"Water, Water Every Hare" is a fairly entertaining Bugs Bunny cartoon written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. Maltese was probably the best writer on the Warner Bros. cartoon team, and this short is full of gags from start to finish.
Here are my favorite highlights from this cartoon (if you haven't seen it, don't read any further). Bugs adopts a beautician's accent and gives the orange monster a hair-parting (reminiscent of "Hair-Raising Hare" [1946]). Upon spotting a mummy at his side, Bugs screams and clings onto the hideous mad scientist. Then, upon spotting the scientist's green, monstrous face, Bugs screams louder and clings onto a statue of the Pharoah Tutankhamen. He then screams louder and clings onto an over-sized robot. He then screams even louder and dashes away. And towards the end of the short, as the atmosphere becomes filled with ether, Bugs and the scientist are absolutely hilarious moving in slow motion as the latter chases the former.
Last but not least, "Water, Water Every Hare" showcases the true genius of composer/orchestrator Carl W. Stalling. In this particular short, Stalling's music score is influenced by the Polish pianist/composer Frederic Chopin. During the opening rainfall scene, and a little later when the sleeping Bugs floats on his mattress heading towards the evil scientist's laboratory, the musical accompaniment is Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. And when Bugs spots the mummy on his back, we hear just a snatch of Chopin's popular C-Minor Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20.
Here are my favorite highlights from this cartoon (if you haven't seen it, don't read any further). Bugs adopts a beautician's accent and gives the orange monster a hair-parting (reminiscent of "Hair-Raising Hare" [1946]). Upon spotting a mummy at his side, Bugs screams and clings onto the hideous mad scientist. Then, upon spotting the scientist's green, monstrous face, Bugs screams louder and clings onto a statue of the Pharoah Tutankhamen. He then screams louder and clings onto an over-sized robot. He then screams even louder and dashes away. And towards the end of the short, as the atmosphere becomes filled with ether, Bugs and the scientist are absolutely hilarious moving in slow motion as the latter chases the former.
Last but not least, "Water, Water Every Hare" showcases the true genius of composer/orchestrator Carl W. Stalling. In this particular short, Stalling's music score is influenced by the Polish pianist/composer Frederic Chopin. During the opening rainfall scene, and a little later when the sleeping Bugs floats on his mattress heading towards the evil scientist's laboratory, the musical accompaniment is Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15. And when Bugs spots the mummy on his back, we hear just a snatch of Chopin's popular C-Minor Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20.