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Director:
Writer:
Rich Hogan (story)
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Release Date:
27 July 1940 (USA) more
Plot:
Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose "wooking for wabbits." Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Happy 69th birthday, Bugs Bunny!
 (From Comicmix. 27 July 2009, 5:33 PM, PDT)

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Cast

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Mel Blanc ... Bugs Bunny / Skunk (voice) (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan ... Elmer Fudd (voice) (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Wild Hare (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
8 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | USA:Approved (certificate #3993)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There are at least two conflicting stories as to who came up with the "What's up, Doc?" line. Tex Avery claimed that he based the line on an expression used by his friends in Texas. However, Mel Blanc claimed that it was an ad-lib that he came up with while recording the dialogue. more
Quotes:
Bugs Bunny: [with his hands over Elmer's eyes] Guess who?
Elmer Fudd: Heddy Wamarr?
Bugs Bunny: No.
Elmer Fudd: Bawbwa Stanwyck?
Bugs Bunny: Nope.
Elmer Fudd: Wosemawy Wane?
Bugs Bunny: Nope. Guess again.
Elmer Fudd: Owivia De Haviwand?
Bugs Bunny: Nope, but you're getting warmer.
Elmer Fudd: Say, you wouldn't be that scwewy wabbit, would you?
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Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
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What four names does Elmer Fudd guess?
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
The First Bugs Bunny short, 24 January 2009
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Author: Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) from Canada

As I said, Bugs Bunny is one of my favorite Looney Tunes characters; but I do sometimes wonder what was his very first cartoon ever made? And now I've found out it's this short by Tex Avery (noted for his short at MGM), and I had watched it online at youtube.com (and again at TCM's Cartoon Alley). I love the part when Bugs whispers in Elmer's ear :

"Ehhh... c'mere. Listen,doc. Now don't spread this around, but,uh...confidentially...I *AM* A WABBIT!"

And I also love after his fake-death scene, Bugs gets up and kicks Elmer in the butt,and he (Elmer) goes up like strength-tester; and back down again, and Bugs handed him a cigar.

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