This being a 1948 McKimson, it means the doctor is waving his arms around. Every time he says “rabbit,” he put his fingers by his ears and wiggles them.
Bugs Bunny is the rabbit involved. Naturally he objects to be turned into a chicken. At the end of the cartoon, the scientist, purely for plot purposes, puts on a metal cap and he and the hen reverse personalities. Bugs does a bend-down laugh that I’m sure I’ve seen in other McKimson cartoons.
Manny Gould, Chuck McKimson and Phil De Lara are the credited animators.
Such beautiful rendering and lively gestures, even if McKimson's Bugs of this period (pudgy, small eyes, large nose, too-prominent lower lip) is my least favorite.
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