Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Hare-Less Wolf

Friz Freleng, Hare-Less Wolf USA 1958


New year and a new character! Charlie M. Wolf hasn't exactly made the impact and this short explains why.

Charlie is trying to enjoy a ballgame on the TV when his shrew of a wolf wife barges in and demands he hunt a rabbit. He grouses that he hates her and he gets a frying pan to the skull for his trouble. 

He runs into Bugs and at this point it almost comes across bullying. Charlie can't hold a thought in his head for a few seconds and Bugs takes full advantage of this. Charlie gets shot in the face and hit by a train as Bugs easily escapes. 

I suppose that's the problem. Charlie is too dumb to be a credible threat. Elmer has some flashes of cunning at the very least you get the impression he isn't going to blast a body part off. Plus the whole 'I hate my wife/wife commits domestic abuse' wasn't exactly cutting edge humor in 1958. 



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