There’s something creepy about rabbits with slanted, almond-shaped eyes. The Warners’ cartoons used the design in a few cartoons in the mid-‘30s, including
Shake Your Powder Puff, a 1934 effort by Friz Freleng, with Bob Clampett and Bob McKimson as the credited animators.
The rabbits’ tails are the powder puffs.
Cartoon ducks in sailor suits? Nah, it’ll never work.
The audience likes it, judging by this endless cycle of 12 drawings.
The title song was originally heard in the Warners feature
Upperworld, also released in 1934.
I haven't seen the mid-30s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies but man those rabbits do like kind of creepy, and also cute! I wonder if those blatant Donald Duck ripoffs are imitation or satire.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the rabbit tails helped inspire Playboy Bunny costumes.
ReplyDeleteAs anyone who worked at Famous Studios and/or Harvey Comics will tell you drawing an almond shaped double side-eye is a tricky proposition. Judging by the second frame grab, I don't think the gang at Warners quite got the hang of it.
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