What's Opera, Doc? (1957)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Chuck Jones

Writer:

Michael Maltese (story)

Release Date:

6 July 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Music

Plot:

Bugs is in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde who sits on an overwieght horse. "She" is pursued by Elmer playing the demigod "Siegfried".

Plot Keywords:

Lightning | Opera | Disguise | Bugs Bunny | Elmer Fudd

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mel Blanc

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Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | UK:U

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The first cartoon selected for the National Film Registry.

Quotes:

Elmer Fudd: I will do it with my spear and magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: Your spear and magic helmet?
Elmer Fudd: Spear and magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: Magic helmet?
Elmer Fudd: Magic helmet!
Bugs Bunny: [aside to audience, cynical] Magic helmet.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Flying Dutchman

Artwork, Direction & Voices About As Good As It Gets

Every aspect of this cartoon is outstanding, and that's coming from someone who hates opera! The illustrations in this are fantastic, the direction super and the dialog in this "opera" is hilarious.

Kudos, too, to Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny) and Arthur Q. Bryant (Elmer Fudd) for their outstanding voice-work having those two characters sing and talk in this opera. I appreciated their work in here more than about anything, although the direction by Chuck Jones and that artwork is really tremendous. All of them outshine the story in here.

No, I still don't enjoy the "opera" but I will always enjoy this stunning-looking cartoon, which is part of Volume Two on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection.