It turns out to be the cartoon we are watching right now and when Elmer sees Bug’s putting on a disguise he pulls off the sheriff’s clothes to reveal… a sheriff in his underwear.

As they leave, a Bugs Bunny short comes on and the sheriff insists they watch. Bugs puts on a disguise and the next thing Elmer knows, he’s being arrested by a sheriff, (Pretty much a Proto-Yosemite Sam.) for his indecency. When the curtain comes up again, Bugs gets Elmer to dive into a glass of water and then gets him to make faces at the audience. He traps Bugs on stage where in order to please the crowd, he dances, and then plays a piano Elmer is hiding in. There, Bugs hides in a theater for cover and Elmer follows. Finding him too small, Bugs throws him back and then Fudd chases him into the city. Bugs hooks it to Elmer’s pants and then offers to help reel him in. “Bewieve it or not, I’m hunting a cewtain wascawwy wabbit.”Įlmer is hunting Bugs and has a genius idea of using a fishing pole. As the cartoon ends, Bugs asks us if we honestly expected a happy ending. (Blanc yells Elmer’s line of “SMOOOOOOG!” The man is a good yeller.) After this, Elmer sees Bugs is dead (Yes, really.) He feels remorse and carries Bugs into the sunset. In his fury, Elmer conjures up many forces of weather to kill da wabbit. (Riding the world’s fattest horse, I might add.) They dance and sing and proclaim their love just as Bug’s disguise falls off. (Which can control weather) Bugs runs away just as Elmer gets wise.īugs renters the picture in disguise as Brunhilde. Bugs appears and Fudd tells him he will use his spear and magic helmet. (Or so says “The 50 Greatest Cartoons” I’d trust it.) While I don’t personally agree, I can agree this is some fine work.(In my opinion, it’s “ Porky In Wackyland” which is also on the list.) This whole cartoon is an opera, and Elmer (as Siegfreid) sings that he is hunting wabbits. “Oh mighty warrior of great fighting stoooock! Might I inquire to ask, ‘Ehh, What’s up Doooc?!'” Elmer continues to play dead while the real bear concludes that the two are insane.

Fudd is relieved, but Bugs acts like a bear to torment him. Bugs reappears and Elmer flees from what he now knows is 100% bear.īugs advises him to play dead, and just like in “ Wabbit Twouble” it works. He whips up a potion to remove the effects, but the bear is not drinking that again. Fudd comes back and seeing the bear with the carrot, also assumes the stuff worked. The bear takes a bite out of Bug’s carrot to remove the taste in his mouth. The bear walks to the lab, and when Bugs sees the ursine wearing Fudd’s hat he assumes the potion did it. Elmer freaks out, so does it only work on people? He runs to join his dog in grass eating but on the way he runs into a bear, leaving his hat behind. (Scientists have to be used to failure, so I guess it’s true when he says he’s a horrible scientist.) To calm him down (or maybe to give him a taste of his own medicine,) Bugs gives him a drink of the concoction. (Notice Elmer seems to have buck teeth in this short?) Back at the lab, the formula seems to have no effect on Bugs. Taking pity, he decides to play along and gets in. He sets up a trap, and Bugs comes out, amazed such obvious traps still exist. (I only assume it does not work, you don’t need to invent something that makes dogs eat grass.) Since that was his last “guinea pig,” Fudd decides to trap a lagomorph. He gives some to his lab dog, who rushes out to eat grass. He never says what he is working on, but I assume it’s a standard Jekyll/Hyde formula. So now if I can’t find a clip, I’ll still try to find a picture for the short. So now that the site is two years old, I’m trying to improve it anyway I can.

Elmer fudd hat picture