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What's Opera, Doc?

  • 19571957
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What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
AnimationShortComedy
Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.Elmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
IMDb RATING
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10K
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    • Chuck Jones
    • Michael Maltese(story)
    • Mel Blanc(voice)
    • Arthur Q. Bryan(voice)
    • Chuck Jones
    • Michael Maltese(story)
    • Mel Blanc(voice)
    • Arthur Q. Bryan(voice)
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    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Bugs Bunny as Brunhilde
    • (voice)
    • …
    Arthur Q. Bryan
    • Elmer Fudd as Siegfried
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
      • Chuck Jones
      • Michael Maltese(story)
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    • Trivia
      The first cartoon selected for the National Film Registry.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Bugs: Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?

    • Crazy credits
      The opera music continues and concludes over the "That's All Folks!" logo, substituting the usual exit music. The "That's All Folks" text doesn't go through its usual animation.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)
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    Not hilarious, but stylish, intelligent, funny and very well put to the music
    In the style of a classic opera, Elmer Fudd, resplendent with magic helmet, seeks to kill the rabbit Bugs Bunny. However, dressing as an opera dame, Bugs attempts to outsmart and avoid Fudd the best he can. However, can he make the ruse last.

    In terms of laughs, this is by no means Bugs's funniest cartoon. However it is easily one of my favourites of his simply because it is not a basic chase-em-up style comedy that relies on physical gags. In fact the reason I love this cartoon is part of the reason it isn't funny - simply because it is almost too clever to waste time making me roar with easy laughs. The plot is perfectly set to the music and it is surprisingly emotional for it. Bugs does his usual dressing up stuff but the music gives it all an edge it hasn't had before - and it is very interesting.

    My favourite thing about this short is the style with which it is delivered. Look at some of the WB cartoons of the mid-sixties and you'd never believe those same drab animations could come from the same studio as this. Visually it is imaginative, style and very impressive - it easily matches the epic feel of the music. So much care has been put into it that it is difficult not to feel impressed by the look of the whole cartoon.

    Fudd is a good character and here merges his usual meek personae with the epic operatic warrior to good effect. Bugs is his usual tricky self but he is down played a little bit as the cartoon seems less concerned about hilarity than about a witty, quality product. The two of them are adapted perfectly to the music and the cartoon is great with them.

    Overall this is not the funniest of Bugs' shorts but it is easily my favourite. The cartoon is perfectly set to the music and it is intelligent and quite amusing. The look of the film is rich and well designed and fits the music really well - visually it is impressive, but then so is the whole cartoon.
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    • Mar 7, 2004

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    • Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
    • List: Bugs Bunny dresses in drag
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      • July 6, 1957 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Warner Bros.
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    • 7 minutes
      • Mono

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