Perfect cast and a good story

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A Disappointing Continuation

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

. . . or "By any means necessary" to we Americans of (The Then) Far Future is this offering from their Animated Shorts Seers (aka, The Looney Tuners), RABBIT'S FEAT. Warner was so insistent upon the urgent nature of this particular warning that they pumped the normally taciturn (if not mute) "Wile E. Coyote" full of dialog so that the clairvoyant cartoonists could convey their clarion Prophecy of Doom in with crystal clarity. Early in this episode "Bugs Bunny" makes the seemingly senseless remark "Daddy, you're back from Peru!" and kisses Wile on his snout. Since "Peru" recently has been used as a Secret Service Code Word for the U.S. Supreme Court, this sentence and its accompanying action obviously are telegraphing this week's rigged "retirement" of "Tony Kennedy," resulting in grave danger to LGBT-Q rights, as well as the female privacy safeguards against a HANDMAID'S TALE society built into the Roe vs. Wade precedent. What is Wile considering as a solution to this Present Day Threat? He mentions doing in the bad guy(s) with a "Rock Crusher" or a "Burmese Tiger Trap" (meaning leveraged resignations of the five Red Commie KGB justices, or this traitorous quintet's impeachment for High Treason). However, the rest of RABBIT'S FEAT (involving shot guns, dynamite, and hand grenades) spells out the multitude of possible tactics for implementing "The Third Way" (aka, five PELICAN BRIEFINGS).

'Rabbit's Feat' is a very odd cartoon for Chuck Jones, especially for the time (1960). It's nothing like any of his other Bugs Bunny toons and is an intentional throwback to the Tex Avery/Bob Clampett Bugs shorts from the early 40s. The first big tip-off that this will not be a typical Jones- Bugs cartoon is when Wile E. sticks his head down into Bugs' rabbit hole and, unlike the four poster bed that Bugs usually sleeps in, Bugs is in a baby crib curled up in the fetal position, sucking his thumb.Unlike the straight man or urbane smart-aleck that Jones usually preferred, this Bugs is outright wacky: suspending himself in mid-air before using his ears to corkscrew himself into his rabbit hole, planting huge smooches on Wile E. Coyote like he did in the older Elmer Fudd matchups, making surreal statements ("Daddy you're back from Peru!") and periodically screaming at the top of his lungs causing Wile E. to shoot up into the air. He even uses a trademark Clampett-Bugs line "Agony! Aaa-go-neee!".All-in-all a great cartoon and a real change of pace for Chuck Jones.

Once again, Wile E. Coyote takes a break from chasing Road Runner to go after Bugs Bunny, with no more success. In fact, Bugs occasionally tricks WEC into acting against his own interests, as he often does to other characters.By the time that "Rabbit's Feat" came out, the Warner Bros. animation department had passed its heyday. Over the next few years, the directors retired most of the characters. But in my opinion, as long as the cartoons make you laugh, they're still really good. I certainly laughed at the action in this one. Chuck Jones had definitely not lost his touch. Worth seeing.That'll never be all, folks.

In an all too rare pairing (I think there were three), Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote square off, to Wile E.'s inevitable, ultimate sorrow. Pay close attention to 1)the dialogue 2) Bugs' ears and 3) sight gags in general. Bugs is much more, well,--Forgive me-Looney. It's just an insane frolic. How the Academy overlooked this is beyond this admittedly biased viewer. Simply a joy to watch.