"The Wacky Wabbit" is a great Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd cartoon directed by a guy whose sense of humor could only be described as wacky: Robert "Bob" Clampett. In this film, and a few others, Elmer seems to have put on a lot of weight. This time around, he's not after wabbits; he's after gold! But with that wiseacre wabbit hanging awound, there ain't no gold to be found.
Highlights: I always find it a real treat listening to cartoon characters singing, as Elmer & Bugs harmonize very nicely to the Stephen Foster tune "Oh Susannah" with humorously altered lyrics (and Bugs wearing a cow skull). When it is revealed that Elmer wears a corset along with his unglamorous polka-dot underwear, he looks directly at the camera and says, "Don't waugh! I'll bet pwenty of you men wear one of these." Bugs sings a jazzy rendition of "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" as he buries Elmer in the ground. And Bugs creates pandemonium for Elmer with a stick of dynamite.
In closing, Bugs Bunny truly is "The Wacky Wabbit"!
Highlights: I always find it a real treat listening to cartoon characters singing, as Elmer & Bugs harmonize very nicely to the Stephen Foster tune "Oh Susannah" with humorously altered lyrics (and Bugs wearing a cow skull). When it is revealed that Elmer wears a corset along with his unglamorous polka-dot underwear, he looks directly at the camera and says, "Don't waugh! I'll bet pwenty of you men wear one of these." Bugs sings a jazzy rendition of "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" as he buries Elmer in the ground. And Bugs creates pandemonium for Elmer with a stick of dynamite.
In closing, Bugs Bunny truly is "The Wacky Wabbit"!