as opposed to the summery setting of the other two cartoons, 'Duck! Rabbit, Duck!' is an attractive and hilarious short which hinges on a brilliant running gag involving Daffy being duped into proclaiming that he is a series of different animals, all of which correspond to signs held up by Bugs. As with its two predecessors, 'Duck! Rabbit, Duck!' features a variety of jokes involving Daffy's beak being blown off and plenty of ingenious wordplay. It culminates in the most violent moment of the whole trilogy. Easily the equal of its two predecessors, 'Duck! Rabbit, Duck!' is a superb final entry in a historical series of cartoons by one of the masters of the animated art form. What more recommendation do you need?!!

"Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" is a brilliant Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Elmer Fudd cartoon, the third in what became known as the "Hunter Trilogy" from director Chuck Jones & writer Michael Maltese (the first two cartoons being "Rabbit Fire" [1951] and "Rabbit Seasoning" [1952]). Once again, Daffy tries to manipulate Elmer into blasting Bugs with his shotgun. Once again, Daffy fails, and HOW he fails. Once again, Bugs is just way too smart for Daffy to outwit! The most memorable running gag in "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" involves Daffy unwittingly claiming to be certain kinds of animals, Bugs holding up a sign (to the musical accompaniment of "A-Hunting We Will Go") declaring open season for these animals, and Elmer blasting Daffy's bill off his face with the shotgun. (On one of these occasions, Daffy is absolutely hilarious as he looks back at Elmer and squeaks "What?" before getting blasted.) Another memorable scene involves Daffy spotting Bugs in a duck disguise, after which Daffy shouts to Elmer, "Shoot the duck! Shoot the duck!"; who do you suppose Elmer shoots? One other thing to watch for in "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!" is the palette of facial expressions from Daffy and Bugs, particularly when Bugs feels the muzzle of Elmer's shotgun directly behind his head, when Daffy learns that Elmer cannot shoot "a fwicasseeing wabbit," and when Daffy spots Bugs dropping down from the sky in a lame angel disguise. Catch this marvelous cartoon on Disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3, featuring a well-done additional commentary by contemporary animator Eric Goldberg.