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The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires. Director:Friz FrelengWriter:Michael Maltese (story) |
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Bugs Bunny
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Arthur Q. Bryan | ... |
Elmer Fudd
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This time Elmer Fudd goes after Bugs using hypnotism, only the plan backfires.
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hypnotism | merrie melodies | reference to bugs bunny | reference to elmer fudd | surrealism |Parents Guide:
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31 October 1942 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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Bugs Bunny: How's about that, thinking he can hypnotize me? Ha!
[Looks at watch]
Bugs Bunny: Oh, I'm overdue at the airport.
[He takes off and flies like an airplane]
Bugs Bunny: I'm the B-19.
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Music by Arthur Altman
Played when Bugs asks Elmer if he hurt his feelings
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When Elmer is reading the book at the beginning, the strap of his gun switches shoulders between shots. See more »Quotes
[Last lines]Bugs Bunny: How's about that, thinking he can hypnotize me? Ha!
[Looks at watch]
Bugs Bunny: Oh, I'm overdue at the airport.
[He takes off and flies like an airplane]
Bugs Bunny: I'm the B-19.
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"I'll Pray for You"(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Altman
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When dim-witted Elmer Fudd gets his hands on a book about hypnotism, we just know that it won't take long for his plan to backfire… what we didn't anticipate, however, is that it would subsequently backfire again in his favour. 'The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)' was directed by Friz Freleng, and was released October 31, 1942. The cartoon is notable in that the animators have reverted back to the Elmer Fudd we're all accustomed to, after retiring the experimental rotund version that was last featured in 'Fresh Hare (1942).' It is also interesting in that, unlike the majority of Bugs' encounters with Fudd, the humiliation isn't all one-way traffic, and the pair actually find their traditional comedic roles to have been reversed due to the influence of the powerful hypnotism. The film ends with arrogant Bugs as the fall-guy, having been duped into the belief that he is a Douglas XB-19 experimental bomber aircraft ("I'm the B-19!"), promptly due at the airport to make his flight.
The characteristically-dim Fudd opens the cartoon on his usual hunting trip through the forest, though he's also found it necessary to read a new book at the same time. When he happens upon the secret to hypnotism, Fudd tests the technique on a ferocious bear, which is soon fluttering in the stratosphere with the presupposition of being a canary. Here, he decides, is his real opportunity to bamboozle the "pesky wabbit" once and for all. But, of course, Bugs proves himself to be more troublesome than his opponent had anticipated, and it isn't long before Fudd finds himself at the receiving end of a hypnotist's powerful glare. This is when director Friz Freleng turns the tables: after Fudd is ordered to act like a rabbit, he immediately hijacks Bugs' usual comedic niche, and the hapless rabbit, despite thinking himself the winner in this particular spate, is consistently out-witted by the stealthy wabbit known as Elmer Fudd. The cleverest Merrie Melodies are those that recognise the series' clichés and actively subvert them – 'The Hare-Brained Hypnotist' does this very well.