In these 7 minutes here, Bugs' home is flooded after a heavy rainfall and he is carried through the river right in the arms of an evil scientist. Buffy is actually really scared here at times, maybe because he does not know him so well like Elmer Fudd for example, who he has run into so many many times. And the red furry monster is around again too. However, most of the jokes were not that great in here in my opinion compared to Looney Toon's finest work. The director is Chuck Jones again, Michael Maltese wrote it and Mel Blanc did all the voices. My personal recommendation is: Watch "Hair-Raising Hare" instead. It's from 6 years earlier, right after World War II, but in my opinion it is more fun.
... View MoreThis is one of those cartoons that had an edge to it, even as a child I knew there was something different about it (the same feeling I had about The Beatles' song "I Am The Walrus.") As a child I remember being fascinated by the 3D realism of the robot,the sarcophagus, and the bottle, in contrast to the equally beautiful2D image of the green Evil Scientist, which is a caricature of Vincent Price, and the fire engine red Gossamer, here named "Rudolph." I also thought it was somewhat disturbing with the it-was-a-dream!/"That's-what-YOU-think!" ending, especially after watching Bugs and the scientist drift around on ether to a less famous, slow section of the "William Tell Overture." Trippy. "Come... back... here... you... rab... bit. "
... View MoreWater Water Every Hare is a great Looney Tunes cartoon, helped by chiefly the beautiful artwork, the voice work and the script.The story I do think is the weakest element here. Don't get me wrong, it is great and compelling enough, but everything else was even stronger.The artwork is a thing of true beauty. You can never go wrong with beautiful backgrounds and sharp character features and this cartoon succeeded in both areas.The music is also beautiful. Featured is the Raindrop Prelude by Frederic Chopin, and you know what, it works orchestrated. It gives a somewhat lyrical feel to it.The script is fine, Bugs has some very snappy lines and the Evil Scientist is really sinister with his appearance, lines and especially his voice. The monster is hideous at first, but really is quite cute.The voices are perfect. Mel Blanc excels as always, and John T Smith does a superb job as the evil scientist. All in all, excellent cartoon. 10/10 Bethany Cox
... View MoreThe colors, the sound, the humor - everything clicks in this one. Not a sequel to "Hair-raising Hare" with it's Peter Lorre-voiced mad scientist, but clearly a slow quiet revision. The Peter Lorre voice has been replaced by a sinister Vincent Price imitation (obviously not intended to be Boris Karloff). The same orange monster (name changed from Gossamer to Rudolf) repeats his comic routine, but it's now more focused and funny. Besides the humor and artwork, the cartoon is memorable for the overall sense that Bugs is out of control. The "natural" perils (the waterfall Bugs approaches, the realistic alligators, the ether fumes and dream states) feel more threatening than the evil scientist and monster - we know Bugs can handle those two characters, of course. He does his usual wacky antics to outwit them, but we also see him drugged and performing an ethereal nocturnal dance. Near the end, he frantically wakes, trying to regain control. Seemingly never having left his burrow, he tries to deny the reality of what has happened, and assumes it "Must have been a nightmare." But it's a waking nightmare we saw, rather than just another multiple-mad-chase, shoot-up story.
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