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He is never in any real danger (he forfeits an easy escape early on in the cartoon in order to have some fun torturing Elmer) and is therefore free to carry his devilish bluff to the extreme, convincing Elmer that he is trapped quarantined with an infectious rabbit. Deliciously sick, 'Hare Tonic' involves Bugs Bunny convincing the hapless Elmer Fudd that he has caught the dreaded Rabbititus! Taking place almost entirely in Elmer's suburban home, 'Hare Tonic's' success is entirely down to Bugs's inspired heckling. Enjoy 'Hare Tonic'! :-)Ĭhuck Jones's 'Hare Tonic' is a brilliant but little known cartoon. If you prefer slapsticky Looney Tunes episodes I do not recommend this so highly. I highly recommend this cartoon to any Bugs Bunny fan and to people who enjoy Looney Tunes in general. While Elmer repeatedly says 'hewo?' into the telephone, Bugs Bunny escapes, but then decides he wants to go back and earn revenge on Elmer. Bugs Bunny pulls a fast one by faking a telephone ring with a bell within reach. Eventually, Elmer manages to take Bugs Bunny to his house and starts preparing the stew. Bugs Bunny does the traditional 'what's in the basket?' joke, going out of the basket and making Elmer look inside it, then wondering where the rabbit has gone etc.

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The episode begins when Elmer is walking to his home with a basket full of carrots and a rabbit for his rabbit stew. I felt quite sorry for Elmer Fudd in this cartoon, but it made me like the cartoon more as often I do not feel particularly sympathetic for him, great character that he is. I immensely enjoyed this cartoon, even though there were many Looney Tunes 'cliches' involved and there was a predictable storyline, there were many clever verbal jokes, fast-paced and amusing slapstick jokes (there was not much slapstick, but what there was, was good) and the involvement with the audience (even for nowadays, as Bugs Bunny references to cinemas) works very well.

Not being one who particularly laughs at sadism on display, I thought this cartoon was just 'fair.'

Funny scenes included Bugs smelling himself and saying, 'Oh, goodness don't tell me I offend ' walking around with the kettle attached to his butt his 'coated' tongue and the '40s expression, 'Come on, Jackson, cut yourself a slice of rug! (which means, let's dance). The gag of the cartoon is mainly BB trying to convince Elmer he's caught the disease. He then describes the horrible symptoms one would get if infected with this contagious 'rabbititus' disease. Finally, after some gags, he says, 'Oh, you twicked me you're the wabbit.' At least Bugs acknowledges the little man's ignorance with the statement, 'He don't know me very well, do he?' (Have you ever noticed how bad the grammar is in many of these cartoons?) Bugs' sadistic side comes into play when he decides to torment the idiot, standing behind Elmer's big radio and pretending to be an announcer, saying the Health Department is warning people against bringing any rabbits into their house. Immediately, to prove the latter, Fudd buys a rabbit to make rabbit stew but doesn't know a rabbit when Bugs pops out of the basket. If nothing else, this cartoon points out two basic facts: Bugs Bunny is very sadistic, and Elmer Fudd is extremely dumb. This cartoon is available on the 'Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Three,' Disc 1. Elmer Fudd has never been stupider the hilarious business on the telephone is reason enough to see this. This is a very good short, remarkably so from Chuck Jones, who had not yet hit his stride in 1945 and was frequently bringing out interesting failures or tepid successes. But it's we in the audience who may prove Bugs's ultimate dupes.

Killpatient arrives to help, but he has a suspiciously fuzzy tail. Through Bugs's trickery he sees spots, a coat on Bugs's tongue and his own rabbity image reflected at him in a 'mirror' that's really just Bugs after the glass has been removed. But wait! Why waste a great opportunity? Bugs returns to 'heckle that character.' He fools Elmer, through a faked radio program, into believing that there's an epidemic of something called 'rabbititus' going about. Somehow Elmer manages to get Bugs home, but the wily rabbit easily escapes. The dope eventually catches on when Bugs shoves him into the basket and then carries it himself. Bugs climbs out of his basket to tell him he's been robbed: the rabbit's gone! Incredibly, Elmer believes him. Elmer Fudd buys Bugs Bunny from a meat market as he anticipates a nice rabbit stew.