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Big Top Bunny is a 1951 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
Plot
At Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus, Bruno the Slobbovian Bear is the star of the show. But when the Colonel gets a phone call about Bugs Bunny's talents, he agrees to put him on stage with Bruno - which Bruno shows his disgust for by spitting into a corner.
When Bugs is introduced along with Bruno, Bruno can't help but smack Bugs around a little. Bruno tries to get the better of Bugs - either by placing an anvil on top of a series of targets so Bugs can hit his head, or by not catching Bugs during a trapeze act. However, Bugs soon starts getting the better of Bruno, which includes turning the tables on the bear by letting him fall from the trapeze into the band section (twice).
After telling Bruno he's "too clumsy", Bugs then starts playing up the idea that he's going to be the sole star of the show, and to prove it, he'll take a 200-foot dive off a platform into a tank of water. Bruno gets on an adjacent platform, and challenges Bugs to an even higher heights and diving into smaller amounts of water (a damped sponge). Eventually, Bruno comes up with the challenge of diving off the platform into a block of cement ("On my head, yet!!"). Bugs accepts the challenge and starts to do the stunt, but Bruno forces his way into going first. When Bruno lands flat on the cement block, Bugs leads the dazed bear around, telling him that he's going on a 'trip' ("But I'm not going on any trip", Bruno says, thoroughly dazed; "Oh, yes, you are...", Bugs advises him). Cutting a rope, Bugs starts a series of thoroughly timed "accidents" that initially sends the bear flying across the tent. Bruno then gets whacked around by various stronger performers of the circus until finally landing in a cannon, which Bugs uses to shoot him out of the tent. Bugs says, "Well, that's one way to wind this up with a bang.", and then, he laughs.
Availability
- (1993) LaserDisc - Bugs Bunny: Hare Beyond Compare: 14 More Bugs Bunny Classics
- (1998) LaserDisc - Bugs and Friends - Bugs and Road Runner: Runaway Rabbit (1997 dubbed version) (only in pal regions)
- (1999) VHS - Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 4: Daffy Doodles
- (2003) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc One (restored with DVNR)
- (2011) DVD - Looney Tunes Super Stars' Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit (restored with DVNR) (Region 4 only)
- (2017) Streaming - Boomerang App (restored with DVNR)
- (2020) DVD - Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection, Disc 1 (restored with DVNR)
- (2020) Streaming - HBO Max (restored wihout DVNR)
Notes
- This short was re-released in August 1963 as a Blue Ribbon short.[1]
- The copyright was renewed on December 27, 1977.[2]
- Production Number: 1195
- This cartoon, "Tweety's S.O.S.", and "Tweet Tweet Tweety" were the only three cartoons in 1951 to get the blue Color Rings with red backgrounds.[citation needed|date=]
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References
External Links
- "Big Top Bunny" at SuperCartoons.net
- "Big Top Bunny" at B99.TV
- Big Top Bunny at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Ballot Box Bunny |
Bugs Bunny Cartoons 1951 |
Succeeded by Operation: Rabbit |
