Person to Bunny

Person to Bunny
Lobby card.
Directed by	Friz Freleng
Story by	Michael Maltese
Produced by	John W. Burton, Sr. (uncredited)
Starring	Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited) Daws Butler (uncredited)
Edited by	Treg Brown
Music by	Milt Franklyn Friz Freleng (Gag compositions) [1]
Animation by	Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Harry Love (effects, uncredited)
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Tom O'Loughlin
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 1, 1960 (1960-4-1) [2]
Running time	7:00
Language	English

Person to Bunny is a 1960 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. ^[2] The short was released on April 1, 1960, and stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. ^[3] It is the last cartoon to feature Arthur Q. Bryan as the voice of Elmer, and was released shortly after Bryan's death.

Plot

Bugs Bunny is interviewed in his Hollywood home for the television show People to People by Cedric R. Burrows (a play on Person to Person with Edward R. Murrow ). Daffy Duck interrupts, wanting attention, but Bugs sends him away. During the interview, Bugs mocks Elmer Fudd, making Elmer angry. Elmer arrives to confront Bugs into apologizing for insulting him on national television, but Bugs tricks him into shooting a carrot instead.

Daffy, jealous of Bugs' fame, mocks Bugs with a rabbit suit. Mistaken for Bugs, Elmer chases Daffy, leading to chaos. Bugs outsmarts Elmer and returns to the interview. Later, Bugs tricks Daffy into fainting on live television to get rid of him.

Cast

• Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
• Arthur Q. Bryan as Elmer Fudd ^[4]
• Daws Butler as Cedric R. Burrows ^[4]

Home media

"Person to Bunny" is available on the Looney Tunes Superstars DVD. However, it was cropped to widescreen. It was also included in the Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck DVD, this time in the ratio in which it was originally animated (fullscreen aspect ratio). In 2020 the cartoon was released on Blu-Ray as part of the Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection once again in its correct aspect ratio.

References

1. "Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes - Video Dailymotion". Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
2. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 324. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2. OCLC   19671400.
3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
4. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 101. ISBN   979-8-88771-010-5.

External links

• Person to Bunny at IMDb

Preceded by Horse Hare	Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1960	Succeeded by Rabbit's Feat