I. Freleng. Stage Door Cartoon. USA 1944
And with this we end 1944. The short is pretty basic, with Elmer chasing Bugs into a theater. The rabbit drags Elmer into the show though, including a bold new take on Shakespeare.
Oddly enough, this plot would be redone a few times, but we'll get into those later. Freleng had certainly come a long way. Some of the jokes haven't aged all that well, mostly the Red Skelton references, but Bugs is the proper trickster and Elmer the sap. There's even a prototype of Yosemite Sam as the sheriff, but we'll get to him later.
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