Wideo Wabbit
| Wideo Wabbit | |
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| Merrie Melodies/Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd series | |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited) Daws Butler (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Keith Darling Russ Dyson George Grandpré |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 1956 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
Wideo Wabbit is a 1956 Warner Bros. cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. The voice of Bugs Bunny and other characters are played by Mel Blanc while the voice of Elmer Fudd is played by Arthur Q. Bryan. Bugs Bunny's Groucho Marx and Ed Norton impressions are performed by an uncredited Daws Butler (who had an uncanny ability to impersonate a whole host of celebrities of the time period).
Bugs Bunny is singing "This Is My Lucky Day" when he comes on an ad in the newspaper wanted a rabbit for a show at the QTTV-TV studio. When he gets there, the producer makes Bugs climb a ladder wired to a 10,000 volt fuse box. Unbeknownst to Bugs, it is a hunting show starring Elmer Fudd called The Sportsman's Hour, sponsored by The French Fried Fresh Frozen Rabbit Company. He teaches the audience about how to hunt for a rabbit. He signals the cue for Bugs to come up out of the hole by pushing a button to activate the fuse box. When Bugs emerges, Elmer starts shooting. Bugs won't cooperate being shot at and Bugs takes this as professional jealousy, but on a scale he had never imagined. As Bugs leaves the studio with Elmer in pursuit, the producer holds up a sign to the camera that says "Program Temporarily Interrupted. Please Stand By."
Elmer chases Bugs all over the studio. In the first room, Bugs does a Show called You Beat Your Wife (a parody of You Bet Your Life) and Bugs dressed as Groucho Marx contests Elmer. As Bugs walks off, Elmer sees Bugs in disguise and Bugs kisses him. In the next room Elmer gets a cherry pie in his face for the show You're Asking For It (a parody of You Asked for It). In the following room Bugs plays "Liver-ace" (a parody of Liberace), and when Elmer comes in, he is playing the piano. When Bugs sees Elmer, he shows piano key like teeth, calls Elmer "his brother George", and tells Elmer to take the candelabra over to Mother. The candles are actually sticks of dynamite and blows up Elmer tattered.
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