Thursday, 1 January 2026

The Forest Rabbits

Forest rabbit Bugs Bunny is reading “Little Hiawatha” and gets to a line about the “mighty warrior” hunting “the forest rabbit.” Bugs suddenly realises that means him.



Bugs runs around in circles before leaving, stage left. To make the exit seem faster, Bugs develops multiples of himself. Some drawings.



Maybe Leon Schlesinger liked this cartoon as he put it into Oscar contention, but Hiawatha is too much of a dullard for me. (Clampett. Re-used footage. Yes, I know).

The original credits said Gil Turner animated some of this short for the Friz Freleng unit.

1 comment:

  1. "Maybe Leon Schlesinger liked this cartoon as he put it into Oscar contention"
    Not only did it get put into Oscar contention, it was nominated!

    "If the credits existed, they would have said Gil Turner animated some of this short for the Friz Freleng unit."
    If the credits existed? They already DO exist (here: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/looneytunes/images/a/a1/Hiawatha%27s_rabbit_hunt-title.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20210117174600) and have been a part of every restored print for this toon, including this one!

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