Robert Clampett. What's Cookin' Doc?. USA 1944
I believe this might be the second meta cartoon Warner Bros. ever did. Bugs here is himself at the Academy Awards. Bugs is sure he's a shoe-in to win, but sadly he comes up short against James Cagney.
Declaring sabotage, Bugs highjacks the evening and tries to convince the stars in attendance that he deserves the Oscar. He does this mostly by showing highlights from Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt.
Interesting version of Bugs here; not a trickster or villain but rather the Bugs we've seen so far has been an actor playing a role. Daffy and Porky did a similar thing in You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), although that was more behind the scenes.
Rather surprising at the level of humor. I can't imagine them doing a 'stag reel' gag even five years later.
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