The best cartoon ever made

[Catshrink]

is indisputably "What's Opera, Doc?" starring Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd. Indisputably. See for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJAXJWm8G4A&playnext_from=TL&videos=X4HvN6ZKi-Y

Then enjoy scenes from the same 'toon "Bohemian Whapsody" set to the music of Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN51VU-Zf5M&playnext_from=TL&videos=X4HvN6ZKi-Y

Is it as good as the original? No -- but it's pretty stinkin' close!

[Richardo]

1. It's great, no question, but I like the frenetic pacing of "Rabbit of Seville" better.

One time I was listening to the NPR (classical) station in the car when the overture to Barber of Seville came on - I surprised myself (and cracked myself up) singing the entire cartoon's Bugs/Elmer lyrics along with it. :D

[Catshrink]

3. I just watched it again...

It's a close second to my favorite. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUW8A0juQ9w

[Richardo]

9. Thanks for that link- - "You're so next"

:rofl:

[dsn]

39. The whole introductory piece is fantastic

"How about a nice close shave? Teach your whiskers to behave.
Lots of lather, lots of soap. Please hold still, don't be a dope.
Now you're ready for the scraping. There's no use to try escaping.
Yell and scream and rant and rave. There's no use, you need a shave.

...

There...you're nice and clean...
But your face looks like it might have gone through a machine."

- - - - -

Science fiction is full of stories about time travel. If it were real, I would want to travel back to one day in time: the night Rabbit of Seville premiered in a theatre. I would love, just once, to see that cartoon on a motion picture screen. And just imagine the reaction of the audience when that cartoon was played.

[Fire Walk With Me]

48. "But your face looks like it might have gone through a machine."

Beautiful. Classic. :rofl:

[Captain Hilts]

31. I saw this opera in Moscow and the theatre was full of folks talking about Bugs Bunny.

I'll admit, I was one of them.

[cemaphonic]

46. Agreed. "Rabbit of Seville" is just perfect..

It even has that classic escalating guns gag.

[MicaelS]

2. Sorry must dispute that

It's absolutely Rabbit Seasoning

Bugs Bunny: Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home?
Daffy Duck: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!
Bugs Bunny: You keep outta this! He doesn't have to shoot you now!
Daffy Duck: He does so have to shoot me now!
Daffy Duck: I demand that you shoot me now!
Daffy Duck: Let'sth run through that again.
Bugs Bunny: Okay.
Bugs Bunny: Wouldja like to shoot me now or wait till you get home?
Daffy Duck: Shoot him now, shoot him now.
Bugs Bunny: You keep outta this. He doesn't hafta shoot you now.
Daffy Duck: Ha! That's it! Hold it right there!
Daffy Duck: Pronoun trouble.
Daffy Duck: It's not: "He doesn't have to shoot *you* now." It's: "He doesn't have to shoot *me* now." Well, I say he does have to shoot me now!
Daffy Duck: So shoot me now!

[hobbit709]

5. Wabbit season. Duck season. Wabbit season. Duck season. Elmer season.

Be very, very quiet. We're hunting Elmers.

[sarge43]

14. Pronoun problem. n/t

[bookworm65t]

4. This is my new favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzZa5o1q5k&feature=related

but I still like the ones you featured


:wow:

[annabanana]

30. WOW!!. . Dali & Disney? I am embarassed to admit I didn't know

this even existed!

[Catshrink]

33. It was new to me too

I loved it!

[bookworm65t]

35. It was featured at my local museum last year

That was how I discovered it. I tried to buy it online, to no avail. But YouTube has it, thank goodness.

[pintobean]

6. Academy Award winner

Among all of the Bugs Bunny cartoons, this is the only one to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short(1959).

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/218906/822507

[Catshrink]

8. That was wonderful!

I don't think I've ever seen that one.

[pintobean]

10. That one started off

The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie from the early eighties. I was in my early 20s at the time and hadn't seen it before.

[Walk away]

7. Monsters must be such INTERESTING people, they must lead such INTERESTING lives! nt

[sarge43]

16. "Funny. That never happens to Errol Flynn."

"Oooops. Had the silly thing in reverse."

"Yoicks and AWAY!"

"Pardon me while I adjust my accouterments."

"Closeup?! You call that a closeup?"

Daffy got some of the best lines.

[Jade Fox]

11. "Welcome to my shop. Let me cut your mop. Let me shave your crop."

With such stellar lyrics, I have to choose this Bugs Bunny Opera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsCkhlIIpXQ

[Catshrink]

12. O Brunhilde you're so wuvwy

Yes I know it, I can't help it.

[NuttyFluffers]

13. that Rubenesque horse kills me each and every time.

SMOG!!! :evilgrin:

[sarge43]

15. Jones said they wanted a Wagnarian diva in the mix.

I watch it sometimes just for that horse - brilliant.

[Catshrink]

19. I showed it to my students yesterday

They just finished their "debates" and one of the teams had mentioned GMOs killing rabbits. We had a little time left so I put it on as a "reward" for their hard work. These kids had never seen it! When the kids saw the horse they howled with laughter.

Then we saw the link to "Bohemian Whapsody" and some of the students stayed after class to watch it.

[begin_within]

17. Here's another classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxArVlS5tU

[Catshrink]

18. I haven't seen that one in years.

Thanks for the link!

[nickinSTL]

27. that's definitely one of my favorites

:)

[edhopper]

20. Mmmmm,

Could be?

[Catshrink]

21. You remind of Harry Carrey

Might be...could be....it is! Holy Cow!!!

[Doc_Technical]

22. Rhapsody in Rivets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTlWMRf4Hjs

[Catshrink]

23. These cartoons were wasted on kids!

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

25. but they were not made for kids, they

were made for adults. They only became children's fare with the arrival of TV. Many of these 30s & 40s contained adult content. Early Betty Boop is a good example. But many others were not only sexual, violent but very racist.

[Old Troop]

24. I like "Rabbit of Seville" too. For a series it has to be

Rocky and Bullwinckle.

[bluesbassman]

26. "Bully for Bugs" is one of my favorites.

"Of course you realize, this means war".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwfsIjpSM4w

[Richard Steele]

28. Agreed. nm

[Rocinante]

29. Well I agree but

when Foghorn Leghorn picks the dog up by the tail and spanks his ass with a 2x4, and then

escapes just out of reach when the dog runs out of rope is right up there in my book.

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[sarge43]

34. Wile E Coyote: The earthquake pills and the malicious catapult. n/t

[nolabear]

36. A few years ago there was a Looney Tunes tour with each city's symphony

accompanying many of the classic cartoons. A bunch of us went in Viking helmets and sang along. It ROCKED.

[Z_I_Peevey]

37. Bookmarking

until later.

[pokerfan]

38. Any with Marvin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvin_the_Martian_cartoons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acRzs0jf6E8

[guitar man]

40. Rabbit's Kin

With Pete Puma
:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz4iT4efavs

[Blue-Jay]

44. Pete Puma was the most neglected character ever.

"I want a whole lotta lumps."

[guitar man]

45. when I was a kid

Every time that one came on I would laugh so hard my sides would hurt!! :D

[Blue-Jay]

41. The Three Little Bops.

That's always been my favorite. You don't get much better than Stan Freberg and Shorty Rogers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWMvVPKW4E

(I've played with a few "wolves" in my day. Brutal.)

[Coventina]

42. "Feed the Kitty"

Makes me laugh and cry every time.

[Burma Jones]

43. From North of the Border......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyRshnwExPU
Black Fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90SIuISIVB8&feature=related
The Big Snit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SI5pWhxlYg
La Salla

[sarge43]

47. The Cat Came Back -- another Canadian classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM

[sarge43]

49. No animation festival complete without

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVYYe87b9w

[RandomThoughts]

50. One of the best Rabbit Scenes is in the Holy Grail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmu5sRIizdw

Although it misses on a few parts, it gets many right.

The invisible horses, shows a concept that is in much of that movie, that actually has many lessons in it.

and most importantly, most people do not realize, the rabbit only does what is attempted to be done to it. Although some wrongly think it is a bad rabbit, that scene is more about 'rules applied back' in my view.