Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Fresh Hare

I. Freleng. Fresh Hare. USA 1942

This was a short that I never cared for, mostly due to the ending.

Elmer, still fat and now a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is hunting that dangerous prey-WABBITS!

Standard chase between Bugs and Elmer, but the ending was also short. I wasn't aware until a few years ago that the ending sequence was usually cut from broadcasts. Understandable, given the whole blackface/minstrel show bit.

Yeah, at the end Bugs is facing a firing squad and has a last request. "I wish...I wish...I wish I was in Dixie!"

I can honestly say I did not see that ending coming. 

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