This is one of those cartoons where parts of a character’s body disappear out of the frame during a take. I’ve never understood why a drawing would be shot that way. Below, Bugs’ head springs back into the frame.
Here, Bugs’ head springs out of the frame.
Multiple brushwork hands. This is one of several similar drawings.
There are about ten frames where we don’t see Bugs’ head as he runs in mid-air.
The Bob McKimson unit made some good Bugs cartoons in the late ‘40s (pigs, genie) but this isn’t one of them. I never bought Warren Foster’s plot that Bugs was outraged about a bounty. To me, Bugs didn’t care. I could see Daffy getting upset about a duck bounty.
Anyway, Manny Gould, Chuck McKimson, Phil De Lara and Jack Carey are the credited animators on this one.
Interesting point. That's also the problem with "Rabbit Rampage": Bugs' reaction to the circumstance is out of character.
ReplyDeleteThis has always been a personal favorite of mine, mostly due to how insane it gets in the second half. Sorry that you didn’t like the cartoon. Different strokes for different folks I guess?
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Bugs getting upset over a 2 cent bounty isn’t that strong of a setup though (I’m personally not nearly as bothered about it as you but to each his own). Probably something else would have worked better. Still, I’ve always considered this cartoon sort of one of the last gasps of the crazier and wilder Bugs Bunny of the early to mid 1940s (which is probably why his character here doesn't bother me as much as you are).
I don't mind a wilder wabbit. It's just the premise I'm not crazy about here. McKimson's early wabbit with the genie, the pigs and the Easter Bunny are fine (Elmer's motivation in the last one is a little suspect).
DeleteSeems like since Bugs needed another obstacle and the holiday is centered on rabbits, they threw Elmer in there; and they gave him a little bit more of a danger by having him want to hunt and kill the Easter Bunny ("BANG! Easter wabbit stew!").
DeleteI understand. Like I said, to each his own. I'm personally not nearly as bothered as you are, yowp.
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