Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Looney Tunes: The Best of Daffy & Porky - "Rabbit Fire"

After completing Miami Vice: Season 4 I had a few minutes before turning in for the evening and remembered I'd finally tracked down which set the classic Bugs Bunny short "Rabbit Fire" short was on... the Daffy & Porky one of course...

Episode 13 Rabbit Fire - Which one is this? It's this one...
Daffy: "Wabbit season!"
Bugs: "Duck season!"
Daffy: "Wabbit season!"
Bugs: "Duck season!!"
Daffy: "Wabbit season!!"
Bugs: "Wabbit season!"
Daffy: "Duck season!!!"
Bugs: "Wabbit season!!!"
Daffy: "I say it's duck season, and I say, fire!"
A true classic from 1951 and the first time Bugs meets Daffy, this short has been analysed by academics and copied by other TV shows and films (such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"). Even amongst the many other hilarious Chuck Jones cartoons this one stands out for me as one of the very, very best and simply put it's 7 minutes of genius. If you don't laugh at this one I think you must already be dead!

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